The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-08
NORTH HAVEN.

Oct. 7.-Members of the old Tenth Connecticut Volunteer infantry will be glad to hear that Comrade Joseph F.. Parmelee, who enlisted In company A from Guilford in 1862 has just been ap- pointed postmaster of West Salem, Wis. Comrade Parmelee distinguished himself on April 2. 1865, by planting the flag of the regiment on the parapet of Fort Gregg in the face of a murderous fort. Major General Gibbons describes the assault and the planting of that flag In an article in the Youths Companion of November, 1894, under the head, t'The Bravest Deed I Ever Saw" illus trated by drawing of the fort Of the same assault General Grant says in his book, "A portion of the Twenty-fourth corps carried work of great import ance with the greatest galantry' Com- rade Parmelee kept the flag floating in that perilous position (the re-entering angle of the south face of the fort) for three-quarters of an hour while the deadly strife went on to victory. Cap tain Thorp of the Twenty ninth c. V. found the dead bodies of five confeder- ates lying on top of each others in front of that angle. Each of them tried to pull down that flag and were killed by the color guard on either side of Farm e1ee The "Nonpareil' of West Salem is jubilant over the appointment His old comrades extend congratulations and good wishes for his success in his new government service.
 MT. Fred Mansfield's mare made seri- ous objection to having the lumber box wagon go down hill faster than she did, and struck with her heels vigorously in support of the objection. The front end of the wagon did not look nearly as nice after she got through the move ment.
 MT. and Mrs. R. T Linsley celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their mar riage on Wednesday, October G.
 Members of North Haven grange go- ing home from meeting on Tuesday evening about Il o'clock saw a bright fire in the north which proved to be the burning of a. barn belonging to Mir Hull of Wallingford, which consumed one horse, three cows, thirty tons of hay and lot of farming utensils.
 At the annual town meeting the fol- lowing citizens were elected as town officers: Town clerk, l.. P. Futile; se- lectmen, Henry D. Todd, Edgar A. Hemingway; registrar of voters, Els worth D. S. Goodyear and Edward Rice; assessors, Edward c. Warner A. A. Lane; board of relief, Nathan A. Marks, Alfred A. Howarth, H. A. Hull; consta bles, Reuben Harrison, Henry R. Corf, Robert F. Dickerman, Wilbur E. Beach; agents town deposit fund, Rob ert w. Smith, Joseph Pierpont, Sheldon B. Thorpe; grand jurors, F. Haydn Todd, Ger A. Olson, William B. Roberts, Joseph Bishop; auditor, Sheldon B. Thorpe; school fund treasurer, F. Hadyn Todd town deposit fund treas Irer, F. Hadyn Todd; collector of taxes Lewis I. Fowler. It was voted to lay a three mill tax for school purposes and a nine mill tax for the ordinary town pur- poses making a twelve mill tax in all. Two legacies having been left to the town for the care of cemetery lots, Frank l.. Stiles and G. J. Metz were ap- pointed a committee to have charge of the same.
 Joseph E. Bishop, R. N. Barnes, R. O.. Eaton, S. E. Thorpe, J. B. Bassett, F. F. Jacobs, Joseph Pierpont, George B. Todd were appointed committee to arrange for celebrating the opening of fs6he year 1900.
 The selectmen are to hold a session on Monday, October Il.
 Road Contractor Bruce has commence ed working the road in front of MT. Pierpont's store. He contracted to ma- cadamize the road.
 The funeral of Miss Harriet Lusf, on- ly child of Rev. William Lusk, was at tended on Thursday afternon at 8 o'clock from St. Johns church.