Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-17

Because the laborers engaged to build the horse railroad in this city fifty years ago. though $1.50 a day was a little to small for their pay envelopes, they stuck the morning the laying of the ties was to begin, refusing to go back to work unless they received S175. The contractors decided to hire a new force of laborers and so the work was held up temporarily. Be fore the week was out the ties were being laid rapidly and some few hun dred feet of rails had been placed in position on Main street. Extracts from the files of The Bulletin of 1870 fol- low:
 Monday, April Il, 1S70.-Charles A. Hilberts, the republican representative from the town of Canterbury, who runs woolen mill and store in that town, and besides is president or at the head of some half dozen German societies and enterprises, was on Sat urday elected president of the Nor wich Turn Verein. The other officers elected were: vice president, $. r. Keepler; secretary, Louis Neuman; ; treasurer, K Korn; Turn Teacher, Frederick Steiner.
 | The lumber for the horse railroad has arrived and ground will be broken on Franklin Square today.
 The course of Sunday school con- l cert lectures before the Second Con- gregatioral church was closed last l evening with lecture on Abraham, 1 by Wm. Congdon, member of the school. and a Free Academy boy. In | it's matter the lecture was very care | fully prepared and creditable to it's | author, while in the delivery Master | Congdon quite eclipSed the seniors. All ! the lecturers have been members of the school. The subjects were all
 taken from the Old Testament nara tives.
 Tuesday, April 12, 1s7G-The labor
 CTS engaged to build the horse railroad | when called upon to begin work or Franklin Square yesterday, struck foI higher wages, declaring that $50 g day, which. the contractors proposed | to pay. was too inadeauate compensa- tion and demanding $1.75. The con- tractors refused to accede to their de- l mands and although a number ex- 1 pressed a willingness to accept tht ] terms offered by the contracto the! were deterred by fear of the strikers l and a large number of their friend: who had gathered in the square. Capt ] Whaley with a posse of. police dis persed the crowd and work has beer postponed until a new force of lab Orers can be secured.
 The temperance meeting at Broad way church was well attended las evening considering the weather. Chap
 lain T. p. Hunt gave most instruc. tive and interesting address. MT. Hun
 was in this city some thirty years agt
 and by his remarkable wit, logic ant moral power stirred the community t
 an interest never before known.
 At q meeting of the board of edu
 caticn of the Central District las evening a letter was read iron Leonard B. Chester resigning his sea
 on the board This, with the resigna
 tion of Rev. F. J. Haynes, leaves twt
 vacancies
 The Rev NJ G. Smith of Prestol
 City. resigned the pastorate Sunda,
 to take effect about the middle of May
 He is to act s Baptist missionary il Vermont, hereafter, supplying insti
 tute church, etc.
 Wednesday, April 12. 1870-Individ
 uals who dig holes in the street ant
 leave them uncovered to the peril o
 human life, will find it expedient t. l.mend their ways.
 The barn near Dr. Arms church a | Norwich Town. belonging to the estat of Peter Lanman was blown down yes
 terday afternoon
 Owing 10 the miserable weatbe Monday, the solitary gentleman wh