Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-12
VARIOUS MATTERS.

| At Mantle Capt James V. Luce is filling his ice house with six inch ice
 Tuesday was the feast of Our Lady
 of LourGes in the Catholic churches
 The coh snap caused a few frozer | pipes to uake business for the plumb | CTS.
 The boxes for the Sodality Easter Monday ball are now on sale. Tel | 170.-Adv.
 J Monday was Eugenia day and Tues 1 day was Yugve day among the Swed- 1 ish residents.
 At MontviIle the young people have been enjoying good skating on the pond at Perryville. The meeting of the Connecticut Li- brary association is to be held at l Stamford on February 20 Woman's clubs are being apprised that the Federation luncheon is to be given in New Haven Feb. 25. At Columbia. F. A. Hunt was the first to begin cutting ice. He began putting in ice six inches thick Satur- day.
 Waterbury members of the N. E. O. P. began this week to prepare for the state convention to be held there in the spring.
 A year ago this week there was plenty of cold weather. On February 10 the mercury did not go above zero during the day.
 The Lenten address in St. Mark s church, Mystic, Tuesday evening was delivered by Rev. Richard R. Graham of Christ church.
 At Bishop Seabury Memorial chapel, Groton this Wednesday, evening, the Lenten. preacher will be Rev. F. J. Bohanan of Norwich.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. A. Miner, repre- senting the Connecticut Bible society, have reached Saybrook in their can vass of the towns.
 Sixty representatives of the Inter national Silver company are finishing a three days convention at the Mer- iden factory today "Wednesday.
 Railroad men predict that the New Haven road will take up the work of constructing the new bridge across the Thames as soon as the weather opens.
 Rev. J. H. Broderick has arranged to have a Dominican Father from New Haven preach at the vesper services in St. Patricks church every Sunday evening during Lent.
 
 bill granting an increase in pension to Harriet A. Griggs of Plainfield, widow of Stephen A. Griggs, 18th regiment, from SIS to s3O month.
 Mondays Meriden Journal had a pie ture with the announcement that Feb. 10th was the birthday of Charles A. King, a native of Franklin and for mer resident of Norwich.
 At the Art Students association meeting Monday Miss lone Hay Hand and Mrs. F. w. Lester had charge of the tableaux. with the assis tance of Frederick H. Cranston.
 The Masonic Veterans association of Connecticut have been invited by St. Johns lodge of Middletown to hold their next annual meeting in the Ma sonic lodge room in that city June 26.
 Owners of hives are hoping for fa- vorable conditions this season so that the bees may do their whole duty. One bee-keeper who has eighteen hives got but one third of yield of honey last season.
 Richard Lamont, the MiddIetown weather seer, is out with another pre- diction to the effect that the cold snap will last until Valentines day. At that time MT. Lamont expects a storm of considerable severity.
 Mrs. Frederick A. Johnson of Mont vile, president of the County Equal to give strong support to the woman suffrage bill by influencing represen- tatives in the state legislature.
 The Connecticut State Peace asso- citation is notifying schools that lit erary contest will be opened to the high schools and academies of Connec- ticut in which prizes will be offered for he hoC on o
 A months mind requiem high mass for Mrs. William Beckley mother of Alderman T. H. Beckley was cele- brated in St. Patrick's church Tuesday by Rev. J. H. Frederick, relatives and friends being present at the service.
 The two-cent postage stamp form ing one of the special series of four stamps to be issued in connection with the anama-Pacific exposition, has a design showing a merchant steamer emerging from one of the Gatun locks, and q warship in the other.
 On Tuesday John E. Tanning had a call from H. B. Kirk. assistant in the state entomologist's office, New Ha- brown tail moths. a couple of nests of which have been sent from this vicin- ity to the New Haven office.
 Frank A. Stockwell 4S. of Worces- ter, who was taken sick on the street Friday afternoon. died in his home Saturday night of apoplexy. MT. Stockwel1 was born in Stafford Springs. Conn, the son of Ira H. and Sarah E. (Howard) Stockwell.
 An honest boy, Edward Le Ronin, of 30 Hickory street found pocketbook Tuesday noon. taking 1t to the Otis Library where the young ladies told him to carry it to the police station There 1t was soon identified by the owner, who is to properly reward the boy.
 Norwich visitor to West Berkeley, Cal. writes home of two weeks cold and a snowstorm which GOV erad the hills, such novelty that the teachers closed schools and took the pupils to the hills to throw snowballs, many of the children never having seen snow.