Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-23
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Norwich, Friday, Dec. g, 191C
VARIOUS MATTERS

the church calendar
 Most of the kindergartens will have Christmas trees this morning.
 According to the last issue of the TeleDhone Bulletin Norwich has 2,359 stations.
 Holiday time always means extra orders for manufacturers of ice cream and ices.
 Yesterday was the first day of off, cial winter, and was certainly a gen. uine onei
 Fifty name cards for 25 cents, dur ing the holidays. at The Bulletin printing office.-adv.
 Some of the finest turkeys brought to local markets this week came from the Harding farm, at Hamburg.
 Christmas coming on Sunday this year, most manufacturing plants and business places will close all day on Monday.
 A new company of the Connecticut coast artillery, to be known as the Seventh company is being organized 1 in Stamford.
 By a new postofice ruling, clerks in
 
 December 1, are subject to a civil serv- ice examination.
 Dolls fair daily at Halle club. Great Bargains. Afternoon tea for shoppers. Admission free.-adv.
 Although ground pine is covered by the snow in many localities. many handsome wreaths have been brought to town for sale.
 At the funeral of Mrs, Charles Hfl- debrand the bearers were ,~~John P. Swahn, Louis Mabrey, -yacob Vetter and John w. Spicer. /
 The Moosup Journal notes that Rev. J. IT. Newland, district superintendent, recently preached very helpful ser mon in the Moosup NJ. F. church.
 The case against Miss Caroline Bailay charged with securing money under false pretenses comes before the city court this morning by continuance. Since the postoffice department call ed attention to the need of boxes for receptacles for mail matter many have been sold by the hardware dealers and special agents.
 Poultry dealers always sell a good number of geese at Christmas time,
 
 the town, who keep up the customs of their native land.
 Remember the sale of dolls at the Halle club. Prices range from soc to $500. Mrs: Sliby will have display of lace embroidery, etc, at the Halle club adv.
 Oranges always form a big part of the Christmas trade. for school and ic crops from California and Florida are timely arrivals in market.
 Town clerks are sending notices to delinquent justices of the peace who have failed to qualify, because certi- fcates of qualification must be in by the first Monday in January
 The Y. 6. government transport Gen. J. M. Brannan arrived in New London Wednesday after long and tedious voyage from Fort Moultrie, s. C. The Brannan will run to the is land forts.
 Angus Park of Sprague, G. A. Ham mond, Putnam; T. Q. Elliott, POmfret and P E. Leonard of Rockville were present at a meeting of the leading republicans at Union league, New Ha- ven Wednesday night.
 On Saturday morning, January A, at 11.30 o'clock. the wedding of Archa StowelI Walker and Miss Blanche Gertrude Barlow will take place at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. A. c. Barlow, in Westford.
 Three Providence sportsmen in the woods near Eastford shot two large raccoons and an old bTindle wildcat The cat was thought to be a raccoon. John Day. in trying to take the cat alive, barely escaped serious injury.
 In the city court Thursday morning the young man who bit Sergeant Con- nell Thursday night was fined S3 and costs for intOXiCation and was given 25 days in jail for his resistance and biting. He didn't remember a thing of what happened Wednesday night.
 The state automobile list shows that 325 dealers have taken out their spe ciaI numbers up to date. The man who is credited with owning the most cars of any individual in the state is F. c. Converse of Greenwich. He has pur- chased from the state numbers for eight cars
 In general freight agents will ac- cept no livestock or perishable freight for transportation Saturday unless it can reach it's destination the same night. Christmas will be made as much of a holiday for railroad men as pos sible, the freight houses all being closed, and practically no freight trains will be run.
 Liberal contributions are being re- ceived for the Salvation Army's Christmas tree festival for the poor children of the city. in the Town hall December 90. Captain Douglass needs two ten or twelve foot Christmas trees, which doubtless some generous citizen will contribute toward the children's good time
 United States Minister to Argentina Charles IT, Sherrill and Mrs Sherill formerly George Barber Gibbs of Pinehurst, Norwich) have arrived in New York from Paris, where they have been visiting Mrs. Sherrilps mother Mrs E. M. Gibbs. Thursday evening in New York, Mrs. J. Warner Goddard gave a dinner of sixteen courts in hon. or of Minister and Mrs. Sherrll. STRIKE HAD NO EFFECT HERE.
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