Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-15
Utle Bullrti1l,
Norwich, Monday, April 15, 1912.
VARIOUS MATTERS


 begun preparations for Labor day.
 See that your dog is licensed today;
 $l.0O extra after May first-adv.
 Those who have received government seeds are hoping that the weather may soon get warm enough for planting.
 The tables in the Otis library read ing room were well surrounded Sun day afternoon. Miss Rogers was in
 charge.
 The supplement of New York Sun
 day paper has the group of scorers at
 the Washington whist held at the
 Norwich armofy February 1s.
 As Memorial day comes on Thurs
 day this year, most of the memorial services in the churches will be held
 on the previous Sunday. May 2s.
 Don't forget whist and dance at A.
 O. H. hall. Tuesday night. Adm. 25c. adv.
 Odd Fellows Memorial day comes on Friday, April 26, and in some places the lodges are to attend services on the 2Sth, which is the nearest Sunday to the date set.
 A Mystic correspondent writes: The
 lecture Friday evening in the Congre- gational church Emerson P. Turner Of Norwich was interesting and at- tracted a large audience.
 Sale! Aprons, novelties, cake. candy. Big bargains. Spiritual Academy.
 Wed. and Thurs; suppers 15c-adv. When the first quarterly conference of the Uncasville M. E. church was held at the parsonage last week, it was voted to increase the pastors
 salary $50 year and engage a jan
 itor.
 Local teachers have been notified
 that the New England History Teach
 CTS association annual spring conven-
 tion is to be held in Springfield Fri
 day and Saturday in Central high school hall
 The Thames River Specialties com pany at Montville is having the river dragged to uniform depth of 20 feet
 at low water at it's dock in order to prevent coal barges unloading there from going aground.
 The tax collector will be at the store of H. s. Young, Norwich Town, today from II a. m. to 1 p. m., for the pur- | pose of collecting taxes.-adv. A demonstration of pruning and l spraying is to be given on the farm of F. o. Jackson at Middletown today CMonday) under the auspices of the Connecticut agricultural society and
 the Connecticut pomologicaI society. Passengers on the Shore Line trains learned Saturday that work on the l New Haven-Stamford electric zone would be begun at once and that it
 is hoped to have the new service in operation on or about January 1. 1913.
 The county secretary of The King | Daughters, Miss Lucy Geer, is recover ing from an accident six weeks ago, when she broke her right arm by a fall while leaving a trolley car at the foot of Park street. The arm is still kept bandaged.
 Marion Wilson, presenting character studies in costume at Central M. E. church, Friday might April 19. Ad- mission 35 and 25 cents-adv
 D. c. Speenbursh, representative of
 the American Game Protective and Propagation association, is in Connec- ticut, conducting a campaign to get new members for the association and is also looking up- possibilities for the establishment by the association of | a large game preserve.
 Joseph H. Ullman of New Haven and Lawyer Charles H. Shapiro and Rev. Dr. Thormer of Bridgeport have
 planned important work for the de- l velopment of B'Nai Brith this year. District Deputy Shapiro and his asso- ciated officers during 1911 established
 six lodges in this state.
 Fifty laborers were brought from New Haven to New London Friday night to assist in unloading sugar from 1 the Norwich line steamer These gangs have been coming regularly 1 from New Haven for a week or more l on account of the big freight. They return the following morning.
 Mrs. Alonzo Main of North stoning- 1 ton leaves today for the New York General hospital, accom- panied by Dr. W. J. Hanford, who will return to-
 morrow, after the operation.-adv. Charles w. Jones, 3S, who died in Norwich, after a long illness, Fri uay, was SILK weaver, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Birch) Jones. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from 53 Ann street, Hart ford. Burial was in West Hartford. Dr. James Gammack of West Hart ford officiated.
 The funeral of Andrew J. Cava-
 naugh was attended from St. Ser nard's church, Rockville, Saturday morning at nine o'clock, Rev NJ H. May celebrating the requiem mass. A large number of the business men of
 the city closed their places of business during the hour of the funeral. Burial was in St. Bernard's cemetery The sessions of the convention of state charities and correction began at Waterbury Sunday. Judge E. M. Warner of Putnam is a vice president and Mrs Frank A. Mitchell of Nor wich is member of the executive committee of the organization. At Tuesdays session there will be an 1 address on The benefits to a city of
 juvenile commission" by Rev. John F. Ryan of Hartford St Lawrence's church, native of Norwich.