The Press., 1889-12-05
LOCAL TopICs-PGsN,D AND 4aIssoRED.

The New York World has published portrait of Rev. Beverly B. Warner, some
 eight years ago, rector of Grace church, with it says: "Mr. Warner is an author and appreciates literary work. He is lib
 eral- minded, and great favorite because of his broad views on subjects generally.
 He was the first minister in Bridgeport to
 ride safety bicycle, and he is an enthusi- astic admirer of base, ball. He is but
 thirty four years of age, but in the pulpit looks even younger His sermons are
 clean cut and emphasize expressions of g
 well-balanced mind. He has a large con- gregation to which he came in 1886 from
 Stratford, Conn. He was born in Jersey City. was educated in Princeton and Trin- ity colleges, was graduated in 1876, and
 was ordained in 1879. He is grand chap
 lain of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut F.
 and A. M., and is also chaplain of the Fourth regiment 0. N. 6.
 The Holland County Leader copies The Press recent paragraph relating to the Holland County boys in the noted s'corn field" at Antietam, and adds:
 T A brother of the Leader publisher of this city was fatally wounded in that charge, and the publisher himself now car ries rebel lead in his left ankle received there. He was also wounded in the right leg, the ball cutting up somewhat singu
 lar caper. The ball-a round one-struck about half way between the ankle and knee, and was split by the bone into two almost equal parts, each part also fiattening out. One of these pieces took a course immediately towards the back part Z of the leg, while the other made trip to
 the left or inside of the leg, each piece
 passing nearly through, being found by
 the surgeon within about one-half inch of the outward surface. The old corn field
 will ever be memorable spot to him, as
 after being wounded, the gallant Burnside was obliged to fall back partly to the bridge which had been taken shortly before. and by this the writer with many others of the ,, wounded was left between the confederate picket and main lines, and there they re- mained for about 45 hours until the con-
 federates fell back During this time, ex- , cept at night time, the bullets from the !, union pickets came among the wounded, making it, to say the least, quite interest ing by day, while the night was made memorable by the groans of the wounded : and dying. and the sickening stench Of the
 lnnumerable unburied dead, as we'll as , that of the spilled blood of the wounded, II 2 ed away. While these wounded ones were : really shut in by reason of the exposed : portion they were not marked as prisoners : lof war. A little incident in connection , shows that even in war friendly and hu 7 mane feelings may exist between oppon : ents. During that memorable AS hours :, when it was not safe for a man to show ' himself on that field, soldier of Georgis . regiment braved the dangers of severa ' trips, to spring of water, and by crawling : close to the ground to avoid being seer A by the pickets, kindly gave water to slacl X the feverish thirst of the wounded of tn,
 union soliers. It would be pleasure tt know his address, if perchance the man il
 living to-day.
 'r About II o'clock Tuesday morning o
 last week stranger standing in the pos a office in Putnsm bowed to M. P. Mullen .n then deliberately walked out, steppe,
 boldly up to Rev. D. l.. R. Libby's team = standing in front of the post office, un ,s hitched the horse and drove rapidly off to ward the Rhode Island state line Tw, . minutes later Captain George Warren tool v MT. Irons' team, and in company witl ' MT. Libby started in pursuit. Frank Pot =, ter, son of A. H. Potter of the Chickerin, F, House,, comprehending the situation : mounted his mustang and hotiy pursued ' Officer Warren overlook the thief at for st. in the roads, coming in contact in such
 way as to enable MT. Libby to reach ou .- and grab his horse by the bits, but at tn
 instant the thief relned him in an opposlt .. direction, going down another road. Al tn irving at Putnam Heights, Officer Warre - shouted to his cousin, Jerome Warren, t y stop the horse thief. He grabbed tn 7, horse by the bits, whereupon the thie
 struck him binding blow with the whi ,8 across his eyes, and he relaxed his hold h, Potter then rushed in ahead of the thie
 and pointing his revolver ordered him Il. stop. The thief dropped the whip an m lines, raised his hands and begged him nc . to shoot. Officer Warren then secure t. him and brought him to the Putnam loci pgs gs up. MT. Potter received hearty congratr 2 lations upon his conduct in the affail l. The thief had half pint bottle of liquc .'s in his pocket, and after being handcutfe = adroitly managed to take it from his pocl nd ct and drink half of 1t. He is man al
 medium height, with black mustache. H )x claimed to hail from Hartford, said h ng wanted horse, and a good .one, an les thought he had securedit it. He also clain : ed to have another at Frank Alton's in th
 edge of Putnam. The man was elf-po
 sessed, and there is no doubt of his bein
 a professional.
 . When you hear man sneering at tn
 local papers, you can bet that he does nt
 squander his wealth in assisting to maA
 them better, and that generally the paper
 have done more for him than he has ft
 them. The man who cannot see the bel
 eft arising to town from its newspaper
 is of about as much value to the town as
 delinquent tax list.
 Samuel D. Rindge, of Willimanti formerly of Mansfield, was taken to tl
 insane retreat at Middletown on Saturda,
 in charge of A. J. Bowen.
 No more blue Mondays for housewives, washing is made easy by the use of Brusse VI II Soap. Try it.
 Don't fool away your hard earned mone