Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-21
VARIOUS MATTERS

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 Light motor vehicle lamps at '5.17
 These are busy times for doctors and nurses.
 About Gales Ferry cows have been dying from laurel poisoning. Men who have occasion to dig find the frost pretty deep in the ground.
 Don't forget whist and dance at Fitchville hall, Friday evening, Jan 2i. l-adv.
 New telephone directories, in efrect Sunday. the 2sd. were distributed on Thursday.
 At Rock Meadow. In Holland county. Myron Heck filled his icehouse this week with 15-inch ice.
 :. The United States treasury depart mont is sending out calendars for the first time to the postoflces. Al Mansfield, William Ross has been acting as town clerk since the illness and death of Bradley M- Sears. The planet Jupiter h on the meridian at sunset and is finely placed for ob- servauon during this month. Dr. B. Oliver Winship of Monument street, Groton. was operated on for ap- pendicitis at New London hospital Wednesday.
 The spread Of scarlet fever at Groton has been checked, 1t is believed, since no new cases have developed during several days.
 Konomoc grange, No. 41. of Water ford, installed officers at the hall: ThNrsday night. A supper followed the regular session.
 The codfish fleet which sailed for the fishing grounds this week was obliged to return to Noank harbor. as it was too rough to fish.
 Boxes and tickets for the charity ball are on sale at Dunn's pharmacy ders, the G-3, now at New York yard. has been ordered to proceed to the submarine base. New London. At Connecticut college, Archdeacon ;. Eldred Brown of Norwich will con- duct yesper Services at Thames hall Sunday afternoon at 4.45 o'clock.
 Since the recent lecture of Alfred Moves at Slater hau, his collected poems. in two volumes. have been added to the shelves at Peck library. The State W. c. T. U. favprs equal suffrage and the White Ribbon Banner for this month suggests a formal pro- eramIne for use at suffrage meetings. Daniel Lay. a lifelong resident of Lyme. died at his home in Layville Tuesday evening after a short illness. Lay. - -,-'- At the Wheeler school North Ston- ngton, there Is to be a public lecture this sFridayl evening when H. B. Hubert Of Springfield will speak on The Oriental Chessboard.
 At the sale of paintings in New York this week a canvas of the Windham frtisf, J. Alden Weir. president of the National Academy of Design, entitled Midday. was sold to c. Dubois for a3,800.
 At the annual open meeting of the Stafford Springs Current Events club Monday evening. with over 60 present, one of the hostesses was Mrs E. c. Sanford Iaura Dudley. formerly of Norwich).
 The funeral of Harriet B. Van Pelt. widow Of pr. M. D. Van PeIt, of New York, was held Thursday at Il a. m. IT, Hs Allen, of Willetts avenue, New London. Burial was in Hanover. Persons in care of the sick regretted to see the drizzle of Thursday after noon. since Jack Frost is a better bat- tier against grip than any medicine. and the past few cold days have had a most Beneficial effect on patients.
 Mill agents in the woolen trade here nuAA O. urf4@ @1<, a4.. prices asked for white yarn. The req son given Is that the dye scarcity is holding up transactions in warn that otherwise might be finished and deliy- cred.
 Thursday evening, after the prayer meeting in the Stafford Springs Meth odlst church. there was the election of lay delegate and alternate to the lay educational conference obe held in MorWich March s1 in connection with the annual conference.
 The Woonsocket, R. l., Call says: Theona Ganois) Hfrst, wife of Arthur t!irst of Tarklin. died Sunday. Be- sides her husband, she leaves one daughter. Mary. aged 2 years, a baby daughter 5 days old, and a brother, Napoleon Lanois, of Norwich. Conn.
 Eupt. and Mrs. James B. Chairman are caring for 20 women and 55 men, a total of 75. at the almshouse this winter. The crops raised on the town farm are holding out well, about 300 bushels of potatoes.. 160 of turnips, 15 bushels Of beans and four barrels of pork remaining.
 Mrs. Samuel Sheldon of Central vil- lase died at her home early Tuesday evening after few days illness with pneumonia. She leaves, hesides her husband, son, John L. Sheldon, pro- lessor in a Virginia college, two sis ters, Mrs. Bitgood of Voluntown and Mrs. Valentine Burdick of Moosup.
 GIFTS TO RECTOR. Made to Rev. E. L Rohanar of S+