Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-03
Che 9ulleti,l.
VARIOUS MATTERS


| Dabon's Almanac provides hot and
dry weather" for several days.
For nine evenings the present har-
vest moon will rise before midnight.
Saturday, Sept. 4. will be quarterly
| pension day, when the old soldiers exc
cute their vouchers.
Housekeepers and stewards welcome
the return of the oyster, giving variety
to the Friday bill of fare.
In general, peach orchards in this
section are suffering very little from
the San Jose scale this year.
| Connecticut delegates to the r. Of A.
| supreme court, held recently in Toll
edo, Ohio. are arriving home.
Have your tar sidewalk repaired or
| laid by the Westerly Concrete Go.
Leave orders at Bulletin ofice.-adv.
The Connecticut Pathological So
| ciety's annual exhibition will be held
at the Berlin Agricultural fair, Sept.
| IA to IL.
|
| Shore resort people declare that
| there were never so many clambakes
as this season, due largely to the I'M
interrupted good weather.
Labor Day entertainment at Froehl-
| ichkeit Hall, Sept. 9Th, afternoon and
| evening Dancing commences at p.
m. Tickets, 25 cents PERSONALLY
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| At Thompson early Thursday morn
ing, fire destroyed the barn of Will
liam Baker entailing loss Of $4,000,
which is partially covered by insur-
ance.
The autumnal equinox falls this year
on the 23d at noon, when the sun
crosses the celestial equator going
south, and the winter half-year be-
gins.
Thursday evening the guests at
Pleasure Beach anad their friends were
entertained at a dance with George T.
Salter, proprietor of the Palmer house,
as host.
Today (Friday) the first Friday in
the Sacred Heart win be celebrated in
the Catholic churches at $50 and
z a. m.
The law was off on beach birds We'd
nesday and a large number of hunters
went to the meadows along the Sound
in search of game. but birds were re-
ported rather scarce.
/
A fourth anniversary requiem mass
was celebrated in st. Mary's church
at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning by
Rev. James ]. Smith for the repose of
| the soul Of Cornelius Kelleher.
The population at the Connecticut
males, SIS; females II; discharged
month 1 pardoned o; paroled 1; re-
ceived during the month s.
Now that amateur astronomers have
seen Mars eclipsed, they will keep
their glasses trained sxyward in the
watch for Halley's comiet. likely to
make its appearance at any moment
from now until the end Of December.
Announcements have been received
in Norwich of the marriage in Phila-
| delphia on Sept. 21st of Palmer S.
Tubbs, of Parsons, Kansas, son of
Sheriff ]. II. Tubbs of Mantle, and
Miss Stella Saxton Faunce, Of Phila-
delphia.
There were in this state last month
a total Of 70 violent deaths. OF this
number Sc were accidental, 13 were
suicidal anad homicides. In the list
| Of accidental deaths drowning leads
with a total of 10 victims while those
| killed on the railroad number Is.
On Tuesday Mrs. Henry ID. johnson
gave a dinner party at her summer
cottage at Point Breeze. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Arthur Peale and her
| two children of Mckinley avenue, Mrs.
| Small and Mrs. Jonathan Lathrop of
Asylum street, and Mrs. Eben Allen
| of Washington street.
At the reunion of the 2Sth regiment,
Connecticut Volunteers. on Saturday at
Savin Rock, they passed a unanimous
vote that the secretary confer with
| the secretaries of other veteran or
CARNATIONS in the state relative to ar
| ranging for a general reunion OF all
the veterans OF the civil war in 1911,
the 5Oth anniversary of the outbreak
| of the war.
The current number Of The Voter,
of Hartford, referring to the state
police says: During Chief Egan's alb
sence to California, the department has
been in charge of Assistant Superin-
tendent Story of Norwich. Mr.. Story
conducted a raid himself on Wal
lingford place for Sunday selling. We
commend the activity Of these officers
and their success.
Boat Club Abandoned Meet.
The Nameaug Boat club of New