Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-02

farm of Jeanette. Shepherd in South 1 Woodstock was hard hit, and in addi- | ton to losing her siIo, which was blown over, her orchard was uprooted 1 The Southern New England Telephone company had a force of cable splicers and repair men at South Woodstock Wednesday rushing repairs on the cable which was broken by falling trees. Until repairs are made the village will be iso lated as far as communication is con cerned, fer it was the main cable to Put nam, tnat twas damaged. The Putnam Light & Power company also had repair man fixing heir5ewires,s which supplied the town with electric current. All of their wires leading into South Woodstock were torn down by the storm.
 The storm also struck Quadic severely, ! and. orchards were badly damaged. Agent Frank L. Davis of the Windham County. Farmers Association. said We'd nesday that the damaga to fruit on trees
 xas peobaDly considerable throughout the county In. those towns that were
 in direct path of the gale much unripen- cd fruit was blown from the trees. On other farms. only a few miles away, there was scarcly any wind at all.
 Naki Naume, of River street. Webster
 was arrested Tuesday afternoon in North l GrosvenorGale by Chief of Police Patrick 1 C;,Ety. of Webster, and was locked up l cn (. charge of larceny. With the ar
 rest of Naume the police believe that
 there will be cleared up a number of tllefts that. have been puzzling the of | ficials. According to the police, thefts 1 in the East Village mill of s. Slater & Sons, Inc, have been occurring ire
 uently of late, and in spite of the fact
 that special watch has been kept in an i attempt to get to the bottom of the mat
 ter. nothing has been discovered that en-
 abied arrests to be made. The first clue that was obtained was brought to
 light by agents of the company who were | m liking an inspection of the company
 houses wit; a view to making repairs
 In Na,;n,c's room they accidenta'iv came
 upon several 3undred yards of fine cotton
 7riur stored in a closet. The police were
 notified and a search for Naume made
 He was found in North Grosvenordale
 and there taken into custody. The vllae
 of the goods he is alleged to have taken
 ;s SibN. Ire police say that N:tau,e na:
 To. te1n atc 10 satisfactorily acc. II
 for the goods found in his rooms
 There are on the short calendar for tn,
 session of the Windham county superior
 court which is to be held in Putnam
 Friday morning q total of o7 cases which is one of the largest number or
 
 contested divorces- which establishes record for 8 single short calendar ses sion. Among the cases on the list wa 3 the contested divorce of Maria Little V . William Little. The case will never b. , heard since the plaintiff. q resident O
 Killingly, committed suicide last week b. taking poison.
 s Superintendent of. Schools William | ! Macdonald said Wednesday that h thinks the registration in Putnam pub 7 lie schools this fall will be approximatet . the same as last year. He would not z f surprised to see slight decrease owe f the registration of year ago.
 I Dr and Mrs. Willard L. Beard an n two children of Foochow, China, wh have been visiting relatives in Putnar :, for two weeks, have left for Oberlir - Ohio. where they will make their hom s fo rthe next year. pr. Beard, mis - s:onary. Is having a years vacas sion. 5 The four ex-serviee men who wer l. held Tuesday afternoon at Willimanti : police headquarters until their record : gan be investigated were in i'utnai c Monday right mad Tuesday inoraiIi. g Tie cuartette were selling booklets ncr l. ard claimed that the proceeds were o'
 iHE us.G fo" disabled soldiers. =.
 sal! they were representing the Ex. Se !! vice Mems Cooperative League, of Ne tt York Wlier in Putnam, one of II e fpur appeared before. the meeting of Il II Anseim Mayotte post of the American | zion requesting endorsement. This u IH post refused to give. The men sold man .s of their booklets here, but left the cit U before the investigations that were beir 4 made could be completed.
 ,e When a man of onposite views readi