Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-27

1ectIcut m Fr0p0rtI0n to
 Condensed Telegrams
 Sing Sing eonvicts received truck loads of gifts from friends.
 Mrs. Bonnet, of Brooklyn, age 1o5. prepared her Christmas dinner.
 Burglars robbet Mrs. Eve Finan of New York of Jewels worth $1,00o.
 Capt. Bartlett has given up hope of Starting for the Arctic next summer.
 Miss Ruth Orlin, a fashion artist in- jured her ankle in a mysterous fall in New York.
 American sIedse dogs are being used by the French army in the campaign in the Vosges.
 The Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology has received from a MT. Smith" $4,ooo.oo0.
 LincoIn's statue on exhibition at the Union Theological Seminary, attracted thousands of visitors. Percy Woodland, famous jockey, was shot down while operating with the Royal Flying Corps of Egypt. Mrs. Charles w. Ness, 77, was found dead, seated in a chair at her home in Meriden, from gas poisoning.
 John Rudy, who served 30 years for shooting his father shot a woman and then killed himself at Lancaster, Pas Jack Marshall, af Manasquan, N. Y, rescued man who attempted to imi- tate Santa Claus and got damned in l the chimney.
 The Erskine Hotel at Lake Hopat- cong, N. Y., one of the oldest at that | resort has been burned. What started the fire is not known. Lieutenant Simpson, an American
 flyer with the French army, was mem
 toned for gallanntry a short time be- | fore he was killed in action. Twelve white mice were responsible for fire and tenement panic in Lib
 erty Street, Brooklyn. They were let
 loose by joker and gnawed matches.
 When former President Taft was
 asked in Philadelphia what he thought
 of President Wilson's note he replied,
 T see that nearly all the Christmas 1 trains are late.'
 1 The Second Chamber of Hollands Parliament has passed a revised ar i ticle of the constitution which will | raise the salaries of members from $500 to $1200 year.
 oF1 NToLD LDo1 Slater, wealthy widow of N H. Slater of Boston, has been offered as Christ mas token to the Webster Boys and Girls Club of that city. # New York "newsies" 800 of of those who peddle papers in the downtown lbusiness district were entertained at tthe Brace Memorial Newsboys' Home with turkey and trimmings.
 The Birmingham News and the Birmingham Ledger, afternoon papers, would be advanced S1 because of the increased cost of news print paper. | Alfred T. Bennett, rural mail car Tier, at Geneva, N. Y., mysteriously disappeared on Friday, and has not been heard of since. Bennett took his
 load of mail out Friday morning as us- ual.
 The steamship krstianiafjord of the Norwegian American line has arrived . bringing two cases of suspected small pox among the steerage passengers
 The patients were taken to Swinburne Island.
 1 The cholera epidemic has greatly abated in Japan. No new cases have tbeen reported in Tokio since Nov. 15 |, hp Q nf increase thrOn0hOnt the
 empire has fallen to about twent! cases daily.
 Louis GIayre, of Holland Turnpike near South Manchester. a wood deal CT, committed suicide by drink ing poison. No reason is known foI , the act His wife and several chil dren survive.
 } One of the most disastrous floods il ! the history of Colombia is reported ) The Magdalena over1owed the lowe valley, which is fifteen miles wide, in l undating Calamar, Maganague ant many other towns.
 , John D. Rockefeller and Mrs. Fin 3 Hey J. Shapard played Santa Claus t r telegraph operators and telephone em ployes. To all those in the vicinity o : their Westchester estates, they gav
 ten dollar gold pieces. Ebenezer M. Crofoot, aged 62 years city school truant officer, enumeration officer and school supply distributing agent, died in the Norwalk hospita 3 today, following injuries sustained il , an automobile accident.
 Norris A. Huse, editor and half own
 CT of the Norfolk, Nebraska, Dail. News, has been made vice presiden and manager of advertising of tn American Press Association, witt
 headquarters in New York city.