Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-29
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Norwich, Thursday, Jan. 2s, 1914.
VARIOUS MATTERS

ter at Ocean Beach. Feb has been announced as the day of prayer for colleges. St Francis de Sales Is commemorat- ed in the church calendar today. Don't forget Canton Oneco whist in Odd Fellows hall tonight.-adv. These are disappointing days for Young America. with neither skating nor coasting.
 The beach cars now run only to the entrance to Neptune park, as is the winter custom.
 Farmers are already beginning to hire their spring help, evidently look ing for an early season.
 With spring temperature yesterday, the problem of satisfactory house heating was 8 perplexing one.
 The board of relief at Mantle has organized with Dwight Richmond as chairman and William E. Smith clerk.
 Strawberry Hill farm at Groton, the property of Mir. and Mrs. Daniel Crouch, has been leased to Robert Chesebro
 MT. and Mrs M, Linzee Hooper of the Mohican hotel spent the week end in Norwich, guests of Mir. and Mrs. Frank H. Smith
 The Connecticut Children's Aid so- ciety has received a bequest of $250 from the estate of Kate Bliss Grant of Stafford Springs.
 Residents of Lyme think they have all the farmers in eastern. Connecticut beat, because a pig just killed by F. W. Harding weighed $40 pounds.
 Don't forget Canton Oneco whist in Odd Fellows hall tonight.-adv
 The Wilcox Family association off, cers held meeting Tuesday evening at the Allyn house, Hartford to confer concerning the issuance of a Wilcox book.
 The 40th annual session of the grand chapter of the Connecticut Order of the Eastern Star will be held today (Thursday) at Masonic Temple, New Haven.
 The meeting of the Consumers league, in which number of Norwich women are interested is to be held in Waterbury in the Mattatuck historical building on Jan. 30.
 Wednesday afternoon Comfort circle of the Kings Daughters met with Miss Mary Backus of Otis street, there being an attendance of 13. Mrs. A. T. Utley, the leader, presided.
 Inspector Pendleton of Westerly and Postmaster McGinley of New Lon don were two of the speakers at New Haven on Tuesday at the annual meet ing of the Connecticut Postmasters' association.
 A number of fishermen met with Fish and Game Superintendent John this week, and discussed possible means for the propagation of shad in the Connecticut river.
 Best eyeglasses. Regular price s3.5o. s1.9S. Burnham, 227 Main street. adv.
 The figures for 1913 show an increase of 15,511 school children in the state, and the amount spent by the state is greater by $34,1308S than it was in 1912. The appropriations will be pay able to the towns April 1.
 President Ernest F. Nichols will be the guest of honor at the 18th annual reunion and dinner of the Dartmouth held at the Hotel Bond in Hartford this CThursday) evening.
 The American Association of Bark Superintendents has issued member ship list which contains the names, honorary or official titles. the city and the postoffice address of superintend- ents of parks throughout the country
 This (Thursday) morning a start will be made on framing the third cot tage being built at Ocean Beach for M. H. Donahue of Baltic and on the foundation of the fourth. Two other cottages are up and the windows are in.
 Notice has been sent from the office of the attorney general to 500 cor porations in the state that they have been delinquent in filing their an- nual reports with the secretary of state and are liable to penalty of s1oo each.
 One of the clergymen who will preach for Rev. Richard R. Graham at Christ church during Lent is Rev. Nelson Poe Carey of St James predecessor at Christ church, who comes during March.
 Local Chinamen who have been cele- brating their New Year, which for 4,611 years has begun on Jan. 18th, state that it is for the last time, as here after the Chinese will join practically the entire universe in observing their New Year on Jan. 1st.
 The decorat ting of the beautiful cell ing of the new chapel of the Interces- sion of Trinity church, 156th street and Broadway, New York, is the work of Thomas w. Ball, who married Miss Alice Raymond, daughter of the late Theodore Raymond of Norwich
 This winter J. B. Palmer, Jr., of Lisbon is keeping about eighteen hives. Last fall many of his bees died, and he thinks the bee season was a poor one because the bees had been affected while gathering honey from apple trees which had been sprayed.
 The index to the Connecticut archives, labeled Crimes and Misde- meanors, taking in the dates of 1862 and 1863 to 1789, in six volumes and index, has been received from the bindery, at the state library This in dex is of 469 pages and covers the con- tents of 2,410 documents.
 Teachers are being notified that the convention of the International Kin defgarteh union, to be held in Spring field, Mass. during the week of April 20, will be an event of great import ance to kindergartners, teaches, super intendents, mothers and everyone in- terested in young children,