Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-27
VARIOUS MATTERS

VAk1OOS MAI ENS
 Light vehicle lamps at 8 o'clock to- night.
 The punch board has reappeared in this section of the state. Another ten days will see the. end Of the summer colony season. There are in windham county many villages that do not appear in the list of post offices.
 Dr. Alfred Richards office will be clos \ed until Sept 7th.-adv. Cosy Beach Day. will be held next Wednesday, September | This decision was reached at meeting of the beach residnts.
 The New Haven staff of federal pro- hibition enforcement agents has been transferred to Boston, the Boston stan being transferred to New Haven. Silver Sands, at Milford, had large crowd on hand for its first annual gala day Wednesday. The, was baseball game and land and water sports.
 The fifth biennial report of the state civil service commission for the period from October 1, 1918 to July l, 1920, has been submitted to Governor Holconb.
 General Superintendent Eugene B. Will jams of the Hartford & New York Trans portation Company died at his home a4 Hartford, Wednesday, after a prolonged illness
 Edward S. English of Ponfret has re- turned from Columbus, Ohio, where he has been experimenting the improvement of the grounds at the executive mansion of Governor Cox.
 Norwich. EIks: Get your tickets for Willimantic night, Sept. 5.-adv.
 The railroad passenger rates today are 20 per cent. higher than Wednesdays, while freight rates have gone up 40 per cent. These new tariffs are to be in eff feet until March l, 1922.
 Special excursion on the popular steamer NeIseco II, Sunday. Aug. 29, to beautiful Shelter Island and Grecnport. Delightful sail Read ad-adv.
 Pythian lodges in Norwich, Colches- ter, New London, Willimantic and Put nam are planning to send delegations to Springfield, Labor Day, to participate in the institution of a new lodge there.
 A number of the members of the Watch Hill summer colony are planning to raise a vigirous protest against the noise of low flying aeroplanes which have. been so numerous at the Hill this sea- son.
 Fire that started about o'clock on Wednesday morning in the ice houses at Hamden formerly owned by Samuel A Flight, were destroyed to a loss of $4,- 900, according to Frank Coco, owner of the buildings.
 The prospect for good seasons work for the Noank lobstermen which two weeks ago was discoura ging looks much brighter now. The lobster which usual ly strikes in the waters of the Races has just struck on.
 According to reports in a straw ballot taken at the Berkeley Divinity school in Middletown recently, the vote stood 3S for Gov. Cox and the League of Nations and If votes for Sen. Harding and against the league.
 Extra choice Halibut. Funny fish, Had dock, Cod, Bonita, Mackerel. Founders, etc 0sgoods Wharf. Low prices, fresh est fish in city.-adv.
 Colonel C. H. Case. of Hartford, has completed the preliminary arrange ments for the annual reunion of the Tenth Connecticut Infantry to be held at Savin Rock, September g, with Col onel Case in charge.
 Among the effects to be sold at the home of the late Col J. W. Lewis in Bakersville, is an antique mahogany table on which slaves were sold in Louisiana in the days when slavery feurished in this country.
 One hundred Boy Scouts under canvas at Camp Yawgoog on Yawgoog pond, Rockville, the summer headquarters of the Greater Providence council have passed with flying colors the annual in- spection by scout officials. Finding democratic affairs at sizes and sevens because of a leaderless town committee in Hartford, Assiltant At torney General Thomas J. Spellacy has decreed that a new town chairman must succeed the present incumbent, Robert P. Butler.
 Because of several Bristol stores be- ing broken into within the past few days the attention of the Bristol police com missioners has been called to the inn portant fact that for two hours each night there is not a policeman on duty in Bristol. s About S20, 900 collected by the Spanish War Veterans in their drive in 1918 for $50 900 for Fourth of July presents for the boys in France, remains on hand in this state and in France. for distribution among the needy doughboys, who fought in the big war.
 According to an official telegram re- ceived at Deep River from Washington in reply to query sent by E. L. Praun, that town has a population of 2,525 in- stead of 1,235, as given by the census bu- reau. This is an increase of 800 during the past ten years.
 Miss Anna Pratt, daughter of Dr. Ar thur NJ. Pratt and Mrs. Pratt of Deep River, and Lieutenant Robert Lester Mcclellan of. the United States cival en- gineering corps were married Tuesday afternoon at the Congregational church, Deep River, by Rev. Harold S. Winship, the pastor.