Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-11
0Ilre Bullftln,
Norwich, Tuesday, Aug. II, 1914,
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 The s4th annual reunion ef the setn Connecticut volunteers will be held at Grange hall, Cheshire, Aug. 2e.
 Army worms have been found on the Palmer homestead farm and M, 3. Chapman's farm at Pendleten Hin. k Visitors from the city are enoying the privilege of picking ferns and wild flowers about the country just now.
 Today. August llth. the annual field day of the Tessphons Empleyes Mutual Benefit society is 'te be held at Savin Rock.
 On the whole this has been q back ward season for local boatmen. cool, foggy weather interfering with river pleasures considerably.
 The Ladies Aid society of Pine Grove Mantle, secured Mrs. 4. M. Welton of Hartford. a sDiritualist speaker and message bearer for Sunday.
 At the meeting of the State 'Tuber-a Monday, all the superintendents of the state institution were present.
 Ernest G. Eldred and family of East Providence are at Pleasant View, occu- pying the cottage for a while owned by Dr. c. B. Eldred of Norwich
 Frank w. Browning of Kitamaug, whose barn was burnt during the last electrical storm, Is building new one, much larger than the one destroyed.
 A valuable dog owned by Thomas uinn of Roath street was ponsoned by some unknown person. The dog k, l l., hA fo fov far
 Fifty engraved cards and plate script or old English text. 80 cents, at The Bulletin Go. See adv.
 The Delta sorority of the R Y. A. the members of which have been oc- cupying Christ church choir camp at Pleasant View. have returned to Nor wich.
 The Misses Throp of Westerly gave a motor boat party to Norwich Sunday in honor of Miss Louise Woodworth of Apponaug and Mss E. Ruth Lothrop of Hanover. N. H.
 Mss Florence Donovan has resigned as organist at St. Mary's church, New London, to be married to James Doyle. Her successor will probably be E. F. Hands of South Norwalk.
 The temporary steps leading to a front window of the Otis library have been completed and the window is be- ing used as a door, while the new granite steps are being set. Uranus Is near the center of the constellation Capriconus during Au- gust, but this faint planet cannot be satisfactorily observed without the aid of moderately large telescope. The state civil service commission has voted to hold examinations on August 31 for filling vacancies in state institutions of skilled laundrymen. laundry superintendents and foremen. Relatives and family friends attend ed a months mind high mass of requiem in St. Patrick's church Satur- day morning at 8 o'clock for Miss Mary McGillicuddy. Rev. J. H. Broderick sang the mass.
 Miss Juliet W. Robinson of New York who Is spending a vacation in Canada and is now in Quebec. While in Mon- treal she chanced to meet Miss Hyde, of Norwich Town
 Postmasters have received an order from Washington authorizing the is suance of international money orders, not to exceed $100 for each person, in | favor of Americans stranded in EurOpS4n countries.
 The last of the present series of op sn | meetings under the auspices of the l New London w. c. T. U. will be held l at Mrs. Frank A. Comstocks bunga- l low at Ocean Beach this (Tuesday) l afternoon and evening.
 Excursion to Montreal Aug. 12 and 13; return limit Aug. 2s; $f0 for rou1d trip. See flyers for particulars.-adv. There is special interest in the union service to be held at Broadway church | on Sunday next for the reason that | the reason that the preacher will be | former Norwich boy, Rev Edwin W. 1 Bishop, now of Grand Rapids, Mich. A local professional man having re- | ceived a message and business com | mission Monday from Mrs. Mary T. l Johnson. it is presumed that she has cut short her tour of Europe because l of the war and has returned to Chica- go.
 The Westerly Sun states that pr. and Mrs. F. T. Payne and c. Clarence I Maxson are of an automobile party which leaves Westerly this (Tuesday) morning for Island Falls, Me, where | the men are to spend the next fortnight ! fishing.
 Thomas Hoey of Groton and Miss 1 Mary walsh of New York were mar I ried Monday morning at 10 o'clock at ! St. Mary's Star of the Sea church, New | London, by Rev Alexander Wollsch- ] Jaeger. MT. Hoey is chauffeur at Branford farm.
 s There is local interest in the West brook item that Richard riley and l family of Essex will occupy Miss Ida Posts cottage on Middle beach foI | two weeks. In the meantime Miss Post | will visit in Mystic, where she in- ] tends to make her homo at an early | date. l The August neteors, or Persaids l vii be seen more or less all the month
 but are supposed to be most numer- | ous on the nights about August 10 1 The meteors appear to move away 1 from point in the constellation Per- | seus, which in the early evening is neal the northern horizon.
 The 5000 fire in the Casino grocery | at Beach park, Clinton. Saturday even
 ing was a short distance from the cot
 tage of Dr. F. c. Jackson of Norwich
 who aided in fighting the flames. There
 was an insurance of s2,0o0 on the
 building and $2. 500 on the stock which
 was practically ruined.
 | The hay plots about this vicinity
 which were used as demonstration plots by the County Improvement
 league to test the value of fertilizine
 hay fields. have been cut It has beer
 announced that big gain was cer.