Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
VARIOUS MATTERS
Valentine teas are timely.

Valentine teas are timely.
Neosha Whist club tonight, at For
esters' halliday.
Only a few flags were displayed OF
Lincoln day because of the storm.
In Fridays Hartford Times, John
Holyoke Barnes of Norwich had SONS
| verses entitled "Boyhood-"
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are
Ember days. days of fasting and absti-
nence in the Catholic church.
| The state federation of women's
| clubs is to hold it's annual luncheon
| in New Haven on Friday, February
Is.
The Connecticut Library association
is to hold its annual meeting at the
Bridgeport public library on Thurs
| day, February "a.
| In its series, Hartford Men of At
| fairs, on Saturday, The Post pictured
State Treasurer Freeman Patten, born
in Stafford Springs, November 3. 1855.
1t was announced Sunday that the
recent charity ball of the Catholic Wo-
sum of S539.24 for the poor of st. Pat
rick's parish.
The blowing up of the battleship
Maine in Havana harbor, February Is,
1898, will be commemorated tomorrow
by Spanish war soldiers and other pat
riotic organizations.
Governor Weeks has authorized the
payment of the following bills: The
Norwich hospital for the insane for
January $4,145.91; the Connecticut
hospital for the insane s17,251.97.
Alfred Shehan, IT, who ran away
6, was found Thursday in a lodging
house in Providence. His grandfather,
Robert Mills, brought the boy home
Methodist pastors from this section
viii go to Stafford Springs today and
Tuesday to attend the Norwich dis
trict ministerial association meeting of
the New England southern conference.
Carrie, wife of William 0. Ottinger,
died Friday in Providence at her home,
No. 81 Concannon street The funeral
will be held there this (Monday) aft
ernoon. The family has relatives in
Norwich
The town clerks of the state have
made returns to the commissioner on
domestic animals. H. 0. Averill, for
1881 dog tags and a first order for
that number has been placed with the
contractor.
The report of the department of ag-
ricuIture, just issued from the bureau
of statistics shows that there were g.
900 horses in Connecticut in 1909, each
one valued at 1926, a total valuation
of s7,S12, 900.
The handsome horse of DIR. John L.
May, burned in Sundays fire at West
erly. was driving horse formerly
owned 10y DR.. L. 3. Amy of Norwich,
and originally sold by him to a North
Stonington purchaser.
Word has been received by Connec-
ticut Elks that the transportation COM
mittee of the grand lodge has arranged
with the railroad companies for a rate
of a cent and a half a mile to the De-
troit convention July II to 10.
During. his recent visit to Norwich
Francis P. Bent. alderman from the
Sixty-first district, New York, remem-
bered a number Of his friends with
handsome calendars issued by him as
an Official of Manhattan.
At ST. Patrick's church Sunday
morning, Rev. Hugh Treanor preached
on the holy season of Lent as an ac-
ceptable time in which to rectify the
past. and to seek to eradicate such evil
habits as profanity, detraction. unchar-
itableness and the like. Lenten serv-
ices were held Sunday evening.
Norwich people who fancied they
saw the Tillinghast airship will be
confused to know that Tillinghast has
been denounced by J. Walter Flagg of
Worcester, director of the New Eng
land Aero club, who was appointed by
the club to Investigate the claim of
the fakir, whom he pronounces "the
DIR. Cook OF the air. who never made
a flight.
A summary of forest fires for 1909
has been prepared by the forester of
the state, S. N. Spring, who is also
state forester and state forest fire war
den. Of the total of 1856 forest fires
in the state the cause of 14S
were unknown; engines set "a fires,
and So were reported as due to care
lessness, such as throwing down
lighted matches. cigar butts, etc. and
leaving fires INTENDED.
SheItering Arms Service
There was evening prayer and an
address by Rev. NJ. J. Simpson of
Grace Episcopal church, Yantic, at the