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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-26
COMMITTEE ON STREETS.

THE Committee on Streets will hold
II meeting in Room 10 and II, City Hall. on
Tuesday, May rs, 1895, at p. m, for
the purpose OF consideringthe following mat
tiers:
Petition of j. j. studwelrs executors ask
ing that the order for the extension of North
avenue be rescinded.
Resolution providing that the committee
shall inquire and report concerning the rec
concentration contained in the annual mess
age o + His Honor the Mayor, in reference to
widening of streets and assessments therefor.
Petition of the Winchester Repeating Arms
Company for the grading of Argyle sire t
between Dlxwell avenue and Canal Railroad
Company s tracks.
Petition Of G. L. Dudley and others for the
grading, curbing and repairing of sidewalk
and crosswalk on Winthrop avenue between
Oak street and Gilbert avenue.
Petition of Henry Donovan for plank
crossing over steam railroad tracks on Ivy
street, between Dixwell and Shelton avenues;
for concrete walk on Hazel street. south side,
between Dfxwel and Shelton avenues; for
driveway over tracks on Hazel street be-
tween Dixwell and Shelton avenues for curb
on Ivy street, both sides, between Dixwell
and shelton avenues; for grading lvystreet
between Dixwell and Shelton avenues and
for curb on Hazel street, north side, between
D1xwell and Shelton avenues.
Petition, Of 9. I. Coyle and others for
change Of name of Washington street to
Washington avenue
Petition OF Morris A. Sullivan and others
for topdressing of Orchard street between
George street and Davenport avenue,
Petition of Frank Cowee and others for
sidewalk on Winthrop avenue between Chap
oil street and Edgewood avenue.
Petition OF j. s. Osborn and others for
sidewalk and curb on West Ivy street, both
sides, between Dixwel avenue and CITY line.
Resolution providing that the Board Of
Public Works shall use al diligence in put
ting the present paved streets in good re pair
and that 1t take under Consideration the nd
visibility Of having streets watered at night.
All persons in terested in any of the fore
going are hereby notified to appear and be
heard thereon without further notice.
Per order, FRANCIS S. HAMILTON,
i,s s Chairman.
Attest; EDWARD "A. STREET,
fny233t Assistant City Clerk.
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may follow, is to give The best possible
general description of them, To give
details is impossible, Since no two are
alike and all are hight, wrought, To-
days picture, then. SHOWS, not type.
but merely one example, 1t was found
in black satin. had two points in front
and ended at the wais. in the manner
of a bolero. It's deep Yoke with wired
Medici collar was white satin embroi-
dered with spangles, and its fitted
sleeves were from fig red black silk
and were draped with ccordeon pleat-
ed caps of white silS muslin over
which was second cal or epaulette of
white satin banded vita spangled en-
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Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small
advertisements, One Cent a Word each IN
scrtion. Five cents word for full week
(sevcn times.)
Display Advertisemeuts--Per inch, one In
sertion, Sl20; each subsequent insertion, ~
CENTS one week, $3.50; one month, $lo; one
year, $40.
Obituary notices, in prose or verse, % Genus
and Funerals. so cents each. Local notices,
Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their own
immedite business (all matter to be unob-
iectionable), and their contracts dc not In
clude Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
Discounts-On two inches or more one
month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
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When summer comes again it will be

Last year over s1oo,OOO,oOO was spent
in the United States for bicycles This
year it is predicted that this amount
will be doubled. Chicago alone expects
to turn out 100000 wheels of all grades
and descriptions. Chicago is to-day
the greatest wheel center in the world,
New York second and Indianapolis
third.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

IOf y OO1N Z 1tzkOI OIEN5'
GEALED proposals will be received by fhe
-, undersigned at the Town hall, Hamden,
until three o'clock p. m. Saturday, May Both,
1896, for constructing a Macadam pavement,
under the Act for Improved Highways" on
the main road between New Haven and Cen
tervi'le, from the Mill river bridge to the
Town hall.
Plans and specifications can be seen and
blank forms for proposals can b 9 obtained at
tue office of the engineer, A. b. Hill, room 20,
No bids will be received which are not on
the blanks furnished, or which are not prop
erly filled out.
The right to reject any or all bids is re-
served. JOHN H. DAVIS,
HORACE d. JOHNSON.
WILLIAM HITCHCOCK,
Selectmen.
Hamden, Conn, May Is, 1896. myl6 lit
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Some women know what they want.
The other morning Mrs. Jennie Ransch,
of Wooster, Ohio, was granted a divorce
in five minutes from Nicholas Ransch
and restored to her maiden name, Jen-
ME Berra- Seventeen minutes after
ward she welded Andrew Breyfoose,
securing divorce, license and another
husband In twenty-five minutes by tho
watch.
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FASHION NOTES,
The individuals Fancy Rules.

The Individuals Fancy Rules.
Fancy waists grow more and more
fanciful and you can pay as much for
one as whole fine dress would cost
and not try hard. To say fancy and to
add that it is your own fancy that you
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The English and American physicians
who protested against the exclusion of
ternational Medical congress at War
saw have all but won their victory. The
ST. Petersburg correspondent of The
Lancet writes that he has received a
letter from Professor Crisman, the gen
eral secretary of the congress, saying
that The question Of languages is to be
reconsidered by the Executive Commit
tee. and that in all probability the Eng
lish language twill be admitted TO
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A project now under the considera-
ton of the Bulgarian government
promises further development of COM
merce on the Danube. Owing to the
regulation Of the Iron Gates, the river
now can be navigated by large vessels
from the mouth up to Vienna. More
than a third Of the imports Of the prin-
cipality are Of Austrian origin, and
about the same proportion of all for
eign goods entering Bulgaria have up
to the present been transported by rail
through Servia. 1t appears that the
Bulgarians are now DESTROYS of taking
full advantage of the cheaper Danu-
bian route. For this purpose they pro-
pose to connect the riverside town of
Widdin with the southern part of the
country by means Of a railway some $50
kilometres in length. The Austrian
Reichsrath is also directing it's atten-
ton to the development of inland navi-
cation. At recent sitting of the eco
nomic committee of the house a resolu-
ton was passed calling upon the gov
eminent to take measures to promote
the construction OF a canal connecting
the Danube, Oder and Vistula.
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Hamden, Conn.,, May Is, 1896. myl6 LIT
COMMITTEE ON SQUARES.

COMMITTEE ON SQUARES.
TIME Committee on Squares will meet in
/ Room No. 10 and II, City Hall, on We'd
nes'iay, May ri, 1896, at 8 D.. m for the pur-
psse of considering the following matters:
Resolution providing that the easterly line
of fence between Church street and the Old
Green and the southerly fence between
Chapel street and the Old Green be removed
and regretted ten feet back of lines of said
fence.
Resolution providing that the committee
on squares shall confer with electric railroad
companies in reference to the construction
of waiting room on the Old Green, at the
corner of Chapel and Church streets; also res
olution authorizing committee to hold public
hearings in reference thereto, and to report
whether conference is advisable at this
time.
All persons interested in the foregoing are
hereby notified to appear and be heard
thereon without further notice.
Per order, JOHN V. RATTLESDORFER,
Chairman.
Attest: EDWARD A. STREET,
my25 st Assistant City Clerk
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Weoannot accept anonymous or return re-
jected communications. In all cases the
name of the writer will be required, not Tor
publication, but as a guarantee or good faltn.
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DELIvEREp BY CARRIERS in THE CRY 10
CENTS A WEEK, b0CENTs A MONTH, 50 FOR
SIX MONTHS, So A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS
RYMAIL.
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The Jewish publication society of
America, whose headquarters are Phil
adelphia. offer a prize of $1,000 for the
best story relating to Jewish sub
ject, and suited to young readers. The
limits are between 10000 and 100000
words. Miss Henrietta Sold is secre-
tary, and may be addressed for infor-
nation at 7O2 West Lombard street,
Baltimore.
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An interesting account is given of a
new combination parlor and sleeping
car. Compressed air does useful work
in this case and the turning of Q sin
gle screw valve transforms the parlor
car into fully appointed sleeper. The
berth cushion or mattress is made
something after the same style as an
accordion, in order that it may be COM
pactly folded up and slowed away when
not in use. By exhausting the air in
the mattress or chair cushions the
whole arrangement collapses and can
be swung aside out Of the way. The
mere turning Of a valve initiates the
mattress, which is forced out of the
side Of the car, where it has been stored,
and as 1t fills with air it falls into place,
forming the upper and lower berths.
The compressed air necessary to fill
the chair cushions or mattresses is sup
piled from a storage tank beneath the
car, the tank in turn being supplied by
the air-brake system.
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ARE YOU A TOBACCO SLAVE?
1NO you want to quit this practice! You
ought to do 1t for the sake OF your heart,
your Nerves, your Lungs Every chew, every
smoke, hurts You. II you want to stop there
will be q struggle and you will fall unless you
roughly. No experiment, no fake, no Injury.
a sure, safe, speedy cure. Try it, 1T will not
fail. NJ Bristol & Sons, 854 Chapel street,
ap24tf Agents for New Haven.
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THECARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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In Germany the eyesight of children
has been receiving systematic investi-
cation and now their hearing is being
looked into. In Stuttgart it was found
that fully a third of the children were
defective in hearing in one or both ears.
Most Of these cases were durable. 1t is
often the case that a child who has
been thought stupid at school is sim
ply hard of hearing. In quiet room
words spoken in q conversational tone
should be audible eighteen yards dis
tant.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
Fall of q Glacier.

It was the fall of a glacier in tho
Bernese Overland about five o'clock ..
m. on September IL, 1895, from an alti-
tude of II, 1923 feet above sea level. The
whole mass, estimated to be half a.
large again as the largest OF the pyra-
mids of Egypt, leaped down 1900 feet
to the bottom of the valley, then up
300 on the other side and back into
the valley just far enough to not de-
stroy the, water course through it. 1t
appears to have jumped the water
course, moving as a solid mass. 1t only
took about 20 seconds in it's first down.
ward'plunge, ten in its leap upward ant
ten in falling back. so that at the end OF
40 seconds the mass had changed its
place from near the top of the mountain
to the farther side of the valley, where
it buried nearly one square mile of
rich pasture to the depth of six feet.
\ similar ice avalanche is recorded as
having occurred at the same spot on
the same day of the year 17s2-Engi-
neering.
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Gorgeous TrAppinEs

Preparations for the cars coronation
have already begun. A contemporary
describes the magnificent harness now
being executed in Paris, for the 15S
horses destined to wear huge white os-
trich plumes on their foreheads. 1t
is all made of red morocco embroidered
in white, the stirrups of chiseled and
gilt bronze, and the reins of red silk,
ornamented with gold. Gold plaques
and the imperial arms worked in gold.
with q profusion of gold lace, embel-
lish the saddle-cloths and breast straps.
Even the whips are of red morocco
mounted in gold bronze. A hundred
and fifty dozen skins of red morocco
have been employed in this gorgeous
harness, which is the finest ever made
since the coronation of Napoleon l.,
which was executed by the same firm OF
saddlers.-Detroit Free Press.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Four thousand homicides q year
are committed in Italy. This is almost
an average OF one in every two hours.
The Siamese are skilled in the man
ufacture of fireworks, which are large
ly used at cremations and all public
functions.
"A London magistrate, being unable
to write, made his mark to q number of
commitments to prison lately, and they
were held good. He is not illiterate, but
has govt.
Statistics show that during the
year 1895 no fewer than twenty-five pc
riodicals dealing with the science and
art of medicine have been added to the
already ample supply produced in
Paris.
The British people consume every
year $150,O00, 900 worth more of grain
than they produce, and in view of pos
sible war complications it is proposed
tc keep not less than one years supply
of cereals on hand.
Large deposits of platinum have
been discovered at Fitfeld, in New
South Wales. One bed of platinifcrous
lead ore is mile long and from 60 to
$50 feet wide. Tie crude metal con-
tains about IS per cent. of platinum and
sells on the field for six dollars an
ounce.
-Poachers in England, when found
guilty, are generally sent to Jail for
several months. but a vicar Of the
Church of England who was recently
convicted of wjllful perjury in swear
ing against two men who were fined
and imprisoned on his testimony for
poaching, got off with a sentence of six
days imprisonment, from which the
Judge excused him.
The uniform of English drulnmers
must be familiar enough to every Eng
lishman, but few know the significance
of the spotted lace with which their
tunics are decorated. The blue spot
is the celebrated feur de lis of France,
which, being worn by the highest
ranks in the French army, was, as q
mark of military superiority, bestowed
by the prince regent upon the lowest
ranks.
In the museum at Cape Town is
shown an old-fashioned, high-backed
wooden chair, to which attaches I;
weird story. 1t is related that the chair
is the one in which the Dutch Gov. De
Noorde was found sitting dead q few
moments after the execution of a sol.
der whom he sentenced to be hanged
and who, on his doom being pro
nounced, solemnly called upon his con
demner to accompany him to tn:
throne of the Supreme Judge.
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P,rH AND POINT.

YEAST 1.-THE way that man Green
dresses, he must be making good
money" Crimsonbeak-"Well, he's not;
hess . counterfeiter."-Yon States.
man. -'-t ri
Mrs. Musicus-"Did you have much
trouble in learning to sing so beautiful
ly?" Miss Frankly-"Yes; especially
with the neighbors. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer. w.
you seem to have biscuits to burn
this morning" cheerfully remarked Mr..
McSwat, splitting another one open and
scooping out the edible portion in tho
Chicago Herald. ~
-Flathunter (who hates dogs)-"Do
you allow your tenants to keep dogs?'
Landlord ION the wrong scent)-"Well.
yes, sometimes" Flathunter-"That
settles it; won't take the fat."-N. Y.
Tribune.
He Has Hopes.-"I'm afraid there
isn't much energy about that young
man who is calling on Ethel" said the
mother. HE doesn't seem to have any
snap" "No," said the father. II think
he is waiting for one, though. I'm
dianapolis Journal.
-Bobby-"Papa, what is the differ
ence between an old maid and a new
woman?" Papa-"An old maid, my son.
is woman who, having failed to win
man, avoids men. a new woman, hav-
ing simply failed, tries to become one
Of them."-N. Y. World.
-A.-"Come and take supper with
me-" B.-"I can't, old man. I'm just
married and my wife expects me home
to coffee" A.-''What! you drink cof-
fee? Why, thought you always drank
tea at night" Bob, my wife cooks
it so no one can tell the difference
Fliegende Blatter.
Life in Flat.-Simmons-
Has the billing and cooling of that new
married pair next to you run you out
yet?" Timmins-"Naw." "Why, I
thought you said it was driving you to
distraction" ut was. But they have
got to quarreling now. Igo home early
on purpose to listen."-1ndianapolis
Journal.
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tn car! There haint so doors here, b.
Their! Slid er open, or else, mister, you
be q goner sure!' And then he cursed
my ancestors for Is generations.
"'Well-but-look here, said I. Amt
look here-ain't they going to shoot
as soon as anybody opens that door.
It.
"'None Of your business, stranger
the fellow howled. Open that there
door, er I'll everlastin'ly make ar venti-
lator of yeh. Come on, now! Step up!'
He began to prowl over in my direction.
Where are yeh? Come on now, galoot:
Where are yeh? Oh, jest femme lay my
OIL gun agin yeh an Ill fin out! Step
up!'
"This cat-like approach in the dark.
ness was too much for me. Hold on,
said I, I'll open the door,
HE gave grunt and paused. Igot
up and went over to the door.
":Now, stranger the fellow said. 'Es
soon as yeh open tn door, jest step
enside an watch Luke Burnham peel tn
skin off er them skunks.'
"'But, look here'-said I.
"'Stranger, this hain't no time t
anger! Open tn door, =:
II put my hand on the door and pre-
pared to slide my body along with it.
I had hoped to find it locked, but unfor.
tunately it was not. When gave it a
preliminary shake, it ratified easily, and
I could see that there was going to be
no'trouble in opening the door.
II turned toward the interior Of the
car for one last remonstrance. Say,
I haven't got anything to do with this
thing. I'm just up here from Houston
to go to the sale
"But the fellow howled again:
Stranger, er you maxim fool a me?'
"'Hold on said I. I'll open the door.
II got all prepared, and then turned
my head. Are you ready?'
"'Let 'er go!' .~
"He was standing back in thskcar.
could see the dull CLINT of the revolvers
in each hand. .
"'Let 'er GOT he said again.
II braced myself. and put one hand
out to reach the end Of the door, then
with a groan, I pulled. The door slid
open, and fell on my hands and knees
in the end of the car. =. :..:,.:. :,
"'Well,' said the fellow. I turned my
head. There was nothing to be seen but
blue sky and green prairie, and the lit
tie group of yellow board shanties with
a red auction flag and q crowd otPsopl>
in front of one of them.
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"The fellow swore and flung himself
out of the car. He went prowling oil
toward the crowd with his guns held
barrels down and with his nervous fin
gers on the triggers. followed him at
respectful distance.
"As he came near to them he began
to walk like cat on wet pavements,
lifting each leg away up. Where is he
Where is tn white-livered skunk what
slammed thet door on me? Where is
he? Where is he? Let i'm show hisself!
He dassent! Where is he? Where ID
hep
Hewentamong them believing in his
bull fashion, and not q man moved.
Where's all the galoots what was goin'
t. shoot ut me? Where be they? Let 'em
come! Let 'em show themselves! Let
'cm come at me! Oh, there's them here
as has got guns hangin' to 'em, but let
'em pull 'em! Let 'em pull 'em onct!
Jest let EN- tap 'em with their fingers,
an I'll drive a stove hole through
every last one'a their low-down hidesl
Lessee man pull gun! Lessee! An
lessee tn man what slammed tn door
On me. Let him produce himself, tn
and he cursed this unknown individual
in language that was like black smoke.
:'But the men with guns remained 81
lent and grave. The crowd for the most
part gave him room enough to pitch
circus tent. When the train left he was
still roaring around after the man who
had slammed the door" IT, x !.
Sand SO they didn't kill him after all, y
said some one at the end of the nara
tive.
ooh, yes, they got him that night. d"
said the major. I'm saloon somewhere,
They got him all right"
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Waists for Short Women.

. A short woman who always manages
to look gracefully. tall does So by hav'
ing her dress waists made short with
the belts inside set high. The length
which belongs, to an unusually long
waist, which il its claims wereconsid'
cred would divide her height in very
ugly fashion, is added to the skirt,
which is never guilty of furbelows, but
always shows a long unbroken line.-
n. Y. Post.
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A FREIGHT CAR INCIDENT.
By STEPHEN CRANE.
IcoPYRIaHr. 1851

w. tcoPYR1aHT. 1851
'Remember that time, major?" said
the railroad man.
"You bet d." rejoined the major.
go ahead and tell it, said the others.
The major lifted his glass and care.
fully scrutinized the bright liquid.
swell. Toms line, you see, was just
being put through the interior of the
state at that time, and ono day he
asked me to go out with him to some
little town which he was going to open
with an auction sale of lots and free
beer and sandwiches for the people,
and all that, you know. Well, went
along, and there was big freight car
loaded down with kegs and provisions.
Everybody was having q great time.
Tom got ill during the sale, so he went
into little shanty to lie down, while
I went over to the freight car to get
some ice to put on his head. was in
the car scouting around after ice when,
all of a sudden, some one slammed the
door to; and made the inside of the car
as dark as pitch. Then somebody in
the darkness began to swear like a
pirate, and 1 heard him swing his re-
volver loose. began to see the game
then. It seems that there was fellow
around there that good many people
wanted to kill, and they said they were
going to kill him that day at the sale,
too. Somebody had pointed him out to
me during the morning, and I had
heard him brag, SO T recognized this
voice in the darkness. think he de-
cidcd that they had slammed the door
on him so that when he opened it to
come out they could get a good fair
chance to make sieve of him. The
way that man swore was positively
frightful.
'He wasn't very good company,
either. I stood still 20 long that felt
the bones in my legs creak like old
timbers, and didn't breathe any hard
er than a canary bird. He went on
swearing at a great rate.
II began to think Of Tom and his
pain, wishing he had died rather than
I had come for that ice.
"At last I found that I had got to
move. There was no help for it. My
legs refused to support me in this posi-
ton any longer. My head was growing
dizzy, andifI didn't change my attitude
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Tho Czar.s Charlty.

The car of Russia has set aside $780,
600 to be distributed among the char
liable institutions of Moscow in honor
of his coronation. His majesty is talk
ing great interest in the preparations
for the ceremony. Among other things,
the famous old Kremiin is to be lighted
with 100000 lanterns and $4,000 small
electric lights are to illumine the tower.
Chicago Chronicle.