Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-08
Olle Rlllletirl,
VARIOUS MATTERS
April s is St. Walters day.

Daniel Avery of somers has been discharged from bankruptcy.
 Sales of Easter novelties. favors. candy, etc, reached a high record mark this season.
 The letter carriers had almost as many packages Saturday as burdened them at Christmas time.
 Seats are still to be had at Davis for the College Minstrels.-adv.
 Some beautiful crocuses at the May nard residence on West Thames street are exciting admiration.
 There was good num,oer of vis- itors to the Otis library reading room Sunday afternoon. Miss Weldon was in charge
 Miss Ella Fish gave a social and dance to Groton and Poquonnoc friends Saturday evening at her home in Norwich,
 Such was. the demand for flowers on Saturday that some of the florists had disposed of all their Easter lilies short ly after noon.
 Motorists who complained of Sunday mornings dust were even louder in their complaints of the unexpected rain in the afternoon.
 The New England Insurance ex- change has issued a new tariff book Rates in a number of Connecticut cit ies are slightly increased.
 AIercnants reaped the benefit of ad- vertising Saturday in business which began early and ended only when doors were closed at night.
 The Yale Boys are planning to give splendid evening of wit and song adv.
 The bill for an appropriation of s13,5I5 for the dormitory recently built at the Mystic oral school has been signed by Governor Baldwin.
 The state meeting of the D. A. R. is to be held in Waterbury next Novem- Der. It is expected that the governor and his staff will be present at the meeting.
 New London papers were interested in sWilHam c. Gilman's sprightly let ter in The Bulletin on The Everlast-. ing Perkinses," and The Telegraph copies it in full
 When twenty-five former students and teachers of Wesleyan academy, Wlbraham- Mass, met and dined at the Hartford club Friday evening, one of the speakers was ex-Senator w. IL Hail of WiDington
 The Good Friday offering in the Catholic churches goes for the preser- vation of sacred places in the Holy Land Last years offertory in this diocese was $1.020.o2- The total in the United States was $25,71o.
 Automobilists of the state are be- hind a bill to be submitted to the next session of the general assembly com polling all vehicles to carry lights after dark The present statute only applies 10 r1bber-tired vehicles. Horace Johnson predicts a binding snow storm about the 18th of the pres ent month He says that the planet Mars in it's approach to the earth will be in a position similar to that when the great blizzard occurred in 1888. r M C. A. circus, Tuesday eve, Apr. g. Side show 7-3e, adm. 10. Main show ] S-:}e, aGEn. 25e- Reserg ed seats 10c extra. 1 Don't miss it-adN
 Charles B. Raub of New London, a 1 lock and gun smith, has filed a peti- | ton in bankruptcy showing liabilities 1 of $9, ,2244 of which $6,398.46 are un- secured debts. He lists his assets as | $2.125, including $2,500 stock in trade.
 Representative Higgins has present. ed in the house a petition from the ! Ashford ". c. T. U.. favoring the pas sage of the Kenyon Sheppard inter l state liquor bill. Also the petition of the Thompson grange favoring the parcels post bill.
 There is local interest in the an nouncement that John CUrrier Gala l gsler of New Haven left an estate val Bessie Gallagher, the widow. has ap- piled for letters of administration. The esEate will go to the four children.
 The funeral of Etta May. wife of ] Norman R. Wilcox. and daughter of l MT. and Mrs. Esek R. Darling, who died in Norwich April 3, was held Sat 1 nrdag afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of her father, Esek R. Dar- ling, in Paseoag. R. l., and was private. Burial was in Pascoag.
 At a session of the probate court for the district of Montville ThUHSday aft ernooB. Mrs. Minnie Sheehan of New London took Rfl appeal to the superior l court from the decision of Judge of Probate Charles N. Chappell, admit | ting the will of the late Ann Curtin ! of Montville to probate. As is their custom on Easter. the 1 choir boys of Christ church made ! their usual trip through the Tesiden- tial section of the town yesterday morning, singing Easter carols. Later on, forty sat down to a breakfast in the Sunday school room of Christ ! church. provided by the Misses Os- good.
 Rev and Mrs. William H. Eley of New Haven. formerly of Norwich, whose caughler. Miss Esther EIey, was 10 have been married recently to Hen ry PendietOE. have issued a notice re- quesung those persons who sent we'd ding presents to call for them, as some of the cards have become mis- placed
 The death of J Frank Elwood. 54, occurred al Springfield, N. J.. Wed nesday He was survived by two
 brothers, one being Willis F. Elwood nf Colchester, and two sisters Alr
 Eiwood had made his home in Greens
 Farms until recently and. the funeral was held from the Greens Farms Con gregatioIal church Saturday after noon.
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