Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
VARIOUS MATTERS
zo days in which humanity swelt.

VARIOUS MATTERS
 Two days in which humanity swelt- cred
 .rbnrsday was visitors day at the canon of the Groton troop of Boy Scouts at Acheys grove. Poquonoc-
 Because of the European war the a75th Anniversary of the founding of the town of Fairfield is to be post poned.
 The Connecticut state board of health visited Stonington Wednesday and took samples of the water rom the harbor for analyzahon.
 While the highway between the trolley station at Montville and Palm erton is being repaired drivers of ve- hicles are using the back road.
 The Danbury fair wn o,,1e pc tural exhibitions in New England. Rev. c. Harley Smith. pastor of the Federal street Methodist Episcopal church, New London. will be one of the speakers Friday at the Willimantlc camp ground.
 The Association of Connecticut Road Officials met Thursday morn1ng at New Haven, where they inspected con- strlction work in that city. Dinner was served at Sayin Rock. The warm August days have brought many boarders from New York to the vicinity of Montville One aamay ny 1 ing near the O1oboxo pond has erected several tents for their accommodation
 Mrs. G. P. Finch Of Groton. deputy of the lodge, visited slater Iooge in | Norwich Tuesday evening. Mrs Julia Archer, who is deputy of Thames lodge | in Norwich. also made an official visit The fifth annual fair of the Goshen l Agricultural society will be held IF and 8. The first day of the fair will be horse day and the second cattle | day.
 Governor Baldwin has received from | the British consulate in New York an l inquiry as to the laws of Connecticut which would apply to the utteranees l of citizens and others in public meet ings.
 1 George l.. Carey of this city was elected member of the monument 1 committee at the annual meeting Of the Connecticut Cavalry association held 1 at Grand Army hall, Hartford, We'd 1 neSQay aICerIOOn. | Water Commissioner Walter $ Garde, Police Commissioner Burton L. | Newton of Hartford and Bank Com- missioner Norris s. Lippttt Of NoE- wich will be week end guests of Sen- ator Edward W. Hooker aboard the Nepahwin.
 1 The bids which were asked for some | time ago by the New York, New Haven ! T0- Erz~ l the reconstruction of the union station | at Hartford, which was burned last | winter, have all been received and She l lists have been closed. l Changes are being made in the in- terior of the Williams Memorial insti- ture. The laboratory is to be used as the Latin room this year and the ta- bles and scientific instruments are be- 1 ing moved into what was formerly the | Latin recitation room. l Penlfret will observe an Old Horne i festival in commemoration of the 200th | anniversary of the naming of the town on Sept. g and 10. The event will oe l given under the direction of the Pom- | fret Neighborhood association, assisted by the township at large.
 Postofhces about the state are beine cautioned by the department at Wash.
 
 c. o. D. system of the parcel pos which according to the department ars happening with annoying frequency in various parts of the country. The West Point cadets in summel camp at Fort H. G. Wright, Fisher. Island, will leave dor the United State, naval academy at the point Sunday They arrived last Sunday and it wal thought they would remain A month but they are to be in camp but a week
 Examinations were held wednesda, at the federal building, Hartford, il charge of the examiner of the United II States civil service commission, for tn, position of junior civil engineer, male and also for the position of specia agent and research assistant in tn, children's bureau, department of la bor.
 Troop c. Second squadron, Secon, United States cavalry, which was il Hartford Tuesday. left the city Wed nesday morning at 6 o'clock an, reached Winsted shortly after
 o'clock in the afternoon. With then were also Troops A. B and D. All ar on the way from Hampton to Platts burg, N. Y.