Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10
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VARIOUS MATTERS

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 Light vehicle lamps at s.2s o'clock this evening.
 Extra choice fresh fish today 1oc ID. Osgood wharf.-ady.
 Many of the Holland county farmers began cutting tobacco this week.
 The Forty Hours Devotion begins Sunday in St. Johns church. Mont vile.
 Pastures, lawns and gardens fresh ened up like magic, after Fridays heavy showers.
 Preliminary reports of registration at Yale for the freshmen class show more than 800 have enrolled.
 The planet Jupiter may be found near Venus in Gemini in the western morning sky, rising about 3 a. m.
 From s& degrees at S.o;clock Thurs day evening, ethe mercury had fallen to 76 degrees at the same hour Fri day.
 Guests at the Putnam house in II. J. H. Holbrook and daughter. of Win sted.
 A bungalow is being built at Gard ner Lake for Dr. H. M. Pollock of Brookline, Mass. formerly of Nor wich
 Yesterday afternoons tempest GOV cred the ground in orchards with windfalls of green pears. apples akd quinces.
 A recent. gift to Peck Library, Slater Memorial, is What Geologist Can Do in War" by R. A. F. Pen rose, Jr.
 At Union. Nelson Horton had a heavy yield from a field of rye, John Jubon of Westford threshed about 90 bushel for him.
 In number of suburban places the elms are being ruined by beetles, some of the trees being nearly strip ped of their leaves.
 The annual outing of the members of the Barnes family will be held at Round Top pavilion, Lake Compounce, Thursday, Aug. 15.
 Connecticut dealers are in New York this week attending the Wall Paper convention and studying the new effects in panelling.
 The pledge cards for canning in Tol- land have nearly all been handed in. The quota was 7650 cans and the | pledges amounted to 5000 cans. The annual tri-county w. c. T. U. | field day is to be held at Willimantic Camp Ground. Saturday, Aug. IT. | There is to be a, gold medal contest
 At Block Island sgingham dance at which all the girls wore gingham | frocks was given at the Ocean View last week for the benefit of the sol 1 dier's smokes fund.
 The new schedule of the Norwich and Westerly Traction Go, twill go in- l to effect today (Saturday), and hal hour cars will run between Westerly and Groton during the afternoon.
 Of a former Norwich resident 6 ] Flainville correspondent writes thai Principal orrin L. Judd. ofsthe Plain vile grammar schools, has left for 3 trip up the Hudson and on Lake George.
 A Farm. Bureau field day will bt held at Rockville Wednesday,, Aug 14. There will be an automobile triI designed to show the different line of work in which the Farm Bureal is interested.
 In charge of the student nurse en l rsr11 are Miss Theresa Sullivan, Plainfield Mrs. Stewart Ellsworth, Central Vii iage, Miss Yvonne Lafreniere, Moosul land Miss Helen Atwood. Wauregan
 The $3O per month which the Con necticut w. c. T. U. is sending to tn White Ribbon House at Camp Dev ems, Aver. Mass, is greatly appre ciated, according to a report in tn summer issue of the White Ribbo Banner.
 A Brooklyn, Conn, item reads: Re1 A. E. Falmouth has been spendin most of his week time during the hay ing season at his farm in Ledyart Mrs. Kinmouth has been there fo several weeks both weekdays an Sundays.
 Word has been received from Pri vate J. Henry shannon of Norwicl that he is at Tours, France, and j moving toward the front He is
 member of a sanitary train and ha been stationed at two different camp
 overseas since his departure fro1 this country.
 One hundred and ninety-four Sis ters of Mercy, including nuns frol Norwich, are taking part in the spil . itual retreat which was begun Tues day evening at Mt. St Joseph's sem , nary, Hamilton Heights, Hartford, tt preacher being Rev. Thomas F. Ora r ham, s. J. of St. Peters college, Jel sey City.
 Secretary Daniels recently con mended three members of the ere
 of the U. s. s. Dodger II. for heroisl
 in saving the lives of 23 men of u - Spanish steamer Serantes, destroye by fire July 13. John King Gallehe Q chief beatswains mate, commende in the son of John H. Galleher Brooklyn. N Y. formerly of Norwic
 Complaint is made that gray squi T rels in the Broad street section a, E causing great destruction to pear q and apples. They bite into the fru T and eat the seeds. then drop the re S of the fruit on the ground. The ow1 2 CTS find they cannot do anything, E an act passed in 1909 by the gener A assembly prohibits the killing of ST; q SnIIirTn1S