Connecticut western news., 1878-05-30
Monuments. IA fine monument was

ana taRen to the cemetery in East Canaan
 last Monday. to be placed in the burial lot
 of the late Charles Barnes. Another mon-
 ument also passed through this place. being
 taken on Tuesday to the cemetery in Ash
 ley Falls. As we are somewhat interested
 ln the last mentioned monument, we are
 able to speak more particularly of it. Not
 exactly the largest and finest in the world,
 but about as good as ''common folks" re-
 qulre or desire. It is wrought of Fox Is-
 land granite, near Rockland, in Maine, and
 IS as hard as any imported from foreign
 countries, mot excepting the celebrated
 Scotch granite, and which is thought by
 some to be superior to Scotch granite, talk.
 ing polish as beautiful as can be
 made on any granite in the world.
 This monument was made at the extensive
 works of Cook & Perry in Holyoke, Mass,
 and is piece of work those gentlemen
 have no reason to be ashamed of. MT. Cook, who has had the charge of the ereo-
 tion of this monument, will remain in thls
 region few days. and should any conclude
 to consult him in relation to monumental
 work, we know they will be justly and sat
 lsfactorily dealt with.
 West Cornwall. There has been con- siderable excitement in our village growing
 out of the fact that R. P. Foster sold the contents of his privY to Jas. Cochrane and
 the same was removed and put in pile on
 one of MT. Cochrane's fields on the west side of the river to be used for manure Mr. Cochrane also removed manure from his premises on the west side of the river and put it in pile or piles in the same field and near that which came from Fosters, When this manure was spread over the field the re- mains of young child were found in it. The charge was made tha: it came from Fosters premises with the contents of the privy. Foster went to the proper authority and demanded that the matter be investiga- ted. A jury of inquest was called and af- ter spending three or four days in looking into it. they found that the birth of the child occurred on the other side of the river and that it's remains had never been on thls side at all. The finding of the jury was as
 follows: '' t~ 5t.' t'
 The jury of inquest summoned to inquire into the manner of the death of the child found in MT. James Cochrane's field, found that the child was of premature birth, and was the child of Mrs. ---, aud that no blame was attached to any one for the death. 'u. .u - ....
 The name of the mother of the child is omitted in the above, but it appears iu the records of the court. No member of Eos ter's family was in any way, shape or form implicated in the affair. There did not ap- pear to be any guilt attaching to any one. The person having charge of the remains of the child after it's birth did not use prop CT precautions in It's burial, hence the dfi- culty. ,. .r. J.. R.
 Defective Mortgage.-The Hartford CourGnt of last Wednesday announced that it had "been discovered that the mortgage of the Connecticut Western railroad com. pany, under which the first mortgage bonds amounting to three millions of dollars, were issued, is defective in not having been exc cuted in the presence of two witnesses, as required by law" The Courant further said ''The validity of the mortgage bonds, is not, of course, effected by this discovery, because the error will be corrected when the next session of the legislature is held. SO that there is DO occasion for bondholders to be frightened; but there Elay be some question as to the effect of the mortgage upon the property of the road, until it is made valid as to claims and attachments. The courts will have to settle such matters. Calling attention to the subject here is on ly disclosing what several claimants already ] know, as it was in consequence of search for property on which an attachment would | hold that the imperfection of the mortgage was disclosed, and legal advice was given thereupon."
 It may be of no particular interest 10 our readers to say that we are informed that this important omission in the mortgage alluded to above, and which passed unob- served through the hands of some of Hart ford's most prominent lawyers employed by the old board of managers of the Conn. Western roed, was discovered by Lawyer A. T. Roraback of this village, when that instrument was brought to bis notice few Jays ago in the transaction of some business tor the company. We have no disposition to boast over the superior sagacity or legal acumen of our attorneys at this end of the 'oad, but when mortgages are made cover ng several million dollars, about the only 'eally sGfe plan would be to send them over his way for our lawyers to examine and ascertain if they are all right.
 Left over from last week.
 Sharon.-Professor R. A. JacoDs of the { 7awling Institute will lecture this (Monday) evening in the Town Hall, on Temper ' 'nce." Rev. H. c. Humphrey, the presi- ( lent of tbis Temperance Union, has most { performed his part toward sus- 2 aiming these semi-monthly meetings, when ( 'therwise we should have been without. To { 2. B. Reed, too, we tender thanks for his [ egular attendance and leading and support t ng the singing, which has done equally as ( much toward interesting the audience as the { peaking.... The Connecticut Sunday ( school Convention will he held in the early c 'art of June in Middletown. Each school C an of right send two delegates, the only s xpense being car fare, as the Middletown t 'eople have kindly rendered their hospitali- n y to all such. We hope each school will a e well represented.......T The Harlem R. R. a ;o. have seen fit to change the running of c he trains on said road, and under the pres p nt arrangement people can go almost any u where and back the same day, as there are a