Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-05

\
 1 This is quarterly pension day for the | old soldiers.
 ! In some places in the suburbs it ! was l6 degrees early yesterday morn 1 ing.
 The seats have been taken from the I different parks and stored for the | winter
 1 day. Broadway church will hold it's ! midweek meeting Wednesday evening. l adv.
 The bubble fountain erected by the I D. A. R. on the Little plain has been | covered for the winter. A Manchester correspondent writes: 1 The contractors who are constructing 1 the Hartford Norwich trolley line re- | port a scarcity of laborers. Mrs Alexander Kerens of Haver- 1 hill, Mass, died at St. Vincent's hos Dtal in Worcester. Thursday after l noon. At one time she was a resident i of Putnam.
 A meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary. Y. M. c. A., will be held on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 6. at 4 o'clock, at the Y. M. c. A. parlors.-adv. The current number of the Connec- ticut Farmer contains State Highway Commissioner MacDonald's address to 1 the state board of trade in full, with 1 large and life-like picture of him. self.
 Miss Clapps opening sale of Xmas novelties today, large and exclusive showing of fine needlework, aprons, dolls, neckwear, stamped linens, cards, etc.-adV.
 Fidelity chapter of New London, at it's meeting Friday evening, voted to make a Christmas gift to the Ma sonic home at Wallingford. An in vitation to visit Sachem chapter of Norwich was accepted. Announcement was made Saturday that the Bromley lecturer on journal 1 ism this year will be Robert Lincoln OBrien. editor of the Boston Herald. MT. O'Brien was secretary to MT. Cleveland from 1882 to 1895. Christmas sale by Parish Aid of Trinity Episcopal church at Bucking
 ham Memorial, Tuesday, Dee. 6, 2.So 10 p. m. Useful and fancy articles, caps, candy, ice cream, cocoa.-adv Among those from this state who will attend the seventh annual conven-
 ton of the American Road Builders
 association in Indianapolis, December s, T, and g. are Highway Commis- sioner James H. Macdonald and E. c. Welden of Storrs.
 Attorney General John H. Light de-
 sires to have corporations understand
 just what the law demands in the
 matter of returns, and is sending to
 each negligent corporation circulars
 containing copies of the section, the
 forfeiture being $100.
 The Hartford Times of Saturday
 said Abner Hunt of Norwich filed a
 voluntary petition of bankruptcy in
 the United States district court Fri
 day. His liabilities are listed at $2.521
 and his assets at $3.55G, of which $3,500
 represents real estate.
 The Wilkes Barre paper says of Gov.
 IIanIy's lecture that "it is one of the
 greatest ever given in this city" Gov.
 Haniy in Y. M. c. A. entertainment course, Central Baptist church. Tues day evening.-adv
 J. B. Shannon has had a weather vane placed on the dome over the Auditorium hotel building, which makec two wind indicators from his buildings in the center of the city for those anxious to get line on the weather.
 The Hillcrest Manor Land company of Greenwich has been incorporated with capital of $50,000; Franklin s. Jerome, Norwich; G. A. Stafford, of are the incorpora tors. They commence
 business with S15.0O0.
 At the annual meeting of the Con- necticut Sheep Breeders association in
 Hartford. J. B. Palmer of Lisbon was
 11z ,Ts F-.,.
 two years are Fred Johnson of Gosh en, Prof Fl. L. Garrigus Of Storrs and
 P. J. Tripp of Rockville.
 The Rhode Island state board of ae-
 ricuIture will hold a farmers insti-
 tute in the lecture room of the Prov
 idence public library Saturday eve ming, December II when Allen La than of Norwich will lecture on The Possibilities of Beekeepipg,
 The following from the New York Times is of local interest: Mrs. Lind
 ley Hoffman Chapin will give two
 dances for young people on December
 P and December 2s, at her residence,
 s West Forty-ninth street, for her daughter, Miss Katherine Chapin.
 It will interest local friends to know
 that Governor elect Baldwin on Sat
 urday announced the reappointment
 Of Frank D. Rood Of Hartford as eG-
 ecutive clerk of the executive depart
 ment of the state. Mir Rood has held
 the place for the past thirty years.
 In the Catholic churches of the dio-
 cese yesterday reference was made 10
 the fortunate preservation of St. Jo-
 seph's cathedral, Hartford, the mother
 church Of the dio diocese, which was
 damaged by ire which broke out in the rear of the organ loft iu the base ment on Friday.
 St Aune's temperance society re- ceiVed Holy ComnFunon in body at the 7.30 o'clock mass in St. Patricks s church on Sunday. Mass was cele- brated by Rev. F. J. Plunkett and Rev Fathers Treanor and Cavanaugh gave i communion. Father Treanor preach cd on the First commandment The half of the double cottage at l Eastern Point owned by Mrs Mary ! DooIttle, bought recently by W. $ Alling, is being remodeled and improv- | ed, as is also the other half of the 1 cottagt, owned by II. F. Haskell of Norwich. In each case extra rooms 1 and two baths are being added. 1 Most of the holiday packages are be- l ing sent abroad under the parcels post | arrangement at F cents pound or a i fraction. but to the Philippines the do mestic merchandise rate of one cent an ounce is reUrlirp1 fHpra hef.az ,4n