Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-10
IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO

Fity yesrs aro this weeix q pstitian vas belnE prepared for presentation in the general Assembly for the ircor- pordtioh of a company to construct R
 Ioad from some, point Son the Nor- W1ch and Worcester railroAd . ins] 1reenegknel to 1aftvflle. occum and Eaglkpkle and then to some point on he Haftford- Providence railroad near EA9lgvi1e. James K.a English; demo- cfAt, was elected governor of the state tnS san1e wte8 by Q majority of about 1ee. By the election the republicans hel4 the 'eenate by one majority and b&1 a small majority in the house.
 Extracts of the files of The Bulletin cc 1870 follows
 Monday. April 1, 1sfe.-At the re- pubhcan caucus held at the town house Friday evening in Preston the Lohowing candidates were nominated tof representatives: William Morse lrd Edward s. Burgess. The follow hkg- list of names was presented as candidates for, justices of the peace: Moves H. Sisson. Lucfus Brown, David %. Baldwin and Charles w. Bedent, Hbberd M- Brown, Otis M- Dorrance, William A. Cook. Moves s. Wentworth, Warren Andrews and Horace Stan tlsA. FL ssH
 While the men employed in building the new Preston bridge were putting un a platform between the ablitnieTlts a very ludicrous as well as dangerous accident occurred. MT. Price. a car penter living on the West Side, was on top of a post, fastening the stage, when a boat containing threea men came down the riveA with the swift current. The. boat hit the post. cap- sizing the boat and loosening the post. which fell over, carrying MT. Price and a man who was fastening a rope near the bottom with it. Mir. Price tefl about 90 feet, the heavy post fall- lre' on him. But for his sinking deep hrto the water. he would undoubtedly have been killed by the timber. As it vas, he narrowly escaped drowning. The three men in the boat jumped for another upright stick and shinnied to he top, one after another, a distance of 25 feet, without even wetting their feet Mir. Lewis, living in Preston, WIS going over to his dinner at the time and was sitting in the bow of the boat used as a ferry at the bridge, which struck the capsized boat. and he went over backwards into the river.
 Tuesday, April 5, 1S70.-As near as Ee can made it out from the returns tanlid the disagreeable noise of artil- lery which the inconsiderate democ- r1cy arc iring). James E. English democrat. is the elected governor by about 500 majority. The republicans hold the senate by one majority, and have small majority in the house Norwich gave Jewell, republican, a majority of about PIP. The represent- atives elected from Norwich are L. F 8. Poster and Thaddeus C. Gordon. re- puhlicans. There was a huge bonfire lsst nigiat on the square and the old boxes, barreis. etc, left lying around loose were taken possession of and eonsi gned to the democratic flames. A gentleman crossing Central wharf saw the light of the blaze reaecting on g buiiding and raised an alarm of fire put the alarm was not needed.
 Monday morning about 2 o'clock g nan was walking along the railroad Track near the Norwich and Worcestei radiroad shop when the express freigh
 rain came upon him suddenly and 1T his fright, not stopping to thinl which way to go. he jumped off tht snnbanknent into the river and barrel, secaped drowning.
 Wednesday. April s. 1STO.-The off