Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-10

cfsl estimates of vote by counties gave a majority of 6s2 for English. with two towns to hear from that gave English last year 113. K A horse, claimed to be the one. J. Wilkes Booth rode when he escaped from Washington on the night he assassinated Abraham Lincoln, came up on the steamer City of Norwich from New York Tuesday morning He was for a nian in Dayville, where he was taken Tuesday evening.
 At the school meeting at the East Great Plain scho0fhouse last evening it was voted that the tax be laid on the list of 1870 and to be collected and paid into the treasury on the first day of May. 1871.
 Thursday, April T. 1S70.-At the quarterly meeting of the Norwich Liederkranz on Tuesday evening the following were eleeted President, John Steiner; vice. president, E. Geisthard; secretary. T., stern; finan- cia1 secretary, H. Sfdenberg; treas- urer, D. Myer; librarian, H. Worms. About o'clock yesterday afternoon some person passing through Shetuck- ct street discovered smoke coming | from under the door of.G. W. Carter's. | jeweiry store. The alarm was at once given and the department responded quickly and had a stream of water on the fire. The fire was discovered to be around the register and was run ming up supporting post almost di- rectly over the furnace. The fire was extinguished without much damage. The principal damage was from water (which defuged the interior of the store, fwettfng the show cases, jewefry,
 eleeks, etc. Mir. CarteF's loss was | about $1,000.
 Friday, April 8. 1S70.-There is talk
 of new course for the boat race this year between Yale and Harvard. ] Springfield, Providence, Troy and | Lake Saltonstaif are mentioned. Of the four, Springfield, would give the most satisfaction, but a better course | than either could be found on the Thames river near New London It is possible that tssis course will be given taken.
 The seats in the Central Baptist church sold on Wednesday evening for
 a little over $S,39e.
 It is announced that an application
 will be made to the legislature for ! permission to. bridge the Thames be- | tween Winthrop Point and the New London hghthouse; also to change the
 boundary line between the towns of
 Norwich, Franklin and Bozrah. It is
 safe to premise that if the 1egfsla ture ii. Is to act on these applications there
 will be music by the full band, assist
 ed by the biggest chorus of lobbyists
 that eastern Connecticut has ever sent
 to the state capitol
 Saturday, April g, 1S70-The fol-
 lowing officers of Norwich lodge, No
 4, Good Templars. were installed Fri day evening by Horace Rogers of No
 4S: W. c. T., Rev. Henry Torbush; ivce templar, Hattie NJ Waterman
 secretary, Charles H. Cobb; financial secretary, H. F. Davis; treasurer, Mrs B. B. Waterman: chaplain, Rees D
 Jones; marshal. Moves s. Wentworth;
 guard, Katie M. Cobb; sentinel, Hugf King; assistant secretary, John Tro- land; deputy marshal, Mrs. M. M T Craig; supporters. Mary Lowell ant Margaret Peach.
 A petition will be presented to tn, next general assembly for the incor poration of a company to construct { [ railroad from. some point on the Nor
 wich sand Worcester railroad fl
 Greeneville to the village of Taftvilie