Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-04
CREENEVILLE MINISTER AT WAR
With Saloon Keeper Fifty Years Building 5000 Hogs
head Reservoir ON Laurel Hin Old Colored Woman
Dies at Age of 12e-New Norwich Police Force About
to Appear

The last week OF August in theSyear |
1865 was enlivened by a lively war |
fare ragged in Greeneville between a
minister OF the gospel and, a. new COM !
err in the village whose purpose was
to sell rum. The latter paid the |
worthy clergyman for the advertising |
he got from the pulpit. The direc-
tors of the county fair were Just as
busy 50s wears ago, as they have been
this. week, and then, as now, they
had. q-y ~
It was an easier achievement in
those perhaps-at least there wasn't
| so much of the past behind it. Then
| waitingSto see the new policemen step
forth proud in their new uniforms
| and dignity. ThSnt happy event was
| still in the future so years ago this
morning.
| A New Military Company.
Aug. %: The Norwich Light Infan-
try meet this evening. when DR.. Carl
| ton will finish his examinations.
Is there going to be a new military
company in this city? That's the
question. There are plenty Of men
| who want to be privates.
| A magnificent specimen OF the black
Rocky Mountain eagle arrived in town
last week. He was presented to Sem
ator Foster by the soldiers of the gar
rison at Fort Garland. Colorado terri
| tory.
At a meeting of the bar, held at the
tions were adopted on the death Of
Youngs A. Williams, Esq.
| The Ledyard Sabbath school held its
annual picnic in the Ledyard church
on Wednesday within the last two
years the church has lost its pastor,
the venerated Timothy futile, and the
| Sabbath school two superintendents,
Col. S. w. Wood and Col. E w. Brown.
Aug %: The Laurel Hill AcQueduct
company, recently chartered, are at
| work uflding a new reservoir large
enough to hold 5000 hogsheads of wa
ter. Over thirty men are employed
| upon it The reservoir is 300 feet
long, fifteen feet deep and twelve feet
| wide. 1t is situated at an altitude
o fnearly. 200 feet above the level OF
Main street, on the hill just off the
II Old Pequetannock road.
E-~Os Andrews and William P. Nash
/ are putting up new residences direct
y south of Mrs. Holyoke's on Laurel
81 HILL.
/ At aSmeeting of the Norwich Light
Infantry Monday night, % new mem
i berss were admitted. I
Lieutenant Armenius w. Bill of an
EIlliuois regiment is in town. He is a
i son of the late Rev. F. w. Bill of this
city. Lieut.. Bill enlisted as a pri-
Isvate IN June, 1851, at Sheffield ILL.,, at
II the age of 16. He abs been through
'llnearly all the battles of Grant in the
West, and was with Sherman in his
march through Georgia.
Died at Age of 100.
The old coIored woman alluded to I'm
The Bulletin recently, died suddenly at
Browne in New London, aged 12o
years. She recently received a visit
from her daughter, who is over 20.
Both of them have been slaves.
n.
the tiptoe with regard to the new po-
lice force which it is supposed will
APPEAR tomorrow, and especially with
regard to the enforcement of the new
hack law. Everybody wants to know
when the suppression Of over charging
| is to begin.
The Temperance. Question.
The great topic of conversation in
Greeneville just now is the temperance
question. On Sunday before last Rev
} Mr.. Ashley discoursed upon the sub
: ject and took occasion to administer
scoring to St. John. the proprietor
Of a tavern in that burg. AS the
story goes, st. John offered the next
day to pay the Reverend Gentleman
50, on the ground that the lecture was
: worth fully that as an advertisement
Mr.. Ashley intimated that If he was
pleased with the style of the notice
7 he should have some more of it or
5 the next Sabbath. Accordingly las
Sunday an immense crowd assembled
} to hear the lecture, and the speaker
i fairly fulfilled his promise, dressing
down rumselling and drinking in the
toughest style. st. John, however, in,
sists that he gets the best of it, and
| offers to pay the full value Of the ad
. vertisement
The 4th New Hampshire regimen
: numbering between three and foul
q hundred men, passed through the cit
\ on a special train last night bount
s for Concord. The regiment is from
: Fort Fisher.
A lot near the Pequot house, a
| New London, $50 feet square, has beel
purchased by R. L. Taylor of Ner
York of H. I. Croker. Esq, for SO. DOC
Aug 81: The Nawyaug house a
: | Mystic Island was closed for the sea
{ son on Tuesday.
The County Fair.
The committee of arrangements 70
the annual fair, of the New Londo1
County Agricultural society held
e meeting on Monday and adjourned 70
t week to complete their plans. Ad
Il ditional premiums are to be offered TO
fast horses as follows: 800 for tn
fastest horse on the grounds, and SIS
for the second. There are also to b
n offered premiums for bands, $50 70
the best band and $40 for the secon
best. provided two bands shall com
t. | pete on the days of the fair. Tn
- | OITlCerS promise TO 90 all IN their pow
!" er to make this the best fair ever hel
by the society. p
The census of Westerly has jus
IS been completed by the town cleri
u Samuel H Cross, Esq. The inhabit
ants number 3S17, which is a. gain q
BAT since 1860. There are in the tow
n IT'S families, and 558 houses, of wlic
l. II are unoccupied. The oldest NAL
inhabitant is Benjamin P. BentIe.
aged 49, The Oldest female is Sara
e Watson, colored, aged SO. The mum
Is Der of persons over Is years of ae
O. who cannot read nor write is 122, onl
two Of whom are native born.
Received Traitors Razor.
s. Israel T. Brown of New London re
III ceived Wednesday morning the razc
y with which jeff Brown shaved whe
last in Macon, Ca. It was sent to NJ
Brown by the barber at Browns he
tel, Macon, who shaved the traitor.
Il Sept. 1: The examination OF cand
fAv dra1 % he