Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-01
1lakGs1lletiaa .
Norwich. Friday, Feb. i, 1918.
VARIOUS MATTERS
It is daybreak now at 5.17.

The price of gas in New London is to advance March 1:
 The best moonlight nights in Feb- ruary are from the 23rd to the 27th
 Men have walked from Fishers Is- land to the mainland this week on the ice.
 Business men from Norwich who are in Chicago, write home that the snow in feet deep in that city. | Over 100 milk dealers in Norwich have taken out their licenses for 1918, from Milk Inspector A. c. Freeman, M. D.
 | At Somers, Harry Dunham, who is | employed on the farm of H. A. Root, chopped off two toes whide at work in the woods.
 A memorial service will be held Sunday, Feb. IT, at the Road church, | Stonington, for Rev. J. O. Barrows of | Norwich Town.
 Tomorrow is Candlemas Day. when | the ground hog is expected to come out and determine the weather for the | remainder of the winter. l The planet Venus continues Evening l Star until February g; then Morning Star til November 23; then Evening 1 Star for the rest of the year. | The temperature keeps well below l the freezing point even in the day. time, although snow in the streets thawed some during Thursday after | noon.
 At the funeral of of Dr. Patrick J. Cassidy Thursday morning, the staff of. the Norwich State Hospital for the Insane was represented by Dr. J. H. l Allen.
 At the home of Superintendent l Washington Holt, East Great Plain, 1 there is four foot of frost as a water | pipe that distance in the ground is l frozen.
 1 In Maplewood cemetery no burials have been made for month, the frost II in the ground being over 30 inches At present there are thirteen bodies in the receiving vault.
 The president of the Norwich Free Academy trustees, Francis J. Leavehs. has received the final transfer of stocks, etc. bequeathed the Academy by Henry E. Bowers of Boston.
 Hanover Sunday evening to attend the services at the formal dedication oi the new parish house of the Congre- gational church.
 State examinations for highway in- spectors are to be neld February 23 by the civil service commission. Tests for bookkeepers and clerks will be given early in March.
 Sergeant Arthur Gibbons is to speak in Rockville next Sunday aft ernoon under the auspices of the Yer non war bureau at a meeting to be held in the Palace theatre.
 This afternoon the twelve Camr Fire Girls of Broadway church are te meet with their guardian, Mrs. A. c Freeman, of Mckinley avenue, and en. joy their monthly supper.
 taking an average number of pictures week, so far there has been nothins like a rush to the studios. Farmers and gardeners who are re ceiving seed catalogues from tn
 dealers find that prices are highe
 than a year ago and are being advis ed to order early before the rush sea
 son. Two ambulances for the America Red Cross that were provided b. funds raised in New London are noy in active service, each bearing plat
 with an inscription that shows tn
 source of the gift.
 February when the 18th annivers ary of Ruth Hart chapter, D. A. R., \ celebrated at Meriden, one of tn speakers will be Mrs. George Maynar ' Minor, of Waterford, vice presiden general of Connecticut. T A number of Connecticut banks re
 port that among purchasers of tn twenty five cent thrift stamps ar
 bond holders who are using their cou
 pons for the purchase of stamps in
 stead of cashing the coupons.
 Rev Reinhard Bardeck, 50, pastor (
 St. Cecilia's church. Waterbury, die
 in his home in New Britain Wednes
 day, after several months illness. Fe
 three years he was assistant pastor {
 St. Bernard's church, Rockville | Commissioner of Domestic Anima James M. Whittlesey noted Wednes
 day the great drop in the raising
 sheep in the state since 1S45. A cer
 sus taken in 1S45 in the state, gave
 total of 2S9.574 sheep. In 1915 the1 - were 18.000 sheep in Connecticut.
 Noank young people are skatir -- from tho village to Mason's Islan
 The river is frozen solid from u shipyard to Mystic. An effort ws
 made Sunday to break the ice ne;
 the shipyard with the tug Hem .. Lord, but the boat was not powerf \ enough and made no impression ( y the ice.
 Fuel Commissioner T. W Russe - said at Hartford, Tuesday: "As to u s Shore Line Electric Railway Compa1 T 1t is doubtful if it can operate tro
 ley cars for more than AS hours mor
 unless we are successful in our effor
 to divert coal to it's power houses "A Hallville, Saybrook, Mystic al " Thamesville."
 About twelve members of the L. - dies auxiliary, Div. "A, A. 0. H., worl
 ed for the Red Cross Wednesday eve
 iTg at the home of Mrs. John J. Fe
 ton, Fountain street. It is hoped
 have a larger number of workers ne