Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-19
VARIOUS MATTERS


 A number of Norwich friends went to Lebanon. Wednesday, to attend the funeral of Isaac Avery.
 Norwich had it's first thunderstorm of the season on Wednesday morning ! between s and o'clock
 Clarence Lamphere of Mystic is en- gagged as conductor on the Norwich and Westerly trolley line
 The stars came out in time to en- courage people to come to town for Wednesday evening shopping.
 The New York flower show will attract a number of Eastern Connec- ticut visitors for the week end.
 The latest bulletin posted shows a total of 990 patients at the Norwcih state hospital at BrewSters Neck.
 A meeting of the State Board of Examiners of EanbaImers was held at the Yale medical school. this week
 A commercial man who came to town last evening said that it showed hard in Meriden yesterday morning.
 Delegates are being appointed to the annual assembly of the Daughters of Rebekah, at East Hartford, April 18th.
 George A. heppler is assisting in coaching the Academy seniors in their rehearsals of their play, Trelawney of the Wells.
 Two more cottages are to be built this summer at Rogers lake in Lyme The Shore Line trolley runs within a few rods of the lake which makes it very convenient for the eottagers.
 Mrs. Maud Adams, of The Highlands, \ ,1,,4S~ nhh summer home at Ocean Beach, which will be ready for occupancy during the coming summer.
 Archibald Maynard of New York will occupy one of James Tyler's cot tages at Eastern Point this season The house is located on the corner of Tyler avenue and Eastern Point road.
 Monday in the United States senate Senator Frank B. Brandegee of New London introduced a bill providing for a survey of Mantle bay East Lyme with the purpose of making Mantle bay a harbor of refuge.
 A special meeting of St Marys T. A. & B. society will be held in the so- cietyis rooms this (Thursday) evening to take action on the death of our late brother, Cornelius Corcoran. James Mccarthy, president-Adv.
 Relatives and family friends were in St. Patrick's church Wednesday at s o'clock to assist at a months mind high mass of requiem for Mrs Cor nelius Collins, which was sung by the rector, Rev. John H. Broderick. These are the days of the artists delight in the city, when the shows are at their best. Two artists exhibiting who won prizes from the critics We'd nesday were J. Alden Weir of Wind ham and Shilde Hassam of Lyme.
 The first thunder storm of the year came Wednesday morning and all the weather prognosticators announced that the backbone of winter was broken. For a short time yesterday morning there was a lively sleet storm. There was an attendance of seven- teen at Wednesdays meeting of the Progressive Missionary club, held with Mrs. John A. Morgan of Prospect street Mrs. Franklin H. Brown presid- ing. Work and readings from Judson's life was followed by light refresh ments.
 At the banquet of the united divi- sions of the Ancient Order of Hiber- nians and Ladies' auxiIiaries in the main dining room of the Hotel Taft, New Haven, Tuesday evening, one of the speakers was Rev. Pliny Cooney of St. Peters church New Haven, for merly of Baltic.
 In making the test of drugs about the state, three samples of each drug examined have been taken from the stock of each druggist. One of these was sent to the experiment station. One vas sent to the commissioner and the third left with the druggist, all sealed. to have his own sample examined by another tester if he wish ed