Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-14
VARIOUS MATTERS

 Tuesday morning was the coldest of the year.
 Ash Wednesday is only a week of, Feb. 21st.
 Local autoists are taking in the au- tomobile show at Hartford. The man with an inside job is a lucky one for the time being at least The state letter carriers association meets this year in New Britain on Feb. 22.
 Owing to the cold the Academy closed session shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday.
 Personal taxes will be collected today at the drug store of John A Morgan, Greeneville, from II a. m- to 2 p. m.- l adv.
 An automobile passing through here yesterday displayed a touch of pa triotism, with a flag on the front of the car.
 The twenty-sixth Continental Con gross of the Daughters of the Amer fcan Revolution is to be held in Wash ington in April. kinds of wild birds that may be ob- served within the city limits during the months of January and February. It is reported that a Stonington fish, er1nan has just received a check for $145 for three barrels of Holsters, which he recently shipped to New York.
 Saturday. the big night at T. A B. hall, Alpha Gamma Sigma Girls Min strel s!-ss!. Tickets at Cranston's. In- formal dancing after show.-ady.
 The Lotus quartette which gave a concert at r. M. c. A. Tuesday night will sing at the state sanatorium this morning for the benefit of the pa tients.
 The planet Mars is gradually being overtaken by the sun, with which 1t will be in conjunction the last of Feb ruary and it consequently will not be visible.
 The winter meeting of the State Teachers association and other edu-- cational organizations of Connecticut will be held in New Haven, February 16 and IT.
 An unusually large number of peo- pie are visiting Litchfield this win ter to enjoy the winter sports. Skiing and snowshoeing seem to be the most popular pastime.
 Newspapers are by no means the only ones hit these days by the in- creased cost and poor grade of paper. Wrapping paper is soaring as well as the newsprint stock.
 Tro11eymen's Dance, Pulaski hall, Friday evening, Feb Is. Dancing S.30 to 12. Cars to Montville, Baltic Yan- tic after dance.-adv.
 The epidemic of rabies which has visited the western towns of Connec- ticut during the last two months has proved to be one of the worst that the state has experienced in the last few years.
 The state board of charities has submitted it's report for 1915-1916 to the governor. On the subject of jails the report criticfses the system and the condition of women in the New Haven institution.
 Big special Dollar day at the sale of Branche Bros store: S1 off on any suit or overcoat from the reduced price; also ss worth of mdse. for $1.-adv, London will deliver the final lecture of the Citizens Free lecture course at the New London Vocational school on Thursday evening, when he will 1ec- Residents of Ocean beach have been enjoying skating on the duck pond at | the beach since the park board gave 1 orders to have it flooded for that our | pose. Both children and grownups have been using the pond for the past few days.
 | Two young men skated from the Navy Yard to this city, Tuesday. The | river was frozen over solid, except | in few places. The youthful skaters | found it necessary to jump over two holes in order to continue their trip to this city.
 Norwich lodge, No. 12, A. O. U. w.. will install officers in Germania hail this "Wednesday evening at o'clock Refreshments. All brothers invited per order master workman.-adv. An oil painting. the work of Mrs. George Maynard Minor of Waterford | has been hung in the American Acad- the first of Mrs. Minors works to be hung in the academy but it has been given a place of honor. | of the Maine in Havana harbor in | February, 1898, will be held on Sunday | in New London under arrangements | that sare to be made under the aus pices of George M. Cole camp, United | spanish War Veterans. | The old joke about the weather that l makes the coal man grim is being 1 exemphfled in this city. For the past
 few days mercury has been flirting evening and early Tuesday morning.
 it succeeded in dropping below. The state treasurer is again calling
 for the taxes on notes. bonds and | other choses in action. He refers to f the penalty on the estates of those 1 who neglect to pay this tax Those | liable for the tax are asked by the