‘ I I, F '1 :1 --"'umfif~7;-”WHF££. - .< - - 'rwmw: A Fall While Entering His 0f- fice Proves Fatal. Dr. Robert Hubbard, one of the old- est, best known and most talented phy- sicians and surgeons in New England, died at the residence of his daughter- in-law. Mrs. Charles Stead, at the Broad street entrance to Seaside park Bridgrport,shortly after 2 o’clock Sun— day morning from injuries sustained in a fall the night previous. Deceased was 71 years of age. Dr. Hubbard’s office was located at 248 State street. Leading up to the entrance is a long flight of steps. The physician returned from calls about 10:30 o’clock Saturday night. He had reached the top of the steps when, it is supp osed, he was attacked with vertigo rom loss of sleep, and losing his bal- ance, he tumbled backward, falling the entire length of the steps and striking the back of his head on the pavement. When assistance reached the physician he was unconscious. The ambulance was called and Drs. Osborn, Gilhuley and Hair responded. The patient was hurried to the Emergency hospital, where it required three stitches to close the scalp wound in the head. The physician was then removed to the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. E. Stead, No. 3 Broad street. At this time his condition seemed to be favor- able to recovery, but later he relapsed into unconsciousness, from which he never revived. and passed away at 2 ’clock Sun day morning. Dr. Robert Hubbard was born in upper Middletown, now the town 'of Cromwell, Conn., April 27 1826, being the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Hubbard. Dr. Hubbard graduated from Yale in 1851 as valedictorian of the class. The same year he commenced practice in Bridgeport. On April 25, 1855, he married Cornelia Boardman, youngest daughter of Sherman and Sophia Hart- well. Tne couple reared three children, Nellie, Sophia and Sherman. The first married Charles M. Everett and is now living in Rochester, N. Y. Nellie is now Mrs. Courtland Trowbridge. Sherman, the only son, died in 1891 and left his father disconsolate for his be- loved wife had been laid away in 1871. In 1861 upon the recommendation of the State Medical society Dr. Hubbard was appointed by Gov. Buckingham, one of eight medical examiners of sur- geons and assistant surgeons for regi- ments raised in the state throughout the war of the rebellion. In 1862 Dr. Hub- bard was commissioned surgeon of the Seventeenth regiment, Conn. Volunteer infantry. After afew months service in this capacity he was promoted to be surgeon of brigade under Gen. Howard and shortly before the battle of Chan- cellorsville was promoted to be surgeon of Gen. Devens’ division. For meritor- ious conduct at the battle of Chancel- lorsville Dr. Hubbard was promoted to be medical inspector—assistant medical director—on his staff. At the battle of Gettysburg he served as medical direc- tor in charge of the Eleventh corps, after which he joined his regiment at Collett’s Station, Va. When the Elev- enth corps was ordered to Lookout Mountain he again served as medical director under.Gen. Hooker and in that capacity took part in .the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge and Ringgold. Shortly after this campaign he was forced to resign his commission on account of ill health and return to Bridgeport where he has since resided. He represented Bridgeport in the general assembly in 1874 and again in 1876 and was twice nominated for Congressman on the Fourth District Republican ticket. In 1879 he was elected president of the Connecticut Medical Society, in recognition of his ability and services as a physician. The light has gone out of a life which has been singularly devoted to others. In every home where he was known the name of Dr. Hubbard is a household word and a synonym of kindness and ability. He counted his friends by the thousand and he had not an enemy 1n ; the length and breadth of the land. ' The kindly face and courtly manner of the old school were his, and his ab- sence from many a bedside will be noted with sorrow. . * _--..-_,.._. . The announcement of the marriage of Frederick Elson Sitts to Mrs. Ade- laide Ames Oliver was published for the first time Tuesday. They were married on‘June 30 at the rectory of the church of the Transfiguration, on East Twenty-ninth street, New York city, by the Rev. Dr. Houghton, the rector. Sitts is an Englishman by birth, born in Liverpool thirty-three years ago. He belongs in, South Norwalk where his parents now reside. The bride is a native of Syracuse, N. Y. Her parents live in Fulton, that state. At the rectory yesterday no " further information could be obtained about the wedding. It is proposed to call a Town Meet- ing for the purpose of setting a price per day for the use of the Town Road . roller by either of the Twin Cities, and to consider the matter of estab- lishinga town high school.’ The pe- tition is largely signed by residents of South Norwalk. , LOCAL NEWS. The thirtiet‘i annual reunion of the Connecticut Cavalry association will be held 5 t Browu & Patten’s hall,South Manchester, Wednesday, August 18. From all over the state comes news of approaching prosperity. Industries of the state are starting up and in many places plants are being enlarged on account of the expected boom in business. The Southern New England Tele- phone Co. has sent out a directory that is up to July 1. The directory is most carefully compiled and is supplemented witha map of the lines and metallic circuits of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., extending from the middle of Maine to Nebraska. The thirty-first annual reunion of the Fifth regiment, C. V., will be held at Middletown on Monday, August 9, the anniversary of the battle of Cedar Mountain where the regiment was so badly cut up. The reunion being. on Monday, the usual previous evening camp fire will not be held. The peach crop in Connecticut for 1897 is likely to break the record. J. H. Hale, an authority in such matters, says that, unless something new utterly unforeseen should develop, the yield this year in this state would be im- mense. His own orchard in South Glas- tonbury gives promise of a splendid crop of fine peaches. From all over the state he hears of the same state of things, and he thinks Connecticut will have all the fine peaches it wants this year. The Jersey crop which ripens about the same time, will also be large, and will probably make prices rather low. William E. Sidney who is charged with the murder of Edward Long at Greenwich on June 6 last, was a free man for a brief time Monday morn- ing. Judge Wheeler, ~after hear_ng the case on the writ of habeas corpus secured by Sidney’s cOunsel, ordered that he be discharged, on the ground that he had not had an opportunity to be heard. Sidney was arrested on a bench warrant and taken to Bridgeport and confined in the county jail without a hearing. He has been detained there for more than a month. Judge VVheel- er, in giving his decision, said: “The liberty of a citizen is of too great importance to warrant imprison- ment without first giving the accused an opportunity to be heard.” After the order of discharge was signed, Sidney started to walk away with his attorneys. He had been a free man about a minute, and had reached the steps of the County Court House, when Deputy Sheriff Fitzroy of Green- wich stepped up to him and placed him under arrest. Sidney was taken to Greenwich, and will have a hearing at once. The evidence the State has to connect him with the murder has not been disclosed. Frothing at the mouth and with ac- tions similar to those of a canine su-; fering with the rabies, Patrick Ma- loney, a farm hand employed by Au- gustus Jinks, of Georgetown, ran about the farm on Saturday night and at- tacked several of the neighbors, at- tempting to bite them. He was cap- tured after a terrible struggle. The patient thus transformed from a quiet, unassuming workman into na demon by this terrible disease proba- bly cannot live longer than a few days. About a year ago, while working in the fields, Maloney was bitten by a dog suffering with the rabies. He took prompt measures with the wound and it healed nicely, the patient feeling no bad effects until last week. It was on Saturday that the bad re- sults first became apparent, Maloney was at work in the hay field, when he began to act decidedly queer. It was at first feared that he was affected by the heat, but towards night the man began to froth at the mouth and com- menced running about the farm. Every attention possible is paid to the sick man, but his violent demon- strations are beginning to tell upon him and he is rapidly growing weaker. The raving man’s sufferings are ter- rible to witness, and the greatest sym- pathy is expressed in the case. Mrs. Ann Blackwell lives on Harriet street and has a family of seven chil- dren, among the number being a daughter aged about 23 years. The latter has developed signs of insanity, and she was some months ago placed under restraint, in fact was arrested. Physicians were summoned to act on the question of her sanity but failed to agree and she was discharged from custody. For two or three days Mrs. Blackwell has observed that her daughter was ex- hibiting signs of a return of her com- plaint and kept an extra close watch on her movements. Monday- her appre- hensions were fully realized when the daughter drove the younger members of the family out of the house, and then made a spring and attempted to clutch her mother by the throat. Mrs. Blackwell manage toe ude her ' daughter, and ran to the home of Char- les A. Burr near by, and asked for as- sistance. She told her story and Mrs. Burr offered to provide for the chil- dren for the night. Mr. Burr had retired to his sleeping- room but arose and dressing himself, secured the aid of Captain Dann, and the woman who was acting as only maniacs can was lodged in'the station- house. An examination as to her sanity and the result it is believed will be that she will be ordered sent to the asylum for the insane at Middletown. Her previous actions have, it is al- leged, certainly entitled her to a much earlier confinement in that institution. Unless something of the kind is done the lives of the members of the family seem certainly to be in danger. The publication of a marriage notice yesterday led to the discovery of an elopement, followed by forgiveness. Early on the morning of Sunday, July 4, Miss Pearle E. Sears, appeared at the house of the Rev. S. L. Hillier, pas- tor of the First Presbyterian church of Morrisania, in company with Charles A. Nichols, of New York and the couple asked the clergyman to perform a mar- riage‘ceremony then and there. Mr. Hillier asked some questions and dis- covered that the couple had run away to get married, but he" performed the ceremony. Miss Sears who,is,the daughter Fred W. Sears, 8. surveyor, residing at 25 Isaacs Place, is nineteen years of age and has been employed in a New York Art studio for the past ten months. While in New York she be- came acquainted with Mr. Nichols, a tenor singer, who was formerly a mem- ber of the Old Homestead quartet. Nichols, who is 48 years old, boarded in the house in which Miss Sears boarded. The couple became attached to each other, and, recently, when Miss Sears visited her parents in this city, she in- formed her mother that she was in love with Mr. Nichols. Her mother tried to discourage the match, and advised the girl to give up her newly-formed acquaintance. This she promised to do. When she returned to New York she continued to meet Mr. Nichols fre- quently. After her marriage on July 4 the bride sent a letter to her mother asking forgiveness, but not saying what she wanted to be forgiven for. As she signed her name Nichols, that ex- plained. The bride’s uncle, Dr. W. H. Bald- win, said that, while she had got mar ried without her parents’ consent, she had been forgiven, and was now living happily with her husband in Harlem, where Mr. Nichols had an engagement. When Mrs. Nichols notified her mother of her marriage her father went to New York and saw the minister who mar- ried the couple. He did this to satisfy himself that they had been married. The couple spent their honeymoon with the bride’s grandpa-rents in Hacken- sack, N. J. ~Govcrnor Cooke yesterday received the following letter:— Abbeville, S. 0., July 16, 1897. Dear Sir—I send by this mail a copy of “Medium,” containing notice of a book once the property of James I. Walker Company I, 15th C. V. If he or any of his friends are alive, the Bible will be sent to them by Mr. Du Pre, if they will address me. I send you a clipping of the notice so that you may see it if the newspaper does not reach you. Yours truly, ROBERT R. HEMPHILL. The clipping from the paper is as fol- lows:—— I Our esteemed fellow citizen,J.N. Du- Pre, who now holds an important pos- itiOn with the Seaboard Air Line, has shown us a Bible which he found neat the body of a Federal soldier on the battlefield near Kinston, N. C., during the late war. The book is nicely bound and well preserved. On the inside of the front cover appears the name of “James Walker, Company I, 15 C. V.” and in indistinct writing is the follow- ing “May God speed the right.” “Trust in the Lord and He will fight your hat- tles.” The first leaves are missing up to the 22 chapter of Genesis. The book is of convenient size for the pocket and must have belonged to some Covenan- ter for it contains in addition to the old and new testaments, “The Psalms of David in Metre” (Rouse’s Version), also sixty-seven paraphrases and five hymns and also the notes of forty-five of the most “popular, and approved psalm and hymn tunes in use.” Mr. DuPre was a gallant soldier of Com- pany B, 27th S. C. V., Hagood’s Bri- gade, Hoke’s Division, when he cap- tured the book. He was quite a youth, but did a man’s part. James Walker was a private in Com- pany I, Fifteenth Regiment, Connecti- cut Volunteers, and enlisted from New Haven August 20, 1862. He was killed March 8, 1855, at the battle of Kinston, N. C. Captain Minot A. Buttricks, who commanded the company, was cap- tured in the same battle. The following are the dates of the agricultural fairs, so far as arranged, which are to be held in the state this fall, together with the secretary of each association: New London county, Norwich, Sep- tember 21-23, T. W. Yerrington, secre- tary. I Windham county, Brooklyn, Septem- ber 13-15, J. B. Stetson, secretary. Tolland county, Rockville, Septem- ber George C. Filton, secretary. Berlin, Berlin, September, G. E. Hall, Secretary. ' Branford, Branford, September, G. P. Callahan, secretary. 1 Bristol Fair corporation, Bristol, September 29-30, M. L. Norton, secre- ta of r . , CYhester, Chester, September 22-23, C. E. Perkins, secretary. Danbury, Danbury, October 4-9, G. M. Rundle, secretary. East Granby, East Granby, October, W. H. Gay, secretary. WEEKLY - NORWLAK -GAZETTn.= Farmington Valley, Collinsville, Sep tember 8-9, E. A. Hought, secretary. Granby, Granby, September 28-29, Charles Coffey, secretary. Guilford, Guilford, September 29, A. H. Phelps, secretary. ' .Harwinton, Harwinton, October 5, A. W. Buell, secretary. Killingworth, Killingworth, October 6, ED. Parmelee, secretary. Meriden, Meriden, September 15-17, George W. Fairchild, secretary. New Milford, New Milford, Septem- ber 14-16, J. H. Cochrane, secretary. Newton, Newton, September 28-30, P. H. McCarthy, secretary. Simsbury,Simsbury, October, George C. Eno, secretary. Stafford Springs, Stafford Springs, October 5-7, C. F. Beckwith, secretary. Sufiield, Suffield, September 21-22, Egerton Hemenway, secretary. Union (Monroe, etc.), Huntington, September 23-24, S. T. Palmer, secre- tary. Union (Somers, etc.), Broad Brook, September 29, M. Hamilton, secretary. VVallingford, VVallingford, Septem- ber 89, George T. Jones, secretary. Willimantic, Willimantic, September 28-30, A. L. French, secretary. \Vindsor, Windsor, September, E. S. Hough, secretary. Woodstock, South Woodstock, Sep- tember 13-14, H. W. Hibbard, secre- tary. VVolcott, VVolcott, October 13,E. M. Upson. secretary. Connecticut Horticultural society Hartford, T. J. McRonald, secretary. —*April, June 10-11, about September. 8, and about November 8-10 Major S. S. Leach, in charge of river and harbor improvements in Connecti- cut, has submitted his annual report to the war department. u The jetties at the mouth of the Con- necticut river below Hartford, the re- port says, have not been completed, and the deterioriation by settlement of wave attack has injured them. The channel is in a satisfactory condition as a result of the annual dredging. The available balance for continuing the improvements is $10,821. The project for a sixteen-foot chan- nel at New Haven harbor lacks only the widening of the Fort Hale cut from 100 to 400 feet to complete it. A resur- vey shows no impairment in the cut made through the bar nearly in the axis of the natural channel in 1895. The bed of the harbor generally ap- pears to be of an exceedingly stable character. The commerce of the port of New Haven in 1896 was three and a quarter millions of tons, and so far as tonnage is an index of commercial importance, the repO‘t says, New Haven deserves to rank with Charleston. The west breakwater was extended 1,490'feet. The breakwater in the Housatonic river was placed in satisfactory condi- tion by repairs to the amount of 6,652 tons of material. N 0 work was done at Bridgeport harbor, but under contract, dredging will be applied to widening to 200 feet the 15-foot channel on its east side from the sound to the outer beacon, and to extending the 15—foot channel from the outer to the inner beacon. The avail- able balance is $12,044. Attention was given to widening the channel at close points at N orwalk har- bor rather than to securing greater draught throughout. Work on a contract to extend the channel at Stamford was begun. .- EASTN ORWALK. Miss Ida Howell, of Setankel, L. 1., is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. J ack- son, of Seaside place. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brundage, of Bridgeport, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Townsend of Cove street. Willie, the son of William G. Le- Count is ill with the mumps at his home on East avenue. While Samuel Benedict and wife of Redding, were driving through Hill street Sunday, the wheel of the wagon caught-in a rut in the road throwing Mr. Benedict on his head and shoulder,ren- dering him unconscious. He was taken to the home of his brother-in-law, Charles Bates on East avenue, and Dr. Baker was called. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bogart and son Albert, of Osborn avenue, are boarding with Mrs. Aisthorpe of Riverside ave- nue. Mrs. Sylvester Selleck and daughter .Ethel, of Bellport, L. 1., are visiting her daughter, Mrs. John L’Hommedieu. The East N orwalk high school is be- ing repainted and cleaned. Mrs. Charles JimmersOn of Cottage avenue, is visiting her brother, Charles Bruce, of High Ridge. Miss Edith Youngs, of East avenue, started to-day for a few weeks’ visit with her aunt, Mrs. Pierson, of Spring- field, Mass. Mrs. Henry J immerson, who has been visiting her brother, of High Ridge, returned home yesterday. Miss Hattie Rider, of Cottage ave- nue, started to-day to spend a few weeks with Miss Carry C. Seeley, of Scotts- ville, N. Y. ' Mr. and Mrs. William Benedict and children have returned home, after “ spending a few weeks in Ridgefield. A. Stull’s new grocery store on Cot- tage avenue will be ready for occupancy in about two weeks. chester. WILTON. Miss Bessie Keeler of North Wilton, has been on the sick list. Mrs. Frank S. Weston spent Sunday with Mrs. Frederick Lockwood, of Stamford. ' > Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easton, of New York, are guests of Miss Helen Mid‘dle- brook at Sunnyside. Miss Annie Canfield is entertaining a party of friends from Danbury. Miss Hattie Olmstead was the guest of Miss Mary Gregory over Sunday. A ride to Lake VVaccubuc is in an- ticipation by a number of our young people before the month closes. Mrs. Daniel Davenport and Miss Beatrice, who have been visiting in Wilton, returned to Bridgeport on Monday. Mrs. H. A. Gregory has returned from a visit with relatives 1n New Mil- ford. A little son has recently arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Chi- Frank Berry, of Boston, is stopping at F. D. Benedict’s. Mr. Berry has be- come a member of the Wilton Golf club. Miss Gertrude and Miss Grace Tur- ner will be guests of Wilton friends on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Crossley and Master Tennyson, of New York, are guests of H. L. Sturges at Elmwood. The youngest Belden Hill boy is a son at Selectman Josiah Gilbert’s. Congratulations. Benjamin Davenport and family, of Minnesota, are stopping for the sum- mer with Miss Sarah Davenport. The schoolhouse of the Center dis- trict presents a very attractive appear- ance with its fresh coat of paint. Miss Folsom will entertain the Read- ing Circle to-morrow morning, at Ridgely farm. Miss Kate Keeler is the guest of Mrs. A. W. Merwin on Bridge street. Mrs. John Cummings and little son, of Goshen, are visiting Mrs. Henry Chichester. Mr. and Mrs. Evans, of Brooklyn, with their little grandson Clifford, are visiting their son, David Evans on Drum Hill. The Golf club seems growing in favor and it is hoped that the club house will be improved and repaired before the season closes. ' We regret to report that the Clarence . DARIEN. Eagle Hook and Ladder Co. No. l, is arranging for a ladies fair, August 12, 13 and 14. The Volunteer Hook and Ladder Co- has postponed its practice run until Friday night. Miss Foote and Miss Stella Foote are anticipating a trip to'Greenacre, Me., for the remainder of the summer. .The Dariens defeated the Bells of Shandon of Stamford in a game of ball Saturday afternoon by a score of 7 to 2. Next Saturday they will play -a team from Company F, Norwalk. 8 All but one of the business places were closed Sunday. Chadderton’s barber shop remained open, while Silli- man’s drug store, Koch’s barber shop, Northrop’s ice cream parlors and Fan- cher’s confectionery store were closed Miss Julia Reitzel, Mrs. Reitzel, her mother and her sister are stopping at Mrs. C. A- VVhite’s. Mrs. Reitzel is the widow of a well-known -flutist who was a member of Thomas’s orchestra for several years and later of the Sym- phony orchestra. The Chaucer club took an outing Thursday afternoon, driving to Mrs; Samuel Watkins’ house at Ox Ridge and spending the closing hours of the afternoon. Several of the stories of \Vagner’s operas were read for the eni tertainment of all, including “Tristan” “ Isolde ” and “ Lohengrin. ” The impression among many Darien- ites is that N oroton is too grasping. They say that Noroton has recently had $5,000 for bridges, and has now ob- tained an expression of opinion to build the next macadamized road through their village. In regard to the top dressing of the newly gravelled road in the center, which was indefinitely postponed on F. W. Bruggerhoff’s mo- tion, at Saturday’s town meeting, some voted for the postponement believing that they were voting in favor of the dressing. They were suprised when informed as to what they had been vot- ing for. They evidently thought they were voting on the original motion to put on crushed stone, of which the mo- tion to postpone took precedence. . >——~—..___ BROAD RIVER. It is a hustle for blackberries these days, and there are lots of them. The hay crop is exceptionally heavy and large quantities are being stacked and “mowed.” A dance is held every Wednesday evening in the blacksmith shop. Lots Berry, who recently struck gold in Lof full hot or cold , . Alaska, is not our Wilton friend as was widely reported. . The funeral of John Thompson, who dropped dead in the hay field last week, was held from St. Matthew’s on Fri- day. Mr. Thompson was an English man and at one time in the employ of William Sturges. The ladies of St. Matthew’s will hold a sale and supper on the church green on the evening of Wednesday, July 28, from six to ten o’clock. The bill of fare given is a most tempting one, and supper will be served promptly to all- Another attraction will be the booths, attended by charming maidens, where fancy and useful articles can be pur- chased at moderate prices. The pro- ceeds of the sale will go toward repairs on the horse sheds. It being the wise ' policy of the officers of the church to incur no indebtedness, it is sincerely hoped the sale will be Well patronized. wiri FOR Charles E. Brown who has been il for some months has gone to Meriden hoping to be benefitted in health. 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