Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-13


the streets very attractive during the
late afternoons.
Dent fail to visit the woman's Ex-
change before selecting your Xmas
giftS-adv.
Prominent eastern Connecticut
Farmers were in Bridgeport Tuesday,
attending the meeting of the state
board of agriculture.
For the first time in twenty years
school of five porpoises was seen in The
Mystic river, near the north end of
Mason's island, Sunday.
Tuesday was another December dog
day. 1t is claimed that the past
three days nave been the warmest De-
cember 10, II and II in five years.
Sale fancy work. Miss Corbin. DR..
Arms place. 1.-The Green" Thursday,
10 TO 5.-adv-
There was lively local interest in
and many inquiries were made Tues
day evening regarding its passage by
congress.
Waiting to celebrate her ninety
fourth birthday Sunday, Mrs. Mary
Brown, an inmate of the Spicer farm,
at Groton, was stricken with heart dis
ease and died.
Next Saturday is the anniversary of
the death of DR.. Daniel DriscoIl, in
Bridgeport, and Norwich relatives will
so to Jewett City to attend a requiem
mass in his memory.
Once again people hereabouts are
receiving copies of tie often denounc ed
.'et dless prayer" with the usual re
address them along to friends.
Don't fail 20 attend the coffee sup
per and Christmas sale given by the
Ladies' Charitable society of ST. Ma
rvs parish in their assembly rooms to-
day and tomorrow. Admission free.
supper, from to 7.so. 15c. Ice cream
extra.@adV.
Members of the b. B. club of New
London will take a walk to Lake Kon-
omoc today. The club of women has
been taking regular long walks Among
other places they have walked to Gales
Ferry and MontvilIe.
A civil service examination is to be
held today Dece mber 49, and Thurs
day, for position of aid and deck Of
fcer in the coast and geodetic sur
vey at salaries ia nGing from 5000 to
$4,000 a year. Age limit, Is to %
Albert E. Staa5, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman f. Staab, and Miss Maud
Merritt, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick II. Merritt, both of New
London, were united in marriage Mon
day evening by Rev. Joseph p. Brown
at his residence.
School officers in towns of the state
have reported to the state comptroller
the following enumerations of children
of school age: Sterling Prs, Easton
(consoidated) 2os, Brooklyn 3e5, Man
chester 1854 Andover II, Southbury
252,s Stafford LOLA
On Tuesday, George Kingsley of
Maple street brought in four stalks of
asparagus, the shortest 8 inches in
length and the longest inches In
view of the fact that the asparagus
season ends about the middle of June
this is a remarkable freak of freaky
year.
At Bird geport Monday the Ferguson
divorce suit, Judge Howard ]. Curtis
tody of II year old Frances Ferguson
to her father; the mother can see the
child twice a month and part of the
summer vacation when conditions are
proper.
An innovation will be made at the
office this year which will greatly ex-
pedite the handling of outgoing mail
during the holiday season. BY order
of Postmaster General Hitchcock, post
offices of the first, second and third
classes will be permitted to precanceI
stamps during the Christmas holi-
days.
Mrs. Isabel ]. Purple, 81, widow of
Hotsen r Purple of Gill, Mass, died
Friday night at the home of her daugh-
birmingham, from fnfrmities of age.
The Fast few years she mad lived in
the summer at Lake Pleasant and was
known to eastern Connecticut visitors
to tie lake resort.
Special communication st. James
lodge No. 20. f. and A. NJ. Wednes-
day, Dec Is, 1911, at 1.30 p. M, for
he purpose of attending the funeral
services of cur late Brother LeRcy
Washburn, which will be held at the
lodge rooms. Masonic temple, at 2 p.
~ Somerset and visiting brethren in
vited to attend adv.
From December % to "a, to avoid
delay, all Christmas mail intended for
Connecticut towns, which cannot be
New York and Boston, will be put off
at New Haven, where 40 clerks in two
40foot mail cars will sort it for i'm
mediate despatch. The force will work
in shifts of eight hours each.
Railroad men were in Springfield
Tuesday to attend the funeral of
Henry J. thompson SIS, for SO years
engineer on the New Raven system OF
the Consolidated railroad who died
Sunday at his home after a two days
illness. The funeral was in charge of
the New Haven division of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
A contract has been awarded by the
New Haven read fer the installation
CT surerheaters on 21 locomotives now
in service, after tests which show that
use of the superheaters cuts down the
of coal by about 20 per
cent and also reduces the cost of wa
ter supply. There are 1,227 Iocorno-
lives owned or cont rolled by the New
Haven railroad.