Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-17


 The new bonds are Issued bearing in terest at 4 1-2 per cent, the first years int, being s2025.oo payable seni-annuaI- ly, each year provision must be made in the budget to poy off one bond of $500, thus the interest charges each year will be reduced as the principal is reduced. In response to the telegraphic request of C. L. Bardo, an official of the N Y, N. H. & H. R. R. company. members of the court of burgesses, in the absence from the borough of Warden w A. Bur rows. called the attention of the local po- lice department to the possibility of ef forts being made here to intimidate .faIn or engine crews or to damage railroad properties through sympathy for the striking shopmen.
 1 In its rather lengthy telegram the railroad company, which presumably has l sent similar telegrams to other towns and cities of the state, asking for the cooperation of the local police in pro- tecting the railroad company, it's trains |, and crews from an untoward interference | by strikers or their sympathizers.
 1 Promptly following the receipt of Mir Bardo's telegram here Wednesday | morning members of the court of bur gesses called Chief John Mcfarland in 1 conference and laid the matter before him. The borough officials are acting 1 in spirit of courtesy as there is no in | dication, outwardly at least, of the pos l sibility of any such overt acts as the railroad company expresses apprehension ! about occurring in this particular ter ritory, where there are no striking shop men, nor sympathizers who would be l likely to in any manner interfEre with the railroads property or employees.
 Attorney E. L. Darble, who has been acting as counsel for Barnett C. Hart, the Providence man held under bonds of S5,000 after a hearing in a justices court in Plainheld last week to answer in the superior court, at the October term, to a charge that he attempted to bribe State Police Officer Albert & Field and State Police Officer Merrill R Keith, | made known Wednesday morning that, at hearing before Judge George E. Hin man of the superior court at Willimantic Tuesday, Hart's bail was ordered re- duced from 5000 to s3,00o and that the S5,000 cash bail posted last week for Hart's release had been withdrawn and replaced by surety bond.
 Something that has been mistaken by different persons as a miniature subma- rine or caisson for the bridge to be re- built over the AssaWaga river from H l punt ISdI Lu6 SIdle dTnOry westerly tC the Riverview side of the stream has fin ally been identified as a mammoth turtle The old boy has been lettering about in the river near the foot bridge and one observer who never sees thing bigger than they really are estimates that the turtle will measure IS inches across the yzck of his shell and probably weighs in the vicinity of 50 pounds If there is a date On the turtles shell 1t probably means that it has been there since May flower days, when the habit was to carve out such matter with a stone hatchet The person who is sufficiently interested to go out on a turtle hunt will find something of interest to him over by the old footbridge.
 Captain F. o. Huntington and a detail of men of the Service battery, 192nd field artillery, will go to Hartford rocay (Thursday) with one of the army trucks at the state armory, to bring back cer- tain supplies of which the company is ir need The detail will also return witt a light delivery truck that is to be per. manently added to the motor equipment at the state arnory.
 n It is expected that several more large