Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-29
Ut1e,RullRtirI. Norwich, Wednesday, May 29, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS

Ion Memorial day,
 Big catches of mackerel are being brought to the shore towns
 White and purple wistarias are Tn bloom in time for Memorial day.
 The summer time table of the Grot- on & StoningtOn road will go in effect today Wednesday,.
 The state board of accountancy is to conduct examinations at the capitol on June F, 13 and A.
 Court Sachem whist this evening in Foresters' haIl.-adv.
 The annual conference of the Life and Advent union will open in New Britain Thursday morning.
 A number of local temperance work CTS will attend the W. c. T. U. county conference in Stonington today
 It is an interesting fact that May has two full moons-one on the first ,and the other falling on the 3Oth.
 Today, Friday and Saturday are Ember days in the aCtholic church quarter days of fasting and abstinence.
 A final certificate of dissolution has been filed with the state secretary by the Clinton Mills company of Nor wich.
 Six members of the Gannet club and guest came up by auto from Noank Monday evening and dined at the Wauregan house.
 lSary Malloy of New Britain was taken to the Norwich State hospital Monday. The woman is suffering from d religious mania.
 Harriet E., widow of Charles P. | Alexander, died at her home in Wa l terfOrd. Monday, aged 19. She leaves one son, Frank J. Alexander At St, Josephs church, Occum, Rev. Frederick R. DesSureault, pastor the Forty Hours devotion will begin Fri | day and continue until Sunday | A symmetrical horse chestnut tree, l covered with beautiful blossoms, near | the Kronig residence on Union street. i has been greatly admired this week. | Flowers for Memorial day-sweet peas, carnations white stock and | full line of bedding and trailing plants. | Hunts Greenhouses, next to Bacllus | hospital. Tel. 113O,-adv. On Tuesday, the water departments 1 men had reached point opposite the. ] driveway to the new tuberculosis san | itarium, in digging their trench for | the new service pipe.
 The will of the late Abner Hendee, l probated at New Haven, disposes of | a big estate to relatives. He leaves to his nephew, Philip Abner Hendee, the | Hendee farm in Andover.
 A private branch exchange has been 1 placed in the new Auditorium hotel, 1 owned by J. B. shannon. It has one | trunk line and 20 stations. Norwich now has 2,762 telephone subscribers. Eastern Point cottagers are interest 1 ed to know that a carload of tarvia for Groton streets has arrived and was spread immediately by the street de- partment under Supt. Charles Fitch.
 Fairview home for Odd Fellows is to have the grounds beautifed. Sev- eraI terraces, which the storms of | the winter washed down, are to be l rebuilt, and plants and shrubs will be | set out,
 Phineas O. Littlefeld, T. of Wake field, R. l.. is retiring from active pub life after almost continuous service l since 1881. Mr Ltttlefield was born on Block Island, the son of Nicholas Littlefeld.
 In twenty or more states in the un- ion the children in every public school will be urged to wear a sprig of green in manifestation of appreciation of the | sacrifices made by the soldiers of the civil war.
 Among the PAS at the meeting and dinner of the Southern New England Textile club at New Bedford Saturday were F. B. Ricketson of Taftville, Rob ert W. Bays of Killingly. and Henry W. Gray of Moosup.
 Highway Commissioner James H. , Macdonald Monday sent out the first notices for the year to contractors
 asking for bids on new state road
 work, in Putnam, Hampton, Chaplin
 Colchester and Lebanon
 Mrs. Hiram D. Bingham, wife ot
 Professor Bingham of Yale, will spend !
 Alfred Mitchell of Pequot avenue New
 London, and at Salem. Professor
 Bingham has gone on the Yale expe-
 dition to Peru.
 Members of the Grand Army neeC
 flowers for Thursday and no matter
 how small the bouquets may be, al
 will help. Swamp apple blossoms ar, 3 out and many school children WI
 gather them today, to give to the G
 A. R. for decorating.
 - George H. Poore of Amsterdam. \
 I., formerly Associated Press operat0l
 for The Bulletin, is making good in { l literary way, and had q clever, illus . trated page on Samuel Sanford, Am Q sterdams 86-year-Old phlIanthropIst r in the Albany Press of Sunday.
 Rev. Antoine Zehner is giving ; | weeks mission for the French and Po 1, fish members of St. Johns parish
 Montvule, by request Of the pasloi 1, Rev. r. J. 0 Reilly. Tuesday evening
 Rev. Thomas A. GrumDly or NoryIc.
 assisted in the deyOtions at St. Johns When Miss Emily Pierson of Crom
 we'll state organizer. addresses d pub I llC equal franchise meeting at the Nor Wch club this afternoon, she will b. 2 I. k~rrv lp