Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-02
VARIOUS MATTERS

Farmers are busy testing garden seeds.
 The best moonlight nights in Apri. are from the 8th to the 11th.
 Some of the shoppers found Wednes- day a capital time to try on Easter hats, while the rain prevented crowded stores.
 Call up 11s42 and engage box for the Sodality Easter Monday ball.-adv.
 Mrs Frederick Williams of Oakdale. surgical patfent.was dismissed Tues day from the Lawrence hospital, New London
 A carload of barrels has been re- ceived at the Noank freight station from Norwich, consigned to a Noank packing house.
 The restored trains on the Norwich and Groton division of the New Haven road are thoroughly appreciated, espe- cially by business men.
 Harvey B. King of Hartford has a force of men at work at Black Point, Niantic, driving artesian wells for several of the new cottages.
 Norwich friends hear from Mrs. Ben jamin E. Sibley CFrances w. Robin Sonl or HlaIto, Cal, or the impaired health of MT. Sibley, who was 76 on Jan. 23.
 Annual convocation of Franklin chapter, No 4. at Masonic temple to- night at 7.S0 p. m.-adv.
 requiem high mass on the first anniversary of her death was celebrat- ed for Miss Nellie Dunn Wednesday in St. Patricks church by Rev. J. H. Broderick.
 At present Supt and Mrs James B. Chapman are caring for 75 at the aims house. As spring advances a few of the men will leave, but they never stay away for long.
 Academy teachers have been notified that the classical association of New England will hold it's ninth annual meeting at Dartmouth college, Han over, N. H., Friday and Saturday.
 Gov Simeon E. Baldwin accepted Tuesday the resignation of Edward NJ. Yeomans as health officer of Holland county, as he has been appointed United States referee in bankruptcy by Judge Edwin $. Thomas.
 Special lunch for business men daily at the Wauregan house for 90 cents.-adv.
 Eastern Connecticut friends of Van Verplanck, son of Supt. and Mrs. F. learn that he is recovering from scar let fever. Young Verplanck was stricken while attending his studies at Yale.
 The worlkmen employed in building the sea wall at Eastern Point are hav- ing difficulty in raising the wall. The tide rises and makes work impossible. A big pump has been installed and will be used until the wall is com pleted.
 The Rev. Myles P. Calvin, son of MT. and Mrs. D. J. Calvin, of Water bury, was the preacher at the Lenten services in St. Thomas church, Water bury, Tuesday night. Father Calvin Norwich.
 meeting for the purpose of start ing 8 movement for farm bureau for grange hall, Bedding, Wednesday evening. Prof. C. D. Jarvis of the Connecticut Agricultural college ex- plained the plan.
 Some handsome hand painted china shown in New London Tuesday was the work of Miss Florence Stubbert, daughter of Rev. R. $. Stubbert, for merly pastor of the Huntington street Baptist church, New London, now resident of Putnam.
 Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth, pastor of the First Church of Christ, New Lon don. will deliver an address on Broth erhood at the observance of Maundy Thursday by New Haven chapter, Rose Croix, on April g, at the Masonic tenn pie in New Haven.
 New London hotel was worked on two worthless checks the last of the week One was for $25 and the other for s41. N. o. Whitcomb was the name of the man who passed the $41 check, and a man named Harrington passed the other one.
 Members of local T. A. societies have been apprised that the Catholic Total Abstinence union of America, of which Thomas E. McCIoskey of Dan bury is secretary, will hold it's 44th annual meeting in Niagara Falls, N. Y, Aug. Il. F. 13 and 14.
 The saloon in New London conduct ed by Philip Dufresne was burglarized, but only plunder of a nominal value was obtained, the cash register being rif1ed of it's contents of s in silver. A few bottles of liquor comprised the other plunder, together with a re- volver.
 A telephone man who has been in Worcester this week states that as the result of the fire Saturday morn ing 12, 600, 600 feet of wire must be re- placed Fully 226. 900 separate connec- tions must be restored, and 100000 splices will be required to repair the big cables.
 Derby people seem interested in the candidacy of Michael O'Connen of Stafford Springs for health officer of Holland county. MT. O'Conneu is a lawyer and is waging a strenuous cam paign for the office. He is a cousin of the late Judge William D. O'Connell of this city.-Ansonia, Sentinel.
 Saw Woman in Black With Baby.
 Except to find one more person who noticed the woman in black carving