Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-17
coNNEorIoUT NEWS.

CONNECTICUT NEWS.
 What is Going On in the state-News From All Quarters of Our Little Commonwealth.
 SCARLET FEVER CASES.
 HARTFORD, Nov. 16.-Scarlet fever is | very prevalent at Poquonock. There are l three cases in the family of Louis Rivers. There have, 50 far, been no precautions taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and the residents are becoming alarmed that it may become epidemic.
 TWO CITIZENS FOUND DEAD.
 HARTFORD, Nov 16-Dsniel O'Brien and John J. O'Brien, both we'll known residents New Britain, were each found dead in bed this morning. They gre not related. Each death was caused by heart disease and both men were in apparently good health yester- day. The former has son who is stu dent in Ottawa university, Canada.
 THREE COWS POISONED.
 HARTFORD, Nov 16.-E D. Mills, New ington milkmsn, lost three COWS yesterday afternoon and two or three last night. Dr. Futile of New Britain found that death was caused by poison. MT Mills had had trouble lately with some of his neighbors from which lswsuits arose. He suspects some of the neighbors of poisoning the cows for spite.
 FOUND BEER, WINE, ETC. HARTFORD, Nov. 16.-Deputy Sheriffs Taylor and Hanna last evening raided Volkman's place on Arch street, New Brit ain, and found large quantity of liquor, beer, wine, etc. In the police court this morning Charles and Ernest Volkman, the proprietors of the place, were held in $200 | liceman Frank English met Charles An drsws and A. J. Walker driving team on l Main street, New Britain, which contained a large quantity of bottled beer. The po- lioeman arrested both men. The beer 1 could not be held, but in the police court | Andrews was fined $15 for keeping place where liquor is reported to be sold. P. M. | Kiernan, whose place on Myrtle street, 1 New Britain, was raided on Saturday, was fined $50 and costs by Judge Roche this 1 morning.
 sTAr1sT1css WANTED FROM PEACH GROWERS.
 State Pomologlst N. s. Platt of Cheshire has sent out circulars to the peach grow CTS of ths state requesting them to forward statistics concerning the amount of their crop the past season, number of trees, the varieties, statistics about the peach yell lows and other information. A report of these statistics was presented at the winter | meeting of the board of agriculture last year and was published by the secretary of the board of agriculture.
 l LEFT OWING CREDITORS $4, 1000.
 NoRwALK, Nov. 16.-It was learned to- day that Samuel Joseloff, who gave up business and sailed for Germany on Mon- day, left number of creditors in the lurch to the extent of $4,000. Joselof carried on a cash business and 1t is thought was abundantly able to pay his debts.
 HUNTERS VIGOROUSLY PROTEST.
 Hunters throughout New London county are complaining of the scarcity of game birds. A few years ago partridge, quail, woodoock and gray squirrels were very plentiful and 1t was comparatively easy task for good sportsman to bag twenty birds in a single day. Local hunters at. tribute the scarcity to snaripg. One hun
 ter recently found 8 hedge Cf snares ex tending diagonally across the woods neal Lyme. Tbere were eighty-five doors in it and it was almost impossible for birds te avoid being caught Evidence is beins collected to pross cute the enarers. Ont man said he had reason to believe that two
 young men had at least 3 000 snsres Set fl
 the vicinity of Lyme aloue. At Hsdlyme
 Mystic, Stonington snd othersplaces simi
 lar stories are told by hunters. The at | tsntion of President A. q. Collins of tn, | COnn6cticnf f,rf hS of Game will be called to the matter by
 hunters if the association does not tak
 some action shortly.
 LEFT $500 FOR ST. FRANCIs' ASYLUM ol
 NEW HAVEN.
 BRIDGEPORT, Nov, 16-Tbe late Gather inc Brady, who died recently, left will
 disposing of her estate among her relatives
 Ire estate Is valued at $20 GOO, conststiu,
 of slO, GOO in bank and $1O, ,0O0 in real es E tate on Arch street. A portion of the es tate is given for the care of the orphans o St. Francis asylum of New Haven. Tn l l sHm of $1 ,000 is devoted to the church fo ths purpose uf offering masses. She give
 the rest of her property to her sister, Mar
 Newman of New York city, and he . l nephew, Michael Newman.
 AwoMAN HIsER's H1D1NGs.
 BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 16.-Ars. Margsre Kane, wno d,ed go suddenly last week g was an eccentric woman. After her deat her son, knowing that his mother ha @ money, began 8 search for 1t. After sey l. eral hours he found s700 in gold hidden i r an old chair in his mothers bedroom. | s table in the kitchen he found nearly $6O
 in bills. Yesterday he again searched tn
 table and found bank book with $1, %
 credited to his mother sscreted under tn I frame of the table. Young Kane think
 there is still more money hidden in tn l. l house.
 # CRAZY CONVICT AT LARGE. 8 M1DDLETowN, Nov. 16.-Word has bee |. sent to surrounding towns to ba on th
 lookout for F. E. Trowbridge, an escaps s patient of the insane asylum, who wa ,' brought here from Wethers6eld, but ws . to have been taken back as cured yestel :, day. He was sentenced from Hartford fo two years for burglary. He made sever. . crazy attempts to cut his way out of prii a on. When he escaped he wore light grs suit, colored shirt and derby hat J. THE BLAKE FAMILY ASSOCIATION. l. BRIDGEPORT, Nov. 16 The members ( @ the Blake family, who for years have bee l. trying to obtain fortune of $60, ,000, ,00 l. which is In England, held a meeting at th y home of c. H. Morris, 16 East Main stree 8 last evening. About fifty members of tt
 Blake family from New Haven and tn
 city were present. The meeting was hel
 for the purpose of discussing the action e the officers in resigning. MT. Tyrrsll h. l- resigned as president and his son, Dwigl
 Tyrrell, as treasurer. The society do n, O want to accept the resignations of the' ., officers until they get possession of certai 'i documents and papers put in the hands ( r. Attorney Green, their lawyer, by Pres Is dent Dwight. A committee of five wei d appointed to call on MT. Dwight and A l. torney Green and get the papers in the e possession. They will report at anoth' l. meeting.
 ls Another heir has been found in the ps l. son of H. F. Norcross of this city. He W. l. admitted to the society last evening ar Is invited to wait with the others. >e Found a HOrse Blanket. l. Officer Kendall of the Grand aven, ,f precinct found 8 horse blanket on Grar l. avenue yesterday afternoon which u y owner can have by applying at the Gran n avenue precinct.