Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-28
VARIOUS MATTERS

r. The half CenL1 Ol lle9 IS lIe Tar @Sl SA all United States copper coins
 Light vehicle lamps at 7.5S o'clock to- night and at 757 o'clock Sunday night.
 The Ashford Bible society held it's fifty first anniversary at Westford Hill recently.
 Fresh caught scallops, received today. at Powers Bros-adv. Col. W. H. Hall of South Wilmington has announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for governor. Arrangements have been made to hold the SSth Annual Robert Morris Day outing at Ocean Beach, Tuesday, Aug. i 31.
 | number of eastern Connecticut dem ocrats went to Savin Rock, Fr ~ to | hear the address of Gov. Cox, their standard bearer.
 l Rotarians from practically every city and town in the state large enough to boast of a Rotary Club gathered in Wat erbury Thursday, to attend the annual inter-city outing of Rotary Clubs. l George J. Bailey. ST, formerly of 1 Stafford Springs where he carried on the grocery business for several years died very suddenly recently, at his home In 1 Worcester, Mass.
 | Choice flowers for funerals. also we'd | ding bouquets Hunts Greenhodseo' i Phone 113a.-adv.
 Hearty good fellowship was the key note of the gathering of the Crocodile 1 Club at Lake Compounce Thursday ar | ternoon Crocodiles were present from al parts of the state
 Sixty former privates are among the 6sO members of the new "plebe' class at West Point. comprising the largest number of appointees from the ranks of the army ever made to the academy The Minnehaha Girls Club of Glasgo will spend the week end at Otto Ander- sons Pond in that town. A farewell dinner will be a feature of the outing. after which the club will disband for present
 According to list of men who in- vested money with Charles Ponzi, Hart ford men invested S4.200 in tn epostal coupon scheme. No announcement has been made of the names of Hartford 1 investors
 Special excursion on the popular steamer Nelseco II. Sunday. Aug. 29, to beautiful Shelter Island and Greenport. Delightful sail. Read adv.-adv. The Connecticut Company will soon have to replace the overhead wires on the system between Manchester and Hart ford, Dunring the past month or two 1 there has been a lot of trouble with wires breaking.
 | The Wethersfield republican committee was increased from six to fifteen mem bers Thursday night. and was instructed to appoint one woman from each of the six districts with full power as com mI-tee emembers. 1 The 15Oth anniversary of the founding of Universalism in America by the Rev John Murray was the occasion Thursday for a pilgrimage of thousands of Uni versalists from throughout the country to Gloucester, Mass.
 With the exception of Adjt. Frank Dart of Hartford. who died during the past year, the Twenty-fifth Regiment Association. Connecticut Volunteers re- elected it's officers at the annual reunion in Hartford Thursday.
 William J. Mccarthy. Supervising prohibition director for the New Eng land district has expressed the opinion that illegal liquor traffic will be elimin- ated in this part of the country sooner than most people expect.
 You will be able to get some wonder ful values all day on clothing. shoes Ladies and Mems Furnishings. at S1-S7 Franklin St. E Nuf Said. J. E. Wechsler adv.
 A preliminary announcement of pop ulation subject to correction, gives Staff ford a population of 5.407 and the bor- ough of Stafford Springs, 3,383; a gain l for the town, over the last census, of | 174 and the borough 324.
 The town of Union is to hold an Old Home Day celebration Saturday. A Staf- 1 ford band will furnish music and the speakers will be former residents of. the town. A special service will be held at the Congregational church on Sunday afternoon at p. m.
 | Compensation CGbmmis oner Frederick | Nj. Williams of Waterbury is enjoying q vacation in Massachusetts. James J Donahue of Norwich, commissioner for the second district. heard three cases of the Scovill Mfg. Co. for Commissioner Williams on Tuesday.
 In referring to the present suffrage situation in Connecticut Attorney Gener. al Frank T. Healy said that the calling ] of the special session of the Genera 1 Assembly was inevitable in order tc
 bring the election statutes of the state
 into harmony with the amendment.
 To assure opportunities for members of the marine corps seeking appointments 1 to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, the corps has provided at the Quaintico, Va
 station for school which will coacf
 all candidates for their examinations anC
 will also carry on q correspondence
 course.
 According to an agreement the fare:
 on the interurban trolley between the
 Connecticut company and the Public
 Utilities Commission of Hartford,
 change will be made October frs
 whereby the total fare to Hartford iron
 Stafford will be 7s cents. At present i
 is 91 cents.
 Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth. pastor O
 the First Congregation church. New
 London, will deliver the principal ad
 dress at the joint celebration of the an
 niversary of the birth of Lafayette anc
 the Battle of Groton Heights to he helt
 Monday September 6, at the Monumen House in Groton.