Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 8, 1911, Page 11

Henry Allen & Son’ FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS 88 Main St. LADY ASSISTANT WHEN REQUESTED ULF Diamonds Our Specialty. QUALITY GUARANTEED as represented. Prices positively the Lowest John & Geo. H. Bliss. MME. TAFT—Palmist and ehlrvoy- ant. Anyone troubled or puzzled wit their own or others’ affairs, call. Sha advises with a certainty higher than human powers. 68 Washington St.. New London. Conn. Norwich Business Gollege Summer School Now Open Where You Can Lnrn. Bookkeeping, - || Shorthand and Typewriting Fall Term Tuesday, Sept. 6th Write, 'phone or call E. CANFIELD, Prop. Allow Me Please to quete you prices or to give you es- timates on all kinds of contract work, jobbing, carpenter work, painting, etc., etc. Jobbing promptly attended to. Estimates cheerfully given, C. M. WILLIAMS, General Contractor and Builder, 218 MAIN STREET. ‘Phone 370. WM. F. BAILEY (Successor to A. T. Gerdner) Hack, Livery Boarding Stable 12-14 Bath Street. HORSE CLIPPING A SPECIALTY. .AUTOMOBILE TO RENT. Telephone 833. WHESN you want o put your busi- iim eii e e here i e m um er roug) e Ve ing columns ef The Builetin. | her home on Merchants’ avenue from @he Bulletin, Norwich, Saturday, July 8, 19%1. THE WEATHER. ~. Forecast for Today. For New England: Fair Saturday; Sunday increasing cloudiness; moder- ate temperature; light variable winds. Predictions from the New York Her- ald: On Saturday parily cloudy and cooler weather will prevail, with lignt northwesterly and westerly winds and probably local rains in the coast dis- tricts and on Sunday generally fair weather and moderate temperatures. Observations in Norwich. The following records, reported from Sevin's pharmacy, show the changes in temperature and the barometric changes Friday: Ther. Bar. 76 30.10 91 30.i2 . 80 30.15 Highest 92, lowest Comparisons, Predictions for Friday cooler; easterly winds. Friday's weather: As p Moon and Tiiles Overcast and radicted. Sun. Sun 1l High || Moon ises. | || Water. || “Sets. | p. m p. m. p. m. || Six hours after high water it s low tide, whizh is followed by flaod tida. GREENEVILLE NEWS. Congregational Choir Will Have Out- ing Today—Young Ladies’ Sodality Planning Festival—Local ‘Interests. The choir of the Greeneville Congre- gational church is to enjoy an outing at Ocean Beach today. The party wiil make the trip by steamer, going down this morning. Death of Mrs. Narcy Lyon. The death of M Nancy Lyon, wid- ow of Robert Lyon, occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry 2 Marshall place, Spring- field. on following a several years She was born ars ago in Becket and svent her life in Stafford Hollow, Conn., later living for thirty years in Middle- She went Ars ago. her daughter, three bmthe ter. Harris George L. K Presbrey of 79 l-uurth street and “'il» liam Kies of Thompson. Howard Rydholm of Prospect street has returned from a visit in Rockville, Conn. Harry Allen and Howard and Leroy Larkin were visitors at Richards’ grove this week. William Service of Waterbu has been the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Service, of Twelfth street. John W. McKinley was tl ¥ guest nf relatives in Preston on i daughters having been vi a ing th »re Patrick McNerney and.J ph O'Sul- livan have been in New York, witness ing while there the game between New York and the Philadelphia Athletics. The board of governors of the Holy Name society has plans in mind for the annual outing of the society. This always eagerly anticipated event will take place during the month of August at Poguetanuck drawbridge, providing the grounds there can be secured at an acceptable date. The Young Ladizs’ Sodality held a meeting in the assembly room of St. Mary’s church on Friday evening and the matter of holding a festival on the parish grounds was discussed. Athletic features and amusements for the young people are planned for the afternoon and at night there will be dancing on a specially erected stand and other entertainment. A brilliant illumina- tion scheme will be in evidence, and the affair will b2 a notewnnhy event. TAFTVILLE Death of Mrs. Mortimer Shea Follow- ing Prostration from Heat—Sisters of Charity in Retreat—Village Brevi- ties. Following an illness that began on Monday, Mrs. Mortimer Shea passed away Friday morning at 1.30 o'clock at apoplexy superinduced by prostration from the heat. Her death brought sudden sorrow to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Shea was a native of Ireland, her maiden name being Hannah Sulli van, but the greater part of her life has been spent in this country. She married Mortimer Shea in Ireland and upon coming to this country they lived in New York city, later in New Hampshire and Rhode Island and came to Taftville over thirty vears ago. Mr. Shea died oen Oect. 11, 1909 Surviving are two sons, Daniel Shea of Taftville and Jeremiah Shea of Providence, and two daughters, Miss Mary Shea and Mrs. James Daley of Taftville. An- son. Mortimer Shea, diad on 1909. She was the last of her immediate family. Mrs. Shea s a member of the Rosary society of the Sacred Heart parish and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Her interests cen- tered in her home and she ever proved a loving mether. Gifts for Father O’Keefe. Prior to his leaving for Torringten, Rev. Arthur O'Keefe received two ac- ceptable presents from French and | English Children of Mary of the arish the former presenting with a chalice of silver lined with gold and the latter a silver smoking set simi- larly lined. The preseniation was madz in the rectory on Wednesday evening. Sisters on Annual Retreat. The Sisters of Charity at the Sacred Heart convent are on their annual retreat at the convent of the Immacu- late Cenception church at Baltic. There ars fourteen Sisters and the retreat began Wednesday., to continue ten days. Local Jottings. ‘William Robillard, who has been em- ployed in New Bedford, is in town. There is an unclaimed letter in the Taftville postoffice addressed to An- drew W. Smith. Miss Marian Walker of Hanover has Funeral m Diresior and Emhglmar 70 Franklin St., Bulletin Bldg, Telephone 642-2. Prompt service day or night Zady Assistant, Residence. 116 Broadway. opp. Thezatre. Telephone €42-3. versary. WEST SIDE BOY'S CAREER Wallace D. Ewen, Railroad Bngineer;for 29 Years, Boasts of No Accidents—Passed His 73rd -Birthday Anni- Wallace D. Ewen of Creve Coeur, Mo., was a former resident of the West Side. Though he has been away for a number of years he still de- sires to be known as a West Slide boy and many of the older resident. remember him. He is a cousin of Charles H. Talcott of this city and otheir relatives here. Last Saturd: was his 734 birthday and in connec- tion with that the St. Louis Giobe- Democrat had the following account of his railroad experiences in that sec- tion, where ke had been a raiiroad en- gineer for nearly a quarter of a cen- tury ailace D. Ewen, for nearly a third cf a certury was a passenger e, er on the Creve Coeur branch of tae i tHe known, despite he passed his stone in life Saturday, walk steady step and tells a story of rem- iniscent interest. Now that automobiles -throng the Olive street road, carrying thousands of visitors to the resort, and tae Unit- ed Radways company maintains ice to accommodate immense every dav in the week. in add a het day, just vyou expect on the Fourth of July, on our nation’s birthday, 1881, I p out from the oid Twelfth street sta- ticn with a double-dome Roge gine, bearing the name 'D. R. sor,” and eight passengzer coac crowded, seats, aisles and platforms for Creve Coesur lake—the v, day that popular place was opened as a publlc resort. 'wo other t enger coaches, and it w 0.006 pa: Extra crews were kept night b re the Fourth the stretch of track from the the iake front, where Charl conducted a saloon, resm"r nt < each with nine ere operated that as estimated that a total engers visited the resort. at work the completing to Fort nic grounds. The ‘D. R. % the first engine to take water f-pm the tank at the lake. On the wey ¢t from the city it was nec to fut the engine from the tr Fwirg avenuer run in and reple aler supply in the po'ler, T coaches were prac- tically crowded before we Jeft the Twelfth street station, and by the time we reached the lake there were hun- dreds on top of the coaches, on the rilot of the engine and clinging to the guardrails on the platforms. Gun Fired from Train. “From 6 o'clock the morning of that memoral Fourt next morning, not relieved, with only one in the time, and that was handed into the meal cab at 9 o'clock at night. nolds, who now Jonn Rey- runs a punter out of Pacific, on the maia line, was my fir man. It reguired us from one hour to an hour and fifteen minutes to make a round trip, and each time we cov- ered the road we were crowded going out, and at night it seemed like we had even bigger crowds coming in. “Of course, e did not get much chance to watcin the crowd at the lake but after each trip we could e that the pile of emptiy bottles. which were near the track, had grown, ind ng that there was plenty of refreshments on hand to quench the thirst of all, without forming a bucket brigade to tap the lake. “One of the ains had a flat ecar trailers, on which a gatling gun was mounted. At freguent intervals along the lines, after the city limits were sed, the gun was fired in demon- n of the event. In the twenty-nine vears Ewen was + engineer on the Creve Coeur branch. there was a period of five and a half vears when the train was held over at Creve Coeur Ilak: The en: then bought a track of twent) acres aznd improved it. Emerson sta- tion loc==: on a act of adjoining his propert ce retiring from the road la: vear, he has de- voted most of his time and farm pursuits. to garden work Many Churches Had Picnics. In the first twelve years after the opening of the lake as a resort, the | train schedule called for four round | trips a day, wi dnesdays and Thursdays de: ‘as_“church | davs.” All Sunday schoel picnics and | outings given by other ‘ehurch organ- izations were held ‘Wednesday or Thursday. The traffic in lemonade was stimulated in the middle of the week, by this arrangement, while the crowds which went to the lake on other days often represented the membership of different organizations which favored dancing and other forms of amuse- ment, On what werz termed the “open” dz the consumption of beer heiped make market for the products of the growing breweries in St. Louis. “Wally Ewen boasts that in the entire time he was engineer on the ¥ been the guest of Miss Mary Hendrick of School street. Ripe hucklebarries were brought into the village on Friday by boys, but ow- ing to the dry weather the quantity of berries will be small in most places this year. Arthur Cassavant, whose leg was in- jured in a railroad accident some time ago, fell recently and hurt it again, so that an operation may be necessary. He has been forced to give up work. On Thursday George G. Grant re- ceived a new funeral car from a Phila- delphia firm, with a glass center; draped corners. an deight pillars sup- porting a dome-shaped roof. It has all the modern improvements and is & “handsome vehicle. | brook), { Seventh is Creve Coeur line not a single passen- ger was injured, and that engine No. 265 was kept in the service seventeen Years with but two general overhaul- ings and few common repairs. He said many Jleading men and women of St. Leuis, when school childéren board- ed his train .at Laclede (now Edge- Beaton, Ellendale, Clifton Heights, Cheltenham, Howards and Tower Grove, on their way to the old Pope school at Fwing and clede avenues. “Ail along the lins they would as said Mr. Ewen, “What has become of the lake tram?% when some one would remark, “There she comes; can’'t you see the engineer’'s whisker: Recounting other® experiences. Mr. TEwan mentioned tie cloadburst of Sep- tember, 1888, at the east end of the “Y” in Zoleman cut. The engineer said that water two. feet deep flowed down the track and taat brush and rails had to be cleared from the road train bed before -the could Ewen alsec re2 proi of close sz, in stop- ping the train at sight cf broken rails Not a Wheel Gif in 35 Vears. as many sress s 1 vun understand what that means.” g In summer the noon run krought in ithe “ice train.” of ice anpd what was known and Ewen s a passenger coach l:u' v were in the stfing. he ice was taken from the iminense storage houses on the oz of the lake. _Af'cv;vrdin to in the winter of 1884 thn ed ice 16 inches th - winter, according to inches thick was harv ary, while the temperature fell to degrees below zero. Voted First for Lincoln. Ewen, Mr. Ewen commenced his railroad career May 1, 18 on the old Ra- cine line, from the ecity of that name to Beloit. Wis.,, a distance of sixty- eight miles. In the fall of 1859 tracks were extended ihirty-six miles to I r n point Ewen with It nces benches lto z with a wood burning en ne Junction, connecting with the Take Shore line to Chicago, where in May, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was 1o ated for president of the TUnited iStates. Mr. Ewen savs Lincoln the first president he voted for, and he been pporting the same party since. ven served a vear as vasonm consin vclunteers, and | the close of the war went to Spring- the field, Mo., and was engineer on Atlantic & Pacific. In 1372 he given a passenger run between Sp field and Pacific. over ti s which Nnow comp: = pal tem and the followi ed to the oth end of the line, Tun- ning bet n Spri n"neul and V Indian T to the Missour A, A Talmage A\lin'vh mained witn the company retirement. Mr. and Mrs. Kwen have a family of three sons whom are eng;ged in raiir a passenger Sale Lake City, yman out of is sta- is “harles tion agent aph operator at Della, Utah . formerly a con- ductor or line of the Mis- souri Pacific, now is switching for the is Terminal system. A COMET WAS GIVEN MUCH ATTENTION Brilliant Display in Southeast Fifty Years Ago—Steamer City of Boston Placed on Line. In the weel ding to the pa of the Fourih was ov brilliant comet ‘n the 1851, corréspon- the observ: an(e evening. The fire works nothing compared w The steamer Cit on the line running to a great time was made the day it arrived here. There was little cl soldiers a were received pondents of the Items taken from The Bulletin of the week of July 3 to 9, 1861, follow: July 1561—A comet in the south- eastern v the cause of attention last evening. Lieutenant Halsey of the New York king enlistment for the cott Rifie: ed company now forming in New York city. The Fourth Connecticut regiment has been placed in a brizade with the First W sin and ths Eleventh Pennsylvan put for some unexplain- ed reason did not take part in the fight opposite Williamsport, July 31—Captain_Sutton’s com- Londor has joined the ment at Hartford. Acting Master J. W, Bentley S. steam frigate Wabs a short visi ~onicled fron: the front and no letters from the war corre- papers. v rived home for detacked froum the vessel with a crew He was of twelve men to bring home Ameli the ship which tried to run the block- aGge at Charleston, the homes of the captain. The First Wi nsin regiment i commanded b John C. Stark- WeAlhe!‘ father was a former S . He is a lawyer by and has been praticing in \lll\\aul\ e, The common council has appropri- ated $£60 for the ringing of the bells and firing of sunrise and sunset sa- lutes. r 6, 18F.— The ademy cadets paraded in the Fourth of July celebra- tion, as id the Union awd Tyler /n\.«l\vs and the Irish Temperance so- x ne mes: of President Lincoln appeared in this issue. July 8, 1861—Governor Bucking- ham starts this morning for Wash- ington, wh he will remain for sev- eral days. We understand that a meet- ing of the executives of the northern tes will be held in Washington this week and Governor Ruckingham will represent Connecticut in it The City of Boston was placed on the line running from Allyns Point to New York; There were about 700 com- plimentary tickets issued here io Nor- wich friends and patrons of the line, for a trip out into the Sound. The boat came here and took the party ahoard, with more at New London, and there was a banauet served after ieaving that city. Rev. Dr. Bond h2s been leave of absence health. One of :he flags used by the Aca emy cadets on the 4th inst. wa brigade color used in the war of 18 loaned for the occasion by Charles Johnson.. The other was an American flag presented by Frederic Farns- worth. The drummer (Major Manning) and the drum us2d saw service at Lurdy's Late “in the last war.” A census of the town of Frankliu has been taken since the slice was cut off for Sprague and shows 763, grand list being $456.085. About ten o'clock last Wednesday evening, Eliza Homes, a cclored serv- ant, was shot while closing the blinds at the homz of a highly respectable family, wher Wester! given : to travel for his a the she was working in P , | NORWICH TOWN State Road Work Huld Up by Heat and Drouth — Plans for Children’s Day Exercises—General News. Charles A. Brady of New York has been the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brady, for a few days. Guests at Neptune Park. Mrs. A. T. Utley of Norwich, who is spending the summer at Neptune park, entertained on Wednesday Miss Maria Briggs, Mrs. James Herrick and Mrs. | fanity provoking preliminary proceed- Luella Carr of Norwich, and ‘Mrs. Hen- rietta Tefft of Norwich Towa. Effects of Heat and Drouth. Work Lad to be suspended on the state road in construction on Scotlana road on account of heat and lack of water. Children’s Day Exerci Children’'s day exercises will be held in the Scotland road schoolhouse Sun- da) July 9, at 3 p. Family Clambake. Many relatives gathered at the home of David Lillibridge on Tuesday for a clambake. Charles Bartlett made a business triP to New Haven on Thursday. Mrs. Charles Bartlett leaves today for two weeks’ visit in Derby. William B. Wilcox went to Hartford ‘Wednesday on business. Mrs. Brown is entértaining friends from Newark, N. J., and New York city. Roscoe P. Frazier has returned to Providence, after a visit here v\nh rel- atives. Stanley Gav accompanied George romance of the Desei‘l Hyde to the Christian Endeavor con- vention in Atlantic City. Mrs, Merton Bartlett has returned to Je: after a visit with rela-, tt tives in Mrs. to Jewett City, town. Charles Bartlett has returned after a visit with rel:- tives in town. Frederick Burdick and son, Reginzld, of New London, spent a few days this week with Mr. and Mrs. William Bur- dick. Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Gallup and daugh- ter, Glady have returned to their; home in Ekonk, after several days’ \ls- | it in town. Mr, and”Mrs. F. G. Prothero of V. gason avenue have had Mr. and ¥ Fred Burrows London as gue: Mr. and Mrs, the singers at the camp meeting, left town Thursday Providence, where they will take similar worlk. Mrs. Lewis Appleget of Cranberr: N. J, who has been the guest of Mrs. R. H. Snow of 6 Huntington avenue, has left for her hom z a stop ef a few days in New city. and daughter of u EDWARDS—In Hampton. a son to Mr. and Mrs, July 4, 191 Lioyd Ed- wards. MARRIED A C xnpvw)m' 191 3 CLEVELAND —LARSON—In Williman- tie, July 7. 1911, by the Rev. L. M Flocken. George L. Cleveland and Mrs. Meta Larson, both of Lebanon. DIED HALE—In New Haven, July 5, Alice Wil wife of H. W. Hale, of 312 1venue. ice at Yantic cemetery, in aturday afternoon, July 8. T of lock train. SHEAA’n hflr h me on erchants’ avenue. Taftville, July 7, Hannah Suilivan, w dnw of Mortimer Shea. TEMPESTO—In the Backus hospital, Norwich, July 6, Jeremiah Tempesto, aged 25 years. LYON_In Springfield, July 6, Nancy, widow of Robert Lyon, aged 64 yea CARD OF THANKS. We w to thank all the k friends who by their words and dee helped us in the time of the loss of our beloved mother. We will alw, ish them in our m: THE FAMILY oF 'l‘HE LATE MRS.| JAMES BURNS. CHURCH & ALLEN 15 Main Street. vs rsm@mber and cher- | ! Funeral Directors —AND— Embalmers. Lady Assistant. Telephone call 328-3. Henry E. Church. Wm. Smith Allen. PLUMBING AND GASFITTING. JOHNSON & BENSON, 20 Central Avenus. SLATE ROOFING Metal Cornices and Skylights, Gutters ahd Conductors, and all kinds of Job- ving m,-ivmptl) attended to. Tel. Sanitary Plumbing A peep into an up to date bathroom is only less refreshing than the bath itself. During the summer you will the more look to the bath for bodily comfort. T will show you samples and | plans of the porcelam and oth tubs | and give you estimates for the work of putting them in in the best manner from a sanitary standpoint—and guar- antee the entire job J. E. TOMPKINS, 67 West Main Street The Vaughn Foundry Co. IRON CASTINGS furnished promptly. Yarge stock of patterns. No. 11 to 25 Ferry Street S. E. GIBSON Tin and Sheet Metal Worker Agent for Richardson and Boynton Furnaces. 65 West Main Strest. Norwich, Conn. T. F. 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