Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-14
VARIOUS MATTERS


 Two members of the state police were in Norwich on a gum shoe ef- rand Friday.
 A meeting of tho Father Lights of the Central Baptist church was held Friday evening.
 There was a good attendance at the Lenten devotions in St. Patrick s church Friday evening.
 New skeleton bronze clocks have been installed in the supreme court and state library building.
 Charitable circle of the Kings Daughters met with Mrs. H. W. Gallup on Grove street on Friday evening.
 Wise travellers will get new time table today so as to be prepared for the train changes in effect tomorrow.
 Daniel Brown has sold his farm at Flat Rock, Plainfied, to Christopher Klewin of Baltic, who will move there soon.
 David R. Kinney has been repairing his cottage property at Lords Point that was slightly damaged by the floods.
 R. B. Marriott and sons have pur- chased the Oneco quarry belonging to Norcross Brothers and take possession at once.
 Mrs. George F. Hughes. now of Wa terbury. one of the cottage owners at Eastern Point, has been there looking over her property.
 A book recently added to the Otis library which will be of interest as St. Patrick's day hears is c. M. Fox's An al NT TT-iu To
 The White Ribbon Banner mentions that the following unions have con- tributed to the Willard fund: Chester s2, South Manchester $2, Durham $3, WilIimantic $2, WiIlimantic l.. T. l.. S1.
 One of the pictures on view in q New York art gallery is referred to by critic as the lovely "Willimantic Thread Factory" by J. Alden Weir who is a summer resident of Wind ham.
 The passenger and freight traffic on the New Haven road is commencing to show itself in the number of people travelling and the extra freight trains now running on the Shore Line the lasl day or so.
 The men who are inspecting trees in the vicinity of Norwich. Montville and SaNDrOOk, where cOcOD1S or the DTOWn tailed moth are reported, extended their field of scouting to Westbrook this week.
 One of the tourists returning next week from the five mon,hs' Judson continental tour is Rev. w. A. Hill of St Paul, Minn., who married Miss Cranslza of Moosup, niece of Frank Cranska of Norwich.
 
 Hartford road is to replace the bridge cn the old Poquonoc road near the Treadway place with new steel structure. By permission of the high way commissioner the road has been closed for four weeks.
 Representatives from this city are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Connecticut State Teachers league to be held in Center church house, Hartford, this morning at Il o'clock, preceded by a meeting of the directors at 10 o'clock.
 Thursday afternoon Mrs. Richard R. Graham of Norwich addressed a meet ing of the guild of St. Philips Epis- copa1 church at the home of Mrs. Frank F. Russell in Putnam as mana ger for this section of Connecticut of the Woman's auxiliary to the Board of Missions.
 Prominent German-Americans have been invited to Danbury tomorrow, when the principal topic discussed at the gathering will be the German American National association, it's de- ve1opment and aims and why all Ger man-Americans should support it and take deeper interest in it's work.
 Maria Moore. widow of Oliver Haz- ard Perry, grandson of Commodore Perry of Lake Erie fame left an es- tate valued at $30S 1920, according to affidavits filed in New York Thurs day. Commodore Perry's father re- sided at Fairview, now the home of James R. Allyn, below Thamesville, at the time of the War of 1872.