Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-13
Olle @ulle1fyr. Norwich, "Wednesday, April 1s, 1910
VARIOUS MATTERS

Bands of gypsies are beginning their spring migrations.
 In some of the state towns ice one eighth of an inch thick formed on Monday morning.
 There is project among New Eng land cities to make the first week in May a cleaning up week. Annual meeting of City union, King 8 Daughters and Sons, at Second Cong. church this evening at 7.s0.-adv. Friday morning at 43o will be the earliest time at which it will be worth while trying to see Hal1ey's comet. Literary societies will observe to- day, April 13, as the anniversary of the birth and death of Shakespeare. The Italian democrats of Connecti- cut will meet in Meriden on May to form a Connecticut Italian democratic associa ton.
 Some statistical person has recalled the fact that on April il, 1894, hf- teen inches of snow fell in central Connecticut.
 
 office this week. One dollar added to regular fee after May 1. Office open daily from g a. m. to D. m.-adv.
 William F. Ingold of the Hotel Ar lington, New York, is to manage the Mansion house and cottages at Fish CTS island this season.
 Musicians union. Local 235, holds a concert and social in T. A B. hall this Wednesday, evening. Grand orches- tra and a pleasant time for all.-adv.
 The last notices to mariners con- tains the item: Connecticut. Thames rivers-Ice house light. No. 5. relight- ed, the structure having been rebuilt.
 A New London exchange says: pr. J L. Harrington, who has been quar- antined with scarlet fever is allowed to leave his room now and the quar- antine will be released next Friday.
 The state agricultural experiment station at New Haven is making an effort to lessen the damage done by information in regard to the habits of the pest and the best methods of destroying the insects.
 Beginning next Saturday evening and continuing over Sunday, the quarterly meeting of the delegates from the Swedish Congregational cut will be held at the Swedish Zion Congregational church, Hartford.
 The Connecticut company begins running cars to Ocean beach every IS minutes on next Sunday, starting at 7.15 D. m. During week days the cars will begin running to the beach at SIS p. m. At present the last car from the beach will be at Il D. m.
 Letters received by Norwich friends from Mrs. Benjamin E. Sibley of Ri- alto, Cal. tell of the rejoicing of fruit and grain growers over several good showers, which began on Easter day. just when the ranch owners feared the loss of all their crops because of the drouth.
 Norwich members of the D. A. R. are proud of the news received this week that a Connecticut Daughter, Mrs. John T. Manson, of Mary Clapp Wooster chapter, New Haven, has given se,00o towards finishing and fur nishing the Connecticut room in Me morial hall, Washington. Mrs. Man. son had already given $2,000 toward its building.
 After July 1, people who send seeds through the mails and want them to go at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, must put the seeds in a sealed envelope made of material sufficiently trans parent to show the contents of the envelope, or the postage will be at the rate of two cents an ounce or frac- ton thereof.