Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-07-12
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VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
The annual visitation of potato bugs
has begun, but there is no reason why
the crop should not be good one.
Ex-Mayor Costello Lippitt and Mrs.
Lippitt of Williams street are at
Pinehurst, Willimantie camp grounds,
for the summer
The annual three days celebration
in honor of Madonna della Grazia. the
patron of the Italians in southern Italy,
ended Monday night.
District Attorney Charles s. Whit
man of New York. a native of Norwich
with Mrs. Whitman, sailed Thursday
for six weeks vacation in Europe.
Lawns are beginning to brown, for
the owners find that they require con-
tinuaI and unremitting attention with
the hose if the grass is to be kept
green.
The steamer Plymouth from Provi-
dence came into New London Sunday
afternoon with 1900 excursionists on
board. it being the first trip of the.
season.
The corn crop in this section, which
comprises several hundred acres, is be-
ginning to suffer from the extreme dry
weather, there having been no rain
here for twenty days.
Judge James P. Plat in the United
States circuit court at Hartford last
week admitted to citizenship 3s of the
Al applicants who were examined on
applications to be naturalized.
The Connecticut delegates to the
Elks' convention at Detroit are said
to be strong for the election of DIR.
James T. Kelley of New Haven as
grand esteemed leading knight.
The statement Is made that several
cottages are to be erected at Groton
Long Point within q year. Roads have
been built on the point and the own
ers are trying to boom things.
Bishop Milan has ordered that in
formation concerning the affairs of the
Roman Catholic diocese of Hartford
hereafter be disseminated through an
official news bureau of the diocese.
The number of failures in Connecti-
cut for the first six months of 1910
were 125, and the liabilities were $685.
O70. During the first half of 1909 the
failures were SO and the liabilities
s1207.574.
Raymond B. Pease and Lulu Desso,
daughter of William Desso, both of
Somers, were married Saturday at the
PARSONAGE in Ellington, by Rev. David
E. Jones, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church.
picnics. The present run of warm
makes the word picnic sound
well to the overworked man and shady
groves and open fields have an ire
sistible call.
The makers of ice cream wear smiles
and are happy. for they expect the |
heat-oppressed muItitudes will con-
sumo enough of their product during |
he present month to make up for poor |
business in June.
While on his way to Norwich sun /
lay night, the rear axle of the auto
mobile driven by Benjamin Erickson of /
New London snapped at Montville and |
1ne wheel came off. The occupants
we're uninjured.
A new feature of the playground /
his week, when Harry Mclaughlin /
Will conduct classes for instruction in |
swimming on Tuesdays and Fridays of |
ga cp week at Ocean beach.
Rev. Thomas A. Grumbly. who went |
@ East Hampton from Jewett City last |
September to serve as curate until a |
regular pastor was appointed, has gone /
TO Newtown, Rev. Patrick Fox having |
been placed at East Hampton.
An engagement of interest to many |
people is that of Miss |
Y. B. Mansfield of Salem, Mass, and
sister of Mrs. T. Belknap Beach of |
Hartford, to Alec Thayer, United
States vice consul at Venice.
The regulars at Fort Trumbull go
nto camp July % at Fort H. G..
Wright with the state militia. August
they will vacate Fort TrumbuIl,
which. according to reports, is to be
lsed for the school for revenue cut
err officers now at Arundel Cove Md
The survivors of the First Connec-
icut cavalry will hold their forty
ourth annual reunion in Waterbury |
his year, and the Waterbury members
re beginning to make plans for the
of the veterans The
late is not yet fully decided upon.
State President Philip J. Sullivan
f ThompsonviIle and State Chaplain
rev Edward A. Flannery of ST. Ber-
ards church in HazardvilIe, of the
Iibernian order of Connecticut, left
Ionday morning for Portland, Ore to
ttend the national convention of the
rider.
The publicity committee appointed
v the postal clerks at the last state
invention states that over one half
f the work required of the clerks on
unday is unnecessary, and that most
f the mail left at the postoffice on
unday could be attended to just as