Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-18

The engagement is announced of Miss Abbie lComstock, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John G. Comstock of Ocean avenue, New London, to John Allen Harvey, Jr.
 Having spent last year successfully as principal of the Portland, Conn. schools, Frederick D. Mabrey is D cipal of the high school in Benning- ton, Vt. this year.
 Hop at Atlantic Beach Casino, Thursday evening. Cadillac orchestra. adv.
 Dairy and Food Commissioner H. F. Potter gave hearing Monday at the capitol to Putnam milk dealer and producer, who has been found with not up to the standard. At the Sunday morning service in the First Congregational church of Willimantic Miss Gladys F'iske of Nor wich was the soprano in the quartette. She also sang the solos.
 Mrs. Walter Rogers millinery par lors, Il Union street, are now open with complete new line of fall and winter millinery.-adv.
 Bridgeport papers note the activity of Town Chairman William w. Bent, now of that city, in arranging for the | Twenty -second democratic senatorial convention Tuesday evening. | Wells so dry that water for house. 1 hold use and for cattle must be | brought from distant brooks is begin ming to be an annoying condition in some places in the suburbs.
 Sunday, October 27, will be observed as Tuberculosis Sunday in many of | the Protestant churches, and the pas | tors of the churches will use this as the subject of their sermons. The department of agriculture has proclaimed quarantine against the | importation of white pine, in the event | of the introduction of the disease known as white pine blister rust
 Katherine G. Lambert, manufacturer of human hair goods. 116 Main street adv.
 Miss Achsab Beardsley of Somers celebrated her 97th birthday Monday She entertained guests who called from Hartford, Rockville and Filing ton, as well as many from Somers.
 It Is announced now that the mobil. ization of the United States fleet ir New York harbor will last from Oe. tober to 15, matter of interest tf friends of boys who are on the war ships.
 Mrs. Martha l. Mooers, s4, died a her home at Thorndike Sunday, afte, an illness of two weeks. She wa; the daughter of William G. and Esthet Dennison and for time lived il Stafford.
 Old soldiers remembered Tuesday a the anniversary of the famous Battl Flag day, September 17, 1879, whel thousands of G, A. R. men and thei friends assembled for the exercises il Hartford.
 Fall millinery opening today an, tomorrow. Open Monday, Thursda and Saturday evenings. Mrs. F. Collins, Mckinley avenue.-adv. . The new automobile register for tn state, showing the registrations in tn office of the state secretary up t September 1, made it's appearance 0
 Monday. Since June 1 over 2,500 car have been registered.
 When the Connecticut Forestry as
 sociation holds a field meeting in tn Lawson woods, in the eastern part (
 Union, on the 18th of the month, tn , discussion will be led by c. E. Kel logg of West Stafford.
 In a fire at the state college ( . | Sat
 building and the SLIGO automobile be
 longing to Prof. c. D. Jarvis wel . burned, a fact which Norwich friend
 of Professor Jarvis will regret > learn.
 A pest has attacked the white, si |, yer and yellow birch trees in son | places in Connecticut. and is workir
 great havoc. It appears as a whi
 worm and matches out as green bu
 The leaves on the trees die almost in
 mediately and fall off.
 Low Pacific Coast Colonist Rates V
 Nickel Plate Road to points in Cal fornia, Washington, Oregon and oth states in far west, daily Sept. "A - Oct g. For particulars write L. Burgess. N.E.P.A.. 312 Old South Bid k Boston, Mass.-adv.
 Sunday next is the first anniversa
 of the consecration of St. Patrick |. church, when the $450. 900 parish pro n erty was solemnly dedicated to t 2 service of God as entirely free fro -' debt, the only consecrated Catho s parish in eastern Connecticut.
 Swedish Lutheran churches in Il
 state are taking collections for t . institution where most of the mini - ters are trained, Augustana conej
 Rock Island Ill. The sum of $75,C T has been promised, if &4600n is rais a by October 1 by the college. All | S5,000 of this has been secured.
 few cautious housewives cover
 their flower beds last evening, fee
 ing frost.
 4 number of Mt. Holyoke sfadua