Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-21
VARIOUS MATTERS

The woods are getting so dry that the danger of forest fires is increasing, unless great caution is used.
 At Eastford, an Ayrshire COW sold this week by George $. Bowen to E. dM. Marlor of Brooklyn brought $100.
 All the bank forces put in extra work yesterday afternoon following banking hours, to make up for the hol- tday today.
 AS is usual at holiday time, the postoh1ces are throwing aside tinsel postcards, which must be enclosed to be mailable.
 Regular meeting of K. of c. tonight at o'clock.-adv.
 A Vo1untown patient, Mrs. Clara Boucher, who has been i'll for several weeks. has been brought to Backus hospital, Norwich.
 The quarterly conference of Glasgo Methodist church was held Tuesday evening by District Superintendent Scrivener of Norwich.
 One of the leading bakers in Norwich had 2.400 dozen Hot Cross buns order
 
 baked a total of 2,S00 dozen.
 The Rockville health board has con- tracted with Eugene Stuellet to col lect the garbage in that city for a period of one year for S1,000.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter E. Stroud, who recently purchased the Mallory house near Mantle river, have moved from New London to their new home.
 License your dog in the town clerks office now. One dollar extra after May frst.-adv.
 Employees of the Orcuttville mill have been given a voluntary increase of 10 per cent. in wages. Since Jan. 1 the help have received total increase of r per cent.
 Among books recently acquired by the Peck library, Slater hall, is The Voyage of Captain Scott, telling of the discovery of the North pole, by Charles Lurley.
 A number of Connecticut high school teachers are attending the annual con- vent1on of the Eastern Commercial Teachers association, which is being held at the Hotel McAlpin, New York.
 Three more days, Sodality social, Olympic, Drew's, concert, dance. Don't miss it.-adv.
 Of a former local resident a Port land correspondent writes: Mrs. James Coote, who has been confined to her home for the past few weeks owing to fall which injured her knee, is able to be about again.
 George Schofeld, who went to Eagle vile to fill the vacancy as R. F. D. carrier from Eagleville postofHce, has returned to his home in Stafford. Will liam Wolfe of South Coventry is filling the vacancy as carrier
 A reception was held recently at Gurleyville for a former Uncasville pastor, Rev. J. B. Ackley, who. at the recent conference in Norwich, was as signed to the Gurleyville Methodist church for his third year.
 Contractor A. Vito of Thompson. who is to build the cement road in Mystic, has arrived there and has opened his cottage at Lords Hill, where he will make his headquarters for the season, or until his work is completed. A meeting of the joint state en- | campment committee of United Span 1sh War Veterans, Walter L. Bevins auxiliary and Army and Navy union 1 is to be held next Monday evening in Spanish War Veterans hall at Meri- 1 den.
 The tax collector will be at the | drug store of Geo. M. Rathbone, West Side, from II a. m. to 1 p. m. today to 1 receive taxes.-adv. The Tripod, Trinity's college semi weekly newspaper, has elected Ralph ] Warren Storrs of Hartford circulation manager. The young man is the son ] Of Dr. and Mrs. Eckley R. Storrs and nephew of Judge L. J. Storrs of Spring 1 Hill.
 The state treasurer of the ". c. T. U., Nellie A. Gager, acknowledges | through the April White Ribbon Ban ner the following free-will offerings: | Hartford $11, Rockville $132, South Wilmington $12-75, Bantam $2, total $27.O7.
 District Superintendent G. G. Scriv- ener of Norwich will be at North Grosvenordale Saturday evening and | hold the first quarterly conference in the vestry at 7.30 o'clock. He will re- main and preach at the Sunday morn | ing service.
 Textile papers noted Thursday as | the anniversary of the death in 1885 | of the great-grandfather of William ] A. Slater, Samuel Slater, father of American cotton manufacturing indus- | try, who built the first cotton mill near Pawtucket. R. I.
 One of the sights of Washington at this season is the grounds about the | fine Colonial mansion of MT. and Mrs Frank Edward Johnson on N street Georgetown, where thousands of bulbs crocuses, tulips, iris and the like are | coming into bloom. A share in the Restigouche Salmon club, Canadian fishing club, of which | Archibald Mitchell of Norwich is a member was valued at $6,000 in the ] appraisal of the estate of Hugh D i Auchincloss, a New York merchant 1 which was filed "Wednesday.
 The side tracks in and around Say brook Junction are being filled up once more with loaded cars bound east. Al l points eas are crowded owing to the l wreck at Bradford. To help the case l big freight trans are running and re- quire two engines to pull them through l Steeple Tom Fitzpatrick, who re- 1 paired the towers and steeple of St Patricks church, Norwich, has a bio Il in for the: repairing of the Philadelphia 1 city hall steeple and hopes to get the l chance to climb up to where the statue of William Penn stands $50 feet from
 earth.