Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-07
Local Man On Committee.

The state central committee of the Connecticut Sunday school teachers associa ton have decided to postpone holding a state convention for she present, and recommend instead a county convention in each county, to be called by the county secretaries, during the fall and winter months. J. L. Denison of this city is on the com n1ittee.
 The journeymen tailors of this city who have been on a strike, have sue ceeded in getting the advance asked by them--about ten per cent.
 John Barker, a merchant tailor, had his pocketbook picked from his pant aloons on Main street, on Monday aft ernoon. There was $50 in the book. It is supposed it must have been stolen while he was gazing in a show window.
 Old Stand By Goes.
 Oct 4, 1S66.-The old tree in the middle of the sidewalk just below the entrance to the Bulletin office, after bravely withstanding tie perils of fire and flood and leaky gas pipes for all these years, succurnbed yesterday to the saw and axe of Stephen Clifford. who had been employed by the street ed to bad to cut down the old fellow; but it stood square in the middle of the sidewalk occupying more than two thirds of it, and wouldn't turn out for nobody, so the common coun- cil voted that his longer continuance with the present style of crinoline. St. Mary's Total Abstinence Society of this city, is the oldest temperance society in the town and besides hav- ing done good work in the temper ance cause. it now proposes to be an ter Pagan, president; Thomas Me Garry. first vice president; John Coyle, second vice president; Jere- | miah F'enton, recording secretary; l James Murphy, corresponding secre- i tary; John Carver, treasurer: Thomas chairman of the board of directors. ! Dam Gave Way.
 Oct. 5, 1S66-Last Thursday morn 1 ing after the terrible rain, an earth work of the Home Woolen Companys reservoir dam gave way, suddenly swelling the river below, with an ov- erwhelning body of water. Reach = ing the paper mill of H. l.. Read and Co.,, it tore out the lume and gravel work on tho oposite side of the river leaving everything smooth but the stone dam in the middle of the river l On Sunday next, Oct. Tth, Rev. Mir Koerner will be installed pastor ot l the German angelical Lutheran | church of this city.
 Elijah A. Bill, who has been en- i gagged in the grocery business in this l city for over forty years, has sold out 1 to the firm of Lewis and Hinckley or 1 Water street.
 Lamp Explosion.
 It appears that the alarm of fire or l Wednesday evening was occasioneG by the explosion of lamp filled witt reddish burning fluid used much here abouts, at the boarding house of Mrs Parks at No. Cliff street. The oc- | cupants of the room in which the ex- I pIcsion occurred, Q newly married couple, lost ali their clothing and al
 their furniture was destroyed. 4 serious fire was prevented by the
 prompt aid tended by neigh bors. The | damage done was about S200 and up- | wards. We are told that three C, four explosions of lamps filled witt this fluid have recently occurred o1 the West Side. In the case Wednes
 day night tie lamp was standing or
 the table, when the top suddenly
 blew off.
 Trottine Race.
 Oct. 6, 18CG.--The trot yesterday a the fair grounds, resulted in H. D
 race in three straight heats, The bes time made was 2.53, on the last heat Our citizens will be favored today with a combination exhibition. At o'clock Prof. Chaffee who is supposed
 ito know the ropes" will walk acros! one of them from the Breed building to the higest building oposite, dis playing his ability and grace.