Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-25
VARIOUS MATTERS

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Halloween post cards are already
appearing in the mails.
Merchants state that holiday buying
has already started in on q limited
scale.
Branches of, the Sunshine society
are this early planning Thanksgiving
cheer for the shut-ins.
Chrysanthemrfn plans and pretty
little primrOseS are among the favor
lite gift plants just now.
Katherine G. Lambert, manufacturer
hair goods, 116 Main street. Hours
10 to II, and l to s. Phone S32-5.-adv.
The Barre family of Montville has
moved to East Lyme, and is occupying
the house left by the late Daisy Spring.
Richard Lamont, the Middletown
weather sharp, says to look for some
snow from the 29th to the end of the
month.
Repairs are being made to the
hatndscme large stained glass window
on the south side of the Central Bap-
fist church.
High water since the recent rains
has damaged a number of boats which
had not been drawn far enough up
on the river banks.
c. W. Roode of Jewett City has a
squad of men and teams at work, cal t.
ing ties from the Walter Lee place TO
Whistletown, Mantle.
William Curtin, foreman of the Sec
ton gang, while at work on the tracks
at Miner lane, Waterford, Monday,
saw a group of four deer.
All the applications for licenses to
sell liquor in Norwich are now in the
hands of the board of county commits
sioners, there being SO of all kinds.
The last one was received on Tuesday.
Preparations are being made to en-
terrain SEQ visiting delegates at the
fifteen annual session of district
lodge, No. /. Order of Vasa, which
opens today "wednesday in Water
bury.
In st. Patrick's church Tuesday
morning, Rev. Hugh Treanor celebrat-
ed an anniversary requiem high mass
for Mrs. Emma Kristek, a number of
relatives and friends attending the
service.
Gladys Earl, the white woman woh
was the chief witness in the Glaze
murder case at Old Mystic, but whose
physical condition would not permit
her to testify, ditd at lew London on
Sunday night.
Horace Mathewson of Webster,
Mass, aged 20. died Sunday of cirrho-
sis of the liver. He is survived by a
widow and four children. A daughter.
Lottie f., wife of d. III. Seamon, lives
in New London.
Among Norwich baseball fans who
expect to see the game in New York
this afternoon between the Philadel-
phia and New York teams are B. C.
Hannis, d. J. Hayes. Patrick Shea and
Thomas Brennan.
At Plainfield, while the body of
Thomas j. Collins was being buried,
word came of the death at the same
hour of his brother Charles at Elk
eter. r. I. They fought through the
civil war together.
Severai from eastern Connecticut
expect TO attend the annual conven-
ton of the Methodist Social union of
Connecticut, which is to be held Fri
day evening, October 81. at the Metho-
dist church in Meriden
Quarterly meeting of City union,
Kings Daughters and Sons. at tie
Greeneville Cong. church Wednesday
evening at $50. The special feature
will be the report of the state conven-
ton held at Brldgeport-adv
Charged with having extorted fees
from woman from Willimantic for
giving her a useless liquid, which she
said contained marvellous healing
properties, Theresa Porto, who was a
healer in New Haven, was arrested
there Sunday.
At Bolton. Monday. Frank Landry
and Herbert Walsh pleaded guilty to
charges of having robbed an aged
woodchopper of $50 last Friday and
We're bound over for trial in the su-
perior court of 1olland under bonds
of $1,000 each.
A letter received in Watertown by
the parents of Mrs. James A Yard,
a missionary in China bids all reIa-
tives of the missionaries to dismiss
their fears, as all are safe, since the
viceroy's life will be forfeited if harm
comes to any foreigner.
Connecticut delegates, headed by
Rev. G. E. brewster, are attending the
annual convention OF the First Depart
ment for Missionary Work of The
Episcopal churches of the United
States, in Portland, Me-, which con-
tinues through today "wednesday.
At the state c. z. jubilee meetings
last week, enc of the important res
olutions passed was an appeal to lion.
George P. Mclean and Hon. Frank B.
BranGegee, United States senators
from Connecticut, to work for univcr-
sal peace by faVoring the arbitration
treaties.
In a recent issue of the Hartford
Times there was an interesting ac-
count of the work of Miss Celeste E.
Bush, a former pupil and later a
teacher in the New Britain normal
school, and description of the hand
some new house at Mantle to which
she has retired.
The United States war department
has sent to it's recruiting officers in
Connecticut the following telegram:
Submit to this office names of excep-
fionaIly desirable colored applicants
with or without prior service. Many
recruits required for colored regiments
BY order, Alvord, adjutant general
The newly issued G. A. r. manual
Oh the state contains, besides the ros-
ter, I.alftone portraits of the present
state officers of the @. A. r. and staff
a group photo of the state encan,p-
ment held at Hartford, April Il, 1911
past commanders of the state organ
lzatIon and many post commanders.