Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-19
EAGLE ARMORY SOLD AT AUCTION
Was Purchased For $25ooo By occum Resident Fifty Years Ago This Week. Grand Totals of Assessors List Showed Houses Valued at SIT and Manufactories at $ss6450.

The real estate of the Norwich Arms company, known as the Eagle armory,
 was sold at public auction 50 years ago to an Occum resident. The grand totals of the assessors list after the abatements of the board of relief show ed that the 1,TsS dwellings in the ctty were valued at s3,s4o.Sf7 and the manufactories vaiueds at $Ss6, ,460. While crossing the Preston bridge, a local resident, Mrs. John RaniGan, fell badly tnjuring her left leg. The Gen. tral Baptist Sabbath school presented William H. H. Ellis @ beautiful writing desk, gold pen and other articles of stationery for his faithful service as librarian of the school for the past seven years.
 Local news items from The Bulletin files 50 years ago follow:
 Monday, Feb. 12. 1866.-The Chelsea Savings bank has declared semi ennual dividend of three and one-half percent.
 At meeting of the Union electors of the town of Lisbon, the following were elected to various committees: State, Willard Bliss, William s. Browning; county, H. L. Reade, Edmond Tracy; senatorial, Edwin Fitch, James H. Thurston; probate, Daniel B. Hyde, GeOrSe ftOD1nSOn.
 Cotton Manufacturers Statistics.
 The cotton manufacturs of this dis trict-The exact totals of the cotton ms snufacturing statistics of this rev. enue district are as follows: In op- eration-spindles 426, 781; looms 8,905;
 proposed increase-spind1eS, 115, ,468; looms 2,372; manufactured-SO,66 ,661 l, ,085 yards of cloth, 1,232,000 pounds batts,
 yarn, etc, 1000, GOO dozen spools of I10ad--00 dT6 T1nf1ndS proposed increased 240,- 900 pounds, 16,540,000 yards.
 Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1866.-Willian H H. Ellis, for seven years librarian of the Central Baptist Sabbath school, and for three years member of the the close of the school with beauti- full rosewood writing desk, gold pen
 and other articles of stationery as a token of regard for his services as n- brarian. MT. Starkweather made the presentation speech, which was ap- proximately responded to by MT. Ellis Appointed Express Messenger. Charles w. Spalding, has been ap- pointed express messenger on the Norwich and Worcester railroad, vice David l.. Gale, resigned. MT. Spald- | ing has been employed in the express office in this city for years, and will | make a faithful official.
 The grand totals of the assessors list after the abatem ents of the board of relief, are as follows: dwelling houses 1753, valued at $3,340,S77; acres of land 14,382 1-2; valued at $S41,054; stores 259, valued at $724,940; manufactories
 42, valued at $SS6,450; horses S20 valued at s71,551; neat cattle 1,1S3 valued at $43.S31; sheep and swine 546, valued at $3,21o; carriage 522 valued at $47,000; time pieces 722, val
 ued at s33,924; bank stock valued at
 SLEPT, TOP; insurance stock $532, 300; 1; other stock $127,91S; money at inter est $297, ,26S; all other taxable property $2,437.145. The total number of polls is 116S The total amount of proper ty taxed is S10,970,435, against SIC, ,494,- 035 in 1864, showing a gain in 1865 of
 $476, 400.