The sun., 1893-08-15
GEN. DAN SICKLES'S FENCE.
THE MILKMhN's DAUGHTER" HAS
CONE TO LAW OYER 1T.

She 4, Uis New Rochelle Neighbor and
Says tho Fence, Which she Threatens to
Tear Down, Takes Up Too Much OF the
Adjoiuirs .Avcpue--The Dispute. Origin.
Several OF che town oficlals OF New Rochelle
said last night at the Town Hall that, despite
the financial strineency, the town Treasurer
would pay q prize OF q gold double eagle
to anybody who would find out exactly
what the dispute was between tho agents
of Gen. Daniel +. sickles's estate and
Miss Carrie Ensinger. who Is known In the
town as tho "Milkman's Daughter" Tho dis
putc is apparently over n brand-new picket
fence. which Gen. Sickles's brother rim law.
George Sawyer. built last week along North
street, at the boundary limo OF part Of tho ex-
tensive Sickles property
A law suit, at any rate. has been begun over
the fence. and has excited as much, il not m ore.
public attention than was aroused by the liti-
cation over Congressman Bourke' Cockran's s
fence.
The contention between the milkman's
daughter and Mr. Sawyer Includes the
building OF drains, the filling In there
Of later on. and the alleged infringe
mcnt upon the town rights In extend
ing the Slckles fence out into Closnie
avenue. which cuts east and west across North
street Miss Carrie Ensinger who Is strap
ping big blonde. has instructed her law
yers to claim that Congressman Sicklos
is trying Ito gobblo up half Of tho
roadway" OF Clognie avenue. with q view
that when the town improvements which are
being pushed ahead reach CloGnie avenue. and
that thorouGhfare is laid out anew. the town
surveyors will have to cut of n slice OF her
property to widen tho load. aud let tho Sickles
property alone
The Sicklcs and Ensinger estates adioin
zach other. Roth orrupy hilly ground. and
the trouble originally arose over drainage.
because tho drains smptied into Red
bors OF both liligants. The Health Board in
terfered recently and caused the dams to he
stopped np on the ground that the water. used
for drinking purposes was being ,ccntami
mated by the drains. Health Offlcer Dalrymple
s4 Gs Sss d a sn% SIe1ed %sn that
the drains be filed in. Workmen were busy
last week filling IL, the drains. They itlled in
one teiOnging to Miss I'm singer. and incident
western side Of Ninth street;
CloGnie avenue. and the milkman's daughter
immedia,ely raised row about it
aGpus Tut rG the is Ts on thai" peSsS the ss Me
AvsPao a Pnd ssS. %Sysn'h o.,S, s!5set %9pshS
house thereon. and secured. us he says,
AGENT savers permisssiop to build drain
mond, who is Jolly lrishman and proud OF
the fact that the Brook was named nfter him.
said last night that it wou puzzle Pennsyl-
Nania Dutchman to explain the "snarl" that
had arisen over tho drains and over the fence.
Health Oil!cer Dalrymple said in a CHEEKY
tone:
IN give un the conumdrum. about the
fence right at the start, but will say that
consider thar Gen. Sicklcs and his agent are
perfectly right about filing in the. drains.
They oheyed tho orders Of the authorities like
good citizens
The town authorities are now awaiting with
great interest the outcome OF the litigation
over the Srkles fence They said that they
really didn't know who would win. Miss
lnsiHGer. the mi!kman's daughter. who owns
several houses. saws that she is going to hire
men TO chop that part Of the Sickles fence down
roadway OF Clognie avenue. Ii she carries out
this throat there will ne lots OF fun in New
Rochelle. for 1t was stated last n Ght that Con-
gresham Sickles's agent will rebuild tho
fence as fast as it is DESTROYED. and bring
counter suits for damages besides. Neither
last night