~ g; 4. For some time past the GAZETTE has been in possession of a knowledge that Coroner Doten was inwstigating a case of alleged baby farming in Norwalk, but at the requestrof the officers and others, has withheld from publishing the facts until now. The case is a revolting one and was brought to light during an examination of the coroner as to the cause of the death of Marietta, the 5mgnths old child of Jennie Smith an unmarried colored girl living in this city. The parties concerned are all colored people. The child, Marietta Smith, was put into the hands of Ann Anderson, a col- ored woman, who has a reputation for taking care of the unwelcome offspring of any who may happen to have the cash and are willing to part with it in exchange fora few month:’ board for the infant. The testimony produced before Cor- oner Doteu exposed a terrible state of affairs in the household of the woman - who was supposed to care for the chil- dren. Jennie Smith, the mother of the dead baby paid $9 per month for the care of her infant. Two months of the treatment proved fatal to the child. Mrs. McKeever, a kind-hearted col- —ored woman who lived near by noticed the condition of the child. She found on several of her visits to the Anderson household that the baby’s bottle con- tained nothing but sour milk She tool: the child home with her from sheer pity. She found her little back covered with sores produced by filth and lack of change in posture. Her clothing had not been changed and her condition showed that there had been a sad lack of food. When Mrs. McKee— ver found the suffering infant she was covered with flies and in the most filthy conditionimaginable. The kind-heart- ed colored woman was too latein her ministrations, for death relieved the sufferings of the child within 24 hours after the change. Medical Examiner Burke was noti- fied after the death and the result of his investigation is the disclosure of the state of affairs as'described. He found two white children, who were. said to have been sent from Brooklyn. No one knowns who are the parents of these poor children, and nothing could be more pitiable. than their condition.. The neighbors who were not over scru- pulous in matters of morality were moved to pity bv the sufferings of the children, and while they testified re- luctantly before the coroner, their tes- timony disclosed the existing state of affairs. Corongdr Doten found after hearing the testimony, thatthe child, Marietta Smith, died of neglect and starvation. He also found that Ann Anderson was guilty of criminal neglect and recom- mended that the two' children remain- ing in her'charge be removed to some. other place. Medical Examiner Burke made a post mortem to-day with an idea of obtaining additional evidence against the Anderson woman. Prosecuting Attorney Gregory was this morning in receipt of a copy of the finding of Coroner Doten, and will proceed against the woman on a crimi- nal charge. The two children who are still alive were older and better able to care for themselves, but if the testimony of the neighbors is worthy of credence it was only a matter of time when they would have succumbed to the inhuman treat- ment that is a part of the policy of such institutions. The body of the child was exhumed and taken to J. D. Jennings’ morgue, where Medical Examiner Burke and ' Dr. John 1‘. Kennedy performed an autopsy at noon to-day and the Ex- aminer reports that death was primarily caused by inanition and caseous degen- eration of the right lung which prob- ably followed bronchial pneumonia. All other organs were found to be health v. The Examiner found nothing that would have prevented the child’s recovery from the lung trouble had it received proper care and nourishment. Y. 0' LESS SALAR The Norwalk Post Office Reduced $l00 on Account of Decreased Receipts. The postolfice department yesterday made public the change in the classifi- cation and salaries of the presidential postofidces for the fiscal year beginning to-day. The following shows the changes in classification in Connecticut postofiices as well as the offices in which salaries of postmasters have been decreased as aresult of falling off in receipts: - East Hartford advanced from fourth to ”third class and Montowese relegated from third to fourth class. Colchester $1,600, decrease $1,400; Litéhfield $1,700, de- crease 81,600; Norwalk $2,400, decrease $2,300; Lakeville $1,300, decrease $1,200; Moodns $2,700, decrease $2,500' Burr Belts Worse. J. Burr Betts is» deemed critically ill by his'attending'physician, Erysipelas hasset in one of the wounds of his leg in a‘virulent form. and unless its pro- gress is soon checked, it'is feared, it willresult fatally. All his other severe wounds are healing nicely. but he has madame more delirious than hitherto and-his general condition is such as to excite grave apprehensions of a fatal result. DIES' FROM traitor I73l—An Anniversary Note.—I896 f ' ‘ ~ . One hundred and sixty-five years HA' HEART FAILURE ago today, six Norwalk descended . s. ‘ , . ' Boutons, three Norwalk Benedicts, and two Norwalk Seymours, with twenty- eight other sons of Nor‘walk and Stam- ford, met and organized the first ecclesi- astical parish—Congregational—in that part of Norwalk then known as Canaan, and now as New Canaan. ' John Bouton who sprang from the cottage lot the southeast corner of which is to-day‘marked by the Consoli- dated road’s Osborn avenue bridge abutment, was the moderator of the meeting and the well known ancestor, John Bette of Norwalk, was chosen clerk. Among the thirty-nine people whom the chairman that July day called to order, were such s‘rong men as Ebenezar Carter who had owned where Mrs. Jonathan Camp now in great peace resides, and ’Zerubbable Hoyt brought up in the then and now delight- ful meadow in which stands at present the fine East avenue Earle home, and Captain Thomas Seymour of East Nor- walk, who would have been justly proud could he have foreknown his A. D. 1896 descendants, and Thomas Russo, the story of whosefamily teems with in- struction, and John Fitch from whom was to emanate an offspring, claiming, with. truth, several kings of France and also the Emporer Charlemagne for progenitors. These old werthies ex- hibited excellent taste in finally agree- ing upon a site for their maiden edifice —not. a-great many feet removed from the present structure—at the lower end of Haynes’ Ridge; a site of rare histori cal, geneologicil and picturesque inter- est, and one, the ancient and modern description of which, would easily fill a no mean sized volume. .uddenl y Tuesday morning at his Compo home, of heart failure. He had been under Dr. Gregory’s care for some time past for feeble heart action and while at breakfast complained to his wife that he felt queer about the heart and would after breakfast driveover and get some remedy from the DOtor. He had been in New York all day Monday, - on busi- ness and returned home very tired and thought his peculiar feeling about the chest this morning was caused by yes- terday’s over exertion. Just before finishing his breakfast, he said he would take a swallow of whiskey and see if that'would not make him feel better and had barely swallowed it before he fell over in an apparent faint. when he was removed to his couch and Dr. Gregory summoned by telephone. The Doctor drove over at once but before to had reached his residence Mr. Mc- Cready had expired. . He was in his seventieth year and leaves a wife and three daughters to mourn his sudden and startling demise. He was a gentleman widely beloved and respected and for near a half century, has been a tamiliarand welcome per- sonage in Norwalk. His home at Compo Beach was one of the most charming rural residences on Long Island Sound. His death will be widely and sincerely lamented and his memory cherished with fond recollections. ->——————— FILLED CHEESE. Instructions for Carrying Out the Law by Internal Revenue Collector. 00. Father Slocum to Fight. The Rev. William J. Slocum, admin- istrator of the late Rev. John H. Dug- gan, pastor of St. Patrick’s parish, Waterbury, has retained counsel to fight the suit to break the will. Two brothers and'a sister of descendant. seek to nullify clauses involving about $20.4 000, which provide for the esatablish— ment of a reading room in Waterbury and a Roman Catholic protectory for boys in the diocese of Hartford. Rep- resentativesof the contestants called up- on the administrator so no time ago and ’intimateda wilingness to compromise. Father Slocum said that he had noth- ing to compromise. The Collector of Internal Revenue for this district has received intructions as to the carrying out of the "filled cheese” law passed at the last session of Congress. “Filled cheese” as de- scribed by the law is “all substances made of milk or skimmed milk, with the admixture of butter, animal oils or fats, vegetable or any other oils, or compounds foreign to such milk, and made in imitation or semblance of cheese.” The article is subject to a special tax of one per cent. per pound and in addi- tion manufacturers are required to pay a license of $400 a year, wholesale deal- ers 8250 a year, and retail dealers $12. Imported filled cheese is required to pay in addition to an import duty an in- ternal revenue tax of eight cents per pound. P nalties for violation of the act range £150 to $100 fine and from ten days to s 2; months in jail. There has been little. if any filled cheese sold in this state. Met a Tragic Death. Rev. Edward Payson Baker, brother- in-law of Rev. Thomas K. Noble, met witha tragic death last week in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. He was riding his bicycle and just as he was coming to a bridge over one of TOOK Mr. William R. McCready died very ' T0111 sw. MP .On Saturday . the members of St. Mary’s ‘R. ‘ 0. church, of Ned York, came to Roton Point for a day’s outing. A large number of the members of St. Mary’s of this city, also went to the Point to participate in the pleasures of the day, and altogether there was an unusually large crowd at this popular summer resort. , ’ " Everything was going along pleasant- ly with the visitors until several ascer- tained that their pockets had been re- lieved of their valuables. The fact was soon noised about and a-watch was kept upon the crowd with the result that three nicely dressed .young men were detected in the act of abstracting a gold watch from the pocket of a young man who stood watching the crowd of merry New Yorkérs.’ An alarm was sounded and three light fingered crooks took to their heels, fol- lowed by a crowd and a fat policeman who had accompanied the excursionists from New York. The policeman followed one of the party who sped away towards Bell Is- land and soon left- his portly pursuer from the Metropolis far in the rear and he gave up the chase in d's;ust and re- turned to the Point. Another of the crooks disq-peared bitlthe third ran towards the swamp at the rear. of the horse sheds and was soon floundering in the mud and s tlt water. The crowd followed him and he soon stopped and putting on a bold front in- qured of his pursuers why they were chasing him. As no one seemed to know why the man had been followed, the crowd dispersed and allowed him to wade ashore and escape. WALSH NOTIFIED. His Friends Claim He Will be Able to Dis- prove the Charges Against Him. Sheriff Hawley went to Danbury yes- terday and served papers on Attorney James E. Walsh citing him to appear before the September term, and be heard relative to the charges preferred against him. The principal charge is that when, in 1889, he Was a member of the Danbury common council, he agreed to use his influence in favor of obtaining a contract for a certain party, and was to receive $2,000 if he was suc- cessful. Another charge is that he failed to deliver money he had collected for a client. This case is another chapter in the long standing feud between Attorneys Walsh and Murphy, and While it prom- 1865 to be prolific in sensational fea- tures, Attorney Walsh’s friends claim he will be able to thoroughly disprove the charges. , an... N. ..._.., . "EW'WlL-Eflwonsf A party of capitalists have been en- =gaged for some lime devising wavs‘and means to supply Rowayton, ‘ Hickory Biufi' and Bell Island with wholesome water both for culinary purposes and for protection against tire. The prop- erty owners in that section have tried in vain to' get water from 'the several water works in town but without result until at last several gent. emen conceived the idea of erecting a plant of their own and got together and formulated plans for a service. Their plans have now been consumma- ted. a Wall has been driven and a test of the water will be made this week. If it proves to be of good quality a pumping station will be erected and the water will be pumped into a stand pipe one hundred feet high, to be erected on one of the highest-s pains in Rowayton. It is believed that sufficient pressure can be obtained by this means to give 'Rowayton, Hickory Bluff and Bell Island a first class water supply and ate moderate cost, and it is also believed that the enterprise will prove remunera- tive to the originators and that every cottage will at once connect with the service. The property owners at these three points have been in need of a water sup- ply for some time and they have made overtures to Nerwalk, Sou‘h Norwalk and Darien for water but have never as yet been able to secure a service. Now that the matter has been taken up by a party of capitalists, which in- cludes several of the wealthy oyster growers at Rowayton who have had great trouble in obtaining water for the boilers of their oyster steamers, it looks as though a good water supply will be soon forthcoming. . This will be good news to the many owners of cottages on the Bluff and at Bell Island who have been without a water supply especially for fire protec- tion. Ball Island was swept by a con- fiagration last year that could have been checked had suflicient water been at hand to fight the flames when first discovered. . The Norwalk Yacht club, too, will hail the news with delight, as their present supply of water has to be pumped into a tank from the Sound by means of a force pump. 9 Leaves Half a Million. Willett Heminway, of Fair Haven, a retired oyster dealer, died suddenly of heart disease ‘Monday morning at his home. He leaves a fortune of half a million. A widow and five children survive. He was 75 years old. the deep ravines in the Mountains, he lost control of his wheel and was thrown into the charm, and when found life was extinct. It is thought that death was instantaneous. The many friends which Mrs. Baker made during her-ex- tended visit with her brother last year, here in Norwalk,will deeply sympathize with her in this heavy affliction. President Cleveland at Greenwich. The President left Washington en route to Gray Gables Monday night, reaching Jersey City early yessterday morning,where Commodore E. C. Bene- dict was in waiting for him with his yacht Oneida. » The party steamed for Greenwich and the President enj )yed a fine view of the special races of the Indian Harbor Yacht club from the yacht’s deck. He passed the night at the residence of Mr. Benedict and this morning, set sail in the Oneida for Gray Gables, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Benedict. William R. Lockwood’s Will. The peculiar and ex‘centric will of the late William R. Lockwood, was pro- bated on Saturday. It appoints R. H. Rowan trustee and he has qualified for his trying position. It remains to be seen whether the Agricultural Experi- mental Station and Yale College will have the hardihood to accept the be- quests made them, in the face of the universal sentiment of injustice and outrage done legitimate heirs by such a “cranky” alienation of property des- scended for three generations. In case .....—ooo————-—___..-_ Steamboat to New York The Steamboat company has secured v the Isabel to make a trip to and from New York on Friday, July 3 and Mon- day, July 6, in order to bring passen- gers to Norwalk to spend the Fourth, also to take them home on MOnday. The boat Will leave South Norwalk at 7:30 o’clock a. m. and New York, Beek- man street at 2 and East 31st street at 2:30 p. m. on both days : License Money. Yesterday the county commissioners made the divrsion of the June license money, as follows: Bridgeport, $27,- 145; Danbury, 8663,75; Stamford, $622.35; Norwalk $180.55; Stratford, 399.75. The fiscalyear closed yester- day. ——.O. I. 0. 0. F. Our Brothers Lodge, I. O. O. F. elected the following officers last. night: Harry Smith, N. G.; U. W. Littell, V. ’ G.; Bradley S. Keith, R. 8.; 'St. John, Merrill, P. 8.; A. A. Bette, Treas. The officers will be installed next Mondayé evening. ‘ ' § ' will pay you. An advertisement in the Gaznrm I o .I“ once Campany. You should be insured. Is your plate glass or safe insured? of Fire \ A POINTERM If not, call on me and I will write you a policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insur- Glass will break and burglars use dynamite. A policy in the Reliance 01 Philadelphia Phoenix of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire of Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United States and Pacific of New York; Security of New Hampshire or Granite State of Ports- ' mouth will protect you against the fire fiend. -- ' ‘W 1% B'YINGPTQN. Real Estate and General Insurance, ROOM 1, GAZETTE BUILDING ’. a LOANS NEGOTIATED AND INVESTMENTS MADE. iij—Vl—m——-—_CORRESPONDENCE SOL/CITED l j .- FOR 811.1: or," f' i s. 3. WILSON. autumn, 92 WALL annular. ' One 8-room cotta ge Ro ' ' 1 lot Myrtle avenve arid 1 ldgnflldggr? avenue, 37x300 feet, East Norwalk‘ 1 lot, 129x180 feet, Broad River- 1 Cabin Steam Launch, 30x7 fee! ;~1 two-seated gleirizlsfét two-seated Business Wagon; Eggnog. oves; House and Lot on easy Wm. Lockwood, Real Estate. Insurance and Investment Securities. —_MONEY 1‘0 LOAN.—— ‘ Insurance Placed in First-Class Companies. Oflice— Corner Main Jr 'Wall Sh... Norwal P‘ ETER L. fiUIGUE Florist a O tman uron Aveniie, northmdi 111113;: site“....°fii.tlt’.$3"§sd’39“‘°’ 'i” 6““ table Plants. Fruit and 0 mg and Vege- Shubbery. Vines Cut Flornamental Trees nd, and all . I ' wers. always on it'a'nfiadto ordeagrts of designs in flowers or. tendeldatiolilg and refilling cemetery lots at- HENRY TILLY,‘ CARRIAGE MAKER. S 0 U TH NOR WALK, CONN.- ——Manu1acturerof-—— Family Carriages. Victurlastunits‘n ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING. TNA INSRUANCE (71)., of En tf' Ag ‘Incorporated 1812. Charter Forbefd: 1 capital and Assets, $8,902.272.64. nsnres againstloss and damage b rrn terms adapted to the ha y 'E on With the laws of comvpensafiaorri1 and consistent . CO LES (It MERRILL. Sole agents for Norwalk and vicinity: J. Belden Hurlbutt, Attorney and Counselor at Law Room 4, up stairs, GAZETTE BUILDING. ' ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY Low Rates. Prompt Deliver! h‘racnh Office, Norwalk, at Morris Benedic t Main Ofiice. depot. You!“ Vorwalk, l.. HUNT. Agent. Scientific American‘ Agency for '1' lime“ ‘1 5 .1151“ « efi . cAVllfl. TRIO! MARIE DISIOM PA'I'II'I’O: cOPVRlOHTC. 01:13. For information and free Handbook write to MUN N & CO. 861 Baowwav, le Your. Oldest bureau or securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the pa llc by a. notice given free of charge lathe Stimuli: “garnets Lai- est circulation ofan scientific a rfn th 7 war (1. Splendidly illustrated. Nopldfelll on: -. man shou d be without it. Weekly 83, a ear; 31.50 slxmonths. Addre nuv‘N a co. snrsanas, 361 Broadway, ng'w Ydrk City. ’ The Celebrated HAZELTON » CROSS CREEK GOALS, FUR RANGE AND FURNACE. These Coals are Free From Dirt and Slate. Will be Delivered byCareful Drivers. Se nd Order for Sample Load and Satisfy Your- self‘that our claim is correct. Raymond ' Bros. scorn noawnnx. WYORK.NEWHAVEN 65H F BD NEBAILROAD. ART 0 —NEW YonxDrvzsro'N. June 14, 1896. TrainsZease South Nor-walk asfollow': . FOB New. .Yonx—A'ccommodation trains at -- 9.36 a.m., 1.11. 2.5% 4.07. 5.40, 6.50, 8.11. 10.”? p. m. Express trains at 4.55.5.45. 6.15 (local-1 6.55. (local). 7.05. (local). 7.55. (local). 8.21. 9.03’(local) 9.58.1040. 11.37. (local) 3.. m. 12.5% 2.25.4.20.5..35.6.20 7.35 p.m. For Washington view Harlem River 12.53 a..m.( oily.) ' Simona—Accommodation 9 15 a. m.. an”. (local).7.23.(local) 9.28 p.m Express 4.55 5A5, a. m. Fox anjianx Aim 'rnr: Enema—Accommo. ., dation trains, at 0.32.7.38. 8.46 and 11 44 a. 111.. 1.37. 2.42. (to B p’t). 4%), 5.27. 6.27, 7.28 (to B’D’t). ‘ .841. 9.41 and 11.15, p. 111. Express trains at 12.40,: 1.11. 9.11 10.12. 11.08 a. m. 12.05. 3.05. 5.04 (Nougai I tuck Express) 7.10 p. m. ‘ ,, ' -' Sunmrs.—Accommodation7.38. 9.12 a.m. and 7.15 p.m. :Express 12.40 and 1.11 a. m. 0. T. HEMPSTEAD. Gen. Pass. Agmt.
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