Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-08
VARIOUS MATTERS

 this evening.
 The planet Venus will be evening star until Feb. 9th.
 Hardware dealers were almost sold out of creepers as a result of yester- days ice storm.
 The old Farmers Almanac an- nounces that there may be fall of snow this week. T.
 This week Judge Gardiner Greene of Norwich is presiding in the supe- rior court at Hartford. The City Mission is in great need of all kinds of bed clothing; the. sup ply is entirely exhausted. Up to today, ten minutes have been added to the days length, which is now g hours F6 minutes. The South Coventry Y. P. B. of the W. c. T. U. has contributed to the Y. N. c. A. fund the sum of $S.
 The subject of the foreign mission airy meeting at Broadway church Fri day is Africa Past and Present. Delivery men. millsmen and other outdoor workers found hiil-cfinfbing peri1ous and tedious stunt Monday. Fruit dealers have found it impos sible to keep bananas. which froze 1 quickly during last weeks intense cold. Dr. Emma Dunham of the Shannon I building has been called out of town hv the serious illness of her mother.- adv.
 | About the state, local branches of l the United Commercial Travellers are l lending valuable aid to the Red Cross. Farmers have had to give their stock extra care for the past ten days l to offset the effects of the severe | weather
 Orchard owners and rose growers l do not take kindly to ice storms, which are apt to have a damaging ef- ] feet on buds.
 There are five or six inches of ice l in the Mystic river. and even on the channel it is thick enough for persons l to cross safely.
 1 It was pitiful Monday morning to see the terror of timid horses com | relled to travel on icy hills when their shoes were smooth.
 Norwich relatives have received news of the serious illness in Glendale California, of Mrs. Walter Hildebrand formerly of Lebanon.
 It was noted during Mondays storm that not a bird of any kind was visible although f1ocks of crows were heard early in the morning.
 Rear Admiral Casper F. Goodrich U. s. N, retired, for years summer resident at Pomfret, was born in Phil adelphia Il years ago yesterday.
 Milder weather gives a chance fol needed ventilation of homes, public halls and assembly rooms grown stuffy during the closed days of the past week.
 The room of the Womans league ir 1 the Thayer building was in charge Monday of Mrs. Harris Eccleston, who has done much faithful work for the cause. + The meeting this week of the Pro gressive Missionary club of the Cen ] tral Baptist church is to be held a the home of Mrs A. F. Purkiss, 15t Broadway.
 ! Tn Groton, services at the Bishol Scabury Memorial church (Episcopai have been discontinued for the presen on account of lack of fuel for heating purposes.
 A number of Norwich residents ar curious to account for strange cleo trical flashes noted about 6.30 Monda, morning in the northwest sky, ant continuing over half an hour.
 The meeting of the Congregations I church of North Stonington is to b ' held today (Tuesday) at 8 o'clock. | I order to save fuel, the meeting thi tyear will be held in the parsonage. 1 The regular monthly meeting of tn Y. M. c. A. auxiliary will be held a the home of Mrs. Will L. .Stearns ( Huntington place, today, at p. n Undressing programme promised-ad-
 A redeeming feature of yesterday
 storm was. the rain which fell an which was appreciated in the suburb
 where wells are frozen over and wate for stock has had to be carried som | distance.
 Monday afternoon at the Red Crps
 room Mrs. Frederic W. Cary and Mir
 John F. Rogers, who were in charg
 received four large packages of con
 pleted work from Lebanon and fro1
 the Preston City auxiliary of the Nol | Wieh Red Cross
 The chairman of the local branch
 the Woman's League for National Sc
 vice, Mrs. John D. Hall, has been ei
 outraged by contribution of s25, all
 one of $5, for the free wool fund. The
 are numerous knitters and the net of wool is constant.
 The ice in the Thames river is eau
 ing a great deal of trouble with u
 GfDton fefTyboat. The rtldder of t
 boat becomes covered with ice and .s takes sometimes a great deal of lab before 1t can be made free enough
 respond to the steering gear.
 Cold as it has been, in 1904, Wedne
 day, Jan. 20th, there were sleighil
 parties on the. Thames river, Cut
 Sullivan, the late Charles "A. Bra,
 and the late Daniel Malone havi]
 their trotters out, while N. Emers,
 Coleman and Joseph $. Adams skat
 to MoRtville.
 GRocERs TO SELL