Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-02
VARIOUS MATTERS

August furnished a giIt-ed sam l pie of clear, sunny weather Tuesday, and more such days will be appre- ciated.
 A few fortunate garden owners are getting the first of their crops of new potatoes, carrots and early sweet corn and beans.
 The supplying pastor at the Central Baptist church for Aug. and Aug 13, will be Rev. H. J. Vosburgh, D. D., of Camden, N. J.
 The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers is to hold its fall meeting Sept. 14-16, at the Griswold, 1 Eastern Point.
 The quarterly meeting of the Con- necticut Probate Assembly, is to be held today Wednesday, at Momau- guin, New Haven.
 The state barbers' commission met Monday at, the capitol. Only routine business was conducted and no can didates were examined.
 A correspondent mentions that Rev. and Mrs. Percy Barnes, of SomerviIle, Mass. formerly of Yantic, are spend ing the summer at Westbrook.
 Massachusetts nautical training
 
 for Gardners Bay for practice Mon day morning, will return Friday.
 Tuesday Governor Marcus H. Hol- comb left for a vacation of two weeks in Maine. The governor and party will be at Grants camp, Kennebago lake.
 The only necessary expenses for the coming teachers summer normal a 1Kvi11 hp and travelling. Tuition and supplies are free.
 In a number of places grangers are until late in the Fall, owing to re- strictions because of fear of infantile paralysis.
 Visitors to the Otis library are ad- miring some delicate lavender wild balm, picked near her home at Nor wich Town by Miss Dawson, of the library staff.
 Mrs John Levy of Waterford was thrown from a wagon in which she was riding with her husband and was slightly cut on the head and was bad Iy shaken up.
 At a sale of pictures in London on Monday, an etching of General Wash ington, done by T. Cheesman, after the celebrated portrait by John TrumbuI, the Lebanon artist, brought $230.
 At Camp Washington. Fort Terry. the cadets are being tested to the limit. They were taken on a siE-rniIe march Monday morning down the is land. Monday afternoon they went for anothers hike.
 Delegates from this section will at tend the general conference at North field from Aug. to 2O at which Christian workers from all parts of the country gather to study under pro fcient leaders in religious thought.
 H. A. Ashcroft and R. NJ. Chapman of GrOtOn went to Northampton, Mass, Saturday in MT. AshCroft's car and returned with Dr. Harry HeaIey who recently underwent an amputa- tion of his leg. Dr. Healey stood the trip well.
 Miss Stella Serwatka and stephen Lawski were the first to be married in the new Church of= Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Huntington street, New London, at 8 o'clock Monday morning, by Rev. Leon. Wierzewsky, the pastor.
 Groton barbers have not yet joined the strike and it is expected that the differences which have called out New London barbers will be settled before the strike spreads to GrOtOn. There are only three or four shops in the latter place.
 An appeal has been made to the' management of the Norwich and Wes- terly Traction company to have the cars on the Watch Hill line stop at the lower gate at River Bend ceme- tery, Westerly. This stop was abol- ished some time ago.
 In one of the show windows of the J. & G. H. Bliss store are four handsome silver trophy cups all won in one day Norwich, who is also the holder of the high jump record-5 feet, Il inches, at Colgate University.
 Rev. Herbert B. Hutchfng, a former pastor of the Old Mystic Baptist church, will be the presiding officer for the closing day of the fifth annual session of the New England Baptist conference, which meets at Ocean Park, Me, Aug. 23-25.
 The Poquonoc Bridge Baptist church has appointed a subscription commit tee to raise 3,500 for the erection of a parsonage. Mrs. Marcus L. Trail, Mrs Winnifred Stoddard, Miss Fanny Chapman and Miss Mary Morgan comprise the committee.
 The continuance of the war in Eu- rope is giving colors derived from iogwood a chance to widen their field of usefulness in mills in this state. The shortage of coal tar colors is giv- ing the dyers a chance to learn the possibilities of logwood dyes.
 The Norwich State Hospital trus- tees have voted to build a house. so as to grade the 60 men at the State Inebriate Farm. Each Sunday after noon now services are held at the farm by the chaplain, Rev. L. c. Sherburne, rector of St. James church, Poquetan- uck.
 The United States civil service com mission announces for Aug. 23 and A an open examination for laboratory assistant, for men only, to fill exist ing vacancies and vacancies as they may occur in the Bureau of Standards Department of Commerce, at entrance salaries ranging from $9O0 to $1,20O a year.
 Alderman Harry Bond, Millionaire Cop" as he has been called in a Bos- ton paper who married Mrs. George T Rowland of Norwich will become