Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-07
City COmrf NOtea.

In the C1Gy Court yesterday 1nOn8S 6nLIer tried for assaulting his wife Barbara His grounds for abuse were that she would not give anything eat and her ground for refusal that he would rot work. He was fined $5 snd costs
 Richsrd Gray, jr., colored, pleaded guilty to assault ing Charles G. Hart last Tuesday night. Judge Par dee imposed fine of slO and costs.
 Patrick Carroll, charged with keeping op:n saloon Of Washington and Dewitt streets, Sunday, was found guilty and fined $40 and costs An appeal was taken.
 Stella Rich, who attemptel suicide by jumping into NH river Sunday last acquitted the ground of dementia, and Judge Pardee dered her commit ted to the Hospital fer the Middletown for six months.
 Bridgeport Has Its BurgIarIes.
 The residence of Charles E. Smith, on La- fayette street, was entered by burglars on Monday evening while the family were at the circus, and robbed of about fifty dollars worth of silverware. The burglars were evil dently well posted on the value of the arti- cles taken, as all the plated ware was left be- hind or thrown away after leaving fhe house. number of plated spoons which had been taken from the house were found in a wagon in Union street, belonging to the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company, where they had been thrown A small building on Water street, occupied by John Murray as 0 shoe shop, was broken into Wednesday night, and a quantity of leather and other articles taken An entrance was effected through the rear window, which was broken out The amount of goods taken is valued at ten or twelve dol lars. No clue to either of these burglaries has yet been obtained. A coIored boy named Underhill, about five years of age, obtained entrance into the building on Main street and South avenue, occupied as branch of khaD cf-o aI<oI l n11 the small articles belonging to the teacher and scholars that he could find lying around loose, consisting of pencils, crayons, pen- knives, etc.-Bridgeport Standard.
 Premature BuriaIs.
 The Bridgeport Scientific Society was treat ed to an interesting paper on premature bur ials Wednesday evening by Dr. G. l.. Porter, who spoke of the danger of such a calamity as very slight, cases of the kind being so infre- quent andof the generally ample means in the hands of physicians of determining the fact of death The Standard says: MT. Clarence Sterling then arose and opened the general discussion. He cited some cases of prema- ture burial, and among them read case from the London Lancet, an authority in the medi- cal profession, in which case of premature
 
 sician who certified to the death and the mayor. who gave the burial permit were sent to jail for involuntary manslaugh- ter" He read statistics of the burials in Bridgeport annually, and gave his own experience in coffin. By the kindness of undertakers he had been able to demon- strate that he could move a coffin about by kicking when inside it, and he had been screwed into casket for six minutes with no serious inconvenience for want of air. MT. Fenelon Hubbell next followed. He had for ffty-four years assisted to bury the dead of Bridgeport, but in all that time he knew of but one or two doubtful cases. He had met one case in Macon, Georgia, and there had been one or two in his subsequent experience, but generally he thought there was little feal of premature burial. He would, however, keep member of his own family until there was no possible doubt, if that required three years.
 T. E. Peck then spoke and detailed some o1 the reasons why there should be moro caution used and all cause for anxiety removed. He finally proposed @ resolution that committed be appointed to consider the matter and re- port upon the advisability of securing some legislative enactment to secure 8 more thor ough and reliable examination of the dead by competent authorities. Dr. F. M. Wilson thought that concerted action with the State society should be taken to secure such law as was needed, and instanced the existing laws In Massachusetts, where competent phy- siclans were coroners, &c. He was in favor of the move. Dr. Lander wished only mem- bers of the society to vote on the question, as he did not think it best that the action should be other than that of the society proper. Dr. Powers then put the question to the society, and it was carried unanimously, and subse- quently E. W. Seymour, Esq, G. L. Porter, M. D., Isaac Holden, Esq Dr. 0. W. Strane and Henry A. House were elected such 0 com mittee.