Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-19
ALI ARourD THE STATE.

ALI ARoUND THE STATE. Burial of Popular Ex-Oity Olerk-
 LightnIng,s Work I'm Various Places
 The Funeral or Miss French In Sey-
 mour-A Notable Tribute of sympathy The State Board of Health and
 How to Save the Babies From That
 ScOurge, Cholera Infantum - The
 Failure ofthe Red Raspberry Crop-
 Poor Year for Native Peaches - A
 Canoe Regatta.
 A very large funeral in Bridgeport yester- day was that of ex.City Clerk 0. A. Mooney, who died of consumption, aged thirty-two. The members of the board of aldermen of 1888, ex-Mayor Coughlin, the present city officers of Bridgeport and delegation from the five or six societies of which deceased was member attended in a body. For seven years he was elected city clerk by the democrats.
 Seymour also had very large funeral yes terday. It was probably the largest ever held in the town. It was the funeral of Miss Charlotte French, beloved daughter of ex- Congressman French. In token ot their sympathy for Congressman French in his great bereavement and of the esteem for the deceased young lady both merchants and manufacturers united in closing their places of business, and the people turned out in large numbers to do honor to her memory. The services were held at the family resi- dence and were conducted by Rev. J. B. Shepard, pastor of the Episcopal church. There were large number of floral tributes of the most elegant design from the relatives and intimate friends of the deceased, and from the townspeople who had known her. -cx AL kt>o nj were taken to the Episcopal cemetery, where the interment took place. The pallbearers were o. L. Dibble, E. T. Matthies, H. R. Beach, o. Fl. Sterrs, w. A. Adams, Henry Day and John Swan.
 The peach crop in this state is a failure this year.
 Suffields population, under the new census, is 3,260, or 43 better than at the last reckoning.
 In Mystic Thursday lightning struck the building in which is Thurber's store. The premises were set afire. Damage slight.
 The Connecticut Jersey Breeders associs. tion has voted to improve the accommoda- tions granted at the state fair at Meriden by sn appropriation of $50.
 Henry Endress of Sufield celebrated his eishty-fifth birthday las. week. He is na- tive of Philadelphia, but has been resident Ol ScIu6lO IOT udlI h c6utuTy.
 Professor Amos Swan, the Quinebaug val- ley hypnotist, is in Norwich relating stories of his wonderful successes and hypno tizing the boys for tho amusement of his friends.
 The Springfield Republican telsely says: "Phineas Taylor Barnum's approval of Sun day afternoon band concerts in the town of Bridgeport comes like fiat from heaven, and of course any further discussion is out of question:"
 Tia signal corps of the First regiment (ten mep) have decided not to engage & caterer for the encampnent, but to buy cooking utensils, purchase provisions and hire cook, :, thus running their own mess under the di rection of a committee.
 Lightning struck barn on the Parkes place in Lebanon Thursday night. The barn was burned to the ground and two horses, two COWS and several wagons were burned. Many trees were struck and dam- aged. The storm was very severe one. A canoe regatta will be held on Highland lake, West Winsted, Saturday, July 19. A number of canoe men from New York, New Haven and Springfield will be present and l some good racing is promised. The races | are open to all corners and will be run under l the A. c. A. rules.
 In the two salvage cases of Thomas A. | Scott against the City of Worcester, recently | tried at Hartford in the district court, Judge Shipman on Thursday rendered judgment of $20, 451. 52 in favor of the plaintiff in one of the cases and of $1 ,000 in the other. The plaintiff sued for $65,0O0.
 l Of the 5,100 shares issued by the Provi. dence and Springfield railroad company, l 3,400 have now been purchashed by tho | syndicate working for the New York and New England railroad company, thus giving | 1t 800 more shares than are necessary to con-
 trol the management of the road.
 The Willimantic camp meeting will begin
 August IS and close August 26. The Wom | ans Christian Temperance union will hold 6
 convocation August 26. The Sunday School
 union of Connecticut will hold it's annual
 meeting August 27. Last years successful
 meeting prophecies greater interest this year
 Harry Hens of Exeter, Fog. a well known
 sculptor and wood carver, who received med
 ais from our centennial in 1876, is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Chamberlain at Cheshire. The l renovation of the high altar screen at St. Albans cathedral and the placing of statues 1 in its twenty-eight inches are among the | most important of his works.
 At the state eengerfest at Hartford next Tueeday there will be large number of handsome floats in the parade. One of the Lsdies' Singing society. and another will be the float of Apollo, and will carry a number of children. A torchlight procession will take place on Monday evening, July 28. Colts and Weeds bands will furnish the music for the two days festival.
 The New York and New England railroad has been sued by the town of Waterbury for $3, 800 for disobedience to the order of the railroad commissioners in regard to the whistling of locomotives at night. Select man Brown counted thirty-five blasts, and har Ifv fa nr ht tnof the Ansonia Seminal says: There are good many expensive whistles in this country, but none of them can hope to outshine the New England railroad company, which is called upon to pay $3, 800 for thirty five blasts, or $1O0 blast. Whistling printers cannot expect to equal that.
 The red raspberry crop in Connecticut is a bad failure. Many New Haveners lament the fruitless condition of their raspberry vines. One New Haven gentleman with over three hundred bnshes in his garden, which in good berry years ought to yield nearly half busheI of this fine fruit, says all the vines have yielded this year can be put in X half pint cup. In a Whalley avenue garden, however, the vines have borne about half the usual crop. On this subject the Norwich Bulletin says: IA fruit.raiser brought to the Norwich market Thursday thirty baskets of red raspberries. On the same date In 1889 he marketed 150 baskets. It is plain q at the raspberry crop of 1890 is considerably less in quantity than the crop of 1889." How to care for the babies in hot weather in a sanitary point of view is subject the state board of health rightly gives come earnest attention to. The special point Is protection against cholera infantnm. The report says: Three prominently conspicuous conditions are generally necessary to produce cholera infantum. To wit: Cov's milk, a high temperature and a foul, polluted atmos phere. Babies take cholera infantum be- cause the cows milk fed to them is poisoned. Cows milk is poisoned because it has been exposed to an atmosphere surcharged with pathogenic germs. The milk Is first rate culture fluid in which such germs readily and rapidly grow. Protect the milk from exposure to the air, so that it will not ab-