Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-07
UNION VICTORY IN 1866
Made Clean Sweep at Polls in This City Half Century Ago
 r New Stone Work Placed For Laurel Hill Bridge R. Heavy Rains Caused Dam to Give Way-Newlyweds Lost Furniture in Fire Caused By Lamp Explosion.

Although the Union voters in the town of Norwich made a clean sweep at the polls fifty years ago, the vote was very light and the election more quiet than was anticipated, there be- ing very few contes.s. Folio wing the closing of the polls, town meeting was held when other officers were ap- pointed. .4t-e
 The inhabitants of the town after period of peacefulness from the terror aef burglars were aroused to find that several houses were ran sacked and one local tailor. had his poekets picked on Main street.
 < Gleanings from the Bulletin files of
 66 follow: '
 Oct. 1. 1s6s.--After & long season on immunity from their visits. our city has received the attention of burg lars. who have commenced their op- erations so successfully that it be- hoovess our citizens to keep a sharp find themselves robbed in the morn ing The house of Rev. MT. Hutch inson, principal of the Academy, was entered Friday night through win dow. Saturday night the residence of Isaac Jones of Broadway was en- tered through a back window which was forced opened by a jimmy. A, pocketbook with S237 in it was taken. '@." The third baseball game between the Charter Oak club of Hartford and lIIG N1lSS ter CluD Ol IIliS CJty TUT tIlS championship of Connecticut, was played in New Haven on Saturday afternoon which resulted in the for mer winning by the score of 29 to 22.
 A Quiet Election.
 Oct. 2, 1e6S-The election in town passed off very quietly, there being less contested than was anticipated. The vote was very light, Mir. Gager, who is always on both tickets, re- ceived but 9e2 votes this year, to 1,434 last year. The entire Enion ticket is elected by a majority of 53a.
 The officers elected follow: Assess OTIS. John A. Morgan, Zebulon R. Rob bin, Charles w. Jennings: board of relief, Chester Clark. Edmund Roath, E. B. Partridge; selectmen, Samuel B. ! aCase,5 Charles Crawley. John T. Brown: town clerk. Othniel Gager; | town treasurer, Othniel Gager; regis trar, David, Young first constable and collector, James Rirchje; consta- bles. George D. Fuller, John Wilber, 1 Joab B. Rogers, Lloyd M. Cobb, Will jam E. WhaIey, Nathan Small; grand l jurors, E. Frank Rogers, Charles ". 1 Jennings, Samuel T. c. Merwin. AL | bert F. Park. George Case, John c.
 Kellogg.
 Town Business Meeting.
 After the closing of the polls for l town officers. town business meet l ing was held when the minor ap- l pointed officers were chosen. It was voted that there be paid from the town to the city treasurery, $4,000 for | the highway expenses for the year. 1 The collectors compensation was fix | ed at one per cent. The 5electmen' s report was accepted.
 Bridge Timbers Rotten. Oct. 3, 1S66.-The Laurel Hill was sawed into on the south side on l Monday, about 20 feet from the end, 1 leaving the bridge resting on a tenn porary structure. The. portion Of the l structure on the south side, has been i removed to give the workmen an op- i portunity to complete the stone work l for the abutment. Tic ends of the 1 tiTnbers on the Laurel Hill side upon which the bridge rested arc something of a curiosity. So utterly rotten and | worthless were they that they fell te | pieces at the touch of a shovel. Ii seems almost a miracle that the con cern has stood so long, ana that nc | accident has not happened on it. Pao- pie who have been in the habit o1 crossing with loaded teams fairly | shivered as they looked at it anG thought of the risks they had beer taking. While the new bridge is be- ing built Laurel Hill people will be | either obliged to cross the toll bridge 1 above or the railroad bridge below | Tho bulk of the travel will be on the railroad bridge and persons crossing l there cannot he toe careful to avoid 1 being on the bridge when trains are passing.