Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-26
Academy Graduation 90 Years Ago
Three Young Ladies Received Diplomas Midsummer Com meneemen-Isaac S. Geer's Unpleasant Experience with Conscripts Wife-Independent Company of Greene vile Makes aFine Showing

The draft fifty years ago still had the able bodied citizens guessing who was next, but in the midst of all the prospect of war held out to Norwich citizens, there was still time for the graduation exercises at the Free Academy, where, if in the early days the courses were not as intensified as now, were certainly, spread out over a greater extent of time, with com mencement coming in mid summer The events of the week taken from the columns of the Bulletin.
 July 20-The draft for the seventh sub- district comprising the towns of Preston and north Stonington, which was to have taken place today has been postponed to Wednesday, in order to allow time for the making out and serving of notices to the drafted men and for examining those already noti- fled.
 Deaths in 18th Regiment.
 private letter from a member ot the 26th regiment dated CarroIlton, July ?, gives the following list of deaths that have occurred in the regi- ment since our last advices: William J. Brown, Company A; Charles E. Miner, Company c; Phineas Sterry Company E: Corporal Edward Fulton and N. M. Phillips, Company F; Jared Grifffths, Company C.; Sergeant Will jam M. Sherman. Company H; Cor porai William Osborn, Company I; John I. Seignous Company K. Henry c. Bailey of Company B. who was re- ported dead is alive. David Street of Company A, is not wounded
 Company E at Annapolis.
 Joseph N Parker of Company E. 18th writes from parole camp that, that company has arrived at Annapolis.
 The Everett Cadets from the Ham, d Sn1 low came to New London on Saturday on an excursion They visited the fort and went over to Gfoton. The third artillery band escorted them through the streets.
 At Port Hudson.
 July 21.-The following partial list of the brave sons of Connecticut who volunteered on a storming party te take Port Hudson should be preserved as roll or honor: Col H. W. Birge of the 18th Conn. Capt. Edward c. Weeks, Capt. Charles I. Norton, First Lieut. J. H. Herman of Col. Birges staff There were 233 members of the 18th regiment. Al of the 12th and three of the 25th. representing Connecticut
 :. Victim of Mob Violence.
 The New London Star says. On Saturday last an old colored woman with seven small children crossed the river here in search of a home. She stated that they owned a comfortable home in New York, which was destroy ed by the mob and everything they had taken All they had left was carried on their backs.
 In the draft at New Haven the Cour- fer office, Editorial and mechanical, has been gobbled up by the inscrutable fates.
 Honor Pupils at the Academy.
 July 22-The following pupils, of the Norwich Free Academy were re- ported to the corporation at the annual exhibition on Friday last for unexcept ionable conduct Misses Eliza Upham Goodrich, Elizabeth F. Moore, Mary Eunice Steadman, Mary Brown Prem tice, John Fish Lyon. The following medals were awarded as the result of the written examination and decla- nations Mrs. Eliza Upham Good nick, English composition; Charlotte Caroline Lee, Latin language; Jabez Huntington Wattles, Greek language; Mary Eunice Steadman. French; Mary Ella Steadman, Mathematics; Mary Abigail Hewitt, Chemistry Frank Louise Norton, Defamation Natural science English studies. The following received diplomas of gradu- ation: the Misses Amelia Clark Gal lup, Charlottee Caroline Lee, Eliza Upham Goodrich.
 Borrowing Incident Of War.
 A letter from Corporal Charles T. Burdick. Company F, IS regiment re- ceived by his father recently relates the following incident of the fight at Winchester: Two companies, one of which was company E, charged on a body of rebels on the Berryville road and captured 12 guns and took four prisoners. They were then ordered to fall back. but Charles Baldwin of Mansfield stayed behind, probably not hearing the order A rebel lieutenant