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of handling egg lobsters in the case in question. The morning accommodation train, eastbound, which leaves New London at 7 'clock, was 20 minutes late in arrival at Westerly Tuesday. The delay was explained by a trainman thusly: "Just before getting to the railroad bridge at New London we were. held up by a red flag. as a freight train ahead had pulled out a lung and the brakebeam rigging dropped. We backed down to John street, took the westbound track to Midway and then came along on our own iron. What's a lung? It's what you commuters call a draw head, a drawbar, a coupling. or something like that. But in railroad vernacular it's a lung. Say. had that freight been going at speed and the lung and brakebeam trouble came, believe me, some cars would be piled up and traffic held up. Then instead of complaining in a whisper over this delay, you'd be shouting your head off and be telling us fellows just the way a railroad should be operated whereby there would be no accidents or inconvenience to the public. Westerly!" Depositors of the Mechanics' bank were in line Tuesday receiving a dividend of 10 per cent. on their deposits, making 95 since the bank went into liquidation. The other 5 per cent. will soon be paid and depositors are assured of a bonus that will go quite a way in making good the loss in interest on deposits. James Coleman was the first depositor to call for his dividend and was handed check No. 1. convertible into cash. There was no rush for the dividends on Tuesday, presumably heed being taken of the suggestion in Monday's Bulletin that there be no run on the bank the first day, so that the business might be transacted in an orderly and more satisfactory way to all concerned. Local Laconics. After an absence of 15 years, Ralph Macloud, formerly of Westerly, now of Athol, Mass., is here on a visit to old acquaintances. A young man on vacation from Phil adelphia, and making calls upon his best girl, employed at a Watch Hill cottage, was being shadowed by detectives on special duty in connection with the recent robberies. lle knew the sleuths were trailing him and finally informed them, voluntarily, of his identity and the cause of his presence at the hill. The Seventh Coast Artillery band will give concerts in Wilcox park this afternoon and evening in the interest of recruiting for the' coast artillery service. Miss Eileen Agnes Fowler. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fowler of Pawcatuck, and Charles Gregory Meytum of Bristel were married Tuesday at a nuptial mass in St. Michael's church by Rev. Walter J. Lyddy. They were attended by Miss Marie Meytum of Bristol and Walter Gordon of New Bedford.