Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 8, 1913, Page 5

Whe gisuileim. Norwich, Saturday, March 8, 1913. VAKIOUS MATTERS. Temorrow is Passion Sunday. Fresh Straw- berries Received Daily at SOMERS Shad from Florida is reaching north- ern markets. at noon Friday the mercury much above 24 degrecs. Even was not are already cial afrairs. Easter eggs and chicl being used as favors at s Miss Klizabeth Taylor of Quaker Hill_has returned home after a visit in Norwich. Several teachers will go to Hart- ford today to see the exhibit of school work at the capitol. This has been a hard week for the letter carriers, who have had to hear much grumbling about the new sched- ule. WHY NOTTRY POPHAM'S § The New Britain charity commis- sion at its meeting Thursday re- ported five persons from that city in N vicl state hospital. Gives Prompt and Positive Ralief in Bvery § | ¢ NOrwich stat 2 Case. Sold by Druggists. Price 31.00. In the future P. H. Ethier’s store Beial Rackags S, Mall 105, will be closed Monday, Tuesday, Wed- WILLIAMS MF8. CO., Props. Cleveland, 0. §| nesday and Thursday nights at 7 R o'clock: Friday at S and Saturday at For sale at Les & Osgood Co. 10 p. m.—Adv. Wednes was pension day with the soldiers. They found that the s = government had discarded the old We have just received §|stvic of paying them and now has a o ew T f check. a large shipment of the J/»°™ form of < Subscriptions made last week to the NEW BLUE | building fund for the St. Agnes’ Home | for Foundlings amounted to bringing the total up to $82,5 is desired to raise $100,000. to secure the between have No one seems anxious government stage route Ed. Rockville and Tolland, as no & been received. The time for bids has ecor s been extended to the 18th | State Bot- | Representatives of the . tlers’ association appeared before the which completes our [ ommittee on public health thic week | and asked that they be exemjit from | stock. the provisions of the package law. : { Come in and hear them. About fitteen memibers of the Boy | Scouts troop of the Second Corngrega tional church met Friday evening with their scoutmaster, Rev. H. J. Wyck- off, to reorganize for the coming sea- son. The Plavt-Cadden Co. Norwich, Cenn. Ttaly P: ( and Florence, to Rev Iverett News comes from from a forme:r assistant Wright, who was Miss MISS M. C. ADLES married a Congregational minister, of H z s I dl: s : ' the death of her baby about a month ago t | a"’l Ea pan ace flfl[:lfl Is Dr. Edgar W. Emerson of Manches- | A MARK OF REFINEMENT ter, \ H., test medium, will speak and give spirit messages in the Nor- is hair well cared for, a clean, smooth. { wich Spiritual Academy tomo OW, | Lealthy skin, good carriage, a graceful | morning and evening.—Adv | figure. If you lack such requiremenis| Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Yerring- | talk your case over with Miss Adles.|fon are in New Yurk to attend the 3 3 funeral at All Angels’ church this She can help you. morning of Mrs. Yerrington's brother, Lewis H. Hyde. Burial is to be in 306 Maim St, mext (o Chelsen Bamk. | W . HYoe Telephone 652-4 B Sixty-one soldiers en route from Washington to Worcester, came up on steamer Maine Friday morning. They went down Saturday night on the _Che!ler W. Chapin to march in the o inauguration parade. 2 | In spite of the cold there was a lar ! church congregation in St Patrick’s A at the First Friday masses yesterday we have rece‘ved mother nlurnl’!’!g that at 30 being said by ;1{?& T Grumbly and the mass at 7 by Rev. W. F. ( ana e supply of those e F. Cavanaugh . \'Rar‘)dnlph Pease, %8, who died in . ’ Middletown Thursday, once recalled Anywhere fhat ae n vouns man he ascended. a steeple in Norwich, 120 feet in height, B k to make repairs, when no one else | I amp brac ets could be got to do the work. | o - . e Eastern Connecticut will be repre- in nickel, brass and oxidizedfsentea at annval meeting. of the Connectict mnastic union to be finish. held this (Saturday) evening and Sun- day under the auspices of the Turn Cfln be pl.ced in any Posl' Verein Vorwaerts at Water bury . Lieut. Cecil G. Young of Norwich tion. led the seconq half of the 166th Co., Coast artillery corps, U. A. in the Call and let us show you | inauguration parade. The 166th com- pany came from Fort Monroe, Va., and headed the regiments of Coast artillery how they work. sent. Neptune Park cottagers are sur- GEO A DAVlS prised to learn that Dr. and Mrs. Og- . . 3 |den of Chicago, ihe iatier 'Carrie right of New London, are divorced, 25 Broadway. their daughter Marjorie to live with the mother at their Neptune Park home, Boxes are being placed at many of the houses in Groton for the delivery & of mail But nothing has been done aster pecla S as vet regarding the numbering of tha houses, which is one of the require- b % ments ‘before the delivery can be es- | Beads (14K solid gold), J| rabiished. '3 A Crystal Lake correspond t Crols:les ("solldl gold and B 2. “Biiic. Lincniommesrondent Foid Newland preached last Sunday fo a | g‘l: filled), ets, good sized Judience. His sermon was 4 oth practical and profitable. . The Chains and Pendants, fourth quarterly conference was held | Cuff Bu“m, Scarf Pins. at the close of the service. | Etc Through the efforts of Rev. William . A. Keefe of St ohn’s parish, and un- der the auspices of the Holy Name | society, John Gunshanan of Hariford The Plaut-Caddz=n Co. will speak at Plainfield Sunday after- ey noon in the interest of the new tuber- PRSNGSR culosis sanatorium near Norwich. Estadlished 1872, Announcement is made of the mar- riage of Kdith, daughter of Mr. and PLAUT - CADDEN BUILDING Mrs. R. J. MacGranor of Hartford, and D. A. Calfo of Springfield, Mass,, Wed- nesday church, Koehler. in Soringfield. March 5, at the First Baptist Hartford, by Rev. Louis H. Mr. and Mrs. Calfo will live Bock Beer’ Honored at Drexel Colieg 5 Howard N. Porter, a graduw « Delivered to any part of the city. | the F. A, and now ags.::jlilzln‘: 4“: ORDER NOW. Tel. 136.5 | Drexel college, Philadelphia, Pa.. has been elected to the Society of Kngi- H. JACKEL & CO. neers of that institute. Mr. Porter is T 1o be congratulated as not oniy being | T fone to five out of one hundred students who passed the examina- tions, but in being made a men.ber o this society in his first year, which is quite unusual; ‘HIS friends in Norwich will appre “ Il y f,’il."h';‘s" ar]arm .-;ha( ln:hznni?l ‘llsjnhiilv eady won him faver with t a on’'s faculty and studenis at Drexen Boat Came Through. The conditions to the north aud west were worse than toward the east and | it was late on Wednesdav before any semblance of regular service was ra- established. The first communication ¥ith New Tork was furnished by the Norwich litie hoat, which came {hrough as soon as the wind abated sufficlently to make navigation safe. E WHAT YOU SAY and WHAT WE SAY Tou say, T have blackneads, pimples and an oily skin and have had them for years. 1 have used creams and ointments and am growing worse. I am_discouraged We say. No wonder. The skin has too much oil already. Creams and ointments feed the disease. BERZO the remedy. It absorbs the ofl from the pores of the skin, the pores cen- tract under the influence of BERZO and the skin becomes finer end mora i Board of Trade Luncheon. From the many acceptances received on Friday by Secretary Henry W, Tib- bits of the board of trade to the no- tices he sent out about the Monday lunch, the indications ure that the at- | tendance will be large. Any member The Pron;uive memorial with Commander Orrin Price LEROU, refined in appearance. BERZO healx! of the board will stll be welcome at the pimplés and Kkills rthe dJdigease | the lunch If he ‘phones or sends a germa. BERZO is a powder and is| postal fo the secrstary fodms- | applied on retiring. It 1s sure to e SO SR 1 please you. = : 1 31.00 postpald. Scld by druggists Riscusesd Campfire Plana. | and oy edgwick post Ne. 1, G A R, msi! Friday evening at the Buckingham | 2 in the chair, Regular husines=< was | Druggist, dispoxed of and plans for next | . . campfire 1o 3 eld March 21 were | Main Street, Norwich dlscussed at some length. | time PERSONAL Miss Celia Morrisette of Packer was a recent visitor in Norwich. Delore Tourcott from Baltic has been at his home in Moosup recently. Miss Jennie McIntyre of Grosvenor place is the guest of friends in Paw- tucket. Mrs. Thomas Hartley has been in Mystic, the guest of her mother, Mrs. George Lamphere. Miss Gladys Jacques of Norwich was a recent guest at the E. E. Sallsbury residence in Moosup. Norwich has John Wat- Mrs. Harrison Davis of been visiting her father, son, at Allyn's Point. J. C. Ladd and Miss Lillian Ladd have returned to Portland, Conn., from a_ few days' stay with relatives in Norwich. Mrs. Fred Kinne of Lisbon has been at Canterbury Plains to see her ther, Martyn Lyon, who is very with grip. siek Mrs. Fowler of Norwich and Mrs. Hoff of Stafford Springs recently vis- ited their aunt, Mrs. Emily Rogers— Rockville Journal. OBITUARY. Mrs. Willard Fuller. Wednesday morning at 8.30 o'clock Mrs. Willard Fuller died at her home in Astoria, L. L. after an illness of some duration, die to tuberculosis. She was the daughter of the late Edward Fitch and Mrs. John Rush, Sr. and was a native of England. She was united in marriage with her first hus. band, Harry Chapman, who died about ten years ago. in Holyoke. About four vesrs ago she married Willard Fuller of New York, and he survives her. At one time Mrs. Fuller was employed in the Preston silk mill and later in the West Side silk mill, this cit For a she was engaged as a nurse in the eye and ear hospital in New York city. Besides her husband, she leaves three children, Frank, Blien and Rob- rt Chapman by her first hushand: one sister, Mrs. Charles W, Par Elizabeth street, this city, brothers, John, William, Charles Rush. M Fulle was a woman of man good qualities, and her bereaved fam ily has the sympathy of her many and Herbert and warm friends. Mrs. James Waiker. Followina -an iliness of several months with pneumonia, Lutina S. (Green), widow of James Walker, died at her home, No. 13 Boswel, avenue, about 8 o'clock Friday morning. Mrs. Walker was the daughter of Caleb Green and Sophia Feckham Green, and s born in Sturbridge, Mass.. on April W 29 1830. She was united in marriage with Captain James Walker on April 30, 1849, in this city by Rev. E. T. H thén pastor of the Central Baptist hirch. , Captain Walker died on Jan. 1904. 'Mrs, Walker was one of the oldest membe: of the Universalist church, and was the last of her imme- diate family. One son, Dr. Lester E iker, and one grandson, Leroy W. Walker, survive. Mrs. Walker had many warm friends who will ever remember her with kindly thoughts. For Y. M. C. A. Boys’' Department Members. The Shuttered Window was*® the the stereopticon talk given Friday evening at the Y. M. C. A. be- fore a large number of the mcmbers of the Boys' department by Bo,s ec- retary J. H. Ely. The talk was ilius- trated by 70 stereopticon views and proved interesting to the young people. The story was not without a moral pressed home by Mr. Ely. Foreclosure on Ledyard Property. Foreclosure was granted in the suit of Kate P. Crouch of New LonGon against Max Roske and Johanna Roske of Groton. in the sum of $930 and the first Monday in April was made the limit of redemption, when the case came ‘up on the motion list at the short calendar session of the superior court in New London on Friday. The original debt was $825, as evidenced by twelve promissory notes, and the prop- ey foreclosed is in the town of Led- yard, Eight other cases on the Ist went off. Sunday School Teachers in Class. he tenth meeting of the teacher training class conducted under the auspices of the Federation of Clurches was held Friday evening at the Broad- way Congregational church. Rev. C. A Bovd of Hartford led the clags and anc in the Bible study period Poetry Philosophy were discussed. In the child study period a summary of the preceding lessons was taken up Deer Did Not Arrive. John Duff had rather expected the four new deer to arrive for Mohe- gan park on Friday, but they did not come. As the boat from Shelter Island runs only three times a week in winter, the deer wil] probably not be here now until the middle of next week Supt ebating societies are dis ng the question. “Is Shaw Over. ted?” Not in Shaw's estimation.— New York World. London Greatest Value Ever Offered For Two Cents JOHN The power of two cents is truly wonderful when cne con- siders what it will buy. P. PALLON. It will buy a day’s entertain- ment. It will buy pages of cleverly written incidents hap- rening throughout the world. It will buy comnlete stories of adventures in the daily lives of men and women. It will buy cemics and ludicrous features that “bring happiness to declin- ing years and erase tha finger- marks of time from wrinkled row! It will buy. the latest news of theatredom, the successes of the operatic stage, the baseball and griciren feats of skill and strongth, the review of the lat- est bocks and musie. Do you know of a ter value for two cents than your daily newspaper? The meney you yeu invest In THE BULLETIN will pay divi- dends a hundred feld if yeu will read its advertisements elosely and censtantly every morning and take advanta of the meney-saving oppertunities they affor WHEN you want to put your busi. ness before the publle, there is no me- jium beiter than through the advertis- ing columns ef The Bulistin. ons of 10 four ' the | i In the short calendar session of the superior court at New London Friday morning, with Judge Curtis presiding. adultery Divorce on the grounds of was granted to Walter Manwaring Crocker of New London from Hannah Louise Adams Crocker to whom he’ was married on August 20, 1910. alleged offences were claimed to have been committed between November, 1910, and July, known. An unusual proceeding in an un- The 1911, with parties un- contested divorce suit was that in this case two women were subpoenaed Mrs. Crock testify against the charge substantiate Hadl: er. to To Attorney Hull, counsel for Mr. Crocker had Deputy Sheriff Tubbs subpoena Mary A. Judson and Mrs. Eva Morgan, FOUR- DIVORCES BY SUPERIOR COURT Blue Veil and Caribou Coat Identified Hannah Louise Crock- er—Her Husband Granted Decree—Three Deserted Wives Also Obtain Freedom From Marital Bonds. and almost immediately after the mar- riage had to remonstrate with his wife because she was in the com- pany of other men. She promised to reform, but didn't, he said. Letters’ written by Mrs Crocker, were read. They stated that she did not wish to live with her husband again or ever see him again. Crocker is a marine engineer. The letters written him were sent to him, when he was at work in New York and were in reply to a letter sent by him asking his wife to come there to live. Three Other Divorces. Frances E. Willett of Ledyard was given a divorce from Lazarus F. Wil- lett, formerly of this city. He is now of parts unknown. It was claimed h. both of New London. 4 o 7 1508 witnesses had testified. Miss Judson ! Wiljett testified that her husband said that she resided at 451 Main ! grank heavily and failed to SUpDOLL street and that one day {n June, 1911 | her. She said she had him arrested one of her boarders tol¢ her he was|for non-support once. Afterward he f:é'n: t\t}al:lnxn:é- ;:}‘t:dfrl‘r"r;‘:“r;t‘fg;\r(- left and she said she does not now . Mass., - | know where he is. She replied that he might and the| " for intolerable cruelty charged :’n%".ggo.“t:‘;‘:d‘m‘:::n“ to the h"'us“"ugumm Albert S. Baker, formerly cf Miss Judson sald that she did not S A B e see the woman's face at that time | fr, : he custody o - 250 M st SN lrho she wao ot | DA nd the cystody of LiReN latter when she met her on the street! 1905 5 with a Mrs. Bassett and only knew | Mrs Baker said her husband drank her then because Mrs. Crocker ) heavily and that he made a practice stopped witness and recalled the in-|of beating her. She said he struc | cident at the Judson house. ber on the face and head and she was Known as M Adams. { almost _constantly bruised when she Miss Judson said that the woman |lived with him ’ was known (o her as Miss Adams| She sald her husband she last sav but that later it developed that she[l" Plainville. At that time he was ur was married and that she was the | r®sted for theft. Mrs. Baker testified wife of Walter Manwaring Crocker. tha > had previously brought suit Judge Curtis interrogated the wit- | for divorce against her husband znd ness in an endeavie to establish | had then withdrawn it at the sollcita- whether she was certain that the wo- | {ion of her husband, who promised to man who .came to the Judson house | reform. ; 2 that day in June was Mrs, Crocker | The plaintif’s mother testified te { Miss Judson said she noticed the wo- | KDOWIng of the treatment her daugh- man’s attire on the day in question | te suffered - % and that she had noticed Mrs. Crock- | Mary Alice Yerrington was given er several times since wearing the | PETMission to resume her maiden nam. same blue veil and black caribou coat | Of Mary Alice Summers in receiving a Mrs. Morgan said that she was at | divorce from John Franklin Yerring- the Judson home, visiting Miss Jud- | {on of this city. The srounds wers son, the day Mrs. Crocker came there | desertion since Feb. 6 i Sl and she noticed the caribou coat, no- | helr marriage in 1904 ticing it particularl ybecause she fan- Mrs. Yerrington said that her hus- cied it and later bought one herself. | band came to a phone one day and | She said she had since come to know | told her that he was not coming back Mrs. Crocker well and had discussed | to live with her again. with her the incident at the Judson| Mrs. Yerrington testified that she house. has never seen her husband nce and Mr. Crocker in his testimony said | has supported herself. Other witness that he was married Aug. 20, 1910, 1es « bhated her testimony 1 | FINE CONCERT BY GIRLS' GLEE CLUB sical Organizations. { Was Assisted by Other Academy Mu- A large audience at Siater Memorial given a hall on Friday evening was delightful entertainment by t Glee club of the Norwich emy, which was assisted in gramme by the Boys' Glee the Academy Musical club. bers by the Girls' Glee the careful training given by received with enthusiasm for encores, among which he Free the club The num- club showed Girls® Acad pi and their di- rector, Miss Heien M. Kelley and were that were some called original verses on Nothing at Ail, con- were re- taining hits on the teachers, ceived with especial favor dered by the Girls' trio. Th as e ren- medley arranged by Miss Grace T. Lester, Miss Dorothy Brown and Miss Ruth P. Sul livan, leader of the club, was clever the school ut a composed and Introduced song written by Miss Ruth E. Dogue. A duet for two planos, Sal Pesthe (Kowalski), played by Miss Lippitt and Miss Gregson, was one of the admirable features of gramme. t The members of the Girls’ Glee he pro- lub vere the following: Ruth P. Sulliv: '14, leader; Mary Hsther Lippitt, accompanist; Mildred K. Tilden, 13, business manager. [irst sopranos Rose M. Beckley, ler, '14, Ruth E. ‘14, Katherine Crawford, '14, Irene S. But- Everett, Margaret Kinney, ‘14, Ruth P. Sullivan, 14. Second sopranos ~Jeannette K. Hall, ’'14, Lucile O Lord, 16, Lucy W. Loring, ‘14, Grace 7T Lester, '12, Madeline R. Perkins, '13, Mildred 1. Wilcox, First altos Dorothy Brown, ’12, Jessica Eldred, '18, Lucile Stephenson, '16. Gladys I. Thresher, "13, Mildred K. Tilden, 13 Second altos—Helen R. Adams, '1 Caroline L. Chapman, ‘14, Ruby L. Tenton, 15, Maria T. Gallup, '16, Ruth G. Hiscox, '14, Marguerite S. Wolcots, 14, Those in the trio comprised Mis Sullivan, Miss Kinney, Miss Leste | Lord, Miss Brown and Miss Eldred IMPERSONATED DAVID WARFIELD George Kiernan Gave Evening of Drama Under Parish House Asso- ciation Auspices. An enjoyable entertainment was giv- en the *Hugh Henry el at House pices of the Parish tion. George Kiernan of impersonated David Warfield Music Master. as Philadelphia Oggood memo- on Friday evening under the au socia - in The Mr. Kiernan paid high wh m he oseph e to David Warfield, pronounce:l the best actor sinc Jefferson in fineness of touch and del- 2 of detail. The first scene was laid in the music master's troducing the play. The second part portrayved t room on the principal ton home and the conflict between the third scene the poor two men. attic room In is the scene for t Houston street, characters he he of Stan- the reap- pearance of all the actors and thc poor music master's griefs are ended and his virtues rewarded as he leaves it for a new life and a daughter's lov e. Chimney Fire on Baltic Street. 11 alarm iday There was a tral station on for a chimney fire at t Frederi Jackson at No. street. The auto-chemical and used six gallons of stop the blaze, which was good ehape inside the to o 1 the morning at home ~ responde. chemical Zoi Cen- 7.15 of Baltic to ng chimney. Two Games in Arcanum Pool. tourna- ment Friday evening two games were In the Arcanum club pool played. Church took a game from Smith, 30 to 56, and Bliven finished up his series of games by plaving Tiily, whom he defeated 80 to 87, as Tilley needed 120 to win under his handicap. Open Water on lce Ponds. Iceman John H., Ford reported Fri- day night that his ponds at East Great open water, ice out of Plain were all would get no cold snap, - vear. se that he the present He has half & crep and be- es that is all he will get here this Skating on Mehegan Park Pond. Thursday might's cold snap hardened the the skating licgmn ice on park pond at Mo- to the salely peint and o numkber of the enthusiasts were oh the pond Friday afternosn Th Lrecty ie Gur rather rough arcumd th Andrew Carnegie noles United States has had thr dents ef Beettish amcestry, e . ice is 06d in the middic of the pond is cedges. hat the presi- in | foot drift at Lewis’ woods ana gave AN up the contract temporarily. ¥ DANDRUFF Atter 4 o'cl;)rgk Monday afternvon the o Sroton ferryboat stopped running, R 008 moiti 1oy peonie i ol S TPy, Tavk te Gute It When Yeu other side of the river who huppened Khew How. to be in New London. There are three kinds of dandruff ———— cures: AGRICULTURAL EXPERT. Good eandruif cures. St z Bad dandruff cures H. O. Dani Secured for Benefit of And plain liguid junk Connecticut Farmers by State So- | The first is good to put on the head ciety. the mecond 1is good to keep, off ihe PRSP head; and the thirg is good to M H. O, Daniels, whose appointment as | 0Uf the sewer. special counselior and instructor for, The owners of good dandrufl cures the promotion of better agriculture in | S8y our remedy will cure you in two this state has just been announced by [ Weeks or money back. the Connecticut State Agricultural s The owners of bad dandruff cures clety, is at present the guest of guarantee . nothing, but spend the Warren Davis, past president of t money howling fake at the yood dan State Dairymen’s association. In this | druff cures, whieh policy they conside capacity the services of Mr. Danie.s a clever method of enticing the are at the command of all farmers in | Shekels from the unwary the state free of charge. Parisian Sase is a good dandruff For a long time the Connecticut |cure State Agricultural soclety (sometimes | It is guaranteed by The lLee and known as the Berlin fair and some- | Osgood Co, to cure dandruff, stop times known as the State Fair asso- [falling hair and itching scaip in two ciation, but always meaning the Con- | Weeks or money back necticut State agricultural soclety t Kkills the dandruff microbes. t chartered by the legislature .in 1852, motes a new growth o hair which gives the annual state fair (| makes hair soft and luxuriant, and Berlin each year) has been a strong | is without doubt the most pleasang factor in the agricultural development | and invigorating hair dressing mad¢ of the state. This new move on the | to-day part of the agricultural society is the | To e of The Bulletig most important move in the history of | both and woman, we want 14 agriculture in Connecticut. The offi- | say few swords cers of the society believe that the| If you have tried other dandrufh greatest question before the people of | cures, hair restorers, and have failed the state at this time, especially the | to receive any b fit from them, don't manufacturehs of the state, is the high | 8ive up hope, (v Parisian S ccst of living, and they believe that Ly | A large boitle s 50 cents with & a little expengiture of time and money | money hack guarantee (o do a r the agricultufl production of the state | tised can be very materially increased. | Sola at arn ores ar oilet goods B private subscription the Con- | counters evervwh necticut ilu\vm v?grl(‘ul(ur)i"al society ;= have raise sufficient funds to carry | on this work, and have secured the | WORKMAN KILLED BY A services of one of the most successful FALLING TROLLEY POLE and practical, and withal scientific | farmers in the state, who v O%8 W stim. Was Oha' of Gang Raising 1t the state and counsel and tr = farmers who desire information or a in Position, sistance in carrying on their farming . e ety New Milford. Conn, March A Tt is believea that Mr. Daniels ma trolley pole struck . be secured as one of the speaiers at | 1F ky on the head, crushing k the institute to be held he Apri] | the earth and cagsing injuries T 2 and 2, and also at the ban et un- | which he died sh& aft Ger the auspices of the board of trade | Afternoon. Nadrokofsi at that time. ourteen years ago he | #mploy of a Springfield cor spoke here in the town hall upon the | IS laving wires for the Co topic of Agricuiture company near her Employe —— - —_ hoisting thie hea pole | position, when it got ' and before y STRONG MAN HELD AUTO AND HORSES Lavasseau Was Given a Great Test Here on Broadway. After a feat of strength in pulling against a team of horses and an au- tomobile here on Friday about noon. the great ! seau, who is appearing at the Da- theate said that Nor- | wich team and a Norwich auto truck had given him the hardest test that he had kncwn The trial was heid on Broadway hefore a big crowd. in front | of Broadway church where the block pavement gave the team a real fooi- hold and they laid down to the work with a will, while the auto was starteq {up in the capposite direction, both being | hitched to a pair of iron rings. weld- ed together which the sirong man held with an arm through each nd his hands clasped acrc s chest. Pull as hard as they could the team and the auto together could not make Lavassean straighten out his arms, al- | though they bent the rings out of shape so that they had to be rou out and welded together again at Lane’s shop. Frank A. Hoxsic drove the team, which was a gray pair be- longing fo l.econard E. Harris. Those who know the horses say they will move over two tons in ordinary pull- ing. Charles Joslyn drove the auto- truck which was filled with men and boys. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIG BLIZZARD OF 1888. New England Paralyzed by Tremend- | ous Snowfall and Gale Twenty-five | | | Years Ago. [ Next Wednesday, March 12, is’ the twenty-fifth anniversary of the great | blizzard of 1888, and anybody who re- | calls the storm’ that swept over New | England then will probably be willing to state that it was by far the worst | that they cver experienced in this sec- | tion of the country. It began to snow on Sunday evening. March 11. and it keut it unp for 18 hour: The worst of the storm was| in the afternoon and 9 that evening on Monday, the 12th, and between | it was practically impossible to face the howling wind and snow that lashed | the city. | There was an icy wind from the northwest that beat the spow into { small particles, and drove them with | terrific force, After dark it was al- | most impossible to tell in what direc- | tion one was going. and by the time | the employves of the stores anad mills | started for home traveling was a very | serious proposition. There were nu | merous cases of people losing their | way. but fortunately ther was no loss | of life. | The storm kept up all night. and | ! Tuesday this section was cut off from | |all connection with the rest of the world by the ordinary means of com- The railroads were snow- bound, the boats would not take the chance of risking the storm: on the | water and wires were down all di- rections. Conditions munication. in Norwich. The Bulletin of Tuesday, March 13, | ! sa | storm was first izzard. It w Monday's a western | storm Norwich has seen foi | mails ‘were received from anv place | west of Hartford during the day. and | telegraph wires were reported down out of town in _all directions. The Western T'nion Telegraph office had connection with New I.ondon. all de- hook until order can be restored along the lines. The Telephone Central Ex- change office had no connection with out of town stations, and the in-town | system was totally wrecked, only six | wires being in operation at 4 c'clock p. m. out of 100 lines. The fire alarm and electric light sys- tem wires were also put out of com- mission to a great extent. Street rail- | spatehes received being hung upon the i way cars were stalled between 5 and 8 o'clock in the evening. The article continues: Horse Care Stuck in Snow. A ear with three pairs of horses up- en it left “Franklin square for Bean Hil at 5.15 o’cleck, but had to he aban- deneq nesr Park church. A car with two pair of horses left the square for Greeneville at 7 o'clock, but after reaching North Main sireel was forced to return. A driver of uile of the wag- ons of Adams Express comlupany had to abandon his wagon in Presten and drive to the city for ansther herse Snew Piéugh in 20 Fest Drift. An attempt was made to clear the New London Northern tracks on Tues- day. but the snew plow struck a 20- i | i ' | | | Efforts were T ed man to 108} Mrs. Willilam Fitch has_returned | the up-tran ‘ from a brief visit in New Yoik. train some ertime — said, and then pr i aying he Mrs. Amanda B. Spalding has been | could ne the guest of New Lgndon friends this | sky was old week. by his‘widow anc m ildren Mr. and Mrs. Le 1 O. Smith of | Olg Elms expect to leave Floridu Mon- day mext on their return north, =t “(,’ 9 is the guest of her cousins, the Misses Trumbull of Perkins avenue | Mrs. Walter King rinchester ‘A R C l'l P R 0 P Mass., has been the guest this week of Mrs. Thomas Potter of Huntington | place. | M Alfred McClu 1| ‘l Mrs. red McClure of Concorc -3 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Perkins | of Warren street. | Q = | FOR WEAK ARCHES. Miss Edith Lane of Perkins avenue, who has been ill with the zrip f The Best One Made the past two weeks, is improving and was sitting up for the first Lume on 5 e e Friday. Mrs. Edmund W. Perkins enter- | ' ternoon in_honor her sister, Mrs. | Alfre MecClure of Concord, N. H Three ¢ were played: The prizes FRANKLIN SQUARE were small candleshades. Miss Phy lis Blackstone poured chocolate A notice that the Eastern Connect- Ut Alumnae association will hold its spring meeting at of Mrs. Nelson Keeney, New London, March m. has been réceived by local members. .As most of the meetings of this asso- ciation have been held in Norwich and Danielson an invitation to New Lon- don is especially pleasin Mrs. Bela P. Learned gave a pretty luncheon of eight covers at the Wau- regan house on Friday in honor of her | guest,_Mrs. Sara T. Kinney. Tic other | guests were Mrs. W. L. Stearns, Mrs. | B. P. Bi Mrs. Amos A. Brownin Mrs. W. Tyler Browne, Mrs. Burrill | W. Hyde and Miss Ellen Geer. Red, | white and biue carnations made pretty | favors and table decorations, each | guest receiving a dainty basket of carnations as a souvenir. “Mersick" Undergro“nd = | WILSON’S DUTY TO | Gasolene Storage Tanks STOP LYNCHINGS. Your method of storing gasoline London Paper Makes Several Sugges- | IUst meet wilh the approval of (he tions to the President. | UNDERGROUND SOLINE TAM London, March 7 he Spectotor, | srame buildings t reg i discussing in an editorial today the ad- | gro™ ol : y ) miristration of President drowl aha ey e oithe . Wilson, predicts that the United States | pang. Outilt complete with the e government under the democratic | aaption of run pipe, which va regime will not withdraw from its « LA "t 1boation trol of the Philippines. The newspaper : s. MERSIC ) declares that the existence of the Pan- THE (6’8, MERBICK & €O, ama canal, the safety of which, it says, | 272-292 State Strest, New Haven, Conn. depenids upon the mainterance of | — T o peace In the excitabie little republics | L NLYE: ; " in its neighborhood, reveals the hol- Ihe : lowness of the pretense that the Unit- | 2, The Spiric ¢ ed States government has no need to | {rubtworthincs Bih influence the aff of other coun- evelation from Goc The Spectator finds Mr. Wilson's | The final havmon L s " greatest opportunities to enforce his | God. Pt B s fdeals lie in his adopting a bold and | &7 o e unequivocal interpretation of the Hay- | Pauncefote treaty and putting an end | Bric to lynching. It suggests hat Mr. Wil- son ‘send x message to the senate g | FANCY CHICKS and FOWLS laring that no question of financial ad- | £ Vantase to the United Fuatcxis o be | Choice Roast Beef, Veal, & pared with the vit nece: N . e ol mood. taith . shoutd e Lamb, Fine Fresh Spinach, above suspicion. Regarding Ivnching, | Gueaets, New Beets, Ripe To- the Spectator says h e Jikn of tighopeljical copenes 10 [nntoes, Cauliflower, Celery, he cniel gistracy should stop Iynct P i (rt Asaerine 1k Yolretain ite 4] Cranberries, Head and Curly a civilized country, and passionately . el oty s esiontiol | Lettuce. Low price on Roast She must put down lynching. We do | Pork and Shoulders. not say to marry them (the negro) or | ’ 0 3 s o d er, or eve to sit o ak mem 1o dimnen o st e | People’s Market do say ning them alive. 1 is stop b 6 Franklin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prop. Aldi’s Bowiing Alleys 327 Main Street CARUSO TRAPPED BLACK HANDERS. Celebrated Tenor Left a Decoy En- velope for Them. | New York, March 7.—Enricc Caruso, the tenor, testfled today that he i “wasn't exactly tickled” when he re- | Bowling frem 9 a. m. to 12 p. m ceived two letters n March. 1910, de 10c per string. manding that he place $15.000 in an p.ijy Prize. M. ALDI, Prop envelope and leave it at midnight un- "~ o AR | der the stoop of a Brooklyn house. The ‘Antonio tenor testified againat Nis? sani, charged with the authorship of St_ the letters and on trial for attempted Patrick’s Day tea e arvested white: tanine aa | Novelties e envelope placed under the stoop by de- tectives, and Cincotta is now serving - e iy o iy | Irish Flags, Shamrocks, Caruso tould how he prepared a de- o oy e oy BIRea" Lunch Sets, Napkins, Seals, paper with a dollar bill en the outside, | B oy Phlet "o put inac: | Mottoes, Favors, Candles, the steop. He identified 1t us the une | ~ : e Saor, ate dendned it e s | Post Cards and Novelties. away. | 3 “What d» yeu de for a living?’ ask [ - 3 ed Nissiani’s lawver. n‘l(s hb WlN FAY “Oh, I sing » little «t tmes,” the | . famous tenor replied naively.