Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-11
A Queer Fish.
A Great Rarity i'm These waters.

A Great Rarity i'm These W@teFS' A queer fish was caught in Long Island Sound of Guilford by Captain Ralph Hill, a well known expert fisherman of that town, in one of his pounds and was sent by him to this city yesterday by Express Messenger Norton correspondent writes concerning it:
 A curious fish was brought to MT: Q. ": Bradleys msaare four nine length an about twelve inches in width. In general shape it was like shiny scales. Its mouth opened on the top of it's nose, similar to the mouth of shark in shape, and color. The mouth was without teeth, but rough like sand-paper. It was certainly wonder to all and or could give it name. It was S tsfen to the Pea body Museum. =
 The fish above described, after short ex- hibition of it at MT. Bradley's, was taken to A. Foote $ Co.'s market, and to solve the mystery the firm sent it to Yale's distin- guished professor of zoology and curator of the geological collection, Professor Verrlll, who immediately pronounced it as fish Of the Tarpum or Big Eye variety, which IS usually found in the Gulf of Mexico and sel- dom strays into Long Island Sound. The mystery solved, the fish was triumphantly brought sback to A. Foote & Co.'s, where 1t remained on exhibition during the rest of the day and in the evening, attracting much notice from many people.
 Personal.
 Attorney W. c. Case left yesterday for an extended vacation trip. He will visit Hali- fax and other cities down East MT. F. H. TruesdeIl and wife are at Cape May and will remain there several weeks: He is the agent of the Associated Press.
 Mir. George Streit, formerly leader of the American band, starts today for trip to Washington and further South, and to cities of the West.
 Hervey s. Nettleton, who was taken to Boston on requisitien from Governor But. Ter and tried in thst city on charge of eon% spiracy returned to his home in Milford Monday night.
 William H. Vanderbilt and his family and some friends, numbering in all fourteen per sons, passed through here yesterday in the Vanderbilt family drawing room car on their way to Newport where they will remain for the summer.
 John M. Hill, of Middletown, member of Go. A, Twenty-fourth 0. V, in the late war, died at the hospital Monday afternoon of 8 complication of diseases, and yesterday his remains were taken to Middletown for inter- ment by delegation of Grand Army men.
 MT. John A. Maher, of the western postal service. son of Major Maher, was in town on a flying visit Monday.
 The ChlorOformtng by Burglars in Am
 sonia.
 Henry B. Trench and wife, residing on Colburn Hill, West Ansonia, were chloro- formed in their bedroom early Monday morning by two burglars, who removed his clothing down stairs and took from his pocket purse containing $327.5O. One of them answers to the description of the mo- torious Bill Davis. MT. French came from Northferd to Ansonia month ago and pur- chased his place from c. B. Wooster. He built barn and made other improvements, to pay for which he raised the money out of the National bank there Saturday, and some days previous from Cheshire bank The report that Davis and his wife had anything to do with it is not generally believed. After thorough search Monday by officers not the slightest cIew could be obtained of him or his wife being in the vicinity. He is well known in Ansonia and it is almost impossible for him to be there without someone notic- ing him. The description Mir. French gives of the two that called Sunday to get $2O bill changed answers that of Davis and his wife, but the same description was given of parties who were implicated in other robber- ies throughout the State which resulted in the arrest of Davis and his wife and after wards their discharge.