Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-07

uOG true. 1b l6 uuu0ISLOoA eb0S uAAo 13sASAS ! was written by prominent physician. The factory authorities positively deny the charges, and the girls say there Is no truth in what the correspondent has written.
 EXHAUSTIVE ENTHUsIAsM.
 A young man named Northrup, living in East Bridgeport, has come to grief by his in- terest in polo. He has made himself con- spicuous at polo games during the past win ter by pounding the side of the rink after every goal captured by the home team and will not be seen in his accustomed place again this season. He became so greatly worked up over the Springfield Bridgsport game last week, that he was taken with convulsions upon his arrival home. He has since recov- cred from his illness, but his physician has advised him to attend no more polo games. coNNEcT1oUT's YOUNGEST SOLDIER or THz WAR.
 Fred Fl. Nichols of Bridgeport, claims to be the youngest soldier of the late war who enlisted in Connections, if not all New Eng land. He was born in East Hampton, June 26, 1848, and enlisted in 1869, at the age of Volunteers, and served until June 5, 1865.
 Mr. Nichols would like to hear from any soldier of the war younger than himself who carried musket and did a soldiers l duty. He has received letters of congrAula- | tion from ex-Governors Bigslow and Louns-
 bury, Governor Bulkeley, and other promin- l ent gentlemen. The adjutant-gensral is 1 satisfied that he fs tho youngest soldier of 1 the state.
 1 A ROCKVILLE TRAGEDY.
 ROCKVILLE, March 6.-Catherine Phillips, ! aged forty-five, Was found dsad this morn- l ing in a nsiRhbor's houss on Vernon avenue.
 She was lying on the floor in such . manner
 as to indicate that she had mot her dsath by 1 falling from the bed to the floor. On tho
 bed was found another woman, beastly in- l toxioatsd, while her sister was lying on the
 floor, also intoxicated. Tho three women had evidently been on . prolonged spree. Mrs. Phillips was tho mother of the little boy
 whose foot was crushed at tho Began mill
 recently and who begged to be taken to the poor house rather than to his home. Med | ioal Examiner Rockwell investigated tho case
 and found that death was due to alcoholism
 THE MERIDEN SMALLPOX CASES.
 MER1pEN, March 6.-To allay any fear and
 dispsl false impressions that nay have beer
 created outside of Nsriden, the Journal edi'
 torially says to day that the smallpox cassa
 which have appeared in this city have mol
 disturbed public gatherings to any apprseia-
 bio extent, and that the diseass has not be-
 come epidemic or spread widely. The dread
 inspired by smallpox ii what gives promi
 hence to the dozen or fifteen cases which have
 occurred. The town and city authorities l nave WOrkeu uaEmOu1OuoLy euo pAomPhy W
 prevent the spread of the disease, and 1t fl
 doubtful if, at most, more than one or twt
 cases moro occur. The wholesale vaooinatini
 that has been going on for the last month hal taken away the material for tho disease tt fasten upon. It is estimated that from one
 half to two-thirds of the population have beer l vacoinated.
 ] TEE PROPOSED LEAsING or THE CoNNEoTICu. WESTERN TO THE CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.
 The stockolders of the Hartford and Con , nseticut Wsstern railroad meet in Hartfort March IA to vote on tho proposed fifty yeara lease of the road to the Central New Englant 2 and Wsstsrn, which il now operating 1t on ! single years lease. No longer contract i valid without the consent of two-thirds 0 the stock. Tho proposed lease has been sen to the stockholders in advance of the meet ing as required by law. The lease is Ut tw' l per cent. year for fifty years, but the Cen ! tral Now England can drop it at any tim without any specified penalty, and tho Con necticut Western must pay 1t for all improve } ments it has put upon the property, wheths the lease terminates by time or by failure t ' pay the dividend ss agreed. The parties t | | fix this question of improvement arc th . presidents of the two companies. It happen that the Central New England people (th company itself, if the facts are as reported : own the control of the Connecticut Wsstsrl and 70 choose its directors and officers , Hence the settlement of the question fall apparently to two representatives of the sam l interest.