The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-02
MILFORD.
Lady and Child Have Narrow
 Escape from Drowning.

A drowning accident was narrowly averted at Walnut Beach this forenoon.
 Miss Louise Plumley was bathing in front of the cottage of Dr. A, Philips. She had a child on her shoulder when accidentally she stepped in water which was quite deep and in some way the
 child became entangled in her bathing dress, so that she could not use her lower limbs and the weight of the child
 forced her under water. Her sister,
 Mrs. Dr. Phillips, seeing her dangerous
 condition, swam out and succeeded in
 drawing her into shallow water in just the nick of time for both Miss Plumley
 and the child were nearly exhausted.
 The rare presence of mind of Mrs.
 Phillips is highly praised by all who
 witnessed this exciting occurrence.
 Misfortune In large, round, allopathic
 doses seems to be meted out to Charles
 H. Smith of Milford Point, who made
 so many friends while landlord of the
 Milford hotel Last Monday while
 driving with friend in Bridgeport his
 horse slipped and in the mix-up which
 followed MT. Smith received a very
 painful injury to one of his kneepans,
 which will necessitate his being laid up
 for two or three weeks. Last evening
 while some of MT Smiths horses were
 grazing on the lawn back of his barn
 two of them wandered off and became
 nired in the rich black mud which can
 be found in some places on the banks
 of the Housatonic river One of these
 horses was extricated after q short time
 by the neighbors, but the other one
 only became deeper embedded by his
 own exertions and those of those who
 were endeavoring to assist him. To
 add to the complications the tide be-
 gan to rise and at this place it runs in
 quite rapidly when 1t commences to
 come in. All who were engaged i'll this
 work were ON the verge of despair when
 an Hobsonian idea struck Captain C.. H. Merwin. Securing two of the large
 strong boats which are used by the oystermen on this river, he had one of them placed on each side of the horse ana some strong timbers laid from one to the other of the boats over the horses back. Then in some way sling of ropes was run under the horse and fastened to the timbers. Some one neld the horse x III d ledIiy upliBHl Posittoii to prevent the rising water from get ting into it's nostrils and as the tide
 rose the boats by their buoyancy raised the horse out of the mud and willing hands lowed the whole outfit to place where the shore was hard and the horse was thus saved for MT. Smith. Captain Merwin and his friends did the
 public great service, for had the horse been drowned the eels which are served at the shore might have had horsey flavor, which would have wrought un- told damage to the reputation of the cells captured at this place, which is that of the most toothsome of any that are captrued on the shore of Long Island Sound.
 John Kelly, farm hand in the em- ploy of Ebert N. Clark died at the New Haven hospital of typhoid pneu- nonia yesterday. The remains will be brought here for burial.
 James Sullivan a former resident of Milford and until recently an inmate of the Soldiers home at Bath, N. r., died Wednesday at the New Haven hospital. Deceased was seventy years of age. Funeral service were held yesterday l morning from St. Marys church. Bu- rial was in St. Mary's cemetery.
 A number of young people enjoyed
 an outing on Kay & Doherty's naphtha launch. last evening, to New Haven breakwater and return.
 Miss Louise Perry of Derby is visiting MT. and Mrs A Inert c TibbalS