Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-26

Steamer Block Island, as an in- stance or the prosperous condition of the excursion business carried 13,0O0 passengers in the month of July.
 The waning of August brings a mo- ticeable decrease in the number of summer visitors from New York to the Hebrew farms in this vicinity
 For the Franco-American clubs con- vention in Hartford on Sept. ', and g, the French societies of this city and Taftville are appointing delegates.
 William A. Jacobs. the socialist speaker who was in Norwich last week, is now in the western part of the state. and will finish Saturday at New Haven.
 The annual convention of the state firemen's association will be held in West Haven today and tomorrow. All volunteer departments have represent alton at this convention.
 c. Kenneth Morgan and Bert Bent of New London gave a house warming Saturday afternoon at their new bum galow at Scotcn Cap, with a large par ty of young people present.
 Dr. Charles B. Graves of New Lon don, one of the prominent physicians,
 
 Sunday noon and at Memorial hoSpi- tai was operated upon immediately for hernia.
 The Eastern Connecticut lodges of the ON. E. o. P. are showing some ri- greatest number of members at the field day at Golden Spur Saturday. There is a prize offered.
 People who enjoy fishing are get ting plenty of sport in that line in the channel at Noank, a correspondent writes. Large founders may be caught by towing for them and an occasional sea bass or black fish is caught
 The Federal Council of the Church. es of Christ in America, representing thirty Protestant denominations, has issued the annual call for the observ- ance of Labor Sunday, August 31.
 Representing the state at the con- vention of the National Association of Letter Carriers, in San Francisco. are P. H. Howard delegate and T. J. O'Shea and J. T. McElroy of Bridge port.
 Old Lyme is getting after the auto ists again. Walter Camp, Jr., son of the football authority, of New Haven was fined S2 by Judge Grswold for speeding and muff1er cut out on Sat urday
 At five dollars per passenger. Avi- ator Benjamin Thaw, cousin of Harry K. Thaw, did a prosperous business at Watch Hill after his arrival there Sunday. He made Is flights Sunday and more Monday.
 The Roxbury Tutoring school is now hI 1CSH an cr1c c% TNoln holy ing Yale undergraduates, present and The Gales Ferry quar- ters are found more pleasant than New Haven in the summer.
 The peach crop, an enormous one this year. is suffering from want of rain, and unless there are copious showers within three or four days, the peach growers will be heavy losers The situation Is acute.
 Rev George H. Chambers of Adams Centre, N. r.. has accepted the call to the pastorate recently rendered him by the Third Baptist church of North Stonington and is expected to occupy the field about Oct. 1.
 Prof William B. Bailey, appointed by the governor to the Woman's Reform atory commission, has many Eastern Connecticut acquaintances. He is professor of economies at Yale and an authority on social conditions.
 A sea wall is to be expected at Pleas- ant View from the log cabin to the FL beron cottage on the west end and from l.. B. Lincoln's cottage to the An derson bungalow on the east side It will probably be continuous at a no distant date.
 A dance was given by summer res idents of Gales Ferry at the kitemaug pavilion on Friday evening for the ben eft of the Tennis club and a play on Monday evening at the summer house of the Misses Mathewson In the village for the same object.
 At Watch Hill this year the Inn provement society, among other things, has had the roads oiled, cement walks built. the board walks kept free of weeds, papers and rubbish removed from the highways and East Beach and P rubbish cans regularly emptied
 The forty sixth reunion of the Eff -eenth Connecticut Volunteers was held Saturday at Savin Rock. The first gathering was held in Wallingford in 1869, four years after being mustered out of service, and Saturday scarcely 3 hundred veterans answered to their names.
 Governor Simeon E. Baldwin left the state for Denver on Saturday, and will attend meeting of the governors there, and a meeting of the American Bar association at Montreal before re- turning. He will be gone ten days. Lieutenant Governor Lyman T. Tingier will be acting governor of the state during his absence.
 When another circuit breaker. on a Sunday evening Ocean Beach trolley sar went off with a bang, women jump sd off and there was repetition of several small panics that have oc- cured this summer. The woman fell and was unconscious. There is really no danger in a circuit breaker going 1ver which is does when the car is lrawing too much power.
 Low Round Trip to California.
 Diverse route. Liberal stop-over privileges. Open window route Cool ourist sleeping cars. personally con- lucted, without change, daily, except Sunday, Berth $9. Washington Sun set route. F MILK and 32 Washington streets, Boston.-adv.
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