Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-24

What fS Going on In the State-GIean.
 ings Here and There.
 Gilbert Lineley, proprietor of the Lins- ley house, Branford, died of pneumonia at o'clock this morning. He had bsen sick five days.
 MRS. BARNUN GOES SOUTH.
 BRIDGEPORT, Jan. 23.-Mrs. P. T. Bar mum left today for Hot Springs, N. O. She had a special car attached to the 1:57 p. m. train and was taken to the car in the ambulance, Mrs. Bsrnum sprained her ankle some weeks ago and Is still unable to walk. Dr. Godfrey, her physician, and Miss Leigh, her companion, accompany hsr.
 BOUGHT MILL.
 Dwight, Skinner & Go. of Hartford have purchased the wool-scouring mill of Coo gan & Pusey of Windsor Locks. MT. Possy will immediately take steps to form joint stock company to run the mill, in which 1t is understood Dwight, Skinner & Co. will have a considerable in- terest. The company will have capital Of $l25, 900. The company will make sil- yer tissue paper for letter press books, and ''matrix tissues'' for the stereotypipg pro- cess. This latter has never yet been suc- cessfully made in this country, all paper for this purpose being imported.
 BURGLARS CUT THROUGH BRICK WALL.
 BRIDGEPORT, Jan. a3.-Burglars entered the Hicks building in the center of the city last night and cut through brick wall and a wooden partition into the store of Rslph Jacobs, 8 pawnbroker. They started to drill hole In the safe but were frightened away. A piece of the broken drill and a complete burglars kit was left in the store O0ly fifteen revolvers, taken from show case, are missing. Four other burglaries have been committed since Saturday. FROZEN UP TIGHT. Watch Hill bay Is frozen up in earnest at present, more go than in many a year. IN BRANFoRD. CRAWFORD, Jan. 23 A serious epidemic of measles is prevalent in this town and 1t ia estimated that 100 families are afflicted. Deaths from the disease are becoming very prevalent.
 COAL FAMINE. There is already coal famine to the north of here, and desperate efforts have l the Thames river to Allyn's Point that coal | vessels awaiting here might be lowed there | to partially relieve 1t, but without suc- cess.
 COLD SCHOOL ROOMS. It has been hard work during the late arctic weather to keep the school rooms of Waterbury comfortably warm The heat ing apparatus of the various school build ' iv,rve Srv 1& L. A weather. The scholars had to be dis | missed.
 l DIED SUDDENLY.
 Mrs. Ann Boylan, aged ffty-four, dies suddenly at her home in Waterbury Sun day of hsmorrhage of the brain. Shs leaves husband, Philip Boylan, and son John T. Boylan.
 l A CALL FOR NEW LAW.
 Hartford Sunday Globe: 'It is to bt hoped that the daily and weekly press ot the state will frame judioious law ol amend the present libel law so that it will sustain and protect publisher in giving the news, and an editor in offering whole some criticisms without being subjsc tt the annoyance of libel suit brought by parties in poverty, and who are in hopef l to make the publisher sensitive to theil 1 touch.
 It ought not to be left to one or two pub fishers in the state to bring about such desirable result. Such a law should b, drawn with care, protecting the public and publishers alike, aud insisting upor those who contribute news to be equally liable for sending in false or malicious re ports, and those who desire to institute suit at law to give an adequate bond, ths should they fail in accomplishing theil purpose there will be something tangible left that the defendants can levy upon te be remunerated for the trouble and expense of defending such suit before court oi justice. As justice Is to day an impe cunious limb of the law can make trouble for poor or rich publisher; the poor one can be mulcted, the rich one annoyed un til he buys the fellow of or makes an ex pensive fight in the courts, If it takes all | summer to do it."