Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-05
VARIOUS MATTERS

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The mean monthly relative humidity
during July was 76 p. c.
The month Of August has started in
to be a period Of very evident damp
ness.
The 2srd Regiment, c. W. will hold
its reunion on Thursday, Aug 10, at
Wiicox's Pier, Savin Rock.
There were 266 hours Of actual sun
shine In this section of the state dur
ing July out of possible 461 hours.
OF the 15s kinds of mushroom
fungi listed by the department of ag-
r:culture. f2 are described as poison
GUS,
Don't forget the I. o. F. picnic at
Baltic, August 7.-adv.
Members of the Social Five visited
Mrs. George A. Ashley at her summer
cottage at Gales Ferry on Wednes-
day.
Civil service examinations for the
positions Of inspectors of dumping,
dredging, breakwater work. eac., will
take place October !.
Friday Of this week is the first Fri
day Of the month and a day of special
devotion of the Sacred Heart. 1t is
also the feast Of the TRANSPORTATION.
The Fairgrounds at the Falls meet
with favor in the eyes OF the children
for every fine afternoon sees good
sized crowd enjoying the various at
fractions.
been erected on Sachem street. The
excavating for the new sidewalks be-
tween Sachem and Lafayette streets Is
progressing.
Women will take a prominent part in
the 4Sth annual encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Pepublic, which
will be held in Washington, September
27th to October Snd.
silas Whipple, the farmer of LET
f1ngwell, comes to town with two kinds
of sweet corn, full and meaty. His
corn swells up with honest pride
while most other kinds only blister.
The Organization of a lodge Of Rop-
al NeigEbers, an auxiliary of the Mod
crn WooCmen of America, took place
in Mechanics hail. Mantle, on Mon
day evening with about 20 present.
moon will pass between the earth and
the sun, but unfortunately the shadow
of our satellite will not at that time
fall upon any part Of the United
States.
A Chicago dispach says: July fire
losses have been light throughout the
country. TIE, widespread wet weather
and the fire prevention companies are
given much Of the credit for the re-
duction.
Norris c. Webster, Comptroller, has
invited architects to submit competi-
tive plans for the several buildings
connected with the Connecticut Tram
ing School for the Feeble Minded at
Mansfield.
Included in the list of speakers at
the Willimantic Camp ground this
year is Miss Grace NJ. Rorab back. ma
tional field secretary of the eastern di
vision of the Woman's Home Mission
ary society.
Governor Holcomb approved re-
QUESTION. Tuesday by the adjutant gen
/ eral for $4,000 to pay the expenses
Of encampments and parades by the
military forces Of the state in the
month of May.
Some Of the crop figures contained
In the department of agriculture's
yearly book for 1914, issued recentlp,
show that on the whole, last year was
an exceedingly good year for New
} England farmers
A new state law. now effective saws:
All trolley cars equipped with arr
braEcs are to have stools for the I'M
restricted use of motormen except
when operating within one mile of the
center OF any city
The state meeting of the Boy Scouts
VIII be held in Waterbury, Columbus
day, October IL. There will be more
than one thousand scouts and their
leaders from all over the state to
compete In the games.
Governor Holcomb has made re-
QUESTION on Governor Whitman on
New York state for the return of
Walter W. Williams, now in Gus
tody in Buffalo, and wanted in New
Haven for wife desertion.
New London has had q motorcycle
policeman for the past five weeks, the
ing that time there has been a regu-
laticn of traffic which has greatly re-
duced the number Of accidents.
Room No. SO, at the Capitol, has
been assigned to the committee on the
revision of the statutes as its work
shop.
The report that the Roman
Catholic diocese Of Hartford was to
be divided and an auxiliary bishop
| appointed, printed in a New York
paper. was pronounced unfounded
by the Very Rev. Thomas S. Duggan.
vicar-general of the diocese
Mercury enters the evening sky on
| Aug. IA. but does not reach its greatest
distance east of the sun until Sent 81