Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-03

the members IF names Genera1 ATWOOD of Wauregan.
 "rhe Goddess" as the Colonial thea tre today.-adv.
 Fishing steamers Montauk. Ranger company of Greenport, L. L, have tied up for the season on account of the scarcity of fish.
 The Royal linen mill in Mystic. owned by Harold F. Sherman of Wor- cester. has been leased to w. D. Sowter of England. to be used for the manu- fracture of faces.
 William H. Heald of Stafford Springs is one of the Sphinx temple party that has just returned from attending the annual session of the imperial coun- ell of the Mystic Shrine at Seattle.
 Congressman John a. Tflson will have as his guest Aug. 1S Senator Weeks of Massachusetts. whose name has been much used in connection with the republican presidential nomination.
 The BuIkeley class of 1912 held it's fourth annual banquet in private dining room of the Crocker house Sat- urday evening. when 13 members sat down about o'clock to a special menu.
 A delegation of IS naval cf1cers of tho republic of China Is in New Lon don, to remain indefinitely, to study the constructionso of submarines at the plant of the New-London Ship and En- zine company.
 A bonus of 12 1-2 per cent. to it's employees on all earnings from May last until the end of the year has been announced by Colts Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing company. About 1,100 men will benefit.
 National defense will be discussed by governors of the various states at their annual conference in Boston, &C., cording to the programme announced by M. c. McCrilly, secretary of the governors, conference.
 Two sharks. one measuring seven feet in length. the other six feet, weighing over 100 pounds each, were captured with hook and line by O. Palmer shipyard Saturday.
 Thomas B. Donohue of New Lon don. grand tyler of the grand lodge, pleting trip of about 12,000 miles. attending the grand lodge convention of the Elks in Los Angeles.
 Torpedo boat destroyers have been conspicuous in the waters of Long Island sound during tho past few weeks. Four of the war craft were seen the other day between the Con- necticut shore and Long Island
 A letter of godspeed from Cardinal OConneH marked the informal con- ference of the executive board of the archdiocese and delegates to the forth coming national convention of the Catholic federation in Toledo. O.
 Uncle Sam is stin after competent worAmeu at salaries ranging all the way from the $360 per year, which is offered for a messenger boy, to ten
 times that amount-the salary of a high class senior land appraiser. The engagement has been announced of Miss Josephine Rantoul, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Neal Rantoul, of Bos- ton and Beverly, Mass, and Henry Alexander Murray. Jr, Harvard, IS, captain of this years varsity crew. There is interest in the proposition to equip the officers of the c. A. c. with automatic revoIvers as side arms in in the war department believe that sabres are useless in modern warfare. At the state board meeting of the
 Ancient Order Of Hibernians, held in New Haven. a vote of thanks was ten dered John T. King of Bridgeport for the great interest he has manifested in the boys juvenile division of that city. Relief for the war sufferers in Poland is asked in an official communication
 to pastors Of churches froEl the epis- copal residence of the Catholic diocese of Hartford by Bishop John J. Milan asking that & collection be taken on Aug. 8.
 ing sky during August. It will be found in Taurus on the 1st and on the western edge of Gemini on the 31st It Is now about the first magnitude l and is well placed for observation, but too distant to be well seen. An amendment adopted in the legis- lature during the last session and
 which escaped the notice of the per- sons affected because of little publici-
 ty, is being enforced and the selling oi medicinal compounds ana preparations l in bulk in stores is restricted The next building programme for the United States navy will include esti- mates for nearly double the number o1
 submarines appropriated for by the
 last session of congress- It fs learned that at least 80. and probably more
 submarines would be requested. The estate of Charles B. Southwtrk late of Hartford, inventoried $47,fS7. .43 There is STe7.54. in the Chelsea. Eayangr bank and $816 in the Dime Savings bank of Norwich, g, 104.67 in the Nor. wien Savings society and $3,141.67 IT | the Savings Bank of New London. Collector James J. walsh and ths | deputy collectors of the district oi Connecticut and Rhode Island will have l their annual summer, outing for three days. beginning the Saturday before Labor day. Their headquarters vii ! be at the Warwick club, Providence. The United States civil service, com, < mission will hold a competitive exam. anation fin AHsonfa Aug. f&sfor the DO. sitfons of clerk and carrier in the 1oca, | postof1ce. Applicants must hay, ' reached their 18th but mot their 45tf birthday on the date of the examina. don, and mustibe citizens -cf tho Unites