Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-17
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 George l.. Tibbals, formerly post master at Milford. died last night i'll the county jail of pneumonia, after an illness of i've days. In February he was sent to Jail for eighteen months for misappropriating postoface funds.
 Miss Frances G. Tamson. the IS years-old daughter of Mrs L. B. Tam son, a matron at the Connecticut h. dustrial School of Girls. left. Boston university. where she was studyina. several weeks ago and nothing has been heard of her since. She took suit case with a number of articles of clothing and went without saying word to anyone.
 On account of the breaking out O. scarlet fever at the Ridge school in Washington the four pupils who were entered for the oratorical prize of the Litchfield County University club have been withdrawn and the three who re ceived honorable mention for their es- says are placed on the list of contest ants. They are Edward BOuray of Winsted. Edmund P. Glover of the Gunnery school in Washington and Frederick B. Florian of Thomaston. Residents of the villages in the towns of Groton and Stonington want to form a coast artillery company and petition to that effect which has been circulated for signature has received number of names. However, when Ad- jutant- General Cole was in New Lon don at the recent Winstrop monument exercises he was obliged to throw cold water on the scheme by telling one oe the men interested in the movement that there was no place for company now.
 J. Gilbert Calhoun. acting coroner of Hartford county. said yesterday that he proposes to exercise all the machin- cry of his ofiice to stop infanticide. He said that within month the bodies of three babies had been found, one in Hartford, one in Bristol and one In Manchester, and investigation showed | that the infants had met death after birth. Their bodies were found in streams or abandoned places, and If those who caused the death of the in fants can be detected they will be :, prosecuted for mgNer. K ss f An old cannon once used Tor cele. brating political victories at Winsted, and which has been buried since 1859, has been unearthed and may be used on Memorial day. It is thought to have been a relic of the French and In- dian war and was used by the demo crats during the Buchanan campaign but shortly afterward was found b: | the Fremont men and buried in the cellar of the house at No 10 Grove street, where it has remained since After It's use on Memorial day it WI probably be left on the park near tliC soldiers monument.
 The body of Charles l.. Chappell of South Windsor. one of the three youths who have been missing since May [ and all of whom are believed to have been drowned. was recovered about 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning. I, was floating in the Connecticut i.vei little below the factory of the Cham pion Manufacturing Coat Rocky Hill where 1t attracted the attention of two
 fishermen. Daniel Taylor and Fred Bradley. who took it ashore. X hail hour before the discovery of the body of Chappell. the same fishermen saw something floating down the stream ir the middle of the river which botf thought looked like human body, al though the poor light at that hour did not enable them to feel certsin abou