Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-10

den WEAKNESS and desire to get out of the |
city homeward. Have allayed it by going |
to some good restaurant and getting some
thing good to eat. It is the demand OF |
muscle and brain, viz: Supplies.
There is much fog this morning and |
nothing special is seen to sketch as we go |
save ''Little Round Head" a fine mass of
rushing up and running down in very
charming way, but we pass too soon to re-
tain the picture, except as memory, an
impression" too soon to fade into indis-
tinctness. We look into the engine room
and pilot house and exchange friendly
greetings of the morning and walk the
deck for exercise. Arrived at Little river
9:15 a. M, designated as one fixed and
one revolving white light; also fog bell.
Not much to be seen through the mists as
we pass except circular tower, well lifted
tower frame for the fog bell and some
spruce trees. House or houses there would
be, but my sketch lacks them. The bell
was sounding its monitions as we went
by, and soon lost sight of all this. Be-
cause in order to effect landing the Iris
has to 60 on say third of a mile, where
the boat goes ashore, and they who 60 in
it have on their long rubber boots and
water proofs, for long disagreeable walk
in path beset by bushes and boughs
dripping with the landward fog. I think
The Iris, as always, swings off dis
lance, and returns to meet the boat.
Neither captain or mate are men to run
any risk lying near shore drifting in the
tide and currents. She minds her rudder
we'll when in motion, and so they keep
her, and longer this time. Our friends at
length returned, and on board our course
is eastward still. w. L. B.
GENERAL STATE NEWS.
Wandered Away-Weddings Ahead
in Hartford For Life in State
Prison-What the Microscope Re-
vealed Flies Caused His Death
Burglars-Reuards- Farm-
ers.
Efhngham Bauberburt, a fireman on the
New England road, while temporarily in
sane, wandered away from his engine in
Hartford Tuesday, and is still missing.
SEVEN LICENSES IN ONE DAY.
Hartford is happy and booming. The
Hartford Telegram of yesterday says:
Town Clerk Higgins and his assistant, Ser
geant Murphy, wore expansive smiles yes
terday afternoon. And no wonder. Bust
ness was better in the Office than it had
been in many weeks. The marriage license
market took big boom. Seven of them
were issued.
LEE BOOK TUNE SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
In Hartford yesterday Charles Gong,
alias Charles Lee Coon, alias Lee Book
Tune, the Chinese murderer, was put to
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the second degree. He pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to state prison for life. On
the night of April 10 Gong shot fellow
Chinaman, Charlie Lee, in Chinese
gambling den and then gave himself up,
claiming he had done the deed because of
an Hbelous article published about him in
the Hartford Telegram, which he said Lee
had inspired. The testimony was very
weak against him, as none of the China
men would testify, and he was his own
worst enemy. State Attorney Eggleston
| consented to accept the plea of murder in
| the second degree. Gong took his sentence
| calmly and smiled sweetly on the court
| and spectators throughout the proceed
| ings He still maintains that he is glad he
| did the shooting, as Lee, he says, was
chad man."
| WILL NOT SHUT DOWN.
| John L. Houston, president of the Hart
ford Carpet company at Thompsonville
says the concern has no idea of shutting
down, as has been reported.
| THE FLIES.
It now transpires that the death of DIR
James Mallet, who died at Birmingham at
ter dissecting q COW, was due to the bite
of hundreds of green bottle flies which col
lected on his arm
| DYNAMITE.
A blast of dynamite in cellar at Biz
mingham last night came near killing tn
year-old child of James Fitzpatrick
stone weighing fifty pounds struck on
stoop within two feet of the babe. Sewers
women tainted.
BURGLARS.
Burglars tried to rob the Brown res
dence at Fairfield the other night, but the
aroused the inmates and Mrs. Brown fire
on them, wounding one of the fellows
that his two companions had all they coul
do to carry him away.
$500.
The selectmen of Norfolk>have offered
r reward of 800, as has also Mrs. Yutzle
: for the arrest of the burglars who ransacl
ed the clothing store of Mrs. Yutzler.
, WERE COVERED WITH BLOOD.
. DR.. FL. A. Wolf, a microscopic exper
3 says that the shirt, pants and shoes wor
y by Lauer, the man charged with the Bus
: henhagen murder and who hanged himse
in Jail Tuesday, were covered with huma
blood.
, BARGE LAUNCHED.
l Barge No. of the Hartford and Ne
York Transportation company ws
launched yesterday afternoon from tt
, Dutch Point shipyard She is boat of
thousand tons.
BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
: Putnam Phalanx Hall is bower
beauty just now. The fall exhibition
,, the Hartford County horticultural societ
,, | is being held there, and the display
; | flowers, fruits and vegetables is well wort
seeing.
, The New York Sun takes tho public in1
its confidence to the extent of mentionir
; that Robert Louis Stevenson's South P
cifc letters cost it $4,000; that it h,
. has bought new novel by Howells fe
:, $4,000, and a new novel by Mark Twai
for $4,000, and that Mark is going
= write it letters from Europe at 81 200
, letter-"the highest remuneration"
thinks, "that any writer has won."
q THEY SMILE.
A The farmers in many parts of the sta
8 wear broad smiles as they speak of the
luxuriant crops-of potatoes, corn, fru
! and tobacco-but complain at the 10
= | OF ,soh1 o4oh1 Ill
of the large yield.
o FOR THE sEARLEs' MILLIONS.
: Additional contestants for the Searle
+ millions have appeared in the persons
George E. Hubbard, Nathaniel j. Hibbart
4 William Il. Hubbard, Jane A. Holling
: worth, Josephine Davis and Amelia Vince
!. er of Bridgeport, an appearance havir
1 been entered for them by Frank L. Roge
, of Bridgeport. The appearances entere
l for Timothy Hopkins are w. G. Endicot
. B. b. Choate, John Fl. Boalt, E. T. Burle