, 1877-08-20
Tho DAY was rcry pleasant one. and greal
enjoyed by all who attended tho festival.
THAT BLESSED BABY.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Mrs. c. Il. Phipps, who has kept several mem-
hers Of the police force busy for tho past Two
days looking for her missing baby, deserves to
be the mother OF a generation Of future
Charlie Rosscs. Afunchausen himself could not
hare done more tn the way Of establishment Of
what was really very simple story to begin
with, mud Mrs. Phipps may take rank with tho
great novel.w.tsrs Of the age, Tor i" the matter
TO begin with, tho baby Is not her baby, and
her parade OF mental anguish, her gricf, ovcr
her desolated home, etc, is all hnmbuR. 1t
turns out that the yolngster Is the lllcg!tmato
Rapids, but whose relatives occupy q good
posttton socially in this city. The father Is
a somewhat prominent business man, and tho
family Of the girl. throngh tic fnstr.tncntaltty
as wct-n,lfsc. 1fcr owu child had died, and
the promise Of $45 per month was sufficient 10
induce her to adopt the little wall, whose par-
cnts were Sonsteted Of GIN BY The fact OF its e1-
paid therefor, and II her mnternal in.tinets
hnre been outraged by this " als1uctlon,' II u
quito probable that tho loss Of her wages might
enter Into the cactlfation.
Officer James Br1ttOn was detailed, AFTER tho
woman hal notified the authorities Of her terri
h1e loss, tousccEtain the facts, and after leading
him q regular dance around town yesterday, and
causing tho arrest Of at cnttrc!y innocent per-
son, she owned that tho child waa not hers. The
officer then dropped the case, and left tho
woman to her own devices. IT. seems that the
tundy-storc in front Of which she lett the child,
was ono OF those resorts known a. "Italian
restaurants m Clark street, ucar Van Buren,.
and that 'ho pM. spent III more ..tL time inside t
candy ! Tn % sh'a ,,a, yas car sa5rs ~ oi1 G y
WAS taken to the t,ardcn city House on Sherman
street, where the woman Phlpps formerly
boarded. The clerk there refused 70 receive 1t
anil H. y toSk i s,;sts away 'anE th4s ha the
she actually did with the childfs not known. for
she has disappeared. hnd the ontv reasonable
suppositlon is that shc was hired by tho parents
to take It awny from Mrs. fhipps Tho
police are not unacquninted with tho
last.namsd lady. who was compelled 70 own
whcre the Arlnory was. having been locked up
there about stx months ago fortrunkepnesa. It
Will now be In order for her mythical husband to
coma forward and demand his putativo baby.
Since the foregoing was put fn tyne, tt has
been asccrtained thut the child has been dis
that It. was taken. 1t was left in The watcr-
closet Of private residence on Washington
street. and was taken care Of by the occ.t-
pants, and word sent to Mrs. rhEppa.
About o'clock last evening gentleman called
upon her at the hotel, and told her to follow
did so, aud in tho euurte Of half an hour she re-
turned With tho lIttle walt. Mrs. Phipps was
very rctteene indeed about this part Of the story,
save that ahc allowed that, bad It not been Tor
the Tr9tuafs article, and tho reflections cast
upon the parents, wfloeycr they were, the child
thought to mako money by the scheme. ,singu-
larly enough, 1t ts also announced that the kid
napper will not be prosecuted by Mrs. Phtpps or
tho paronts Of tho child.