Connecticut western news., 1892-03-03
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The case of Parsons vs Drs King and Jarvis ended on last Friday, after a ten Jays trial, with & verdict for the defend auts; this throws the taxable costs onto the plaintiff The plaintiff, John s. Parsons of Unionville, broke both bis legs. He employed Dr c. E King of Unionville, and Dr George 5. Jarvis of Hartford, to set them, The two doctors set the legs. but Dr Jarvis did not see the plaintiff for months afterward. The result Is that the plaintiff Is a cripple. On the trial each doctor tried to throw the blame on the other. Dr Jarvis. who was paid check of $50 at the time of setting tue legs, claimed that that ended hls connection with the case; Dr King claimed that he had followed Dr Jarvis directions. There was also some evil iepce that the use of the legs could yet be restored by manipulation, and there was also an attempt to show that plain tiff used his legs too soon. The trial was before Judge Fenn and excited much interest. Plaintiff appealed.
 By virtue of faculties granted to all bishops by the Pope, owing to the in- huenza, Bishop McMahon has suspend ed the rule requiring fasting in Lent, for thus year. No change Is made in re- gard to the Fridays.
 Bishop J. J. Keane, rector of the Catholic University at Washington, D.. C., lectured at Yale College last week. His subject was the Church and the social problems of the day" In Bridgeport the evening diversion is the anctioueering of of young men. The ladies buy them with beans.
 Governor Bulkeley has again declined to honor the requisition of the Govern | ar of Massachusetts for the surrender of Sheriff Sibley, who Is "wauted" by the Massachusetts authorities for having crossed the line iuto that state to arrest an escaped convict. In long letter to Gov. Russell, Gov. Bulkeley bases his refusal on the past practice of Massa- chusetts in like cases aud on Gov. Rus ! sells failure to state iu his r.quisition that Siblry Is fugitive from iustice". Gov. Bulkeley also asserts thse Slbiey was aided by the Massachusetts officers Last Saturday, George Johnson, a colored convict in the state prison, threw an iron heel die at Overseer Y W. Jones and nearly killed him. John sons time was to expire h August. He will be brought before the Superior Court in March.
 Daniel Lucey, we'll known to people in W. stern Connecticut on account of his popular annual harvest excursions 10 Coney Island, died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Bridgeport Feb B. He was forty seven years of age. Last Thursday there was a smashup west of Forestville on the New York & New England road. A freight train was waiting on the siding. under orders. for passenger train to pass While so waiting train passed which the freight conductor took to be the one expected he accordingly pulled ont, but after bis train had proceeded abont a mile it met the later passenger train. The train men all jumped; but both engines and one car of eacn train were wrecked and the road was blocked for several hours
 The Roman Catholic church at Tariff vile was destroyed by fire early Tues day morning. It is not known whether the fire started from the furnace or from an altar light. Loss from $lO,OOO to $12,O00. Insurance $8 900.
 Col Stevenson of the Housatonic sys- tenn of railroads, says the purchase of the Waterbury & Meriden railroad was in the interest of their system. instead of the New. York and New England a 1t was at first reported.