Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-10

against the Canadians, a large num- | Der of whom are employed also, be- | cause they refuse to join in the | strike.
 | May 5, 1S69-The Water Commis- sioners had an interview with F.. w l Treadway and that gentleman stated l that he had laid galvanized iron 1 pipes in a few instances only and i then on the authority from the en- gineers. Small pieces have also been used in trenches containing rock to
 save the trouble of blasting. Orders 1 have been given to the worlimen to l lay cement pipe hereafter as re- 1 quired by contract. The commits
 sioners intend investigating the mat i ter thoroughly.
 About six hundred laborers are en- sgaged ill the strike on the Boston, ! Hartford and Erie railroad. They had | been paid dollar an seventy five
 cents a day and now want two dol 1 lars. At last accounts the war of the celts upon the kanucks Was una bated. Not a man was allowed by 1 the strikers to work on the road bed. May 6. 1S69-At the annual meeting i Of the Vim, M. Williams Steam Fire 1 Engine company No. 2, held at their engine house, on Tuesday evening, | the following officers were elected: l James Graham, foreman; Martin i Staubly. first assistant; Vim. J. Johnson, second assistant; James ] Mckee, secretary.
 i A petition is in circulation signed | by a number Of prominent citizens. 1 for the apointmeut of Charles F.
 Case as manager of tho Western I Union Telegraph office. Mr. Case has
 been employed in the office for two or ] three years and has made many 1 friends,
 The contractors on the Boston. 1 Hartford and Erie road have agreed ! to give the ledge hands two dollars
 8 day and the pickers and laborers d
 dollar and ninety cents The strik-
 CTS have returned to work with the
 exception of a few of the ringleaders.
 May 7. 1869: Since the worknaen l have been digging in Gurdon A. Jones' i lot at the Falls they have frequently Hound cavities. varying in size. in the [ ground three or four feet below the
 surface. But in three instances only have the remains of dead bodies been
 tound-the skeleton mentioned last
 week. and parts of others on Wednes- i day In the latter cases the bones had ! become separated and some of them 1 turned over so that it was impossible | to tell in what position the bodies had , been inferred. The result of further
 excavation is awaited with curiosity and antiQuarianS may yet find rich field for the prosecution of their re searches.
 ! The executive committee of the i Norwich Rural Associa ton have gone to work in earnest and a gratifying
 commencement has been made Inn ] mediately after their appointment | two of the committee, William R. Pot ter and Jabez Lathrop. contracted for ! g number of elmS and naples, and under their supervision the vacant places in the TOW around the green al i Norwich Town have been supplied
 May s, 1869: At a regular meeting of Sedgwick Post No. l G. A. R. last evening the following officers were | elected: commander, James J. McCord vice commander, John II. Norris junior vice commander, Lawrence 1 O'Brien, adiutant, B. P. Learned, quar- ] termaster. W. 1T. IT. Ellis, surgeon i Charles NJ. Carleton. chaplain. George i ". Huntington sergeant major George l kampf, quartermaster sergeant. Lem i uel A. Manning, officer of the day, J i IT. Jewett, officer of the guard, w. A ! Thompson.
 Ball playing in the streets is com i plained of in different parts of the the city. A day or two ago an elderly | lady was struck on the head by bal | and injured. The police have stand