Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-28
VARIOUS MATTERS

o'clock, Slater hall. Free-adv.
 A. A. McCaskiu of Norwich is to | preach at Lakes Pond Sunday morn- ing at Il o'clock on The Great Com I mandment. The spring meeting of the Daily Newspaper Publishers association Is to be held in Waterbury, at the Elton, on Tuesday, May g.
 Twenty three of the huge new en- zines ordered by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad have been delivered to the road.
 The squad of men who have been hunting gypsy months in Windham ished the work and have gone to Massachusetts.
 A Mantle correspondent notes that Willimantic have opened their cottage on the corner of Smith avenue and East Main street.
 The recent bankruptcy petition of Clark Standish, of Lebanon, was the 4,00O filed in the United States district court since the bankruptcy law of 1898 went into effect.
 Thomas w. Avery of Groton has
 
 of the probate court administrator of the est ate of tke late Charles Ever cit Meinc Of North Stonington.
 license your dogs today. One dol lar extra after May first. Town Clerks office open Friday, Saturday and Monday evenings.-adv.
 Eastern Connecticut manufacturers have been notified that the Fall color card of the Textile Color Card asso- citation of the United States is to be ready for distribution on May 1.
 William BeIderman is acting as tel egraph operator in the Midway ce of the New Haven road the place formerly held by the late John Hearne,
 The National Academy of Design rooms of the Academy in New York Wednesday, reelected J. Alden Weir, the Windham artist. president for one year.
 Additional Sunday train service on tme New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad effective Sunday, May :, has been announced on the I2lley Branch. Hartford and New London.
 The Shore Line Electric company has a number of open cars taken down from Norwich Wednesday to put them Tn Use for transporting the crowds to the ball game at Plant field, New Lon- don, today.
 All the members of woman's Aux 1 Hilary of Y. M. c. A. are selling tickets 1 for Opera Patience to be given at Davis theatre. Buy your tickets now and assure for yourself choice Of re- | served seats.-adv.
 The body of John Hearn, telegraph 1 operator of the New Haven road at Midway, who died of diphtheria on 1 Tuesday, was sent Wednesday to i Grafton, W. Va, where the funeral and rourial took place.
 Governor Marcus H. Holcomb of | Connecticut is to speak May 1 at Newark in the celebration in com memoration Of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the town by Abra- ham Pierson, the first rector of Yale | college.
 IL is an interesting fact that Rev. N. B. Cook. assigned by the recent | Methodist conference at Norwich to Lee M. E, church, Holland, was pastor of the Holland Lee Methodist church twenty-seven years ago for six months.
 A Waterford pastor, Rev. Walter V. Gray will take the place left vacant by Rev. MT. Peterson at the Baptist church. Branford, for the present and
 will remain there until the first of
 June, when regular appointment will be made.
 Connecticut shad fishermen claim the run this year will be very poor
 as there was no freshet and if any are running they will pass along up the Connecticut river: but the prices will
 be high, and the shad worth while
 trying for.
 The enormous traffic in freight en- route to eastern points this week, ha: been so great that the side tracks
 along the New Heven line are all fill. ed. The extension work at Saybrool Junction has been held up as the work train cannot assist the digger.
 or steam shovels.
 The Spring conference of tn,
 Connecticut Woman's Suffrage asso,
 about the middle of May has beer
 postponed until June. The chic
 reason for the postponement is thu
 lateness of the season.
 The Versailles Sanitary Fibre com pany is working up a very profitabl, South American trads. The 15O em ! ployes are working overtime thes, days, and are greatly pleased at thu company's voluntary increase of tel
 per cent. in wages at the plant. The Peck Library, Norwich, has re
 ceived as a gift from Mrs E. N. Gibbs
 of New York, formerly of Norwich, copy of |" Modernizing the Monro
 Doctrine,' by Mrs. Gibbs son-in-law
 Charles 1T. Sherrin, recently Unite,
 States Ambassador to Buenos Aires The engagement has been an noGnced of Miss Marguerite $. Masor
 of Newport to Lieutenant Robert Fay
 Tor Merrill of Peace Dale. Lieut.. Mer
 Till is in command of the submarin tended Tonopah of the Atlantic sub marine fotilla, which is at the Thame 7 Naval station.
 Work on the railroad constructio at Groton, whichf fhas been slightly de
 layed by the scarcity of rails, will b
 continued as a shipment of rails ha i. been received from Danielson, wher . a quantity were stored which wer :. sent ito Groton to relieve the threaten @ ed Interruption.
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