Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-16

Exploitation of Mining Concern With $4,000 Capital
cation Fifty Years Ago-Troops We're Being Moved
Southwark Gradually and Local Companies Filing
Deserter, Suicide, Shooting.

/, The Hartford Courant has the follow
| Ing pithy allusion thereto: There! The
story from Annapolis is that Colonel
1arland of the Eighth is getting up an
arrangement looking to the more per-
ncanent union with a daughter OF
! Governor Hicks.
| Have we = gold mine among us
| This question is yet unsettled, as the
/ case of Roberts VS.. Fillmore, which was
to determine it, was withdrawn before
| a verdict Of jury which would have
/ settled the point most probably All
sorts of testimony was introduced as to
| the value of the rock taken out of the
mine on Wauwecus Hill. Some assays
1 by professors and nom professors
placed the value as high as from -
| to $4,000 per ton of rock. while on the
ether hand Professors Brush and Sfllt-
man of Yale college testified that they
had washed gold from the dirt And
yet it was limited by some witnesses
that the gold was what is termed all
in your eye The Wauwecus Hill
Geld, Silver and Nickel Mining COM
pany, with capital of 100000, was
members Notwithstanding the gold
mine had not yet paid up their assess
ments of 80 cents on share. and had
rot paid any dividends AS the court
said when the case was withdrawn
that it was eminently proper that this
whole matter should receive an inves-
legation, 1t may come up again in court
and then the vexed question be settled
a new FL Dorado is opened up on Wau-
wecus Hill.
DR.. Smith Made Surgeon.
Dec. Ii, 1S61-The Yantic ladies have
organized a Soldiers Aid society with
Mrs. S. H. Tracy as president and
Towle directors
James A. Fuller of Norwich, former
ly a lieutenant in Captain Chester's
company, Second C. ". is orderly ser
- IN, 10 ms Ind l<7T m
county company in the Eleventh regi-
ment. The company being raised by
Lieutenants McCord and Abbott num-
bers upwards of 40 men, They win
give a street drill by moonlight next
week.
The Eleventh regiment. Colonel
Kingsbury. will leave by steamboat
next Monday for Annapolis to join
General Burnside's division
DIR. s. Chester Smith of Preston has
received the appointment of acting as
s.stant surgeon in the United States
navy and ordered to report for duty
at the Brooklyn navy yard
Special Town Meeting
Dec. L. 1S6i-At a special town
meeting Saturday night it was voted TO
lay out road from West Main street.
near Asylum, to the home or Tnoinas
Hubbard. and the layout of a piece, OF
road near the residence or Charies
Naples was approved.
With this number commences the
fourth volume of The Bulletin We're
here we know. but rafting on so fast
that we've no time to think of how
we reached il. The nation stands at
Attention. Eyes Front" Bye and bye
in Gods providence 1t will be AT
Ease, Rest" and then we may remem-
Der We toss no wreath upon our
milepost today. We only notch our
calendar and move on
Private Reynolds Shot,
Dec. IL 1se1-A member of the
Eleventh regiment named Reynolds
appeared at the guard tent of the
Twelfth regiment and was going into
the camp when stopped He drew
revolver, but IL was knocked from his
and and at the same time discharged,
The ball going into his leg
The steamer Constitution landed the
Ninth C. v. and a Massachusetts
regiment at Ship Island Dec g.
The officers and crew Of the schooner
Ocilla of Mystic are now confined at
Richmond They were seized off Tam
pa bay. Florida. by rebels while the
crew were fishing
Capt Oscar A. Dennis. who recently
resigned his commission in the Fourth
regiment. arrived in town today