Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-11
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VARIOUS MATTERS

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 VARIOUS MATTERS
 An interestinE book recently received at the Otis library Is Tuttle's Colonial Holidays.
 Flower growers arc being notified of the bis. show in Boston from March 25 to April 1.
 Rev. William F. Newton, the evan gelist, is to continue services at the Sterling Hill church all next week.
 Last year with small appropriation from the state, 1,5e5 hives were in spected and the foul brood' found in
 All the late shapes in frames at Mrs. G. P. Stanton's.-adv.
 Governor Baldwin has authorized the admission of Alphonzo Ciminera of Waterbury to the Mystic Oral School for the Deaf.
 Eastern Connecticut grangers are receiving souvenirs from visitors at the big show of the National Grange at San Bernardino, Cal
 The next annual meet of the state of Connecticut Turn societies is to be held with the Turn society in Rockville June IT and IS.
 State Sunshine societies are inter- ested in the Connecticut blind babies home at Pennington, recently organ ized as Sunshine institution.
 Miss Jean Hamilton, national secre- tary, visits the Halle club Sunday aft- ernoon. Special musical programme. adv.
 A notice of appeal to the supreme court in the case of Downing & Go. vs. Wilson was filed with the clerk of the common pleas court on Friday.
 Miller's augmented orchestra is to play for Div. No. 2, A. O. H., dance in inc Armory. March r. Prof. Mccarthy. prompter.-adv,
 Groton borough employees are ex- tending an electric wire to the Fish farm at Eastern Point for M F. Plant, to furnish power for the new cream cry.
 Lester R. Schwartz and Mrs. Susie A. Fry, both of Voluntown, were mar ried Saturday evening at the Sterling Hill parsonage by Rev. H. E. Ander- son.
 The school in District No at Led yard has not been in session part of this week. because of the illness of the teacher, Edward s. Lawler of Nor wich.
 A merchant who, fifty years ago, kept the real big dry goods store of Norwich, James E. Vickridge, cele- brated his 8Sth birthday March at the home of his daughter in Hanover.
 The price of tickets for Hibernian dance March IT is 75c, admitting gen tleman and lady. Extra lady 25c. La- dies not accompanied by gentleman, 50c.-adv.
 If the state law is carried out in regard to establishing moving picture shows i'll buildings where tenements exist, it will mean the closing of a number of theaters in a number of towns.
 Members of St. Mary's school alum nj, known as the Carolan minstrels, will give an entertainment in Olympic hall for the benefit of the parish, on the evening of March 16.-adv.
 A provision in the postof1ce bill provides that railway mail clerks shall each year and their pay. This change gives them the same vacation as the government clerks in Washington.
 Giles Potter of New Haven, for sS years an inspector for the state board of education. was granted a pension Of $75O per annum on a favorable re- port of the claims committee in the house Thursday. MT. Potter is now Sz years old.
 Rev. F. c. Wright will speak at the Central Baptist church Sunday morn ing upon Attempting the Great Task His evening theme will be The Man Who Failed to Act" A special invi- tation is given to attend the evening service.-adS.
 Rev. Ignatfus Kost has been trans ferred from South Coventry to the passionate of Dayville, and Rev. Francis May, a native of New London, has been assigned to St. Thomas semi nary, Hartford, from the Connecticut apostolate. Milford.
 The rainfall Friday amounted to 27 of an inch, which, with the two snow storms makes the precipitation for the month thus far .49 of an inch. The last measurement of the reservoir showed the water to be PAP inches be- low high water mark.
 The death of Edward Keefe occurred at his home in New London Friday morning after an illness of several weeks. He is survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters. He had been in the liquor and grocery business for the past thirty years.
 According to a recent bulletin is- sued by the Connecticut agricultural experiment station at Storrs, the growing season is of five months du- ration, or from May to October 1 or, with specific limits, from May $ until October 8, period of 156 days.
 The new state headquarters of the democratic party will be opened in New Haven either today (Saturday), or Monday, with John peVicq of Will limantic in charge, in the room in the Washington building occupied by the state central committee during the campaign last fall.
 A cash box taken from c. w. AL lyn.s safe at Groton Tuesday night was found Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Jane Fergerson on her front veranda It had been broken open but the pa- pers and bank books were all there, the thieves finding them of no value to anyone but the owner.
 Letters received from Mrs. Thomas, who with her daughter and grandson, Frank Edward Johnson, is on her way to Africa, writes home that they had a fine voyage to Marseilles, at which place they were to take the steamer for Tunis. One storm was encoun-