Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-06
Che Bulletin.
VARIOUS MATTERS
Skate sharpeners are busy.

Friday was Hanna day with the
Swedish speaking folk.
There will be several informal
Twelfth Night social affairs this eve
ming.
Some of the oranges are including
old fashioned candy pulls in their
January social affairs.
Turner teachers from all over the
state will attend a convention in
Rockville on Sunday.
The open winter has favored the
builders at Lords Point, and the frame
of the new inn there is nearly raised.
Eastern Connecticut Smith college
girls left for Northampton in time
for the opening of the term on Thurs
day.
The midwinter meeting of the State
Pharmaceutical association is to be
held ut Bridgeport, on Tuesday, Jan
uary %.
In number of towns D. A. R. chap
ters have already appointed delegates
to the national congress in Washing
Ton IN Aprll.
All the classes at H. II. Miller's
dancing academy will be postponed
the coming week, commencing today
Saturday. adv.
The city carts, on their Friday
rounds, took off many discarded
Christmas trees, which have ended
their usefulness for this season.
The January White Ribbon Banner
states that six national prizes have
been offered for w. c. 4. L. medal
contests during the present year.
The letter carriers are just getting
back TO their normal mail deliveries,
after the Christmas and New Year
burdens and the rush Of first of the
quarter bills.
Local contractors have begun to
speculate as to how they will fare
when the contracts are awarded for
the new county tuberculosis sanitar-
ium, to be erected on the Post farm.
Instead Of building a new city hail
in New London with the $4,000 voted
for that purpose, the old building will
be- remodeled. The amount voted was
thought great enough to build new
structure
Among Connecticut suicides last
month, three accomplished death by
poison other than carbolic acid, two
each by gas, drowning, hanging, and
shooting. and one each by carbolic acid
and stabbing.
Dairy Commissioner H, +. Potter is
looking sharply after butter frauds.
The high prices of butter seem to be
a big temptation to dealers to palm
off oleomargarine and renovated but
ter for the real article.
Months mind requiem high masses
celebrated in st. Patrick's church by
Rev. Hugh Treanor this week, were
on Wednesday for Patrick Fitzgerald,
Thursday for Mrs. Michael Flynn and
Friday for Joseph H. Pratt.
Norwich friends Of Miss Abby P.
Stehenson of Stonington, will be in
terested to learn that by the will of
the late Mrs. c. II. Hall, probated on
Thursday, she inherits half of the per-
sonal estate, estimated at $4,000
x-Governor Woodruff and Col l. NJ.
tor Brandegee at Washington Thurs
day night ard sought his aid in Sc
curing a speaker for the meeting Of
the Sons Of the American Revolution.
Today. the feast Of the Epiphany,
or Twelfth night, was the, date on
which Christmas decorations used to
he removed. In later years, however,
it is the custom to keep them in place
if desired until Candlemas day, Feb
ruary 2.
The planets Mars and Saturn will
continue to be finely placed for obser-
walton in the evening sky during jan
uary. Mars is moving eastward and
Saturn viii move westward for the
first half of the month and after that
| eastward again.
Rev. P. c. Wright will speak in the
Central Baptist church on the Sunday
evenings of January upon Don'ts for
1912: Don't gamble on time; don't
drink in a back room: don't buy bub-
I bles; don't forget Cod Fine music
eac hevening.-adv.
{ Notices of the annual meeting of
the Connecticut association OF Past
/ Grand commanders of the Knights
: Templar were sent out this week by
! Secretary Eli c. Birdsey. The meeting
will be held at the Garde hotel, in
[ Hartford, Thursday, January 10, at Il
( o'clock.
Governor Baldwin has approved the
Tequisition on the comptroller for
$4,000 to defray expenses of the naval
militia; also the bill of the Connecticut
fryoh hc
/ Connecticut Childrens Aid society
$2,61113, and the Mystic school for the
deaf S3.7345O.
Senator Brandegee was one of the
half-dOZen senators that were called
10 the White house TO consult with the
president on the appointment of a
successor To the late Justice Harlan
on the supreme court bench. After
the conference he said that no names
were mentioned.
Dealers say that the sales of paper
towels have greatly increased since the
law against the common towel went
into effect, which was October rs, thir-
ty days after adjournment of the gen
eral assembly, although many hotel
keepers and others confused it will
the common drinking cup law, in effect
January l.
The tax collectors office will be oper
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday eve
uines from to 8 o'clock for the pur-
pose Of collecting the balance Of tn,
personal tax due April 10, 1911. Aftei
+ "Wednesday, the 10th. the list OF delin.
qucnts viii be made out and turned
over TO the prosecuting attorney a.
the law diregtS.-aQV,
Patriotic societies learn that recen
charges and denials of abuse and mis-
use Of the American flag have devel
0ued the fact that there is no nationa
statute making such acts punishable
Several states are said to have severe
laws on the subject, and the war de
partment officials are hopeful that ag