Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-08
wALLINGFORD.

w. F. COHyn's Goods Attached for l Debt While at the Depot Awaiting Shipment-6Oys' Dangerous Pas- times-NIrs. J. A, Hull's Condition More Encourastne-The Chicken Cases to be Tried To-day. Now that the grip epidemic has about subsided, with the exception of a few scat tering cases, the local physicians can once more get chance to take the much-needed rest and sleep. While the epidemic was at its height the doctors were on the go night and day, with no chance of even a half nights sleep. One of our hard-working doctors, for several weeks, hardly knew what an hours sleep in bed was, and for carriage while on the road between the houses of his patients in the suburbs, and he took his hired man along with him on his journey to drive the horse and awaken him at the houses where he was to visit One of the many peculiar features of doctors experience and the many obsta- cles to overcome is the ignorance or care are left in charge of the patients, and by
 
 scribed often place their patient in crit ical condition that requires all the skill of the doctor to get them out of. A case of the kind is told of mother with child who, while not dangerously ill yet re- quired careful attendance and some medi cine. A prescription was left, with the iu- struction to give one teaspoonful every hour. A neighbor happened in the house later in the day and found that the mother had for two hours been giving the child | five table spoonsful an hour, and said the little one was not getting any better. Luckily the medicine was not very power | full or the child would have died before the l doctors next visit.
 Sheriff Rod Austin was busy large l share of Saturday serving writs of attach ment, in the interest of several of the local merchants, on the goods and chattels of 1 w. H. Cofyn, which were at the freight l depot ready to ship to Ludlow, Vt. Coffyn has been connected with the Housatonic 1 Brass company, and recently severed his connection with that company, intending l to locate in Vermont. The merchants, for self protection. caused the above writs to be served. Coffyn claims the brass com pany still owes him $40O.
 The small boys at the depot watch with admiration the ease and grace with which the brakeman swing on to the moving I by any of the railroad employees, they can practice the same feat on the other side of l the train and reach the same stage of per ! lection. This same foolish idea among the boys is the cause of many untimely deaths and one-legged men in various parts of the country.
 Dr. Bacon of New Haven was in attend ance at Mrs. J. A. Halls of Elm street Saturday and gave the family much en- ! %< {Ia oho pf cry, although she is in quite a critical condition yet there are grounds for a strong hope that she will pull through
 Langdon Foster and bride nee Miss Ab- bic Stevens of Fulton, N. Y, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. Penney Barker on Saturday and left on the 4:38 train for their home in New York state.
 Tine four bidders for the contract of car rying Uncle Sam's mail were the Strauss and Fred Baldwin.
 Water Commissioner Davis reports that the water rents due December 1, 1891, are coming in very slow and that there is about $1 200 due.
 B. K. Morse and Michael Simons are the delegates from A. H. Dutton post to the state encampment of the G. A. R. in Dan bury, February and 10. Past Com manders Mix and Harrison and General w. R. Pease will also attend.
 There will be lively business in the bor- come up are Charlie s. Hall, for receiving @ Y and concealing stolen chickens, Jack Brennan for stealing chickens, Urses Frigere for non support of family, Fran cis Quigley for stealing pie and Aaron Hall for stealing oysters from Henry Col lett's Gall hot" foundry on Hall avenue.
 The axle of Strauss Brothers heavy l oHa fha airrbf f depot and necessitated change of freight.
 Skating on Simpsons pond is fine and a large number of young folks were eujoy- ing the sport Saturday afternoon and eve ming.
 Compass lodge Mo- g, F. and A. M., will work the third degree this evening, and delegations from Meridian and Center lodges of Meriden are expected to be pres ent.
 The Wallingford Ice company has stored about 2,5OO tons of ice.
 "Mr. Barnes of New York" is finely billed about town and will be greeted with good house.
 The pipe laying through the tunnel will be completed this week.
 Word received from Henry Morris, now in Denver, Col, says that he is regaining his health, and is twenty pounds heavier than when he left home.
 ! next meeting at the Wallingford hotel Mon- day evening, February 15. General Mer- win and Postmaster Sperry will be among the invited guests.
 Rev. A. E. Hatch of Concord, N H., the blind professor of the Merrimac County college, preached in the Advent church last evening.
 The late William M. Hall was insured for $2, 600 in the Mutual Reserve company. James Cassin is travelling in Pennsyl. i, vania in the interest of New York house. ] The case against Jack Brennan was con- tinued until this morning. Judge Hubbard was confnsd to his home Saturday. A troublesome tooth was extracted Friday in New Haven and g severe cold contracted caused trouble that resulted in much discomfort.
 Borough Clerk G. T. Jones moved into his new mansion on Elm street on Satur- day.
 , Among the prominent G. A. R. men whose pictures and war records were pub lished in the Sunday World was Captain } W. N. Mix, one of the past commanders o1