Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-02
LATEST OONNEOTlCUT NEWS. Reports from all Parts ofshe State.

Edmunds took formal charge of the local | custom house to day.
 Bn1pGBPoRr, May 1.-John O'Connor, a saloon keeper, who is worth from $40 ,000 to | $50. 900, has been acting rather queerly of l late. and to-day in the probate court a con- servator was appointed to look after him. HIS FOOT CRUSHED.
 DERBY, Mayd.-.Lawrence Gill, an ems ploye of the Derby railroad was struck on the foot this morning by 8 rail. His foot was 80 badly crushed that portion of it had to be amputated. ON THE SOUND. BRIDGEPORT, May 1.-The steamer Block Island of New London, is to take the place of the Rosedsle while the latter is being oyerhsuled and repaired. Since the Block Island was repaired on account of the recent collision new and large state rooms have been put in. The Block Island will begin to run Monday. FROGS OF OLD wINDHAM. | AxsoN1A, May 1.-The Frogs of Old Windham,"a new comic opera. written by Burton E. Leavitt, Yale '93, was brought out here tonight for the first time by the Kings Daughters and their musical friends. Nearly 100 singers took part and the presen- tation was the social event of the season, The opera is founded on the famous story of the frog battle of 1754, when, in hoarse gutteral tones, the frogs called for Colonel Dyer to come to judgement. The music of the piece is bright and lively and was presented with 8 careful attention to de- | tails. FIRE IN SOUTH NoRwALK YEsTERDAY-Loss $7,000-oNE HORSE BURNED.
 NoRwALK, May Fire this afternoon in Gregory's stable in South Norwalk created uated opposite to the depot, and as there was good deal of wind blowing it was feared that much property would be cons | sumed. The fire, however, was confined to the stable, the roof of which was burned off. The flames caused more damage than was l first supposed. Several horses on the second | story of tho livery stable were rescued with difficulty and one horse, valued at $200, was burned, together with eight sleighs and sev- erai carriages. The loss will be bstween l SC, 900 and $7, ,O00, mostly covered by insur- anoe. The origin of the fire is unknown.
 PROGRESS OF THE DOUBLE TRACKING ON THE SHORE LINE.
 CLINTON, May 1.-In another month the double tracks between here and Mantle will be in use. This stretch of double track is l all but completed now and is twenty miles long. Some of this section has been cut through hard granite lodges, which has been 1 very costly work. The average cost per mile of this section has been nearly $30,00 and | the entire cost of the section has been about $600, ,000. The section from here to Guilford will probably be undertaken next. This geo. ton will be comparatively inexpensive one, as the track is level and there will be no rocks to cut through. The section from Guilford to New Haven, distance of about sixteen miles, will probably be the last to be built. It will be hard and costly piece | of work, for not only are there many cuts to be blasted through, but there is big bridge to be built over the Quinnipiae river at Fair Haven.
 LABOR TROUBLES BREAK OUT IN NORWICH. | NORWICH, May 1.-There was no labor demonstrations here to-day in the shape of parade, but several new labor troubles broke out. There was @ strike at the Chelsea file works, all the raft punchers going out on &C., count of dissatisfaction with the foreman, who, it is claimed, has treated the men un- fairly. Some time ago the union stonecut- ters of this city were notified by the Nation al Stonecutters' association that on and after May 1 all union stonecutters would have to I work nine hours per day instead of ten hours. The local employers refused to make this change in the hours, and under orders from the National association the cutters struck work today. The same state of af- fairs exists among the stone cutters of New London, Groton, Mantle and other places in the eastern part of the state, and as conse- quence over 800 stone cutters are out on a strike to day. The majority of the local stone cutters expressed themselves as being satisfied with the rate of wages paid here as we'll as with the hours, and they would not | I,a~ ok~;I~ had k6axv 1,aav ompelled SO to do by the National assooia- ! tion.
 THE DELINQUENT ATTORNEYS cAsE-PETITIoN | FOR MERCY.
 BRIDGEPORT, May 1.-The case of Attor- ney Howard Taylor of Danbury, who was summoned to appear before the superior court to-day to show cause why he should not be disbarred, came up this afternoon be-. fore Judge Fenn. Attorneys Fessenden, Chamberlain and Wheeler represented the l Fairfield county bar in the matter. The de- fense was represented by Judge Brewster of Danbury, Attorney Henry Sanford of this city and Attorney Scott of Danbury. The attorney is accused of betraying the inter- ests of Mrs. Margaret Spragus. a client. The defence this afternoon tried to impeach the testimony of man named Sprague, who I brought the original suit against Taylor to recover in Mrs. Sprague's interests. A petition signed by all the lawyers in Danbury with | three exceptions, as we'll petition signed by the mayor and many prominent citizens of Danbury, was presented to the court ask Ling that If the defendant be found guilty that the court would impose as light pen. alty as possible. The documents praised Mr.
 Taylor very Highly. Judge Fenn has re
 served his decision.
 | A BOLD BUNco GAME IN BRIDaEPoRr-A CATE
 oLIc CLERGYMAN swINDLKD OUT or $l,00O
 BRIDGEPORT, May 1.-The boldest kind of a bunco game was perpetrated in this city yesterday, when Rev. Father Ariens of St. Joseph's church of this city was swindled out of $1 ,O00 and left with child on his hands into the bargain. On Tuesday two we'll dressed men, about twenty five years of age, who were apparently Frenchmen, called on the reverend gentleman. One of the men said he was a Catholic and that he had had trouble with his wife. His wife, he said, was Protestant and he was Catholic. They could not get along we'll together and
 .hs nss man siS ssid' .pd y it was ss'' chiefly eE
 on account of the child that he was con- cerned. He wanted the little one to be
 brought up in the Catholic religion. The priest told him that this was right and ad-
 atives and pay its board. To this the gen.
 tleman demurred. The two men finally went
 away, agreeing to call the next day. The
 priest, meanwhile, thought tho matter over
 and when the men called again he was ready
 to listen to their proposition, which was to
 pay him $1 ,000 and to have him take the
 child and keep 1t until they called for 1t.
 This proposition being readily agreed to
 the men arranged for the priest to receive the
 child, saying its mother would leave 1t in a
 little while. The men went away and it
 was not long before a carriage drove up to
 the door. A handsomely dressed woman
 alighted with baby in her arms and the l priest received it according to agreement.
 Later the two men called for the third
 time. They brought with them thousand dollars which they put in the trunk which the woman had left with the child. The
 priest had agreed to place the child in St.
 Joseph's convent and the two men proposed
 that they go to Hartford and leave the child there. They asked the priest to put thou
 sand dollars of his money in the trunk with their money, though by what process of reasoning they induced him to do this is not known. The reverend gentleman did do this, however, and then the reputed father of the child requested private conversation
 with the priest. This request was granted and the two men stepped into another room and talked for a moment. The alleged
 father then said he would like moments