Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-23
A.. .Rourp rHE srATE.


RridgeporIss Board OF Education.
Senator L. s. Catlin of Bridgeport, with
the late DR.. Martin Of East Hartford, was
appointed by the last legislature on a COM
mittee to inquire into and report to the next
legislature on the need of increased facilities !
IN the state for caring for the insane. DR.. |
Markham's death will necessarily retard the |
work. The district assigned to Mr.. Catlin
consisted of Fairfield, Litch6eld, New Ha
ven and Middlesex counties. The returns
from half the towns in this district have
come in, being filed out by the selectmen.
Over 1870 cases of insane and imbecile per-
sons have been reported to Senator Catlin as
needing the care of the state. OF this num-
Der twenty-five are reported from
this city and nineteen from Meriden.
Judeinp from the returns received there
can be no doubt as to the necessity for new
hospital. The insane hospital at Middle.
town will accommodate 1900, and it is
practically full, there being no room for
additional patients, except in vacancies
caused by recovery or death. There is no
room for new buildings on the states lend at
selected elsewhere in the state. Thus far
only one new site has been suggested, in
New Milford, but it is intimated that the
property in question is not a large enough
tract for the purposes required. At the
time of DR.. Markham's death, ar.
| rangements were in progress for
conference at Norwich between the
| name institutions, in the last 1egis-
lature. By singular coincidence the death
of DR.. Charles Taylor of New Milford, the
| house chairman Of the humane institutions
| committee, occurred the day DR.. Markham
died. These two events have postponed the
| conference for the present.
The Bridgeport Standard says: Few wheel
| men would care to beat the record made on
| Monday by Sheldon Catlin, son of Senator
L. s. Catlin of this city, and few possess the
| requisite muscle. He has been spending a
number of days on the Oatlin farm in Har-
| winton, near New Hartford, and yesterday
morning he mounted his wheel and rode fifty
miles steadily over hill and down dale. He
arrived in Bridgeport about 2 O'Clock p. m. :,
having made the distance in about eight
hours, feat which horse would be unable
to equal. He felt no exhausting fatigue,
and enjoyed a carriage ride in the afternoon.
On the subject of Sunday concerts the
Bridgeport Standard says: "Our city council
| men voted almost unanimously last night in
is evident that the demonstration of the pos
| si5ility of such concerts being conducted
"decently and in order" has gone great way
toward removing the objections heretofore
existing against them in many minds. While
they can be kept respectable there will prob
ably be no serioas objection to them, but
should they cease to be SO, or engender un-
lawful complications, they can be easily
stopped. Those who have the management
of them and the authorities within whose
Jurisdiction they take place must and doubt
less will see to it that they are kept orderly
and free from Objectionable features"
Lieutenant Colonel @. L. Porter Of Bridge
port. medical director of the brigade, G. N.
g., has invited General Watson and the
Saturday afternoon. The dinner will be
served at 6 p. M, at DIR. Porter's residence
Benjamin Lyon, seventeen years old, {
water boy employed on the Portchestel
special, due at Norwalk at 6:55 a. M, whil'
trying to jump on the baggage car while thu
train was leaving the depot yesterday, slipped
beneath the wheels of the train and was ruI
over. The wheels passed over his right leg
badly mapgling it; his collar bone was alst
broken. He was removed to the emergency
hospital in the depot where his manglet
leg was amputated above the knee. H.
resided in Portchester with his grandmother
He appeared quite strong and if he survive
the shock 1t is likely that he will recover.
Thomas O'Boyle, committed to the count,
Jail in Hartford ON his failure to pay a fin
of 500 after he had given notice of an ap
peal, but had been unable to obtain bonds
was yesterday liberated by order of Judg
Calhoun Of the court of common pleas. Tn
case involves constitutional point whicl
! has not been hitherto passed upon. TIL
prisoner was convicted of doing business 70
, a foreign insurance company without per
mission Of the insurance commissioners. l
. was argued by Attorney Barbour, who ap
psared for the defendant, that the commit
, ment of O'Boyle upon the fine owing to tn
fact that he was without property or friend
, took away his right of trial by jury, whicl
he had demanded by appealing to the supe
, rior court. Judge Calhoun Immediately or
dered the prisoners release.
, The Connecticut trotting circuit, whicl
consists of Waterbury, Norwalk and Derby
! | will hold their races from August 12 to Sep
TENDER 5, 1890. The total amount of purse
is $1,000. The races will be held four day
at each place. There are several speed
horses in this circuit and 1t is expected tina
, the events will be very exciting. The entire
at Waterbury close August 5, at Norwall
! August 8, and at Derby August 10.
R. @. Raymond, jr., of South Norwslk
while suffering from an attack of nightmar
. last Saturday night, imagined that he wa
being chased by robbers, and, in attempting
to escape from them, leaped through a sec
6 ond story window to the ground, breakin
his leg and receiving severe internal injuries
The Camp Magou party will leave Bridge
8 port by way of the aousatoAic railroad at
, o'clock Saturday morning for their annus
. eneampment at Twin lakes. The party
which is limited to twenty-five, will be com
a posed at the start of about twenty members
;, The tents are already up, and to day a ne,
q engine was placed In the steam launch. A
=, of the arrangements this year are on a NOR
elaborate scale than ever before and thos
Q fortunate enough to have the inequalities c
q this we'll known club extended to them ma
a rest rssured of d gilt edged time Cooks an
walters have been engaged from Heublein
!. restaurant at Hartford and the cuisine is in
r tended to be something to tickle the palate c
0 an epicure. They will keep open house t
friends and there is every indication that tn
affair will be, as in the past, huge success
d The population of Norwich is estimated t
o be q, 025. livery town in Tollsnd count
shows loss excepting Morrow and Stafford
: The stopping of the largest mill in Staffor
> sent many away just before the census wa
= taken. There ia a gain of 80 in the borough
The town holds Its own. There will be
Q small net gain in Tollsnd county.
Bridgeport's board of education has to dc
), eide Monday night whom to choose for mus
:. cal instructor in the schools. There wer
I two candidates The committee on school
!, Howard of Ansonia, a gentleman who hs
had i've years experience in teaching must
in the schools of Ansonia, Derby, Shslto
:. and Birmingham, at a salary of 81 400. Th
4 other candidate was Prof. Baker of Bridge
); port,who was backed by petition signed b
Q large number of citizens. A vote was tai
en- with the following result: Howard [
IL Bakor 4, blank 1. The next balle
showed Howard 5, Baker and Professc
q Wilkins /. Several ballots then followe
with the latter result. As it requires seve
d votes to elect there was no choice, and til
J. matter went over until the next meeting
Q There was but one name presented for th
Q position of vice principal Of the high schoo
|. it being that of Professor q. II. Todd G
r Fairfield, Herkimer county, N. Y, who ws
unanimously elected to the position.
j. A census enumerator was greatly bothere
u by a house which stands at the corner of til
town lines of Morris, Watertown and Litch
o field. The house stands half in Litohfiel
d and half in Morris and the bed in the bed
:. room stands in the same relation. The prob
l. lem of deciding of what town the inmate
r are citizens and where the children of tn
d household was born has not yet been solved
JENNIE SETTLERS RELEASE.
= The Facts of the Case Kept Secret Sine
July 6.
4 The local authorities have been successfr
: in concealing the facts of the release of th
, shop-lifter, Jennie Setter, from the count
Jail since the first week in this month. O
July 5, Turnkey Michael Farrell was dill