Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-10
VARIOUS MATTERS.

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 The republicans of the town of Groton will hold a caucus in the town hall at Poquonnock Bridge today (Friday)
 Mackerel, sword, scallops, shrimps, lob sters, long clans and oysters, new ar- rival, at Powers Bros.'-adv
 From Middletown Misses Katherine and Mary Kelly have returned to the Academy of the Holy Family, Baltic.
 From Ellington, Mrs. Frank W. Bergh was taken to St. Frances hospital Tues day for an operation for appendicitis.
 A cable message to Old Lyme from John Muller has announced the safe ar rival of Mir. and Mrs, Muller at Rio Janeiro.
 Mrs. Jennie Thayer of Westerly has been brought to the Backus hospital in Norwich, suffering from complication of diseases.
 Good weather has continued so long that now the farmers are wishing for rain, pastures and gardens having be- come so dry.
 The season about Saybrook was the best ever for owners as all cottages were rented and renewals have been made for next season.
 | Notices have been sent to the local grange to the effect that the Connecticut State grange will hold several sessions for comforting the seventh degree. While the loss to tobacco from a re- cent hail storm in some sections of Con- necticut will be heavy, it will not be anyting like as serious as first supposed Fruit men from this section when ir New York found that the first shipments of upstate apples put on sale were quoted at SC per barrel, or $2 per bushe baskets, Wednesday.
 Having returned from his vacation | Rev Arthur F. Purkiss, the pastor, led the Thursday evening prayer and praise service at the Central Baptist church with the text, Be Ye Also Ready. The senior choir of St. Patrick's church is tohold a rehearsal this (Fri- day) evening. in anticipation of the re- sumption of high mass and vespers Sun. day, following the summer vacation. The annual reunion of the 22nd regi- ment Connecticut Volunteer Veteran as- sociation will be held at R. o. Tyler post hall. Middletown, Wednesday, Sep tember 29th. The Woman's Relief corps will furnish dinner.
 | Peaches are being sold as Kitemaui peaches which were not grown in thu kitemaug orchards. There will be a few Belle of Georgia peaches ripe next week and in October the Morris White peaches for canning will be ready.-adv
 Captain Anton T. McCook, has reachet the summer home of his father, Rev Dr. John J. McCook in Mantle havin, arrived in New York Monday on thu Imperator. He sailed for Europe June and lnaded in Antwerp.
 Bishop and Mrs. E. Campion Achesol have sent Norwich friends invitations t, ,l the marriage of their daughter, Margare Campion, and Philip Cree Rider, at Hol. Trinity church, Middletown, Saturday September 25 at p. m.
 The schools in Hamburg have opene with Miss Mura Warner in the Sterling City school as teacher, Mrs. Josephin Daniels in Pleasant Valley, Miss Rut Tinker in Grany Mill and Miss Grac Harding in Joshuatown.
 About fifteen persons, including an au tomobile party from Franklin visited tn D. A. R. museum on Norwich Tow Green Wednesday afternoon, when tn hostesses were Mrs. Daniel M. Leste and Mrs. Owen S, Smith.
 The executive board of the Connection : Woman Suffrage association which cor sists of about fifteen members, will al tend the democratic state convention, t be held in Music hall, New Haven nez Wednesday and Thursday. The New London police force is to b reduced October 1st, when six super numerares who have been performin pat1ol duty since the creation of tn three platoon system, April 1st, will l. relieved from further service. , The contractors will not tear up tr roadbed west of Guilford for the Shor Line electric road for the present, 2 ; men interested are negotiating to insta line to New Haven, if the terms offe a ed for the track are accepted. Archdescon J. Eldred Brown, rector :, Trinity Episcopal church, Norwich, is J go Sunday evening to Mantle, where l will present several candidates to Bishc Acheson. who is to administer the rite
 confirmation at St. Johns chapel. Florists here were encouraged Thur ' day by the news that fifteen millit :, Dutch over bulbs, including hyacinth Fl narcissi and tulips, arrived from Ro
 terdam Wednesday on the America 2 freighter Edward Luckenbach.
 Miss Bornre Ashcraft, daughter " l
 entertained friends the other day on
 motor trip to the submarine base al
 intoi the sound following which tn
 went to Bakers Cove for a picnic
 Long Island and New Jersey pot
 toes were on the market in New Lo |, don this week and the price was at new low level of s350 a 10 peck b.
 The Globe states. The potatoes now b
 ina Por
 In the superior court at Rockvi
 Wednesday one divorce case tried, Flo
 ence Esterbrooks being granted a diYor
 from Edward s. Esterbrooks on t ground of cruelty. She testified she " d married July 2, 1903, in South Cove
 try
 In spite of the inactivity of most wo, en mills, buyers from here find thu
 while prices on cheaper goods are a lit
 better than 20 per cent. less than Ia
 year on the finer worsteds the decline
 negligible, amounting to mere ?
 cent.
 District teachers in Holland includ
 Cedar Swamp school, Miss Grace
 Bennett of New Haven; Grants H
 school. Miss Mildred Mirtle of Tollan
 seventh and ninth, Miss Margaret Bar
 lett of Holland; River school Miss Rul
 Bowler of Holland.
 Rockville is to. be represented at t
 national convention of Spanish war ve T erans in St. Louis next week. Jam
 W. Milne Camp No. 14 will be represer
 ed by Martin Laubscher, past state COT }, mander, John J. Connors, William
 Stergel and John E. Gautrey. l. The United States civil service co, mission announces an examination f
 teachers male and female, age 20 to
 for vacancies in the Indian service ,. s76o a year, plus increase granted
 congress of $2o month. Furnish
 quarters are allowed appointees free
 cost.