Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-27
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

falo, has been transferred to New York, where he will have an office in the down town headquarters Of the company. The transfer means an ex- cellent promotion and a fine increase in salary for MT. Jacobs, who will be accompanied to New York by his mother, Mrs. Esther Jacobs. They have been making their home in Buf- | falo.
 Fought at Gettysburg. A. H. Huntingdon of this place is one | of the surviving four hundred in Con- ! necticut that fought for the union in | the battle of Gettysburg. MT. Arm 1 ington was with a Rhode Island bat | tery in the famous fight and was in | the thick of the fray at the bloody 1 angle,'' one of the most deadly posi- 1 tlons that any battery was called up- lon to defend during the whole course | of the war.
 | Commissioners Reserve Decision.
 In the rooms of the selectmen in the town hall building Tuesday, commen- cling at Il o'clock, the county commis- sioners, c. D. Barber. B. H. Hall and D. H. Corttis, gave hearing on the remonstrance against granting a li- 1 cense to Philias Jodoin to do a liquor 1 business in the DageniaS building on Railroad square. Judge A. G. Bill was attorney for the remonstrants and Attorney Donald G. Perkins of Nor Wich was counsel for MT. Jodoin. A number of witnesses testified for and against the unsuitability of the place as one for carrying on a liquor busi- ness. The commissioners reserved de- cision.
 Tuesday evening there was a large delegation from Danielson in Putnam, some of them to attend the produc- l ton of Freckles at the Bradley thea ter, others to be present at, the first charity ball ever given by Putnam 1 lodge of Elks, which organization has many members here.
 Guest from Alberta. l Mrs. M. Hepburn of Huxley. AL berta, is spending the week with MT. and Mrs. c. c. Lawton in Brooklyn. ! Mrs. Hepburn is the mother of Arthur , 0. and Augustine E. McEwen, who formerly lived in Brooklyn and had many friends there. Both these young men have made homes for themselves in Alberta.
 Rhode Island Coal.
 Danielson people pricked up their ears Tuesday when they heard talk of chance to buy coal at $6 a ton. 1 This coal is from the mines being developed in Rhode Island, but just how good the product is no one in town seems able to tell accurately, al- i though it Is not known that 1t is not fully as good as any other coal. The price quoted is for the product at the 1 mine.
 Gave Expert Testimony.
 F. E. Bitgood was in the superior court at Putnam Tuesday to testify as to the wind direction, as recorded in the local weather bureau records, 1 on the day last July when the build | ings on the William Hammond place in Hampton were destroyed by fire this testimony coming in the case of Hammond vs. the New Haven road, l the plaintiff claiming that the build ings were fired by a spark from the | locomotive of the railroad company which claim is denied by the latter.
 Conditions of Farm Values.
 A farm not many miles from Dan. ielson has been sold within the last few days for almost double what ii cost six months ago, This shows the liability of an increase in value on such a purchase. but on the other hand, farms are to be rented within ten miles of the one mentioned, for from $2 to $10 a monthl These are nice little farms, too, offering a will ing man an opportunity to make and enjoy comfortable and independent living.
 Opportunity to Be Generous,
 Danielson people who have clothing, bedding and household furnishings that they can dispense with are be- ing notified that they will find such very acceptable to the special com- mittee of Putnam that is in charge of
 the arrangements for the relief of those who were burned out in the fire