Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22

ton Wednesday, and the sidewalks in many places were covered with ice, which was the cause of many falls.
 Byron F'iske of Willimantic was the guest of Jack Brown Wednesday.
 JEWE1T CITY.
 with Past Brands of Rebekah Lodge
 installation Ceremonies Reports
 at Freemen's Meetina-FuneraI of
 Mrs. champlin.
 Thames Past Grand association No. 3 held its annual meeting with the past grands of Ruthie Rebekah lodge in Odd Fellows hall, Wednesday after noon. Mrs. Bertha Burroughs of Po-s quonoc, a member of Home lodge, New London. installed the following officers President, Mrs Hattie Parsons of Hope lodge Norwich; vice president, Mrs Elvena Bowker of Home lodge, secretary, Mrs. Libbie Dennison> of Home lodge; treasurer, Mrs. Celia Burroughs of Osprey lodge, marshal, Mrs Margaret Hart of Hope lodge, Norwich: conductor Mrs. Sarah Jeff fers of Ruthie Rebelxah lodge, Jewett City; chaplain Mrs Elizabeth A. Smith taining committee served a, ten cent supper of baked beans, brown bread. rolls cabbage and potato salad, cake and coffee. The committee were Mrs. R. R. Wilde, Miss Ruby Thornton, Mrs. Ernest Blake. pr. S. H. Holmes and Mrs. Sarah Jeffers.
 Annual Meeting of Freemen Of the
 Borough.
 A meeting of the freemen of the borough was held Monday evening in the town hall, when the annual re- ports of the board of warden and bur gesses, treasurer, and health officer were accepted. It was voted to lay expenses of the borough last year were $16,268.95, including the cost of streets, s1,275.84; police, s643.62; in terest, s2,826.26; water, S1,620; print ing, $81.75;~ fire department, s750.05; election expenses, s54.45; street lights, miscellaneous, $340.41; insurance, $33.60; clerk and treasurer, s168.15; garbage, $27s.S5; park, s1.34s.99; sew CTS, s50.32; deducting from this amount phone, s22.43; Din1ock property, s20s.22; sidewalks, $40.41; park, s1,545.- 99; sewers, $5O.32; catch basins, s42.- 1 75 amounting to s2,135.79, makes the above amount as stated.
 Fifteen Fires.
 George H. Prior, fire marshal, report ed fifteen fires during the year, total I bell alarms five and still alarms ten. Fire loss s130. The still alarms were: l Jan. 5. chimney fire Hill street: Feb. 27 chimney fire, J. Shea, East Main l street; March p. chimney fire No. 50 Slater avenue; May g, chimney fire Parisean block, Green avenue; June 8, ! chimney fire, D. P. Auciaina's block, i Soule street; Aug. II, chimney fire l same block; Sept. 30. chimney fire No. 1 52 Ashland street; Oct. 16, chimney fire l Ashland Cotton Co. No. 67 Hill street; l Nov 2S, chimney fire Dawley house, ] Palmer avenue; Dec. IS, chimney fire i bell alarms were D. F. Auclair, Soule street, window draperies caught from matches; July 23. Ashland Cotton Co, i woodshed, Hill street, caused by chii ! dren playing with matches; Oct. 80, 1 chimney fire Otto Gilbert's house, As pinook street; Nov. IA. spontaneous 1 combustion in pile of paint rags in l barn of J. D. Eccleston Mathewson 1 street: Dec. IA, Park theatre, North Main street; caused by burlap placed 1 over register while starting fire in l furnace and was ignited from intense 1 heat. Assistance rendered outside of 1 borough limits on July Is barn owned I by John R. Armstrong;; July 27. ice houses owned by Shea Bros: when 1,6oo 1 feet of hose were laid. Ninety three l gallons of chemical were used. Health Officers Report. The report of the health officer, Dr. | G. H Jennings, stated that the mum l Der of contagious diseases reported was i larger than for the preceding year. 1 Four cases of whooping cough, four l cases scarlet fever, 45 cases of measles 1 were reported, and there were many more who were cared for by the family and thus not reported. Four cases of | consumption, two sent to the county i sanatorium the expense necessary be- ing met by the committee having in 1 charge the fund raised for this pur- l pose Five nuiSances were reported 1 which were abated on request The ! excellent supply of drinking water i obtained from the reservoir is no small 1 factor towards the health of the bor- | ough. In the past twenty years the 1 only cases of typhoid fever in the bor- 1 ough were those where the disease was ]! contracted from outside source. He 1 spoke of the necessity of the extension I of the sewers in several streets. The l lack of protection from smallpox by ] vaccination of most of the school chil- dren, as well as some adults is a fact i to be deplored. The sudden appear ance and spreading of this disease always possible unless protected by vaccination the borough, would cause untold suffering as well as an immense pecuniary loss.
 The present lease between the Wa 1 ter company and the borough will soon expire. There is clause in the lease that provides 3, way TOT the borough to
 acquire the property. This is being ] discussed by some of the borough res 1 idents and is well worth the consid- eration of all.
 Buys Burdick House.
 Fred Maynard has purchased of
 George A. Haskell the house known
 as the Burdick house on North Maia
 street.
 January Chicks.
 Mrs. Martin Wallace has d brood of
 little chickens matched last week Tues
 day. They must have thought it was a cold world.
 FUNERAL.
 Mrs. Denison J. ChampIin.
 The funeral services for Mrs Abbie
 A. Chanplin were held at her home OH