Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-23

Hartford, at 1 D. m. Tuesday. During January there were 300 new telephones installed in this state. The largest gain was in New Haven. There was a good display of flags on public buildings and private resi- dences for Washington's birthday.
 A flock of starIings has taken pos- session of the interior of the Congre- gational church steeple at Columbia.
 Government seeds are beginning to come through the mails to constitu- ents of Congressman R. P. Freeman.
 The 100 acre farm at Uncasville ownedby Ettore Ghidella has been leased to Louis and Ferdinand ViIano.
 The total number of undergraduates in Yale university this year, including both the college and the Sheffield Sci entific school, is 2.445.
 Humane society agents have been instructed to watch out for possible overlooking of team horses during the hard hauling on icy streets. Sarah Duncan Naylor of Pomfret died Saturday night of pneumonia at Springfield, Mass. Burial is to be in Newport, R. l., today Wednesday,. The Swedish Congregational Young Peoples societies of Connecticut will l hold their annual state convention in New Britain Saturday and Sunday. Bolton grange received the pennant | from East Central Pomona for the l best per cent. attendance at the Po- | monas in 1915. Coventry grange was next.
 There was a good attendance and l much interest was shown at the wom- l ems prayer meeting in Bushnell l chapel Tuesday afternoon, when the | leade rwas Miss Fannie D. Sydleman. A months mind high mass of re- | quiem for Patrick Sullivan was sung l in St. Patrick's church yesterday l morning by Rev. J. H. Broderick as I requested by the Holy Name society. The annual meeting of the Woman's 1 American Baptist Foreign Mission con- ference of Connecticut is to be held with the First Baptist church of New Haven Friday, with sessions at 1O.3O and 1.30.
 Regret to cancel the farewell par ties to be held on Wednesday and Thursday on account of serious ill., ness of father. Children all called home to Waterbury. The Misses Bauck.-adv.
 The executive committee of the W. R. c. is to meet this Wednesday, af- ternoon at Gildersleeve with Miss 1 Fanny Day to make arrangements for 1 a dinner to be given the state depart ment officers.
 The first lot of the famous Catholina Lambert collection of paintings, said 1 to have been valued at $1,000,0 900, was 1 sold in New York Monday. A Frosty | Morning, by Carleton Wiggins, a Lyme artist, brought $350.
 A preparedness organization, appar- | ently a counterpart of the Revolution | ary minutemen and known as the Old l Lyme Efficiency company, has been
 formed in that town with member l ship of more than 20.
 l The banns of matrimony were pub | lished for the first time at mass in St.
 Johns church, Saybrook, Sunday be-
 tween Russell Coles of New London
 and Miss MargaretBrosnan of the | Saybrook Ferry district.
 | Bids for the construction of ma 1 chinery, for which $8,000 was recently | appropriated by the voters of Groton i borough for the improvements of the | borough power plant, will be opened at | at public meeting to be held March 2. | A Stonington correspondent notes
 that Sunday, March 5, Miss Pullen of ] Norwich will be at the Second Con- l gregational church, Stonington, to talk l on mission work in India, China and 1 Japan, and will exhibit curios from 1 these countries.
 l Following the centenary of the con-
 secration of Trinity church, New Ha-
 ven, Tuesday, there was held the sec
 ond annual diocesan conference on l social service in St. PauPs church, at
 9.30. Rev. F. J. Bohanan of Norwich
 spoke on Mems Clubs.
 There was no holiday at the Red Cross headquarters Tuesday, Mrs. Will
 liam B. Birge, Mrs. William A. Norton
 and Madame l.. Aarrents being at the 1 room in the morning, and Mrs. Ed i ward D. Fuller and Mrs. Charles D.
 White during the afternoon.
 At the Central Village Congregation
 al church, Deacon Willis Torrey has
 been appointed a delegate to attend
 the council meeting at the Wilhmantic
 Congregational church which acted
 upon the resignation of Rev. William
 Beard, pastor of that church.
 Charles A. Pease, president of the 1 Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
 with 5000 members in 35 towns, who spoke in Norwich Monday evening
 presented a petition for the continual tion of the New Haven roads contro
 of steamers to the interstate commis. 4 sion at New York Monday.
 States Attorney Homer s. Cum.
 mings will deliver the chief address
 at the banquet of San Salvador. coun.
 cil, No. 1, K. of C., at New Haven this
 evening. Four of the incorporators
 will attend. including ex- Mayor c. T Driscoll, formerly of Norwich. Gen. William A. Aiken Will Addres. Boys.
 At the weekly boys hour conducted
 at the Y M. c. A. the meeting vii
 be addressed this Wednesday, after
 noon by Gen. William A. Aiken. H,
 will give a patriotic talk, taking les