Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-03
VARIOUS MATTERS


 Railing out cellars kept some people busy yesterday
 The compressed air plant has been | sight worth seeing for the past few l days.
 In spite of the cold. willows and alders begin to denote the coming of spring.
 Norwich never had so many French classes and individual pupils as dur ing this winter.
 Health officers urge this as the proper time to kill those flies which have hfeernated in warm corners.
 Hear Mrs Joel B. Slocum, reader; Franklin Such, pianist, Norwich Town chapel, March 6, p. m. 25c.-adv. c. H. Johnson's Famous Scouts and Famous Indian Chiefs are books re- gently added to the Peck library, Slater hall.
 Men were busy Monday repairing the damage to the roof at the residence of John Steiner which was caused by Sundays gale.
 Many drivers got out and led their horses down the icy hills Monda, There were numerous hurry calls at the blacksmiths'.
 A number of householders spent Monday looking for slzyIights, covers of ash tins, door mats and similar ar ticles carried off in Sundays gale.
 The Eastern Point road, which is considered the best in Groton borough is beginning to show the effects of the storm and winter weather, it is claim ed.
 A get-together meeting of the Mod ern Woodmen of America was held in Middletown last week and was attend ed by Eastern Connecticut members of the order
 The interdenominational prayer ser vice for home missions at the Metho- dist church held all over the United States, was noted by some of the sub- urban churches.
 The Rev. Alexander WoHschlager of St. Mary's Star of the Sea church preached the Lenten sermon at St. Johns Roman Catholic church in Montville Sunday.
 Prominent local men have been in vited to attend the eighth annual meeting of the New England Fedora ton for Rural Progress to be held in
 
 The iron fence about the property of Dr. J. J. Donohue on Church street. damaged Friday when a tree fell over on it, was entirely removed Monday, greatly improving the appearance of the grounds.
 The annual graduation at New Lon don in June, of the Williams Memo rial Institute, founded by a Norwich woman, may take the form of a pres entatiOn of Midsummer Nights Dream at MitchelFs woods.
 Since the amendment which went into effect on January last admitting 50 pound packages to the parcel post for the first and second zones employees of Connecticut post offices in general have received very few of such.
 Supper 50 cents at the Osgood Me morial by the Parish House associa- ton of Park church. Wednesday even ing, March 4th at 6.30 o'clock followed by music. Old English ballads by the church choir. Candy for sale.-adv.
 Some Norwich people always go to New York for the annual Travel, Va cation and Sportsman's exhibition, which is to open Thursday afternoon and at which this year large coIlec- tion of live fur-bearing animals is to be exhibited.
 A Dominican Father from New York who was to preach at St. Patricks church Sunday evening was delayed when his train was stalled near New Haven. On this account and because of the storm and damage to the church Vespers was omitted.
 Work of building the new cement bulkheads at Shennecossett beach, Eastern Point, in place of one washed away by the storm a short time ago, was started Monday under the direc- tion of George Burgess, superintendent of the Shennecossett Beach Co
 Miss Charlotte M. Holloway, state industrial investigator, has just com pleted an investigation of conditions in dry goods stores in New London and Norwich, visiting eight stores in New London and 12 in Norwich. She will make a complete investigatio and report later.
 Post cards dated Jan 31st at Cal cutta reached Norwich Monday from Col and Mrs. Charles W. Gale, who sailed from Naples. Sunday. on their homeward trip. They are 10 be ten dered a welcoming reception at the Central Baptist church parlors shortly after their arrival