The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-02
New LONDON, Feb. %, 1915.

The Ice Busness-Its Increase.
knowing your earnest desire to lay before the
thousands OF your readers, the earliest information
relating to the business or politics of any portion of
our common country, I send you an account of
business enterprise which bids fair to become matter
of vast Importance to this portion of old Connecticut
and to add to the amount Of luxury which your Empire
City is capable Of commanding from all quarters. al
lude to the movement of The Merchants Ice Compa
NY" of New York. in procuring their supply of ice
from the Mantle Lake at East Lyme. This beautiful
little lake, covering of and half mile or
more, in circumference is situate about miles west
Of New London and is remarkable for s astonishing
depth, beng in most parts hundred feet or more)
for the purity of its water and the beauty Of the
erected upon the shore of Mantle Bay, capable Of con-
tanning vast quantities Of ce which filed from
the New York market and the balance for shipping to
such foreign parts as will afford market for It. The
ice Is cut out Win nee p,ougas, ana other tools made
road, from the lake to these huge repositories with
astonishing rspidity The Industrious propretors are
actively prosecuting the work Of completing dock,
which win afford depth Of water sufficient for vessels Of
almost any draft and which, when loaded, can within
ters of the Mantle Lake. to those whose locality viii
not permit them to boast the manufacture of 90 delicious
unsertaking as an epoch in the history Of connsccue
and from the fine qualities Of the ice and the great f.
citss offered Of afordipg cheap for transportation
become an extensive depot from which ice will be sent
to all parts Of the world sincerely hope the expeca-
tions Of the Company may be fully realized.
SUDDEN DEATH-SupposED SEDucrroN-GRAvE
RoEBED.-The sudden death of Miss Sarah W. Ro-
bnson at Geneseo Livingston county after two or hree
days illness, and without the knowledge OF her danger
GUS condition. has given rise to Of most painful
character So far ss the rumors fix upon any person in
that county the charge Of seduction, they
dited at that place An Inquest ordered at the Court
House on Friday LAST at the hour Of assembling, news
that the grave empty The body had evident.
ly been spirited away the night previous after the Co
roner had ordered an inquest This added to the excite
ment and rumors and conjectures fe about as to ha
cause and vino could have been concerned in the
action The Coroner, after consulting several legal
gentlemen. came to the conclusion to proceed with the
investigations; Moses Hunt was accordingly called and
sworn, and testified as follows -" attended tho fune
and acted undertaker attended personally to the
rial at the grave Temple Hill; did sse the grave
filed entirely up colored man, named Daniel Ham
met filed the grave knew the body was in the coffin
when put in the grsve have since that time examined
the grave to-day. Three persons, Nelson Humphrey
Lewis Eaiy and james l.. Wright were with me-ths
examination made at the direction Of the Coroner
the body was gone. Found the grave open; the rough
box in the grave the lid by the side of the grave
and the coffin gone Can't tell what instrument
IL opening the box saw tracks from the grave tn
snow fell last evenings can't say whether ths track
were made before after the last snow; saw Rood
many tracks, partly filed with snow; the frst heavy
snow fell Saturday night last. did not get th
fence-the tracks led north to the road through th
grove; there was sleigh track from the fence to tn
road ! was there between and 10 this morning
should think six inches more snow fell last night
One OF the men got down into the box Other witness
es were sworn, when the Coroner discharged the jury
We learn that full statement of the matter from
both Of the attending physicians may be expected mex
Feb SO.