Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-26

A suicidal mania struck Norwich fifty years ago and there were three men who took their lives within. a week. There, was a drowning accident and a horrible accident in Dayville. The citizens of 1869 suffered the pleasures of bad roads the same as they do to- day. Extracts from The Bulletins files of '69 follow:
 April 19, 1S69-The suicidal mania seems to have taken firm hold of this vicinity as we have recently chronicled two sad instances and another is added to the list. Joshua Lawrie went from this city to Bozrahville on Saturday morning after he had been indulging, it is said, very freely in intoxicating drinks. After his arrival in Bozrah- vile he. went to a store and bought bottle of laudanum which he drank. He drank it about noon and was later found by some friends and taken home and a physician sent for. The physi- clan did not arrive until ten o'clock that evening and Lawrie died soon aft CT.
 At the Sunday services at the Gen. tral Baptist church Rev. Dr. Graves preached a sermon ori- the recent sui cides using as his subject the text, And God is Departed From Me.
 Operations are in progress in Groton dnu GOQuODHuSk TUT lIS piOlSSttOil and cultivation of fish. Several lakes and streams have been stocked with lingering. A fish hatchery has been established to provide stock.
 April 20, 1S69-A boy thirteen years old. while fishing just below the Oc- cum dam yesterday morning, got his line caught on something and reach cd over to loosen it. As he did so he lost his balance and fell into 12 feet of water and was drowned. He was the son of Joseph Grimes. Search was made for the body nut it was not found at late hour last night.
 Workmen are putting up the oppo- sition telegraph line between New London and Norwich.
 The U. s. senate yesterday confirm cd the nomination of Joseph Selden as collector of internal recenue for the third district of Connecticut.
 April 21, 1869 An exodus of law yers will shortly take place from the Breed hall building to the Richards building which will be set up as ri- val of that hitherto undisputed sanc- tuary of the members of the legal pro- fession.
 The lodge of the Knights of Phythias instituted recently in this city has re- ceived numerous accessions, over twenty applications having been hand ed in during the past week.
 The people of 1869 had their prac- tically impossible streets the same as the citizens of 1919. This is what is said of the streets then: "The car riage-way on Main street is in worse condition than it llas been for years Every few yards there is hole. caus- ed by the loosening of the paving stones, which threaten breakdown tc every vehicle that has not the strength of OK cart. While due regard should be paid to other sections of the city the. business thoroughfares demand more attention than has been bestow- ed upon them recently" This could readily be applied to some of the bus mess streets in Norwich In 1919.
 April 22. 1s69-George w. Fuller, O this city. made a careful search by means of his diving apparatus. Wed nesday in the Occum river for the body of young Grimes, who was drowned while fishing on Monday. Mir. Fullel examined the bottom of the river at depth of four to twenty-five feet for { distance of a quarter of a mile uI and down the stream. A large crowt watched the proceedings and the mill in that vicinity shut down to alloy their help to witness the search.