Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-05-12
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Norwich, Saturday, May IL, 1st7.
VARIOUS MATTERS

At present there are S5 prisoners, in
Guiding two women, at the Norwich
| Jail -
New arrival of conn-1River shad to-
day Blue Points also, at Powers Bros
adv.
The New Haven road viii furnish
some of the railroad men to go to
| France.
In Norwich Friday, strawberries
were selling at rs cents and rhubarb
at cents.
William Bowler of West Wilmington
took out of his incubator Tuesday go
chickens from $40 eggs.
Lighting bills do not need to be
heavy just now, when the days length
is about fourteen and one-half hours.
Methodist ministers from this sec
ton attended a Norwich district
preachers meeting at South Man
chester Tuesday.
Fine stereopticon lecture at 7. NJ.
c. A. Sunday at p m. Both men
and women invfted.-adv.
The land in the rear of the Shore
Line trolley houses at Saybrook has
been p1owed. that the tenants may
have a space for their gardens.
A banquet was given Tuesday eve
ming in Ellington by DR.. Mcknight, of
Hartford. to. the members of the pub
lie health and safety committee
A Hampton man, Wallace Jewett,
who is now superintendent of state
lily to UncasVille where he will begin
work.
The daily statement of recruiting
-
eral Mccain showed Friday total of
43S recruits from Connecticut, IL be-
ing enlisted Thursday.
a former director Of Norwich Art
school, G. Albert Thompson, is men
toned among Mystic artists impa-
tientiy waiting for favorable spring
weather to begin sketching.
100 interesting pictures of Y. NJ. c.
A. activities at y. NJ c. A. tomorrow
at p. m. Public invited.-adv.
The big c1orussssS composed of the
choirs of St. Jefin.ss ST Pau1's and the
Congregational churches at PAINTED,
which is rehearsing Pinafore, is being
directed by Charles D. Geer, of Nor
witch.
In the town OF Union. for the past
weeks II. r. Howard with force of
men has been planting pines for the
Masha paug Farms Co. They are put
ting in 65 to 20 thousand seedlings
this spring.
The Connecticut Association of Wo-
men Workers, which includes Nor
wicb clubs. is to hold It's twenty sew
enth annual reunion today in New
Haven by Invitation of the New Ha-a
ven Girls club.
The newly organized Academic or
cfestra is to make its first appear
III
T. A. B. hall. It's the snappiest music
in the state.-adv.
This season JaiIor o. H. Main has
hired a farm in addition to the land
about the Norwich Jail, and means to
cultivate in all at5out:ten acres. Prob
ably a dozen of the prisoners viii be
available for this work.
Many Norwich people are Einterested
in the big performance of Pinafore to
be presented at PTainie1d, Thursday
and Friday. May II and Is. by st.
churches and -Plainf1eld band.-adv.
Announced among~W. C. T. Unions
which have contributed to the Stevens
fund are: Meriden SO, bridgeport IS,
Warehouse Point 81, Scotland 50, Cen
trail Village So Terryvil1e 81, Goshen
SO. WiIlimantic So, Torrington So, to-
tai s27.
Several large hocks of quail are seen
of late on Lords Point. They will
soon pair off and many will go into
the surrounding country to nest.
Those that remain usually nest in
punches of grass in the open and near
the cottages.
The Central Baptist church elected
these delegates Thursday evening to
attend the Northern Baptist conven-
ton which is to be held in Cleveland
Ohio, May 1923: Miss June Barber,
row of Newark, \. j. Miss Alice Dean
Supervisor Norman J. Bond of Nj
antic has been holding in Holland
county, the last for some time Mr.
mer and leaves soon to take up his
new duties there as member of the
officers reserve training corps.
Oficers of the Connecticut Univer-.
salist convention elected at Hartford
Thursday. included: President, C'has.
c. Lincoln, Hartford; vice president,
Edwin A Tracy, Norwich: secretary,
treasurer, NJ. M. Whittemore, Lancas-
ter, Mass.
Capt James Sistare has contracted
for a compressed air plant to supply
the new inn on Lords Hill with wa
ter. An artesian we'll will be sunk on
the south side of the house. The ma
chine for drilling is set up there, and,
George Fritz of Quaker Hill began
work Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the. Rest
Cottage trustees at Providence Tues
day was attended by Capt. Charles T.
Potter, of Norwich. The reports show
ed that 81 wayward girls had been
cared for during the year and that
the association ended the twelve
months with balance of over 5000
CORONER FINDS b'ATRI's
DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL.