Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

, Another carload of 10000 pounds O
 sugar has been received by a Norwicl
 wholesale firm.
 Big cargo of fresh fish at osgood' Wharf today and Friday-adv
 The town of Union schools will oper
 September 10 and teachers meetin,
 will be held Sept. g at D. m.
 Farmers hereabouts. who have hop
 ed for big potato crops claim that tn,
 rain is doing damage which may GU
 the yield in two.
 The New York schools opened fol
 registry Wednesday, meaning the de
 parture of many families from coun.
 try and shore places.
 The famous Connecticut EIberts
 peaches will soon be on the market
 The crop is reported to be both large l and of excellent quality.
 It was voted at the Coventry schoo
 board meeting to open Pond Hill l school. The teacher will be Miss Vir-
 ginia Foster from Maine
 The White Kitemaug canning
 peaches are in the market this week ] only.-adv.
 tlf1ed that muskrat skins are very i scarce, so that those offered this fall will command a high price i Plans have been completed for a : joint celebrati tion of Lafayette Day and i the Battle of Groton Heights at Gro ] ton, September 6th. Saturday. 1 Thomas Larkin of Rockville an | nounces the enga agement of his daugh- | ter. Miss Gertrude Margaret Larkin.
 to Thomas Kennedy Cross of Hart ford.
 Rev. Alexander H. Abbott, pastor of I the United Congrega tional church, will arrive in Norwich today (Thurs day) and will conduct the mid-week service this evening.
 Miss Maud s. Chapin of South Man ant to Secretary Charles P. Kellogg in the office of the state board of charities q [ the capitol.
 The Manchester Herald observes "Willimantic seems to be the storm center of careless motorists. It is a rare day when the little city doesn't report a motor accident"
 The Peckham Memorial meeting at T. NJ Peabody's, Sunday, Sept. ' Rev. George La Lash and wife speakers, at 1o.3O a. m. and 2.3o p. m.-adv.
 Harvey Brown. farmer in the vii cinity Of New London for the greater part of his life died a the Lawrence Memorial hospital Tuesday He is survived by several relatives.
 The members of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the New Lon don Methodist church will be enter at a basket lunch a her home at Best View.
 A divorce case down for a hearing at Newport, R T.. next month is that of Mrs. Julia French Geraghty against John E. Geraghty. The run Village a few years ago.
 The planet Mercury was a morning star on September 1st. and on that date reached it's greatest elongation It will be visible for probably two weeks if the horizon is clear.
 St Patriek's parish school opened Wednesday with a good attendance. This year there are three new teach CTS. Sister M; Mercedes, seventh grade. Sister Oswald. fourth grade. and Sister Nolasco. first grade.
 At the Broadway Fish Market this week, oysters. soft shell crabs, shrimps. long and round clans, good variety of fresh fish. the best. 40 Broadway.-adv.
 Rev William W. Rose, pastor of the Universalist church i1i Brid geport and who is known by many Norwich Universalists. has resigned his pastor ] ate to become pastor of the First | Cniversalist church. Rochester. N. Y. |
 The first annual reunion of the de- ] scendants of the Ostergren family wa $ | a great success Monday afternoon at David Ostergren's home. Portland 1 Next year the reunion will be held at | the home of John Larson in Crom- well.
 The Homestead. an attractive resi- dence at Plea sure Beach, was sold by 1 the owner. William Otis of New York to Mrs. Middleton of Washington re- gently. For some time the house has been occupied by William Metcalfe, | New York artist.
 The September White Ribbon Ban ner has a tribute to Mrs. Susan K Luce of Mantle. who died July 1Sth after an illness of over two years. For years she had been very active in temperance work. She was Miss Durfey, of Greeneville.
 Pleasant View cottagers. MT. and Mrs. Charles O. Treat of Manchester. have announced the coming marriage of their daughter. Charlotte Gertrude and Arthur H. Keeney of Washington. D. C.. to take place September 18th at o'clock at their home.
 Visitors to Slater Memorial will be to know that Frank J. 1 Leavens. president of Norwich Free Academy trustees. is preparing brief sketches of the 25 men whose DOT -raits hang on the walls of the Me noria1, for a handy leahet. A transa ction that will involve about 5000, 900 was closed Tuesday in New ork- Alfred E. Marling and Waiter C- Moves of New York and Lyme. as company, sold to syndicate of builders a plot of 65S lots in the Bronx.
 The court ordered the sheriff at Rockville Tuesday to summon a grand ury to hear the evidence against Mi ,hael Markovich. to be charged with irst degree murder by States Attor- 1ey Thomas F. Noone for killing Louis Wells. This jury will appear Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
 There is no shortage of labor in the tate highway department it was aid at the office of Commissioner Charles J. Bennett Tuesday. All the aborers needed by the department Iuests are received for work The nen average 50 cents an hour.