Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
VARIOUS MATTERS.

VARIOUS MATTERS,
 Motorists from Connecticut have been many in the White Mountains during the past few days.
 The season past seems to have been a. good one for grapes, and in most cases the vines are found to be very heavily laden.
 The cases against Albert Karcutt of Norwich, charged with violating traffic ordinance was nolled in the Waterbury court on Tuesday.
 The second annual reunion of the Wilcox family and allied families be- gan at Hartford Wednesday and IS to continue through an afternoon session Friday.
 Meriden has gained the distinction of being the first city in Connecticut to pay compensation to one of its en- ployes under the new Worknaen's Com penSation act.
 The children of the New London city playgrounds are to hold the nnaI athletic meet and folk dancing on the
  morrow afternoon.
 Among the delegates named by Governor Baldwin to attend the Fourth American Road congress at Atlanta. Ga. Nov. 914. is Col. Will jam H. Hall of Willington-
 In accordance with instructions from Bishop John J. Milan, solemn high mass of requiem for the repose of, the soul of the late Pope Plus x was eel ebrated in the Catholic churches on Wednesday.
 The cornerstone for the new St. Jo- seph's Roman Catholic church at the corner of Main and Oak streets, in Winsted, will be laid by Bishop John J. Milan, of Hartford, at 3 o'clock Sun day afternoon.
 Don't forget the big lawn fete of St. Mary's parish on Convent avenue tonight. Tubbs' Band will render a concert at s. Dancing and other 10 centS.-adv.
 Dr. and Mrs. Owen O'Neil of Will limantic, who are abroad on their honeymoon, have written to friends that they are safe in London. They write that they have money enough and plan to sail Sept. l.
 A party of F Montville people en- joyed a fishing trip off Block Island Sunday. The party left New London fate Saturday night and arrived al Block Island early Sunday morning As the fish were biting well, each one brought 8 baslzetful.
 Clayton Hamilton, the we1l-knowr dramatic critic, who is sunmering al Ocean beach. has collaborated with August Thomas, the playwright, il a play which will be seen in New York this season. The title of the play is Wanted. $22,000.
 The fortieth annual fair of tht Washington County Agricultural so: ciety at Kingston will be held this year on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, Sept. s. 9, 10 and II Indications point to q successful fair lna1.
 Warning has been sent out by the Waterbury police that a stranger call ing himself Charles Jackson was mak. ing a round of Connecticut cities anC it was alleged, collecting money under false pretenses on an advertising scheme offering free theatre tickets tt Boy Scouts.
 With the coming of the national en campment of United Spanish Wa, Veterans, which begins next Monda. at Louisville, Ky, continuing unti Thursday. September, 3, the Con necticut camps are getting read. to send their delegates from all part of the state.
 During the severe thunderstorm last week the Carviati house at Eas Canaan was struck by lightning an, bed in which two children wer sleeping was set afire. Neither of tn children was injured, and the blaz was entinguished before any seriou damage was done.
 The government steamer Gen. $. NJ Mills, which Saturday made a spec ial trip from Fort Wright to Yves Point, bringing to the Unites Static | Military academy the West Point ca | dets who had been at Fort Wright fo | a weeks camp, has gone to New Bed ford. The General Mills will be a New Bedford two months. 1 A statistician in the state afte reading about the saying concernin 1 St. Swinthins day--rain for 40 days rain falls on that day-resolved t | find out for herself whether the su perstition was true, and accordingl kept a record of the weather, whic
 showed that 1t rained on P of tn | 40 days following St. Swinth i ins day.
 Mrs. Jessie Carpenter, wife of Post
 master Charles c. Carpenter of Leon l ards Bridge, Lebanon, died Tuesda afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital 1 | Willimantic, where she had been patient several weeks, following a SUI | gical operation. She was 30 years olt
 a native of Norwalk, this state, and | daughter of Walter and Cynthi | (Whitney) Mansfield.
 | Several liquor dealers in the stat | have felt the force of the law re
 garding fines for neglect to deface ir | terna1 revenue stemps. The iQuC