Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
WESTERLY


 ceeded in securing favorable senate | action on the measure to provide al- | ternate regular sessions Of the super | 1 for court for Washington county at | Westerly, instead of adjournments to l Westerly at the option of the presid-'I
 ing judge, and then only for the trial | of cases assigned. Divorce cases and
 many of usual court matters are at tended to at Kingston where tife court
 convenes in regular session. The bill
 has been passed by the senate, and
 now it is up to Representatives Davis and Ferguson to secure it's passage in
 the house, or at least to bring it to a
 roll call vote in that body. At this
 distance, however, the indications are that Kingston will continue to be the
 only shire town in Washington coun
 | ty, barring the option permitted judges of the superior court for adjourned sessions at Westerly.
 With the object desired shifted, this court house fight is a reminder of the
 times when Norwich made determined
 effort to have ali sessions of the su-
 perior court held in Norwich, and not
 alternate with New London, The older
 readers of The Bulletin will recall the
 bitter feeling engendered by the prop
 osition between residents of New Lon
 don and Norwich and which was not cplilGl dltO 1OI lll1Ily SCdiS. IL "cto during this controversy that there was
 a Fourth of July parade in New Lon don. and one of the features was miniature duplicate of the old county scourt house at the head of State street in that city. On either side of the miniature building was painted;
 "Built in 17S4. Too Old to Go to Nor wich," and the novelty was cheered
 all along the line.
 he do model was drawn to the old Bishop wharf, where it was constructed, and left there. It had not been on the wharf two weeks when it suddenly disappeared and was discovered in Norwich. A party of Norwich men took no stock in "the too old 10 go to Norwich" and came to New London on a tugboat one dark and starry night, placed the little court house aboard the tug, and stationed it near the old flagstaff in Wauregan square before daylight did appear. There the court house remained for a time. hut ultimately was utili7ed for hen house il 2 Tho mesville garden. The cid, original 17Si court house is sti1l doing alternate court business at the old stanI at New ondon while a hH Hndeo0ne modern brick court rouee $ uilding facing Union square. Norwich, is utilized for the sessions in that city. The State Guard act, which carries s continuation of the guard until such time as action is taken by the federal s government for state protection. was passed in the house of the Rhode Isl 1: and general assembly, after quite d q : squabble, is on the senate calendar for \ action next "Wednesday. Ii is said al ] cf Washington is in unity in favor of 1 the passage of the act
 The latest recorded deeds of transfer ! Of real estate ip the office of Town \ Clerk Everett F. WhiDpIe are as fol- { lows: Pauline C. Lena to A. H. Sni- , ~er, Jr., house and lot at Pleasant ,.t Diew; James Foley to T a~-rnncn e { 'oleT, lot i1 C~H~itn etrnnt' hnrel- NJ : N7ari1o n H-~-co;s7 Y no~etto ty- l 'nts i1 Oak etv-c+ ~~~7+~n. -ric47o' ] Narr0ne ct ". r. 4eolo Nrorr~ra [ lot in O@l street Do~oon'co Brog~o ct uX., to Pietro Ch'aradie et uv.. house 2 and lot in Pearl street. Ethan Wilcov s to Fannie E. Wilcox ct al. house and a lot in Grove street, Mildred Vea1e t ! Harold Doney. house and lot in Ho- 2 bart street: Annie C. G"eoione to Mo- g ~ia A. Cimolore two lots in Oar ! street centre Elizabeth F. Dou~lass E "a Fred &t7tger et TX, lot in F'airvieU 8 T'ark; Abby NJ. Moves to Hobart B 2 Ayers, twenty acres in east mart o' ! town; Mary s. Crafts to Howard E < Tnorp, fen lets ct Atlantic beach, s Dora J. Kenyon to F Frank Clark 5 land at Pleasant View. B. Frank CIarl 8 to F Kingsburv Curtis. land at Pleas. ; ant View; B. Frank Clark to F 5 Kingsbury Curtis to B. Frank Clark 3 mutual rt~ht of way at Pleasant View a Durir@ the same period there were N recorded siy mortgages aggregatins 3 $9800, and six releases of mortgages. I Police Serqeant Ferguson learned O Ss the sale of five chickens for the sun pa Of S2 and he at once suspected tha s they were not sold at that low pric 2 in these high cost of living times b, 3 the original owner. So he went a i s!euthing. He ascertained that tn
 salesman was a colored man who di, = not own q hennery. and arrest follow
 cd, or rather the man was taken t
 the station as a suspect. It is be 2 licved the chickens came from u f North Stonington way, and effort is be If ing made to learn if chicken thie [ had selected specials from any foe -' in that section.
 It surely is q question with the DO 1s lice as to whether the chickens wer e the property of the colored man b
 right or merely by possession, wit 10 the preponderance of belief tendin -r towards the latter. The cclored ma ar claims the chickens belonged to hir A and he told conflicting stories as | 7n how they came into possession H
 says he sold the chickens at a lo7 10 price because he wanted the money. 1T. Mrs. Lizzie A. Morse, 81, q native ( t. Westerly widow of Captain SterSe er. K. Morse, died last week at her hom $, in East Hartford. Mrs. Morse was i to excellent health for one of her az b. until she slipped on a rug at her hom
 fell, breaking her left leg near the hi of and died four days afterward
 O. Her husband was a sea captain an he owner in several vessels. He wa a. about to retire from active marir in life, ten years ago, when he died sut e denly on shtpboard Mrs. Morse leave t. a son. Edward H, Morse. proprietor es the business college in Hartford. ar he two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Rockwell, S. Groton, and Mrs. Jennie Peckham nd Orient, L. I Burial was at Wi1lima1 re tic.
 ts. pr. Joseph A. Higgins, son of Mir
 Mary Higgins. of Pawcatuck who wei li- to France eighteen months ago vii of the American medical corps and W; be attached to the Eighth army, goir -ts immediately into active field servic gn expects to be rele3 Sed from the EIn,