Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
VARIOUS MATTERS

Sharp sea sand applied lightly ovel lawns in the autumn, that IS owe
 lawns on clay or loam, encourages tht
 growth of fine grasses.
 Water office open continuously from
 s g. m. to p. m.-adv.
 Ira R. Levick of Hartford. Ms: Caroline Wiley of Glastonbury and Mir. and Mrs E. A. Jahn of the East Side spent Sunday at Ocean Beach.
 Crabs have struck on in nearby wa 1 tere but as yet very few have beer 1 caught. Indications are that these shellfish will not be plentiful this year | Postmaster General Burleson has an l nounced that incomplete reports from | postma sters showed that postal em- | ployes had contributed S55,994 to the | Red Cross.
 | The activity of the department of | a griculture in discovering and stop ping the traffic in medicines which are sold under false representations is noteworthy.
 Seven nurses we'll known in New LoNdon and vicinity have filed appli- cations for active service with the Red Cross and expressed a willingness to serve in France.
 A number of the Company I boys of New Britain, who are cd amping at South Coventry. and who were station ed in this city doing guard duty, were visitors here Sunday.
 The pottery industry showed a large gain in 1916 compared with 1915, the output of the potteries of the United States being valued at s4s,217,242. an increase Of s10, ,s91, ,s54. or nearly 30 per cent.
 Come early and avoid the rush. Where? To the water office, with your water bil.-adv.
 Connecticut will be assessed for 10.- 977 men in the conscript army now in process of drafting, but also gets credit for 7,840 others who have enlisted in the regular army. navy and National guard up to June 90.
 The vessels at the Ship Construction and Trading company are fast being rigged and rebuilt. large force is at work on the Mohawk. She is be- ing replanked on the deck line and the deck is being put on.
 Recognizing the power of the motion picture as a medium of expression, the United States government, through cooperation of the industry in the national war propaganda.
 William Holmes, who escaped from
  rested by Motorcycle Patrolman Smith in New London Saturday afternoon and later turned over to the custody of guards from that institution.
 present congestion in the frozen poultry market, shown by figures of the United States department of agri- culture, can be relieved if the retail dealers will handle the goods at a req sonabIe advance over wholesale prices.
 The designation by the war depart ment of the Knights of Columbus as the official agency for looking after the moral and social welfare of the Cath olic men of the army and navy has placed upon the order a great respon- sibility.
 The Connecticut Agricultural Ex- pertinent station has issued special bulletin regarding the potato menace and recommending a spray of nicotine and soap, to be applied to both upper and under surfaces of the leaves to fight the pest.
 The country is enjoying an unusual scarcity of poliomyel;tis, otherwise known as infantile paralysis. Last year Connecticut had 1000 cases re- ported instead of it's usual number of 50, and New York was thronged with PoIiomyeIitis cases.
 Robert Hudson, of whom little is known except that he has relatives in asSachuSetts died on Saturday after noon at the Lawrence hospital, New London, where he had been for about a week in an unconscious condition with oedema of the brain.
 While several hundred soldiers from the island forts and as many more sailors from the subna rine base and ships in the harbor roamed the streets of New London Saturday and Sun day. the bootleggers and kitchen bar rooms did a record business.
 Adjutant General George NJ. Cole in a general order just issued empha sized the claim made throughout recruiting campaigns of the Connecticut National guard that that organization will be the only purely state force in the fed oral service during the great war
 Indications are at the present time that the pilgrimages to the WiIliman- tic camp meeting ground will be above expectations for the rest Of the sum- mer, even though the former elaborate program of camp meeting on the week of Aug. 2o27 will not be carried out.
 The Fort Griewold Monument house, is looking its best at the height of the season with the honeysuckle vine at the door and the carefully kept lawn surrounding it. The season has not brought quite so many visitors as
 
 never so attractive
 Dr. Joseph Marshall Flint, organizer Of the Yale mobile unit has stated that the call for the mobilization of the body might come at any time The unit is sure to mobilize by Saturday. it is believed, and will start for Allen town, Pa. After about a fortnight there it is to start for France.
 MT. and Mrs. W. A. Anderson have returned to their home in Spring field, Mass, after having spent the 1 week. end with Mrs. Anderson's moth l CT. Mrs. Joseph Phillips of Peck street | Mrs. Phillips and daughter Ruth and Mir. and Mrs. Anderson spent Sunday 1 at the Phillips cottage at Gardner | lake.
 Julius c. Stremlau, president of the ] State Federation of Labor, has con- | drmed a report that he has been in l conference with Governor Holcomb rel |