Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-18
llItne Bullft1n. Norwich, Wednesday, March 1s, 1914
VARIOUS MATTERS


 Today. the 18th, the day is just twelve hours in length. The repapering of the parlor at the Sodality rooms has been begun. Baked bean supper at Spiritual Academy tonight. f5 cents.-AdV.
 Joseph Plant has a gang of men cutting timber on Frank Bergman lot at Montville.
 It is an interesting coincidence that today, March 18th, the sun rises at 5.56 and sets at 5.56. Many tiny pots of shamrock. small green hats and flags and green sweet peas were sold for St. Patrick's day favors.
 Farmers say many men are begin ming to apply for work and believe they come from the army of unemploy- ed in New York.
 The showers Tuesday morning car ried off the last vestige of snow, finish ing up the work begun by the dense fog of Monday night.
 Rev. J. A. Dooley of South Coventry is to deliver the Lenten sermon at St. James church, South Manchester, this Wednesday, evening.
 Tomorrow, the feast of St. Joseph, the foster father of the Saviour, will be Commemorated by special masses in the Catholic churches
 A new electric elevator is to be in- stalled at the Eastern Point home of Morton F. Plant. A new electric ice
 The change in train schedule greatly inconvenience residents of Gales Fer ry, who have no way of leaving that village from morning until late after noon.
 P. Horistien of New London has sold his farm on Jerome's Island. Montville, to Joseph Mininsll of Hampstead. L. l.. who took possession March l.
 Thomas w Avery has several men brushing away the sand that was washed up by the recent high tide on the lawn sOf the Cooper house and the Slocum property at Eastern Point.
 United States battleships Florida and Connecticut. with boys from this vicinity aboard. are now in the Gulf of Mexico, but will shortly come north to Chesapeake Bay for big gun prac- tice
 A section of the vitrified brick pave ment in front of the trolley office on Franklin square had to be torn up on Tuesday to get at the compressed air pipes, which were in trouble at that point.
 The sectionmen. station agents and baggagement on the Shore Line road have been notified that they are to see that the work is done in their respect i've territory where lampmen have been laid off.
 Repairs are being made to one of the cottages from which the roof was blown and to two of the rustic pavil- ions which were tipped over by the gale at Riverview, Charles H. Brown s Gales Ferry estate.
 The high mass in St. Patrick church at s o'clock on St. Patrick s day was sung by Rev. Myles P. Calvin At the offertory Prof, Frank L. Farrell played a beautiful medley of Irish airs crieffy Moores melodies.
 The leader of the women's prayer meeting at the Central Baptist church Tuesday afternoon was Mrs. Mary B. Corbin of Lincoln avenue. There was a fair attendance and the meeting proved of much interest.
 The welldriver belonging to George Fritz of GrOton is. on the grounds of the OsWegatchie house in Waterford One well has already been driven in that section and it is expected that several more will be drilled A new History of the Geer Family is being compiled by Walter Geer ot New York. The first Geer book was yard, grandfather of Miss Ellen GeeI and Miss Lucy Geer, of Park street Norwich.
 The annual meeting of the Connec- tiCut Woman's Council of Education is to be held next Saturday. March 21. al 2.15, in Center church house, Hart ford. An address will be given by Miss Rutz- -Rees of Rosemary hall Greenwich.
 Charles Timothy Senay. son of Mrs Lucia Senay, of New London. who has | been awarded the Mary A. Terry fel- l lowship of $500 annually at Trinity college, will take up work in expert mental zoology at the University o l Illinois next fall. Of 43 samples of tincture of aconitt sent to the state experiment station, 1 were under standard grade. Among the other drugs found to be below grade were four cases of tincture O.
  of opium and two of nux vomica- The site for the proposed new build 1 ing for the New London Y. M. C. A. which was purchased several weeks ago. was purchased by the Woman's auxiliary to the association and tht purchase price was S15.000. At pres. ent about $500 is available for build | ing.
 Inquirer: The firemen's race was 1T 1891. on the last day of the fair Thursday, Sept. 24.' Time of three O 1 the five companies follows: Shetucke S. F. E. Co, 2.39 1-2: Williams NJ I Williams O., 2.43 1-2; w. B. Thoma. Hose Co. 2.53- Distance, one-hal mile.
 1 The marriage of Elmer Maynard, so1 | of MT. and Mrs. James Maynard, O l Groton, and Miss Marguerite Howard ] daughter of Mrs. Maud Howard. O ] New London, on Saturday evening, wa 1 announced Monday. The wedding tool place at the home of Rev. James R