Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-30

ltal dead of seventeen. which she land ed in Stonington.
 The Westerly Central Labor Union park on Labor Day and the sproeraln provides for field athletic sports. with Ia baseball game on the side. In: the morning there will be parade of Ia band. Tho procession will form In Elm street and march to Broad to Mechanic, countexmarch to Granite to
 vose park. Daniei Murray win be the marshal and J. E. Murray aide. It is expected that 2 speaker of prominence will give an address at tho park. | 9slectman 1oulter of Paweatuck has made an investigation and ascertained that Rhodes Davie and his wife. the 1 victims of suicide and murder, resided in PAwcAtuck only two months and that they are legal residents of the town of Hopkinton. R. l.. and not of | Stoningt ton. The overseer of the poor ed Selectman B0ulter that Hopkinton will assume the burial expenses. The disposition of the four children. all minors. has not been determined. but they win not be charges on the town of Stontngton- They are etill being cared for at the home of Mrs. Horace L. Ne1der. who resides at No. Pros pect street. in the same house where the murder and suicide was commit A. !. Widener, 70, made the trip alone in an automobile from Antioch, Cal; to Westerly in 2S days. and will make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Harry ". Gavitt. in Wells street. He made stops at Jamestown. N. r.. and Spencerport. N. Y. to visit rela- tives. The trip cost MT. Widener $40 and the fare by rail is $90.
 Judge, Oliver H. Williams reserved decision in the case of Everett Brown and wife against the Westerly Wet Wash laundry heard at Fridays ses- sion of the Third district court This is a. claim of $500 for alleged damage done linen and wearing apparel of plaintiffs by reason of the running of colors from colored goods.
 The defendant, through Attorney Herbert ". Rathbun. did not deny that the goods were damaged. but put up the defense that it is the custom of all laundries to take colored goods at the owners risk. In this particular case notice is given by tays attached to receptacles and by bills rendered that the laundry is not responsible for cclors that run or for the fastness of colors- A. T. L. Ledwidge is counsel for plaintiffs.
 Charles H. Sherman. accused in six separat te counts of illegal trapping. one for using steel trap with a spread of six inches. and the other five for set ting traps accessible to domestic anf- mals. The defendant. through Attor- ney John J. Dunn. adimtted sufficient evidence to convict. which is equfva- lent to nolo. On the first count he was fined s1oo and costs and on the other five S20 and costs each. Appeal was taken and bond of s100 in each case furnished.
 Jacob Paul Yuray of AlIenton has brought suit through his attorney. David R. James of Providence. an ac- ton of trespass. About six weeks ago automobiles driven by the parties named were fin collision and the Yuray 6ar1 xoI -E yr<t. plaintiff claims James was entirely at fault. The automobiles came together when near Arcadia.
 Local Laconies.
 MT. and Mrs. William segar have returned from two weeks automobil trip. Eev.--John Grotons who has been visiting relat tfves in Westerly, will leave today (Saturday) for his pas torate at tJenkinsville. Pa. after an chaplain in overseas service. recently returning; he spent the balance of his leave, which expires Sept. i. with rel atives in Westerly.
 churches Sunday morning, prospects favor large audience in Bliven opera house to hear the gifted William Jen- nings Bryan talk in favor of prohibi- ton and abolition of the saloon.
 Major Harold Baker and a deiega- tion from Battery A, 103d field artil- lery, of Providence, attended the fu- neral of Sergeant William Irving Me- Gowan Friday.
 The Westerly public schools open next Wednesday.
 Henry D. SBarrows of New London was in Westerly Friday.
 Tag day netted $12.3O for the West erIy Visiting Nurses associati ton.
 The strike of pinboys in Watch Hill bowling alleys has been called off.
 Mrs. Tanning. wife of Corporation Counsel Joseph T. Tanning of Nor spending two weeks at the Pleasant View cottage of her parents Mir. and Mrs. James B. Mullin of Norwich. has