Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-11
VARIOUS MATTERS

 ton Day among the Baptists in Con- necticut.
 The Sylph has sailed from Wash ington for the submarine base on the Thames.
 The state convention of Boy Scouts Is to be held in Hanover Park, Meri- den, Saturday, Sept. 20.
 Fall millinery, opening Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 18th and 14th. Collins Millinery. 67 Broadway.-adv.
 Vespers at S.30 Sunday afternoon yesterday, following the summer va cation.
 Thames Tow Boat Co.'S tug Aquid- Elizabeth Mcguire to Norwich to dis charge.
 At the Charter Oak fair. in the oxen class, the winners included B. R. Ar mold of Stafford Springs, second in the class over 4 years old.
 The sixth annual reunion of Little Pond School Association was held in Franks Grove, near the schoolhouse at Thompson last week.
 A two weeks mission to be given by Franciscan Fathers from New York will open in St. Patrick's church the second Sunday in October.
 Each local Circle of the Kings Daughters is to select delegates to at- tend the state convention to be held In Willimantic before Sept. 20.
 A well drilling machine that has been at the Decker place in Thomp- son drilled to a depth of 180 feet, se- curing eight gallons a minute.
 It is understood that the special tax on retail dealers in cigars will be operative until Dec. 31, the original date set for expiration of this tax.
 It is mentioned in Bethlehem news that Rev. D. P. Aver of Mansfield, former pastor of the Congregational church, has been a visitor in Bethle- hem.
 Delegates from Connecticut will at tend the annual convention of the United Typothetae, which begins it's sessions in Atlantic City today (Mon- day).
 the Groton division of the New Ha- ven railroad is that lettered Grown Hill," below the American Thermos Bottle plant.
 New destination signs are display ed on the New London trolley cars of the Shore Line Electric Railway Go. The signs are printed in black on a white backsroucG.
 Orders fr7-.. '--- -..~~f-aa by the vents of express companies that the federal tax ,i ,- -. OF express receipts was tc Is G.sco1. -inued after midnight Saturday.
 A Hartford paper states that Judge William Hamersley and Mrs. Ham ersley, who have been at Old Lyme since June, have returned to their home on Pennington avenue.
 Josette Lavallee. teacher of music, piano, harmony, counterpoint. For appointments, address 105 Central | Ave, Norwich, Conn-adv. Fund, 681 Fifth avenue, New York, of which Lady Herbert is the president | Q acknowledged yesterday new gifts in- cluding from Plainfeld people $40. In Friday evenings storm the far mers of Ellington suffered a severe loss as some of the tobacco fields were badly damaged. The loss is es- timated at several thousand dollars.
  in the agricultural department at the capitol, Secretary L. H. Healy of Woodstock has appointed Miss Flor ence Story stenographer for two weeks.
 The republican state central com mittee has opened headquarters in rooms A and 45 in the Allyn House, Hartford. The republican handbook for the year will be distributed in a few days.
 A Colchester correspondent writes: ! Colchester grange won third prize at the Norwich fair. The exhibit was better than last year and they won third last year. Next year they will go in for first prize. At East Hartford democratic caucus, Judge Richard T. O'Connell received renomination for the office ot ! judge of the probate court where he has given efficient services for the past six years. He Is native of Col chester
 Joseph H. Lockwood, of Haddam 1 has brought suit against J. A. Moore | he alleges is due on the common l counts. The basis of this suit is q note of $100, which was given or i Aug. 25, 1918.
 l Of recent Norwich residents the | New Haven Journal-Courier says: l Mrs. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and son i David Bacon, who have been occupy l ing Professor Beebe's residence dur | ing the, summer, have taken apart ments at Grove Hill for the winter. The new cross-over at SaybrooI Junction was installed Sunday. AT extra force of men was on hand tc hurry the work. They now have al | the tracks connected, making three passing in front of the station, foul ] to Westbrook and five to the river
 An enclosed wagon, p1acarded "Fol l Stray Dogs and Cats," will be sent tC patrol Ocean beach, by the humane committee of the New London Asso i ciated Charities, which is determined | to prevent cats and dogs from beinE left homeless by departing summer | residents.
 The remarkable increase in revenu, to the state from automobiles il shown by the figures up to the en( of last week. Tte receipts for the ifs cal year of 1916 to the close of busi ness Thursday evening amounted tt $757,325, as against $5S6,970 for tn, entire twelve months of 1915.