Connecticut western news., 1892-09-01
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

Elsewhere Briefly Told for the Benefit of People Whose Time Is Valuable.
 HARTFORD, Aug. 29.-On the 18th of Sep tember it will be hundred years since the Medical Society of Hartford County was founded. The 18th falling this year on Sun- day, the celebration of the event will take place on Monday, the 26th.
 The Baby Farm Scandal.
 HARTFORD, Aug. 29.-Notice has been served upon the selectmens individually to retract the statements made in the re- cent report of First Selectman Fowler on baby farming in so far as they relate to Anna L. Gray, of Bloomfield, who is said in the report to keep a place of that kind. The notice comes through Judge John A. Stoughton, who is understood to be con- sulting attorney for the city missionary. Each member of the board of selectmen was served with a copy of the notice by Constable Willis A. Pierce. First Select man Fowler, in reply to questions as to what action the board would take in re- sponse to Miss Gray's demand for retrac- tion, said that the board bad no retraction to make. Miss Gray sent Nord to the board that she desired to make affidavit as to her connection with the boarding of young
  which was published in his CMr. Fowlers) report to the board. The statements made in the report regarding Miss Gray's board ing young children sent to her by the city missionary were made under oath By her self, and the board could not retract them.
 A Boiler Valve Exploded.
 NEW HAVEN, Aug. 29.-The steamboat Messenger exploded boiler valve just after landing a crowd of passengers at Nor ris Cove, and the engineer was badly scalded.
 Captain Miller May Die.
 MIDDLEF1ELD, Aug. 29-Captain Har- vey Miller, the eccentric old hermit, who disappeared few weeks ago and had the whole town looking for him for three days is in very critical condition as result of his exposure. Softening of the brain has set in and it is feared that he will die.
 Shot in the Mouth.
 NEW LONDON, Aug. 29.-Thomas Am brose and Charles Kelly got into quar- rel and Ambrose struck and shot Kelly, the bullet carrying away several teeth and lodging back of the tongue. Kelly may die. Ambrose is in jail.
 Hoard ed Dimes and Quarters.
 STAMFORD, Aug. 28.-The effects of George Danner, an old dry goods clerk, who died on Thursday, have been taken possession of by his son, Minneapolis clergyman, who found a satchel containing bank books, papers and small coins, aggregating about $70O, mostly in ten cent pieces and quarters. Cannot Land the Rags. : NEW HAVEN, Aug. 28.-Two Italian barks are in quarantine off Branford beacon. The vessels are loaded with rags and are bound for this port. The authorities will not allow them to land on account of the cholera scare. The ships were placed in quarantine by a revenue cutter and will remain there for the present.
 Shot Him in the Mouth..
 NEW LONDON, Aug. 2S.-Charles Kelly, mate of the tug Aries, of the Thames Tow boat company, was shot in the mouth by Thomas Ambrose, railroad employee, in front of the latter's residence in Groton The bullet lodged about two and half inches beneath the tongue, breaking four teeth in it's passage and making an ugly wound. The immediate cause of the shoot ing was the refusal of Ambrose to return a shotgun borrowed last spring from Captain George T. Geer, of the schooner Franklin Pierce, in whose house Kelly lived, Captain Geer having sent Kelly after it. There was an underlying motive, however. Ambrose's wife died about four years go and he mar ried again. His second wife left him two weeks after they married and refused to re- turn. Since that time Ambrose has accused several men including Kelly of intimacy with his wife.
 A Suspicious Death.
 NEW HAVEN, Aug. 27.-The body of James Mahoney, of this city, was found in the water near Orange street bridge There IL. AFal1 ,1- l~,.%, symptoms of drowning.
 The First Fine Velvet.
 BRIDGEPORT Aug. 26.-The first fine vel vet ever manufactured in this country has just been turned out by the local branch of the great Sir Titus Salt concern of Brad ford, England. Velvet, like plush, is highly protected by the Mckinley tariff. Only one loom has so far been started, but in few weeks the company will be able to turn out a large product.
 Drowned in Yantic River.
 NORWICH, Aug. 26.-Patrick Connor, sixty, an old section hand on the New Lon don Northern railroad, was found drowned in Yantic river.
 The Oldest Printer Dead. t. HARTFORD, Aug. 26.-Charles Fuller, the oldest printer in the state, who learned his  died here. Mir Fuller was eighty two years and eleven months old. He has lived for the last twenty years at MT. and Mrs Abelps, IS Church street.
 Brakeman Killed at willimantic. WILLIMANTIc, Aug. 26.-Frank Swift, oi East Thompson, brakeman on the New England road, fell from moving freight train near here and was probably fatally in jured.
 To Protect Hartford Members. HARTFORD, Aug. 26-Acting for the mem bers of Sisterhood branch of the Iron Hall Attorney Clark secured an injunction re. straining the cashier from transmitting tc headquarters any moneys in his possession A similar injunction was obtained fol branch No. 1,236. In each case application is made for the appointment of receiver Withdrew from the Iron Hall. e NEW HAVEN, Aug. 25.-The local lodge of the Iron Hall has withdrawn from the | general body. The money in the treasury will be divided pro rata among the mem bers in good standing.
 | The Bay Queen Safe. NEW HAVEN, Aug. 25.-The missing ex cursion boat Bay Queen, which left thi | city with 900 New Britain excursionists fol | Coney Island, has arrived at New Haven | It was feared that she had been lost. The New England Terminal Sold. BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 24.-The New Eng land Terminal, with its steamers, trans | fer floats, real estate and leaseholds, ha. passed into the possession of the New York | New Haven and Hartford Railroad com pany. Tho price paid was about 8, ,225, 900 Held Without BaiL NEW HAVEN, Aug. 24.-Andrew Keefe who stabbed his partner, John T. Winn to death at Savin Rock was held withou | bail
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