Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-12

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 The summer parade of the local ire department, the celebration of the glorious Fourth and the controversy over the snew bridge proposed to re- place the. bid Preston bridge n Greenevil1e were among the chief top ics of interest in Norwich 50 years
 Extracts from the files of The Bull letin. July 5-July II. 1888, are as fol Monday July 13es-Ths regular of this city took place on Saturday afternoon. The morning was cloudy and threatening but when the hour for forming the procession had ar rived the sky had become clear. The companies rendezvoused at their re- spective headquarters about 1 o'clock reaching the square about 2; taking positions here and there fancy die tated- The great question was who was to have the right of the line. No body knew and the friends Of each company were willing to bet that each would get it; all were willing to abide the decision however. Lots were drawn and the place fell to Neptune steamer.
 When the procession returned to the square the line was broken and the men prepared for a friendly trial or the engines and hydrants The Greenvifie and Falls steamers led o1- Then the hydrant manipulated by the Blackstone boys; then the Wauregan n and West Side steamers; and last put not least the Niagara engine The engines took water from the c1stern in front of the Wauregan. The trial was merely for practice and though the friends of each engine exulted and cheered when his favorite threw a stream higher than the other, we kept no particular account of the time taken by each to get up steam or which threw the highest stream. The parade was satisfactory and nothing occurred to disarrange the program or cause hand feelings by anyone
 The closing exercises of the Sachem street school were witnessed by 70 or 90 spectators, Friday afternoon, who express unqualified pleasure at the proficiency of the pupils. The Greene vile school had an exhibition on Fri day afternoon and the trustees report that the scholars gave evidence Of rapid progress during the past year.
 4 meeting of the legal voters of the town of Preston was held in the town house at Long Society on Saturday morning to consider the condition of the Preston toll bridge and. decide whether il was best to repair it or build a new one A vote was taken by ballot which resulted in 1S3 for and TT against the new bridge petition for town meeting to rescind this vote is now in the hands of the select men
 The glorious Fourth will be ob- served in this office by a suspension of work Hence the regular edition of The Bulletin will be omitted tomorrow morning.
 Wednesday. July ', =1S69-Monday was a glorious day-cool, bright and breezy. The celebra tion of the day vas n1arred by no very serious acci- dents that we have heard of and few disturbances of any magnitude. The police made several arrests, it is true, but they were for mere trivial of lenses 1------- z-sez -s-assr79ss -s-7e'tf
 s,R 1a members of the Ledyard Congrega- tional church Sunday school to invite friends from abroad and near home to unite with them in a picnic once a year. This year to accommodate some who were interested it was determined to hold it on Monday and combine a national celebration with the local festiviy. Not the least important fea-