Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-12
SHORT WEIGHT MEASURES. Gets Onion Seller Taxed Costs (
 $3.69.

urday afternoon, Herman Dorman, of Providence was presented on a charge of having sold a short weight meas ure of onions to Deputy Sheriff John M. Bessette Dorman's defence was that he believed he was giving all the law required, that his measure was of legal size and that the lot of onions he sold to Bessette filled it rounding full were large. so did not weigh up as heavily as would a peck of smaller ones, which would pack more closely.
 Deputy Judge James V. Tucker re- leased Dorman on payment of actual costs, $3.69, the court giving expression to the belief that their was no intent to defraud on Dorman's part.
 Borough Interests.
 Albert Day of Springfield spent Sun day here with relatives.
 Mrs. c. B. Wheatley is visiting rela- tives in North Brookfeld and Wor- cester.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Bergin left Sat- urday for Providence. where Mrs. Ber- gin is to enter a hospital. Miss Victoria Gingras of Dayville is an appendicitis patient at St. Vincent's hospital, Worcester. The operation upon her was successfully performed. Jesse Hopton had the tip of a finger clipped off while operating planer in Torrey Brothers plant at Central Village.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry E. McEweri have of Melrose, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Cyr have re- turned from Montreal, where they | have been spending the summer. On Motor Trip. MT. and Mrs. Clarence A. Potter and ! MT. and Mrs. W. H. White of Brook I lyn are on an automobile tour of north ern New England and into Canada. William M. Franklin entertained a party of friends at his cottage at Oak | land beach over Sunday.
 | Sessions l.. Adams, town clerk, and | Edward Hall are the republican cand- | idates for representatives in the town l of Plainfield.
 | MT. and Mrs Marshall J. Brink oi Canterbury have recently been ir Massachusetts on an automobile tour. | Misses Margaret Awkward and Mar garet Mcbride visited friends in Jew cit City Sunday.
 | Mrs. Martin Wolfe of Jewett has been a guest recently of MT. and Mrs | Patrick Murray. Miss Mary Wheatley visited friends | in Worcester Saturday.
 Mrs. William Sherman of Melrose is visiting Danielson friends. | " Self Denial Week. In Methodist churches this is self | denial week in the interest of the Flu | ropean war sufferers. The results oi this self-denia1 will be shown in g special offering at the local church. next Sunday morning.
 D. Fred Kenworthy, Frank l.. Ben nett, Frank Wood, and Frederick N Phillips and the newly elected regis trars will be in session in the different voting districts of the town today I CMonday) to receive applications ot II +>y IA Ia For Justices of the Peace.
 The following have been nominated by the republicans as candidates fol justices of the peace in killingly: Ar. thur G. Bill, Harry E. Beck, W. F Woodward, Sabin s. Russell. Ebert L Da rbie. Frank T. Preston, Erwin Jor. dan, N. Lorne Greig, Robert W. Boys
 Joseph Pray.
 Gifts for Mrs. ceIwsII. Mrs Winfield Colwell of Mechani, street has been presented a beautiful | chair and a fancy dish by the force O the Keystone department store, wher' Mrs. Coiwell is employed. The donors
 were entertained by Mir. and Mrs. Col T well at their home Mechanic street.
 Brooklyn Nominations.
 | In Brooklyn, the democrats hav'
 nominated Oscar F. Atwood TOT rep | he being at present the holder of tn latter office The candidates for jus tices of the peace are Henry M. Evans ID. NJ. Havens, Edward Jolicoeur, Johl M. Bessette, G. Spalding.
 May Present Pinafere.
 Included in the plans of the Civic fed
 eration for the coming winter is tn project of presenting Pinafore. It i Iexpected that those who were member of the Choral union organized by tn
 federation last year will participate.
 Birthday Party-Hostess Cuts Cake. Ten little girl friends of Eva Esthe
 Ware. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Harr- O Ware of Academy street, gathere' at her home for a party in observanc
 of her second birthday. Games wer
 played and refreshments of cake an ice cream were served. The birthda.
 cake was cut by the little hostess. l . feature of the party was the fanc , dance by Miss Ruth Dubuc.
 Rush for Course Tickets. That the interest in the Young Peo ple's course of entertainments for tn
 season just ahead is as widespread a . it always has been was indicated Sat urday morning when scores stood i : line at the theatre box office to ex | change their tickets for the season r reservations. The line held for mos l of the forenoon. The srrnness of tn