Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-07-29
VARIOUS MATTERS

No waste ON farms In the suburbs.
Ths.osAutHful glossy vines on. Broad
Wednesday.
The Yin ana Feather club of Talcott-
vile has concluded an outing at the
lake In South Coventry.
Humane. Aren't. Dubois has returned
to oalville His work takes In all the
eastern part OF Connecticut.
The house that Dr.. James w. Rob-
bins OF Neugattlck is building in Nep-
tune park is-nearing completion.
Bathing by moonlight has been one
Of the pastimes during the full Of the
moon nc Ocean and Pleasure beaches.
The holy Name society has request
ed o months mind mass in St. Pat
r1ck's church stoday for John r. KEEL
ley.
Housekeepers- about the country are
gathering old-fashioned herbs. which
are at their best about this time of
Michael ID. oustinof. Russian consul
general at New York, has been the
guest OF Ddmitri Romanofhski in Old
Lyme.
The Georgia peach crop is big this
year and excellent fruit from that
low prices.
Over $70e is the reported receipts
rom the recent presentation OF Snow
White Tor Memorial hospital benefit at
New London.
Mrs. George Maynard Minor was
hostess Wednesday afternoon to mem
bers OF the Mayhower society at her
home in Waterford.
Among teachers attending the sum-
mer normal school at Storrs are Miss
Adele Keller, Miss Eva Olsen and Miss
Grace Burr from Easton.
The unpleasant, bitter, oily taste is
again bothering users OF city water,
who supposed the annoying algac
weeds had been uprooted for good.
It is stated by New Haven paper
that Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. France
OF Dwight street have opened their
cottage at Fishers Island for the sum-
ner.
Wednesday at s o'clock in st. Pat
rleh's church. an anniversary requiem
high mass for Mrs. Mary Swanton
erick
Norwich vacationists in Vermont
write home of the great volume of
water in the rivers. so that loggers are
sending down the Blooms earlier than
usual.
Wednesday was one of the thrice-a-
week excursion days on the Block Is
land, the steamer carrying a big
crowd. reaching her Norwich dock
shortly after $50 o'clock.
Handsome nasturtiuns, eeraniuns.
hoilyhocks. larkspur and other old
Fashioned flowers are growing thrift
lily in the little yard below the rail-
road once on shetnclzet street.
Next Sunday marks the Beginning
Of August. This is the month when
several Of the clergymen return from
their vacations, as do some of the
parishioners and the members Of the
choirS.
A Hartford paper notes that Mr..
and Mrs. Morton F. Plant and Philip
Mahwaring Of Eastern Point were the
guests early this week of Mrs. Plants
mother, Mrs. Rowena Caldwell, of Ken
yon street. Hartford.
A movement is on foot at Waterford
to restore the old Smith house on
Durfey Hill and to preserve it on ac-
count OF its Revolutionary associations
It was built originally for daughter
or Governor Winthrop.
At Ocean Beach, H. W. Burns and
family Of Chicago have taken one Of
the M. H. Donohue cottages on the
board walk for the remainder OF the
summer. There are four or five Chi
cagot families at the beach.
Horace johnson predicts that there
will be a very great disturbance in the
atmosphere from the 7th to the 9Th of
August Damage will follow in its
course, very likely hail, which is so in
furious to the tobacco crop.
Local lawyers have received copies
Of the 1916 public acts as passed by the
last legislature. The new acts amend
a number Of existing laws and the
number of new laws passed exceed the
number passed by anw past session of
A Groton man, Herbert p. White, of
Thames street, /. O. O. F. district dep
uty. was host at a launch party in
Tuesday evening. The party came to
Norwich IN the launch Uncas, leaving
the borough shortly after 2 O'Clock.
4A4AES ,&A4AnkE0 w dQQd111,. QduSnTGr or
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest w. Wadham, of
Grotop, entertained a number of
friends on q launch party Tuesday
evening Leaving the borough on the
Emma Augusta, the party headed for
Norwich. and the evening was spent
on fha river.
Katherine wadsworth Bacon, wife of
Eugene Smith, of New York, and
daughter OF the late DR.. Leonard W.
Baeon.who died suddenly Sunday night
OF heart disease at the Smith summer
home on Laurel Way, Norfolk, was an
aunt OF Prof. BENJAMIN w. Bacon of
Yale formerly OF Norwich.
The state tuberculosis commission
has secured a, deed. on behalf of the
state, to land adjacent to the Shelton
sanatortum for the sum of $1,000.
There are several fine springs on the
property, and the commission is plan
ming water supply which will furnish
protection in; case Of fire.
neutrality-suspicious. of the. operations
Of the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company and allied
companies for the fiscal year ending
June 80 were made to the New Haven
dirsctoTs at their regular meeting on
Tuesday. Thes main company earned
above ALI fixed charges 50 RIO OAn