Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28
VARIOUS MATTERS

of the winter so far. Business men are having the usual demand for 1918 calendars.
 Even the two minutes added to the days length are appreciated.
 Fifty printed calling cards for s5 cents at The Bulletin Offlce.-adv.
 A few sportsmen have been trying fishing through the ice at Gardner Lake.
 Many of the stores are busy taking inventory. in preparation for the New Year bargain sales.
 Mansfield Center secured 2o4 new members and Eaglevi1le 100 in the recent Red Cross drive.
 Because of delay in piping, etc, the new powerhouse at the HallvilIe mills is not completed yet.
 A number of city owners of Eastern Cornecticut farms came to their coun- try places for over the holiday.
 A few ardent amateur astronomers remained up to watch the eclipse of the moon, early this morning.
 A book recently added to Peck Li- brary, Norwich Free Academy Is Mary Averilrs "F1ower Art of Japan"
 Some of the college students will leave town today or Saturday, the hoI- iday recess not including New Years day.
 At the post office, there is still con- siderable mailing of Christmas pack ages, although the real rush of holiday business has ended
 The pigeons about the city barn on ctr days, and fly into store doorways and into yards in their search for grain.
 Blocks arc being laid at the Groton Iron Works for the keel of the first of the 23. tig ships that are to be rushed to completion for the govern ment.
 Yesterday, the feast of St. John the Evangelist, Archdeacon J. Eldred Brown officiated at the celebration of the holy communion at Trinity Episco- pal church.
 This weeks meeting of the Camp Fire Girls of Broadway church is to be held with Miss Evelyn Hill, of Church street, the guardian, Mrs. A. c. Free man, presiding
 Connecticut exemption boards have received copies of Provost General Crowder's statement to Governor
 
 need of 1000 bricklayers by General Pershing.
 The Murray Warner property at Trading Cove, known as the DeWoIf place, and recently purchased by the Eastern Connecticut Power company. was originally the Joseph. Lucas home stead farm.
 Residents on the outskirts of the city, desiring rural free delivery mail service, must install mail boxes con- forming strictly with regulations prescribed Wednesday by the post master general.
 sixty-nine gathered at the home of C.. Fred Austin, on Zion's Hill, homestead. to enjoy the Christmas reunion of the descendants of Thomas H. Austin.
 announces that the following funds have been received: Dues-Wilton. $2.5O Shelton, $1; Thompson union t30 cents per nfemter). $s.9o. Stevens Fund-Eiiington, $2.
 Musicians from Connecticut are at tending the annual convention of the American Guild of Organists being bald In the College of the City of New York The convention opened Wednesday and closes today, (Friday).
 Mrs. Julia Manchester Wilbur Den . ison, widow of Isaac W. Denison, who died at the Denison homestead in Mystic Wediesday morning. was the daughter of Sherbrach Manchester and Clarissa Coe and was born February 2, 1894.
 New London had its third light1ess night Thursday night -whehl the State street White Way had only half its lights lighted and all display signs were not lighted at all, according to the war savings plan of the fuel ad- ministration. :
 Mrs Elliott Kibbe, an aged resi-' dent of Somers. had a narrow escape was lighting @ match on the under side of a table the fringe on the cloth caught fire Paper lying on the table hIazed mp. setting fire to her dress.
 Tn order to relieve the coal situa- tion in Rockville, the local coal com mittee, consisting of Lebbeus F. Bis- sell, chairman; Sherwood c. Cum rnings and George P. Wendheiser, has secured three cars of chestnut coal to be shipped this weel, from the state fuel administration. land county. has been authorized to pay a bounty of $1 a head on each goosehawk and horned owl. These birds are said to be very destructive to game and farmers and sportsmen are. being prred to cooperate, by kill ing every goosehawk and horned owl they see.
 G. Warren Davis, of Norwich, is going out of the milk business with December s1st. because there is no profit in selling milk even at 12 cents a quart. Milk from the Davis Dairy Farm has been sold for 63 years, aver aging 400 quarts daily; but of late MT. from his 30 head of fine Holsteins.