Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-25
Ol1e B,1llftin.
Norwich. Wednesday. Feb. 25, 1914.
VARIOUS MATTERS

Tramps are robbing the smaller rail- road stations about Connecticut.
 Government seeds are already being received in some Connecticut towns.
 Thursday Comfort circle of the Kings Daughters is to celebrate its 18th an- fiiyersary.
 Harry Laidlaw of New York has rented the Winchester cottage at East ern Point for the coming season. istic superintendent of the w. c. T. U.. is conducting Bible readings for local unions.
 As a result of the extreme and con- tinued cold many householders are discovering that vegetables stored in cellars have been frozen.
 Some of the fruit growers claim that the extremely cold weather of a week ago has damaged fruit trees, especially peach trees all over the state
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad has decided to dis continue the sale of liquor on it's trains throughout it's entire territory.
 Due to the drifted roads and severe weather in a number of places the school teams are just beginning to transport pupils on regular time.
 The demand for books at the Otis library Saturday was lively, partly on account of Monday being a holiday, and over 700 volumes were given out. > It was Undiscovered that during the tidal wave at Ocean Beach the water stood four inches on the floor of the Ocean View hotel, near the car ter minal.
 Because the sun shone Tuesday, it seemed mild, but at noon the ther- mometer registered 20 degrees, eight degrees colder than on Monday at the same hour.
 The distribution of penitential ashes in St. Patrick's church today, Ash Wednesday, will be at the s o'clock mass in the morning and at the even- ing devotions.
 A textile paper states that Robert Blair is now superintendent of the print department of the Aspinook O., JeWett City, having been appointed to succeed Henri Schaefer.
 A snow special of the New Haven road visited a number of towns and the work gang cleared the grade cross ings of great piles of snow that had collected since the first big storm.
 Timber owners have been informed by the bureau of forestry that piles, ties, lumber and other valuable pro- ducts may be cut from blight-killed trees, provided the wood is manufac- tured while it is sound.
 Members of the special committee appointed at Groton to secure a site for new fire station are unable to reach a decision. One of the mem bers nas been detailed to get the price of a parcel of land near the center.
 A New York paper Tuesday men toned that the hotels were full of well known persons come for the last gay cities of the season preceding Lent, noting that Mrs. William A. Slater of Washington, D. C.. is spending a few weeks at the Plaza.
 The various Catholic clubs, organ izations and societies will have some mention to make at their March meet ings of Robert Enmet, the famous Irish patriot. His birthday is cele- brated on Sunday. March 8. by all the prominent Irish societies in the coun- try.
 At Old Saybrook, Herman c. Miller rural mail carrier, purchased a pair of snowshoes and has covered the route from the river to the back woods on them ever since the big storms. This is a distance of six miles. It was inn possible to drive his team through the banks.