Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-05
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VARIOUS MATTERS

Somerset lodge works the E. A. de- | gree this evening.-adv
 Tuesdays storm of rain. snow and hail was welcomed in places where
 forest fires have been burning. The governors Fast Day proclama- tion has been received by cIergymen
 and officials entitled to copies. over 1900 persons received Holy | Communion during the Forty Hours devotion which closed Tuesday in St. | Patrick's church.
 The Eastern Swedish Methodist con- | ference opens today Wednesday, in the Quinsigamond Swedish Methodist | church, Worcester.
 l The Baptist state evangelist. Rev, | C. K. Flanders. is conducting a two | weeks revival in the Second Baptist | church, Bridgeport.
 A New London contractor has been awarded the contract for building a I cottage at Neptune park for Mrs. Sa-
 rah Asher of Norwich.
 Stop at Davis store and select your box and tickets for the military ball, April 19, 1911.-adv.
 F1uIlttIS say lIdL p4ELTlQS0S have survived the winter well, a number having been seen during the past few days by sportsmen after trout. At a meeting of St. Mary's Hospital corporation in Waterbury Monday, Dr. P. J. Brennan, whose home is in Thamesville, was elected a member of the hospital stan.
 Rev. T. A. Turner of Woodstock. | hn vx-DC v1f fa1 hrnn f1e,sT of absence. has gone to Boston, where he has entered the Deaconess hospital for an operation for an internal ab- scess.
 At Oskaloosa, la, N Waldo Kenne- dy, formerly of eastern Connecticut spoke before a meeting of the Forest CTS at a reception given to J. F. Waite president of the National Mine Work CTS.
 The committee arranging for the an- nual state convention of the N. F. O. F. in Waterbury next Wednesday is planning to welcome about 250 dele gates, for whom a big dinner has been scheduled.
 At a meeting of the executive com- mittee of the socialist party of the state, held Saturday in New Haven. 1t was decided to hold the state picnic in Meriden. on July 1, which this year comes on Tuesday,
 The board of education of the Falls school district has elected William Buckley as president of the board, to succeed William G. Henderson, resign ed. MT. Buckley has been a member of the board eight years.
 The funeral of Mrs. Reuben Will son, mother of Ambrose Wilson of Norwich. was held Tuesday after noon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. w. H. Miller. in Fairfield. Burial was in the Fairfield East cemetery.
 Very Low Colonist Rates via Nickel Plate Road-To California, Washing 1eth to April 10th. Finest tourist sleepers. Write L. P. Burgess N E. F. A., 312 Old South bldg, Boston, Mass.-adv.
 The Weston Walking club, compos- cd of W. B. Dibble, Bert Bent, E. Prentis, Jr., and Clarence Kaneen of Providence, walked to Norwich Sun day morning, making the trip in three hours. Next Sunday the Quartette is anticipating trip to Lantern Hill.
 The force of employees on the Nor wich line dock at New London has been temporarily reduced from 50 to 30 men. It is expected that within a few weeks it will be necessary to in crease the force to the former figures. because of the volume of summer bus mess.
 The report of the state fire marshal shows that in 1910 of the 2,094 fires, 245 were caused by defective flues. 1Os were from sparks, 126 from watches and 69 were incendiary. Of the build ings burned, BOA were dwellings, 373 stores and offices and 187 were fac tories.
 There has been received in town by friends of OviIa c. Seymaur a pam phlet of press comments which Sey- mour & Dupre have received in their tralvels about the world. They have an enviable list from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Providence.
 D. A. R. delegates who may go to Washington in advance of the con- gross have been invited by the Epis- copal bishop of Washington to an Eas- ter service Sunday afternoon, April 18th, at , o'clock, on the Cathedral grounds. Easter music will be by the Cathedral choir. Henry F. Dimock, the millionaire railroad and steamship man, who is dying at his home in New York. was born in South Coventry. in 1s42. His wife was Susan c. Whitney, sister of William c. Whitney. Mir. and Mrs. Diinock have . beautiful summer home at South Coventry.
 summary of the annual report of the executive committee of the Con- necticut Baptist society shows ten towns and cities canvassed. 17.o50 families visited, 67,915 persons in cluded. of which number 6,256 were not church members, 2,052 children found who attended no Sunday school.
 April IS, aside from being Easter Sunday, is also Mothers day. and white carnation is the flower that will be the popular favor. While April 12 was the date originally set. the ob- servance in the churches takes place on the Sunday nearest that date. and the ministers have talked on Moth crs.''
 At the New York Methodist confer enee at Calvary church, Monday, in considering the question of annuities Rev. Emory c. Haynes, a pastor in Norwich in 1867, asked for an annuity for his thirty years as minister, al- though he had been a Baptist for nine years, going back to Methodism in 1S94. The decision was against him. and he will get $221 . year, instead of &510, $17 for each year in active ser vice as a Methodist minister. deaths for March in Connecticut, drowning leads the list with five, train follows with four, deaths from expos uro and being hit by trolley cara total