Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-30

:, says that on Saturday 604 shots were l fired at Sumter of which 419 struck
 much scaled and battered in and the parapet undermined. It's west wall
 with the arches are all fallen in. The l guns are all dismounted. On Sunday | the land batteries opened from south
 to north and the monitors from east
 a ruin.
 i The New London Chronicle says it | is William Batty and Nathan Fish of Mystic who have, bought the glass ! works near Fort Trumbull and will start their operation at once. Te New London Star says there are | now at least HOO strangers cooling ] themselves in the sea breezes of New 1 Loudon and thinks more hotels might be erected with advantage to the proprietors
 1 Capt Gallup Bringing Men Home. Aug 27. 1S63-Capt Loren A. Gall i up of the 26th regiment has been au- l thorized to care for the sick and | wounded of the 18th left al different l places along the route from Port Hud- son and assist them home. Losses Among Ledyard Men. Of 25 men who enlisted from Led- yard in Co. D, 18th regiment, ten have died as follows: George Miller, aged 38; Appleton J. Maynard, aged
 1S Austin Whipple. aged IS; Elias E. Myers. aged 30 Vim E. Chapman, Thomas H. F'rink; aged AZ; Edwin L. Chester, aged 36 Wray Mof1tt, aged 24 Vim. Smith, aged S4. The 23rd Connecticut regiment, Col Holmes. $40 men, arrived in Hartford from the West at o'clock Monday afternoon. Thirty one are on the sick 1 list and 14 more were left at conVenI- ent places along the route.
 More Rattries at Fort Trumbuu. Masons and other workmen are erecting water batteries at the rear of Fort Trumbull in New London harbor on which are to be mounted several pieces of heavy artillery for the bet
 ter protection of the harbor
 Samuel B. Ashby of Mystic was on
 was killed by the explosion of that vessel while attacking the vessels which composed the blockade at the mouth of the Chattahochie river, Florida, some time since. The draft for the remaining sub districts of this congressional district
 takes place on Friday
 A Short Cut | Aug. 28, 1S63-A drafed man pre- sented himself at the provost marshal s office in this city on Thursday, having
  freshly cut off at the first joint The board thought on the whole that the finger was not amputated close enough
 and that a trigger might be pulled by
 it when it was headed up The man passed.
 The Late Commodore Rodgers.
 The funeral of the late Captain
 George w. Rodgers is to be held at | St. James church, New London, this afternoon, Captain Rodgers fell on | board the Monitor Catskill while gal l lantly leading the attack upon the rebel | fortifications' in Charleston harber and occupying the position of fleet capt. air
 Aug. 29. 1s6s-Intelligence was re-
 ceived on Friday evening of the death | of Benj l.. Fuller of Preston, of O. l c, 18th regiment. He died in hospital | in New Orleans.
 | The draft was completed in this dis trict on Friday The drawings were
 made in Woodstock, Pomfret, Putnam
 and Thompson.
 | The fall term of the Free Academy
 will commence on Monday, Sept. 9th.
 Distinguished Men At Funeral. | At the funeral services of Commo- l dore C. w. Rodgers in New London on 1 Friday were present Governor Buck l ingham, Senator L. F. S. Foster. Maj. 1 Gen. George B. Mcclellan, Commodore
 Ringgold of the Sabine. Commodore
 c. R. P. Rodgers, brother of the de- ceased, and Commodore Worden of Monitor fame.