Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-16
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VARIOUS MATTERS

| VARIOUS MATTERS Already there is considerable ad- vance spring moving.
 | Lenten relishes. etc. make up a big part of dealers trade at this season. Very few remembered the Maine on Tuesday by displaying the Stars and Stripes.
 The snow has fine crust. and all I the smaller hills.
 The sixth annual winter meeting of the Connecticut Whist association is to be held in Hartford on Washing toms birthday.
 Pupils of the pArochial schools are on the streets early these days, as they attend the parish mass at eight o'clock during Lent.
 The 1S2d anniversary of the birth of Robert Elnmet will be observed by mensoers of Irish-American organiza- tions Friday. March 4.
 In western Connecticut towns stage drivers and woodsmen are still obliged to take shovels along. in order to dig their way through the drifts. February 15 was the birthday in 1872 of Charles Lewis Tiffany of Windham county ancestry. the New York dia- mond merchant, who died February IS, 1902.
 Low rates to California, Arizona, New Mexico. Mexico. Tourist sleeper without change, berth $e00. Wash 
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 Authorities all over the state are on the lookout for Joseph Fahey and Luke Murphy, two boys who have made their escape from the Connecti- ! cut school for boys at Meriden.
 According to the animal census for 1909 there were 137,000 milch cows in the state, each one valued at $41, or a total of s5.617,0O0. The average price during the past ten years has been $36.5s.
 As the annual meeting and dinner of the Connecticut Retail Lumber DeaI- CTS association in Waterbury, Febru- ary 24, the business meeting will take place at Elks' hall and the dinner at The Elton.
 Miss Fulton, who has studied several years abroad and is a successful min iature painter, will be at the Wauregan on Thursday and Friday of this week, where specimens of her work can be seen.-adv.
 At the state conference of charities and correction, to be held in Hartford on March l, ? and 3, there will be an address on A Farm Colony for Round CTS, by Edgar M. Warner of Putnam, ex-judge of the city court
 Hereafter the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad will require com plete reports from conductors of all frozen steampipes on train. The off, cials say that frozen pipes have been more frequent this year than for sev- eral years past.
 Word has been received in New York that Mime. Charlotte Maconda had made marked success in La Boheme at the new opera house in Havana, which will please the Norwich and Salem friends of Madame Maconda, who was Charlotte Aaginniss.
 The State Federation of Wonen's clubs will have a pleasing programme to follow the luncheon at the New Haven house on Friday. Among those who will respond to toasts will be Mrs w. A. King of Willimantic and Mrs Rienzi Robinson of Danielson. At Mantle, Monday evening P~ A. B. Coats, secretary of the Baptist state convention, assisted by w F. Newton, singing evangelist. formerly of Norwich, began a series of evan geIistic meetings. Services will be continued each evening during the week.
 During 1909 Hartford county suffer ed most, having 91 forest fires, and a total area of 5.546 acres burned over Middlesex county had the least area of woodland burned, but New London county had the fewest fires. The total area of Connecticut woodland burned was nearly 15,000 acres.
 On Monday the wholesale price of beef went up from one-ha1f to one cent a. pound, with corresponding increase in retail prices. Lamb moved up one cent, chickens one cent and pork from two to three cents. These prices form the top notch of the re- cent advance, and they were felt the more as fish prices made an even greater advance.
 At the meeting of the board of ed- ucation of the Central school district Monday evening, it was decided to adopt Superintendent Tilson's rec ommendation and supply the schools with liquid soap and 2,0O0 sanitary Japanese paper towels, the latter to be burned after use. They cost $1 25 per thousand, and lessen the danger of contagion among pupils
 To Bowl Here.
 The Sun bowling team is planning n syO f0 ich