Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-03
Otle Rnllrtin.
Norwich, Wednesday, April 3, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS

of forest fires.
 Yale students will return home today for the Easter recess. This is pruning time in local or chards when the weather permits.
 The Bulletin is indebted to J. E. Woodward for late Texas papers.
 Somerset lodge works the Fellow Craft degree this evening.-adv
 There are Ss children in the county home just now, 46 boys and 4S girls.
 The precipitation in yoluntown for the month of March was TAP inches.
 Tuesdays rain seemed to bring up | the green grass blades as though by magic.
 Local people are receiving new ma pie sugar and syrup from Vermont friends.
 The tug Miles standish lowed the scow Maurice Wood to Norwich Tues day morning.
 Governor Baldwin has approved the bill for the Mystic oral school, at Mystic, for $2.575.
 Several eastern Connecticut den lists are attending the dental manu- lecturers show in New York.
 On Tuesday, the state pharmacy l commission conducted examinations for druggists's licenses at the capitol
 Hand embroidered novelties, neck wear, hand wrought silver, Easter cards. Stamping a speciality. Order | Hot Gross buns at Woman's Exchange. adv.
 Emerson P. Turner of Norwich has | been invited to lecture on Spain be- fore the Mystic Congregational Mems club.
 Mrs William F. Converse of Nor wich is having improvements made in | her summer home in Maple avenue, Old Saybrook.
 Already Memorial day committees are being appointed. That holiday. like Fourth of July, comes on Thurs i day this year.
 On Easter Sunday, instead of the regular quartette, there will be a spe- cial choir of sixteen voices at the Uni versalist church.
 l The Southern New England Tele- 1 phone company declared Monday it's ! quarterly dividend of one and three quarter per cent
 There was a drill of the Fifth com pany at the armory Tuesday evening ] in extended order and advances by rushes. The attendance was fair. l In the early part of Tuesday even 1 ing trolley car split the switch at l Thames square and was off the track for short time, but got back without 1 interfering much with the schedule.
 When the Baptist state evangelist, Rev. C. K. Flanders. finishes holding l meetings this week at the Groton Heights Baptist church, he will go 1 to Packerville to conduct meetings.
 According to the state report of l the Consumers league, the largest | drop in the number of children at i labor is found in Bridgeport and l New London, in each of which cities is a trade school.
 During April the planet Venus may be seen in the east each morning be- l fore sunrise it's light struggling through the twilight It rises on the 1st at 4.40 a. m. and will set on the l S0th at 4.05 a, m.
 George Rossmarl1 has the contract for tearing down the old Taylor store at Poquetanuck He will start on the work this morning. The building is owned by c. B. Lucas, who will erect a large tenement house there.
 Very Low Rates Pacific Coast via Nickel Plate Road. Colonist fares to California, Washington, Oregon and far west, daily, March I'd to April 14th. Finest tourist sleepers' daily. Write l.. P. Burgess. N.E.P.A., S12 Old South Bldg, Boston. Mass.-adv.
 George F. Brooks, 9t died Saturday in Fall River, Mass. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Samuel Smith 424 Linden street The family has friends in Norwich.
 Over 2o0 automobile owners took out registration licenses Monday in the auto department of the office of the secretary of the state. the rush l Uelns CduSeU Dy InG SdNlDg OL Do OD the license fee over the price charged January l.
 One of the energetic workers for a | benefit to secure funds to furnish rooms in the new hospital at Staf- ford Springs is Mrs. Laura Dudley Sanford formerly of Norwich. Already over $zOO has been secured toward that object
 The official Catholic Directory being distributed shows that Connecticut stands twelfth in the list with 412,- 973, New York leading with 2,77S,07 The total Catholic population of tht United States is 15,015,569, a gain O. 396,S0S during the past year. Monday afternoon, ten members O c. Edward Smiths Sunday schoo class at the Central Baptist churcl conducted an interesting prayer meet ing at 5he Sheltering Arms, Mrs. LouIl Frazier leading. The service wa. , greatly appreciated by the household
 Today Wednesday, in Holy week
 is called Spy Wednesday, because or = this day Judas bargained to betra!
 his master; Thursday is called Maun ! FT-f,