Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-24
VARIOUS MATTERS

the prices have been very good, all things considered. II The total of Connecticut's quota called for by the federal government
 under the draft. remains at 1o,S77. The credit for regular army and national
 guard enlistments is 7,so7.
 |t Congressman Augustine Lenergan was In conference recently with off, cials of the shipping board regarding l the establishment of a branch of the school for navigatore in Hartford.
 | French Mirrors for the Soldier Boys l at Lee & Osgood' s-adv
 Eighteen women. alumnae of Smith l college, all over 25 years old and all l leave soon for France, where they will work in the towns near the battle | front.
 1 fiecticut National Guard are now con | centrated at Yale Field, approxima tely I $500 of them, ready for intensive | training. preparatory for their depar- | ture for Charlotte, N. C.
 re Connecticut Electric Steel com ! pany will furnish the New Britain Ma chine company with 1,2ne, 900 pounds of ture of anti-aircraft gun mounts for the United States government
 Peter Norocli of Yantic was fined s60 and costs by Justice of the Peace
 John J. Sweeney when arraigned in
 Bozrah Saturday, charged with the ille-
 gal sale of liquor in a. no-hcense town.
 The fine and costs totalled S10O36 Ensign Henry B. Plant of the
 United States naval reserves and Mrs.
 Plant have arrived at Eastern Point,
 New London, where Mrs Plant will spend the summer: MT. Plant is sta
 toned on the coast patrol Empress.
 The untiring efforts of the women of the Watch Hill Improvement society and several of the leading men of the resort have been rewarded. By unani- nous vote it was decided to buy a La France fire engine and the necessary equipment.
 To prevent interruptions of it's te1e- graph and telephone service in the winter, the New Haven road is re- building its wire lines. The new poles are but fifteen feet high and of slen- der girth, and at present are being placed along the main line
 The first annual field day of the employees of the Connecticut Power ompany, comprising the Middletown, New London and Housatonic divisions, tai Lake park, Middletown, with about 100 of the employees present.
 Nicotine and Soap Solution for Po- tato Lice at Lee & Osgood s.-adv.
 President Wilson's interest in the Jewish congress is said to have grati- fled the Jews beyond mea sure The gress from Sept. to Nov. 2. said to have been done at the presidents sug- gestion, was made without hesitation.
 Benjamin T. Marshall, professor of biblical history and literature at Dartmouth college, was Monday elect ed president of the Connecticut Col lege for Women at a fully attended meeting Of the trustees ofs the col lege held in New Haven Monday aft ernoon.
 D. B. Spaulding of Stonington, presi- 6ent of the Atlantic Shipping company, has received word from General Mana ger c A. Dayis of the company that two of the three schooners of the fleet have been sold to good advantage. The Hope Sherwood has brought the sum of 0,000.,
 The popular summer resorts are be- ginning to be crowded with many col onists. The good weather of the week was the biggest factor in bringing the people out. From now on all the cot. tages are rented and the boarding houses are preparing to accommodate large crowds
 The big cantonment under construc- Devens is soon to be the temporary home of the thousands of New England men just drafted for the new national army. is about quarter completed ac- eording td estimates of army officers and civilian constructors.
 From present indications Mystic will probably have a new federal building Ioh ftor1 the appropriation of s55,000 passed by congress a few years ago it was sup posed by the majority of Mystic people that the building would be erected not sooner than 10 or 15 years.
 Details Of the proposed merger of the American Sumatra Tobacco com pany and the Connecticut Tobacco buy the stock of the latter, have been announced in a letter to the stock holders of the Connecticut corporation signed by Charles Soby, secretary
 The United States law prohibits the delivery of liquor to any man, soldier CT sailor. in the arms of the United states In some sections of the state. 1 however, 1t has been believed that a sailor did not come within the prohibi- ton Of the law as to a delivery of | liauor the belief being that a sailor was not in arms of the United States ]
 New Haven's Coal Record.
 All previous records on the New Haven railroad were broken during 1 May and June in the number of cars | of ali-rail coal handled by the com i pany. In May the New Haven handled 17,1es | ears of hard and soft coal all rail. This l Is the largest number of all-ratI ceal | cars handled in any one month in the | New Haven's history. In June. 15.e74 l cars were handled, and with the ex- | eept1on of the May record, this num- |