Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-23
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 The longest days are the hottest.
 An occasional tent appears along the river banks.
 McClunie. decorator, Broadway the- ater. Telephone 467-12.-adv.
 Students from Northfield are arriv- ing home for the summer vacation.
 The cry of the hour with the small boys: Come on inl The waters hneI'
 Fresh-air children from the cities are beginning to reach Connecticut towns.
 There will be lively buying of suit cases, bags and trunks for week end outings.
 Those who feared that>the good old summertime was not coming are no longer worrying.
 Tuesday evenings heat was no worse than the pest of bugs and flies which accompanied it.
 Norwich can entertain all the stran- gers within her gates during July with no fear of a water famine.
 At the Bendett place. at Mohegan, Hebrew summer guests from New York have already arrived.
 
 Family interest, which lately cen tered in the furnace. has been trans ferred to the refrigerator.
 That order for decorating your build ing should be left with Closson & Kingsbury Carroll block.-adv.
 Connecticut pastors of Lutheran churches are in New York, to attend the synodical convention of the general council of the Lutheran churches.
 The girls of the Delta society of the Norwich Free Academy enjoyed days outing at Pleasure beach Mon day. going on the Sight Seer in the; morning and returning at night
 Mrs. Hattie Smith Turner of Port land, Conn, and Charles S. Baker of Andover. Conn, were married Satur- day by Rev. W. T. Hale of the Metho- dist church at Belchertown, Mass.
 Rev. c. K. Flanders. a representa- tive of the Baptist state convention, has been in Greenwich, where the growth of the town will make possi- ble the planting of a Baptist church there soon.
 Boys selling the souvenir stationery for the 250th anniversary are doing so well that the Beckwith Go. is going to give the girls a show.-adv.
 The Middletown Press says: Mem bers of Arawana tribe of Red Men have accepted an invitation to go to Norwich on July 5, on the occasion of the celebration of the 250th anniver- sary of the city. President Taft will be in attendance
 Of local interest is the financial note that there is a sharp call for all the is- sues of the International Silver Co.,, more especially for the. debenture 6's of 1883, which have vastly improved during the last six months in the eyes of investors.
 Police chiefs of the state have re- turned from Buffalo, where they at- ended the annual convention of the Association of Police Chiefs. There were two hundred chiefs present and the guests were roy ally entertained.
 According to the last railroad re- port the number of idle box cars showed an increase, but decreases in other classes of equipment brought down the net surplusage of freight cars to 2T2,660, compared with 2S4,292 In a previous report.
 Members of Norwich lodge, No 43O, B. P. O. E., are requested to meet at lodge room today at p. m. to att tend funeral of William L. Greene oerg.-adv.
 In connection with the celebration it Is recalled that fifty years ago Laurel Hill was thick woods, known as Pep per Hill, from its only inhabitants, 3 family named Pepper, who had a small house in the hollow below where the old school building stands.
 An Adams, Mass. correspondent writes: Fred R. Pratt of Norwich, Conn.,, has been appointed master me- ,hanic at the Berkshire mills, to take .he place of the late Justin H. Mc- Tarthy. He is a man of much experi- ence. He began his duties Monday.
 The pcstface department, mindful hat thirteen million pieces of dead mail matter were sent to the dead let | ter office last year, has requested post masters to instruct the public as to he organization and operations of the | postal service, particularly the proper of letters and the import lnce of placing return cards on the envelopes.
 Mayor Sanderson of Springfield has received a letter from Fred W. Car oenter, secretary to President Taft, an- that on his way from Nor wich President Taft will arrive in Springfield via the New Haven railroad 1t GAO o'clock in the morning of July }, but that he will probably not arise Intil 7.30 o'clock, giving him 25 min Ites to meet Springfield people md make a short address.
 The Cassidys Enjoying the Trip.