Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-09

cd that the soldiers monument be erected on Franklin Square, follow ing of meeting held 50 years ago, and the decision was left to the select men. Other news of the week as told in the Bulletin of 1872 is as follows: Monday, December 3, 1S72-The Rev. J. M. Paine preached his farewell ser mon at the Universa1ist church, Sun day. MT. Paine is to spend the win ter in Maine.
 Nahum Fay, an old resident of the city, is making his first visit here af- ter an absence of twenty-one years. l The first snow he had seen during ! those years was on Sunday. There was thin coating of ice on the river yesterday morning, near the | wharves. Last year at this time the river was frozen over nearly to New London.
 New Haven Boy beat Honest Abe, Of Norwich; Butcher Boy, of New London; and Little Dan of Hartford, | at a foot race of two hundred yards l den on Thanksgiving Day. The time was 28 3-4 seconds.
 | Owing to a collision between pas
 senger and freight train on the Yer II mont Central railroad Friday forenoon the steamboat train did not arrive in Norwich until 4 o'clock Saturday morning. About twenty-five passen- gers waiting in Willimantic dreamed
 of baked beans and other good things growing cold at home, while they wait
 ed in vain for the arrival of the, train.
 It Is now said that the Air Line will
 be completed to Willimantic by next
 spring.
 Tuesday, December 3, 1S72-At the
 meeting of the court of common coun- ctl held last evening 1t was reported
 by the committee on the fire depart ment that the petition of Norwich Fire
 Engine Company No. 4, for a house should be granted, and recommended
 for a location on the lot of F. w ' Treadway on the north side of East Broad street, the cost of the building and lot not to exceed $500.
 A side track at Montville capable o1
 holding thirty cars is what is going
 to discourage profanity on the late trairls on the Northern railroad. A union Sunday school institute fol New London county will be held 1T
 the Broadway church later this month
 Rev. H. Clay Trumbull of Hartfort will conduct the institute. Special rail road tickets have been provided fol use of those attending the institute. Wednesday, December 4, 1872
 James Trojan, a tinsrnith whose shol } is on the corner of Main and Wate
 streets, met with a fatal accident ol Tuesday morning. He with three O his men were engaged in putting
 tin roof on one of the Falls compan,
 buildings. Having occasion to go t
 the roof he tried to swing up onto tn
 caves which projected out about fiv = feet over the staging, and lost his hol fv-fly l. on a plank and bounding into a pi
 some ten feet deep. Medical aid wa
 summoned but he had been instantl 1 killed. His death cast a gloom owe
 his large circle of friends.
 The board of railroad commissioner l' heard the project for a gate or flag man at the Yantic railroad crossin J. yesterday and reserved their decisio l. The chance of the project goin ' through seems slight at this time. s The Norwich Soldiers Memoris
 volume promises to be widely sol Lt when completed and will be one priz ed greatly by all who are fortunate t E possess a copy.
 lin chicken raisers was khot yester l- day by Henry Bellows. It measure r nearly five feet across its wings. e The Blackstone Hose company at
 recent meeting decided to perfect plar e or organization. It is one of the be; }" in the department
 Thursday, December 5, 1g72-A ne a fad Is the engagement bracelet whic e- IS locked upon the arm of the fiant
 ana the key kept by the gentlema 'n until called for. This custom worl fine in some cases, still there al st several complaints by young men wi are carrying around too heavy a bunt
 of these keys.
 h. The Detroit Tribune speaking of V,
 eel q Hughes organs, states that the organs manufactured in Norwich a ,. being widely sold in the west, al A- compliments the makers on the bea,
 ty and tune of the instruments F Friday, December 6, 1S72-Thom
 Murray of New London, in attemptil
 to leave a car near Willimantic ye O. terday slipped and fell beneath u ad car and was instantly killed. His bo, h, was Bent to his home in New Lo, n- don.
 All the church bells in Steningt, by were rung in honor of Mr. Greel h. yesterday.
 Matthew Hale Smith delivered O
 of his famous lectures in Breed H; he last evening. The lecture was entitle er- our New Minister at Hardscrabblt .s- It was the third number on the cour IT, and the first lecture and the large a
 dience enjoyed the treat. ze The first Baptist church of weste m ly has called the Rev. Thomas n. Wright of Philadelphia.
 60 Saturday, December '. 1S72-At