Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-09
lItae Gl1llefill, Norwich. "Wednesday. Dec. g. 1s14..
VARIOUS MATTERS

Ns@S
 The Parochial schools held no sesr-
 sions Tuesday, as 1t was a holy day
 in the Catholic church. ~. Fifty printed calling cards for 2S cents at The Bulletin ofnce.-adv.
 A meeting of the board of trustees of the Connecticut Universalist con- vention was held in Hartford Monday.
 The makipg of evergreen wreaths and roping lll+s grown to be quite an industry in Columbia for several weeks
 preceding Christmas
 The executive board of the state as- sociation of letters held a meeting in New Haven Sunday afternoon to dis cuss business interests
 Special communication of Somerset
 lodge tonight Work in entered ap-
 prentice degree.-Adv. The study period of the Fall term at the Free Academy ends Friday, next week being devoted to examinations
 Hot roast beef and lamb dinner. at
 Second Congregational church today. 12 to 1.30. Supper 5.30 to p. m.--adv.
 At Bridgeport Tuesday, Mrs. J. F. Cobb of Norwich gave a talk to the members of the Universalist Mission
 circle at o'clock in the church par lors.
 Attend the Xmas sale of the Xens
 society, Halle club rooms. Main street,
 Friday, Dec. Ii, 10 a. m. to p. m.- adv.
 Under the will of the late Mrs. So-. phia Crocker of New London, which has been admitted to probate. Grace
 Episcopal church, Noank, receives a
 gift of $s.000.
 Postal authorities are giving notice that the final sailings of steamers from New York which will reacG EuropS with parcels in time for Christmas will l be Saturday, December F.
 Plan to attend the W. c. T. U. food.
 sale Friday, Il a. m. to p. nl:, at
 Barrows shoe store. "and help those
 women."-adv.
 1 Prof. William Lyon Phelps of New 1 Haven who has just lectured in the 1 Slater Hall course, was recently elect ed a. vice president of the American and National Institute of Art and Let i ters.
 The twenty-seventh annual session | of the state lodge, No. 21, I. O. of G. | s. and D. of $. will be held with Ev- 1 ening Star lodge, Bethel, today. (Wed- nesday).
 1 Thirty friends pleasantly surprised 1 Herbert Smith Monday evening at his home on Spauldlng street. The even l ing was spent in the enjoyment of music and games. Refreshments were served.
 1 A special assembly of Franklin coun- Gil. No. 3, R. and s. M.. will be held at ! Masonic temple on Thursday, Dec. 10, 1 T on PoTl lnf GrnniaI fJHai ness of importance.-adv. All about the suburbs, residents have been catching every drop of rain pos sibIe during the past two days. With so many wells and cisterns dry, water has been a precious commodity for months. men at work fixing up the Old Lee house in Little Boston, which was
 bought last spring for the historical
 society's use.
 The directors of the Connecticut Christian Endeavor union held a meet 1 ing in the Meriden Baptist church on 1 Saturday afternoon, about twenty pres l idents of local unions throughout the state being in attendance. The usual 1 reports were given
 The last quarterly conference of the
 Portland Methodist church is to be l held Friday evening, Dec. 1, at the | Methodist chapel and will be conduct ed by District Superintendent G. G.
 Scrivener, of Norwich. A slight improvement is reported 1 in the condition of State Highway Commissioner Charles J. Bennett, who 1 street, Hartford, for the past week. He
 has shown symptoms of typhoid fe- yer.
 One of the highest tides of the year
 was recorded at Eastern Point Mon way. The water washed over Shore | avenue and the waves rose to within | IS inches of the level of the Griswold dock. Cellars of a. number of cottages | were flooded.
 The resignation Of H. c. Griswold,
 as manager of the Hotel Stratfeld, l Bridgeport, has been authoritatively | announced and 1t is stated there that Frank A. Cantwe1l of the Hotel Green, Danbury, formerly of New London, is ] to be his successor.
 Miss Madeline Roe and Robert R. Congdon, Jr., were married Tuesday afternoop at 5.30 o'clock at the parson- age of the First Congregational church | New London, by the Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth, officiating. MT .songdon is
 the teller of the Savings Bank of New London.
 4 circular issued from the offices of
 the New Haveh road is to the effect that the quarantine on account of the | foot ami mouth disease established 1 by the department @of agriculture 1 which includes this state, also has its ] effect on the shipping of hay and ] straw. The tax collectors office will be open 1 Wednesday and Thursday evenings un-
 til o'clock for the purpose of receiv- | ing the unpaid personal taxes of this year. After Thursday, the 10th. the delinquent list will be made out and turned over to the prosecuting attor- uey, as the state law directs.-adv. l Has Old AImanacs. Among the relics left by the late William Stillman, IT,, to his son,
 Elisha Stillman, of Ashaway, R. l., are
 two New England almanacs for the
 year 1816-1817. The books are similar l fn al Inn nf he