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The New York herald., 1874-10-08
THE COUR rs.
Verdict of Damages Against Iity
Railroad Company.
THE ELECTION Law INDICTMENTS
raptain Hart. Of the Pacific Steamship Colon,
Sues Rufus Hatch for Slander.
LAW COMMITMENTS FOR CONTEMPT.

william Percval was brought before Commis-
siouer shields yesterday and charged with having
ialsely registered his name voter in the
Eighteenth district OF the Third Assembly district.
II having appeared in evidence that the accused
mad gwen MS right address and was really en-
titled 10 vote he was at once discharged.
Judge Blatchlord sat yesterday in the United
States District Court for the purpose OF proceed
inc with the trial OF causes the Admiralty cal
,ndar In consequence, however. OF the engage
ment of counsel in other suits ana courts the
Indre was unable to enter upon the hearing OF
any case.
Deputy clerk stilwel. OF the United States Circuit
Court mas made ont new list Of Jurors 70 serve
In the United states District Court, several OF the
old jnrors during the past year having died or
changed their residence from the city IL IS often
.dnlcult both IN the State and Federal Courcs, 10
secure the attendance OF the necessary NUMBER oil
Jurors owing to the immense number OF excuses"
made py the parties summoned, and which excuses
are very frequently allowed by the Judges IN the
exercise or the discretion vested IN them.
The one hundred drawn in the Court OF oyer ana
Terminer petit jury put in prompt appearance at
the reopening OF the Court yesterday but the most
were equally prompt ID making excuses. They
looked Ike an exceedingly healthy body 0: men,
but fully one-halr had grievous stories TO tell Or
chronic latent ailments. Judge Brady. as he dld
not need the services OF one-naf OF them mad iull
scope Tor the exercise OF his natural kind
heartedness and excused nearly all the applicants
and discharged the rest til Friday morning
stephen M. Fish brought suit against the city for
s125 alleged TO be due him for services rendered
by him 10 tue Department OF Buildings The trial
had hardly commenced yesterday in supreme
Court. Circuit, when on application or plaintiffs
counsel Juror Withdrawn, thus ending the
,uit, for the present al least.
The wheels OF justice still continue at stand
still in some Of the courts, through lawyers not
being ready TO 60 on with their cases. Judge Van
Brunt, holding Circut, Part =, OF the Supreme
Court had TO adjourn for this reason. Judge
Donohue, holding Part or the same Court,
although his calendar is overrunning with cases,
found the lawyers only ready for trial In onea suit
by Thomas Connor against the city for $s4 for light
ing street lamps in which ne got a verdict in his
favor. Judge Monell holding Trial Term, Part l,
OF the Superior Court, called over mis- long calen-
OAR but no one came up TO time, and so he had to
adjourn without doing anything.
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SUIT FOR sLANDER.

". c. DE Hart has instituted q suit for ssnder
against RUFUS HATCH the alleged sander
beng declaration by the latter that
ne was drunk on the bridge OF the
ship Colon, OF which ne was An offcer. mo-
fion sas made yesterday on behalf OF the plalntln
before Judge Donohue 70 remove the case from the
supreme TO the Marine Court under the statute
making provision for the rial OF tnis class OF cases
IN the latter court IL was contended in oppOsi-
lion tnat the statement alleged to be sander0us
was privileged COMMUNICATION made by Mr..
Hatcb as An oncer vi the Pacinc Mail steamship
company, 10 other officers or tne company: that
TIE case involved some VERY nice law points t1at
IL was desirable 10 have the highest Judicial deter
mlnatlon, and that. II taken to the Marine Court,
tnere could De no appeal except through special
favor or the Court oi Common Pleas Judge bono
hue t0Ok the papers. reservlng MS uecislon.
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COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS.
Before Recorder Hackett.
Forgery.

Before Recorder Hackett.
Forgery.
John NJ. Ralph pleaded guilty to forgery In the
third degree the charge being that on the 5th OF
September he forged the endorsement OF g. r.
HendricSson to a check for s3s3 on the Hanover
National Bank drawn by Thomas Atkinson Co.
He was sent to the State Prison ior hve years.
False Pretences.
Henry West pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with obtaining seventy pounds Of
coffee from Frederick Bruske, on the oath OF Sep
temper, by falsely representing that his name was
Schwenbau, ana that ne transacted business IN
against him. The punishment inflicted was three
years In the State Prison.
Lareenies.
william II. Pearce, who on the 18th OF Septem-
Der stole gold watch and chain, valued at $3.50,
the property OF John Wolfe, pleaded guilty TO an
attempt at grand larceny.
Henry Rohrs pleaded guilty to a similar offence,
the allegation being that the 10th OF last month
ne stole q quantity OF rum ana gin, worth $50,
owned by julius Wittenoorg.
william Pendegrast, indicted for stealing from
the person OF Daniel Johnson tnir.yfve cents, in
currency, pleaded guilty to the offence.
Joan Andrew Herman who on the 7th OF Sep
rember stole clothing and revolver, valued at
s52 from the house OF John Hagerman, between
iesth and lesth streets, Harlem pleaded guilty TO
an attempt at grand larceny.
The above named prisoners were each sent 10
the state Prison Tor two years and SIX months.
John jennings, VINO was Jointly indicted With
John Jones ana James Farrell, was tried upon an
Indictment charging MIN with being concerned in
stealing lour boxes OF vermillion paint from the
store OF Mcchor c. q. Wtte, No. 92 John street, on
the 7th oil July. The proof against Jennings was
that he offered one box OF vermillion for sale TO
Philip Abraham at the rate OF sixty cents per
pound, the market price OF the article being 81 49,
The accused stated that he was employed Dy
Farrell TO sell the property on commission. After
considerable delberation the jury rendered yer.
dict OF guilty Of grand larceny. In the absence OF
the prisoners counsel he was remanded for SEN
tence.
Hannah Wilkes who was charged with stealing
wearing apparel valued at $50, the property or
May Harris pleaded guilty 70 an attempt at grand
larcenv- She was sent to the Penitentlary for
eighteen mOntha.
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FIFTY-sEvENTH STREET POLICE COURT.
Before Judge Murray.

Before Judge Murray.
Watch Snatching ON Third Avenue.
John Kelly sixteen years or age. OF No. 345 Ninth
avenue, was charged with assaulting Mary L.
Anderson, OF the Occidental Hotel. corner OF
Bowery and Broome street, on Third avenue, yes
terday, and then snatching from her bosom gold
watch, worth $50. She caught hold OF him and
prevented him running of with 1t. He then
attempted TO throw it toward three men who were
standing near by. and who are supposed, from
their actions, TO be accomplices OF Kelly. The
time rom taxing the watch from Kelly, TO whom
she held on with desperate resolve until she N as
forced 10 let go by a niow the side. Before an
on1cer appeared Kelly and the other men had
escaped; but he was subsequently arrested BY
Officer Malien, OF the Eighteenth. precinct, and
held for trial.
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JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT.
Before Judge Smith.
Ranlina Ieyecnma,a .Iaxxalrv


Pauline Levecque's Jewelry.
A sensation was created yesterday by the ap-
pearance 10 court OF the recently arrived prima
donna, Mile. Pauline Levecque. who made q formal
complaint OF grand larceny against Louis vion
lately waiter In the Grand Central Hotel vion
entity soon possessed himself OF the special conf
dence OF the lady and was intrusted with her jew
euy lor the purpose or having It deposited In the
hotel sale. ON his way thitner he opened the box
and abstracted valuable diamond ring wort h
5000 the gilt OF the Emperor OF Brazil. The THEFT
was not discovered until after the lady had lett the
hotel Won was arrested by Officer Sevin, Of the
Fifteenth precinct and confessed his guilt He
was fully committed for trial by Judge Smith.
FeIont0us Assault.
James Hughes, OF No. 273 Broome street, charged
Thomas shepherd, of 81 Wilett street, Brooklyn,
with fel elonious assault. The two became involved
In a quarrel ana shepherd drew a knie and cut
his an gOnist IN the face and thigh lie was held
la 81, 0C0 Dali lor Trial.
Another Arrest.
Yesterday Oscer Laird. OF the Ninth precinct,
succeeded In arresting Thomas Mayler charged
with being implicated in the robbery OF Michael
small who was attacked on Monday night In the
White star House, and robbed OF MS watch and
1lteen soyereigns. lie was held to bau in $4,000.
Alleged Larceny.
young an rather honest looking girl, named
Kate o'Brlen, was arraigned yesterday, charged
with larceny. She was employed to run errands
tax NJs Eann,e Mckinley. vno keeps sAtore at 2Ao
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MARINE COURT-CHAMBERs.
Decisions.

By Judge Gross.
Nicholas VS. Bell and McCouvllle vs. Marpes ct
al.-Motions denied.
Hyde vs. SecardL-Order Of reference granted.
Nichols VS.. Bell, Harman vs. Wennenracher.-
Motions granted by default:
Jackson Smith, Carpenter VS.. Williams,
Weinz VS.. Adier.-Motions granted.
Hart VS.. Shaw.-Defendant's default noted.
Ferden VS.. Sennen.-Order of reference granted.
Wenscninsky VS.. Biaostosky.-Motion to open
default granted,
Soh VS.. Horstman.-Motion to vacace order OF
arrest denied. but bail reduced 70 $3.50.
Bovine Murphy.-hotlon to vacate stay OF
proceeding denied, with $40 costs.
Brown vs.. Observation-Disclosures set aside, and
cause TO DE trieo on October %; $40 costs OF mo-
ton.
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MARINE C0URT-PkRT Q.
Judgments.
Before Judge Joachlmsen.

Before Judge Joachlmsen.
Collipan VS.. Barclay.-Flndlngs settled and fled.
Miller VS.. McIntosn.-Case settled and fled.
Picard Va Turner. Bernnarn VS. Turner.-Motions
TO correct calendar and to postpone trial Tor
lrree ularity denied.
JacoDy VS.. .Mckiney.-Judgment ordered lor plain.
TIL.
tiff.
Braunworth VS.. Kauiman.-Verdct for plaintiff,
$694 "A.
Standard Oil Company vs. Chicago n. p Con-
struction Company.-Judgmen Tor plaintiff, Ola Az.
Smith vs.. Haas.-Attachment ordered.
Murphy VS.. Geddings-Judgment lor plaintiff for
S402 10.
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COMMITMENTS FOR CONTEMPT.

The case OF the People on the relation Of Charles
Tun w. Peter Kenny came up yesterday before
the General Term OF toe supreme Court on an
appeal from an order denying motion made
by The deIen dant TO dlscharge final order adjudg-
ing him guilty OF contempt In falling TO appear be-
lnxA ths Conrt an an oroex issned tor his examna-
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KILLED IN A HAY CUTTER,

Shortly before four O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Thomas Peirnen, thirty-three years OF age. while
at work cutflng hay in the Eighth Avenue Railroad
depot, corner OF Fiftieth street, was almost In
,tantly Killed BY being caught In the machinery.
Croker nOLlhcd.
The New York herald., 1874-10-08
BROOKLYN COURTS.
SUPREME CoURT-sPECIAL TERM.
An Exploded Bank Case-A DePogitor
reimbursed.

An Exploded Bank Case-A DePositor
Reimbu bursed.
Before Judge Pratt.
Judge Pratt granted an order yesterday COM
pelling Sas 3. Duucher assignee in bankruptcy
OF the Central Bank OF Brooklyn. which failed IN
1870, to satisfy the judgment obtained by Mr.. Jo-
seph H. Havens, ordering him to pay Mr.. Havens
$4,000, the amount deposited on the very day the
bank suspended. On the examination in aid Of
the execution II was shown tnat 1r. butcher had
$4,000 In the National City Bank.
Divorced.
The report OF the referee IN the suit brought by
John r. Muller against his wife Marietta. for abso
lutte divorce, IN favor Of the plaintiff, was con-
frmed by Judge Pratt yesterday. The parties
were duly married in 1858, in Monroe, orange
county, n. Y, but the following year she aban-
doned him, and is now living with one Daniel
Cooper No answer was put IN.
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COMMON PLEAs-sPECIAL TERM.
Decisions.

Decisions.
BY Judge Robinson.
Casey VS.. Curry.-Mot!on Denied with $40 costs.
BY Judge Loew.
Weed VS.. Cambreling Motion TO vacate injunc
tion granted without costs
LORD VS.. Turner.-Moron to discharge receiver
granted
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BROOKLYN COURT oALENDARs-TH1s DAY.

KINGS COUNTY CIRCUIT CoURT.-Nos. 81, II, 70, Z
&c. 49, So s4 s5 So, 81 49, 80, 81 49, o. 49, 80, 81,
&C. 1o0 1Ol, l04. los, log, 107, Ill, l12, 113, Ii
III, lis, 49, l22, l23, l24 126, l2, 12S, l33, l34
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CITY COURT.
Before Judge Reynolds.

Judge Reynolds, in the special Term Of this
Court, on motion or the counsel for Rev. Tunis
Titus Kendrick, Mr.. Il. D.. BIrdsall, granted an or.
der to open default and argue the question as to
the right OF the Court TO enJoin Mr.. Kendrlck from
preaching. An injunction was obtained against
the reverend gentleman last summer, at the time
OF his trial by the deacons OF the Grand street
Methodist church.
The New York herald., 1874-10-08

Fourth avenue. Mrs. Mckinley missed $50 In
money from her trunk There was nve dollar
gold piece among the money stolen. and this was
returned TO The owner by the girl she stating that
she mad found II on the moor. ON Mrs. McKinley's
aridayit sue was held IN 81, 900 bail 10 answer.
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SUPERIOR CoURT-GENERAL TERM.
DeclsiOus.

BY Judge Curtis.
Logan vs. Quinn.-undertakIDg approved.
Fellows vs. Muller ct al Referees report con-
nrmed and Judgment for sale OF mortgaged PREM
lses.
Durando ct al. VS.. Duncan.-Referee's report in
partition confirmed and judgment Ior sale, &c.
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COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR.

ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. I, 1874.
The following is the Court OF Appeals day caen-
dar for Thursday, Octooer S:-Nos l29 l60 LOG,
LIS, ia, 14l, l3s, 1885,
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AMUSEMENrs.

THRArRE ookIoUR q. ..no.nv
M 'osh h4SJ ho PxRisiIY sENsirioSo 1'0p's'0'
HARRI0AN JOHN WILD. WILLIAM CARTER,
and FRANK KERNs, WILLIAM GAYLORD,
HART CHARLES WHITE, JAMES BRADLEY,
Mr. and Mrs. A. h BRENNAN
Mr.. CHAS. SULLIVAN and Miss MAGGIE SEYMOUR.
Mons and Mile. DOMER,
VENUS aud AD0NIs.
Miss EMMA DAY. Miss KITTY O'NEIIS,
and the entire company In new biL
The Comic Drama,
WHO STOLE THE MONKEYY
MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
,,, ,n, MONDAY NEXT pv.w
miss JENNIE M ESGLE s DIAMOND AND .sp,rr Hr1rAHS'
HARRfGAN AND HART IN A NEW ACT.
OLYMPIC. ga BROADWAY.
Enthusiastic reception OF
:. NINE. BILLIONS GRAND BALLET.
NO raise in prices Secure seats in advance.
Evenings OF delight
at7l5 AMI Saturday matinee
o'clock.
rE.rupRv GRAND BALLET. v,vono~
,p,su rp,v RICKEY AND BARNEY;
ETHIOPIAN . ELEGANrEs-
AIsCHUNa MUsIKALICH.
ALBUM OF MELODY.
80 STAR ARTISTS IN GRAND OHIO
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VIrANTED-A RESIDENT GERMAN TEACHER UNI.
w yeysity graduate able to teach well his own ian.
guagc also 70 speak and teach French. Apply at Us
" est 18th a.
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yvANTBD--A MALE TEACHER. TO TAKE CHARGE
w of a Catholic school In the country must have a
good tenor voice and be able TO read music well as he
will be required in the choir. Address TENOR, las Her.
aid office
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AMUsEM krrx.

IN O. X. THORNE.. r..so. ana Manager
KIRAFLY,S CoMBINAT Lessee ana m nniar
key pR, ,pi:H gl tne DELOaE, or r ARADisE LOST.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-25

LUDIcRoUs USE OF THE WORD ''HE."- Highlanders have tho habit, when talking their English, interjecting the personal pronoun "he" where not required, such as ''The king he has come" ;" instead of s'The king has come" Often, in consequence, sentence is rendered ludicrous. A gen tleman says he has had the pleasure of list ening to the Rev. Mr.---Qet his locality be secret, and recently he began his dis course thus:
 ''My friends, you will find the subject of discourse this afternoon in the first Epistle general of the Apostle Peter, chap ter 5 and verse 8, in the words, 'The Devil he goeth about like roaring lion. seeking whom he may devour' Now, my friends, with your leave, we will divide the subject of our text to-day into four heads. First-'Who the Devil he wasp Secondly-We shall inquire Where the Devil he was? and Where the Devil he was going?' Thirdly-'Who the Devil he was seeking? Fourthly and lastly What the Devil he was roaring about?' g
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-25

CONVICT LIFE IN NEW CALEDoNIA.-A correspondent of the Southern Cross, who recently visited New Caledonia, commu- nicates some interesting facts about the convicts: "The convicts of New Caledo- mia number over 5000, and are mostly on the He des Pines, which is @ short dis tance to the southward of the mainland. Other convict settlements are scattered all round the coast. Owing to the late arrival of the communists these numbers will be considerably increased The con- vlcts are mostly employed on the roads. which round Noumea are in excellent con- dltlon, and on any government work that may be going on. They are at present retaining portion of the harbor, which when completed, will be of great value to the town of Noumea. The convicts are paid few sous day, part of which is retained until their term of sentence is ex- pired. They are not over-worked, and arc allowed to smoke-in fact, if anything, l should fancy that they have a better time of it than the soldiers who guard them. Some very clever carved Orna- ments, made out of wood and shells, are manufactured by the prisoners, who sell them to the stOrekeepers. Numbers of these curiosities find their way into the Sydney market. If a prisoner escapes a gun is fired, and any one-soldier or citi- zen-has carte blanche, if discovered, to shoot him dead. Several instances have occurred of convicts endea voring to escape, but they invariably have either been shot or drowned in attempting to swim across the coral reefs, although supposing they reached them, they could not get away, being surrounded by the sea. Any convict showing signs of insub- ordination, the guard have full power to shoot him on the spot. I think that this is wrong, for the guards may, and. it is said, have abused their power No doubt with view of soothing their savage breasts, the convicts are allowed to have brass band, and very good one it is. They perform once week, generally on a Saturday, in the town, to the great delec- tation of the inhabitants, and when we had bidden our French friends au revoir we could hear floating after us on the breeze the melodious strains of the con- vict band"
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-25

GREAT BRITAIN Two HUNDRED THOU SAND YEARS Aao.-In his new book on the glacial period, Mir. Geikee gives gloomy account of the former condition of things in northern Europe. It has been thus epitomized by the Spectator
 'sAn intensely severe climate prevailed in our hemisphere some two hundred thousand years ago. North Britain and Scandinavia were then united by vast system of glaciers, while the ice extended down to low attitudes in England as well as on the continent, through the interven, tlon of the various mountain ranges. To this Arctic period of sterilitY moro gen. ial time succeeded; plants, such as pine trees, grew in the south of England, and animals, such as the woolly rhinoceros and the great bear, appeared. Gradually, however, the climate grew warmer, the distinction between summer and winter became less marked, and, in consequence, the northern mammalia withdrew to more Arctic home. At last, kind of perpetual summer reigned, while the fauna of the country were marked by the introduction of the hippopotamus, the elephant, the lion, the tiger, the hyena.
 "Again series of changes occurs, and in the reverse order to that just given, until an Arctic climate has brought all life to an end. We cannot say how often such cold and warm periods were repeat ed, nor can we be sure in which of such warm periods the men that fashioned rude implements of stone first made their ap- pearance. It is likely that man arrived here as early as the mammoth and the rhinoceros, and his first coming may even have preceded the glacial epoch itself. | But it Is certain that he entered Britain during the last inter-glacial period, when | there were glaciers in our mountains and | Arctic mammalia in our valleys. He | witnessed the northern migration of these | animals and the advent of the southern mammalia. Then came period of sub mergence, when the British islands were well-nigh drowned in the sea. After that the last cold period began, and in what remained of England it is not likely the paleolithic man still fingered. But the British islands again rose from the waves; the treeless land was soon invaded by the reindeer, the Arctic fox, and the lem ming, and then the neolithic man entered upon the scene. So vast lapse of time separates the men whose implements were roughly chipped from stone, from those whose implements were laboriously fash toned and polished. Gradually the eli mate still further improved, plants be- came more numerous and luxuriant, the animals of Arctic regions were replaced by the OK and the sheep, while man himself slowly progressed, until he discarded stone for bronze, and ultimately discov- cred the mode of working iron. Thus we reach the dawn of that human history the records of which arc more varied, and at the same time more easy to decipher than the obscure relics of the non-historic ages."
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-25
Young America lives at Maiden. Mass

Young America lives at Maiden, Mass,
 and is only thirteen years old. He last
 winter took the job of cleaning his fa- ther's door-steps for fifty cents, and sub-
 let it to three other boys for tenscents
 each. The other day he had thirteen
 boys at work picking blue violets, for which he was to pay one cent bunch of one hundred violets, and the day after he took his violets in basket to Boston, and on O street corner sold them all out for ten cents Q bunch, making $2.5O by the operation. e.....--... .e'l' --. ..-.9-
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-25

A PoCKETBooK FULL OF MONEY FISH ED UP BY OYsTERMEN.- Tuesday, the l7th inst, during a remarkable low tide, two brothers, Ira and Asa Curtiss, oyster men, residing in New Haven, were engag- | cd on tie east side of the harbor, near the lighthouse, digging for hard shell | clans, Q work pertaining to thelr line. The water was several feet deep, and their | attention was attracted to peculiar look ing object within the teeth of the tongs l as they were raised up to the side of the boat. An examination disclosed the fact that 1t was Q pocketbook, within which were several pieces of American gold and silver coin, in Q good state of preservation and Q large roll of bills. These, as is thought, will amount to $1,00O, and to- day an attempt was made to separate them-not an easy task, as the pocket book had been under water at least ten years. The bills, so far as determined, are of large denominations, mostly green backs of the earlier issues and State bank bills. They are reduced to Q mass of pulp, and must be handled with the greatest care. Remains of paper docu- ments once written on were also found, but nothing by which the name of the loser or the exact date of the loss could be | determined.
 The general supposition is that the pocketbook belonged to passenger on some steamer plying between New Ha- ven and New York, and that he must have accidentally dropped his treasure overheard. This idea is strengthened from the fact that the book was found near the channel where the steamers of the New Haven line pass up and down the harbor. The Messrs. Curtiss are con- fident that the bills can be successfully separated, and that they will be redeem able, in which case they can say to their fellows that Tuesday gave them the big gest ''fnd" ever known in the history of Connecticut fishermen, inasmuch as it is doubtful if the unfortunate loser will ever appear to claim his property.