Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 4, 1910, Page 8

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‘;? l-‘ Get Water. clerk of the house of Fepresentatives, hu built a cottage hfl- his absence work- to rl\/o a well for wa- on a recent visit hll l'm down 200 feet water. When he in- he found that the casing been sumk in the well had on & rock and had come up into A( the time that he found in the best room he drill was werk- —Cwiumbus Despatch. . Perents Still Growing Old. Pexl Merten, the president of the Equimble Life, wes speaking to a gathering of insurance men on the humor of application blanks. out a ®lank recently a put atier the ‘age of his raaa [s] _:lm%n(. 120 years, and after ‘age of mother, if living,’ 119 years. The t was a little surprised and I‘I:‘ ion of his own. -haever m«- the applicant S hed !t “ bai fathar amd mother yeare before, but ‘M living,” would Be at the ages given.'—Judge. Two Tablets and Stomach Misery Gone The Lae & Osgood Ce. pells and guar- antees the best prescripgjon the world has ever known fer djstlirbed and up- set \ gas, belching, heaviness, h acid stemach amd bilious- n *.ll called Mi-O-NA (remember the name) and it banishes distress from over eating-or fermentation of food in n? minutes. t ip guaranteed by The Lee & Os- good Ce, to oure indigestion, sick head- a nervousness and dizziness, or money No mewter how long you have suffer- ed you will ind a certain cure in MI- O-NA stomach tablets. “About six weeks axo I purchased a box of MI-O-NA taplets for an aggra- vated fofm ef stowdmch trouble. 1 had besn iroulled for four or flve years, liad tried different phystclans and a xreat mln}r patent remedies, hut of no ke, u;fll used Mi-O-NA. They en- tirély rsldeved me trem pain, and I can kind of fbed and | ish, West Carthage, 1HOW @it most an --mh 1t"—aA. J. m -O-MN& stemach tablets are only | gents a large box at The Lee & Os- goetd Co. and druggisis everywhere, | et a toisd treatment freq by writing Booth’'s MWi-o-na, Buffalo, N, Y ’ A Generous and Charitable Wish. | “I wish all myight knaw of the hen- efit 7 received “from Foley's Kidney Remedy” savs 1. N. Reguin, Farmer, Meo. His kidneys and bladder gave htn s0 much pain, misery and anney- afice he could not work, ner sleep. He says Foley's Kidneyv Remedy complete- 1y oured him. T.ec & Osgood Co. | STORE CLOSED | tun | down GAS AND ELECTRIC REPURT Annual -Statement From Commissioners Shows Net “Profit of $26,690.19—Cost of Arc Lights 566.50 and Incandescents $9.72 Each. ‘Phe annual report of the board of gas and electric commissioners was submitted to the court of common council ‘on Meonday evening and - proved, as stated elsewhere. Tha/re port is for the year ending July 31, 1910, and is as follows: Profit and Depreciation. The net profit for the year as shown by the. schedules was $26,690.19 after ch: ng off $14,461.79 for depreciation of zhe plant (which sum is 5 per cent. 94 the ciiy’s investment on July 31, 1910). It thus appears that the income for the past year exceeded the cost of manufacture and distribution by $41,- 151.93. List of Salaried Officers. On April 4 the court of common council appointed Arthur E. Story to succeed Gilbert S. Raymend as com- missioner for a period of three years. There are two salaried officers: W, F. Bogue, superintendent, at a salary of $2,500, and Archa W. Coit, clerk and cashier, $1,200. City Lighting. The number of arc lights now in use by the city is 237, and the number of incandescent light! iz 300. These lights have burned all night and every night during the year. The statute provides that the gas and electricity used by the city shall be charged to it at cost, and the actual cost of the gas and electricity furnish- ed the city for lighiing streets and public buildings, including care of tamps, during the year covered by this repert, was $19,331.:61, which is much lower than last vear. The cost of lighting the public build- ings was $812.63, leaving the cest of lighting the streets $18,518.93. Of t! amount $15,634.17 was for arc lights and care of same, and '$2,884.81 for in- candescent lights and care. The actual cost to the city therefc for each arc light was $66.50 fer the ar and $9.72 for each incandescent light. Repairs and Extensions. The gas main through Laurel Hill avenue has been replaced with larger pipe and y¥he services threugh that vi- | cinity has bean greatly Improved. Three of the coal gas benches at the works, which have been in constant operation since Nov. 25, 1906, have been replaced by new ones at a cost of $1,- 636. The n2w electric power line te the J. B. Martin company plant has been completed at a cost of $5,599.08. % Remarks. Our average day or vower load xceeds the averare night or ligh foad and is such that neither the Un- cas Power company nor our station can carry it with one machin>. This makes it necessary for us to run the apacity from our station when TUncas Power company is shut for lack of water. Our station the ®hole ¢ part of the cent. of the whole year, 1g our custom a continu- A our reasing and the has carried load i 26 ner a much larger one. - th That matter | i= now reecziving the careful attention of the commissioners. A | income frem Gas and Electricity. on account ¢t | The income from the gas sales on { was $48.909.16, to which are | a few other ging the HOLIDAY. (OPEN TOMORROW) e Wanhattan 121-125 Main Sireet The Leading Store in Eastern Connecticut Devoted Exclusively to Men's, Wemen’s and Chil- drer’s Wearing Apparel. Original in set Orfental pear! Crescent Hoeart shaped Exceedingiy « Satisfactary shaped ell made in every way The Plaui- Cafldcn Co., Jewaslers and Silversmith. Established 1372. PLAUT - CADDEN BUILDING Paint We are closing out cur entire stock of the Heath & Milligafi Pai you” to get busy. +otal BELOW COST. The QUALITY is HIGH, If you intend to paint this Fall, and waat te save money, it’s CHAS. 05G00D & CO.,, 45and 47 Commerce Street, 'I he cost of manufa and the dis summary cost, Piles Quickly Gured At Home| Instant Relief, Permanent Cure--Trial Package Mailed Free to All in Piain Wrapper. | Many cases of Piles have been cured { by a nackage of Pyramid Pile { Cure without further trzatment. When i | it proves its value to zet more Right in price | from vour drugsgist at 50 cents a hox and he sure you get w k for. E fill out free cou ana it -, Save yo a ihe surgeon’s knife and its torture, the doc- d ¥ 1 FREE PRCKAGE CIUPON tor PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY, 268 Pyramid Bldg.. Marshall. Mich. Kindiy send me a samule of Py id Pile Cure, once by m FREE, in plain wrapper. LT e S e e A Sale nts The PRICE is LO%W “up to Norwich, Conn. | | | ner | biey {to pr - profit and loss on coke, stoves, and itore rooms, $191.56; not profit, $1, 7. The electricity ~summary follows: Total sales, $89,421.07; total cost, $69,- 640.12; profit, $19,780.95; bills and store room, $131.77 rofit $19,912.72. Total electricity fit '$19,912.72; 10- tal gas profit, $6, 7; total proiit, $26.690.19. During the year additions to the gas plant have been made at a ci of 4.53. and to the electric plant of 55, being for new lines, services, meters and transformers. The line to the J. B. Martin mill cost $5,599.08. There were 45.480.800 cubic feet gas made during the year, of which there were 39.797,000 feet sold. There ¥ere 5,721.000 cubic feet unaccounted for or 12 1-2 per cent. There were 8,274,993 pounds of coal rboniz2d dur- ing the year, costing $4.43 a long ton. There were 1,924.684 pounds of steam coal used at a cost per long ton of $3.94, and 3,115,257 npounds of coke used dt the eIPCU’IL‘ plant at a cost of $3 a ton. There kilowatts of nt out during the yeary of 20 kilowatts were sold and 58 are unaccounted for or 21 per *h_includes current used at The cost per kilowatt was 7 and the average price received er kilowatt was §$.05292. The indebtedness of hC city a ized and existing on account plant is $302,000, the interest on which amounts to $12, Depreciations and. Profits. Tha total amount of the depreciation and profits deposited, according to the accounts of the city treasurer is §$38.- 634.19 after the sum of $37.463.50 was withdrawn in April to pay two notes and interest. There has also»been paid to the treasurer bv the depart- meant in addition to the above deprec tion and profits amounting to _$49.817. 28, The $6.000 taken from the depre- ciation fund in February was not used by the department and remains in the hands of ‘the - treasurer. The total cash received by the ¢ treasurer on account of the plant v $902,798.04 and there was paid out for interest and all other claims $813,911.50. leaving of cash received more ti paid out of $88.886.14. With ihe exception of 1808 the vear’s profit of the plant has been the larg ever this past year. It is $7,000 more than last year. In 1908 the yearly profit was The comm are John Mec- A. Tracy and Arthur WICKS IN MARATHON. State Hosoital Runner Will Do the Long Grind at Brockton Fair. William 11 \‘ who holds the running record of 1 hour 23 niinutes 8 seconds over the 13 miles from New . WILLIAM H. WICKS. London to Norwich, is the Boston to Brockton -Marathon on October 7. which is run in connection the Brockton fair. This run competition for over the Marathon g in training he an entry for v Wicks 1as often stepped ‘o long grind, hich o8 just ahout 4 the New London fo Norwich The well known. Nerwich has been in training for some time and expects to enter the race jn top form. The last two miles will be on the Brockton fair grounds track. The start with will be at noon from Roston, ()Ff red for the first 1x\f me to the next fifteen. Some of the most nrom‘uwnt runners ir Le count i i the 1ace. ‘Dlumun'les will .urompin\ the run- d each runner may have two s to <o with him,.which he has ovide himself. proportion to the number Births, in of married. are about 7 per cent. higher in Scotntry “ns. districts than large Board of Norw Conn. Water rates for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1810, are duc and navable oy the office Oct. 1, 1810. Office m. to 12, and 1 to 6 the evening of Oct. 20 from Sept. 30, 1810, from 8 a. and 7 to 9. Additions will be made th all_ bills remaining unovaid after Oct. 3 GILBERT S. RA octld Store Closed !Tuesday and Wednesday on {acceunt of holiday. Store {open Wednesday at 6 p. m. White Star Clothing Co., 153 MAIN STREET. - of | stance, although | | ming =y \ a Package (Never sold in bulk) Revelation in soda cracker quality. You realize this the moment you open the royal purple package and find soda crackers so tempt- ing and good that they cannot be resisted, NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Revolution in baking methods which gave the world Unecda Biscuit also resulted in a Uneeda Biscuit DAHLEN'S PERSEVERANCE Won for Brooklyn Manager—Eddie Collins Another Example of Over- coming Rebuffs. When Bill Dahlen, k | ager, was a kid, he to Jim Hart president of the C y Nationals, | begging for a job. One day he of- fered to work for 360 a month and transportation. Either the low price or his persistence appealed and Ha gave him a chance. You know the rest. 1 Similar was the experience of BEddiz Collin: the the Philadelphia Athletics. hlen, he met 1 buffs,_but fina 1ded. Collins hails from Tarrytow and caught | the profes hile pla}in"’ short for C olum‘;va u One day be beggzed for a job, but the ity. | ke Griffith hen Yankee mana- ger growled l\th he “wasn’t running a kindergarten Next Coliins went to McGraw, and his rebuff just | as stern. Meantime, some one tipped of Connie Mack. and. having a weak- | ness for s, the Sphinx gave | Collins a Under the name of | “Sullivar :ause he was dent, Collins playved one work wasn't brilliant, but he greatest plaver. a friend had picked up The next spring Cell#is was shifted | from the outfield to the inner line | of defense. He alternaged between | short and second until he displayed his | ereat ahili at the latter post 1] Donnv Muornhy went to the outfi This is the voungster's second ¥ a race fc ting Lofior nd base *running iie Iy scored irom secon in 1d out, and a | tript from first to inird no novelty. One da: he made them g: second when ¢ rumning cate Off the d like an sional ball p come 3 winter did some adelphia panver. craze, but nc n a bunt was vashington 3 ng from 1der made a hard Colling looks more than a profe: He aspires to b writer, and work for a Pl He has the ga virulent for is confined to swned by his fiancee a game when the 12ond undergraduate in taught 1 and dumb langauge, “talks” impudentiy posing players with tection. the Ittle in M'FARLAND IS SHORT OF KNOCKOUT PUNCH Favorite a Great Boxe: Stagger Hyland. Stockyards’ but Couldn’t { McFarland could hit like Hy nce. he would be almost He landed nunch after pu with the 1 d then with , on Hriand's . but at no time i This lack of t ways been Pa whe saw his clevernes night quickly realized why Freddie Weish a T.ondon As Welshi is a tapper was also easy to see why champion and McFarland might have kept on boxing for an unlimited num- ber of rounds. It was also plain why Ad Wolgast would not meet McFa land unless the “latter scaled 1 pounds three hours before ring time for if McFarland had been allowe to weigh 135 at 2 o'clock. as he tried to jnsist upon, he would probabl: have outpointed Wolgast with ease i1 a ten-round bout, especially in view of the fact that the conqueror of Bat tling Neison is no harder hitter tha: McFarland or Welsh. o The Fussy Man. Every one knows one or more those conscientious egotists who can not rid themselves of the idea tha! no ‘one can’' be trusted to carry ou the simplest details of routine wor? without their personal supervision. It was one of these men Who sailes for America, leaving in his brother care a parrot, of which he was v fond. All the way across the Atlar he worried about the bird and no soon er had he landed at New York tha he sent over this telegram to his brother: “Be sure and feed parrot.” And the brother cabled “Have fed him, but he again. \\'hul ~lm‘1 ] do next? hungry 1t Quiet. home in ver being an Keepmg Small Caroline’s tely located shborhood, and, hild, she had drawn conclusions er an unusnally naughty prank inother sent 1m upstairs (o contess h \ln! in pr “Did you tell God al was asked on coming 1 about down again. Carol shook her hend decidedly “Deed I didn't!” she declared. “Whi it would have been all over heaven ir no time.” —l{urr-or's Magazine. & Cuba leads pe as an exparter of man ufactured tohacca 5 | success of the Whalers last season from i to enter tha league next season, and the PLANT WILL BUY NEW LONDON FRANCH|SE. Trolley League Prospects Brighten for Next Year. pects for next necticut baseball the Trolley league, T sociation, known as ve brightened up consideral following a pleasant meet- | ing that \Yonrm I*. Plant, one of the | best known public spirited citizens of | the state, had with Manager George J. Fisher of the Middletown team. It is | understood that Mr. chase the New London franchise for! next season, and judging by the poor a_ financial viewpoint, Charley Hum- phrey will be more than giad to turn his interest over to Mr. lant. It is learned that several towns would like probabilities are that there will hr either a six team or eight circu is very much interested jion and New London is s of rattling good ball if of th2 game there. Mr. % Plant talked ov plans for the future, but nothing wa en out for publi- cation. EVERS | BREAKS ANKLE. Hard Luck for Cubs on Eve of World's Championship Battle. Sliding into the plate the fifth in- ning of a game at Cincinnati on Sat- day, John Evers of the Chicagos in- ured his ankle so seyerely that he will probably not be a Ze to take part in the world’s championship series. After a hasty examination, a surgeon hroken. nemher i 1ounced the The fracture o in one of the small bones of Eve right. ankle, it was announced, It was said it will be impossible for him to use the foot again for two months His Job, You have been with your firm a i said a man to his old h countenance. ion 2% n employe.” . but what do you do?' “Well. T am a doer and the others are tellers. s like this: When the ;uvnor wants something done he tells i ier, and the cashier tells the and the hookkeepef teils hookkee wnd the <eener tells the chief clerk £ tells me.” aven't anyvbody to te]l, so —Ladies” Home Jour- 1A Eobbves Prayer. every congressman has Rat every child sentence expre insisted that pra A paby brother in the home, and an e made to imuress Bobbie with or a dog that rould run around ollow me and bark and do ing—not a red »aby that sq ~Nationa] Magu- zine Hard to Explain Away. Champ Clark, djscussing the solitical scandal, said: “Some of the testimony was ery bad—in fact, unanswerable. You ouldn't get around it. It was like remark of the new varlor maid s girl ‘was a greenhorn. She idn't know the pretty daughter Was ngaged to be married, aud when the pretty daughter's intended called aft- a week’s absence from town this is what the parlor maid said to him: fiss Minnje you're wantin’? Well, 't know whether she’s in or not. youre the young gentleman here last night till half-past 2 and got caught huggin’ and kissin® in the parlor, ‘why, she ain't in to ‘no more and mnever will be’'— hington qtar bhad, ppis Which? ‘After searching the records of the | on, we fai where a_bas ded,” say ‘\“negle hero commi ind a single instanc all umpire h been re fie Youngstown Telegranr: | as I umpires receive their re- ards in another world, mayhap. shington Herald. Needs No Increase. 1t hardly looks as the the Cen ral Rai d 8f New Jersey ueeds Lo Crease . its rates. During the fi veur recently clusad it carnea 33, ent. on its capital: the year 5.54. and in 1908 1757, in additi ch it hi ) nearly a mi d a quarte notes. And Tlv-y tical conierences if they Generallv Go. ara Plant would pnp, Wednesday. friend, with a | he should feel in having a who perhaps was yonse to his petitions. ned Bobby, in supreme | latest | ! 10909930020020004000004800550000¢33290000 900080000000 § | | { NOTICE «on ot e con-| O @account of the hol- 1iday our store will be iclosed Tuesday and Open again at 4 p. m. Wed- - 'nesday, Oct. 5, 1910. SCHWARTZ BROS. oct3d eeessscasecssreccessssoe EXTRA TIME It pays to put in extra time if you are valuable to your employer. The Nerwich Business College prepares young men and ‘'women to become indis- peasable in the business world. Correci business meth- cds, together with type- writing, shorthand and all commercial usages, are thoroughly taught by our competent in- structors. W. E. CANFIELD, Principal 200090899300560299900260200000 80340 138005069890000 69009708989 WOOD MANTELS j and FIRE PLACE FIXTURES, WIRE SPARK GUARDS, BRASS FIRE SETS, ANDIRONS, ETC. it ((RED C. CROWELL'S. 87 Water St. Store open Saturday Kvenilegs until ct3daw “Love Me Love My Dog” Certainly ! Who could resist the flash of smiling teeth or take chances against the bull-dog's strong fangs? PERFECT TEETH are strong—white—regular. Some grow that way. Most need BUILDING Brittie teeth .decay eariy. If brought to us in time, there's a remedy—it's OUR SPECIALTY DR. JACKSON, ‘King Dental Parlors, Franklin Square, Norwich, Ct,

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