Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-28
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Lyme. - Miss CoThy Sabine gave a lecture on Serbia and the Army We'd nesday evening in the parish house.
 Centerbroo4S-The Royal Neighbore will hold a picnic at the Looby cot tage at Cha1ker Beach Saturday, the 29th.
 SaybrooEc PoinEe-WfIltarn Chandler, -Jr., will join the. rockies at Plum Island this week. He is the oldest son of Dr. and Mrs. William M. Chandler at Challzer Beach.
 Branford-The Blackstone library is the center of attraction these days. Innovations in the gardening at the sides and front are beautiful additions pearance of the place.
 MfddlefieId-A class in first aid to the injured was organized at the home of Mrs. Langzetell on Monday after noon. The American Red Cross of Washington, D. c. has appointed pr. zinl1 instructor for a course of ten lessons.
 Goshen.-The annual picnic of the Woman's College club of Litchfeld county will be held on the lawn of the Second church in Goshen Saturday commencing at 12 o'clock. The meet ing will be adressed by Professor Bar reu of Yale.
 NorfoIk.-By means of the Norfolk fund raised by Miss Katherine Had dock $153 was realized for comfort bags for Company M of Winsted. The bags will be sent to the troops from New York headquarters of the Red Cross association.
 Madison-John M. Champion, state superintendent of fish and game, and Mrs. Champion and daughters, who Madison since early in the summer, have gone to Fryling, Me, for the re- mainder of the season.
 Stamford,-If people who patronize the bathing beach at the yacht club are nipped by a shark it will not be the fault of the management. A sign has been posted warning bathers of the shark menace and telling them they must bathe at their own risk.
 Waterbury.-AIfonse Rosem, charged with embedding funds from the Rus sian Greek Orthodox church on Crown street in the amount of $2,0O0, was aTraigned in the city court Wednes- day. He waived examination and was bound over under bonds of $3,500.
 southington.--NIan of the large po- tato growers of the town are reporting a blight on the vegetables and that they have been unable to check it. In the western part of the town through West street and on other sections also potatoes have been bEghted by the acre.
 New HaVen.-A search by the police of New Haven begun more than two months ago for Miss Nora Sullivan, Is year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Daniel P. Sullivan, of this city, ended when the young woman was found in a house raided by the police in Lynn, Mass.
 Hartford.-Because his trousers were stolen from his room while he was asleep Tuesday night with a gold watch and B in cash, which were in the trousers Michael CrOIle complained to the police Wednesday. The trousers were later found in a back yard, but the watch and money were gone.
 Middietown.-The half dozen or so labOrers employed by the water de- partment have served notice upon the water board of a demand of an in crease in wages from g to $2.25 a day, explaining that the street department , and they should receive the same.
 Chester-About 30 girls from New York city are camping at Cedar lake. Sixteen of the party have health cer- while the rest of the party are over the required age. The party is a branch of the Red Cross society, and there is a Red Cross nurse with them, as well as a matron. As soon as the girls leave, it is reported that. about 100 Boy Scouts are coming here.
 Derby.-The historic marker recently prepaI ed under the direction of Sarah Riggs Humphreys chapter, D. A. R., has been placed on the front of Hal locks hardware store on lower Main street. It is a wooden slab about one and One-half by two and one-half feet, in gilt, with black letters. The tablet bears the inscription: Wake mans Point. On a point 100 feet south stood in 1892 a Dutch trading post, the first land purchased from the In