Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-10-20

Mentioned among those who assisted
at the Forty Hours devotion at st.
Annes church, Waterbury, was Rev.
Father Dessureault of Occum.
Eastern Connecticut Y. NJ. G.. A. Of
ficials will attend the twenty-seventh
international convention to be held at
Toronto, Canada, October % to 81.
Louis Artilxis of Litchfield. Conn, is
here for a visit of a week with his
friend. Peter -Sellas, after they have
enjoyed a successful hunting trip in
Litchfeld.
The Stafford Press states that HRS.
G.. Percival Bard is one of the delegates
to represent the Current Events club
at the State Federation meeting in
Danielson.
Important measures will be consid-
cred at the convention of the state
plasterers, bricklayers and masons, in
New Britain during the week begin
ming October "a.
Universalists noted on Tuesday the
anniversary OF Hosea Ballou I'd, the
distinguished clergyman, who was born
October Is. 1896, and was first presi-
dent of Tufts college.
Black and orange crepe paper, owls,
bats, skulls, pumpkin bordered nap
kins. vicious looking black cats and
other reminders of Halloween are
meeting ready sales.
In some of the country towns, the
family wash day is beginning to be a
day of great seriousness, as water has
to be brought from a long distance,
and clean linen is bidding fair to be a
real luxury.
Asst. Supt. Reuben Laid and Mo-
torman John Dawson returned Tues
day from a ten-day vacation trip,
during which they visited Boston, Lev
iston and Portland, Me, and other New
England points.
Springfield papers note that on Tues
day Rt. Rev. Thomas D. Beaver cele-
brated the 18th anniversary of his
conservation as bishop of the Spring
field diocese. A portion of his student
years was spent in Norwich.
The Connecticut Woman Suffra ge
assertion is to hold it's forty-first an
nual convention, by invitation of the
Equal Franchise league of Greenwich,
in the Auditorium in that place on
October 27 and %.
Professor Jarvis of Storrs is to give
a public lecture Monday evening in the
Congrega tional church vestry at Pres
ton City under the auspices of the
Preston City grange. He will speak
on The Apple, and will illustrate it.
At the Auditorium on Wednesday at
the matinee the fortunate holder of
the lucky seat number was Mrs. James
Blair, who received the 50 gold piece.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Casavant of
Jewett City took the gold piece.
The Schoolmasters' club, an organ
ization composed of the men connect
ed with the public schools of the state
as either teachers or principals, is to
hold it's annual banquet at Yale dim
ing hall, New Haven, this evening.
We will receive by innings the score
of the worlds baseball championship.
Theater Cafe T. w. Wilson, Prop.-adv
Among Danbury visitors who are
attending the w. c. T. U. convention
are Mrs E. ]. Holman South willing
ton; Miss l.. f. Kuller, Mrs. A. H. Gal
lup. Scotland; Miss Nellie Starr, I'm
casville: Geneva Sexton Brown, East
Hampton; H. Addie Randall, Groton.
Louis Erwin Jacobs, retiring grand
chancellor, knights of Pythias, was
presented a past grand chancellor
Jewel BY the state convention. A solid
gold badge with a threequarter karat
pure blue white diamond set in it, and
with Mr.. Jacobs name inscribed near
the top.
Contractor Benedict has practically
completed the three mile stretch of
state gravel road at Preston City, eight
OF ten of his men giving the final
touches to the work this month. From
now on he will be engaged supervising
the state road from Pennington to
Plainville.
The annual convention Of the Baptist
societies of the state was brought to
a close a t Waterbury Wednesday
night with a banquet and an address
by Rev. Cortland Meyers of Boston. At
the closing session in the afternoon it
was voted TO hold the convention in
1911 al Waterbury.
Tuesday evenings Hartford Times,
in it's genealogical department. wrote
up Col. John Livingstone, who died
in 1920, in England, but the inventory
of his personal effects was taken at
his wifes mothers house in Norwich,
Conn. He had a farm in the Mohegan
territory. He was nephew to John
Wickwire.