Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-25
Ulf Rullfti1l. Norwich, Friday, Nov. 25. 1910.
VARIOUS MATTERS

This is calendar day for December.
 Sunday will be the first Sunday in 1 Advent
 The 1atchstring was out to all the returning home corners Postoffices every place were flooded with Thanksgiving cards Many of the holiday guests will re- I main fin Norwich over Sunday X holiday with snow-covered fields would have suited the hunters bet ter.
 Merchants say that all the indiea- tions point to unusually early Christ mas shopping this season. A number of informal social affairs have been arranged for the college students who are home for the week end.
 Local weather sha-ps are predicting a big storm. due about Novembe 2S. following the Indian summer tempera- ture of the past two days.
 Charles Brown of New London. boy who has been in much trouble, has been held for setting fire to sev- eral buildings at Windsor, Conn
 The Hon. l.. Eugene Littlefield of Block Island. who was operated upon in the Newport hospital for appendi- tis is making favora ble recovery.
 Dr. F. M. Dunn. now of New Lon- don. is acting city physician for the week during the absence in Newark, x. J.. of pr. and Mrs. W. D. Cronin.
 The population of the city of New Britain according to the last census. is 43.9f6. which makes it the fifth city in the state, according to popu- lation.
 ed q Hamburg for two years, has ten dered his resignation. He has accept cd call at Lake Mills, Wis, and will go there soon.
 If is interesting. early each morning. Co see the tin pail brigade on the West Side. headed for the spring near the tanaery. to get the days supply of drinking water.
 Bird lovers had little call to pro- vide food for their feathered charges this fall. as there has been no snow to cover up the seed pods, and the ground has not been. frozen hard.
 Thursdays mildness encoura ged . was much walking or driving or mo- tori1R piuring the afternoon as though it were a day in September. ington and Caroline J. Macleod of New York were married Tuesday at the First church parsonage, New London. by the Rev. J. R. Danforth.
 The new 1911 auto markers for pri- V-l4f fn rnr in twill I1n hi ftA ,1r ground with blue figures, and those for manufacturers. dealers and livery men. blue background with white hg- urcs.
 Word has been received in North Stonington from Mir. and Mrs..George D. Thompson of their safe arrival at High Springs, Fla. where they are the guests of their daughter Mrs. Julius B. Gavitt.
 At New London Thursday evening the Danielson basketball team defeat ed the New London Independents by the score of A to 19. New London was ahead at-the end of the first half by l7 to 12.
 The Connecticut Sheep Breeders as- sociation will hold it's annual meeting at Unity hall. Hartford, Dec. ?. for which an interesting programme has been arranged, and there will be prizes for wool ,xl.ibit3
 In this list of awards on some tick cts announced this week by two Knights of Columbus councils in Wa terbury, Miss A. Greeley, Chestnut street. this city. is named prize winner. Her ticket gives her 500.
 The foundation is nearly all in for thn rew foar-story brick block for the National Shoe and Clothing company in Main street. and the laying of the brick work can be started soon. Mot tied brick will be used on the front.
 At Miller's on Thursday evening the Academy dancing class had as guests 2 number pf the Thanksgiving visitors. and a programme of sixteen mum bers was greatly enjoyed. Many home from college were present, about forty be- in present in all.
 Local almuni learn that Rev. Pat rick Forhan. S.J., stationed at Holy Cross college since 1905. died We'd Teslay morning in the college of tu- bercUlosis aged 60 years. He was missionary from 1890 to 1898 and again from 1902 to 1904.
 Among the agencies that are CO., operating with the Red Cross and the tuberculosis societies in selling Red Cross seals are women's clubs lodges, labor unions, business mems associa- tions. stores. banks, newspapers. and thousands of schoolboys and girls.
 Mrs. Alice Carpenter of Brooklyn. N r.. through Brown & Perkins. has brought suit against the city of New London for damages because of injur- ies received by a fall September 26 on 2 walk on the north side of State street. She stubbed her toe on a plank.
 Writing up the Catholic university the Catholic Transcript says of a ma tive of Norwich: Rev. P. J. McCor- mick, STL. GU. 1906). for several years superintendent of parochial schools in the diocese of Hartford, ha S been made instructor in school man acen1ent and will also lecture on the history of education.
 Rev NJ. !. Simpson. formerly of Yantic. announced at the services of St. Mark mission. Terryville. that the committee of the Sunday scf.oI auxiliary to the board of missions of the ETiscopal church in Connecticut has awsrSed the Advent offerings of the children of the diocese to St.