Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-12
Utle RullRtim,
Norwich, "Wednesday, Oct. Y, 1910.
VARIOUS MATTERS

October 10 is st. Wilfreds day.
Open cars were not too airy during
! Tuesdays heat
wave of library thefts is spread
| ing over the state.
| Plenty of butternuts of good quality
are being gathered
/ Early morning walks for pleasure
and exercise are popular just now
October devotions are held in ST
! Patricl's church on Friday evening.
The Free Academy will have no
school today because of Columbus day.
Janitor Fields has placed new tung
stem lights in the town hall, which
give much better light in the old por-
ton.
The Wilcox Fertilizer company of
Stonington has changed it's location to
GrOton.
Sudden weather changes have re-
suited in grip colds and bronchial
troubles.
in number of the schools exercises
in honor of Columbus were held Tues
day afternoon.
The supreme court of errors is to
come in here for the October term next
Tuesday Oct Is.
Those who have kept a record says
that there have been but two rainy
Sundays since June.
Fishermen declare that the snapper
biues which they are catching this
season are as sweet as trout
A number of persons noted the pc
culiar date OF Monday, orders, bills,
etc, being marked .10-10-1O."
The state gypsy moth scouts are
again looking for the pest. They
have now reached North Haven.
Many dweilers along the banks are
getting water from the river for house
hold purposes, in cases where wells
are dry.
In accordance with the requirements
Of the law, the triennial testing of the
eyes of all pupils in public schools is
beginning about the state.
The Connecticut Daughters of The
King are to hold their assembly in
the Episcopal church at Meriden the
first Thursday in November.
There is to be a short calendar SEES
sion Of the superior court in New Lon
don this week Friday. 1t is expected
the criminal court viii end today.
Low Rates to California.
The Sunset Man" viii be here
soon. Ask him to cali and tell YOU
about California and the low rates.
Address J. Fl. Glynn. n E A, 10
Washington street, Boston.--adv.
A local visitor to Baltimore writes
home that water is scarce there also,
and property owner caught using
the precious city water to wash his
front steps was fined $40.
Tomorrow, October 10. will be the
second anniversary of the death of
Daniel Colt Gilman, the eminent ed
ucator, who died at the Gilman home
stead at Norwich Town in 1908 aged
All but the walls of the first story of
James McGrory's building have been
removed by Contractor G. Morgan Will
liams. and work on the foundation for
the new building has been begun at
the rear.
In the Connecticut town elections,
last week. 1000 ballots were thrown
out by mOderatorS. Most of them
were rejected for trivial reasons, they
being regarded under the law as mark
ed ballots.
When a runaway team struck a
hydrant in Franklin street on Tuesday
the driver was thrown out into the
street but not badly injured. Ills
able TO walk away.
For eight days. commencing today.
Bank Watchman Joseph Ashwell viii
be on his annual vacation, and prac-
tically all of it will he spent in the
woods with his hounds. Supernumerary
Devito viii substitute for him.
Capt G. E. Douglass of the Saliva
ton Army has been called to south
err New England conference at
Springfield on Thursday and Friday.
While he is absent the evening meet
ings viii be omitted those two days
over $1,000 has been raised for the
fund for the Beecher Park and Mitchell
library. Westville. The Beecher prop
erty must be sold this fall and if the
fund can be raised work will probably
start on the Donald c.. Mitchell memo
rial next Monday.
Very Low CoIonist Rates
Via Nickel Plate Road, to Washington.
oregon and far Northwest, daily, Sept
IA to oct. IA, and to California and far
Southwest daily Sept. so to Oct a.
Finest tourist sleepers. Write l.. p.
Burgess, N.E.P.A., 312 Old South Bldg
Boston Mass.-adv.
The foundations for the concrete
walk on the Main street side of the
in on Tuesday. The ornamental iron
gratings for several of the cellar win
dows were also set and all will be
placed in a day or two.
George Wright, the boy found in
Montville by Constable Stanton, was
taken to the county home by the Off
Gals and on Tuesday three children
by the name of White were taken there
from New London. They are aged II
and s. Their father deserted the
family. who used to live here.
From his collection of TWENTY-FIVE
varieties OF handsome roses, Frederick
n. Toplif, bookkeeper for the Totokett
company at Occum. picked bouquet
Of perfect blooms and buds on Tues
day. Some late sweet peas were also
growing in the open air, as fragrant
and perfect as in midsummer.
The current issue of lie Citizen Cou-
rier du Connecticut, the organ of the
French citizens, has on its first page
a cut and sketch of Costello LipDitt.
of Norwich, candidate for state treas
urer. lie Courier says: His admin
istration as mayor of tho city of Nor
Wich was irreproachable."
At the meeting of the committees of