Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-30
VARIOUS MATTERS

Light motor vehicle lamps at $40
this evening.
Justin Denison of Mystic has pur-
chased herd of cows from North
Stonington owners.
Today is, Anniversary day at Lee &
Osgood's. Free souvenirs.-adv.
Fishermen are buying tackle, hoping
for warmer weather Saturday, with the
beginning of the trout season.
Walks and streets had reached a
condition Wednesday where it was
possible to get about dryshod, after
weeks of bad walking.
At o'clock Tuesday morning, in St.
Patrick's church, a months mind high
Grath was sung by Rev. J. H. Broder-
Mi-Careme Whist and Entertain
ment, Thursday evening, Sprague hall,
Baltic, benefit st. Mary's church.--adv.
Thames Towboat compapy's tug
Aquidneck has towed the coal laden
scow ]. J. Feeney to Norwich to dis
charge at the wharf of the Edward
CnappeI company.
Comfort circle of the Kings Daugh-
ters met Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. William H. Baker of Laurel HILL
ten members and three visitors being
present. Mrs. A. T. Utley presided.
Alpha Sigma society of the Second
Congregational church, through Mrs
D. S. Haviland, returned a quantity of
completed work to the Red Cross room
Wednesday, receiving more work to be
done.
A former Yantic rector, Rev. E. H
Kenyon, rector of st. PauPs church.
Bridgeport, has resigned. He is now in
the Adirondacks in impaired health,
having recently suffered an attack of
apoplexy.
ga Tale of Two Cities" Lecture by
Bishop Quale for Retired Preachers
Fund, Trinity NJ. E. church, Friday
evening at 7.45 p. m.-adv.
Many farmers are preparing to go
blowing as soon as the snow disap-
pears, as there is very little frost in
the ground to prevent it. Last year at
his time a large quantity of seed had
been Sown.
The state board of control met at
the capitol Tuesday morning in the
which no further payments will be
made from balances of unused appro-
priations of the session of 1913.
According to present indications the
Groton road will not be ready for use
before July 1, and the added summer
| traffic which comes with the opening
| Of the Eastern Point colony early in
June will be seriously interrupted.
Representatives of the Union Dry
| dock company of New York city have
cen in Noank for the purpose of pur-
| chasing any available vessels that can
be converted into river floats to carry
freight in and about the harbor of New
York.
Bishop VIM A. Quale will lecture
at Trinity NJ. E. church Friday even
| ing at 7.45. Tickets Soc, for benefit
of retired preachers fund.-adv.
The first trip of the supply train, of
the New York, New Haven ard Hart
ford Railroad company to Rockville
was made this week. The train arrived
| stationery supplies at the station and
| freighthouse.
A Voluntown correspondent writes:
tanning her mother the past week
They made business trip to Norwich
where the latter divided her propert!
equally between her eight children and
transferred the same to them.
Funeral services for Benjamin. F
Starr, a former resident on Whitman.
tic camp ground, were held at the Fed
era1 street Methodist church, New
London, at p. m. Tuesday, with Rev
{. Harley Smith officiating. Buria
was at Cedar Grove cemetery.
The New Haven Journal Courier
says: Miss Cora Valentine of Diamond
street has been spending several day!
at Storrs, where she attended tn,
alumnae dinner and reunion of tn,
Connecticut Agricultural college, clas!
of 1915, of which she is a member.
A speaker of national reputation
Bishop VIM. A. Quale at Trinity NJ. E
church, Friday evening at 7.45. Tick.
cts soc. Subject, A Tale of Two Cit.
ies.-adv.
Farmers report that at Preston
Plains and at Pendleton Hill the snow
is four feet deep in some places, &C
cording to the Westerly Sun. In som
parts of the highway the snow is S
deep at the present time that team
pass over the tops of the stone walls
Connecticut people are being aske
to contribute toward the purchase @
Star Island of the Isle of Shoals, b
the Unitarians and CongregationaIist
of the country, as a place for holdin
summer religious gatherings, for whic
purchase the last $4,000 is being raiseC
At Red Cross headquarters Wednes
day morning Mrs. J. Eldred Brown an
Miss Katherine E. Brown were
charge. During the afternoon Loys
circle members, Miss Elizabeth Hal
Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Mrs Herbe1
r. Kind and Mrs. Louis Geer were i
charge.
Railway construction work in -four
tracking the line to Midway and re
laying the present tracks near the sta
4 ton is under way. The grading of tt
\ Norwich and Westerly line rails ha
been leveled near the station and dig
ging has begun preparatory to layir
he spur track.
The national superintendent of IL
w. c. T. u, through the White RiI
bon Banner, is asking temperance VI
ions to have a general observance
June as Flower Mission day, by VII
iting shut-ins, also prisons and 9th
public institutions, holding services
the latter, if possible.