Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-07

The town clock is taking time off,
because of the hot weather evidently,
and has not been striking for num-
Der of hours.
The Norwich Art school has sent
out an attractively illustrated prospec-
tus for its 22d year, September 26.
1911, to June Z, 1912.
Today in the church calendar is of
special interest to English residents,
being the feast of the Translation of
st. Thomas of Canterbury.
Thursdays gusts of wind blew fine
dust into windows and doors, and made
trouble for the merchants. although all
welcomed the reviving breezes.
Four new teachers have been en-
gagged to fill the vacancies at the State
normal school in Danbury, next fall.
One is Miss Alice Slater of Colches-
ter.
Capt and Mrs Lemuel D. Dunbar
will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage tooay at their home
No. &c Woodbridge street, New Lon
don.
Morris Taft has been elected pres
ident of the Esperanto club of Nor
wieh. 1t has received a number of
new members and is continuing its
meetings on Sunday mornings.
Next Sunday afternoon. Rev. L. w.
Frink of Norwich will preach in the
Chesterfield Baptist church at 8
O'Clock. Rev. G. c. Chappell of Union
Baptist church is absent on a vaca-
ton.
Mrs. Agnes Squires has been COM
r1airf h.
court to the Norwich State hospital.
Mrs. William Coyle and Officer wal
ter accompanied the women to the
hospital.
Governor Baldwin Thursday ap-
proved the following bills: Mystic
Oral school for the deaf. for quarter
ending June 80, for s3,575; Norwich
State hospital, for s4,T41.44; Day kim
ball hospital, Putnam, $500.
In a number of establishments work
ing hours have been modified this
week. SO that employees can start in
al or o'clock in the morning get
ting through so as TO avoid the in
tense heat of the late afternoon.
In The state senate Wednesday the
committee on appropriations made an
unfavorable report on the bill increas-
ing the amount allowed for the main
tenance OF boys in the state school to
$3.50 week. The bill was tabled.
\ Waterbury correspondent notes
that Rev. ]. H. Fitzgerald, Jr.. who
has come to Waterbury as curate of
St. Johns Episcopal church, preached
his last sermon as assistant to his IA
Their in st. Peters church. Hebron on
June 25.
A military man remarked yesterday
that the troops from central Connec-
ticut were going into camp at Mantle
in a day or two, which never failed
to break the drouth, a drenching be-
ing a regulation part of each yearly
encampment
From all points come the complaints
of milk producers that the quality of
milk is of poor grade just now. be-
cause of poor feed for the cows. Mead
ows are drying up, so that pasture
contains far below the normal amount
of nourishment.
Thursday was a scorcher for the
delegates starting off to the National
c. E. convention at Atlantic City. One
of the addresses this (F'riday) after
noon will be by Judge Edgar NJ. War
ner of Putnam, on Christian Endeavor
Rea ching Out to Prison.
Cases are reported from about the
state where horses have become so
frantic from heat and thirst that they
have kicked down their stalls in the
effort to get out to get water. HUI
name officers are reminding owners
not to neglect the thirsty animals.
The state board of charities held
its annual meeting at Hartford We'd
nesday. Following the reports of va
rious visits to state Institutions Off
GERS were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, DR.. Thomas F. Kane, Hartford:
secretary, Charles P. Kellogg, Water
bury.
Aviator Harry Atwood has agreed to
return and give an exhibition of flying
which will be at the Poquonoc track.
1t is also said he will carry any who
want to go up with him. No date has
been fixed for his coming-if he does
come.
Miss May Dnuham, Miss Alice Har-
rington and Miss Rose Cook of New
London left Saturday for Danbury,
where they will attend a summer nor
NAL school. The past season thehe
young ladies taught school at West
chester. Oakdale and Jewett City, re-
spectively.
Traffic rules are being enforced in
have been placed on duty at the corner
of Bank and State streets and at the
corner of Main and State streets to
guide drivers into the right channel.
Autos and teams are made to keep to
the right side of the road.
John Brush, native of Poland, me-
p1oyed at the factory of the Mantle
Menhaden Oil and Guano company at
East Lyme, was drowned Sunday while
1
ashore near the fish works Tuesday.
AS no one claimed the body it was
buried at the expense of the town.
Captain Thomas Baldwin, who had
his airship at the Fairgrounds Tues
day, was praised editorially by Thurs
days New York World, for his eau
ton, after forty years experience with
hot-air balloons. Captain Baldwin
claims that the great trouble with
young aviators is over confidence.
A former Norwich clergyman, Rev.
James A. o. Meara, who has been trans
ferred to St. Mary's Star of the Sea
church, New London. is to be succeed
ed at ST Augustines Bridgeport by
Rev. Edward T. Murphy, a native of
New Haven. who was ordained by
Bishop Milan on Thursday of last
week.
Thursday morning a boy named
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