Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-29
VARIOUS MATTERS

ps ond church.-adv.
 Arbutus hunters who were out Sat- urday found a few buds.
 A number of local teachers are on vacation trips during this week.
 Owners of incubators are busy just now, as the young chicks are coming out.
 A few more boxes for the K. of c. ball April 12th are left.-adv.
 Easter trade was good Saturday, but the weather was too cold to suit the milliners.
 Spiritualists in several cities will celebrate this week the 67th anniver- sary of modern Spirituahsm.
 The nonresident law in regard to shad fishing on the Connecticut river will go into effect this season.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Bill of East ern Point, who have been to the Pan ana exposition, have returned.
 Considerable painting is going on about town, the best manner to con- tribute to City Beautiful conditions.
 Sunday afternoon the reading room at the Otis library was in charge of Miss Mildred D. Rogers. There were "A visitors.
 A lecture on farming was given by w. L. Slate, Jr., of the Connecticut Agricultural college, Friday evening, in Ponsett.
 Sunday was the last Sunday of the Methodist conference year. On April 1st all the church books will be closed for the year.
 At the morning service at the Gen. tral Baptist church on Sunday, the pastor, Rev. Dr. J. B. Slocum. ban t1zed three persons
 At 1 o'clock Saturday morning the mercury stood at IS above zero, the lowest point in a month, according to a Trading Cove observer.
 At the Hockanum Methodist church Sunday morning, Rev. G. G. Scrivener of Norwich preached. In the evening he spoke at the East Hartford Meth odist church
 Mrs. John Addison Porter and Miss es Agnes and Josephine Porter, of New Haven, formerly of Pomfret, were among the arrivals at St, Augustine. Fla, last week,
 A corporation certificate has been filed. in the office of the state secre- tary by the Transcript company of k1lllngly. The capital is $10,O00, and business will be started with that amount.
 The Masonic War Relief association or the United States announced Sat urday that $13,00G has been sent to the Grand Lodges of Masons in eight European countries, for the relief of suffering or destitute Masons.
 Fishing for aIewives has commenced about the state. The fishermen report very few "whops.'' as they are more familiarly known, as yet because of the very low water. They say a freshet is needed to start the ale wives running,
 The Connecticut Agricultural col lege and the advisory board at the i'm v1tation of East Haddam grange, will hold farmers institute at East Had dam today. One Of the topics will be Fruit Growing. by E. E.. Brown of Pomfret Center.
 Through the failure of the Rockville fire alarm system to give the correct signal, fire famed by a brisk wind. damaged the residence of Felix Gott- fried on Vernon avenue Saturday morning shortly after o'clock to the amount of $1,o0o.
 The biennial report of the Connec- ticut Institute for the Blind has been published for the fiscal year, During the year 43 pupils were in attendance. P boys and q girls. including from Stafford Springs. 1; from Groton. 1; Mantle, 1; Taftville, 1.
 Governor HolcomI's Fast day proc lamat1on was received Saturday and posted conspicuously in the Otis H. brary. Town Clerk Charles S. Hol- brook received his customary alIot- ment of thirty proclamations, for dis tribution to the clergymen and pub lie officials.
 About 1000 persons were present at the hearing before Referee in Bank ruptcy John W. Banks, in Bridgeport Saturday morning on an offer of com position of the Grand Rapids Furni- ture and Supply corporation, a con- cern in which several Eastern Con necticut people had a sorrowful in terest.
 The Catholic Transcript says: The people of St. Paups church, Glenville, are zealously attending the English Polish mission, being conducted by Rev. J: H. King of Torrington: Rev. J. A. Sullivan of Waterbury and Rev. O. $. Baumeister of New Milford. The Rev. Father King is a native of East Norwich.
 The funeral of Daniel E. Knowles, the engineer who died from burns re- ceived from high power wires on the New Haven road. will be held from his home in New Haven Tuesday. The body will be taken to Mantle for ser vices at the home Of Mrs. Knowles brother, Henry P. Hilliard. Burial will be in the family lot in Mantle
 Welcomed at Spiritual Academy.
 The speaker Sunday morning at the Spiritual Academy was William J. Hull of Chicago, who spoke in a par ticularly instructive way upon the topic, The Background Of the War Game. MT. Hull is always 8 welcome speaker at the Academy. but this time there was an especially warm greet ing for him as it was the first time he has been able to appear upon the