Connecticut western news., 1892-08-11
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

Facts Concerning the Important Happen
 ings of the Week in This Vicinity and
 Elsewhere Briefly Told for the Benefit
 of People Whose Time Is Valuable. HARTFORD, Aug s.-John R. Hall, ot Colts works, who disappeared from home few months ago, has been heard from and is now in Philadelphia in feeble condition, but improving His wife has received let ters from him, which seem to confirm the first impression that he went away from home in fit of temporary insanity, result ing from the grip and large doses of quinine. He first went to Illinois and later fell in with friend in Philadelphia, who is caring for him.
 Towne's Body Is Claimed. HARTFORD, Aug. S.-A man named Fish came on from New London and claimed the body of James Towne, who committed sui eide on Thursday evening, for his mother, who lives in New London. Towne was well known in New London, where he had been a member of one of the fire companies. Baby Farming at Hartford. HARTFORD, Aug. s.-Selectmen Fowler's report on the baby farming business as con ducted about Hartford was adopted by the board of selectmen at their special meeting. Some time ago, when the case of the Vest field woman, called Nan Brown, was before the selectmen, Mrs. Smith, the city mis- sionary, at whose house the girl had died, resented with considerable vigor the ques- tions that were asked-questions that brought first before the public an idea of the nature and extent of this baby farming business. Soon afterward The City Mission Record, the official paper of the city mission, made savage attack not only on MT. Fowler sNf the city. MT. Fowler, having been thus assailed, set to work to show something of this peculiar industry and of the city mis- sionary's relation thereto. He charges that the city missionary endeavors to keep se- cret much that should be known, and that many obstacles were thrown in the way Of his investigation. His statement rests on afidavits, which are given. The City Mis- sion is conducted by the South, Pearl, Asy- lum Hill, Park Fourth and Windsor Ave- nue Congregational churches. Mayor Sargent withdraws. NEW HAVEN, Aug. S.--Mayor J. B. Sar- gent, of this city, one of the aspirants for the Democratic nomination for congress from the Second district, withdrew from the contest because he was beaten by James P. Pigott at the primaries. The Fish Were Boiled. BRIDGEPORT, Aug. Tt is believed that the cause of the death of so many fish in Housatonic river has been the very hot weather. The fish have been literally boiled to death.
 Mrs. weld's Tragic End. HARTFORD, Aug. 7.-Mrs. Mason c. Weld, the widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel ! Weld, of the Twenty-ifth regiment, Con- | necticut volunteers, was accidentally killed | at Englewood, N. J., by being thrown from | a runaway team. Mrs. Weld was quite well known in Hartford, where the family | lived before the war, on High street. Lieu | tenant Colonel Weld was the son of a | former principal of the Amerlcan Asylum | for Deaf and Dumb. He was one of the | original members of the Hartford City | Guard The ward-Pelton Story. MDDLErowN, Aug. Miss Frances Pel- | ton, the young woman whom, it is said, | Ferdinand Ward is in raptures over has | disappeared from the city. Ward is also | gone from his summer place at Thompson. | Now the people declare that the couple | have gone together It was alleged at first that they had gone to Newburyport, Mass, | but a message sent there late last night did | not find them. The gossiping about the | courtship, which had nearly died out, is now revived.
 Quarrymen Resume Work. | NIANTIC, Aug "A large number of | the quarrymen at the Millstone granite | quarries have gone back to work regardless | of the union. The men have been out since l May l.
 | Lived in Spite of Himself | NEW HAVEN, Aug. 7.-Dr. William Sedge- | wick, of Hartford, attempted to commit | suicide on the green in this city by taking | ;ad md he recovered. He was Respondent because a nurse at West Haven would not marry | him.
 l His Brain Exposed. | NEW HAVEN. Aug. 6.-Mchael Muldoon, | of Is Fillmore street, New Haven, was struck by Shore line train early Thursday
 morning His skull was fractured, but he
 is alive and retains his senses He was even
 able to walk to his home, which was near | by His brain meanwhile was exposed to | view.
 Fatal Runaway at New Haven.
 NEW HAVEN, Aug 5.-Simeon Alderman,
 of Factory street, Russian, was fatally in-
 jured in a runaway accident. The horses
 hoofs struck his skull, crushing it. He was
 taken to the hospital, but is expected to
 die at any moment.
 Rev. MT. Bagnan Dead. w
 liam R. Bagnall is dead. He was secretary
 of the New England Methodist Episcopal
 conference for many years.
 Not to Marry Ward. l MIDDLETowN, Aug. A story tele-
 graphed concerning the engagement of
 Ferdinand Ward to a prominent young
 lady in this city created considerable stir in
 social circles here. Every one knew, al-
 though the lady's name was not mentioned,
 that Miss Pelton, daughter of c. A. Pelton,
 was the alleged iancee. MT. Pelton was
 seen and emphatically denies the announce
 ment.
 The White Winged Racers.
 NEW HAVEN, Aug. 3.-The splendid
 squadron of the New York Yacht club
 started on it's forty-eighth annual cruise
 with sixty-four yachts in the fleet.
 Died of His Injuries.
 HARTFORD, Aug. 3-Charles A. Miner,
 the engineer of the train which was de-
 railed at South Lyme on July 25, has died
 of his injuries.
 Set Sail for New London.
 NEW HAVEN, Aug. 3.-With every condi-
 tion of wind and water favorable the New
 York Yacht club set sail for New London.
 Arrested for Incendiarism.
 NEW HAVEN, Aug. 2.-The clothing store
 of Israel Weinberg was slightly damaged
 by fire. The goods in the store had been
 saturated with kerosene. Weinberg was