Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
VARIOUS MATTERS

HS. In general. the river coves are now free from ice.
 ber Days Of the n aaarssr ss .ns in .arss the cafh olic church.
 A few flags were flying Sunday. in recognition of the second inauguration of President Wilson.
 A former Norwich resident. pr. G. Perciva1 Bard. is medical examiner for the town of Stacord.
 Colonial club whist postponed until March 18th. 1s17.Aadv. The State Board of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Connecti- cut met in New Haven. Sunday. F The street departments men had snowp3ows out Sunday. cleaning out the gutters on the principal streets. The offerings at ali the city were for the benefit of the Visiting Nurse fund.
 Boatmen learn that the ice in the Connecticut river Is breaking up and that the cessation of navigation will be very short. the river steamers start 44s Trappers hereaheuts are, interest ed in the fact that at Hartford the house has adopted the hill king the 31 to October 1.
 A school in home economies Is to be held in saybrook March 10 ana %. Miss Hascs, of StoFfs college, who conducted the courses last year will be in Charge again. It is predieted that thsrs will be widespread cultivation of idle land in this vicinity this spring. and the de- velcpment Of kitchen gardens by househoiders generally. At the morning service at Trinity Methodist church. Hymn 4s0 was sung in memory of Rev. JameSCeote. D. D. @ former pastor of that church who died at Portland. February 27.. Last of T. M. c. A course tonight Totten, the Magician. An evening of mystery. See announcenenf on last page. Only 2 few tickets left.-ady. The Cenneeticuf College Campus George c. Kinnear of the class of iese has withdrawn fcrn college to enlist in the Colonial trooi1s of Canada A special programme has been pre- pared by the National W c. T. U fer use of local unions at the first meet- ing in March in the endeavor to if- crease the Lillian Stevens Campaisn fund.
 Hundreds of Connecticut graduate nurses are ready to respond promptly Is shown by their returns in the Con- necticut military census. now in progress.
 rrh~ 1r;+;.1, Ax,.~;,,x W. p.,;.e fund, East Fifty-Ninth street, New York, of which Mrs Frederick W. Whidridge is the acting president, has received new gifts. including from the branch in Taftville. $50.
 The planet Uranus is obscured by the suns absorbing rays the first few days in March. but will come into view in the morning sky the latter part of 'the month. It is midway between Capricornus and Aquarius.
 The Central committee for the relief of Jews suffering through the war. Su bscriptions to which are sent to Harry FischeI. New York. yackrowledg- ed new donation Sunday. including from Colchester. Cona.. ss4i.
 About three inches of snow covered the ground Saturday morning. Early Sunday there was heavy rain. which turned to snow. but a temperature of
  slush point most of the day.
 MT. Jim Pounch is wanted to attend the trial of Bass VIZ. Stevens and Ey- mington March 6 at New Londcn.-adv
 The Adams Express company has made a new five-year contract with the New York. New Haven and Hart- ford railroad. The New Haven roads income from express business last year was more than $4.ooa. 900.
 H. A. Deal, gardener for William Maxwell of Rockville. is to act as one of the judges at the national flower show to be held in New York this judges at the show held last year.
 Charles H. Davis. the Mystic artist shows in the Macbeth Gallery. New the Hiili." in which great white clouds and the biuest sky bend over a slope of dense green. typffies an idylic style which the critics praise highly.
 Spcrtsmen here have been notified that the third annual conference on game breeding and preserving. under the auspices of the American Game to be held at the Waldorf Astoria. New York. March IS and IA. The personal estate of Mrs Abby Chapman Aldrich. a native Of Nor wich, widow of former U. S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. who died intestate I in New York last week. is over $500. = 900, according to a statement before the Warwick. R. l.. probate court. How Connecticut Beat the Devil" 1" a fable by Stephen J. Maher, chairman of the state tuberculosis commission. has been printed in pamphlet form. It was read by him before the Meriden Public Health association advocating \ the erection of a state seaside sana- ] toriunl.
 | A conference. looking forward to the Congressional Tercentenary of 1920 and meeting in Broadway church at 1 10 a. m-. and p. ni.. Wednesday. Me rch 7th, will be addressed by Dr. eCernelius Patton. pr. W. W. Scudder, Rev. H. r. Swartz and Rev. sherrod Soule.