Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-13

SdIHSuIdl' 11dFllcIu, on thursday,
When the snow began to fall early
J Tuesday morning, people remembered
| that March u was the twenty fourth
anniversary Of the big blizzard OF
| 1883.
Coal dealers learn that the railroads
I have promised to put on more coal
/ cars within the next week so that ship
ments already ordered may be deliv-
| cred.
Mrs. NJ. V. Ford Of West Thames
street calls attention. to the fact that
Caldwell n, J., is the birthplace OF
Grover Cleveland and not Bloomfield
n. ].
The James E. Crary farm in Girls
void, consisting of 105 acres, has been
sold by E. A. Prentice to Frank b.
Terry. also of Griswold. who is to
occupy it,
1t is said that a few days ago the
T. A. Scott wireless station at New
London caught a message being sent
from the station at Mare Island, San
Francisco.
The Telephone Bulletin, in its report
for 1911, states that in Norwich a
! gain Of 300 telephone stations was
hoped for and nearly that number, or
1913, secured
An interesting book recently added
to the Otis library shelves is Retro
spect OF Forty Years" by w. A. But
Ter made famous BY his poem, Moth
ing to Wear"
A government examination is to be
held March 20 for practical papermak-
er, forest service, Madison, Wis, at
salary Of $1,000 year; age limit,
20 TO 80 years.
Keepers OF scrapbooks and per-
sons with a fondness for recalling
dates reminded their friends that yes
terday was the cath anniversary of
the great blizzard"
Episcopal rectors are receiving from
Middletown the catalogue of Berkeley
divinity school for 1912. which shows
that there are fourteen students and
four special students.
The lighthouse department on Mon
day placed a red buoy in Little Mar
ragansett bay, marking the former site
OF Rhodes Folly, which was demolished
in the February gale
Engineer William H. Caldwell of the
commission on rivers, harbors and
bridges, has stated in Hartford that
he will make his appointment of state
dam inspector about April l.
A former Rockville pastor. Rev.
Luke Fitzsinons. now of the Immacu-
late Conception church, Waterbury.
suffered a slight paralytic shock early
Monday morning. but is expected to
recover.
TIL, state meeting Of the Daughters
OF the American Revolution. which
will be held in preparation for the
twenty first national congress at
Washington, is to take place in South
ington, April 13.
Creditors Of James A. Nichols.
lumber dealer and a manufacturers Of
sash, doors and windows, in Killingly,
nave filed a petition in the United
states court at Hartford that he be
adjudged a bankrupt.
When Mary Clapp Wooster chapter,
Monday. Mrs. Miner Of Waterford was
spoken Of very favorably for the Of
fee Of vice president general for the
state Of Connecticut
Engineers on the New York New
Haven & Hartford railroad have been
instructed to blow fire signals when
ever discovering fires along the road
IN order that prompt action may be
taken to extinguish them
Irving F. Hile. Jr., fourteen wears
old, who ran away from his home in
New Haven, was arrested al New
London Tuesday, and held to await
the arrival of his parents. His father
road
The Life and Advent union is 10
hold its annual convention in New
Britain the latter part Of Nav. Dele
gates are expected from as far south
as Virginia. The convention will he
entertained by members Of the sec
ond Advent church.
Very Low Rates Pacific Coast via
Nickel Plate Road. Colonist fares 10
California, Washington, Oregon and
far west. daily, March I'd to April 14th.
Fines tourist sleepers daily. Write L.
P. Burgess, N.E.P.A., 312 Old South
Bldg, Boston. Mass.-adv.
Rev. H. J. Wyckoff in his shop talk
Monday at noon at the Crescent Fire
Arms Co. under the auspices of the
Y. NJ. c., A. spoke upon the topic. It's
Up to You. Two solos, Killarney nv
Balfe, and To Thee by Snecker. were
sung by Mrs. George n. Lord.
The funeral of Norman Chapman.
the four months old son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Chapman of Hanover, was
held Tuesday afternoon from their
home near the paper mill, Rev. c.
II. Peck OF the Hanover Congrega-
tional church conducted the services
At q recent meeting of the North
StoningtOn Grange Fair association,
the following directors were appointed
for tho coming year, John d. Avery,
George D. Coats Charles n Brown,
Charles P. Kendall, j. Edwin Thsmp-
son, Charles L. billiard and George
II Stone.
Twa new freight trains we're put
on Tuesday morning from Midway to
New York leaving Midway as nearly
eight o'clock as possible. The freight
traffic on the Shore Line division Of
the New Haven road is increasing to
such an extent that the compaRy's
equipment is severely taxed to handle
1t.