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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
Oyster Sharps in Congress.

The oyster is Washington's most popular food. It is great favorite among public men. To most of them the fresh, juicy oys- ter of Washington is novelty. The vest erners and the members from the interior of the south, speaking generally, never saw an oyster in any shell except that made of tin until they came to the capital. Their stay here always kills their taste for canned oys- ters. For three hours in the middle of every day the two restaurants at the Capitol are crowded with members and senators, stand ing or sitting before heaps of Lynn Ravens and Blue Points.
 few months after the beginning of his term in congress and in oyster eating the back country member becomes extremely particular about the nativity and freshness of the bivalves set before him. He likes to have a wondering and admiring listener on such occasions a constituent in a state of primitive greenness on the oyster subject Some of the congressional walters, always decorous and patient, have to provide them selves with large sleeves in which to hide the laughter that such experiences inevitably excite. It is a fad like unto that adopted by an occasional callow shipper snapper who questions and discusses the wines that were born a century before he was. = Boston Globe,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26

MT and Mrs F. E, Cross of this city are in Washington, D. c.
 The Barrenther family of Winsted, gave very pleasant entertainment before a fair sized audience at Concordia hall last evening.
 The New York Clipper says that Jimmy Hughes of this city has joined the Barnum show, and that A. w. Fox will join J. H. Greys Oriental show May l.
 The regular meeting of the Ansantawe encampment will not be held this evening on account of the visit of local Odd Eel lows to Bridgeport.
 Johnny West, for some time porter of the Franklin house, left to-day for New London. He will leave Newport in a few days on a yachting cruise, going out as a cabin boy.
 The fuss Meriden is kicking up about the new express train leads Waterbury business men to inquire of Superintendent Beach as to when that express from Wat erbury to New York will be placed on the time table.
 Poquonnock lodge, I. o. o. F. of Bridge port will to night entertain Waterbury Odd Fellows, chiefly from Nosahogan lodge, also members of the order from Nauga- tuck and other down the valley towns. The Waterbury party will leave on the 7:31 p. m. train, returning on special train which will leave Bridgeport shortly after midnight
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
THOUSANDS OF GRANITE PAYERS.
Waterbury and Danbury Receiving Bel
 gian RJocJs at this Port.


 gian Blocks at this Port.
 Says the Bridgeport News: As has alread y been stated Danbury is receiving 6,Ooo tons of Belgian block paving stones by vessels to this harbor and thus by rail to that town. About half the consignment has arrived and more vessels are expected daily This stone comes from down Cape Ann way Waterbury is going to lay 4,O00 tons of block paving and the stone is to be brought here by vessels and shipped to Waterbury by, rail, via, the Housatonic and New York x New Eng land road. The schooner Collins arrived yesterday with the first cargo, and was left at the Naugatuck wharf by mistake, supposing the stone was to go up the Naugatuck road to Waterbury. It is claimed that since the Naugatuck road passed into control of the Consolidated by lease, freight rates are so high that this stone can be sent over the Housatonic and New England cheaper. The Waterbury store comes from Stonington. Blakeslee & Son who paved Bridgeport are doing the iob
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
THE DERBY CONNECTIONS.
T be Completed by August 1-The Ad- ditional Facilities for Passengers and Freight.

T be Completed by August 1-The Ad-
 ditiona1 Facilities for Passengers and
 Freight.
 The work of extending the New Haven and Derby railroad so as to furnish import ant connections with the New England and Housatonic systems, says the New Haven Register, will be completed and through trains will be running by August 1. One of the great results to be attained by this connection will be the facilities for reach ing the west By leaving on the 10 m. train. connection can be made at Albany with the limited for Chicago. New Haven people who travel by the Chicago limited are now obliged to leave for New York early in the morning. By taking the Der by train three hours will be saved. At Al bany special car of the New Haven train will be attached to the limited and run through to Chicago, whenever of sufficient number of passengers offer In fact this connection of the Derby with New Eng land system will afford all the facilities for through freight and passengers which have been promised, besides opening up new and large territory for local trade. The new connection will also offer direct route for running excursion trains from New Haven to Parlor rock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
THE CHOIR FESTIVAL.
Last Evenings Entertainment Second
 Grand Success.

Last Evenings Entertainment a Second
 Grand Success.
 The attendance at the second nights en- tertainment of the Sacred Heart church choir, was larger than on the preceding evening, every seat in city hall being occu- pied The programme opened with a cho- rus by the choir "Where Wavelets Ripped Gaily," very difficult composition which was well rendered. A quartette composed of Mrs. Bergin, Miss Farrell, Messrs. Daily and Strong rendered two selections which were we'll received and elicted loud ap- plause. The principal feature of the en- tertainment was comic opperetta, ''The Lottery Ticket" in which Messrs. J. F. Morris, D. J. Dunn and Mrs. Wolff and Bergin appeared. The singing was excel lent, and the ma le-up of all four of the characters could not be improved d upon. A duet, "The Burial at Sea-" by Messrs Daly and Monahan was well re- ceived. A solo by Miss Maggie Farrell was next on the programme. She sung '"The Song That Reached My Heart," and for encore, Marguerite" The musical part of the programme closed with chorus, "Among the Lilies." After the entertain ment the floor was cleared for dancing and the festivities were kept up until II 80. This evening in addition to the comic operetta, "A New Years Reception" there will be presented an entire change of pro- gramme in solos, duets and quartettes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
HOUGH DISCHARGED
The Charges do not Hold Water, but iS Ra.arrest ed on a New Warrant.

The Charges do not Hold Water but he
 is Re-arrested on New Warrant.
 The first case called in the superior court this morning was that of William E. Hugh charged with embedding the funds of Chatfeld camp, s. of ", while an officer of that organization. Attorney Root, coun- sel for the prisoner, entered demurrer on the grounds that it was not an incorpora- ted association. Attorney Terry read the laws in relation to voluntary and incorpo- rate associations. The court at length re- viewed the laws and held that the demur- Ter must be sustained but that the state could make an amendment to the com plaint.
 A number of officers testified that she had the reputation of keeping such house. The defense introduced number of Mrs Bantel's neighbors who swore to her good standing amongst them and that she al ways kept very quiet place. Shortly be- fore 12 o'clock the judge charged the jury and excused them until o'clock.
 The court discharged Hough on these two charges but he was immediately ar rested by officer Dodds on warrant charg- ing him with taking the money from sev- eral members whose names are given ir the warrant as being members of the camp
 During the recess at noon w. H. Scoville charged with forgery was put to plead o1 the charge of trying to obtain money under false pretente instead of the original charge of forgery. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 31 days in jail
 The case of Orrin R. Hawley, the South bury negro, charged with seduction, was continued until the next term.
 The case of Mrs Catherine Bantel o1 Canal street, charged with keeping house of ill-fame, was called. Chief Eagan testi Cd +~ 41,o foti of hot torney O'Neil, who defended Mrs Bantel asked the chief what the neighbors had tc say about the place. The chief was under the impression that large number o1 them looked on seemingly with closed eyes, Officer Dodds testified that he saw several women of questionable character frequenting the place.
 The jury considered the case against Mrs Catherine Bantel about fifteen minutes, re turning 8 verdict of guilty. Attorney | O'Neil immediately made motion for al arrest of judgment on the ground that the complaint did not a1lege that the prisoner kept house of ill-fame at the time she was arrested. The court will hear the mo tion tomorrow morning and sentence was deferred until that time.
 The court then adjourned until 9:30 a m. tomorrow.
 The iurv in the case of John Donovan charged with being tramp, disagreed afte: an hours deliberation. The case of Charles Cunningham, charged with being traml was thrown out on account of the nam William instead of George being writer in the complaint. Attorney Terry nollet the cases of Robert Burns John O'Brien John Donovan, John Sullivan, William Carney, Frederick Wagner, all charged with being tramps, and they were givel their liberty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
STRANGE SYSTEM OF SIGNS.

How Convicts Communicate in Spite or
 Close Surveillance-An Example.
 Incidents that must necessarily follow from intercommunication often happen in penl- tentiaries, where the rules are rigid and sur veillance so close that @ convict is never from under the eye of a guard or taskmas- ter. No matter to what extreme the rule prohibiting conversation between convicts may be enforced, they find some means by which to inform themselves of what is going OH or what is to occur. But, more than this, a convict may conceive the idea of escape or revolt, and for him to communicate it to ore he wishes to have as an accomplice is not difficult They bring others into the plot or plan until twenty or thirty know it, in the details for the carrying out of which each is assigned his particular part. This necessi- tates a thorough explanation of the minutiB and calls fora system of communication for which limited use of signs would not an swer.
 The system, whatever it is, involves no doubt an elaboration of signs, aided when ever chance offers the means by written com munication. The secret use of the latter means for expressing ideas and purposes will not account for the completeness of informa- tion convicts obtain of what takes place in prison walls, for, whether anything occurs in
  son, within fifteen minutes there is not con- vict who does not know all about it. Peni- tentiary officials have tried again and again to obtain even clew to the system, but they are no nearer solution than when they first began to investigate the matter. They know there is system, and that it rests on signs. but whether on those made with fingers, eyes and lips, or the bringing into play of other features, or whether it depends on all to- gether, they do not know. Prisoners, to curry favor with the officials, often tell them what they have learned from other convicts. They go to especial trouble at times in expos ing plots, and are ready to reveal everything except the means by which they learned the facts. No convict has yet given the slightest suggestion which would lead to the discovery of the secret that has defied the shrewdest de- tectives.
 "I have seen," said an ex-prison official, 1.-two convicts, six feet apart, facing each other They did not utter word nor could l discern the slightest movement of the lips or eyes, yet knew they were communicat- ing something. They gazed at each other for minute or two before had chance to in terfere, but am satisfied that one told the other all he wished to tell. Three or four of them will be standing around stove or to- gether in other places of the prison, and yet with sufficient distance between them to lead one to think that they have nothing in com- mon, but while there is not the least sign of conversation observable they are talking to each other in their own way."-Indianapolis Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
KILLED BY-THE CARS.
Bridgeporter Hit by an Express Train
 Last Night.

Bridgeporter Hit by an Express Train
 Last Night.
 A shocking accident occurred near Bar num's winter quarters, Bridgeport, last night. The express out of New York had reached point 8 few rods this side of sharps's old factory, when the engineer noticed man immediately ahead of the locomotive and in fearfully dangerous proximity thereto At the rate the train was going it was simply impossible to avoid the catastrophe, ,and in an instant the man was struck and rolled under the wheels.
 The victim was subsequently, identified as George Rabstak of East Bridgeport. He is a Slovenian by birth and was about % years of age. He was employed in a roll ing mill and was returning from work at the time the accident occurred. The din her pail which he carried was found a con- siderable distance away while his hat was found further on. His skull was crushed, his left leg horribly mutilated near the hip and other portions of the body mangled. He was man of temperate habits and leaves a wife and child.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
IN A HARTFORD DIVE AT SEVENTEEN A Young Girl Enticed to Join the Capitol
 City Demi Monde.

Ida Lewis and Lizzie Martin, two Hart ford women, are under bonds awaiting trial on charge of enticing a 17year-old Waterb bury girl to @ Hartford dive on Market street, and the young girl is also under bonds to appear as witness against the women. Officer Dodds brought the women from Hartford yesterday and they were in the police court this morning. They are unpre- possessing and their attire was far from what would be considered tidy. Prosecut- ing Attorney Burpee was not ready to try the cases this morning and they were ad- journed. The women claim they are in nocent of the charge and say they will be represented by counsel at the trial. The police were very reticent about the case and efforts were made to suppress the case by the parties interested. The young girls name is kept from the public for obvious reasons.
 How the women enticed the girl away from home is not known, but it is said she was found in one of the worst dives in Hartford and that the women were found in the same place, which they claim was a tenement which they had hired and did not have the reputation of being house of ill-repute.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
Died in the Lookup.

A strange death occurred at the New Ha- ven lookup shortly after midnight. Michael Ankner, a well known New Havener, went in and asked for lodging about eight o'clock, which request was granted. He lay down on the bench and was apparently all right. Shortly before one o'clock the other inmates saw that something was the matter with him. He was attacked with a violent hemorrhage of the lungs and in two or three minutes he was a corpse.
 Why Mary where did you get that Pho tograph takens At Spencer's, isn't it splendid!
 For bargains either in Pianos or Organs call on B. Shoninger S Go. See adv.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
Sacred Vessels Found Buried.

Some Williamantic boys, while strolling through the woods near that place last Saturday found the cup, base and cover of a ciborium in which the sacrament is kept in the altar, and the base of a chalice. From the nature of the ground, the articles were evidently not long buried It is thought that they are sacred vessels that were stolen from a Putnam Catholic church about year ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
ADJUSTMENTS.
Miss Kate PurSSeli.

Miss Kate Purssen will be at the opera house tomorrow evening in ''Calamity Jane" Q sensational drama. Miss Purssell is not known to Waterbury theater goers. She was for several years great favorit e in the Baldwin Theater Stock company of San Francisco. She is we'll known in New York city, Boston, Chicago and other principal cities and is drescribed as being very handsome woman whose com manding appearance makes most favor able impression both on the stage and in private life. Her appearance and style of acting is particularly suited for such part of brave, desperate woman as Calamity Jane
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
EVENTS THIS EVENING.

SOCIETY MEETINGS Harmony Lodge, F. & A.M. ,Wadhams Post, G. A. R., Ansantaw8 Encamp- ment, I. o. o. F., Court Hancock, A. o. F.
 ENTERTAINMENTs-Third night of the musical festival of the Sacred Heart church choir at City Hall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26

Good bargains in Organs good as n easy terms, B. Shoninger & Co, See a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26

Excellent secondhand Upright Pianos, little used, B. Shoninger &. Go. See adv.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
Denman Thompson.

The opera house was packed last night, and when the curtain rose on the first scene in Denman Thompson's new play 'The Old Homestead" one could hardly get his nose within doors. Was it an en- thusiastic audience? That is just the kind Den Thompson and his company always draw here. Was it good natured audience? We should like to see the man that was attacked with melancholia while Den and his company were on the stage. It is useless to say anything favorable about the performance or the excellent company, and it is impossible to say any thing in the way of criticism, unless we speak for the more fastidious and suggest that Anthony Comstock lives less than a hundred miles from Waterbury. Den man Thompson is the same quaint old rustic, and in Walter Lennox and George A. Beane he has secured excellent men. But with all their talent the star does not suffer by comparison. The entire com pany is we'll selected and comprises a versatility of talent seldom seen in one evening on the stage
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
Weather.

Weather. For Connecticut-Warmer, fair weather, light to fresh southwesterly winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-26
Maud Banks,

' Her Evil Genius," one of the most en- tertaining society plays now on the stage, will be given at the opera house Monday night. The play has never been seen here, but Miss Banks has; and the belief that she has deserved the high praise bestowed upon her in this play will tend to draw large house at her performance.
 Louis James as Othel1o.
 Louis James, supported by Miss Marie Wainright will present Shakesperes great play, Othello at the opera house Wednes- day evening.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-02
The dregs of society come to the top
when the world is shaken up.
A Warning.

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various, and statistics show conclusively
that more persons die from diseases OF
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1t is probable that everyone, without ex-
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start into life and develop, at first slowly
and is shown by slight tickling sensa'
ton in the throat and II allowed to con-
tinue their ravages they extend to the
lungs producing Consumption and to
the head, causing Catarrh. Now all this
is dangerous and if allowed to proceed
will in time cause death. At the onset
you must act with promptness following
cold to go without attention is danger
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-02
CAMPAIGN JINGVISM.

Remarkable Contrasts Betwecn Some oil
Cleveland's A cts-The. BystOriC..D emagoG1
that has Seized Him.
l'ttIbarga DispaseA, tI"l.i
It is hardly possible that the keen
good sense OF the country can fail to OBJ
serve some OF the remarkable contrasts
that are afforded by the illumination
against Lord Sackville and the previous
diplomatic record OF the administration.
The suggestion made thereby not only ex-
tends TO the blusterous attitude assumed
Just before election time, but djsCloses
remarkable estimate on the part Of the
administration us to the relative import.
ance of protecting the dignity and inter.
ests OF the United States abroad and of
catching votes in the close States.
The vessels OF citizens Of the United
States were captured in Canada, and
their property Contiscated, on question
able grounds. But it was possible for
the administration to negotiate on that
matter for over year, in an exceedingly
leisurely manner.
American citizens have been impris.
oned by the Spanish officials in Cuba;
and the Government has exhibited II
MAJ ked degree OF patience aud conserv-
atism in trying topersuade the Castilian
mind that such actions are unnecessary.
American interests in the gold districts
OF Venezuela have been cnCroached upon
by the British Colonial Government OF
Guiana, according to definite allegations;
but Secretary Bayard has not considered
that worth any bellicose manifestoes.
Germany has seized the Samoan Islands
with characteristic disregard OF the rights
and interests OF the United States; but
the American eagle did not scream with
any significant righteousness.
But when Lord Sackville is deceived
into an unfortunate and misjudged fit OF
candor that may cost the adunistra-
ton few votes, no time can be spent
in negotiation OF waiting to see how
friendly Government will correct the
blunder. Such IN unintentional injury
to the political prospects OF Mr.. Cleye-
land as candidate will permit none OF
the marked conservatism and leisurely |
treatment which followed the enCroach-
ments Of foreign powers upon the real
interests and material rights OF the
United States. Like the Chinese mud
die, this remarkable exhibition OF inter
national rudeness and stupidity indi-
Gates that neither consistency or care Tor
the dignity or commercial interests OF
the United States weigh a scruple with
the Administration against the present
great desideradum OF vote-catching.
But it remains to be seen whether
such palpable and hysteric demagogy |
will not rcpcl more votes than it at
tracts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-02

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