Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-09
WESTERL

Charles Leo Higgins, son of Mrs;
 Mary A. Higgins af Westerly. ana
 MT. and Mrs. John s. Henry of Ston-
 .nston, were married Wednesday at a
 solemn high nuptial mass in St. Mary's
 church, stoninstoH Rev Francis Cyril
 Higgins of Chester. Conn. brother
 or the sTcom. was ceiebrant Of the
 mass and performed the marriage cer- !: eneny. Rev. Laurence !. Keiiedy of DegnAm of Mystic. sub deacon, and Rev. J. E. O'Brien. pastor of the
 : church. was master of ceremonies. As
 the bridal party entered the church the Lphanerin was rendered on the organ. During tie mass Mrs. Frank Stanton ] sang GoEnod's Ave Marie and also 1 TTntiL with violin ooligato by Charles ; fsysn-
 l The bridesmaid was Miss Ann T. i Henry. sister of the bride and the best 1 man was Edwin Carlton Higgins. 1 hyother Of the groom. The bride wore 1 white satin with pearl trimmings. col i; lar of real lace and veil caught with l band of pearls She carried white ] dahlias The bridesmaid wore figured
 eeorsette over coral satin, with picture
 hat to match. and carried pink dahlias.
 The brides mother was attired in wis ], tar:a satin yelled in seorgette and trimmed in gold lace. Mrs. Hissins. 1 mother Of the groom. wore black ] Chantilly lace gown over black silk. | ---- l The ushers were J. Murray Henry and Walter B. Higgins.
 The church was filled with friends 1 and relatives. After the clsArch cere- 1 mony a breakfast was served at the ] Manor inn and was followed by instru ! fnontal' music. singing and dancing ! ter reception was held at the home /! cf the brides parents in Stonington : borough
 l Among the ont of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henry and Miss
 Mary Henry of Pawtueket, MT. and l Mrs. Patrick J. Twomer. Misses Mary 1 md Catherine T~onrer. Miss Anna Twon1ey and Miss Frances O'Neil of 1 Willin1antic, MT. and Mrs. John W.
 Hartford, Mir and Mrs Edward T.
 Murray of New London. Dr. Frank F. l Sextcn. Miss Margaret Higgins. Mir. . end Mrs. Charles M Mstting'v and ! Laughter Kathleen cf Cleveland O.. ; Miss Frances Connors of Norwich, pr. l "nd Mrs. Michael IT. Sranl~n and ! deuglnters- Ma~v a7d Ruth. MT. and
 ~-s- ,. Msrtin ] H sneilma7, Mr ars i Mrs. Joseph T. T4enfl,ao of Westerly l After an autor1oh''e trin tI--ough tte ! W'hite -oourta ms Nr. e-E Mrs Tio- 1 ~-i"s will he 9t home rt g Aste- street 1 Ti'e groom is n~e of We<terIy's most ~1-~ ~ersflll vou,1r nueinesS rre, During the windstorn1 sf Tuesday night an electric light pole near the Moss farm on the Westerly Stonington road was blown down. bringing four
 other poles along with it. This pole
 tween Westerly and Mystic and in
 ccnseduence there was no artificial electric light for nearly an hour all though temporary repairs were made as quickly possible. Fortunately no enc was injured. Jesse Bcnnen was 1 driving a ear from Breton to Westerly ! He saw the pole falling. shut off the : power. but could not stop the car be- fore ii struck ia7S4 tI,o SA7a landed across the highway. The auto mobile was damaged by the contact and was subsequently, lowed to raraae. With Mir. BenreIl was Clayton : Fme-y, Jr., and two young ladies of Mystic. The automobile riders real ized their danger and consider their escape from injury almost miraculous. The following officers were elected at the Wednesday session of the 45th i annual convention of the Woman's l Christian Temperance union held in l the Cranston street-Roger WiIlia ms : church. Providence: President. Mrs. E. H. Roberts of Greenyille; recording i secretary Mrs J. O. Babeock Wester- F. Olney; treasurer. Mrs. Eva IT. ! Smith. Mrs. George r. Rooke, retiring president. was made permanent hon orary president.
 The suit of J. Irving Maxsen against Mrs Harriet $. B. Bahcock and Rouse Babcock, as executors of the estate of the late Capt. H. Hobart Babcock, came to a sudden and unexpected finish, ending in a non-suit suggested i by counsel Tor plaintiff. This is the suit brought in connection with the sale of the steamer Watch Hill and appurtenanees for the Watch Hill line from Stonington. Claim was made that Maxson had supposed he pur- chased 8 right of way to the wharf in Stonington 100 feet wide when it was only 30 feet in width: that the boat was in good repair when it was not, and that the stated profits Of from ZOOS to s3. 800 for the season did not materialize
 Judge Herbert ". Rathbun and Sam uel H Davis, counsel for defendants. blocked John J. Dunn. counsel for Ma1son, and were sustained by Judge Rarrews. The question to profits in the future was 3 matter ot opinion and could not be cause for damages. The question as to the condition of the boat was detern ined by the government in- spectors who permitted the boat to operate When the matter of the right ef way was reached. Mir. Maxson at tempted to tell the judge and the jury the value of the property. This was stopped when it was shown be was not familiar with prcnerty values in Ston- 1nston and therefore was not a com potent witness
 Counsel for Maxson told the court on Monday that he had tried to get com Detent persons to come to court and
 testify as to the value of the property ln question but did not succeed. and Therefore could not prove the case. He therefore submitted to non-suft At Tuesday's session the iurv awarded plaintiff s in damages fo,,
 assault. in the case of Narva against
 Jeanerett. Wednesday Judge Rath- bun, counsel for plaintiff. argued that the verdict be set aside as the amount of the award was inadeeuate Attorney Agard spoke in opposition
 too stand he did not want to sub
 stitute his opinion for that of the jury Had the case been tried. to the
 court and not the jury he said he
 would be inclined for an award of l