Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-11
Gtle Bullfti1l,
VARIOUS MATTERS

! season.
1 Steamers to the island forts have
had to omit some Of their trips during
/ the past two days
There is eight-inch on all the ponds
| at Mantle. The dealers expect to COM
| mence harvesting in a day or two.
Annual assembly Of Franklin coun-
| ell No. 3, R. and S. NJ. at Masonic
! temple this evening. Election of Off
cers.-adv.
A state institution which is doing
T excellent work is the Mystic oral
school which has begun the wrner
term with 50 pupils.
Charles E. Warrington Of Norwich
| mas been appointed BY the governor
railroad policeman, upon the aDph-
cation Of the Connecticut company.
Wednesday was the last day Of grace
allowed by the automobile department
for the use of the old registration
numbers on motor vehicles in this
state.
The Baptist state evangelist. Rev.
G.. X. Flanders, is continuing eVangel-
istic work in Torrington. and next
Sunday will speak at the Y. Nj. c. A.
there.
In spite Of the cold, the gypsy moth
scouts are at work for the state, and
for the next two weeks will be on
the lookout for the egg masses in and
about Stonington.
A barrel of sand would be a valua-
ole asset for every family in winter
some Of the walks and crossings are
so stingily sanded that they are as
dangerous as the undisturbed ice
Z. G. Black, his son Ernest, and
a. +. Hewitt of Groton have applied
To the secretary of state for incorpora-
lion papers, the firm to be known as
The e. G. Black Packing company.
Entertainment at Yantic fire engine
. nail this (Fhursday) evening, at S
o'clock by Yantic Village Lyceum.-
adv
Patrick Carberry was allowed to fur
nish. bail to the amount of 500 on
/ Wednesday and he was released from
Jail but his case will come up at the
next criminal common pleas court ses-
sion
Fred R. Perkins, who leases the
large farm in the town of Montville,
! owned by Mrs. Simeon Church of Nor
witch, has recently discovered that the
farm contains a stratum Of valuable
mOulders' sand.
/ William A. Newry, who died recent
I ~ at the State Masonic home in Wall
. nd rrg b7rY. f1I
/ der supervision of Bay View lodge.
had been an inmate Of the home al
! most since its opening.
j. L. c. VESSEL of Groton was APP
| pointed Tuesday by the governor up
/ on the application of the state com
mission for the care and protection
| Of the Fort Griswold tract. to be a
policeman at Fort Griswold.
The meeting and banquet Of the
| Connecticut Editorial association is
to be held at the Hotel Garde, Hart
1 ford, Monday, January %. 1t is ex-
! pected that members of the Suburban
/ Press Of Massachusetts will be pres
| emit
At the adjourned meeting of the
| members Of the Mantle Baptist church
Tuesday evening it was voted to give
| Rev. Harry Freda a call to the stor-
ate Rev. c. f. Eldredge a former
| pastor of the church, was chosen
ehorlster Tor the ensuing year.
| Hsckmen declare the past two days
| among the most trying in their ex-
perience, The effort to keep even
| sharpened horses on their feet on the
| city hills and TO encourage the nerV
GUS and frightened animals, has been
as wearing upon driver as upon horses
1 Teachers are receiving circulars
stating that examinations Of candi-
dates for certificates Of qualification Il
serve as teachers and nurses in the
public schools of Boston are to be
held in the Boston normal schoo
building during the week beginning
with the 18th.
Paul Demars of Uncasville received
a telegram Monday from Canada, stat
ing that his son, Louis Demars, wa!
dead. He was a woodchopper and i
is thought he was killed by falling
tree He had spent a greater part o
his life in Uncasville and married Mis-
Denia Rousseau Of Montville
Great numbers Of tinsel post card
have been fOrW arded this week from
| Connecticut to the dead letter ofiic,
in Washington. They We're taken gu
of the holiday mail, tinsel cards be
ing barred, as their particles rub of
/ easily and are considered dangerous
TO the eyes Of mail clerks handling
them.
Amateur astronomers who hav
braved the cold for the past two
mornings have been rewarded by tn
sight of the planet Venus. visibl
about a. m land Jupiter, about hal
am hour later, both at greatest bril-
liancy at 3. They are approaching
each other and will be In conjunction
in "a few DAYS
/ Commander c. A. Brand, U.S.N.
"A nephew Of Junious A. Brand, sta
toned at Boston, has been detache
s from duty on board the Glacier an
: sent to the naval hospital at Mar
Island, Cal, for treatment. Com
nander Brand was born in Norwich j
1868, and appointed to the navy fror
this state. He married Miss Morga
Of Colchester.
Pulius Abrams, more familiarl
known TO hotel men and travelin
= statesmen throughout the country a
| Pop Abrams, q salesman, who visit
/ I'D cities from the Atlantic TO tn
Pacific, and made his home in hotel
of each of them for more than twent
years, died suddenly on Sunday after
noon He was born in Hanover, Ger
| many. in 1898.
D For the third time Friday, in tn