Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 22, 1919, Page 5

TR We advertise exactly as it is Suits for Every Business Man You may think you're hard to . fit, a lot of men do just be- "cause they're a little over- weight, or taller or shorter & than the average. You'll find clothes to fit you here—Dbest values, too. Come in and try a Suit on. Priced at $27.50 to $45.00 Straw Hats are here. Murphy & McGarry 207 MAIN STREET To the Members of s ’ the Liquor Dealers e Association At a Special Meeting held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, it was voted to tlose the respective places of business between the hours of 9 and 10 a. m., Thursday, out of respect to the late President and Brother, D. J. McCer, mick. M. W. KEOUGH Vice President. . NS 4 Think of the labor you save with a new “SPIDER” LAWN MOWER. This season has compelled many customers to purchase an easy running ball bearing Lawn Mower that cuts close to borders and does away with one-half the use of the sickle. Look at the Townsend Line. [EATON CHASE €0, 129 Main St., Norwich We have a large display of the COLUMBIA BICYCLES standard of the world. See our display and get our prices before you buy el The Pla—utjCadden Co. 135 tc 143 MAIN STREET Established 1872 Flowers and Trees FOR ALL OCCASIONS Orders Delivered MAPLEWOOD NURSERY CO. T. H. PEABODY Phone 986 BRING YOUR HATS TO BE CLEANED AND BLOCKED! TO THE CITY SHOE CLEANING PARLORS, 33 BROADWAY, AND HAT WHEN YOU WANT (o put your bus. imess bhefore the pubiic. there is no medium better than through the ad- b RS =t-==a ~f The Bulletin m Neorwich, Thursday May 22, 1919 VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at 835 o'clock this evening. The United States civil service com- mission announces for June 24th an examination for oil and gas inspector, for men. Daboll's Almanac was correct in predicting thunder showers for Wed- One Norwich baker made eighty ex- ira dozen doughnuts to fill orders for ‘Saivation Army Doughnut Day Wed- nesday. Taxes will be collected today at the drug store of John A. Morgan, Greene- ville, from 11 a, m. to 2 p. m.—adv. Men are at worx repairing the ussman mattress factory on Chest- nut street, damaged by fire several weeks ago. . Patriotic Norwich women are busy completing 1,000 garments for refu- gees, which must be forwarded with- in a few weeks. The Gleaners Bitle clas of the Cen- tral Baptist church met at the home of Mrs. Luther Packer, Taftville on Tuesday evening. The hedge has been trimmed and the grass mowed at the Norwich Cen- tral Fire Station, where iris and li- lacs are in bloom. It is predicted at Bolton that the asparagus season will be short this year. It was late in starting, and the nights are too cool. Connecticut is represented in Washington, at the convention of the National Society of Colonial Dames, which opened Wednesday. The body of Episcopal Bishop Olm- stead, who died at Saybrook last fall, is to be taken this week to Coopers- town, N. to be buried. Reports just issued show that the past year was a fine one for the trap- pers, both in yield and in the prices furs brought in the market. Red Cross workers who desire ser- vice badses are urged to telephone | Miss = Matilda Butts, 272 Washington street, for application blanks.—adv. The need is imperative for a million books for soldiers before July 1. The Otis Library will receive and forward all volumes given for the soldiers, The Municipal Art Society of New York, of which Albert S. Bard is pres- ident, has issued a monograph 1n which it discusses war memorials. At Noank, John Knapp Ashby, Unit- ed States mail carrier, who cele- brated his 42nd birthday Sunday, has carried the mail for over 24 years. Two big cargoes of fresh fish at O;good's Wharf today. Low prices— adv. At Wequetequock, F'red Chase, who lives on the James Browning farm, had a hen turkey taken from a nest of eggs and killed by foxes recently. Connecticut is to be represented by 17 delegates at the annual supreme convention of the Foresters of Amer-' ica in Atlantic City, N. J., the first week in September. Eastern Connecticut manufacturers are pleased because wholesalers of cotton dress fabrics are predicting one of the biggest white seasons the country has seen for some time. At Lyme, George W. Davison, Worcester, Mass., is fixing up his o home in Layville, where he was born, and expects to move his family there The house has been vacant for two years. i Fresh caught porgies, Conn. river| shad, fresh mackerel. Try any of these from Powers Bro. and be convinced! that the value of fish is its freshness. |—aav., | meeting of Comrort Circle of the| King’s Daughters, appointed for Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Free- love Miller, of Penobscot street, had to | be postponed two weeks because of the rain. The Hebron and Gilead churche have been invited te attend the West- chester church, next Sunday morning, 41 to hear Rev. M. Kneeland, secretary o the Lord’s day league, of New Lnz- land, preach Cards have been received at Am- ston announcing the marriage tur- day, May 17 of Miss Charlotte Little! and Trumbull Goodrich, of Hartford. The Little family were former re: dents of Amston. Interest in play has increased at the Norwich Golf club since the arrival, May 1st, of the professional, Eddie Gow, who is busy with instructions when the weather permits. Gow has made the nine holes in 36. One local housekeeper has discov- ered that she can cut down ice bills by putting the milk, when received cool ea¢h morning, into a thermos bottle, where it keeps till night or even until the following morning. Arthur J. Holmes, 60, who was a machinist for Belding Brothers & Co, at Rockville for nearly thirty vears,| died Monday at the home of his son in Glastonbury as the result of : alytic sock. Mr. Holmes s bora West St-ford. An exchange mentions that W. A. Rhea, extension dairyman of the Connecticut Agricultural College, at i visit- ¢ ing farms in company with L. A. Be-| Storrs, is spending the remainder of the week in Fairfield county, van, county agent. Bills aggregating $1,397.69, incurred by the legislative investigation of the street railway problem in Connecticut, were approved Tuesday by the board of control. The maximum allowed by the legislature for expenses of the in-| vestigating commiission is $1,400. The Girls’ Friendly Society copal) of Connecticut, will celebrate a double anniversary Saturday at St Paul's church, Wallingford, the 25t anniversary of the founding of the so-| ciety in Connecticut and of Miss Mar- garet Jackson’s presidency of it | Norwich .members learn that 1,400 delegates from all parts of the coun- ! try will attend the thirty-third an-| nual convention of the Independent | Order of Brith Abraham, to be held at the Steel Pier, Atlantic City, begin- ning Sunday next and lasting three} | days. Tolland county towns must pay count) andover, sz Columbia, $351.15; Coven Ellington, $1,286.30; Mansfield, | $949.44; Somers, $1,036.65; Stafford, | $3,747.60; Vernon, $8,973.29; Willington $773.06; total, $20,000. | An outline of a course of study for the teaching of thrift in the elemen- tary schools has been completed by the savings division of the United| | States treasury department for dis- | tribution_to the schools, through the| savings directors in the twelve fed- | [ eral reserve districts. | Merchants hereabouts have been no- | tified that the subjects to be discus: ed at the spring mecting of the tional Retail Dry Goods Association at St. Louis, May 27 to 29, will be the luxury tax, markets, prices, the labor situation, merchandise, distribution {and the education of store emploves. | Concert and Dance. | | At the concert and dance of the Vie-| | Pleasantville, PERSONALS “harles Gates 6f Waterford has been discharged from the New London hos- pital. Trank recent quock. L. O. Bullard of Willimantic has been a guest at the Hotel Green, in Danbury. Ernest Lewis of this city has re- turned to his home here after spending a few days in New Haven. Judge and Mrs. Charles H. Post, for- mer residents of Guilford, but now re- siding in Norwich, are at the Hotel Halleck in Guilford this week. A Bethlehem, Conn. correspondent notes that Mr. and Mrs. E. 1. Stone have taken a motor trin to Stoning- ton for a few days. Mr. Stone’s moth- er, Mrs. George C. Stone, will return with them, having spent the winter with her son, Rev. Dwight C. Stone. Capt.- Franklin T. Lord, U. S. Norwich, now on duty with the infantry, was recently Lathrop of Norwich business caller at was a Wequete- appointed by the commanding general of the de- partment of the east, provost marshal of the city of Philadelphia. Captain Lord expects to go overseas for duty with the army of occupation in about| 60 days. ! EIGHT NEW DIVORCE CASES ARE FILED Eight new divorce cases have been filed in the superior court. They are as follows: Frank P. Miner of New London against Elsie Judd Miner of parts un- known, married June 30, 1918, adul- tery alleged on July 1, 1918. i Elmira Edwards Lumberg of New: London against Clifford Lumberg of parts unknown, married March 21, 1912, desertion charged September 2, 1912. Henry A. Holt, of New London, against Pauline Aldrich Holt of North Haverhill, Mass,* married Dec. 23rd, 1916, adultery alleged on May 19, 1918. Isabelle Carson Balkow of New Ion- don against Charles Albert Balkow of Meriden, married Fune 12, 1907, cruelty alleged since Jan. 1, 1914, di- vorce asked and custody of a minor child. Mabel Loomis Cone of New London against Philip L. Cone, married March 10, 1914, cruelty alleged since March 12, 1914. Bessie O'Brien Jorenz of New Lon- don against Gustave Lorenz, married Sept. 12, 1910, desertion alleged on May 27, 1910, divorce an dcustody of two minor children asked. Grace Watson Stivers of New Lon- don against Raymond P. Stivers, Murphysboro, Tll, married May 1918, cruelty alleged August 1, 1918, Cushing E. Wade, New London, against Sarah Frisbie Wade of Bel- fast. Maine, married October 2, 1918, adultery alleged August 1, 1917. | i Dr. F. W. Wilcox on Committee. The ‘ollowing commission to investi- | gate and advise on the segregation of| delinquent, fecble-minded and crimin- | ally insane persons was appointed on Tuesday by Governor Marcus H. Hol-! COL. CHARLES W, GALE Col. Charles W. Gale, one of the best known and highly respected citizens of Norwich, and a prominent banker of the city and state, died suddenly ‘Wednesday afternoon about 4.30 o'clock at his home, Pinehurst, N 154 Washington street. While he had not been in the best of health for some time past, Col. Gale kept at his desk at the Thames which he was the vice president, up till closing time on Wednesday after- noon. Col. Gale left the bank at three o'clock and went to his home. About 4:30 o'clock he was taken suddenly ill and expired shortly afterwards. Col. Gale intended to be present at a Ma- sonic gathering in Hartford today (Thursday). | Born in Nerwich. Col. Charles W. Gale was born inj| this city July 1, 1846, the son of the late David Lord and Lydia M. Phillips| Ga.e. He was educated in the public schools of Norwich, attended the No: wich Free Academy, and entered busi- ness at an early age. For some time he was employed by the Adams Ex- press company, holding a responsible’ ical position in the company's local; He left the Adams Express, any to enter the Thames National; bank in a clerical capaci He be-é came identified with the Thames Na tional bank Sept. 1863, and hi motion was steady In 1870 he was made a and was promoted to r Oct. 1, 1871, He occupied this p n until May 1,' 1889, when, upon creation of the office of assistant cashier, he was appointed to that position. Jan. 9, 1894, he suc ceeded Stephen B, Meech as cashie and became a member of the board of! directors in Janua 1802. Colenel' s pro-: sistant teller comb: Dr. F. W. Wilcox, superintendent of the Norwich State Hospital for the In-| sane; Dr. Charies P. LeMoure, super-| intendent of the Mansfield State Training School and Hospital; George, C. Ers e of the State Reformatory;: | Judge William M. Maltbie of Granby; | Senator Harvey P. Bissell of Ridge- field and Representat Charles Gates of Old Saybrook and Andrew J.i Welch of Simsbury. The commission was created act of the legislature of 1919. | by an “ In the City Court. | In the city court on Wednesday| there was a small amount of bu. iness | to be disposed of, two men being fin- ed $1 and costs for intoxication and | one man, a bartender, was committed | arm for charged w ' g stones at windows were se- | erely reprimanded and On the charge of Syrian in Greeneville fivi before the court. he a one of them was fined $5 and costs! which amounted to $13.14. ! The Syrian claimed lost $48 during the m Husband and Wife Celebrate. Richard Dugan and wife, Rita Du- gan, were arrested Tues night at 8.30 by Officers Harry Hick and Clay-| ton Witherbee, who found them drunk in Williams street, near Bullard's cor- ner, says the New London Day. When, resented in the city court Wednes-! day morning before Judge Coit they were allowed to go with judgment in| the case suspended for 24 hou; | Mrs. Dugan has been working inj Norwich and Dugan is employed at, Fort Michie and, as it was his first time that the two had seen each other in several months, they deemed it fit- ting that they should celebrate. i | Lineman Severely Burned Hand. On Wednesday afternoon _ Walter Toomey. employed br the Southern New England Telephone company his right hand with Dboiling beeswax poses. The crew were working near Montville at the time. Paul F. Gadle attended him and dressed the burn, which while not serious is very painful. Addressed Hartford Gathering. Sergeant Major Raymond B. Chase,| of this city, recently returned from: overseas, was one of the speakers at a meeting of the recentlv organized| Men’s club of the Hartford i ning. Sergt. Frank Rinella Home. Sergt. Frank Rinella of this who has been overseas for the pas months with the First army trans- portation corps, has returned home ter receiving his discharge at Camp Upton on Saturday INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY Miss Alice L. Bennett has returned after a visit in Boston. The Monday Auction Club met this week with Mrs. Charles B. Lee. Miss Jessie Hislop of Auburn, N. Y., is the guest of her aunt, Miss Por- teous. Miss Jane McG. Aiken entertained » few friends at bridge Tuesday af- ternoon. Miss Ruth Huntington of Hindman, Ky., has been spending several days in town, Mrs. her M N. Y, Mr. 'and Mrs. Rollin C. Jones have had as their guest, Guy Harmon of Benninglon, Vt, who recently return- ed from overseas service with the 26th division. 7 Dr. Edward P. Brewer, who has been in Florida during the winter, has returned north and is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. A. George Griffin, at Bect View. The fourth birthday Brown was celebrated by a children’s party Wednesday aftérnoon th home of his parents, daughter, Frank Bruce, at of Larrabee at ltory club in the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night Jackson's orchestra rendered the following program: March, The Great Divide: overture, | Lutspiel; waltz, Beautiful Ohio: one- | istep, Down on the Farm =led Banaer. 1 tendanee. Star Span- | There was a large :n-i and Mrs. Allyn L. Brown, ¢n Broad- way. Due to the rain a May pole frolic and other out of door pastimes had to be omitted, but the little foli enjoyed a roval good time in the house. with games and refreshments, including a large birthday cake, as a special feature, i e with the repair crew, severely burned '°f which he was using for insulation pur- Shi A big dance in thel Hawley v night willl conclude unday morn-| ling will be g ¢ to showing the ors around, on Sunday after- rank A. Mitchell is visiting:® Former Mayor | Gale continued to hold the office of cashier until he was e viee presi-! dent of the bank on Nov. 30, 1918. For years Colonel Gale was prominently identified with the C‘onnecticut Bank-| ers’ association, having been president,| treasurer and a member of the execu- tive committee. From 1878 to 1881 he was president and treasurer of the Norwich Pistol compa His Military Career. When a ¥ inter-; ested in military v e in the Connecticut National guard overed a period of some four yea during which time he rose to the of lieutenant colonel. He cnlisted Company B, Third 1866, d was made second lieut: Two years later he was appointed regi- nfal adjutant upon the 1ff of Col. me J. J. McCord. In 1870 Colonel McCord having been promoted to major ze and given command of the he invited Adjutant a; of lieutenant i life 4 ‘COLONEL CHARLES W. GALE DEAD ‘INO. 4, K. T., Nov. 14, 1879, he was eminent commander. |some years had lheld offices | Shr neral s 1o 4 1 | Colonel Gale had a long and distin-| #uished Masonic career. He was raised in St. James’ lodge, . 28, F. and A, AL, on Sept. 12, 1878; exalted in Frank in chapter, No. 4, R. A. M.. March 25, ; received into -anklin council, No. 3, R. and 8. M, May 1, 1879, and knighted in Columbian commandery. In 1895-6 He was a4 member of all of the Scottish Rite bodies up to the 32d degree and for in Van Renssalaer council of Princes of Jeru-| salem and Connecticut Sovereign con- sistory. He was' also a member of Pyramid temple, Nobles of the Mystic ine, of Bridgeport. At a conclave in New York in Sentember, 1917, he} was made .an honorary 33d dearee| member, Colonel Gale was a member of the corporation representing Norwich chapter -of the Rose Croix and was also @ trustee for the bondholders of the| Masonic Temple corporation. He was| a2 member of the Arcanum cluhy for| many- years, serving as its president| for two years. He was a member of gw Citizens’ corps and a trustee of the Organized Church Orchestra. Colonel Gale was deeply interested in music and had the honor of being the! first president of the Norwich Music association. He was very active in church work, having become a mem- ber of the Central Baptist church]| when a boy. For over half a century he has taken a .prominent part in the activities of the church. In 1882, at the time the church was contemplating the installation of a new organ, Col-; onel Gale volunteered vhis services as conductor of a chorus choir and for twenty years led the choir without compensation. He organized and con- dncted the church orchestra,o so popu- lar in the ’80s, and was chairman of: the music committee at the time of his| death. In 1912, when the City Bible class was organized by Rev. Peter C.| Wright, then pastor of ths Central! Baptist church, Colonel Gale was| chosen, which office he has since l\eld.‘ In June, 1868, Colonel Cale was| unifed in marriage with Charlotte E.| Main of Brooklyn, this state. Her| death occurred Jan. 23, 1903, and on; June 23, 1913, he was united in mar- riage with Gertrude (Hakes) Roath, daughter of the late Henry B. Hakes of Worcester, Mass. The same year, shortly after' their marriage, Col. and Mrs. Gale made a trip. around the wosld and while on the trip attended the Judson centennial celebration in Burma. - The trip -brought them in touch with a great many of the leading missionary workers of the world. Personally interested in all affairs of the city and town, Colonel Gale was called on to serve as marshal for near- 1y all of the larger parades held from time to time, and he took an active part in all patriotic celebration. Active in Politics. Of most attractive personal qualities, olonel Gale enjoved a wider acquaint- ance than many could claim. He was 2 _man of companionable -disposition, of genial and courteous manner and warm-hearted and sympathetic in his temperament. His personal attach- ments were strong and his friends knew him as a sincere, whole-souled, large-hearted man, In business he was regarded as a man of sound judgment and his wide experience in financiall matters made his advice much sought aft He was active in politics and| loyal party worker for many years, in several political camnaign organiz- s composed of many of the leading ness and professional men of thej city. He was a public spirited, high- minded citizen and one whom Nor- afford ‘o lose. He served| of the city from 1878 to at the time of his death he board of jury com- New London county. survived by his wife and onej| ister, Mrs. Silas P. Jacobs, of Les Angeles, Cal. G HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL VISIT STORRS An unusually large number of senior udents of eastern Connecticut are expected to attend the annual higl school day exercises at Conne: Agricuitural college at Storrs on i urday. Invitations to attend have been sent to 79 senior high school cla the state, and several hundred are ex- pected to accept. The d will be h t i e met 3 each will be furnished the college colors. TI to the col-! including insur arranged between the senior various schools which will a the af etween 2 enviable record, | also establi 3 should be a hard- and so the battle fought omne. & they will be returned from which place they ave for their hom high school seni visi noon and ever to Willimantic will le: who has not wuthorities 5 notified the college or her intention 1t | \Ads program, t 1t c e will be an « us departments of the college obtained in each. WEDDING Mason—Phelps. | | | The | marriage of Miss Ida May i ' Phelps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. rank B. Phelps of No. 760 Blue Hills avenue, Hartford and Ensign® Alfred Gay Mason, U. S. N. R. ', son'! of Mr. and Mrs. William Mason of| Yantic took place Wednesday after-| {noon at 5 o'clock at the home of the! bride’s parents, the Rev. J. J. Dunlop. | pastor of the Fourth Congregational! | chureh officiating. The double ring| service was used. The bride, wore a gown of white charmeuse and silver | with court train, and carried a shower ! bouquet of lilies of the valley, and was attended by Miss Ina Weir of East! {#tampton, who wore flesh colored { zeorgette, trimmed with pearls and | carried an arm bouquet of Shawyer ¥ se. ~ | the b | En |and ¥ gn W old and Edward Mason, broth- ers of the grom were ushers. The house was decorated with American fiags, palms and spring flowers. Mrs. E. Melaney played the wedding march_ | es by Wagner and Mendelssohn. _anvd { Mics Hel ng. The bride | gift to were pear! | beads. The best man’ ift was gold | cuff links, and the ushers silver pen- [ cils, Mr. and Mrs. Mason will take a wedding trip through the sout}: They will be at home at No. 27 Westland avenue, West Hartford after July 1. No American eat can equal the Chi- nese tomtom far noise, ] NEW HAVEN { tional taxes claimed for the different $10,149.38 for 1909; $16,-| ilent to 1 per cent. upon the entire net | . amount of the income of such corpor- ROAD MUST PAY TAXES In an opinion covering 22 typewrit- n pages Judge Edwin Thomas of ited States district court de-| that the federal .government is| entitied to recover from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company $45,083.31 in additional taxes and interest on each of four counts in. to which the suit was divided. Thes: were actions brought to recover excise xes for an additional amount on the eturns for 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912. The railroad company made its re- turns as required but in 1916 the com- pany was asked by the government for additional taxes on the ground that the paid-up capital stock should have been computed at a different figure. Declining to pay the additional amount the company was sued for the additional taxes, the interest and a 50 per cumstances, Judge Thomas penalty will be imposed. says no The addi- years were 113.01 for 1910; $19,061.63, and $759.29 for 1912. The sole question of the suit was the method of ascertaining the net in- come and depended upon the con- struction of the government's view of paid up capital stock outstanding at the close of the year. The law reads “Every corporation organized for profit and having a capital stock rep- ented by shares, shall be subject to annually a specific excise tax with t to the carrying on or doing iess by such corporation equiva- for 1911; bus ncome over and above $5,000 received y it rrom all sources during the year nd that such net income shall be as- ined Dby deducting from the gross a {e ation received within the year from all sources, interest actually paid within the year on its bonded and oth- er indebtedness, not exceeding the paid up capital stock of such corpora- tion, outstanding at the close of the ear.” cent. penalty, but under the cir-! | in their annual quotasand the amount | subseribed “1s $50,523:54 with 39 more ing campaign companies, and during| i the Blaine campaign in 1884 he re- ,cruited the famous Tanciers, which | adopted them DISTRICT CHURCHES HAVE RAISED OVER $30,000 FEEL LIKE A BOY Distriet Chairman ‘J. C. Macpher- v son of the Methodist Centenary drive| _ It is easy. Get the catarrh out of on Wednesday. night ' reported that| ¥oUr em. That is your trouble. tarrh is sapping znnr vitality etting the work of nutrition our food is not digesting properly It is passing through the diges tract without the nourishment being extracted. What you eat is largely ‘wasted. The blood, instead of tak- ingup nourishment, is absorbing the catarrhal poisons bagk into the system. B PE-RU-NA For Catarrh and Catarrhal nnu Relieves stomach = and bowel trouble, thirteen churches of the 52 in the Nor- wieh disirict had gone over the top| Y churches to report. The annual quo- ta for-the district i3 $63,237. All but two. or three churches have secured their five year quotas. The reports from all over the New England area are eaually encouraging and on Sunday night 50 per cent. had been' subscribed. The Springfield dis- trict leads with 69 per cent. subscrib- ed with Boston second and Lynn dis- trict. has the greatest percentage of chlirches gver the ton. The reports are| constipation, sour most gratifying and it is expected that| stomach, bloating, the quotas will all ‘be reached before| belching, rheuma- tism, pains in the back, sides and loins or other dis- eases due to catarrh or catarrhal condl- tion. For breakin up e@ughs an colds, there is noth- ing better. To ward off the grip and Spanish Filu the end’ of the week. Trinity Methodist: church lacks about $2,000 of her five year quota but has over subseribed her annual quo- ta by $500. ARCHDEACON BROWN DEPUTY TO SYNOD At the Fpiscopal Diocesan conven- tion held in New Haven on, Wednes- day Rev. J. Eldred Brown of this city | Blications so was appointed a member of the PE-RU-NA has anding committee. Archdeac’, been demoflstrated. rown was also elected a deputy | TFine for the Synod of the First Provi emergencies. Good to have in the house, A Bottle of PE-RU- NA is fourteen ounces of “boy feel- ing.” Sold every- where in tablet or Judge Gardiner Greene of this \' was elected a deputy.to the Synod of the First Province and also a dep- uty to the general convention. OBITUARY. Jonathan Trumbull. Jonathan Trumbull, who died at his home on Perkins avenue. Wednesday morning, was born in. Norwich, Jan. 23, 1844, the son of Danfel L. and Al- exandrine N. (Wilson) Trumbull. He was educated at the Norwich Free Academy and married Harriet Roose- velt ards of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1868. His father, Daniel Lathrop Trum- bull, was engaged in banking business in Norwich. His grandfather, Jona- been overseas for the past eighteen months. In his letter which was writ- ten at Gross Maischeid, Germany, on April 27th, he says: Today has been quite cold for this time of the year. Since last Wednes- day it has been cloudy, cold, and dreary. Had quite a little snow storm this morning. We are near Cierdorf. where-Walter S. Lumsden, of Norwich was located with the 32nd . Division, . C. The 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division took over the towns and po sitions vacated by the 32nd Divisi June 1. T will be entitled to wear service chevrons for overseas duty According to the paper England will not sign the peace terms unless Ital does also Rumors say that the part on en route’for the states have been held up utnil things get settled a bit. Don't suppose th will be any more fighting. ut if there is you can bet the Znd will be put in front. All these other divisions which are returning to the states in a blaze of glory for their valorous deeds no doubt deserve some of the praise, but wait till the story of the 2nd is written then it will be wor reading. The 2nd Division licked Germany’s picked troops, the Prus: n Guard The Prussian Guard 1 up a the 2nd on so many different fi the JOHNATHAN TRUMBULL German prisoners would How many Second Div than George Washington Trumbull, P — was a manufacturer, and is stil re-| BRIEF STATE NEWS membered by some of the older gen-; eration gentleman of the old| Waterbury.—Follow the 1lead of school, fastidiously well dressed, some- |the large dry goods department imes seen walking home at midday | erable number of t a shad carefully suspended at|stores are to close on Wednesday af ength at the end of his walk- |ternoon. k. Both father and son were| - Danbury.—David P. Wrizht. who has well known and highly respected in|been deput ‘harze of the Norwich. Danbury jail if Simeor Jonathan Trumbull was sometimes|Pease. has ed called “Brother Jonathan” by his in- timate friends, partly out of personal regard, and partly in remembrance of | o¢ the illustrious ancestor whose name he bore, Governor Jonathan Trumbulll of Lebanon, the friend and purveyor of | dren healt} 100 chi the munici at the supplies for Gener far as was possible with the narrow space and limited re- themsclves of the_collection are held in grateful remembrance. Aside from his vocation, Mr. Trum- bull tock great pleasure on the one side in outdoor life and in botanical pursuits, and on the other, in histori- cal researches and in the hakspeare. During his a i held many important positions of use- fulness and -trust in banking and commercial institutions here, being a porator of the Dime Savings bank. tor of the Eliza Huntington Me- tudy I morial Home and fellow of the ¥rec Academy. He was a deacon in the Park Congregational church, and w: treasurer of the William . Backus hos| Mr. Trumbull also at one time s president of the board of ed- ucation of the Central school district. He was a member of the society of the Sons of Colonial Wars, of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Con- necticut and New London County His- torical Societies, president of the So- ciety of Founders of Norwich, and an ho: incinnati. He wrote the Tebanon the Defamation of Revolutionary War Office, Pu triots: Vindication of Gen. Putnam, both in the Year Book C'onnecticut Society, S. A. R, 1895-6; Joseph Trumbull, First - Commis: General of the Continental Army, New London . County Historical society publication; the Share of Connecticut in the Revolution. American Monthly Judge Thomas in hi “Therefore, the con perative, after a car the law and a co principles involved in all cases cited both sides, that the naid up c: ifal stock of the corporation a: u in Section 38 of the act, means suc an amount received by the corpora- tion as does not exceed the par value of the outstanding shares, plus the amount received from any part-paid stock, and that it does not mean the ageregate amount received by the corporation. for the shares, the full paid stock receints, and part-paid tock receipts issued by it. even | thouzh said sum be in excess of the | par | value. “Judgment will therefore be enter- ed on each of the four counts in fa- vor of the plaintiff for such amount, with interest from the appropriate date, as shall be found pavable as an excise tax over and above that laimed and paid by n accordance with the opinion.” Elected to Succeed His. Brother At a meeting of the Political Science club of Trinity College, Hartford, on Tuesday afternoon Seymour Scott Jackson, '20, of this city, was elected president, succeeding his brother, My- ron O. Jackson, '18. Bad luck in small quap*i+=~ make 2ond luck more nalatable the defendant | i t Magazine, August. 1897; the Jaques of X ze, Shakespereana Walt Whitman's View Poet “Lore Vol. TIl o1 Ylock, came: so C'onnecticut ol tate. in the Revolution ir as a Colony and to 2 of Conne e rary con article: historical mag incs. wand prepared a history of Conneeticut during the Revolutionary peried which is now awaiting publi- cation. Cant. James Munroe ‘Baker. 1 d old-time _ Pr ment, di home Prov nee, been il only born at Connecticut, s father had a wife, who v xet, died se o being f one of w s of the e depart He had He w county stock farm. Licked German:’s Picked Treops. The Seend Division licked Germar picked #roops. the Prussian uard, says Private Earle L. Sparks, Co. B, th M. G. B'n,, in a leter received re- cently by Norwich friend. Pri- rary member of the Society of the | ies Munroe Baker, one of | Julia Sheppard of | Stamford.—Lieut Col C. Walter ington, who was accus-|,.> b . tomed to say when provisions xun"’“‘e“fl“““ M Allen of ¢ ':0""':’_” short, “We must write to Brother Jo- |7OUNCe ”‘“ e nathan.” ghter, ) 4 3 iouise, o Jonathan Trumbull of Norwich w exick (Tockwood dReld s sail of Wil engaged during the early part of his|Lam H. Reid of Stam- lite in mercantile pursuits, chiefly |ford: ) with the West Indies, but he abar Waterbury.—A sént _in to doned them for literary work. For headquarters rint nt Budd many years he was librarian of the[of the United Stat ployment ser Otjs Library until compelled by t‘m-‘v ice office shows th e labor situa“ ing health to withdraw from the posi-tion in the B City has resumed its tion. 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