Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
WAR TIME NEWS OF 50 YEARS AGO
Norwich Provost Marshas Office Accepting Recruits in 1864 Trains Delayed By snowfaI-Second Congregational Church Called Rev. MT. Dana as Pastor-Town of Preston Pays $4o0 For Draft Substitutes.

In Norwich fifty years ago John Brewster of Ledyard was elected president of the New London County Agricultural Society, at the annual meeting and Jedidiah Spaulding of this city was elected as one of the six vice presidents. There was quite a heavy fall of snow and trains were more or less delayed. The small boy was out with his sled and already several aeidents had occurred. The ing bushes, accepting volunteers or substitutes daily and Captain Joseph H. Nickerson, who was appointed special officer for the provost depart ment had entered upon his duties at the local office. Interesting gleanings from the Bulletin files of the winter of '64 follow:
 Snow Held Up Trains.
 Monday, December 12, 1ss4-The various trains on the different rail- roads in this city were all more or less delayed by Saturdays storms and there was a general breaking up of connections but things were straight ened during the afternoon and even ing and no very long delays occurred.
 The second term of schools in the Central district begins today (Mon- day). There was no vacation at the close of the first term but a vacation will be given during the holidays in- stead
 First Sliding of the Year.
 About 5 a, m. Saturday a snow storm set in and the flakes fell thick and fast until 2 o'clock in the after noon, when after a short sprinkling of hail, it started to rain, lasting till slow to avail themselves of the first sleighing since the winter of '62-'6S.
 Slight Fire on Water Street.
 A~a broke. out in Cardwell and Waits grocery store on Water street, about noon on Monday and for a few mo- mentS threatened to do serious dam age, but the energetic services of those in the stock room extinguished mostly from water. The fire orig mated from a, defective fiue.
 The remains of Lieut.. Edward H. Latimer of the First Connecticut cavalry who died last February at Camp Cheeseborough, near Baltimore, red.
 Called a Pastor.
 Rev. Mir. Dana of winsted has ac- cepted the call to the Second Congre- gational church this city. The time of his installation is not yet made public.
 Wednesday, December II, iS64- The monthly meeting of the Congre- gational ministers of the county was held in Rev. Dr. Bonds study on Tuesday. The usual routine business was transacted. In the evening there were divine services in the Second Congregational church with preach ing by Rev. J. B. Maynard of Plain field.
 Sleiahing and Sliding Aecfdents.
 Several accidents more or less ser iouS have ocurred in town since the sfeighing and sliding season com menced, and many more will continue to happen, unless the boys are more careful. The boys were injured on the hill on Main street, West Side, Tuesday afternoon, one, named Henry Ward, ran his sled into a sleigh, when the horse kicked him in the head. in ficting quite a severe wound. In the other case Irving w. Willis was run over by MT. LawIess' sleigh, causing a fracture of the arm just below the elbow.
 Two volnteers, one for Preston and