Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

| VARIOUS MATTERS
| Sunday was St. Ambrose's day.
| Most of the schools will open to-
day.
Communion services in the churches
yesterday was largely attended.
Laurel along the river banks is
showing a new and glossy green.
St. Patrick's parochial school opens
for the spring term on Tuesday.
Saturday and Sunday were most ac-
ceptable samples of April weather.
The beef market has weakened some
and Sundays dinner did not cost as
much as it has of late.
A party of Norwich travellers on
Sunday went through bad forest fires.
in this state, Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island
The annual meeting and dinner of
the Connecticut Editorial association
will take place at Hartford Monday
of next week.
The nineteenth annual meeting of
the Connecticut Bookkeepers' associa-
ton is to be held in the Y. NJ. C. A.
building at Hartford on April 8.
Local dealers are receiving notice
that the ninth annual convention of
the National Association of Piano
Dealers of America is to be held this
year in Richmond, Va, May Is, IT and
IS.
Open cars were run from Westerly
to Watch Hill on Saturday and Sun
day There is considerable building
and repairing going on at the Hill,
where grass is green. and trees and
shrubs have budded.
EarIy risers can even now catch
g1irnpses of Halley's comet. It rises
about 20 minutes before the sun. and
is soon lost in the glow of the suns
light. The comet Is gaining on the
sun, and in a few days time it should
be fairly easy to discern it on a clear
morning.
The police of various Connecticut
cities are extremely DESTROYS of get
ting hold of an Elxs' card swind1er
who has operated in Meriden and va
rious other cities through the card of
a respectable member of the order, and
who by phony checks has raised con-
siderable money.
Saturdays Waterbury American had
q three column cut of Edison s. Bish-
op, candidate for department COM
mander commander. writing him ND
as mot only a veteran, but the son
of veteran, for he served in his own
fathers company. which he afterward
rose to command"
Of local interest is the announce
ment that at Middletown on Friday,
William Moreiand Lansdale, 81 years
old a prominent lawyer of Philadel-
phia, and Miss Elizabeth Cox Binney,
so, sister Of his first wife, were mar
ried by the Rev. DR.. John Binney.
brother Of the bride, at the rectory of
St. Luke's chapel.
Articles of association of the New
London Business Mems association,
incorporated, have been fled with the
secretary of state. The object of the
association is to forward the mercan-
tile interests in the city of New Lon
don. The document is signed Alex. J.
Campbell, Ernest z. Rogers, w. A
Holt B. 3. Gardner and John Hum
phrey.
Horace Johnson gives warning:
From the 7th to the 9Th there will be
a disturbance composed of all sorts,
a perfect medley, very likely to COM
mence with binding snow, the wind,
rain, lightning and thunder. About
the 23d there with be quite a rainfall.
All should be prepared for a great
drought the coming season that will
equal that Of 1885.
Gov Frank B. Weeks has announc-
ed the reappointment of Hubert f.
Potter of North Haven to be dairy
and food commissioner for four years
from May 1, 1910. The statute states
that the dairy and food commissioner
shall succeed to the powers and duties
heretofore imposed upon the dairy
commissioner, and that the annual
salary shall be $4,000 and expenses,
5000 more than was paid to the dairy
commi ssioner.
EIINEDAf