Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-11

 Bessie Weldon was on duty.
 Mrs. George Rogers, widow of the late Deacon Rogers of Lefingwell, has sold her farm to Charles Rathbone of Leffingwell, who will soon move there and carry on the farm.
 Regarding the purchase of the large apartment house in New York, Mayor Thayer states that it has been secured as an investment. There are 8 apart ments and six stores in the building.
 This CTuesday) evening in Hartford, Charter Oak council, Knights of Co., lumbus, will hear a lecture by Rev. John Ryan, of St. Lawrence O'Tooles church, Hartford, native of Norwich Town.
 Snow which fell last Tuesday was accurately predicted by DabolPs all manac, which now has the temerity to promise more snow on Easter day, and to announce that Fast day will be cloudy"
 John Kinney, night starter for the Connecticut company, received tele- gram Monday evening of the serious illness of his mother at Port Jervis, N. J., and will leave for there this morning.
 According to the report of the state forseters, in one day last spring ten were burned over by sixty-t three fires. The aggregate damage was estimated at $40,000.
 Local travellers say that at this sea- son in England and Wales, the old cus- tom still prevails of strewing the graves of the dead with willow leaves and branches, used in the Palm Sun day processions.
 There was a meeting of the execu- tive committee of the court of com mon council Monday evening, wj>h six members present. Only routine matters from the last council meeting were considered.
 At the convention of the Eastern Commercial Teachers association, which opens Thursday in Bridgeport, the Norwich Business college will be represented by Principal and Mrs. Walter F. Garfield.
 A decision has been handed down by Judge Gardiner Greene denying the motion to set aside the verdice and grant a new trial in the case of Me Caffrey vs. the Groton and Stonington Street Railway company.
 A noisy foreigner in the audience at the Auditorium Monday afternoon be- came obstreperous and refused to keep quiet. Police Captain Linton was in the audience and assisted in the sud den, ejectment of the noisy individual.
 Some time since the Mems league of the Westerly Methodist church in vited Albert Boardman to speak on Socialism this (Tuesday) evening, but owing to a reception to the minister on I,se I>,c, postponed.
 Last year and two years ago timothy seed could be purchased for $1.75 and $2o0 a bushel, but this year those who purchase will have to pay anywhere sale price on timothy is anywhere from $475 to s5.25
 The death of Martha A, a, wife of Edward Watson, occurred Saturday at New Haven. She is survived by her husband, two sons aud ;i laugh Ger, her mother and a sister. Mrs. A R. Newell of Rocky il.e. Burial was in Rockville MoIdaS.
 Highway Commissioner James H. Macdonald is forwarding to selectmen of towns rthe proper authorities of the cities of the state a circular let ter in which he makes the assertion that the winter season has been hard one on the roads about the state.
 It was stated at meeting in Hart ford Saturday that the Connecticut Peace society has a mem mberShip of 350 is a branch of the American Peace society, and with the exception of the Chicago branch has the largest mem bership of any branch in the coun- try.
 Bermuda lilies will. according to the florists, be most plentiful this year and hydrangeas, azaleas, lilies of the valley, gardenas, fragrant hyacinthS owing to the erly spring, which has aided the men forcing the plants for the Easter trade.
 Many forget that written permission must be secured from the fire warden of the district for kindlinS fires in the open air outside city and borough lnl- it's or land controlled by any railway company. for the purpose of hurning g kind, between March 15 and the first day of June and of September b and November 15.
 It is an interesting fact that Cal vary Baptist church, Torrington, to
 
 Norwich. and which after his depart ure to Bridgeport called Rev. O. W. Foxe from Thompson, on the latter's leaving for a Massachusetts pastorate has called third eastern Connecticut pastor. Rev. Albert B. Todd of Staf- ford, who will begin his duties in May The schools will hold special Arbo1 and Bird day exercises today.
 Announcements.
 The regular Parish House meeting of Park church will be held on Wed nesday at 3.30 instead of Friday oi this week. A Japanese programme will be presented. Cut flowers and plants for sale.-adv.
 On Palm Sunday at the German Lu- theran church a class of 26 was con- firmed at the morning service. The service Waa s>snducted by the pastor