Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-02
VARIOUS MATTERS


the total estimated cost of buildings
being $545,439.
Thursday morning Miss Nellie Bur
by of New York assumed her duties
as superintendent of Memorial hospital
in New London.
Eastern Connecticut societies will
be represented at the German Cath
offc state convention in New Haven,
June 3. and 8.
The town clock resumed striking at
ten a. m. Thursday, after maintaining
dignified silence since 9 O'Clock
Monday morning.
Warnings are being sent out that IT.
year locusts have been found in sew
erRl places in the state notably in
Wailtngford and Berlin
The Grosvenordale Grain company Of
Thompson has changed its name to the
Thompson Grain company and has filed
a certificate to that effect
During June, the magnificent eve
ming star, Venus. runs rapidly east
ward, climbing higher in the heavens
and growing brighter each night.
IE the June Columbian. John Tro-
land Of Norwich has a thoughtful and
SlSlliIlC.anE poem. bullGlng, winch
shows characteristic polish and depth.
Mrs. Minnie Leete of Trading Cove
picked ripe strawberries in her garden
on Thursday afternoon, the vines pro-
ducing about a quart of these early
ones.
The New Haven road has announced
that beginning June freight cars can
be held only two days and for every
day over that time rate OF 81 day
will be charged.
A new fraternity Alpha Chi Alpha,
has been organized at Wesleyan uni
versity, Middletown. Two of the in
itiates are L. c. Flocken and r. H.
F1ocken Of Willimantic.
In spite OF Wednesdays rain. the AZ
d. A. r. chapters of Connecticut were
represented by two hundred members
at the third annual luncheon to Mrs.
). T.. Kinney in New Haven.
Members Of the Putnam Phalanx
were in Hartford Thursday evening to
attend meeting of the Phalanx, at
which arrangements were made for
the celebration June II of Bunker Hill
day.
Oscar A. Leonard began his duties
as deputy TALLER at the Tolfand county
house Thursday John H. Steele is
retained. as his assistant and Mrs
John Usher as assistant to Mrs Leon
ard in the house.
Rev. Marcus j. Simpson. now of
Plymouth, Conn. is one of COM
mittee of two to arrange for the tro-
ply to be donated to the winner of the
athletic games to be held at the Fourth
of July celebration.
Government bulletins are being is
sued adnonishing farmers to protect
the forty five species of woodpecker
as this bird is the greatest enemy of
insects which destroy s1o0, 0Oo,O
worth of timber each year.
At the burning of the mortgage note
clearing from debt the Church of the
Messiah at New Haven, Wednesday
evening, M. Nj. Whittemore. formerly
ticut Universalist church. applied the
match to the document
Waterbury's board of education has
voted to retain Berlin W. Tinker as
superintendent of schools and to in
crease his salary to $4,000 Superin-
tendent Tinker is son of the late Rev
Ezra w. Tinker. former pastor of the
Norwich Methodist church.
The City of Lowell of the Norwich
line from New York brought IN Thurs
day morning freight including 800
pieces of groceries to be used at the
forts. In addition to the usual num-
Der of passengers there were 800 1tal-
ian immigrants bound north.
The new terminal of the New Eng
land Navigation company, which is in
close proximity to the eastern district
terminal in Brooklyn, and also to the
freight houses. makes possible greatly
improved facilities for the prompt re-
ceiving and handling of freight
Arthur Larsen. son of Nelson Lar
sen of Cedar street, broke his upper
arm on Thursday afternoon white
playing baseball. The bone snapped
from muscular contraction while he
was throwing the ball The young man
was attended at his home by DR.. j. J..
Donohue.
The women's petition presented the
house against the passage of the suf-
frage bill was signed by the follow
ing from Colchester: Mrs. William S.
Curtis, Mrs. Catherine r. Potter, Har-
riet e. Lee, Mrs. Seth w. Carver, Ruth
B. Carver. Miss Florence S. Carver,
Miss Susan F. Day. Miss Alice Kemp
Charles Hanson, New London
lItiEHL COIutIIOT III Jte New haven
railroad. lost a lot of blood Wednes-
day night at Norwich, When a piece
of broken glass severed an artery in
his wrist He was ca IRVING lantern
and in some manner broke the globe.
DR. F. NJ. Durn sewed up the cut
New London Telegraph.
The new Connecticut state register
for 1911, contains this year. besides
the names If certain democratic off
cialsfi a half-tone of the new state
library building, the fundamental or
ders of fsBs-39 and the text of the
charter granted by King Charles II.
It also has the census figures of 1910
for each town in the state.
The Waterbury Democrat states
that at a solemn high requiem mass
in st. Thomas church at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, months mind
for the pastor, Rev. James w. Cum
bingham, Rev. Joseph E. Mccarthy of
Wauregan was celebrant. Rev. Will
lam Krause of Westerly deacon. and
Rev. John "A. Dooley of Waterbury,
sub deacon. Among clergymen as
sisting at the services was Rev. T.
Nj. Crowley, DID,. of New London.
A surprise party and tin shower was
given Miss Rose Rafferty, on Thursday
evening by a large party of her friends
who called upon her at her home at 50
Boswell avenue. Games and music
made uD an especially enjoyable even :