Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-25

| | plant of the Bradford Dyeing associa- ton. From 1866 to 1868 the mills l were leased and operated by the NJ l antic Woolen Manufacturing company. l The name of the village has been rec 1 ognized as Mantle and Dorrville. since 1851, at the option of the people, un- I til the official designation as Mantle
 by the postal authorities
 There is a remarkable curve i'll the 1 river between Potter Hill and Mantle, 1 east of the road leading to the site of 1 the Sabbatonian meeting house. The
 course is almost a circle, in the cen- ter of which is Kedina island. It IS l a tradition that the river was turned from it's direct course through the l Veadows and valley by the beavers
 that built so large and strong dam l that the streams cut a new bed to the south around the obstruction.
 Judge Oliver H. Williams held reg uIar session of the Third district court i and cases on the civil and criminal I docket were disposed of temporarily. ] The first criminal cases called were ] the chief of police against Almy, which i have been in the court for over year.
 and charge violation of liquor laws. l Continued for two weeks. The case | against. John Horne charged with for a week, with expectation of reach ing settlement.
 Walter Dangerfield, charged with
 non-support of wife and children, who
 is on probation, is under suspension 1 of sentence, reported in court as di- rected. The probation was continued
 and Dangerfield ordered to report in ! court next Friday.
 There is certainly a n1uddIe over the status of the liquor license issued l to John Carney by the town council | n 6n in cfr ac e 1 clearly shown at the council session, 1 when Carney petitioned to transfer the l licnse to Albert ~Benvenuti, at the pres l ent location. or to himself in the New l Park hotel in High street It was l brought out at the meeting that the
 license fee was paid by Benvenuti, and | that the business was losing venture from the start and the Hand Brewing
 company of Providence became cred itor for nearly sf,000. The brewing company. in consideration of the trans | fer of the saloon property. including l the legal right as agent to do business under the license, agreed to relieve 1 Carney of his indebtedness. Carney 1 signed such an agreement, and John l Dougherty was placed in charge of the l business anl has offered liquor that ] intoxicates for sale ever since and made actual sales
 l Thef attorney for the Hand Brew l ing company claims there has been no 1 violation. of law. as the business is
 being carried on by agents of Carney under the signed agreement, that the agreement was of a nature that did ! not require the sanction of the town
 council, and that no council action is | necessary when license is transferred without change of location.
 | This latter statement is doubted by the council, the claim being made that ! no transfer of license to another in- I dividual or to a new location could be l legally made unless authorized by the ! town council, and that if such trans- fer had been made someone was vio- ! lating the liquor laws and the police ! should get busy.
 ! MT. Carney was at the council meet l ing in company with his attorney, and | the statement was made that if he had ! signed an agreement for the Hand | Brewing company to discontinue in 1 business under his license, he had 1 done so under misapprehension and 1 repudiated it. He said he had taken l his license certificate from the saloon and did not want any one to do busi- ness under the license without his | direct permission. He wanted the li- l cense for himself and asked that it
 be transferred to the New Park hotel. 1 Unless Carney yields and gives the Hand Brewing company the right to l act as his agent under the license, | the saloon will be closed and there i may be prosecution for violation of the liquor laws.
 l Joseph H. Jewett, formerly of Nor 1 wich, among the first to respond from
 that city to call to arms in 1861, l who has been a resident of Westerly for many years, is a pensioner under 1 special act of congress. Three months ago he received $3473 in settlement of 1 his account as adjutant of the Eighth Connecticut infantry and Friday morn l ing he received 94 cents as balance due him for service in the navy. Dur ing the civil war he enlisted four times 1 each as a. resident of Norwich and had | the distinction of serving four full l eniiStments- His army and navy serv- l ice, in brief, follows:
 He enlisted from Norwich as pri- 1 vate ill Rifle Company B. Second Con-
 necticut volunteers, April P, 1881, and ] was mustered out by reason of expir- ! ation of term August [, 1S61
 1 His second enlistment was as ordi-
 nary seaman in the United States navy, enlisting August 30, 1861. and
 discharged August 1T. 1863.
 The third enlistment was as pri- vate in Company K, Twenty ninth
 Connecticut infantry. for nine months. His fourth enlistment was as pri-
 vate in Company D, Eighth Connec- ticut infantry He was promoted ser 1 geant July 1. 1884. Sergeant Jewett ! was wounded in the engagement at l Petersburg, Va, July 30, 1864. and again at Fort Harrison, Va. Septem- l Der 29, 1864. He was promoted ser geant major January 1, 1865. He was commissioned first lieutenant of Com pany H, April g, 1865, and made regi-
 mental adjutant July 1. 1885. He was l mustered out of his service with his ! regiment December 12, 1865, after an
 almost continuous service of four years and nine months
 Mir. Jewett regretted that there was
 not to be celebration in Norwich oi
 the 5oth anniversary of his company's
 going to the front. He said: .I1
 would be q great pleasure to sne te
 meet the survivors of -Norwicfls frs, company, and shake hands with com. rades who went soutlr-in 1861 for three ' months, actually Believing the rebellion would be suppressed during their tern of enlistment As a matter of fac the experience gave the boys genu inc tinge of patriotism and nearly ev. cry one of them re-enIisted and die their share in defending the stars ant
 stripes"
 Local Laconics.
 | c. Clarence Maxson, Jr., senior a
 Brown, is home on vacation.
 Rev. F. H. Davis of New Haven
 will supply the pulpit of the Firs