Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-03
VARIOUS MATTERS

lined coats and wraps last week than during any week in years. Furniture sale continued this Clues day) evening, A. E. Beckwith, 11S Washington street.-adv. The promise of an approaching cold wave was welcomed by residents of overheated apartments and houses. The rainy holiday gave the towns people a chance to stay home and read The Bulletins big New Years issue.
 New Years observance yesterday was limited to little informal neigh borhood calling, and the exchange of good wishes.
 Local star-gazers are still trying to make out Halley's comet, which will not be quite invisible until the mid- dle of February.
 The total amount of mortgages re- corded in Norwich last week was only $900. In the corresponding week of 1909 it was s70,0S0.
 Miss Mabel S. Clark of Norwich took Mrs. F. H. Merrilrs place as soloist at the Second Congregational church, New London, Sunday.
 seven new corporations, ndV1ng total authorized capital in stock of S2S0, 900, were formed in this state during the past week.
 On the fourth of the month, the planets Mercury, Venus and Uranus will be close together in the early western sky but they will all be too close to the sun to be well seen.
 The legislative train will begin its run Wednesday of this week. Next week and all during the session of the legislature the train will run Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
 The national commandery of the Order of Foreign Wars will meet in Hartford next May and plans are be- ing made for entertaining the dele gates, who will come from all parts of the United States.
 Herbert, the five year old son of Mr. and Mrs Herbert Clark of Palm ertown, died at his home on Sunday, after a short Illness. Death was due primarily to colitis epilepsy being contributing cause.
 D. A. R. regents are receiving cir culars booming Mrs. William C. Story of the Manhattan chapter for national president general. The circular is signed by sixty state officers and chap ter regents of New York.
 The state shelIfish commission has submitted its biennial report to the governor. The statement of finances shows that for 1909-10 the receipts were SPECS, the disbursements $6,727, leaving a balance of s20,2Ss.
 At St. Patrick's church Monday morning a requiem mass for Miss Ju lia V. Holland was celebrated by Rev. Hugh Treanor. Face to Face, a fla vorite hymn of the deceased, was sung by Mrs. Frank L. Farrell.
 The town clock, evidently resolved to have at least a partial holiday quit work at 9.20 Monday morning. By II o'clock however a compromise was effected and it struck the hours there after, instead of striking work.
 A notice has been sent out from the office of the collector of internal rev. enue regarding the returns to be made by corporations upon which the federal corporation tax for the year ended
 There was open house Monday. New Years day, by George A. Keppler at his tailoring establishment. He had many callers during the day, it being an annual custom to receive on the first day of the year. Refreshments were served.
 Byron A. Zones and Miss Airline L. Scott daughter of MT and Mrs John A. Scott of 2S1 Pequot avenue, New London, were married Sunday after noon by Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth, pastor of the First Church of Christ, at the parsonage.
 In preparation for the coming gold rr1 Irsh 1f AJa society, one of the most active work CTS in a quiet way is former County Director Felix Callahan, who took prominent part in the celebration of the silver jubilee of this society in 1886.
 The Max Gordon & Son corporation, at it's annual meeting Monday. elected these officers: President, Michael Le- vine: vice president, Abe Handelman: secretary. H. M. Land; treasurer and general manager, Jacob Gordon; direc- tors, Samuel Goldberg, B. Pressman, Israel Hankin.
 A pleasant house party over the hol- idays was that at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Thompson of North Ston- ington, who had as guests Miss Mabel Barber of New York, Lee c. Wilson of Chicago, Miss Leonas Thompson of Bronxville, N. Y. and Roy and Rich ard Thompson of New. Haven.
 A progressive dinner in which Misses Dorothy Lathrop, Florence Kiuck, Mabel Foran and Greta Keefe of New London were the hostesses was held Saturday night. Each of the host esses' houses were visited during the evening and courses of the dinner served. Miss Muriel Preston of this city attended.
 The clerks in the freight office of the Consolidated road received a pleasant New Years surprise Mon day in gifts from Freight Agent F.. C. Jewett. Each one in the office re- ceived a useful article of mems ap- parel, this evidence of appreciation of faithful work being gratefully received by the entire staff.
 For the Storrs agricultural experi- ment station 5000 per year is to be asked from the incoming legislature instead of S2,000 as heretofore; the Connecticut agricultural college wants $235, ,000: the Connecticut state board of agriculture wants 12,000; the Con- necticut Dairymens association wants S6,000, $1,000 more than last year.
 The department of agriculture states that through the use of a sulphur spray, the eastern peach business has been made sta ble for the first time The estimated loss annually from brown rot on peaches is 5,000, GOO and from peach scab $1 ,000, ,000. virtually all of which might be prevented by