Connecticut western news., 1891-02-25
Four BOdies IlecOvered.

HAzLEToN, Pa., Feb 23-The bodies of Larry Reed, Harry Hall, Mike Smith and John Bullock were recovered from the Jeansville mine Sunday. They were found in what is known as Balls breast This is situated about seventy feet above the water line, and the men had suffered the terrible bangs of hunger and thirst for ten or twelve days before they succumbed. The bodies: were fearfully mutilated by rats. The bodies of the other victims, eight in num- Der, will probably be recovered today.
 Veteran Babcock Dead.
 EAST HARTFORD, Feb. 17.-Augustus " Babcock died of typhoid pneumonia at hie home, No. 10 Village street, aged 59, after an illness of about two weeks. MT. Bab cock was carpenter by trade, and was well known. He enlisted in Capt. Joseph Hawley's regiment; after serving three months he enlisted in Company B, First Connecticut cavalry, for three years. He was wounded in his right arm and right side. He had lived in East Hartford foI many years. He leaves wife and tive daughters, Mrs. Amber Sloan, of Glaston, bury, and Miss Flossie Babcock, of East Hartford. '&
 Mrs. Phraner Dies at Siam.
 SOUTH NoRwALK, Feb. 17-A cable dis. patch sent by her husband to New Rochelle. and from there to relatives in South Nor walk, brings the news of the death at Chienig Mia, Siam, of Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Pennell Phraner. Further particulars of her death have not been received Mrs Phraner, who will be we'll remembered a. Miss Lizzie Pennell, was born in South Norwalk thirty years ago. All the mem bers of her family were prominent ip church and musical circles Last year she married at Omaha, Neb., Stanley ketcham Phraner, of Sing Sing, N. r., a graduate from Princeton Divinity school and also of Yale college. They came east on their wedding tour, and early in August, after spending considerable time with relatives and friends in South Norwalk and vicin- ity, they sailed for Siam, where Mr. Phra- her went as a missionary of the Presbyte- rian church. Mrs. Phraner was sister of John w. Pennell, of West Norwalk; Mrs William F. Brotherton, of West street. and Mrs. Dr. Shauffler, of New York Mrs Phraner's mother, Mrs. Lucy Pennell, lives with her son in Omaha.
 Good for Enfield.
 ENFIELD, Feb. 1.-The application by Senator Hawley at Washington to have this city made port of entry is a very practical and business like move. The Hartford Carpet company pays out hun dredS of thousands of dollars as duties on imported goods, such as dye stuff, ma chinery, etc., but if the application for a port of entry is granted the goods will be shipped here direct, and the duty laid here instead of New York and other places thus saving many delays. ..
 Boy Crushed to Death.
 WATERBURY, Feb. 17.-Fred Schmidt, 1C years old, met with an awful death He. with other boys, was playing under q sano bank on Drayer avenue, when an avalanche of snow and ice fell over the bank The other boys escaped, but Fred was caught and crushed to death. It took some time to dig the body out.
 A New Fridge in View.
 THOMPsONvILLE, Feb. 17.-A representa-, tive of the St. Albans Bridge company, ot St. Albans, Vt, has been making surveys and taking measurements for the proposed new bridge between here and Suffield the past week. The site proposed is south of the ferry's ri0ht of wa<