Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-04

The Lazy Bug does not have much
show ON a cool day like Tuesday.
While dog days have but just be-
gun, awents are taking orders for win
ter furs.
Friday, August 6, being the festival
of the TRANSPORTATION, there will be
services in the Episcopal churches.
The recent publication of the bien-
NAL report of the Connecticut state
board of charities shows 5000 insane
in the state.
The Rebekah Past Noble Grands as
ISOLATION win meet today "wednesday
with Mrs. Jennie Wild, a summer res
ident at Gales Ferry.
Invitations are being received to
the old home week celebration of the
125th anniversary of the town of Chel-
sea, VT, from August 16 to 20.
Rev. c. H Ricketts, of Norwich
will preach at the Federal Street Epis-
copal church, New London, in ex-
change with Rev. w. P. Buck next
Sunday morning.
The summer sewing school will
close it's four weeks session on Fri
day. There will be an exhibit of the
childrens work on Thursday, both
morning and afternoon.
The contract for the building of
s, 1852 linear feet of gravel road on the
Hartford and Willimantic turnpike in
the town of Andover has been award
ed to Ahern brothers of Norwich.
At the recent Woman's Relief corps
day at the soldiers home in Noroton
the value of the contributions is esti-
mated TO be about $40, and SIS in
cash was left for the old soldiers use.
Gov. Frank B. Weeks has signed the
bills passed by the general assembly
closing saloons on Christmas day and
limiting the number of licenses grant
ed in any town to one to every 500
population.
The Connecticut Luther league held
its third annual picnic Tuesday at
IIdnONCl PAIN 4hOlA0Ch- ANNPAN9St
tives of the English, German and Swe-
dish leagues were present from all
parts of the state.
Merton r. Darrow has purchased the
property formerly owned by Thomas
B. Hick on York avenue, Mantle. Mrs.
L. NJ Champlin and family of Putnam
have leased the Ely cottage at Cres-
cent beach for August.
The Lincoln cent, the latest thing in
United States coins, and the first coin
to bear the image of the head of one
of our great statesmen, was issued
from the Philadelphia mint Monday.
The coinage of the familiar Indian
head cent was dropped last June
Eastern Connecticut priests who at
tended the funeral of Rev. James H.
O'Donnell at Norwalk on Monday were
Rev. Fathers Treanor, Smith and Gill
dea of Norwich, Cooney of Baltic, Ell
ty of Pomfret, Donnelly of Occum,
Van den MORT, Putnam, and Kost of
South Coventry.
Saturday evening, Miss Annie Raj
ter of $40 Point street, Providence,
died at a hospital in that city from
a fractured skull received by stepping
from a trolley car in motion. She
was 80 years old, chain maker by
occupation and had a number of
friends in Jewett City.
Block Island looked good to some
sports as a place for a roulette wheel
and couple of weeks ago they set up
one at that resort. They did business
quietly, but soon it became noised
around that considerable money was
being lost, and the men with the wheel
were notified to leave, which they did.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Hinckley of
New Haven announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Elsie Louise,
to Frederic w. Heyl, Yale 1908S. The
wedding will take place at the home
of the bride on Tuesday, August "a,
and will be a quiet affair. only the
immediate families being invited. Miss
Hinckley is the granddaughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Mershon of Mckinley
avenue and has many friends in Nor
witch.
Twenty young men have passed
the state medical examinations, in
GLIDING Thomas H. Gallivan of Nor
witch. The state examinations are held
three times year, the candidates be-
ing required to pass a test of ten
questions in each Of the following
subjects: Anatomy, physiology, medi-
cal chemistry and hygiene, materia
medica, including therapeutics; prac-
tice, including pathology and diagno-
sis, obstetrics, surgery.
To secnre the earliest nossihle de-