Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-18

on Sunday The events, Of winch tn1S l feast is an outgrowth, date back to the year 165 B. c.
 | Highway Commissioner James H. Macdonald announces that new work on state roads in fourteen different towns of the state will be open for bids in a few days.
 schwaner Brothers of New London has filed with the state secretary a certificate of incorporation, with cap ital stock of s2,000 The purpose is to engage in the grocery business. Christmas wreaths and scarlet bells are appearing in the windows of res idences. Decorations of juniper trees, laurel, evergreen and holly are con spicuous in and about business places.
 Mrs William Archer of HarrisviIle. R. l., died at her home Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. Be- sides her husband she is survived by several sons. The body was taken to Moosup.
 The international money order de- partment of the postoffice is just get ting over the big rush, many orders being despatched in order to catch the Christmas steamers sailing Friday and Saturday
 At the dance given by the Young Mems Fraternity league at New Lon don last Friday evening box if cigars was awarded Herman Alofsin of this city There were 100 couples in att tendance.
 Miss Weldon was in charge of the Otis library Sunday afternoon, when number of the visitors to the reading room were boys looking up informa- ton on topics for Christmas exercises in the schools.
 L. Horowitch of Providence conduct ed the service on Sunday evening at the synagogue of the United Brethren ing was heard with much pleasure by the congregation.
 Governor Baldwin has approved the reouisition of the executive com mittee of the soldiers hospital board for s15ee0 for disabled soldiers and sailors and s200 for the families of indigent soldiers.
 A society note in a New Haven paper reads: Green and white was the decorative color scheme at the bridge and tea which Mrs. Huntington Lee gave at her home in Edgehill road Friday afternoon
 number of New London visitors attended the dolls fair at the Halle club Saturday. One Norwich woman. noted for her benevolence in many lines, bought SS worth of the hand somely dressed dolls for distribution.
 Tie Connecticut agricultural college at Storrs has just issued bulletin No. So on New England Trees in Winter, describing and illustrating one hun dred and eleven of the common trees of this section as they appear in win ter.
 In the court of common pleas at New 1-cndon Saturday afternoon the argu- ments in the case of James H. North vs. the Metropolitan Insurance com pany were made After the arguments Judge Charles B. Waller took the papers.
 The magazine section of a New York Sunday paper pictured three of Con man Rogers. 102, os Palmertown,, Mrs. Mary P. Pellett, 102, of Norwich and Mrs. Mary Ann Peterson, 104, of New London
 Poles for the electric lights are be- ing placed along the main street in Flanders Most of the lights will be from Flanders Corners west to the Mantle Manufacturing company's. plant week the lights in Mantle will be installed.
 A suit for divorce on the grounds of desertion has been brought by An nle " Nye of StonfngtOn against Will liam H. Nye of North Stonington. Her maiden name was Annie V. Brown and they were married June 29, 1899. He deserted her Nov. 2s. 1908.
 Mrs Ellen Keefe of New London, over 70 years of age, was hurled from a carriage while returning from the interment of the late John H. Leahy in St Marys cemetery. New London, Saturday morning. She incurred a se- were scalp wound. but no concussion.
 
 Leon Buzzell. son of o: A. Buzzell of East Lyme, who last week returned fl om Panama, was accompanied by fcur other employees of the Changunola railway on the trip back to the United States. They plan to remain in this country, as the climate did not agree with them-
 A certificate of incorporation of the Donald c. Mitchell estate of New Ha- ven was filed with the state secretary last week. capital s3o,ooo Elizabeth w Mitchell and eight others are the incorpcrators- Donald G. Mitchell was hetter known as Ik Marvel, the writer, form erly of Norwich.
 Local ITniversalists have been ap- prised that Rev. Theodore A. Fischer, pastor of the First Universalist church in New Haven, has been appointed secretary of the Universalist state convention, and Rev F. A. Dilling- ham, D.D.. of Bridgeport. has been appointed state superintendent
 The Connecticut society, Sons of the American Revolution, will hold its annual dinner at Hotel Taft, New Ha- ven, on February, the twenty ysecond. The committee invitations and speakers is Gen. Edwin g. Greeley. Hcn- Charles Hopkins Clark, Col. Norris C. Osborn, Hon. Wilson Fl. Lee and Hon. Rosiin S. Woodruff
 
 Hsrtford.--C representing all the Hebrew societies in Hartford have been appointed to deal with the Russian passport que stion. The cOE1- n;ned committees favor abrogation of a.: nree ent treatX with Rusaia and met