Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-22

donors are MT. Pratt and his sister, Mrs, E. B. Dane. 4s4'.s
 Mrs. Russell Sage gave s50o0o to i Syracuse university on her last birth day. The money is to be used as an endowment fund for the teachers col lege.
 Thomas Morris of La Crosse, mem Der of the Wisconsin senate, is said to be the choice of the La Toilette element of the republican party in that state for governor 4
 Rodins statue of Victor Hugo. which was the subject of much criticism when it was exhibited at the Paris salon, has been erected in the garden of the Palais Royal. fs
 Miss Elizabeth Wright, who doesn't belong to the aeroplane family, never theless insists that girls should not become bachelors of art who are not able to draw breath correctly. Frank B. Sanborn is almost con- vinced that the Junius letters were composed by Thomas Pownall, an able but peppery colonial governor of Mas sachusetts, and that Philip Francis was his amanuenss
 Congressman Champ Clark, demo- cratic leader in the house of repre- sentatives, and who halls from Bowl ing Green, Mo, is scheduled to lecture before several of the teachers insti- tutes of Pennsylvania.
 Lord Kinnaird. speaking at the an- nual meeting of the British Royal Normal college for the blind. drew at- tention to the interesting fact that 80 or 90 per cent. of the college students became self-supporting.
 Helen Mathers,s who in private life is Mrs. Reeves, and who is known over the English-speaking world as the author of the novel of country life, "Comin Thro the Rye" has decided definitely to lay down her pen.
 Edward B. Sterling of Trenton. N. J., has discovered in the outskirts of the town the largest specimen of poly weighs 43 pounds, is 13 inches in height and measures 105 inches in circumference.
 After courtship of two years, which began in the desert, Buel A. Funk, cowboy and artist, and Miss Helen Muir, daughter of John Muir, the noted naturalist, author and geol- ogist. were married in Los Angeles by the Rev. J. Q. A. Henry.
 When Dorando. the Marathon run ner, married a short time ago, the ceremony was at o'clock in the morning to escape the enthusiasm of his neighbors in Capri, Italy. The entire town planned a holiday and Dorando shrank from the ordeal 
 The Hisgen family of Springfield and Albany takes naturally to poll tics. George c. Hisgen, brother of Thomas L., independence league can didate for president year ago, is to be nominated for mayor of Albany by the democrats and independents.
 Stern reader of facts, successful banker and politician. the recipient of the highest gift in the power of the people of his state. former Gov. E. G. Stokes of New Jersey is at last dis covered to have a fad. That is an almost superstitious regard for wearing a straw hat until the pri- maries are over.
 Dr. w. L. McEwan. pastor of the Third Presbyterian church, Pittsburg, one of the most prominent ministers of the denomination nj Pennsylvania, and twice candidate for the modera- torship of the general assembly. has been elected to the chair of homiletics in Princeton theological seminary. He has taken the offer under considera- tion.
 Writing in the Medical Record. Dr. James J. Walsh. dean of Fordham university medical school. says that the first hospital ever built in Ameri- ca was erected by the Spaniard CorteZ in Mexico City in 1524. It was en- dowed out of revenues obtained from the properties conferred on him by the Spanish crown for his services in the conquest of Mexico.
 Leoncavallo has written a new com ic opera which was heard a few days ago by some of the composers inti mate friends at Rome. The title is "Malbruk" and the libretto is found- ed on incidents in Boccaccio's De cameron" the chief feature being the adventures of General Malbruk whose young cousin interferes with the even tenor of the generals household rela- tions.
 Forty miles a day is only a jaunt for F. Forrest Crooks of Massilon, O., aid Samuel R. Mansfield of Steuben- vile, O., two husky young athletes, who have arrived in St. Louis on their way from Akron. O.. to Seattle, Wash. They have averaged 40 miles a day since leaving Akron. on September IS, and expect to arrive in Seattle in about five months
 The oldest college janitor in this country, Harlow Raymond, who has been caretaker of the Wesleyan uni- versity buildings for 45 years, has sent in his resignation. to take effect next March On November 12 he will be so years old. and is still hale and hearty To several generations of Wes- leyan men he is affectionately known as Doe Raymond.
 Mrs. Van Wyck has been appointed assistant secretary of the Associated suggestion of the Sage charity work in New York that a trained woman should do the work. The splendid or- ganization of the Sage foundation has made more evident the need of train ed workers in all charity effort throughout the country.
 Maria Maglieseo. arrested in Naples for pawning jewels belonging to an- other is the only woman who ever followed the profession of bullhght- ing. She was born in Algeria Her father was shipowner and her moth CT an Arab. She ran away from home when 15 years old and after several years spent in vagaoondage