Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-22
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Manehester.-The supply of water in Manchester is becoming serious proposition, although few seem to realize 1t.
 coshsn.-Austin wadhams caaght a wildcat in a trap the other night and killed it with club. It was 54 inches in length.
 UniouviIIe.-Mrs. Sarah LuBls, who attained the 1O1st anniversary of her birth Nov. 16 last, died Tuesday or pneumonia.
 Cheshire-Tbe Cheshire grange won first prize for the best exhibit of fruit at the Genealogical society In Hart ford last week.
 HartFerd.-The Hartford Miik Deal ers' association will hold its annual banquet and "get acquainted' run together Saturday night.
 Winsted.-J. F. Carey. who has a contract to get out 5000 ties for the New Haven railroad. has delivered | $500 ties to the company at West Winsted.
 District Deputy Grand | Exalted Ruler W. C. Twombley or Stamford paid his official visit to Nau- gatuck lodge, No. 367. B. P. O. D.. at
 It's regular meeting Tuesday night.
 Tsrr,ville.-A site for O public IT, brary offered by Andrew S. Gaylord l was accepted at a public meeting fin | Terryville the other night and a com mittee was named to raise funds for a
 building.
 l Wailineford.--The people of Walling- i ford will be afforded an opportunity to hear Prof. William Howard Taft 1 speak here soon. probably at the ar
 mory. in the interests of the American Red Cross.
 l Winstsd.-word has been received
 from Rev. pr. Samuel T. Clifton of or | Coxsackie, N. Y., accepting the call extended to him by the Second Con gregational church. He will arrive
 here early in April.
 5ridseport.-A 25-pound bag of su- gar and a fve-pound bag of coffee were the first and second prizes fin the pinochle tournament of the Fifth Dis trict Republican club held fin tho club rooms Tuesday night. Southington. - Fansel Lewis of P1antsville has a curious old map of this town, made in 1850, which has the names of the principal streets in town and also the names and locations Of residents on these streets. 5rideeport.-The charities commls- sioners in their annual budget for the department presented to the board of apportionment recommended that the salary for day physicians at the Elmer gency hospital should be 39O0 a year. and for night physicians $1,0O0 a year.
 Greenwieh.-AIr. and Mrs. Lincoln Grant of SIS Park avenue, New Yofs, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lima Wellington Grant. to Edwin Howard Baker, Jr., son of E. H. Baker, of Greenwich. Mir. Baker Is a graduate of Yale, class Of '13. No date has been set for the wedding.
 Stamford. E. Hotchkiss. for the last four years supervisor of music in the Stamford public schools. and before then organist in Hartford churches, has been appointed instruc- tor of a new course created by tho Yale University School of Music. The course is for supervisor of music in public schools and will become effect i've in September.
 New Haven.-One of the events of Washington's birthday in this city will be the formal consecration of the new church building at St. Andrews F. 10. church at Shelton avenue and Ivy street. The old time mission of Newr hallvi1le. established in 1860. has now, nearly SO years later, entered upon an some new home costing nearly 25,000 entirely free from debt Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster of the Episco- pal diocese of Connecticut who will congecrate the church. as a lay reader some 45 years ago conducted services at the old mission.