Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-22

VARIOUS MATTERS.
Legal holiday.
Have the flags out early.
Snowdrops and croouses are UP.
Sunday was like a spring day.
The cherry viii be the favorits fruit
today.
wild geese have been noticed flying
north.
TIL. new moon was due on Saturday
evening.
Neosha club, D. Of P, whist tonight,
Foresters' hall.-adv.
washington pictures are featured in
the window decorations.
The homecoming of the fleet today
has exceptional local interest.
A number from here will attend the
Hartford automobile show this week.
Quaint costumes will be brought
from attics for today's colonial tea
parties.
The heavy rain Of Friday and Sat
urday morning gave the streets a fine
washing.
The postoff1ce clerks will gather at
Meriden today for their annual con-
vention and banquet.
St. Patrick's day will be the next
day to celebrate, March 18th falling
on wednesday this year.
W. r. C. Colonial supper, Buclzing-
ham Memorial, tonight, 5 to z. Tickets
15c. Public cordially invited.-adv.
The bell in the Franklin church tow
er is stir coated with ice, so there is
no echo from it when the clock stries.
Mrs. Mary ". Mills Of Cleveland,
Ohio who addressed g. missionary
meeting in Norwich last week, has
been describing her work at the Meth
odist church. New Britain.
Official compilations of the New
York, New Haven g. Hartford Railroad
Co. show that during the last fiscal
year the total number OF stockholders
has risen from 14.1S9 to 1888.
The members of the Moosup Civic
club will hold q banquet at their rooms
this (Monday) evening. Rev. ]. H.
Newland will address the young men
on The Civic Matters Of the Day.
There VIII be an informal dance at
the Halle club, Tuesday evening, Feb.
%. from to II, for members only,
with their invited men friends. Ad-
mission Csc a couple, 15c for single
tickets.-adv.
Gen. Heman o. Averfil, cattle COM
missioner, is suffering from an attack
of tonsilitis, which confines him to his
home at Washington Depot ,Litchheld
county. and has been unable to attend
10 appointments throughout the state
Petitions are being circulated IN
various Connecticut towns and signed
by teachers of the public schools in
support of the bill before the legis-
lature for the pensioning of school
teachers after teaching twenty Ave
years.
Mrs. Martin Crawford OF Waterford
has received news Of the death of her
son Of pneumonia at a hospital in
Moorecroft, Wyo. The young man had
been a patient at the institution for
several days under treatment for the
malady.
Judge A. Mcclellan Mathswson Of
the New Haven city court, a native
of woodstock, who has been mention
ed as a possibility for judge OF the
superior court, has stated that he Il
in a receptive mood should the APP
polntMsnt come his way.
Passenger traffic on the various lines
Of the New York, New Haven ano
Hartford Railroad company has beer
exceptionally heavy during the past
| few days. Nearly all the trains were
run in double sections, owing 70 the
washington's birthday traffic.
Printed copies OF the annual report
for the year ending September 30
| 1908, of the trustees Of the Connect
cut agricultural college at StorrH were
| filed Saturday in the offiee Of this
comptroller The enrolment for the
calendar year, ended November 80
| 1908. was 2ss.
Miss Almira overton Of Portland
| Conn, had spoken OF giving SONS
! money to the Episcopal church in He.
bron, but died withos1t adding the be-
quest TO her VIII. Now the Califor
MIA heirs have sent the rector, Rev
Mr.. Fitzgerald, check for the amount
| promised by Miss Overton.
Thoonas O. 9inclIfey, IT, for owe
! 50 years a locomotive engineer, diet
at his home in New Haven Thursday
night from 3 complication of diseases
He was a native Of Preston. Mr.
| Hinckley was made an engineer on tn,
| New London O. Northern railroad II
| 1853 before he was 81 years old
The following appointments hav,
been made by the New Efaven railroad
company: II. z. BageJI agent, soutl
Lyme station. Shore Linz division; ]
| W. Morgan. freight agent, Canterbury
Midland division; r. P. Cassidy. agent
Lyme Shore LAns dfvfslon; J. B. Gal