Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-26
VARIOUS MATTERS


 | there were 12o stopping there. making
 conditions very crowded.
 ' Whether or not home gardening r$ the people will win the war, it ha: i already resulted in slightly cheaper
 prices for lettuce and onions over
 those charged last year.
 The vacation travellers kick if the . train is delayed so that baggage car be carefully handled. and they kick if the baggage is banged around SC
 the train can go on time.
 Map publishers report a big demand | in their line, from the fact everybody
 of the world in general not knowing
 where they are liable to land any time.
 The officers and trustees of the Mar iners' Savings bank, located in the | bank building at PA State street, New | l ondon, are announcing the 50th an- | niversary of the founding of the bank. The sailing enthusiasts of Watch l Hill have started their racing season
 again. The present arrangements call ] for races on the bay every Saturday 1 morning when the weather is favor 1 able.
 | The United States civil service com- ] mission has announced a competitive I examination for skilled laborers (mn- | Ditions) for men and women, and a | sub-inspector for field artillery ammu- I i:ition.
 Compensation Commissioner George | E.. Beers of New Haven has been ask | ed to determine whether an employe of l the city who died from delirium tre-
 mems can claim damages from the city ; under the compensation law The Aiming J. Smith Transportation i lines. Inc, of Norwalk, was adjudicated h-y- Yrl% 4~ Tuesday afternoon. and the matter was referred to John w. Banks. referee in
 bankruptcy for Fairfield county. The careless use of posters, flags. or other emblems on the windshields or radiators so as to tend to confuse the view in the slightest degree was
 warned against by the directors of the Automobile club of New Haven. 4
 Col. Charles ". Burpee Tuesday an- nounced that young men who are to be called out by the government for military service may join the Home guard for preliminary training They will be drilled by Home guard officers
 Word has just been received from the chief signal officer of the north eastern department that New Eng Iand's quota for the signal corps has been almost entirely filled by volun-- tary enlistment in the signal reserve corps.
 Connecticut is entering a new era in health activity. The state board of health. which has well served it's pur- pose. has been Superseded by a depart ment Of health, adapted to meet mod ern conditions, says the July bulletin of the board.
 Hartford was shaken to its founda- tlons by one of the most violent elec- trlcal storms in years during the sup 6ox aerial bombardment was probably due to the meeting of two separate storms over that vicinity.
 New York has adopted a new tax jaw, similar in principle to ours un- der which choses in action and tax a Die bonds, etc. are exempted from other taxation on payment of $2 on eacn S1.0O0 of par, with privilege of paying for five years
 Every person in the United States should be interested in reducing The | shortage of paper supply and thereby helping to lower the cost of Danar | ihls IS because they all are helping possibly withot realizing ito pav TOT the present high costs
 While the residents of Laurel Hill | are approaching the marked improve | lnenI caused by the new top dressing | or crushed stone and tarvia on Laurel | Hill avenue. they feel that there is | need of more sand to keep the tar on | the street and out of the houses.
 The commissioner of motor vehicles | IS sending to the town clerks through | cut the state printed copies of the law passed at the last session in relation 70 .e the niing of duplicates of registra- ton. cards and which requires the clerks to arrange the cards in nurner, ical order in files.
 R-an I0fI Y~1 n Hiscock and George E. Stookey. chem Ists and bacteriologists who served | with the late Professor Conn in the state laboratory have on the recor-- the successor of Professor Conn. been appointed as the doctors assistants.
 According to the reguIa tions for 1raft published in the provost marshal 1 sshefafs office, the term municipal omc1ais' exempt from service is de- nhed 10 include those officials who are popuiariy elected. Those officers ap- IS officials Ia All prev1ous records on the New raven railroad were broken durine way ana June in the number of cars of aH-rail coal handled by the com pa ny. In May the New Haven handled = s;ioe ears or hard and soft coal all- .. ;I N INi0 ieai SeSt nu{nDer or al1- | all coal cars handled in any one month n the New Ravens history.
 The chances of any individual who ,esistered Tn Connecticut under the elective draft of being called i1to ser0 ice on the first draft are a little nm Ter l in IA. This is based on the fip Tres of the provost marshal ceneraTs ,mce, which, placing the estimate of he population of the state at 71oeo5 'alis upon Connecticut to supply 1S,S17 oen for the army
 Presented Wrist Watch, ,
 Wednesday evening William .C, l