Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-16

I ing the firt to the building, an 1sx2e i wood structure, and preventing the
 spread of the flames to the adjoining
 building which was. however, badly
 scorehed. In the meantime freight l ing apparatus on bob-sleds set out 1 from the Bank and Jackson street en- zine houses, but turned back when ] the recall was sounded soon after the
 alarm was entered. The contents of i the building destroyed consisted of a ton of coal. some furniture, and light farming tools. The loss amounted to
 about $500.
 The meeting Of the w. c. T. U. was held Friday afternoon with a small attendance owing to the weather. It l is planned to have the courtw o-s..-7' i tive board meeting this city Thursday. | February 25th at wnlch IIi44sf ,s.o state president, Mrs. Mary P. Wilson, of Hartford, will be present and out line the work for the coming year. A letter was read from state headquar- 1 ters at Hartford in appreciation of | the check from the local union to-
 wards Mrs. Wilson's expense to the
 world convention to be held in LoIl-
 don, April IS. 1920.
 The influenza in this city is show ] ing an upward trend once more, ae- cording to the cases reported to City l Health Officer pr. w. P. s, Keating. l As many cases have been reported up 1 to the present time as for the whole
 of January.
 orrin Grisss, IS. was before Jus | tice of the Peace George H. Andrews of the town of Mansfield Saturday morning. charged with breaking and
 entering the Central Vermont rail
 road station at South Coventry on i the night of January 31st and steal 1 ing two 100- pound boxes of sugar, and three bags of flour. Young Griggs l entered plea of not guilty, but prob 1 able cause was found, and he was | bound over to the next criminal term | of the Holland county superior court | under bonds of $200. Griggs was ! brought to this city but Special Of | ticer William Lewis and J. J. Ander- i son on the Central Vermont railroad, | who arrested him in Hartford The l officers and Lieutenant Allan McAr-
 thur of the local police force suc- 1 ceeded in getting back all of the part of a bag of flour, the commodi-
 ties having been disposed of to res- | idents of the lower village for the | sum of SPA, said to have been paid 1 for one 1O0-pound bag of sugar. | Griggs was employed some time ago i by a South Coventry mail carrier and | is said to have been familiar with the l station surroundings. Another man is said to have been implicated in the | theft.
 In the police court Saturday morn | ing, Victor Granshaw, 51. John Foley, 4S. and Charles Mccarthy, 52, were
 charged with intoxieation. The trio was arrested in the cooperation boarding house across from the town building. Granshaw had in his pos
 session at the time a gallon jug near ly full of hard cider and two three ounceS bottles of Jamaica ginger la beled 91 per cent. alcohol. Each en- tered a plea of guilty. Granshaw and Mccarthy were fined $15 and costs each, amounting to s24.15, and Foley,
 who was placed on probation only two, days before, was fined $20 and costs Granshaw furnished the amount of his fine but Foley and Mo-
 Carthy were unable to do so and
 went to jaiL
 The Eneralds broke even, on their
 week and transforming trip, losing to the Middletown Y M. c. A. team Friday night 50 to 19 and winning from the Connecticut Mills aggrega- tfon at DanfeisOn- Saturday night, 34 to 9.
 John Maicker, infant son of John ! and Mary Majcker. of 136 Chapman street, died at the home of h.s par ents early Saturday morning from pneumonia. Funeral services were
 held at the home Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, burial being in St Jo- sePh's cemetery.
 Jerome Bonaparte Snow, 7S, died at the home at South Coventry late Fri day. He was born in that town May 5, 1S44, the son of Samuel P. and Phoebe Harvey Snow. The deceased was a member of Francis s, Long Post, eNo. 30, G. A. R., of this city, and had an excellent record of ser vice in the Civil war. He was wound ed twice in action, once at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, and again at l Chester Station, Virginia. He leaves a widow. three brothers, Jerry, of Philadelphia, George A. and Samuel D. of this city, and one sister, Mrs.
 Lyman Main. also of Willimantic
 Isabelle J. Rush, age months, died 1 at the Mansfield State Hospital and
 Training 5Sehool late Friday night 1 from epilepsy. The child was the
 daughter of Calvin and Martha Rush i of Windsor and was born Sept. 8,