Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-26
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VARIOUS MATTERS.

VARIOUS MATTERS.
 Yesterday was Vacation Sunday in some of the churches.
 Progress is being made on widening the highway on Mohegan hill.
 Farmers in MontviIle have some l nice looking fields of buckwheat this year.
 There was an excursion by boat from Middletown to Ocean beach on Sunday.
 Saturday was Bartholmeus day and Sunday was Louisa day for Swedish residents.
 A number of Norwich flowers low CTS will go to New London Tuesday to see the aster show.
 The engagement is announced of Miss Clara Hewey of Boston and Jer- emiah Dunbar of Waterford.
 The thirty-sixth annual reunion of the famious Crocodile club is to be held at Lake Compounce, Bristol.
 George E. Leonard, who was farm CT at Pleasure beach, is now in the hospital at the soldiers home in No- rotor.
 A number of Norwich people and others from this vicinity attended the big annual outing at Quiambaug, Mys- tic, on Saturday.
 For the last Sunday of the almanac summer yesterday was hot one, sending thousands to the shore and delighting the hotel men.
 Hartford will have all three con ventions this fall. All three, demo- cratic, republican and progressive will be held in the same hall. On Saturday morning Librarian Jon athan Trumbull was able to spend short time at the Otis library. He is slowly regaining his strength.
 J. W. Atwood of Wauregan, who has a handsome cottage on the sea | wall at Neptune park, is improving the house, having a cellar eXcavated, etc.
 In observance of St. Bartholomew day Saturday, Archdeacon J. Eldred l Brown officiated at the celebration of | holy communion in Trinity Episcopal church.
 The grounds of George s. Palmer and Mrs. Alfred Mitchell, at the Pe- quot, were open to the public Satur- day afternoon and were visited by a large number.
 A big autotruck wrecked by collision with a trolley car near the Guthrie | corner on the way to Ocean beach, Saturday afternoon put the cars off 1 schedule for hme
 R. A. Wilbur Herbert lift and H. { J. Cole made up a recent auto party from Glasgo to Norwich, where they ! were guests of J. T. Wilbur at a dinner | at the Wauregan.
 Although his relatives in this city at l first were planning to bring the re- ! mains of Jacob Krieger, wao commit | ted suicide in Texargana, Ark, here for burial the high cost of doing so, $347, changed their plans.
 Miss Florence Donovan, acting or | ganist at St., Mary's Star of the Sea church, New London since the illness 1 and death of John J. Burnane, has q | Rev. Dr. T. M. Crowley. l Although it had the appearance of | being winter killed, the clematis on 1 the dividing fence at the Central Bap- l tist church has revived since the rains 1 and in a few days will be covered with | fragrant white blossoms.
 This years grain crops will be far 1F To-, ,o1I 1 estimated by the department of agri- 1 culture, in it's crop report for August. 1 It will be better than the average crop for the last ten years.
 Of Battles new St. Mary's church l the Catholic Transcript says: Father 1 U. O. Bellerose, under whose initiative and direction the church has been ere ated, has labored with unflagging in dustry for the completion of the great work.
 l By order of the county commits sioners, Mrs. Mary Murphy of Bridge port has been given the custody of her two children. who have been at the i county home at Preston for some time
 Mrs. Murphy formerly resided in New London.
 According to the report received at the office of the public health service in Washington, from Connecticut, for the week ending August IS, the num- | Der of cases in the state of smallpox
 has been reduced to eight, seven in
 New Haven county and one in Wind
 ham.
 All Saints Episcopal church has
 called a rector to Worcester to succeed
 Rev. pr. Thomas r. Davies, conse-
 crated last October bishop of western
 Massachusetts, Rev. Lewis Gouverneur
 Morris, rector of St. Johns church Los Angeles, a seminary clsssmate of
 Bishop Davies.