Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-29
Ilf1e Bulletin.
Norwich, Monday, Dec. 2s, 1918.
VARIOUS MATTERS

Many of the holiday visitors left town Sunday night.
 Local visitors in Canada write here of zero weather prevailing.
 A reunion of the Lord family was held in Hebron on the holiday.
 New Years greeting cards and book let's are already swelling the mails.
 Stormy weather has no trials for
 Even at noon yesterday the mer- cury registered no higher than 34 de- grees.
 Hebrew societies celebrated the Feast of Chanukah Sunday by the lighting of the seven candles, lectupres and singing.
 The weekly announcement leafet of the Second Congregational church bears a memorial reference to Mrs. Nettie N. Rossman.
 Members of the Chinese colony about town remembered their American friends with gifts of tea, silk and sweets on the holiday.
 Cold weather increased the attend ance at the Otis library reading room Sunday afternoon There were SS vis- itors. Miss Dawson was in charge.
 The Adams Express company has sent circular letter to stockholders in this state that owing to competi- tion in parcel post, dividend will be cut.
 Announcement has been made at Webster, Mass, of the engagement of Joseph Crouteau of North Grosvenor- dale and Miss Marie Manville of Web ster.
 Several of the famous Lords Point bronze turkeys have been shipped re- gently by James E. Lord to Darien and JeWett City. Conn, and Lebanon, \. H.
 Some of the Methodist churches noted yesterday, that Dec 27, in 1714, was the birthday al Gloucester Eng land, of George Whitefeld, founder of the Calvinistic Methodists.
 Local D. A. R. members who met her in Washington express deep sorrow for the death of Mrs. Adlai s. Stephenson, always gracious and popular when an officer of the national association.
 It is understood by the Bridgeport Standard that Prof. and Mrs. George H. Lamson of the Connecticut Agri- cultural school at Storrs are guests of Mrs. Lamson's mother Mrs. Kuschke of Bridgeport.
 The Connecticut State Board of Ed ucation for the purpose of encourag- ing regular attendance in the public schools of the state, issues certificates of perfect attendance to pupils In the various districts.
 
 Not in 20 years has the tide at Say brook been so high as it has been the last two days The lands at Saybrook Point. Fenwick and up to the Junc- ton on the Valley branch, are all GOV cred with water still rising.
 A Universalist clergyman known to many of the denomination here when he was pastor at Middletown. Rev Richard Fisk, D. D., has resigned at Aver. Mass. explaining that at 7S he. retires only because of poor health.
 The trolley cars along the Shore Line electric road were tied up from to a. m. Saturday, on account of the machinery at the Saybrook power house, which has been undergoing re- pairs the last ten days, giving out.
 A call will be. sent out probably this week to all priests in the diocese eli
  the successful candidates, Bishop Milan will select the rector of St. Roses parish, Meriden, to succeed the late Rev. John Cooney
 Mrs. Clark G. Voorhees,. of Lyme. Conn, one of the six sisters of the bride, and MT. and Mrs. William A. Slater, Jr., of Washington, were among the guests at Lenox Saturday at the wedding of Miss Frances Constance Folsom and Cleveland Bigelow.
 It is said in Catholic circles that the completion of the fine new St Jean le Baptiste church, Jan. 4 and 6, is to be followed by the announcement of the holding in New York of the great Eucharistic congress, which met last year at Malta. and a few years ago at Montreal.
 As a result of the investigations in- stituted by the special committee of the Connecticut Manufacturers asso- citation, the formation of a group of mutual insurance companies to oper- ate in this state under the compen- sation act is assured.
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