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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
AN INVENTORS MAD FIT.
He Stabs His JaiIer and Then Commits
Suicide.

He Stabs His JaiIer and Then Commits
Suicide.
CAMDEN, N. j., Aug. 14.-About mid
night William Spellman, an inventor,
confined in the county jail, made des
perate attempt to murder Andrew Rob
inson, one of the night jailers. SPELL
man then committed suicide by cutting
his throat.
Spellman lived at 24S Mount Vernon
street, but he has been in jail for several
months awaiting trial on a charge of OBJ
tanning money b. false pretenses for IL
ing the right to 9 patent railroad switch
to several different parties.
He spent his time in prison perfecting
another patent switch, and would work
for hours on a pretty model he had in
cell 81 on the lower eastern corridor.
While Night Jafler Robinson was
making his rounds, Spellman called on
him to bring the model, as he could not
sleep and wished to do some work.
Robinson brought the nearly COM
pleted fac smile of a railroad track and
switch, and opening the door stopped
down to hand it to the prisoner.
Just then SpeIlman raised his han d
and plunged a black-handled penknife,
with long, sharp blade, into the top of
Robinson's skull
The taller was stunned for moment
pull himself out of the cell and shut the
door, He then crawled to the Jail en-
trance, where he called for help. Head
Night Jailer Johnta ran to Spellman's
cell and found the inventor lying on the
floor in a pool of blood with his throat
cut from ear to ear. The penk nife with
which he had done both deeds was lying
by his side.
The windpipe, both jugular veins and
the carotid artery were completely sew
cred, and nearly all the blood was out of
his body. Spellman was taken to the
| Cooper Hospital, where he died early
this morning.
An examination of Jailer Robinson's
| wound showed that tie knife blade had
| gone nearly through the skull and in
flicted scalp wound three inches long.
He was weak from loss of blood, but not
fatally injured.
In Spellmsn's cell was found the fol
| lowing blood-stained note:
81 want to see my wife at 549 Mt. Yer
| non street. Please send me to the hos
pital."
The note had apparently been written
| after the man cut his throat.
Spellman evidently intended to kill
Robinson and secure the keys and escape =,
but, finding he was baked, determin ed
| on suicide
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
LEPBRS IN NEW YORK
Victims of the Scourge Cannot
be Isolated.
CH1NAMEN CREATE TROUBLE.
They Demand the Release of Two of Their
Oountrymen.

The Contagious Nature of the Dis"a~e
Over Two Loathsome CreatureS-They
Are Allowed at Largo Although Lepers
of the Most Pronounced Type.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14-Dr. Edison yes
terday received a report from Charity
Hospital stating that the two Cinnamon
who were taken there on Monday last
from Mott street were suffering from
genuine leprosy The lepers are Ong
Now Toy, a Chinese fan tan gambler, of
No. "a Mott street, and Tsang Ding, of
No. 81 Mott street. Both are afflicted
with another loathsome disease besides
eprosy.
Ong Now Toy was found at his home
by Dr. Edison last Sunday. The doctor
was unable to tell by a cursory examina-
don whether it was q genuine case of
eprosy. On Monday Tsang Ding was
reported as a suspected leper. Dr. Blau-
Welt found his case similar to Toys. DR..
Edison decided to send them both to Char
ity Hospital.
Yesterday morning a number of China =
men, friends of the lepers, called on the
Commissioners of Charities and Correc-
ton and demanded their release. Com
missioner Sheehy declared that the Com
missioners ha d no authority to hold the
men unless they were committed to the
institution by some magistrate and this
had not been done. Accordingly Tsang
Ding w. given his liberty yesterday af-
ternoon, and Ong Moy Toy was released
this morning.
As the situation now stands it will be
a fight between the commissioners of
charities and correction and the board of
health. President Edison and DR.. Will
son, of the board of health, believe that
leprosy is contagious.
The hospital doctors and the commits
sioners claim that If leprosy is conta-
gious the city should provide an isolated
hospital for it's special treatment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
AN UNKNOWN CITY.


Superstition?
Mysterious cities, hedged in by bar
barian jealousy, and covered deep un-
der the reserve of fear, lie in secure
corners of the old world, and hints are
now and then heard that their counter
parts may be found upon this side of
the sea. The latest is located in Mex
leo, and has been described to re-
porter of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
During the frequent visits have
made to Mexico" said a mining engi-
neer, 81 have come in contact with
many of the Indians resident there and
have heard some very singular stories,
One, which all the Indians unite in tell
ing, is that far in the interior exists an
enormous city, Rover yet visited by
white men. 1t is described as peopled
by race similar to the ancient Aztecs,
who are sun worshipers and offer hui
man sacrifices to their diety.
1.-THE race is said to be in high state
Of civilization, and the Indians say that
the city is full of huge structures which
are miracles of quaint but beautiful
architecture, and are situated on broad,
paved streets far surprising those
of the City of Mexico.
Zone Indian, / recollect, assured me
that he had seen the city and it's inhab-
itants with his own eyes, but had been
afraid of being captured and had fed.
OF course, / did not believe him, but,
all the same, it is not little strange
that the accounts of the Mexican In
dams relative to the mysterious and
magnificent interior city agree per
fcctlv"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
A Beau of 1929.

When granpa went a-wooing,
He wore a satin vest,
A trail of running roses
Embroidered on the breast.
The pattern of his trousers,
His linen, white and fine,
Were all the latest fashion
In eighteen twenty-nine.
Grandpa was tine-looking young fell
low then, SO the old ladies say, and he is
a fine-looking old gentleman now. For
the past score of years he has been a
firm believer in the merits of DIR Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. cit renewed
my youth" he frequently says. 1t is the
only blood purifier and liver invigorator
guaranteed to benefit or to cure, or
money promptly refunded. 1t cures
liver disease, dyspepsia ,scrofulous sores,
skin eruptions, and all diseases of the
blood. For lingering coughs and con-
sumption (Which is lung-scrofula in its
early stages it is an unparalleled remedy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
TIRED OF PLUN0iNG.
Spectator Partridge Loses Nearly Q
Million Dollars In Chicago.

speculator Pardridga Loses Nearly .
Million Dollars in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14-Ed Partridge, the
plunger, has settled his affairs with the
Board of Trade and his enormous loss,
amounting to nearly $4,000 if net
more. is now thing OF the past. His
check for more than 100000, which is
the largest that has passed the Clearing
House for many day, was handed in
before 10 a. m.
1t is quite possible that with the specu-
lator's settlement the Board of Trade has
seen the last of him, but he does not au-
thorize this statement. He simply does
not know whether he will ever trade
again or not. "Financially I am al
right said Mr.. Partridge, otherwise
am-well, got beat, but it was not by
the market. Somebody is behind this
thing, but they won't catch ME that way
again. No, 1 never said I would quit
trading. What did say was that had
played the limit-plunged, I guess they
call it-and didn't intend to play that
way any more. And that's the tru tn.
won't let 'em get me again" Mr.. Pard-
ridge said he was still possessed of an
income of $4,000 year from what re-
manned of his fortune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
MURDERED AT HIS DESK,

A Coal Dealer Horribly Mutilated by o
-. Negro.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14.-Job Haas, 8
coal dealer, corner of Gorgas Lane and
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway,
was murdered at his desk about o'clock
in the morning. His head was crushed
in. The murder is supposed to have
been done by a colored man who was
seen about the place.
The furniture of the office was upset
aud broken, and the walls and floor
were covered with blood, and there was
every indication that Haas murderer
h ad had fearful tussle before accom-
plishing his purpose.
From the appearance of the body it Is
thought that Haas slayer had struck
him on the head with heavy club and
stunned him. Then he finished him
with Ratchet.
Both weapons were found on the floor
near by
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Seven convicts escaped from the stock
ade at Briceville, Tenn.
Ex-President Cleveland has declined to
be present at the Bennington Monument
Celebration.
Joseph Brothers & Co., of Chicago,
whose creditors are chiefly in New York,
have failed for 100000.
English shipbuilders are making i'm
quiries concerning whaleback steamers
of the builder at Cleveland, Ohio.
The 5-year- old son of Charles Adams
of Ashland, Mass, who was treated at
the Pasteur Institute, New York, for hy-
drophobia, has died of that disease.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14

IN a sermon preached in the Twenty
third Baptist church of New York city
recently, Rev DIR Oaks of New Hamp
shire said the most sensible thing that
has been said of the negro by any New
England clergyman in many a long
day. In his opinion as there expressed
the negro is "a good citizen who will
get along all right if he is let alone by
his friends, who are decidedly too
numerous" If there is anything more
worthless or more vicious than white
man who has been spoiled by coddling
and petting, it is pet negro No one
could possibly be greater or more
troublesome idiot than the white man
who sets up for privileged character
in his community, but the pet negro
would be if anybody could. And for a
quarter of century now the negro's
fool friends have been trying to make a
pet of him. They began by promising
him "forty acres and mule prom
Use in connection with which they
graciously took charge of his small saw
ings and kept them so well that, con-
fiding as he was, he learned some little
of the lesson that it costs dearly to be
coddled. Then they petted him in poll
tics until he had voted on himself in
sundry steals of which he hardly got
the picked bones for his share such a
burden of state and county d., bit that
with the communities of which he is a
part, he has suffered for twenty years
on account of 1T.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
SEDGWICK,


The store No SO Bank street (now 115)
which l have occupied for the past six
years being too limited to accommodate
the steady increase of trade, necessitated
more commodious quarters, consequently
have leased for term of years the store
directly in the rear (Meigs' new block and
running to South Main street, and have
lust completed an addition connecting the
two stores. making it one continuous room
extending from Bank to South Main
street, with an entrance on both streets.
The new store in Meigs' block has been
nicely fitted and furnished, making it the
most elegant Fine Tailoring parlors in
New England, and will be used exclusive
v as Custom Department.
The front store has been extensively i'm
proved and will be occupied as Mems
Furnishing Department, making two dis
tinct departments and making each de-
dartment attractive and roomy.
The Mems Furnishing department is now
OVERLOOKING with all the novelties of the
season. The goods are Fresh, New, De-
sirable and Cheap, and as an especial in
ducement for those who desire Fancy
Shirt for spring 1 am offering Cluett q
Coon's Crown Monarch Shirts which have
always been sold for 81. so at 95cents.
The Custom Department as usual is
stocked with more extensive and elaborate
line than any tailoring establishment in
Conn, consisting of all the latest and most
desirable Suitings, Overcoatings and
Trouserings the market affords, my trous
erings are unusually fne) and no effort
will be spared to please. The garments
will be turned out in the most approved
style, and made by the most skilled work
men.
The public are invited to call and look
at my mammoth stock and beautiful store.
It will be a pleasure to show you.
Entrance 115 Bank St, formerly 93) and
104 South Main St. Respectfully,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14


They cannot be seen with the naked
eye, but they may be removed by the
edge of sharp instrument and put on the
slide of microscope. They are rather
oval in shape and have wonderful
power of reproduction. Supposing a
child touches leaf or stem with it's
hand or wrist; five or six of the para
sites get upon the skin, budding close
together and remaining in the same
spot for hours. The child does not feel
them and cannot see them, but the
pests at once begin to burrow under
the skin, feeding and building nests.
In short space of time they have in
creased thousand fold, after which
they all move about making little set
Elements all over the body, turning
the skin rough and red and producing
torment of itching.
These parasites are communicated
even by shaking hands, though the
bacillus (Which it really is) will not
burrow so readily in the skin of an adult
as in the softer skin of child. l have
known about eighty per cent. of a
school consisting of nearly sixty pupils
to be contaminated by one small boy
who had the rash of poison ivy upon his
wrist. He was the only one in the
school who had been in the woods and
he had brushed through brush of
poison ivies.
1t may be stated that there are six
species of the sumach, all of them being
pretty common in the eastern states; but
only two of this group are poisonous,
namely the Rhus toricodcdron and the
Rhus oenenatd. The first one of these
bears the popular name of poison ivy and
is not generally considered to be a
sumach, owing to it's peculiar method of
growth. 1t is likewise known as the poi
son-oak, itch-leaf and by other local
designations, for it appears in a great
variety of form, these varieties differing
so widely that careless observer would
see no esemblance.
For example, one branch of this FAM
| lily grows in the open meadow and is a
| thick shrub with leaves resem bling the
oak; another twines around the trunk
of a tree having a hairy, brown stem
| covering limbs and bole, sticking very
close to its support, and you will find it
branching off like a bramble bush COM
pletely covering rocks or fallen trees.
| This ivy is fond of fences and stone
walls, covering both thiclzly almost after
the manner of Virginia creepers and
Scotch and other ivies, but it does not
cling so close to wall but branches
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
DON'T TOUCH THEM.
Parasites That Thrive the Best
on Human Blood.
Poisonous Plants That Children Should
Be Taught to Avoid-How to Distin-
guish TInwholesome Plants from
Harmless Ones.
COPYRIGHT, 1871

I want to tell the hundreds of thou
sands of persons, young and old, who
are abroad at this season everywhere
through the woods and fields, about
certain poisonous plants that they
should avoid.
In order to avoid plant it is necessa-
ry to know it when you see it, and it
can only be known by reading about it,
and then going out into the fields and
determining it. The information and
the drawings in this article should be
studied carefully, especially by chill
dren, and then h carefully observing
bushes and shrubs when ram bling about,
the poisonous ones can be easily avoided.
Everyone does not know the mean
ing of the term ''poison ivy" They do
know that in a little while after touch
ing the leaves or branches of poison
Gus tree or ivy, vivid red rash appears
on the hand, wrist or leg, and then
spreads over the whole body. A micro
scopist removes little of the rash, puts
it on the slide of his microscope, and
under glass with a magnifying power
of three hundred diameters sees an
active little parasite. This parasite
lives in millions ON the poisonous
tree or plant, but when the leaf or stalk
where they cluster is touched by ones
hand or wrist, a score or more of them
may be found clinging to the skin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
Expensive Perfume.

A young lady went into drug store
at Belfast, Me-, the other evening and
purchased bottle of very high-priced
perfumery. She had scarcely left the
store when she dropped the bottle on
the sidewalk, breaking it in many
pieces. The mute look of distress which
her face assumed assured the spectators
Of the state of her feelings. Kicking
the pieces of the bottle in all directions,
she took her handkerchief and mopped
up as much of the perfume as possible
and walked off, smelling as sweetly as
a flower garden.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
N. d. & q. Railroad Time Table,
Trans leave Waterbury for

Trains leave Waterbury for
NEW YORK-6:O5, $50, 1O.45 a. m. 1870. 3:25, 6:O7
pm. Return-5:01, 500, 1000 a. M, 100, 4:O2,
500 p. m.
NEW HAVEN-s:sO, a. M, 1870, e07 p. m.
Return 1900 m.
BRIDGEPoRT-605.s :so, 1o45, a m 80. 1925 SOY.
Return-7:00, 9:52, a. M, 1910 2:33, $50, 7:47
ANsoNIA-e:o5, $40. 1o:45,a 80, se5 COY $3.50
Pm Return-7:35, 1929, a. M, 1874, $40,
wATERToWN-e44 1885,. 11:ss a. M, 4:o5 s15.
I7:O1, 915 p. m. last train, Saturday only. Re-
tg1 7:so, 1910, a. m, $50, 500, e:ss.
THOM AsTON-s-2o, II IL, a m, 400, $50, D. ma
RetHrnT2;5o, 1919 a. M, 2:55, $50 p M
,; Ret9rn-7:s6. $3.50 a. M, s:ao, $40 p. m.
"lN Hstfn l1;17 a. M, 400 $3.50. p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Going north, 925 a. m.
Going south, 4:15 p. m.
For New Haven and points on the Shore Line
Division via Naugatuck Junction at4:15 D. m,
LUCIUS FUTILE, General Manager.
L. lMPsTEAD. General Pass. agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
FIG. 2.-HARMLEss FIvE-LEAYEp IVY.

FIG. 2.-HARMLEss FIvE-LEAvED IVY.
out at the top like tree. 1t likes to
cling around old posts and decaying
fences identifying the decaying wood
with it's vivid green; so little children
come along and thrust their hands
through the rich screen carrying away
with them hundreds of the parasites
that swarm in its leaves.
The other venomous branch of this
tribe, namely, the RAus venenata flour
ishes by the side of stagnant pools and
wet or swampy places, where the air is
not wholesome. But it looks harmless
because its branches are intertwined
with those of the willow and alder. It's
green is SO rich and it's berries so at
tractive in color that the children who
go into these damp places like to take
the branches in their hands and exam
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
Boston Clothing Store,
Old No 70, New No 118 East.,NaIn ST,
ST PatriCk'S Block.
Waterbury, Conn.
Trains leave Waterbury for

Trains leave Waterbury for
3osToN-7:30, a. m; 100. *a.45, 4:O5 p. m. Return
$50 a. M, 1900 M, 300, $3.50 p. m.
Ret1rnsio a. re- s,s g 49, 4o5
JEW YORK via Brewsters- a. m: 2:1O u. m.
Return $50 a. NJ; 400 p. m.
SEW LONDoN-5:2o, 7:ao a, M; 100, 4:o5 p. m.
Return-7:45, 945 a. NJ; 2:3O, 5:25 p. m.
'UTNUM-73O a.. M; 100, 4:O5 D. M Re-
turn -8;15, 1o:45 a. M; 1877, 4:e5, 500 p. m.
WILLIMANTIC- $3.50, 40 am. Il 0O *3:45, 4:O5 pm.
Return-*7:15, $40, 1875 M; 2:17, 5:15 ZOO
SPRINGFIELD 9:O5 a, m; 4o5 D. m. Re-
turn-7:4O a. M; 500, 6:1O p. M
JEW HAVEN via Plainville-7:3O a, m. Return
-ll:O4 a. M; 5:55 p. m.
tARR gtH 7:so. 905 m; 100, 4:o5, 1925,
1885, 400 $40, $50 p. m
NEW .o BRi p!aA 49, 9:o5 m; 100, $50
a a. M So ioB F. 7 neetsn 4T D $685. Hoo
rLAINVILLE-53o 7:sO, 9:O5 a. M; 90. *s45 4:o5-
$50, 7:21, 900 p. m.
6RlsTo @ 7ao, 9:o5 a. M; 100, *a:45 4:O5
N ~ Return 7:1e, 11:s5 a. NJ; 1870, 4:4o,
FERK x IL. 49, so5 M; 100, *s45,
M; i:4o 40. Id, s:a5 p. @ No.. ''S'' li''0 d.
NATERVILLE-5:3 7:sO a M; *3:45, 4o5 1925
keturn-7:5s, *s:4s,1 1855 a. NJ; 500, 800, 9:45
pm.
UNION CITY-f8:o5 a NJ; f515 p. m. Re-
turn--fS:48 a. m 8; fS:1O p. m.
HOWANTIC@ofs:05 a. M; f5:15 p. M Re-
turn-f8:39 a. M; f8:02 p. m.
aOMPERAUG vALLEY-s:o5 a. rm.: a1o.
oIo pm. Return-s:s5 a. M. 12:2O,7:47 p. m.
IAWLEYVILLE-8:O5 a. NJ; 21O 515 D. M
Return-s0s a. m, 1909, TBS p. m.
oANBURY--as:o5 a. M; 2:1O, 5:15, p. m. Return
TAT, HAS a. M; 71O p M
BREWSTERS- a. M; 2:1O, 515 D. M.
Return 7:s5, 11:asa M; 642 p. m.
HKILL-ON-HUDSON-s AIM; 2:10, 5:15 p.
M Return 500, 1000 a. M, $40 p. m.
BUFFALO, DETROIT, CLEVELAND, CINCIN
MATT, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO aud western
points, sos a. M; s:1o, 5:15 p. m
Sunday Mail.
R. B. Williams, Supt, East Hartford,
"A. G. Kendall, G. P. A, Boston
May. 10, 1891.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
BARDSLEY'S BOOK.

Treasurer Wright Gets Possession of the
Convict's Private Memorandum
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14.-Late yester-
day afternoon City Treasurer Wright
became possessor of John Bardsley's pri-
vate memorandum book, for which he
has been searching for nearly a month.
A copy Of the contents OF the book viii
be taken before it is returned to the Dis
trict Attorney.
Treasurer Wright has appointed ten
Democratic magistrates to repl ace the
ten appointed by John Bardsley to col
lect the delinquent mercantile taxes. I'D
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14

FIG. IA HARMLESS SUMACH.
poison shrub from the form of the
leaves, let them bear these facts in
mind:
First-Every three leaved ivy or su-
mach is dangerous (unless it's berries
are red, as described).
Secoud--All five leaved ivies or SUI
mach are harmless-see drawing for the
form.
Third-All the pale blue or pale green
berried sumachs are poisonous, but all
bearing red fruit are wholesome. 1t has
to be added that the poison ivy, so
called, and the poison sumach, though
much unlike in appearance, have blue
or green white berries, which grow in
small slender clusters from the axis of
the leaves. They grow from one end of
the country to the other and infect the
skins of probably five hundred thousand
children in the United States every
year.
1t was the belief down to very late
period that the poison from these plants
was an acid or sharp juice, which, get
ting upon the skin, irritated the part
and set up an Inflammation. The mod
ern microscopes know that it is par
asite which can live on the petals or
stems of the two plants named, or on
human blood, and thrive best on the
latter.
Fig. 1 shows the poison oak or ivy. It
is found in low ground or thickets and
f1ourishes in moisture.
Fig. represents the fve-leaved ivy
or Virginia creeper, SO often mistaken
for poisonous plant. It is harmless.
Fig. is a drawing Of the poison SUI
mach, otherwise known as ''poison dog
wood" and ''poison elder" and prefers
for its habitat swampy places. It is
the more poisonous, but that shown by
Fig. l. is the more prevalent.
Fig. is representative Of the gen
eral non-poisonous sumachs, except for
the acknowledgement, three-leaved SUI
mach already described. All the harm
less varieties differ very little from the
general type as shown in the leaf and
especially in the fruit.
Fig. 5 displays a group of ivy and
sumach parasites, which when they
enter into the human tissue should be
described as bacili They differ very
little in shape, the general form being
oval. The drawings represent them
magnifed many hundred times.
Edmund COLLINS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
Big Silk Robbery.

BosToN, Aug. IA. 1T has just been
made public that on Tuesday night the
establishment of Cleveland. Brown &
Co., manufac turers and dealers in gen
tlemen's neckware at No. II Otis street,
upon the second floor, was entered and
upward of 1000 yards of various kinds
of silks, aggregating fully $4,000 in
value, were removed. The doors we re
all locked, and the thieves, it is thought,
must have had keys to the building.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
Many Religious Topics Discussed.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 14-The session of
the Twelfth Conference of the Young
Mems Christian Association of all lands
was continued oday by the reading of
reports and delivery of addresses. The
attitude of the Young Mems Christian
Association to the social question, and
the problem of counteracting the difficult
ties which hinder the development of the
Young Mems Christian Association In
Roman Catholic countries, were among
the topics Of discussion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
Weather Indications.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-For New England:
Generally fair; westerly winds; slightly warm
and fair Saturday.
For Eastern New York and New Jersey:
Generally fair light variable winds: no de-
cided change in temperatures; generally fair
and warmer Saturday
For Western New York and Western
Pennsylvania: Fair; slightly warmer varia-
BILE Winds generally fair Saturday.