Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-25
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Norwich, Monday, Dec. 25, 1911.
VARIOUS MATTERS

i Hunters are preps ring to feed quail and other game birds. as soon as snow falls.
 The Christmas shopping face and | the Christmas parcel arm are current naaladies-
 Fresh supply of bayberry candles at Lee x Osgood's.-adv.
 There will be morning prayer, ser mon and holy communion at Trinity Episcopal church this morning.
 As the calendars note. 1912 is lear year, giving a chance for those who were born on February 20 to celebrate | their birthday.
 \ civil service examination will be held January 13 for the place of tele- hone lineman in the life saving serv- ice at $S5 d month.
 The new poles for the electric street lights for Norwich Town have been set from the Bac6us hospital up to a point just above Adams tavern.
 Night Starter John W. Kinney of the trolley company was the lucky winner of the first basket of fruit offered by Somers Bros. for a Christmas prize to their customers.
 Ernest Allison Smith was in Hart
 
 county directors of the prohibition par ty, when plans were being considered for state work.
 Although the season is late, icemen are not worried. No ice was cut last wear until the middle of January, yet plenty was stored to last through the abnormally hot summer
 The Red Cross seals will continue on sale up to the middle of January. Tn many towns several business places will use them on their letters when sending out January bills.
 In spite of the distractions of the season, 9 good number spent several hours in the reading room at the Otis library, Sunday afternoon. Mir. Trumbull, the librarian. was in charge.
 The first meeting of creditors of Harry Kranz of Holland was held in the office of Referee in Bankruptcy George A Kellogg's in Hartford. on Friday afternoon, but no trustee was appointed.
 Buy sunbeams Teas, simply delicious at A. T. Otis & Son-adv.
 The streets were as vivacious and S sparkling Saturday night as they were during the 250th anniversary celebra- tion- Good natured crowds jostled and Chaffed, and everybody appeared laden with Santa Claus packages.
 The Brattleboro, Vt. Reformer of Gino E. Riccetti and Mary L. Stinson of Norwich, Conn.,, were married in the Episcopal church in Springfield, Mass. October S1, by Rev. William Austin Smith.
 Rev. Hugh Treanor preached at St. Patrick's church at the high mass on Sunday on the days gospel, lessons services today will be of special sig the first Christmas since the of this church.
 An indication of prosperity is noted at the Hartford shops of the New road Co, when the machinists have been ordered to return to the old schedule of nine hours a day. Here ofore, the schedule has been eight hours.
 Although the representations of the crib at Bethlehem were in place in the Catholic churches Sunday, they were not uncovered. The vestments and altar hangings were still of Advent violet; for that season of preparation does not end till today, the feast of Christmas, when all the services are those of special rejoicing.
 Trolley lines from every direction brought thousands of buyers to Nor vich on Saturday. The fame of the stores, the reliability of their stocks, and the scientific and intelli- an immense holiday trade It would be interesting to know the total of the bank deposits, on Tuesday.
 The inventory of the estate of Jo- seph K Lanman of Hartford, who was n iph corded in the probate court Friday. It amounts to s17,1S9.23 Mortgage notes represent $20,051.10, and s14, 400 stock in the Hartford Electric Light land Telephone company is listed at s5,375.63.
 The case of the Perry Tee company 1f New London vs. Gardner Hall, Jr, If W est Wilmington, on trial in the | court at Rockville last week, l e@me to a sudden end when the law | -sars announced that an agreement | lad been reached between the parties | ind the case would be discontinued. 1 An agreement will be ready for the | signatures of both parties Tuesday.
 Charles B. Wood of Chicago, who | las heavy real estate holdings in | lyme, purchased about two years ago i he water privilege known as Ra+h- ,un's mills, located between Pleasant l -alIey and Hamburg. He has expend- l ' about S15.oO0 in improving the prop rty. This new enterprise is the con- -erting of brush into fodder for cat le.
 The issue of the Telephone Directory, s used all over the state, will consist if 93.000 books. each volume contain ng 496 pages. exclusive of the covers, l IT total of 46, 12S.000 pages for the ntire edition IT these books were bread out singly. as closely they ould he placed, they would make q boring of telephone directories one nch thick that would cover eleven and ne-half acres.
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