Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-05

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 A. W. Bowen and Louis F. Battey commenced Thursday the work of enumerating the children of school age in the town of Putnam. Several weeks will be required to complete the emu meration.
 Dr. R. C. Paine of Thompson is wis iting physician at the Day KimbaH hospital for September.
 William Kennedy was at Danielson Thursday attending the funeral of his uncle. Theodore Kennedy, who died at Moosup Valley.
 Mrs Allen Babbitt is to have the Thompson W. c. T. U. at her home for meeting next Thursday.
 D. F. Johnson. of Plymouth. Mass, was in Putnam Thursday.
 Charles F. Gates of Wiilimantic was a visitor with friends in Putnam Thursday
 On Moose Hunting Trip.
 E. c. Rogers of the Putnam Inn is in New Brunswick on a months moose hunting trip
 D. s. Gilbert is to have the Mems class of the Methodist church at his home for a meeting this CFriday) eve ming.
 A recording gauge for measuring the water in the storage reservoir is to be purchased for the city water department.
 Judge HoIcomb to Preside.
 Judge Marcus H. Holcomb will pre- side at the short calendar session of the superior court commencing here at two o'clock this CFriday) afternoon.
 At St. Philips church next Sun day the Sunday school will resume regular sessions.
 Henry Hurdman. who has been em- ployed in Middieboro, Mass, has re- turned to his home here
 Edward Mullan c. H. Gilpatric and G. Allen Hawkins. water commission CTS. have asked for bids for the laying of 775 feet of water pipe in Centen- nial street.
 Lacks Copy of Public Acts. So economical is the administration at the state capitol in Hartford this year that the Putnam city court Is still without copy of the Public Acts of 1913, a publica tion that is mighty hard to get, at least in Put nam.
 The employees of the Connecticut company doing the railway work in Front street Thursday afternoon were engaged in placing a guard rail around the curve a Bugbee'S corner and re- arranging the overhead work to con form with the new layout of the track at that point.
 Hammond Hall for Trade School. | hall will be selected as the place for establishing the new trade school. al though this has not been authorita- lively announced. One plan talked of is to establish the school there. hav ing the boys who will enter do the necessary alteration work, set the latheS and other machinery that will be included in the school equipment: briefly to start them doing practical work from the outset of their course, which will be taken under a well fit ted instructor. whose name has not 1 been announced.
 Driver Jumped When Bit Broke John " Levell. foreman at Keith S stable on South Main street injured his 1 jumped from a buggy when the bit | of the harness on the horse he was l driving broke just as he was leaving the stable The horse ran down the street and under the railroad bridge | into Front street upsetting the buggy and dragging it along Front street l with the wheels in the air. The horse l was not travelling at much more than 1 jog when it was stopped by men working on the street changes opposite | the WoolWorth store in Front street. 1 The animal had a slight abrasion on l it's right hind leg, but otherwise ap- 1 peared to be uninjured. The buggy, | which was an old one, was consider ably damaged, one of the reaches and some supports being broken. l Talk of City Sewer Department. Thursday the proposition to create a ! city sewer department was heard, the new department to be supervised by | the superintendent of the water works 1 system of the city. The plan talked 1 of embodies a scheme of regulating methods and supervising the manner l of making sewer installations and con nections with buildings in the city | that have not as yet been connected with the service. It is urged that the creation of such a department would i not be necessarily an expense propo . sition for the principal thing aimed at 1 is to get a uniform system of installing
 sewer connections and watching over i the sewer system generally. Proeressives Apathetic.
 Inquiries in various towns in this l part of Windham county fail to dis
 close that the progressive party, as
 a general rule intends to nominate candidates for town offices this fall 1 and make a contest as was the case 1 in the general election of last year | when candidates for representatives
 and state senators were put on the | tickets in towns herea bouts. It is not l evident. however, that the progressives 1 have changed their views of things political, but that most of the leaders 1 deem 1t inadvisable to name candi- dates for town offices this year.