Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-14
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Norwich, Wednesday, Jan. A, 1914.
VARIOUS MATTERS

Tides will be high today. The wind was too tedious Tuesday 1 to make skating pleasurable.
 The family stol1er spent most of his time feeding the furnace yesterday
 Loggers would welcome a good fall of snow to enable them to do little l sIedding.
 ] Rectors of the Episcopal churches | are beginning to make up their lists of Lenten preachers
 For tearing down a smallpox quar- antine sign in New London George Bowns was fined S7. Colonial theatre today, Our New l ister, Denman Thompson's great suc- cess, in three reels.
 Among the 15 who recently success fully passed the state bar examinations was Arthur F. Lilley of Putnam. NE A. Girls Glee club concert Fri l day evening, Jan. 23, Slater hall. Tick cts on sale at Davis store.-adv. Connecticut opticians will be in Bos- ton today (Wednesday) attending the convention of the New England opti- clans.
 In the Hope Rebekah lodge appoint ments Mrs. Grace Wiley was named for R. $. V. G. and Mrs. Hattie Par sons for L. s. V. G.
 Several prominent local young men will be guests at a dance to be given by the Campfire Girls circle at Say brook Friday evening"
 Friends received from former Y. M. c. A Secretary Frank H. Merrill of in original verse for 1914.
 Some of the milkmen suffered loss and inconvenience Tuesday morning. when the milk froze, one dealer having 25 quarts thus unavailable.
 J. H. Dixon recently moved his saw mill from Beach pond on to the Latham lot in Griswold and has been saving timber for Arthur Tillinghast.
 If the invitation of the chamber of commerce is accepted Waterbury will entertain the Connecticut state grange at it's annual convention in January, 1915.
 Holland county ministers attended the neighborhood meeting of Methodist ministers and their wives held with Rev. and Mrs. G. c. Mosher in Man chester Tuesday.
 Capt Charles T. Potter of Norwich, for several years superintendent of the Bradley street mission, New London, addressed the meeting of the mission Tuesday evening.
 At Groton Long Point seven new cottages are in process of construction, foundations for others are being pre- pared and many improvements of general nature are going
 Rev. J. W. Bixler of New London, who spoke in Norwich Tuesday even ing, is to entertain Dan Crawford, the missionary, who speaks in New London Congregational church Friday evening.
 Morgan Adams. son of Mir and Mrs. Charles Adams. of Groton has been suit of scratches from the family cat For time blood poisoning was feared
 Meriden is perky because F. Charles Weisner has been a barber there 36 years. Norwich has the oldest active barber in the state, Frederick l.. Klein, who has a much longer record than that.
 There were several work cars over the new trolley extension of the Shore Line electric railway to Chester Sun day, and it is reported that cars will run on schedule time commencing next Tuesday, Jan. 20.
 The fourth degree assembly of the Knights of Columbus of Middletown has made arrangements for a lecture to be given in St. Johns church Jan. 21 on Ideal Manhood, to be delivered by Rev. William A. Keefe.
 Several farmers from this state are to attend the 2oth annual convention of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers association to be held at Springfield Mass, in the new auditorium, Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of this week.
 Because of the cold, there was a greatly reduced attendance at the women's prayer meeting. which was a missionary meeting, held at the Gen. tral Baptist chapel Tuesday afternoon. The leader was Mrs. William w. Beck with.
 Invitations are out for the wedding of Miss Edith Marguerite Warren and John Randolph Davis at o'clock on the evening of Jan. 2S in St. James Episcopal church, New London They will be at home at Ennis. Tex. after March l.
 Monday at Washington Congressman Mahan presented resolutions adopted by the Massachusetts association of SedIeIS O1 WelSHtS ana measures 1aVOr- ing legislation to the end that uni formity of weights and measures shall exist throughout all states.
 Rev. c. G. Scrivener superintendent of the Norwich district, addressed a congregation at the AIillville Methodist church Sunday afternoon and spoke to an appreciative audience Sunday evening at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city.-Woonsocket Call.
 Stonington man writes to a New York paper lamenting the increase of English sparrows in that borough blaming the pests for the disappear ance or extermination of nearly all of our old-tine feathered songsters and friends-the house wrens, the orioles and the robin redbreasts
 According to bulletin issued by the department of commerce concerning fish scrap fertilizer industry. 5000 tons were made in this state last year at the only two factories in the state the Mantle Menhaden oil and Guano company at South Lyme and the Will cox Fertilizer company at Mystic
 The many friends of Rev. F. J. Plum EAtt who assisted