Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-02

Joseph Ryan. whose legs were so badly injured that amputations were necessary after the accident of Satur- day evening, was in such favorable condition Tuesday that his recovery is anticipated
 Rev. J. E1dred Brown. Norwich has been visitor here with Rev. c. J. Hartman.
 John P. Adair of Fitchburg was a visitor with friends here Tuesday.
 County Commissioner Sworn In.
 Frank o. Davis, Pomfret, recently appointed county commissioner, took the oath of office in the office of the cierk or the superior court here Tues day, when his term commenced
 Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich. retired Pomfret has been named as the Wind nam county member of the fish and game commission, succeeding Frank O. Davis. Admiral Goedrichs appointment oelng under the new statute.
 Holiday Poetoffice Hours.
 Postmaster Frank G. Letters has made the following arrangement of effice hours for July 4: Office open rom $50 a, m. to F m., and from 5.30 to p. m, The money order and postal savings departments will be closed all day. City carriers are to make a morning delivery, but the ruraA service will be suspended for the day
 Carriers Vacations,
 City carriers of the local pestofiee force begin their vacations this week, the first to go out being George Clark. July to July 22. Henry L. Benoit will be off duty from July 25 to August Il. L. E. Richardson from August 14 to August 38, Henry Converse from September 3 to September Is, incIu- sive.
 Malt Not Claimed.
 Letters addressed as follows are u11- claimed at the Putnam postofice this week: N. McCarton Lamoot, c, Lam piOgh. E. c. Davis, Charles A. Johnson. MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Goodman T. S. GreenbuSt, Waldo Danahue. Harvey K Eczel, Monsieur Alfred Carton Miss Aldea Butler, Miss Florence M. Brown.
 Stronger Bridge Needed.
 The selectmen of the town of Put nam have decided to call a special town meeting for Monday of next week to see if the town will make an an- propr1ation for the construction of an arch cement bridge over the Five Mile river where the Providence turnpike crosses the stream at a point southwest of Quadic. The bridge is to be sa feet in length if ordered built The bridge that it Is desired to replace is che ane that gave way, few weeks ago, under the weight of a big auto mobile truck that was loaded with furniture. new bridgge is especially needed at this point because 1t is on state built highway over which much heavy travel passes.
 Unable to Go to Gettysburo. Louis Lucier. father of~Jeweler F K Lucier, is one of the veterans of the battle of Gettysburg in this city who is disappointed in not being able to attend the 50th anniversary reunion at the famous field. MT. Lucter met with a slight accident in which he injured his arm about two weeks ago Mir. Lucier fought at Culp's hill al Gettysburg. He enlisted In Putnam tc go to the war as a member of the Fifth Connecticut infantry. and was one of the very few men that entered the service at the beginning of the war and stayed to the end, his enlist ments extending over period of more than four years. He was twice wound ed, but aside from this spent more days in actual service than almost any mar in tho regiment. MT. Lucier is ont of the veterans hard to get to tall talk about war experiences, he prefer ring to listen to what others have tG say about ft. but he was at Gettys- burg and in thick of the fighting.