Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-12

Jane Sherwood on forged notes and deeds, was placed under bonds for $3. 800 yester day.
 Thomas Field, of Greenwich, who was shot
 by his brother William nearly three weeks age, is much worse and considered in 8 criti
 cal condition.
 Mamie Lenahan, aged sixteen, daughter of
 Jeremiah Lenahan, of Derby, died Monday
 evening.
 A mathematical wonder at Falls Village is
 Robert Wilcox. jr-, aged about 21 Wilcox is a young man of ordinary intelligence, and
 has a common school education. but in mathematics has developed remarkable abili- ty to add, subtract and divide mentally. It is said that he is not able
 to solve complex problems, but in less | than a minute can give correct answers to such questions as the following: Given 8
 Ioconotiye driving wheel feet inches in diameter: how many revolutions would the wheel make in going six miles? or, how many seconds has man ivsd who has attained
 the age of 37 years, months and days, supposing the months had each thirty days?
 The oldest inhabitants of Middlebury say | that they have never before seen such an 1 ice storm as that of the past few days. Sev- | eral large trees broke down under it's weight and hundreds of them lost branches. The numerous twigs and branches on the ground
 
 summers tornado. Much shrubbery is de- stroyed in the vicinity. While many mourn the total or partial loss of ornamental l trees, others rejoice because such ice eoatinss on trees usually insure bounti-
 full yield of fruit. Nearly all the telephone and telegraph wires were either broken or otherwise rendered useless. On Sunday, when the ice occasionally divorced itself
 from the wires, it did not break or fall to the
 ground, but would drop few inches in the center and there remain like fsstoon. Many
 of these festoons were six feet long, adding
 much to the beauty of the scene. Mrs Davenport, who died in Wilton re- gently in the 72d year of her age, was the wife of George A. Davenport, who for so
 many years was the acceptable and popular Judge of Probate for the district of Norwalk. She was the sister of the late Isaac M. | eminence for many years in Bridgeport. Miss Jennie K Nash, of Norwalk, has been re-engeged as organist of St. PauPs church. The following named persons, also re-engag | ed, constitute the choir: MT. D 0. Nash, leader and bass; Miss Helen Bassett, of Beth
 ell. soprano; Mrs. Alfred Camp, alto; MT. H. Wilson Hoyt, of New York, tenor. SERIOUS ooAsTING ACCIDENT. James Mclaughlin. a seven-yesr- old lad, was cruelty wounded by barbed wire fence
 Monday morning while eoasting in MitchelFs lot at Thamesville. The snow was crueted 1 over strong enough to bear sled and the
 boys, Mclaughlin among the lot. were hav- l ing fine times. Mclaughlin lost control of
 his and run afoul of the fence with great | force His leg was cut below the knee, the
 cut being about four inches long and extend | tug in depth nearly to the bone with the sides
 ragged and lacerated.
 Joseph Bottomley, of Greeneville carpen-
 ter and pattern maker while working on some
 machinery Monday morning pried with 8 1 lever with such force that he fell backwards | breaking four ribs and receiving some cuts
 about the head. MT. Bottomley is about | fifty years of age and portly, weighing some thing more than POO pounds.