Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-19
VARIOUS MATTERS.

VARIOUS MATTERS.
 The weather since Monday has again coatrS cicted the old and popular tra- dttion of St. Swithins day.
 Miss Beatrice Eldred of Norwich is charming audiences by her singing at Watch Hill. a correspondent writes this week.
 Walter c. Cranston and Martha J. Alsten, both of Worcester were the third couple that Rev, c. R. McNally of New London married Wednesday.
 The increase in values at Ocean Beach as a result of its rapid growth is shown by the rents of S1,200, $1OOO and $500 for Neptune Park cottages.
 The summer schedule of the revenue cutter school practice ship Itasca will bring her annual visit to New London on Aug. 12. She is now at Boston, going north,
 The government transport General B, R. Ayres has resumed her trips to the island forts after three weeks at the repair yards. The General Greene will be fixed up next.
 Rev. Charles w. Flint of Middetown ane G. VI 'arren Davis of Norwich were appoil ted members of the committee from the Second congressional district of the Bull Moose party.
 A number of eastern Connecticut people are attending the missionary conference at Silver Bay, N Y. The c111 Ia tfy,er during the month of August.
 Many Connecticut women are con tributors to the fund for the Womens Titanic memorial, the headquarters of .he movement being in the Union Trust bli d.ng in Washington, D. c.
 The trolley extension to Crescent Beach will be ready for traffic in a day or two, as the frog for the cross ing over the New Haven road tracks is the only thing holding up the open ing.
 A discussion on a campaign to se- cure the state encampment for Bridse- ? IT. next April came up at Wednes- day Epht's session of Franklin Bar lett camp, Sons of Veterans, in Bridge port.
 Groton Long Point plots are sold for Sl95 upward on easy monthly pay ments Tents or bungalows can be erected when first payment is made. Jas Jay Smith Co.,. shannon Bldg adv.
 Visitors to the annual Chautauqua assembly at Forestville, near Water bury, find many improvements this year at the camp grounds, while the programme this summer is also excep- tCnally interesting.
 Fourteen years ago this week the country was stirred by the news of the fall of Santiago It occurred on July r. 1898. Yellow fever patients in many Connecticut hospitals brought the war close home.
 1 Master Walter Lang of Norwich was given a party this week at Noank in 1 honor of his sixth birthday by Mrs R. Whitney and Miss Congdon, who are occupying Capt. Charles Potters | bungalow for two weeks. Lobsters were reported Thursday as having appeared in the Race and the | lobstermen who fish there are more or | less elated at the prospect of making up for some of the losses caused by the extreme lateness of the season.
 Many Connecticut Eagles will be | present at the ninth annual field day of the New England association ot Eagles to be held in New Bedford or Thursday, July 25. Several of the lOca members intend to take in the affair. The 35 delegates who represented 1 Connecticut at the national prohibition convention at Atlantic City last weel bring back encouraging reports of th' meeting. One says it was the mos spirited and progressive he ever at. tended.
 At Groton Long Point several milei of road have now been built at a cos of over $9,00O, a clubhouse and pier a S3,000, to water plants costing owe Si,000 ana a small colony of bungalow have sprung up within the past tw, summers.
 Ab eady residents of Stonington ar making plans for a grand demonstra tlN1 on the Tooth anniversary O. th i ba'tc of Stonington on Aug. 10, 1914 This year. the 98th anniversary, tn tifa companies will have their anGaIa in1pectlon.
 From all parts of the country aroun the correspondents write that the ha crop IS considerably heavier than as yeIc although on dryer mowing5 .b drouth had some effect The rains hay bothered many hay getters during tn rast week.
 The supervising agents of the stat who are attending the Danbury sum mer stLool held a special session O. Tuesday and organized the Connect cut State Supervisors association. I GarrisO of Willimantic is on the ex ecJtiye committee
 Since the steamer Watch Hill Wa freed off the channel and damaged $ as to make necessary drydock repair at Mystic this week, it is urged tha
 the small feet of boats at the Hi t,ke rains to keep the course clear rc the regular passenger steamer.
 Auto trawlers report that f1atfsh ar
 becoming scarce and it is not as ess t make large catch now as it was few weeks ago. It is not thought tha ths fish are in any way nearly extinc
 bot tfey have undoubtedly worke
 away from their old time haunts.
 Mrs. Everett L. Crane will entertai members of the Thames Past Nob
 Grands' association at her home Poquonoc today. At noon cIal