Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
LEES ARMY TAKEN BY GRANTS
This Week Fifty Years Aso-Reoicing in Norwich Over
This News From the Front - Ossawan Mill Building
Completed By John Turner-Baltic Street Section
Building Up-Wauregan Hooks Presented Foreman E.
M. Brewster Silver Trumpet.

G. c. Bliss for a few days. Capt. j.
E. Woodward, formerly First Assist
ant Foreman, was present at the meet
Ing and gave very interesting &C
count Of his confinements in rebeldom.
Reuben B. Brown, Co. c, 18th c. ",
captured during the summer Of 1854,
who lately escaped from rebeldom has
reached home on a furlough.
Capt. Walter Long, 21st c. v, Lieut..
Edward P. Rogers, 2sth c. ", and
", left town on Tuesday, the former
enroute for their regiments and the
latter for parole camp at Annapolis.
Second National PresPers.
Thursday, April 6, 1s65.-The Sec
ond National Bank has now on hand
and is ready to dispose of all the
denominations Of the new issue of the
seven thirttes. This bank which has
prospered exceedingly during its first
year under the management of Prest
dent Adams and Cashier Cogswen has
received subscriptions to over $1,000,
600 of this popular loan.
At the annual meeting of Somerset
lodge, No. "a, held Wednesday even
ing the following officers were chosen
for the ensuing year: R. NJ. Ladd, w
M; Austin Brewster, S. W.; J. J.
Wait, J, W.; John T. Brown, secre-
| tary; w. w. Avery, treasurer; Henry
E. Bowers, S. D.; Charles H. Dil1aby
d. ~ CO4llL -. DCNOl4OIAJ ASAl. SoSOn al " .
e. c. Chapman, Jun. Steward; Luther
Pellet, Tyler.
The slips in the Central Baptist
church were rented for the ensuing
year on Wednesday evening for over
$500, larger sum than last year
The slips in the East Main street NJ
E. church, were sold the same even
ing for between $500 and 5000. At the
Second Congregational church the
| sales amounted to $4,000 against $685.
| last year. All the pews and every
| chair in the west gallery were sold.
Friday, April I, 1S65.-A drunken
chap from Lisbon was arrested OF
Water street Thursday night aftel
making himself free with other peo-
pies wagons. After being locked III
in the watch house he yelled SO loudly
| as to create an alarm of fire where
| upon the Hook and Ladder boys were
out in the twinlling of an eye, while
No. 2 were not long behind them. AT
| ter a short run the cause of the fire
| was ascertained and the machine:
| were taken home.
Major Eugene Emmons Graves anG
Major Stevens, Fourth Massachusett!
| Cavalry were the first Union soldier.
| that entered Richmond on Monday
| Major Graves is the son of Thomas B
Graves of Thompson and was former
ly a student in the Norwich Ere,
| Academy.
| AAOuI. SOA. H. Il AlAS1OOOIlS VI
port, late of the 9Th c. v, and FRS
Lieut.. A. w. LOOMS of Tolland, 1Stl
! c. ", were at the Wauregan Thurs
day.
Saturday, April 8, 1S65.-The Eight
regiment c. v, was the first brigade
that entered Richmond after its evac
uation by the rebels. Col. John H
Ward, late of the Eighth regiment C
", arrived at his home in this cit!
yesterday.
The Ledyard Monthly and the Pres.
ton Daily were both out yesterday.
| Paper Mill Resumes.
Work at the paper mill Of A. H
Hubbard and Company which wa
suspended on account of a boiler ex
plosion some two weeks ago has bee1
| resumed.
| One hundred Canadians passed
Through Worcester Thursday after
noon on their way to mills at Waure
gan. One couple have a brood of q
] children enough to run a decent sizet
factory without other help.