Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-06
OtteBl1lletf1l.
Norwich, Tuesday, August s, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS.

August 6 is the feast Of the Trans
fguration.
Colored residents have been cele-
brating Emancipation day.
Sound steamers are bringing up
many bags and bales of wool.
Lawns and terraces show wonderful
Improvement since the recent rains,
Collectors for the New Bedford
strike are visiting mill villages for
aid.
Round trip Ocean Beach Str. Gardi-
ner week days Zoe. Crescent Beaeh,5Oe'
adv.
The planet Neptune is too close to
the sun to be observed during this
month.
The restored Central Vermont trains
were appreciated by vacation travel
ers Monday.
A bathing suit excursion from Pine
Grove to Crescent beach Sunday morn
ings is a novelty.
Little blues are running in good
shape off the shore towns at present.
They average about four inches in
length.
Williams Root Beer at &c a quart is
better than champagne. Drink all you
want-it a grees with everyone.-adv.
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Crandall,
who were married in Gales Ferry a
few days ago. will make their home in
Ledyard.
Good progress is being made on the
cottage for Miss Lille Ray of Nor
witch, in course of erection at Groton
Long Point.
The total number of real estate
sales in Norwich during July was ~
and the total amount Of mortgages
was $S2,SO7
Several from this section were in
Hartford Monday to witness the pa
rade of the southern New England
Sehuetzenbund.
A new heating plant is soon to be
installed in Fairview home for Odd
Fellows. 1t will be ready for use be-
fore cold weather.
Cottagers write home that recent
storms have left the surf high and
breakers strong, so that caution in
bathing is necessary.
The three days Old Home celebra-
ton at Blackstone, Mass, ending to-
day (Tuesday) has attracted a num-
Der from eastern Connecticut.
on Monday at o'clock in st. Pat
ricks church, Rev, Hugh Treanor cell
ebrated a months mind requiem high
mass for Mrs. Nicholas Dempsey.
The young naples set out this spring
in front of the George H. Chapman
residence on Union street, formerly the
n. d. SEWN property, are growing
well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton E. Wheeler
have gone to Massachusetts for a va
cation. Mr. Wheeler is superintendent
Of schools in Montyille and Water
ford. e
The contractor is making rapid prog
ress on the addition to the vestry of
the Quaker Hill Baptist church. The
wires for electricity will be Installed
this week.
There is local interest in the fact
that fifty years Of business life and
residence in the city of Meriden was
observed Saturday by H. Wales Lines
in a quiet way.
A local merchant said Monday that
it was surprising how many wise buy
ers take advantage of the August
markdown sales to select staple goods
suitable for Christmas or birthday
gifts.
Mr., and Mrs. Charles w. Wilson Of
7 Blossom street, Worcester, Mass.
were married 81 years ago in South
| Killingly, and have made their home
in Worcester since 1855. Mr.. Wilson
is stencil worker.
A petition in bankruptcy filed b!
| the Knickerbocker Typewriter com.
| pany Of East Lyme names as creditors
L. @. Luce Of East Lyme. $500; F. A
| Beckwith Of East Lyme. 1884; II. B
! Morton Of East Lyme. $1S4.
| Miss Nellie Nagle of Southington
who taught in Colchester last year
has been engaged to teach in tn,
| South Middle school, East Hartford
She attended the Lewis high schoo
and the New Britain normal school,
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford, the Boston & Maine, and tn
| Maine Central railroads announce il
a circular letter that the freigh
claims departments of the three road
are now located in the North station
at Boston.
Thomas Walter Hadfeld Henshall o
! New London and Miss Mary A. Heal
Of Woonsocket, r. l., were quietl,
married at the home of the bride a
| 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mr.
Henshall is now employed at the Shi
& Engine Co. plant In Groton.
The twelfth annual reunion of tn
Durham family will be held Wednes
day, August Fl, at Miners grove. 4
Meriden. Members of the family fror
all parts Of the state and Maine, Mas
sachusetts, Ohio, New Jersey, New
York and Alabama will attend.
The United States civil service com
IuiHSlOu udS dnuOuutGu dI1 eAdUlDdIlO
at Hartford and MiddletoWn, Angus
q, for assistant in the botanical lab
oratory in the bureau Of plant indus
try at Washington open only to mer
salary from $1,000 to $1,000 year.
Arrangements are being made b
employees of Adams Express compan
to hold their annual clam and shee
bake at Boening's aeroplane farm, a
| New Haven. The men in the emplo
of the company in offices from Spring
field to New Haven will be present.
An electric switching locomotiy
has been introduced on the New Ha
! ven road. 1t has only one operatin
and controlling Equipment, which is 10
| Gated in the center of the cab. TIL
engineer can thus operate the locomo
tive in pithor direction without chang