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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-03
Sardou's ouin.

"Victorien Sardou hated shams, said
New York theatrical manager. IF
you tried TO impose on him; he would
call YOU down.
AT the Ambigu during a rehearsal
he said he doubted an actors state
ment that he had given 40 hours o.
study to his lines.
"'You doubt meT said the actor,
holly. I assure you, Mons. Sardod,
have never lied but twice In my life.
"Sardou smiled dryly.
Then this makes thrice. eh?' said
he"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-03
eIIzzard sweeos New York.

New York, Jan. 31.-The center OF
the Western blizzard reached this city
Saturday. Accompanied by high
wind. heavy fall Of wet snow. sue
ceeding a rainfall throughout Friday
-%-.t. AliAd the streets with slush
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-03
One Man Killed at kansas citv.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 31-Charles
Bevard, q plasterer, was blown off the
Kansas City Southern bridge in Kan
sas CITY, Kan, and killed. The wind
farriod him a hundred feet from the
AYiclge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-03

kkOdlOl ESyssss spsIa Cure
nInoats what you eat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-03
INTO COOPER jJ;;l..5 LET GUT

Leish Ia, esnnaeE aaa JACK on
Nashville, Tenn.-Both J. 5, Leigh
ard II. 7. Jackson were DISMISSED this
.norning frcm further ,or,ico on he
Cooper harp jury BY Jl,se Kart. The
first for the preiuliced and L,ased ex-
preston he used while being cross-ex-
ahmed. jackson was Dismissed by re-
quest Of the State, in which request
ornssl for the defense likewise joined,
alter the testimony Of two witnesses
had been heard.
BIT on the stand, when he was
brought into the court room on Wednes-
lay, Judge Hart explained, Leigh
shovel so plainly his preiudice against
Senator Coraack, and Lcastej so openly
as to how he had fought him, that he
believed Lad this knowledge been
brought ort when Tie juror was first
eaxmiied, there would nave been ample
reasons for challeagieg for cause, and
since the juror had delayed such an
unquestionel bias, It was he opinion of
the court that The rest OF the jury might
be affected, and for this reason he was
excused.
The Leigh case having been disposed
OF the case against ,Iurcr jackson was
called. The first wi;ness was Dr J. L.
Burkhart, who is neiehsor of Jackson,
and who has lived near him for twenty
years. He testified that Jackson was a
good blacksmith whcn not toe drunk
to work, but that in all the years that
he had known him he had never SHOWN
Of his being sober. He said to illus
trate the methods of Jackson, that it
--a- customary for him in shoeine a
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-03
CUBsNS FIAT F1LERs' CLASH
Gomez Is Asked to prcp Fight Against
Vice-Pre over APP
pointm ents.

Havana, Jan. 31.-Strong representa-
lions were made to President Gomez
Saturday by leading citizens and poll
ticians against involving his own and
the Zayas factions of liberals In a
political quarrel for fear that it will
lead to drastic action by the United
States. A large force of American
troops is still on the island, and
friends of the new republic fear the
row that has broken out between
President Gomez and Vice-President
Zayas will cut short the islands lib
erty unless checked at once.
American residents are in sympathy
with Zayas, whose faction bitterly op-
roses the dismissal of Jesse Jerez
Verona, chief of the secret police, In
favor of Ricardo Arnauto, Gomez
adherent and former editor of FL Re-
concentrate, which was suppressed
by Gen. Ludlow.
The contemplated change caused
practically the entire secret police to
tender their designations. whiSh have
not vet been accepted.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03

architectural structure, our new Banks, our new Factories and Foundry on Franklin street, and at the Falls. our enlarged facilities for steam power as a mechanical aid-all these tell a good story for Norwich prosperity
 The purchase of a large share-one undivided half. we are informed-in the property of the Merchants Hotel
 paves the way. we hope to a complete renovation of the house, tand its ap- purtenances on Church street). it's sit : uation giving it a great advantage over even the new Hotel in its airi- ness and the beautiful view from it's windows. But it was chiefly of sales of private property that we designed to make mention today. That of the beautiful lot owned by Mrs. Benjamin Lee. lying on Washington street. just north of the residence of D. Tyler, to a gentleman of fortune, Mir. l.. Black stone, (Whose intention we under stand it is to make Norwich his fu- ture home,) for the sum of $l0,00O :; that of the residence of IT. Whitaker. to Lloyd Greene, at the price of about ST,000; that of the lot in Broadway lying ons the plain, next to the resi- j. dence Of Amos Prentice, containing from seven to eight acres, sold by J. .JI. Perkins to l.. F. s. Foster, Esq for s4,500; also one on Broadway, lying just north of the residence of Capt Williams, and sold by him to David
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plain and chaste design" $10,00O.
 Three story brick building on Frank lin street for sash and blind factory for Myers &. Bailey, $4.00O.
 Two story brick dwelling house on Broadway for Hon. l.. F. $. Foster, irregular villa style. $13,000.
 Norwich Free Academy on Broad way, S35,O00.
 Two story villa mansion on Broad way for MT. David Smith, Croton brick with freestone dressings $25,000.
 Framed dwelling house for Mr.Ware- ham Williams on Broadway, $7,000.
 Central grammar schoolhouse on Broadway, $250O0-
 Three story brick building on Broad way for l.. & E. Edwards for a book bindery, s5p00.
 Italian villa on Washington street for J. N. Perkins. Esq, $15,OO0
 Italian frame house near Norwich Town for Capt Charles l.. Reynolds, s6.50O.
 Brick house, Swiss style, corner of Washington and Sachem streets, for E O. Abbot, Esq.. s7500.
 Residence of Mrs James l.. Ripley near Norwich Town, $6.000.
 In December 1858. The Courier gives the following announcement of the plans for the buildinr of Breed hall:
 Tt is with no little pleasure that We are enabled to announce to the good people of Norwich the fact that we are 10 have public hall. Ex Mayor Breed is the man who is about to confer so desirable q boon upon the city. The site fixed upon is the vacant lot on the corner of Main and Washington streets Tn addition to covering the whole of this lot it is to include one half the brick block which bounds the lot on the east. The size of the hall
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the street lamps when there was a moon, and the citizens on the other blaming him if he did not light them dark and stormy nights, even if there was a moon. He meant to do his duty, but he wanted to have his duty in this regard more clearly defined He knew that on Wednesday, night it was dark enough to make it necessary to light the lamps. but he had no power under the present contract with the company to do SOL
 The Wauregan house, commenced two or three years earlier. was com pleted in 1855 and the levee under the auspices of the ladies of Norwich, and to which the public were invited, was held on the evening of Tuesday Feb. 20. 1855. Tickets, admitting gentleman and lady, S3: gentleman and two ladies, present was variously estimated at s4: single tickets. $2. The number from $50 to 800. Speeches of congrat- ulation were made before the feast by 'ex Mayor Buckingham and Hon. Joel " White
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WATER STREET IN DAYS OF MOURNING.

who know him intimately. Mr. Brom- ley comes to his task, too, with the ad- vantage of some experience in editorial life and labors. He was. if we rightly remember, the writing editor for con- siderable time Of the State Guard and American paper, formerly published in this city by an enterprising young man named Andrew Stark. In fact, he was we believe, the last editor the paper in question had. If his labors on that journal failed to bring. him fortune, they brought him what may perhaps be reckoned an equivalent-they brought him fame If fate so dyucred it that he was to see the Guard ground arms, and find devolved upon himself the melancholy duty of writing the epitaph of so sturdy a defender of -Americanism.' he may console himself with the reflection that many a man of perhaps equal genius and editorial ca pacity has passed through a similar experience, and been all the wiser and stronger for it.
 Nor are the associates of MT. Brom- ley wholly new to the newspa per Dus.- ness Mir Manning was for q consid- erable nurnber of years foreman of The Courier office, and We take pleasure in saying that the duties of that post were always well and worthily dis charged. We shall eyer be pleased to hear of his prosperity and good for tune.
 "AIr. Perry. the other partner. has also had experience of both the pleas .ures and profits of newspaper pAblish- ing. Though too modest to affix his imprint to the sheet. we know that for considerable time he printed and published. d paper called the 'Bene- factor, which had large and lucrative circulation.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
THE NORWICH BULLETIN.

The first issue of The Morning Bull letin. in December. 1858, was thus an- nounced by The Courier;
 "A new candidate for public favor and fame made it's appearance in this city Wednesday morning, under the title of the Morning Bulletin, publish ed by Manning, Perry & Co.-the Co part being understood to consist of MT. Isaac Bromley and Homer Bliss-all, with one exception, practical printers. The editorial management of The Bull letin is in the hands of MT. Bromley, who is quite too well known in Nor wich to require an introduction. That he will make decidedly spirited paper will hardly be doubted by any who know him-certainly it will not by any
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The Morning Bulletin thus describes the night of the election in Norwich:
 "Norwich broke loose from the moor inus last night. The city was all eager ness to hear the result of the great struggle of the day. At an early hour Apollo hall was crowded with a dense mass of people, so that finally the au- dience adjourned to Breeds hall, for more extended accommodations. The returns as they came in appeared to electrify the crowd for the widest cheering ensued which we e-S- had the opportunity to hear. The returns from New York, especially. produced most wonderful effect. For nearly ten min- utes there was no cessation of the cheering, and hats and caps rose and fell like hail.
 Every man. congratulated every other within .hailing distance. and all together the crowd appeared decidedly gay. Between Il and 12. o'clock the crowd diminished enough to make it profitable to adjourn again to Apollo hall
 More and favorable returns were re- ceived and the enthusiasm became if possible. still more intense. Bonfres were kindled on Franklin square and the jubilation continued until daylight dawned upon a nation joyous in the consciousness that an honest man had been chosen to the chief maglstracy of the republic"
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in feet we are unable to give, but it is to be large enough to seat 1900 people, and upon pinch to take in 1000. It is to be completed and ready for occu- pancy by the 1st day of September 1S59-that is, in season for our great centennial celebration"
 The hall was finally opened on the evening of Monday. Feb. 20, 1860, with a social levee. Music was furnished by the Gilmore band. Singing-chorus and solos, Congratulatory speech was made by John T Wait. addressed to MT. Breed, thanking him on behalf Of the citizens of Norwich for his energy and enterprise in building the hall followed by reply by MT. Breed. After the songs Miss Emma Bulkeley presented MT. Breed with d beautiful basket of flowers, the gift of the boys and girls of Norwic h.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
CITY IMPROVEMENTS, 1s52-2s5s.
Improvement of Streets and Walks Ambitious Residences for Upper Broadway - Erection of the Wau- regan House-New Bank Building.

On1 the anniversary of our Independence, ittAecame our duty, as
 we'll as pleasure, to stroll through our
 streets and we4were beth pleased and
 surprisedA Atoisee, ,sin,llow many respects Norwich Twas changed and changing 1pr the eS~betteT. Through Franklin a4etreet, Athe number of new tenements, email s%5utsneat, land many of them trastefui& &as fweil as gcomfortable. spoke Iaoudly -forgthe spreperity of that class for ourl citizens. who are the surest de 1pendence~ ~any town can have for sue Ecessful &prpgress, she mechanics and afaaboringFTfien The ide-pavements in YBroadWayEand Washington street, in
 most Zinstancss "so handsomely iald
 with good stone,s cannot fail to attract attention, even nowlthat they are no longer snew-and to awaken the Fdesire and purpose to have them extended, until good stone walks are to be found ion both sides of every street in our { city limits.
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The more ambitious residences in Athee upper part of Broadway. the new %but already yshome- like looking dwell. etng of, ourStewnsman. Amos w. Prem Leice, Esq, z are, in .theirs fresh white spalnt tandf f green blinds, pleasant ob- Fleets StoSthefeEe. In progress of build xdng, wea still more elab-
 crate dwellings .offAIr. Edward Abbott.
 and of J. Newton Perkins. Esq,
 both of which are to be the property sof men whose taste cannot be ques- { stionedaand whose permanent residence with us, we consider as among the decided Improvements of the last few styears. s4Nor%should be forget the beau 5Eifui iRh0m esteadZef the late Capt Rey- ssnolds,s standing as it does a monument Ito his taste, i and awakening in the Sshearts of the behelder a sigh for his ralntamely end-Norwich Courier, July y14. 1852.
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suILT BOATS.
An Army Rifle cortrset--The w. w. Colt the First Boat to Reach Sum-

Noit h"c "~N - ~T
 ter.
 The ounboat Norwich, built at the yard of IT. Wetmore & Co.,. in this city. in>1s61. carried the heaviest armament of any gunboat of her size that had been put in commission during the war, consisting of four sixty-four pounders on her gundeck. and twen- ty-pounder Parrottirifie gun on her fore castle deck. The lieutenant command ing was J. M. Duncan.
 James D. Mowry of this city receiv- ed contract from the United States government for 30,0o0 rife muskets. after the latest Springfield model. As there was no manufactory in town where all the work could be done, the barrels were made at Cole & Walk CTS large machine shop on the corner of Willow and Franklin streets, the locks at C., B. Rogers & Co.'s on the West Side, the other pieces at the shop of the Messrss Mowry, in Greeneville.
 The steamer w. w. ce4, General Gilmore's. staff boat, was the first to rum up Charleston harbor after the rebels had abandoned the forts. Pos session was at once taken of Fort Sumter. and the flag was hauled down from the steamer to be hoisted by Captain Brass of General Gilmore's stan over the abandoned werk. They made a stan by flashing together an oar and boathook. and upon this they fastened the ensign and flung 1t to the breeze from the ramparts of Fort Sumter The Colt was built for and was owned by Capt. William W. Colt of this city. who had the flag carefully preserved as an honored relic of the times of the great rebellion.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
GOODBYE.

With the present number of The Bulletin my immediate connt ction with it as its editor will cease. l cannot abandon the chair editorial however, without bidding goodbye to those who for the past four years have been my every morning audience. and. l be- lieve, my very good friends For the last eighteen months I have sat in my chair, and in what l believed to be my sphere of duty. done what l could to fill up the ranks of the Union army;
 to inspirit the brave men in the field. and to encourage those whose beating hearts throbbed anxiously to every step of the army of the Union. ! have
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had been furnished by Norwich. All oflthem took part inrthe battle of Bull Run. where the regiments from Con- necticut saw some of the hardest ser vice. Fresh calls for troops in 1861 and 1862 were answered immediately, and full squotas sent out with contribu- tions of money and supplies.
 Norwich furnished one hundred and thirty seven officers to the service dur ing the war including three generals (Tyler, Birge and Harland), five colo nels, seven lieutenant colonels, eight majors, eight adJutants. seven sur geons. forty-fve captains and fifty
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 gtion which it excited It was unques- 1HiOnabiye'the sgem ~of the evening"
 The Iliouse of B. w. Tompkins. Esq, was as sbrilliant as brilliant lights, and a great many of them, c0uld make it. The large huuse of General Williams ! also was lighted up throughout; and the fine residence of Capt Erastus Will aiams wasGn perfect blaze On Broad street the residence of Mir Charles l. Cooley, also that of the writer. just opposite, were illuminated-in the tor mer case the number of lights at each window corresponding to the number of panes of glass. The house of Hon. c. w. Rockwell presented fine ap- pearance an6 was greeted as were very many others by the procession with prolonged and repeated cheers. Among the dwellings on Broadway, although every one. or nearly every one, was handsomely illuminated. there were three which elicited much admiration -Col. George Perkins, Mir. Frank Johnson's and Mir. Russell Hubbard's MT Jchnson's especially was as unique
 As we passed down Washing ton street about half after eight o'clocl;fI ln the evening, pretty much about al! West Side was streaming and spark Hing with light; and conspicuous and | pre- eminent among them all was the | large mansion of Capt Vim w Colt |
 ''The American House, kept by Mir | Downer, was splendidly Illuminated: | and finally, lastly and to conclude, so was the Couriersoffice. On two of the | central windows the latter "Z. T." were traced in fire, while the words | I'VE TOLD YOU so" shone out from | a transparency between them. The | other windows were brilliant with | lights equal in number to the panes of glass.-1hese lights continued to burn bright and clear till nine and d half o'clock when they were extin- guished, fwith malice prepense by our devil
 After the Procession and other out o-dOer doings were over, a company of about 100 gentlemen sat down to as good a Whig supper spread for them by mine host of the American" as any. even the most fastidious, Whi5 could desire. So we are assured.p
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
TIE COURT HOUSE FIRE.
A Meeting for Selecting stes-Unien
 Square Site Decided Upon-Judss
 Holbrook and the Model Court House.

A fire in April. 1865. completely burned out the interior of the court house and all the exterior woodwork. leaving nothing but the bare walls standing. The hook and ladder bonn pany worked briskly during the aft ernoon removing the chimneys and such portions of the walls as seemed in danger of falling.
 The building was erected in 1928, on contract by Felix Durkee. The town of Norwich owned the property, occu- pying tho lower floor as d town nall. while the county had perpetual lease of the second story for a court room with adjoining jury sherif and ante rooms. In 1S40 the polls were perms- nently located in the town hall. the voting anteritor to that time, alternat- ing between up and down town. The loss by the fire -rU the town was esti- mated at from s5,o0O to $6,0Oe. There
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more enduring and imposing Nor. :. wich Courier, April F, 1853.
 There have been made, within two weeks past. some safes oftresl estate in ourstown; that aresgratifying to cur pride as citizens. =inasmuch as they beteken the facttthat Norwicllais look ing up again, after the few years of depression and dullness through which she has passed. In a business point of view, our new Hotel, now looming Up two stories high, and already promising a fine appearance as an
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
THE NEW HoTEL-THE WAURE- '. GAN HOUSE.

'sThe work of demolition commence ed yesterday on the site of the pros pective Hotel. The ancient wooden building whichshas, through so many successive generations, stood sentinel on the corner of Main and Union streets, witnessing, unmoved, the chances and changes which have come. not exactly to its next door neighbors,
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subject. We who 70 VIII try to stand and try to- forget there are men be- hind who knew their duty but did 1t not.
 aFoilow the Eighteenth regiment with your hopes and prayers. and don't forget that we are doing your
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Norwich Courier. June 10, 1928.
 The Thames bank was incorporated in 1925: the Quinebaug, afterwards re-organized as the First National oank, in 1892; the Merchants bank in 1853: the Shetucket bank in 1852; the Uncas bank in 1855; and the Chelsea bank in 1858. The Norwich Savings society had been Incorporated in 1924.
 In 1862 the Thames bank purchased the lot on Shetucket street owned by Capt. James Perkins. d few doors south of the Norwich bank corner, with the large two-story frame dwell- ing house. and the building occupied by James Bussey's tailoring esta bliSh- ment standing thereon. The lot had sixty feet front, and the price paid was $5,000 The old buildings were torn down or removed, and d hand some brick or granite building to be occupied as q banking house by the Thames bank erected upon the lot The Norwich Savings bank united with the Thames in the purchase of the lot and erection of the building
 The Chelsea Savings bank purchased of Horace Colton the vacant lot on Shetucket street. two or three doors south of the Norwich bank and ad- joining the lot purchased by the Thames bank and adjoining the lot Durchased br the Thames bank and Norwich Savings bank. The three corporations united in the erection of a handsome tffree- story building to cover the whole ground, tlt material to be yellow stone. Thei Thames bank occupied the center the Chelsea the north and the Norwich the south end of the building.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
A REAL BUILDING BOOM.
These buildings had recently been

These buildings had recently been erected:
 The Wauregan house, corner Main and Union; $50,060.
 Framed dwelling house on Broad street for Charles Tracy, Esq, $6,000.
 Framed dwelling house on Broad street for c. C. Brand, villa style, tower in front, $10000.
 Primary schoolhouse on Broad street, one story, wood, $3,00O.
 Two story brick dwelling house on Franklin street for H. Walker. very
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urged .others to go, until for very shame of keeping in the background myself while pushing others forward, have enlisted my own hand where my heart has always been-on the side of the nobIest cause that ever made sword leap from scabbard. Hupdreds of able bodied men will read this,
 who know 1t is their duty to go with inc brave fellows who today are flock ina to the standard of the loyal and true. With them, it will be sinnle twinqe of conscience, perhaps, and then Expenditures of duty. am sorry they are not with us-sorry for their sakes-sorry for ours. But enough has been said in these columns upon this
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Political meetings and the organiza- ton of clubs by both parties followed with increasing enthusiasm. We read of the Young Mems Buckingham club of Norwich" the Buckingham Vigil ants" later known as the Republican Wide Awakes of Norwich" the "Che- club"
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Launched under such auspices, The Bulletin may reasonably anticipate future as brilliant as the present is promising"