Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-07

Albert N. Brown, 77, formerly of | Westerly, was almost instantly killed ' Wednesday afternoon when knocked down in front of his residence, in East | Providence, by an automobile driven by Frank W. Sylvester, chauffeur for Coll onel Samuel P. Colt. Sylvester, in the Seventh district court, pleaded not gull | ty to the charge of manslaughter. He furnished bail of s5o00 to appear for trial May IT.
 MT. Brown, who lived with his daugh- 1 ter, Mrs Miller left the house to board car for Providence, and passed in front of truck, just as Colonel Colt automobile came along in the opposite direction. Sylvester says that MT. Brown started to walk backward toward the sidewalk when he saw the Colt machine ahead again and went in front of the automobile before it could be stopped in
 time to prevent the accident.
 Mir Browns father, Nelson Brown, was keeper of the Watch Hill lighthouse
 many years ago. While residing in
 Westerly, Albert Brown was a bookkeep- CT in the store of Edward R. Brown, and later engaged in business with his father
 Albert Brown was a member of the Westerly Fire company, also of Frank lin lodge of Masons in Westerly He married Miss Lewis, of Stonington borough: she died several years ago. He has 8 sister. Mary c. Brown, who re- sides at Vineyard Haven. His mothers 1 name was Hannah Fhurston.
 The Colonial club elected these offie- CTS at the annual meeting Wednesday night: Thomas Mckenzie, president; Ar | thur L. Perry. Cash Miller and Paul F. Estey to the board of governors for three years. It was voted that members pay | future, l Transfer deeds of real estate recorded | in the office of Town Clerk Everett B. l Whipple, are as follows: Sarah A. James l to Domenico D Cristeforo, house and lot i in Canal street; Luigi Fusaro to Frank 1 Perry, four lots in Washington park ; !! Frederick M. Coon, ct uX. to Nelson E. l Brown, ct ux., house and lot off Potter l Hill road; Leonardo CapiZZano to Dom l enico Capizzano, half interest in house l and lot in Tower street; Josephine w. l Corbin to William H. Corbin, ct al, house
 and land at Weekapaug; Empire Real l ty to Sam Tanner, and also to Thom- l as Sadow, lots in Fairview park Lucy A. l Arnold to Charles P. Crandall house ana l lot in Grove avenue; John W. sweeney 1 to Smalley Pink and Red company, three
 tracts with buildings off High street i; 1 Stephen c. Parkhan, by heirs, to Grace
 L. Peckham, land in Bradford; Emma s, l Critcherson to Myron L. Allen, ct ux., 1 house and lot in Spruce street.
 | During the same period there were rec
 ordaA six mortgages aggregating S10,- | TAO. and two discharges of mortgages l Peleg Kenyon had an advertisement in the Library Echo and Pawcatuck Ad- vertiser, printed in Westerly, in 1853, | which reads as follows "One Cent Re- ward Ran away from the home of the subscriber. July 30, an apprentice boy. bearing the name Avery Lamphear. Said
 boy is about ten years old about ordin- l ary size, dark complexion, not very erect, l with large black eyes. All persons are l hereby forbidden barboring or trusting i said boy on my account, as I shall pay
 no debts of his contracting. But whoever | will return him to me shall receive the abNe reward, no charges paid and no thanks given.''
 Another ad in the same issue reads Kid Gloves, 8 large assortment of colors and sizes, for sale at 62 1-2 cents, by c. H. Denison.'
 The governor has not signed the bill abolishing the office of Jury commission er He has the matter under consid- eration and declines to say whether he will give approval or veto The meas
 ure was overwhelmingly favored by the general assembly, and next Saturday is the time limit for action by the governor. If he fails to sign or veto the bill it | automatically becomes law. The office is held by "Jnke" Eaton a leading poli- tician of tho State and the chief clerk is James A. Dunn, of Westerly.
 !, Merrill post, American Legion, will be in charge of the drive in Westerly to
 raise funds for the Salvation Army, and it is expected that at feast 5000 will be
 collected. The committee selected to . take charge is composed of Bourbon A Babcoek, Daniel F. Larkin, James Don , ohue, Robert Mitchell, Lowden Coembs Robert NJ Freestone, Arthur N. Nash Henry L. Johnson and Elliott Thorpe ; At the annual meeting of the First , Baptist church, officers were elected as I follows Thomas H. Peabody, president Daisy H. Peabody, secretary and clerk