Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-08
VARIOUS MATTERS

side pasture path Thursday. A peach tree in the grounds at the Thamesville store is in full bloom. Heat in the Norwich trolley cars was appreciated by patrons during Thursday s raw air. [ The little plant which tte children call Indian tobacco is making many of the fields white.
 East Central Pomona grange, of which Bolton grange is member. Is to meet with Vernon grange April 20. l Connecticut florists are in Boston for the flower show held there this week by the Massachusetts Agricultural society. Work is being pushed on the new Nor wich and Westerly state road. Many vorkmen have arrived and large force i is employed.
 | Norwich merchants are keeping up the sale of the China life saving stamps three cents each, and three cents saves 1 a life for day.
 | It is rumored that the cars on the Shore Line electric road will be put in operation between New Haven and Say brook by June 1st.
 The sudden drop of the mercury Thurs day, nearly to the freezing point, seemed | to indicate that the coalrnen might have post-season hurry calls. | On recommendation of the Rockville fire committee, of which Kerwin Little is 1 chairman, the common council has ac- cepted the chime whistle recently in- stalled.
 | Mrs C. H. Moss and her sister, Miss | s. s. Lane, who have been in Florida this 1 winter. have returned to Old Lyme and are at Boxwood until their summer places are put in order.
 At Woodstock Hamilton Holt has sold his summer home to Miss Gosman of New Jersey. MT. Holt has bought the George A. Powen home, which he will occupy after making alterations. The annual encampment of the Con- necticut G. A. R. will be held in Hartford April fl and 15. It is 27 years since the department held an annual encampment in Hartford, the last time being Feb. 15, 1894
 Mrs. D. B. Merrill of Ashford has re- ceived a letter from her son. Herbert s. Merrill. mailed in Santos, Brazil. a month ago, saying that the temperature was PA above zero. Mir. Merrill is a wireless op- orator.
 In a visit to Worcester the other day J, B. Caron of Norwich made call on David Hale Tanning, whom he found busy at his desk in the big plant of the Royal Worcester Corset company, of which he : is president.
 I Choice fresh caught bull. heads. req iblue smelts, Noank steak. founder steak and flatfsh. Holsters scallops large Ions clans, steaming clans, little necks ant oysters, all first quality stock, at Power: i, Bros.-adv.
 Competition in crude drug sales is vers keen, Norwich retailers learn from thei1 trade publications, resulting in some in. stances, in low prices for American prod ucts, although imported material con tinues scarce and high
 A total eclipse of the moon is sched uled. for April 21-22, visible throughou North and South America. The moor enters the penumbra April q, 11.57 p. m. moon enters shadow April 22 1O3 a, m. total eclipse ends 3.05 a. m
 All fire wardens have been notified by the state authorities that the laws regard ing the lighting of fires without epermit are to be strictly enforced because of tn ! dryness of the season. The closed sea son" for fires will last until the 18th o
 June.
 Relatives and family friends assiste,
 at a requiem high mass sung in St Pat
 ricks church Thursday at o'clock b Rev. Daniel F. Sullivan for the repose 0
 the soul of Mrs. Cassidy, wife of Dr. Pat
 rick Cassidy, on the seventh anniversar
 of her death
 Colored residents of Norwich do not fa vc = the visits for house to house canvassin Of strange women representatives of tn eu Saints of God and Church of Christ l claiming that any donations Norwich pee st pie have to give are needed by the tw ed colored churches here. u Owing 10 a shortage of judges on tn
 superior court bench, it has been nece; = sary to call off the criminal session of tt
 Holland county superior court which WE v to come in April F to hear the IT case . which are to be presented by State AttoI
 ney Thomas F. Noone, Dealers here have been notified that tf ~; National Wholesale Floor Covering ass, al citation has gone on record as favorir to May and November openings. The man, ts featuring and selling interests are sa
 to be looking with more favor upon the!
 uniform opening dates.
 Arbutus hunters in the state are not : :. successful as usual this year. It is n k known whether this is, because they ha- V been too successful in past years or b cause the roots have not been sufficient
 protected through the winter or becau
 this is just an off year.
 A new list of graduates of Norvi,
 Free Academy is being printed, coveril "a the years 1S5s-192o. The list was pr | pared by Frederick H. Cranston of Il Academy faculty, who has asked alum
 to notify him of changes or errors in |
 last catalogue, issued 1915-1s1e.
 The United States civil service commi 4 sion announces for April 20 an examin
 ton for file clerk, male and female. f
 vacancies in the public health servi,
 New York. at $500 and s120o per annu
 Appointees may be allowed the tempora
 increase granted by congress of s2o [
 month.
 An unusual engineering feat has i,
 been accomplished in substituting elect A power for steam power for the operat ii " of the draw in the state highway brid
 over the Thames river. The work beg
 about four weeks ago and has been c;
 rfe don without interruption to river
 road trafic.
 A protest hearing on the propos
 closing of Ellington railroad station W r held Tuesday morning in the town h IL. there, when officials of the N. Y. N.
 H. R. R. were present. There was
 large attendance of tobacco growers a
 prominent farmers and others. No
 cision was announced.
 Anew war savings society has he