Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 9, 1912, Page 5

amlnirg Grap Green Citron Satsumas Fancy Apples Table Pears Chinese Salad Sprouts ; and everything else SOMERS MR. H. T. MILLER'S School for Dancing 28 Oak Strest, Classeo—Saturday—2.15 and 4 p. m. Telephone 1082 Ferguson G Charbonaneau Franklin Square SPECIAL VALUES IN Watches Diamonds and fine Jewelry A complete line of strictly new and Factory Adjusted Waltham, Elgin, Illlinois and Hamilton Watches in solid gold and gold filled cases. See our specially mounted line of Diamond Rings be- g tween $15.00 and $35.00. TOILET ARTICLES, SILVER NOVELTIES, “HULL” DETACHABLE UMBRELLAS. OPEN EVERY EVENING es The Bulletin, 2.3-4 Grape Fruit'25¢c Norwich, Monday, Deo. 8, 1912. VARIOUS MATTERS. —_— The terraces on Laurel Hill avenus are as green as they were in Septem: ber. Raymond Schofield of Montvill Center fractured his hip a few da ago. Neosha whist meets tonight in For: esters’ hall.—adv. Tinsmiths have been at work on the roof of the Otls librerv annex, in prep: aration for winter. Fred G. Bliss has purchased of Mrs, Abby J, Richmond her house on Roger: avenue, Laurel Hill Point, Niantic, have been entéred, i 1s believed, by boys. It is recalled that Dec. 7, 1. mercury was at zero and some rivers were frozen over. In the superior court at New H. Friday Judge Gardiner wich granted five divorces. Adamowski trio Tuesday evening. Tickets at Geo. A. Davis' store.—adv. ture was under 30 degrees, state asylum during November. Manchester Sunday preacher was Rev. Norwich. ‘morning moth embargo. by a monster big parade headed by Tubbs' full military band Friday night, Dec. 13.—adv. In the list of enumeration of school children filed in the office of the comp- troller are Waterford 683, Thompson 1,186, Norwich 5,834, Members of the State Sunshine so- clety are sending Christmas cards and small gifts to the nearest missionary stations in Labrador. held Saturday evening in the [ A various games and musi | _W. 0. Filley, state fore: | Prot. Samuel 8. Spring are giving val- uable talks about the state on Iorest Fire Service and Forest T~- Y. M er, and Rev. H. D. Deetz, Rochester, N. Y., formerly pastor of ' Grace Methodis church, Haverhill, has reveived a call to the Methodist church, Glgstonbury. Conspicuously placed in store win- dows and trolley cars, placards of the Consumers’ league ask neople to do heir Christmas shoppin~ before Dec. Cards have been posted in the cars the Groton and Stonington street {lway that no child suffering whooping cough will be allowed side on them. The Connecticut group of the New ngland Modern Language associa- tion held its 18th meeting Saturday at the Hartford High school. About | teachers were present. Mme, Fuji-Ko, whose success inthe theatrical world in Japanese roles gained her recoenition in women's clubs in Norwich among other places died Thursday in Montreal. By the will of William F. J. Boar man, just probated at Hartford, two nieces of hls wife, ~Saralf Klec Greenleaf and Caroline Wilson Rogers, both of Niantic, receive $300 each. Thomas F. Quilty, a former Norwich boy, now a leading baritone sin Hartford, has been engaged to sing In making your shopping trips visit | our store. Lacquered Wares Japanese China Novelties and Toys Fancy Stationery and Decorations The Broa;ay Store, Opposite the Y, M, C. A, Fine Figs at Railion’s Christmas Shopping made easy. Hundreds of useful, ornamental or toothsome articles, just as your heart or fancy dictate, will be found at the may (Christmas Fair of the Ladies of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 10 and 11, Afternoons and Evenings. icious suppers served at 6.30 and 6.30. Sale opens at 2 P, M. Admission Free. NOTICE HADLEY G. GRAY announces that Interest in the Meat ness conducted by him St, and here- noet niinued trade of ail decsd NOTICE. SACHEM CHAPTER, Ne. 57, 0. E- S. Regular Meeting and Election of Of- ficers. Wednesday Evening, Dec. 11, 1912, at Buckingham Memorial. Large attendance desired. decod NELLIE J. GEER, Sec. THERE 1s no [ advertising med . Connectlput eqial i Fas Buls for busipesy rndy on thera- | the Foresters' bazaar Saturday night Dec. 14.—adv, Between 50 and 60 of the members | attended the social meeting of the | Connecticut society, Colonial Dames of America, at the home of Mrs. Julia L Havemeyer in Hartford Friday after- noon. At the annual winter exhibition of | the National Academy of Design,which | opens in New York Saturday next, the hanging committee is headed by Charles H. Davis of Mystic, land- scapist. Danfel M. Cronin, New London's prosecuting attorney, left Saturday for Mt. Clemens, Mich, to spend three weeks at the health resort. Attorney Cronin has been suffering from rheu- matism for some time. A step toward hayi-- electrig light service in Montwlle was taken last week when the manager of the New London Gas and Electric company in- spected the lavout of the houses in the eastern part of the town. The farmhouse owned BY Isa Harowitz of Gilead was totally de- stroyed by fire early Saturday. The origin of the fire is unknown. The building was worth about 000 and the loss is covered by insurance. A former Norwich man, Arthur G. Lord, who conducted a large chicken | farm in Suffield, has sold out his busi- ness to a Claremont, N. H., man, a hag gone,to Bethel, where he intens to start an undertaking business. Harry S. Hartley, lately overseer in the Uncasville Manufacturing compa- ny's mill at Uncasville, has removed his household goods from the com- pany tenement and placed them in storage in Charles \Watson's home. A $1,200 organ is to be installed in Holy Angels' church, South Meriden, a memorial by the parishioners to three former pastors, including. Rev. Thomas Cronin, formerly of Norwich, and Rev. James Cunningham, formerly of West- erly. By invitation of Rev. J. H. Broderick the Sacred Heart league met after vespers in the basement chapel at St. Patrick’s church Sunday for reorgan- ization. New members were received and a new list of about 40 promoters appointed. Merchants about the state are being warned to be careful durine the holi- day season about ~accepting checks from strangers who go from one city | to another, making a business of ~ass- | Ing off worthless checks during the | boliday rush. ! The employes of the Mohican store, ow London, presented Earl L. Hyde, formerly of Norwich, who has man- aged the store for the past three'and a half years, a beautiful fob. Mr. Hyde left Sunday for New York, having been transferred to the main offices of the Mohican company. Waedding Expected to Fallow. A Norwich young man was arrested Sunday night on a complaint pre- ferred by a young woman. It is prob. able that the case against him can be settled by a wedding. The caar of Rugsia will be exciting the envy of the American billionaire. News comes from Germany that the czar's life is insured in an English gumpany-“for §5,000,000 Cottages at Bine Grove and JBreeze eene of Nor- Heavy white frost covered lawns and roofs Sunday marning. The tempera- The New Britain charity board re- ports four persons in the Norwich At the North Methodist church in the J. H. Newland of Most of the Christmas. trees_going | down to city markets are from Canada instead of Maine, because of the gypsy The Foresters' bazaar will be opened The second of the senior socials was The evening’s programme included NORWICH BULLETIN, E, Willlams has returned after & brief stay in Providence. Ovila Juneau has returned from a visit of five months in Montreal, Mr. and Mrs, Frederick L. Osgood have gone to New York to spend the winter. e Miss Marion Brown of Brooklyn, N. Y,, is the guest of Mrs. Lucius Brown of Warren street. \ Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Briggs of Broadway are spending several days in Portland, Maine. e Frequenters. Henry Aubrey, 43, accused of keep- ing a gambling place, and ten Nor- wich young men accused, of frequent- ing a gambling place, were arrested Sunday morning about 1.30 o'clock, by a squad of Norwich policemen in a sudden and successful descent which they made upon the tenement occupled by Mr. Aubrey at 199 North Main street. Aubrey and eight of the men were found in one room on the second floor of the building, which was the front room of the apartment occupied by Aubrey, and two other men were found in another room two flights up when Sergeant John Kane chased after ore of the fellows who fled upstairs when the police appeared. The building where the police made the raid upon information that gam- bling was going on there, is the large frame building on the south side of | Main street, which was occupied for many years by the grocery store of the late Timothy Keily and is now occupied on the main floor by a gro- cery and fruit store and by four ten- ements on the floors above. Where he police found the men was in the front room over the store. Five men, | it is claimed, were seen to leave the | Miss Anita G, Butts, daughter of | building shortly before the police Frederick C. Butts of Newton Center, | reached there, Mass., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs, HL‘E}\“ i mrant far! },igema:rssrm:l Charles R. Butts of Washington street. | B Aubrey, squad of five police- Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Gallup andgTwomey after the lunch hour. Ser- | Miss Susan 1. Gallup have closed their{geants Allen G. Matthews and John house in Washington street and have | B. Kane, with Policemen McFaiden, left town, to pass the winter in New | Patrick Murphy and Casey comprised London, the par v were sta- of officers. tioned so as to guard all avenues of Miss Mary Richmond, Norwich, is visiting Mrs. Dhy for two weeks. e formerly of W. V. Mur- Mrs. Charles L, Chapel of Palmer- town has been entertaining Mrs. W. H. Wilson of Norwich. s Miss Marion Pullen of Smith col- lege, Northampton, Mass,, spent Sun- day'at her home in this clty. t Hugh Mullen of New Haven was the guest, Sunday, of Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. Diggins of Broadway. Miss Alice Chapman has returned to Norwich after a visit to her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Chapman, in Mystic, Mrs. Fred Bentley of Lafayette street was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. | Robert Hartley of Central Falls over the weels end. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Prospect street visiting their | { daughter, Mrs, Charles Wood Ste- phens, of Bridgeport. Williams of | Miss Carrie E. Rogers has been in town to bid goodbye to her brother-|on the door of the Aubrey apart- in-law _and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J.|ments. Aubrey opemeq the door a Lewis Smith. She has closed her sum. | crack, enough to see who was ther mer home in Mystic and left for| “Cheese it, the cops” shouted Au- Washington, planning to start on the | brey and tried to hold tne Goor 2th for California, where she will pass | against the officer, but Policeman the winter. Kane had his knee 'in the opening and the attempt to bar the policeman out | was a failure, although their entrance into the room was delaved. By the | time they were in the room there was {no money in sight, but according to | il the police the cloth on a long table In their series of meetings for the!in the room showed signs of having | | season, Mayor T. C. Murphy is to be|been hastily rumpled as if money | the speaker this evening before the|Might have been grabbed off it in a Boys' club of the United Workers. He ' BUITY. to speal upon the topic of City Af-| One man made a dash out through | fairs. These meetings are open to all |2 door and up two flights of sta boys over 11 and will be held at the, With Sergeant Kane after him. United Workers' rooms. There will b £ ON CITY AFFAIRS Mayor to Address Boys’ Club at Second Meeting. The | ELEVEN TAKEN IN MORNING RAID | Police Visited Apartments of Henry Aubrey at 199 Ngrth Main Street—Had Warrant For Him as Keeper of Gamb- ling Place—Ten Young Men Found There Arrested as escape when Sergeant Kane knocked Wbut the court offici MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1912 chase leq to a room where there were two men, and there was no meney in sight h A number of the men, when called upen for their names at police headquarters, gave fictitious names. The man who led Sergeant Kane the chase upstairs said he was Sen Walsh. The group of eleven was escorted down North Main street, attracting the attention of the late hangers out. The following Were the names reg- istered on the blotter, the pames of those charged with frequenting rang- ing mostly from. 25 to 35: Harry Rogers, John Dillon, Fred) Williams, Frank Throw, George Dixon, Harry Hilman, Ben Walsh, Walter Johnson, Frank Elish, Willlam Mit- chell, Michael Roach. s of $50 were quickly arranged rey by his friends, who com- A with Clerk Tibbits by tel- but all the others in whose s no warrants had been made out found themselves up against a_hard and fast rule estabiished by Judge Brown and they were not released on bonds till after sundown. Judge Brown's rule that kept them in their cells at police headquarters has been his practice to refuse bail to anyone arrested on Sunday until sundown. Friends of the men accused of frequenting appealed to Prosecut- ing Attorney Hall in the early hours of Sunday morning to accept bail and also to Clerk Tibbits, but were re- ferred by them to the judge. Through Sunday al several prominent men including Dr. J. J. Donohue Walter W. Lang and Attorney Thomas M. Shields argued with the judge to take bail, al refused to alter established practice for offenders sted on Sunday. About 4 o'clock, Tibbits began taking bail for e ten accused of frequenting, each ecuring his release. The amount in ach case was fixed at $50. Attorney Shields was to appear for several ofi the accused in court and at his re- quest Judge Brown allowed the cases | 1o go over to Tuesday, as Mr. Shields was to be in Hartford Monday. Mr. Aubrey protested to the police that they were breaking into-a private whist game in the quarters of the Jefiersonian club. He is employed at the cutlery in Thamesville and a num- ber of those arrested were also cut- lery employes. € crowd was sup- posed to have been shooting craps when the police arrived. his | | | i music on the programme, This is the| second meeting of the season. OBITUARY. Ezra L, Robbins. The death of Ezra L. Robbins, aged 75, occurred at Montville (Massapeag) | on Sunday. For 17 years he was an engineer at Allyn's Point and for 20 | | years he had lived with his daughter. | His wife Mr. Rob- vick post, i He enlisted in Com- | 24th Massachusetts infantry, | and saw three years' service in the| Civil war. He leaves two daughters, | Mrs. Joseph W. Smith and Mrs. Mary | Baldwin of New Londen. Mrs. Sarah M. Gardner. | The death of Sarah M. Gardner, wid- low of Lucius L. Gardner, occurred Sunday morning about 10’ o'clock at her home, No. 16 Union street, follow- ing a lengthy illness with cancerous trouble. For two weeks her condition | {had been serious. She was born in rd, August 23, 1836, and was the | of Lyman and Maria Lester. | The greater part of her life was spent in Ledyard and this city, having lived | here from 20 to 25 years. Mrs. Gard- | | ner was three times married. Her firs husband was Willlam E, Chapman of | | Ledyard. He enlisted in Co. D, 26th . V., and was wounded at the battle Port Huron, dying three days . She married a second time Wil- lam Bailey of North Stonington, and | after his death Lucius L. Gardner of Norwich, whose death occurred about a year later. Mrs. Gardner was well known in shis city, and was a kindly neighbor and charitably disposed. She is survived by her son, Lyman L. Chapman, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Gay of Norwich and Mrs. Helen Wells of Poquetanuck COFEE AND CIGARETTES MADE HIM CRAZY. Arthur Beebe Attacked His Mother— Steady Diet of Narcotics for Six Years. Made raving mad from smoking | cigarettes, Arthur Beebe, aged 25, was arested late Sunday in New London by the police and sent to the aims- | house for confinement in the only padded cell in that gicinity. He at- facked his mother, Wl complained to the poiice. She said that her son had cigarett>s and drank coffee st i antly for the last six years. Much of this time he had not been out of the house. She always kept a pot of coffee on_ the stove and he drank | many cugh during the day, alternating by smoking almost innumerable cigar- ettes. REVIVAL SERVICES AT A. M. E. ZION CHURCH George Bosworth Is Assisting Salva- tion Army at Series. moked almo: After conducting two successful re- vivals In the last few weeks, one in Greeneville and the other in Norwieh Town, the leaders of the Salvation Army have started work in the A. M. E. Zion church ofi McKinley avenue, The first meeting of the series was held in the church Sunday morning and there was a large attendange. George Bosworth, who has been an energetic worker in the vicinity of Buffalo, is assisting the Salvation Army men in their work. He spoke to the congregation Sunday morning on, Come Unto Me All Ye That Are Héavy Laden and 1 Will Give You | Regt. ¥e pictured the unrest of the | ; soul when it is away from God and | Foos by the 91 that the only way to have rest | Lillian Lucas of | jg to bring the soul to the healing | | views in Havana. Hunuxpme resi- | powers of God. | dential sections and_the interesting | "I\ "the" evening a service was held | harbor are shown, but the DAITOW |4 g gclock and the attendance at this sideffalks and streets in some sections | sorvice and also large. Captain Wil- are Particularly interesting. Mrs, Lu~ | 301" o0 ¢ the attention of {hose pres- s Is visiting at the home of her|ent while he gave an interesting talk daughter in Cuba. on the Living Water, using as an ex- ample the story of Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman at the well. At the close of the service four came forward to receive salvation and 12 | came forward to comsecrate them- | selves to the work of Christ . The | next meeting at the church will be | held on Wednesday and they will con- tinug throughout the week, excepting Satfirday evening. | | Views of Havana. Postals have been received Bulletin from Mrs. Smashed Set of False Teeth. ames Minnehan was arrested early Sunday morning by Policeman Bray and Carroll. He wag charged with in- toxication and also breach of the peace. It is claimed that he smashed a man's set of false teeth to bits by hit- ting him in the mouth when he refused to give Minnehan a drink. ot i et IS W. J. Curran Bound for Texas. William J. Curran left this city Sat- urday morning, sailing from New York citys at 130 for Galveston, Texas, where he is to locate. Mr. Cufran is a linotype operator and for the past ten years has been employed on the Bulletin force. He carries the best wishes of a wide circle of friends into his new locatiom: GROTON TOWN HALL 2 SAFE BLOWN OPEN. Burglars Operated Sunday Morning, But Got Nothing for Their Pains. The big safe on the first floor of the - Groton town hall was blown open ear- ly Sunday morning, but the burglars | got mothing for their pains, as the | money had been transferred. Although the contents ,were rifled, nothing of value was taken, Entrance was effected through a window on the first floor of the build- ing. Two holes were drilled in the | door and nitro-glycerine was used. The | éxplosion shattered the windows and partly wrecked the office. Persons living near by heard the losion but did not pay much attention ‘to it, thinking the néise was from the rail- road. There are ao clues. BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS. Gray's Market on West Side chased by William E. Jone: Ideal Pants Company. Organization papers have been filed with the state secretary as follows: Ideal Pants company, Norwich, 100/ shares subscribed for, on which $5,000 cash and ,000 “property Lave been paid. President, Abraham J. Cohen, | 3 shares; secretary and vice president, Reuben Kadish, 33 shares; treasurer, Solomgn Goldfarb, 33 shares. Spiritualist Speaker Pieased Audiences Alfred H. Terry of Washington, D. inspirational gpeaker and test me- ium, made a fine impression upon his audiences on Sunday at the Spir- itual academy. It was the first time he had spoken here, anq those who heard him expressed much interest ip the fact that he was to gppear again at the academy c Pur- The meat and provision business of Hadley G. Gray at No. 270 West Main street has been pujchased by Wil- liam E. Jones, who conducts a gro- cery at present in Maple street. Mr. Gray has been located at his West Main street store for many years and his many friends and patrons regret that he has decided to retire from bus- iness to reside on a farm which de has recently acquired at Armstrong’s Crossing on the Willimantic trolley line. next week. Spoke at Bozrah Church. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Allison Smith and daughter were guests at the home of E. Judsen, Miner in Bozrah Sun- day. Mr. Sofith spoke Sunday morn- ing at the Bozrah Congregational church on The Price of Victory. Trolley Split the Switch, Just_south of the Jewett City sta- tion the trolley car due here at 825 Sunday night split a switch, the trucks spreading so far that the wwecker had to be sent up and was working all the evening to get the car back. Vacuum Cleaner for Church, During the past week the Central Baptist church was presented with a vacuum cleaner by one of its faithful members. It was a much needed addi tion to the equipment and will be high- ly appreciated by all. Smoke, But No Fire. About 2,30 o'clock Sunday afternoon the auto chemical was called by tele- phone to theh ouse No. 97 Broad street, occupied by Beverly M. Bliven, who discovered the pantry full of smoke and thought the house was on fire. It was found upon_investigation by the firemen that a chimney in the neigh- ‘borhood was pouring out smoke in co- plous volume.and this had penetrated the hous 7 The Italian city of Leghorn, the A Chillan province has established two floating schools to enable the res- IDEFENDANTS FILE CROSS | complainants c { Failing to furnish a bond in the suit COMPLAINT IN SUIT, Stockholders of Gilbert Transportation | Company Want All to Be Treated | Alike. A number of defendants in the suits | brought by the receiver of the Gilbert Transportation company of Stonington made a motion in the superior court of New Haven county on Thursday, De- | cember 5, for leave to file cross com- | cross complaint alleges that there are over four hundred stockhold- ers of record who are owners of stock, acquirfd by them in goo who are resifents of this s complaint further states tha st holders dcquired their st der circumstances in many respects the same as those under which the me into their shares of stock, and if it is the fact that any amount is due from the defendants there is a balance due and unpaid on the stock of a large number of stock holders in this and other states. It is also alleged that the receiver| has already settled and compromised claims against stockholders for less than the full amount due,'and has re- | leased and discharged from obligation | these stpckholders. It is also alleged that the| receiver has not brought suit against the stockholders who have been allowed to settle for less than the| amount of the claims against them. A large number of the claims of the| creditors are of such a nature as not| to be recoverable, it is alleged. The total amount of claims against the Gilbert Transportation company which may be recovered from the sockhold- | ers is not so large as to require the re-! celver to collect the full amount of the unpaid balance on the stock; nor has the circuit court of the United States | for the district of Connecticut ascer- tained the total amount of these claims, nor the amount, if any, which is due from the stockholders. | The complaint claims that the re- ceiver's settlement and compromise | against part of the stockholders for! less than the full amount alleged to be due were ineqnitable and prejudi- cial to the complainants if judgment | is reidered against them. The complainants ask the court to| make an order for the disclosure of| the names of the stockholders of the| Gilbert Transportation company, with the residence, number of shares owned | and the amount claimed to be due from each stockholder. They also ask the names of stock- holders against whom suit has ben brought and the names of those with | whom the receiver has settled his claims and released. Also the amount of claims of all cerditors and the time in which the claims accrued. The complainants ask that if the| court finds there is money due from | the stockholders for the payment of | claims, then the court determines the; proportionate share to be paid by each stockholder. these ck un- | Owls Locked from Nest. New London nest of Owls has been deprived of the use of its propert nt by vices, against it, brou Lapenta for se the lodge have been taken charge of by City Sheriff Brocksieper, and a padiock has been placed on the door. Dr. A. M. G. the rooms of Takes Out First Papers. J. Allen Walker, clerk at a New London hotel, was in_Norwich Sat- urday morning where he received his first_naturalization papers. Mr. Wal- ker, who was born in uebec, had. never become a citizen of the United States, although he has lived-in this country practicaily all his life. City Bible Class. Bible class at the Central Baptist church had its largest attend- ance on_Sunday this season. There were 107 present. Of Clagsical Slang. “Let George di it,” is a purely classi- cal and historical phrase, according to Professor Oliver H. Richardson of the Department of History of the Uni- versity of Washington. Louis XII, of France, who reigned at the beginning of the sixteenth century, had as his prime minister M. Geolges, the archbishop of Amboise, an_extraordinarily able and efficient gentleman devoted to the welfare of France. The king’s attention was con- | hair al lattached. | min Tebbetts. SHOWING REDUCED HEAD FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Exeremely Rare Curigsity on Exhibi- tion—Obtained From Jivero Indians by Dr. Davis, A curfosity exeremely rare, slnce‘ probably there are only two in muse- ums in this country and two or three in private collections, is a reduced head no win the window of Sevin's | drug store on Main street. This is the | propexty of Dr. Phipip Davis, now a visitor in this city from Ecuador, where he received the head from the head hunters of the upper Amazon. It shows the custom of the Jivero Indians of the upper Athazon in tak- ing the heads of their enomias just as the North American Indizns used to| take scalps. K J The reduced head is about: the size of an orange ,but preserves tures with great fidelity trils an_dlips forme: ¥ with ' nos- sbrows | and wyliting up. the skull in the the bones am- all taken ou;. {i:» sxin then filled with hot san dci.: cbbles and the head is yre- served by the process the Indians know. THe skin turns a deep ma- NORWICH SQCIETY IN CITY OF NEW YORK. | Hon. Francis P, Bent to Give Lecture | Upon, Mexico at Jts Annual Enter- tainment. The Norwich society in New York | has issued its invitations to the an- nual informan entertainment of the society provided by its by-laws from | the annual gues, which will be held at | the Hotel Brevoort, Fifth avenue and Highth street, on Tuesday _evening, Dec. 17th. Supper will be served at 730 and a varied programme offered throughout the evening. It is the intention of the committee in charge to make this first entertain- ment of the society strictly informal in character, buh one which \\'HI_ meet with the hearty and enhusiasic a provel of all, with “something doing’ Z¢ | every minute. thd fea- | The Hon. Francis P. Bent, a member of the society, has consented to give an | illustrated lecture on Mexico, which has proved highly popular, and is cer tain to be of exceptional interest, espe- cially at_this time. ‘The other fe tures. will be given by the very best talent avail e and will afford ampte | opportunity fc the renewing of ol | friendships and the forming of new. hogany color. b FAMILY\FIGHT AFTER §1X WEEKS MARRFED') Fitchvills Woman Cuts Her Husband's\ With a Lamp Defending Her Money. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Rosark, natives of Russia, and marrieq about Six weeks ago, got into a family row | Sunday night at their home at Filch- ville, with the result that Rosark Js charged with assault with intent to ! kill, and carries a cut in_ his head) where hié wife hit him with a lamp. Sherly 1. E. Draper who west 10| Fitchville with Sergeant A. C. Math- ews in an automoblle after Captain been telephoned to from Bozrah by | E. C. Wheeler, The story of the fracas gathered by | some money belonging to his wife | Mrs, Rosark used a lamp on his head | with good effect and Rosark was driven from the trunk. He came back a door to get back into the room where his wife was. Neighbors stopped the fight and when the officers arrived stairs while his wife was in a room downstairs with friends. Shouting Crowds of Boys and Girls Greet the Jolly Old Fellow All the | locked up at police Seaiivartentsl Ther arrest was mde by Deputy | Twomey at police headquarters had the police was that Rosark was after and broke open a trunk to get it.| with a shoe jack and smashed down Rosark was lieing down on a bed up- SANTA CLAUS ARRIVED. Way from Baltic. A big_crowd of boys and girls was gathered on Franklin square when Santa Claus arrived In town by spe- cial car from Baltic at about 3 o'clock | Saturday afterncon on his annual pre- Christmas visit to the show window of Porteous & Mitchell, and there was a large gathering of enthusiastic youth in front of the store of Porteous & Mitchell when the beaming, round, be- whiskered gentleman in his fur frim- med suit of red stepped from his car, walked into the store and appeared i the snow cave in the window. Here | there were toys of all kinds for the | little people and two books in which Santa Claus keeps the names of the boys, in one those of the bad boys and | in the other’ the good boys. Santa is to make his headquarters in this win- dow until Christmas time in order that he may- discover just what the liitle ones want him to bring at Christmas. | Santa Claus left Baltic at 1.45 in his special car, which was decorated in red, green and white, and with Ameri. | can flags. On the side of the car was “Santa Claus’ Specfal, Bound for Por- | teous & Mitchell Co.'s Store.” There was a big crowd at Baltic to see Santa off and at Occum there were many lit- tle ones gathered to greet their old friend. At Taftville -and Greeneville Santa Claus also met with a warm re- ception, the crowd at Taftville belng so great that it was necessary to stop the car and clear a way before pro- ceeding at a very slow pace through the village. Two policemen were re- | quired in front of Porteous & Mitch- ell's to keep the crowd of little ones and parents from injury FUNERALS. Mrs. G. A, Sydleman. The funeral of Virginia Higes, wife of George A. Sydleman, was held on Sunday afternoon at 2.30 clock from her late home at No. 4 Stanton avenue. “There was a large attendance | of friends and relatives and a pro: fusion of beautiful Rev. J. Eldred Brown of Episcopal church conducted the ces, and the bearers were Charles ¥. Thayer, Alpheus Gilbert, Seth L. Brown and Edgar L. Dennis. Burial was in the Poquetanuck cemetery, Henry Allen & Son having charge of the arrange- ments. Besides. her relatives in this Mrs. Sydleman leaves a sister, Mrs. King, in Los Angeles, Cal. Amon; relatives from out of town attending | the funeral were her niece, Miss Tem- pleton, of Willimantic, and Mrs. Higgs of Hartford. Willie H. Robinson. From his home in Franklin the fu- neral of Willie H. Robinson was held on Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock and was largely attended. Beautiful floral tributes were arranged about the cas- Ket. Rev. B, D. Remington conducted the. service and the bearers were Richard, Willie, Ambrose and Benja- The choir of the Fitch- ville Baptist church sang Nearer, My God, to Thee, My Savior First of All, Sometime We'll Understand. Buria ‘was in_the family lot in Yantic ceme- tery, the funeral arrangements being in charge of Church & Allen, Frank Peringer. The funeral of Frank Peringer, the 5 year old son of John and Mary Gross Peringer, was held on Sunday after- noon at 2.30 o'clock from the home of his parents, No. 27 West Thames street. There were many floral -trib- utes of sympathy for the parents. Burlal was in St Mary's cemeter: Funeral Director Gager having charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Jeremiah Driscoll. The funeral of Catherine Connelly, widow of Jeremiah Driscoll, was held from her late home at 27 Clairemont avenue at 1.30 o'clock Sunday, after- noon, with a large attendance of rela- tives and friends, including some from Jewett City. 2 o'clock a mass was celebrated in St. Patrick’s church by Rev. W. F. Cavanaugh. There were many beautiful flowers. The bearers were John Geoghegan and _Timothy, Daniel and Cornelius Driscoll. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. Shea & Burke had charge of the funeral ar- rangements. Mrs. Driscoll passed away in her home Friday merning after an iliness of 15 days with gastritis. She was the daughter of Timothy Connelly and Helen Keating Connelly and was 78 years of age. Most of her life was passed in this city and she had won many friends who mourn her loss Mrs. Driscoll Is survived by three daughters, Mrs, Bernard Kilkenny and Mary and Catherine Driscoll, all of thig city. She aiso leaves an only son, Jeremiah Driscoll, who is employed by city, stantly directed toward Italian affairs and it was his custome to refer all minor matters to the archbishop, with | a “leave to George.” This impression became a proverb present population of which is about 100,000, at last has s» amole supply of §o0d waler idents of its many islands to-obtain an education among the peasants and was probably the source of inspiration to some pres- eal day punster.” the New Haven road as a car in- spector. The total American vield of dis- monds, emeralds, sapphires and other Drecious stones in 1911 amounted te only $342,692. Most American dia. monds come from Arkansas and Call- fornla. | son made the Canadiait | exc |1y and wit | " The entire cost of the évening is | coverea by nnual dues and those who have already become members, | while all who are eligible to member- \hip are cordially invited. The officers f the soclety are: John L Storer, D.. president; Frederick M. Johuson, wibe president; F. N, Bidwell, treas i W. Gaylord, ~ secretary Crendles A, Terry, Lewis Hyde, Fron Bent, Charles A. Noy Frelaricl commit- tee. i A M'GILLYVRAY QUARTER MILE SWIMMING CHAMPION % s Uiviversity Lad Sets Mark of 5. .2-5 in 80 Foot Pool. Ilinoi: The bresia Ing of the American g ter mile sw Y nming record a few d s ago by Per,y: McGillivray of Tllinois university ps#&sed almost unnoticed, vet it porten W' ETe: things l}n(h for he young swir, Amer himself and for the future of the st in this country. The Chicago 1M covered 440 yards in 2-5 in the 60 \foot pool of the Tiki- “wthietic ctaiv. In comparing these flgures with thos® ‘fnrmufl' nl:t.lvn\ll\yb,. one finds that C Daniels held i1 home mark of ; de in foot pool, and so equ ' L0 in the shorter pool; 1" the Epglish standard (W iished in > foot batlVy no ests George Hodg- record Of 5.2 2-5 in a 60 foot natator dim, while late B. Kieran esf tralien mark: of 6.19 in If one may judge fro w stands r miler of all nations, died several years agc There is good reason to re\ the unexpected burst by the Illing student even reached the voling ag g treme youth, his wonderful disp W speed and endurance and hi Uonally clever headwork give prot that he will high. Sullivan, Princeton coach, who developed may well feel proud of brillic product of logical improvement in come, McGlllivray should fear no at any distanc Once a man mastered the guarter, there is nothing to provent his sucaeeding at the half and the mile, and the Chic: uth is particularly fortunate, for no better judge of pace has beer seen in the field of aquatics stnce the retirem ent o Danfels. McGillivray Is a swimmer | who gives every imaic on of being able to vie with the best areigners over a distance, the ome branch of na- tation in which weakness has been shown in this country. McGHiltvray vses the invented bv the Princeton coach, his style grootly resembles tha Dike Kahanamoku. the Olympie metre champion. His arms reach pul bent at the elbow s 1 the water bard, a littie above the head, without ive extension. His legs perform a narrow thrash, b s to every double arm stroke, and his whole ac- tion is rhythmic. He advances smooth- yut eheck, shoulders pretty high over the water. and by riding on | out @8 the bes or Kieran 0. X Y Suftivan crawl, and of | the hand which is forward he obtains a good run between strokes. His form is almos: faultless. \ Cox, the Australian coach, who wit- McGillivray's performance, ex- | pressed the opinion that if the latter | would take up distance wark seriously he would in another season rank with | the incomparable Kieran. { Foreign Capital In Braz During 1911 about $150,000,000 of forelgn capital was raised abroad for Brazilian loans and enterprises. The railway mileage of Brazil was increas- 469 miles; two new foreign banks and several branches of those already established were opened; three new steamship lines started in the South American trade and the old lines added | several large modern staamers of | 12,000 tons to their fleets to meet the demands of the rapidly increasing pas senger and freight traffic to Braz from Europe. Tmproved and additional port facili- ties at all the principal coast cities are being installed to meet the in- creasing demands for power and light; two of the most modern and comfort- able hotels are in course of construc- tion in Rio de Janeiro and others are | planned in other cities ,aud houses, es- | pecially in Sao Paulo are being erected as rapidly as material can be procured These immigrants arriving in _the country last year numbered 133,616, Next to tin, the most important | product of northern Nigeria is the shea nut. From this an oil is made which, in various parts of west Africa, ie used for cooking, light and as & remed§ for rheumatism and other ail- ments. \ | | LEASANT surround< ings and commod< fous quarters are essen< tia] features of satisfac< tory banking service. The banking rooms of this institution, modern in every particular, con= tain every facllity and equipment for handling .8l finaneial and fiduc~ fary business promptly and conveniently. 4 per cent. interest, compounded semi - an« nually, paid on savings, | LOAN & TRUST 0. | KORWIC CORN biis wed the Aus- | ! Fine line of Portable Gas and Electric Lamps ready for inspection. Buy early to get best assortment. EDISON MAZDA ELECTRIC LAMPS, WELSBACH MANTLES, | LIGHTING FIXTURES, CHRISTMAS TREE DECO- RATIVE STRINGS, EVER READY FLASH LIGHTS, ELECTRIC TOY MOTORS, TELEGRAPH INSTRU. MENTS. EATON CHASE | Company 129 Main Stree!, Norwich, Conn. Have you visited the department on |our second floor? If not, you little realize whal "¢ |Areparations we have made to )' invure a Happy Christmas the little people. Vo "’ 61 We have a wonderful eoly. lection of Picture Books for- the wee tots, beautiful &.’:. Books fou' the next age and s quantities of the Popular| Books for boys and girls agh amazingly liitle prices. - A fine line of Painting Scissors Books. - Typewritersat$T $2.00 and $3.00. | « ¥ *, On this same floor we havd the largest siock of a.,v\!, CAMERAS AND %" 4 PHOTOGRAFHIC GOODS." to be found in this part of New» England also the most (o.,. plete stock of DEXNNISON'S DECORATIVE LINES this side of Boston. £v " % Be sure to visit our nwdy floor department. 4z Pii Cranston & Co. 158 Main St., Norwich, Cona, " *e B ’ MISS M. C. ADLES Har, Sealpand FaceSpecialst . COMPLEXION AND HAIR - need first attention if & woman would. ¥ bave a fine appeamonc ‘ returned from Miss Adles has just New York with the new style Hais # Knot and Bands for the back -"!n" head. Bhe prepares the finest skin ersamsy § Come and learn how (o be healthy and beautl: 308 Main St, next to Chelses Doy Telephone 652-4. 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