Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-17
Olle l}u(letnl. Norwich, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1909.

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 Norwich, Wednesday, Nov. r, 1908. VARIOUS MATTERS
 Tuesday was typical November gray day.
 Big fair at Spiritual Academy today and tomorrow. Supper 15c.-adv. Windham county churches have been making public prayers for rain.
 The first allotment of Red Cross stamps for Norwich will number 3O,- 900.
 Sunday schools are already appoint ing committees for Christmas enter tainments.
 Local merchants would like a sam- pie of the western snow, to help move their winter stocks.
 Fair at Spiritual Academy today and Thursday. Christmas gifts, aprons, cake, candy, good suppers.-adv.
 A party of New York men, members of the Fishers Island Gun club, has reached the island for the fall hunting.
 Members of the Broadway church choir gave a concert in the Stafford Springs Congregational church Tues day evening.
 At the meeting of the National grange in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tues day. L. P. Healey of South Woodctock, Conn, was elected assistant steward
 Washington Sunset route to Cali fornia-Tourist sleeping car four times weekly without change. Per sonally conducted. Berth, $8.50. TO- 22S Washington street, Boston.-advt
 Owing to the mildness of the tenn pera ture there have been several out ing parties to Lantern Hill this week to enjoy the view, now that there is no foliage to interfere with the fine prospect.
 It will interest cottage owners to know that the Mantle board of asses sors was at Black Point Tuesday, viewing property. The board is mak- ing slight increase in the valuation of property.
 The schooner Frederick w. Day, which brought a cargo of yellow pine lumber from the south to Norwich, and which has been undergoing re- ire at NJoovaIr cI, ,,-oe sea Tuesday morning, bound to New York.
 Rev. George c. Sauer preached his farewell sermon as pastor of the Me morial Baptist church, Bridgeport, on Sunday, and left Monday, with Mrs. Sauer, to assume the pastorate of the First Baptist church, at Bangor, Me.
 At the annual meeting in Bridgeport today Wednesday, of the Connecticut Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents, James L. Case of Norwich will represent this county and George S. Elliott of Willimantic will speak for Windham county on the topic, The Local Board of Connecticut.
 The fifteenth semi mi-annual meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Co., lonfal Danes of America was held Tuesday at Harmonic hall, New Ha- ven. Besides regular business there | was the election of delegates to the | convention of the national society, to | be held in Washington, D. C., next 1 spring.
 Tuesday was the S1st year of Timo- 1 thy Dwight, president of Yale univer- sity from 1886 to 1889, born in Nor | wich, November Is, 1928, the grandson l of the Rev. Timothy Dwight, presi- | dent of Yale from 1795 to 1877. After | graduating from Yale in 1S49, Dr. 1 Dwight spent three years in the study | of theology.
 Preparations for gathering in New 1 Haven of the board of adjustment of | the union of railway clerks on the | New Haven system were completed l Monday. This board numbers 27 men | and will meet one week from Sunday | for a consideration of the demands | made recently, some of which were | granted by the company.
 Because of the visit of government | inspectors to this state recently it is | probable the shipment of cattle from Connecticut to other states will be pro- hibited. One of the herds of cattle ex- amined showed over half to be af- flicted with tuberculosis, and when these cattle were killed and again ex- amined it was found that in only one case was mistake made.
 MISSIONARY SOCIETY.