Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-02
VARIOUS MATTERS

Norwich, saturdays Jane 2, ts17..- VARIOUS MATTERS
 Light vehicle lamps at 7.T this evening.
 The city department oiled Church street Friday s9
 A few of the schools in the rural districts ended the schooi term ana year Friday.
 The Ladies'i Aid Of Versailles M. F: church, entertainment in Totokett hall Wednesday evening, June 6.-adv At last Connectieut's. army recruits have gone past the TOO mark. 7eS Fri day, F having enlisted on the previous day.
 A train of 20 cars loaded with straw berries passed through Saybrook. June ton Thursday bound for Providence and Boston.
 Many children of St. Patrick,s parish will receive holy conmunion today in o'clock this afternoon. A former Norwich rector, Rev. R. R.. Parker, of Hartford, conducted the Memorial day service at the M Menorial church at Pomfret- school. Art students here have learned that the annual exhibit of paintings is to be held in Mystic as usual the coming August, for the fourth year.
 Nearly every home. gardener is making a point of planting beans this season The humble bean has been selling at S10 a bushel of late.
 Sixteen somers grangers visited E11H field nra tfR other evening and presented the program The Suf1e1d grange furnished refreshments.
 Mrs. NIinie NJ. Burnham of Newark. Y. J., has sold to EllasJ. Little of He bron land and buildings on the north side of Olmsted street, East Hartford.
 At the recent. commencement exer- cises of Gordon Bible college, Boston, Miss Edna E. Bickford of Elliott, Windham county, was one of the grad uates.
 It is noted in Holland county that the warb;ers have been around longer than usual, evidently waiting for the weather to warm up before going far ther north.
 The asparagus season. in Bolton will be 9 short one this year. It was the middle of May before any was cut on some beds and last week the crop was hard hit by frost ~
 The planet Jupiter has now become a fixture in the morning sky until Sep tember. It moves east from Aries into the Pleaides by the last of the month, rising on the 50th at 2.30 a. m. Local housewives who have been buying such staples as jeans twill, cambric. nainsook, 1ongcloth, percales, were wise. as these goods went up a 1 cent Friday, and may advance again. Benevolent and patriotic women all over the town of Norwich are knitting for the National League for Woman S Service enough hree-piece sets for men on three submarines, or about so sets in all.
 At New Haven Thursday and Fri day 50 law students presented them selves for the state bar examinations held in the rooms of the Yale Law school The men came from various parts of the state.
 At Hartford Friday: Major E. V. Preston celebrated his 5oth Birthday. Major Preston was born in Wilmington Hollow, the second son of Joshua and Caroline Eldredge Preston. He went to Hartford when he was IS years old. Tn a number of towns placards and handbills in English, Polish, French and Italian have been placed in the mills stores and postofhces notifying g
 
 age to appear Tuesday, June 5, to register.
 Miss Sprague of the extension de- partment of ths Conn kgricu1- t1ral college at Storrs denonstra ted before a large assembly last Thursday afternoon in Rfdgeield town hall the up-to-date methods of canning and preserving.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Barnes Tyler, widow of Edward B. Tyler, were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at, No. 4S Shapley street, New London. Rev. J. Rorneyn Dan forth officiating. Burial was in Jor- dan cemetery.
 The cases to be tried at the criminal session which will open in Rockville Tuesday, June 12 are as follows: James F. Schofmann. non-support of wife; Clarence Kibbe, non support of wife and child;' William G. Swan, tax ation of costs.
 It has been estimated that there are about 10000 German aliens in Connec- ticutn liable to be affected by. the proc lamation issued by President Wilson April $. The time for making appI- cation for permits has been extended to June g, at [ D. m.
 Following the drop in the price of wheat Of the last few days. there has been a gradual decrease in the price Of flour. and the price now is from 10 cents a bag for the lower grade Hours to 80 cents bag for the higher grades below former prices.
 A former Norwich resident, Mrs. George & Pa1n7er r-a va 7.>r.<>r4