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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06
Court Notes.

Joseph Schroeder, who was arrested
Tuesday charged with embezzlement of
$500 from Court Hermann, Foresters of
America, of which he is secretary,
was in the city court yesterday morn
ing and his case was continued under
81 900 bonds Schroeder confessed to
Detective Sergeant Gibson that he was
guilty of taking the money. Lawyer
Martin Conlon appeared for him yes
terday morning. ~
James Reynolds was fined $50 and
costs for alleged violation of the Sun
day liquor law. He appealed in 5000
bonds.
Francisco Thees was fined 81 and
costs for breach of the peace.
Christopher Jackson paid fine of 81
and costs for assaulting Harry Shepard.
Windfield Lindsey was fined 81 and
costs for the theft Of some fruit.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06

age petitions and also on the bill con-
corning taxation of collateral Inherit
ance.
On the motion of Mr.. Wadsworth of
Pennington forfeited rights were re-
stored to James Ryan of Iitchfield
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06
YESTERDAY In THE COURTS
ron APPROVAL OF
MILFORD RAILWAY ROUTE.

May Term Docket of Superior Court
Other Court Notes of Interest.
An application has been made to
Judge Robinson in the superior court
asking for an approval of the proposed
route of the Milford Street Railway
company from Washington Bridge at
Stratford to the WoodmQnt depot.
| The application was made under the
parallel road law and the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
| company has been served with notice
of the hearing as it is thought that the
proposed route might be considered a
parallel with the Consolidated road.
/ The hearing was to have been held
by Judge Robinson yesterday after
noon at l o'clock, but owing to Judge
Robinson's engagement it was post
poned until Friday noon, .
| SCENE OF ACCIDENT VISITED.
Judge Robinson, with the lawyers en-
gagged in the case, yesterday visited the
| location of the accident for which
George e. Todd of Orange is suing to
recover $4,000 from the Bridgeport
Traction company. Todd's wagon, in
which he was driving, was struck in
Stratford on September IA last by
car belonging to the Bridgeport Trac-
| ton company. He was thrown out with
| violence and was injured severely.
| Judge Robinson was requested to visit
| the place in order that he might under
stand better how the accident occurred.
The party left on the :05 train for
Bridgeport and were taken to Stratford
on special car.
THE MAY TERM DOCKET.
| Forty-one cases have been put on the
docket of the superior court for the
May term.
Among the new cases returned were
the three against Jesse G. Mcintyre.
The foreclosure suit of Yale college
against Forts H. Allis and FL. T. Hall
to gain possession of some West Chapel
street property, is also on the list as
| is the suit of the Consolidated road
against the city of New Haven, grow
ing out of the change Of grade Of Union
street to make an approach to the new
| bridge.
| Court of Common PIeas-Judge Hubbard.
| The suit brought by Robert G. Bright,
dealer in paper stock of this city against
| Pa trick Garvan of Hartford, for claim
of $3.50, was heard in the court of com
mon pleas yesterday before Judge Hub
| bard. 1t is alleged that paper stock
| sold to Garvan by Bright was of an in
freior quality and Caravan refuses to
| pay the amount claimed by the New
Haven dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
Too Clever For Them.

A certain captain included among his
cargo couple of gallon jars OF fine brandy.
Incidentally he also included remarkably
smart and intelligent cabin boy. Inc
worthy skipper had deep rooted aversion
to the inconvenient curiosity of the reve-
nue. officers In short, he desired to land
his brandy without their aid.
Upon berthing his vessel alongside the
quay plank was pushed on to the 1etty,
and as soon as the officer came within
few yards the cabin boy, carrying the jars,
stepped ashore and was Immediately ac-
,osted by the customs officer.
"well my lad, what have you got
therep'
Cant tell you, sir"
"But you must.
"Captain said wasn't to, sir. "
ooh, but Pm custom house officer, my
how. and If you don't tell me what you
have there shall call that constable yon-
der and have you arrested.
"well sir, captain'll just Kill me IL ne
knows. He said was to take the jars TO
Mr.. -" mentioning the officers nameo,
"12 B. street, with his compliments.
ooh, yes; l see. It's all right I'm
MIR. -. Here's shilling for your hon
esty. and, see, go out this way"
The officer is still waiting for the arrlv-
al of that boy and brandy and VIII nave
to wait.-Strand Magazine.
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A Story That Was Not Told.

An accomplished interviewer went to
get the story Of an old hermit who lives
ON little lake in the upper part OF the
state where only few clearings break
the monotony of forest. A delicate APP
proach was made to the main subject
and then the six footer, with long white
beard and hair, was asked if he had 81
family.
Certainly" came the response.
"I've tried to play my proper part in
the world just like any other man who
has an idea that he was put here for
something.
"Where are your folks?'
Back east where l left them. NV
wife and five children have fine home
ON big farm. To be accurate, it's one
of the finest in the state. :"
"Do they ever come to see your"
"They were all up here about four
weeks ago. Brought their bedding with
them, hunted, fished, visited and had a
good time generally. My youngest boy
wants to take up some land and make a
farmer of himself.
"Do you ever intend to go back where
they are to make your homer
"No. l like it here; they like il
there. What's the sense of either them
or me putting in the time where it's
not enjoyable?"
Ibid you have an trouble with youi
wife?'
The old man sat and smoked and
seemed to be in deep study.
"Trying to put the story together
asked the interviewer.
"No, young man. I was just having
a mental debate whether I'd throw yor
through the window or give you three
minutes to get off the place. "
In less than half the time the hermit
was alone. Detroit Free Press.
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THE JONES SNOW PLOW.

denies that such is the case. He guaran-
tees that one ordinary working horse
will pull the pillow through two feet OF
snow, and it must be admitted that that
quantity OF snow rarely falls in one day
in even this region. We are fully con-
WINGED that the Jones snow pillow solyes
the problem OF keeping sidewalks open to
pedestrians during the winter, and that
the cost Of operating it is smaller than
any Other system that we have seen in
operation.
The above is::taken from the Ironwood
News-Record which knows whereof it
speaks. The villages OF Red Jacket and
Laurium haye each purchased one OF the
plows on trial and will no doubt pur-
chase more il they are found to do the
work which Mr.. Jones says they will do.
The plow used in Red Jacket last winter
was rather clumsy affair and required
two horses to pull it which at times
made il very awkward tor the driver, az
one OF the horses was continually getting
into the deep snow outside the sidewalk,
thereby endangerlng the horses legs,
which will be done away with II one
horse can do the work, as it would like
some politician keep in the middle o.
the road" MIR. Chamberlain OF Laurium
Is the Jones agent for this neighborhood d,
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THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
His Curious Experience HI u House With
CreaIing Stairs.

His Curious Experience In u House With
CreaIing Stairs.
"You knuw bssr the stairs puff up"
said the retired burglar, latter you stop
using 'em nights? You crowd 'em down |
close together, solid, treading on 'em
all day long, and then when you let up |
ON 'em the fbers OF the wood lift up |
again, and the stairs seem TO swell. |
You know how they creak sometimes
and snap little when you go down 'em
first in the morning and some OF the
steps yield little under the tread?
That's them settling down into place
again.
81 love to hear 'em in the morning.
1t seems kind of like the stairs waking
up and speaking to you as you go along
down. But don't like to hear 'em at
night And at the time l go about
they've had chance to do considerable
putting, and no matter how velvet footed
a man may be he can't lessen his
weight very we'll, and so l learned ear
ly to tread near the wall or near the
banisters going up stairs, and not ON
| the bow in the middle. The creak, or
the little soft swapping, that sounds SO
pleasant in the morning and that no.
| body wouldn't notice then, sounds
| mighty loud at night, when everything
| is still. If anybody was awake, you know,
| YOU could hear it from one end of the
| house to the other To be sure, it might
not alarm anybody, because there's 9TH
er sounds in a house at night-sounds
| that Just make themselves, due, sup
pose, to changes in temperature. Boards
swell and shrink and shift little, and
you might hear little snap somewhere
in the house any time of night. But
ALWAYS hated to hear the stairs creak
when | was going up 'em, all the same,
because always thought that as likely
as not it would wake up somebody, and
that | should find somebody sitting up
i'll bed looking for me when l looked
| into the door of room, and, as mat
ter of fact, that did sometimes happen.
II looked one night, after awretched
pair of stairs, into half lighted room
where | saw man, sitting up In bed,
over on the other side of the room, and
looking plumb at the door that was
standing i'll. AS l told you, was al
ways on the lookout for just this thing,
but this man surprised me, for all that.
He sat there in bed all keyed up, ano
looking square at me. / could see hin
perfectly plain, and knew he coult
see me just as plain, and expected ev
cry minute he'd find his voice and be
gin to holler.
but instead of that he threw TIN
clothes back off his legs and swung HI
Q legs around out of bed and stood up. ii
9 put his right hand out to locate chal
7 that stood by the head of the bed, an
then he started for the door, hands on
: little on each side of him, and feelln
out little ON both sides and sort
q ahead of him as he came along.
. "Humphl Blind. He'd heard tn
noise and was going to look for it.
might have stood there and slugged hiI
o easy as he went by, but didn't wal
no rastle with blind man. l just WEI
J. out and left him there looking. "-Ne'
| York Sum-
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POOLING HIS SHADOW.

have little shadow that goes in and out
with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than
/ can see.
He is very. very like me from the heels up to
the head,
And see him jump befors - when Jump
into my bed
The funniest thing about him is the way he
likes to grow,
Not at all like proper children, which is al
ways very slow,
Fer he sometimes shoots up taller, like an in
dia rubber ball.
And he sometimes gets so little that there s
none of him at all
One morning very early, before the sun was up,
j rose and found the shining dew every
buttercup,
But my lazy little shadow. like an arrant
sleepy head
Had staid at home behind me and was fast
asleep in bed
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
DIPLOMACY.
The Astute Mayor Knew How to Help
Along His Own Town.

The Astute Mayor Knew How to Help
Along His Own Town.
A number of indignant citizens had
filed into the Office of the mayor OF
small but progressive town.
"We called" said the spokesman OF
the party, "to see about your announce
ment that you would fight to the bitter
end the proposal of those two railroad
companies to lay tracks SO as to con-
meet. p"
"Well, was the reply. "what of it?'
"You don't deny saying it, then?'
Certainly not. y"
"And yet you call yourself wide
awake man, competent to look after the
interests of an ambitious community
like this?"
81 am doing my best to deserve ap-
prevail. 4"
Don't you realize that the junction
of those two roads is one of the best
things that could happen to this city?''
Certainly"
"And yet you are doing your best tc
stop iti'
lu6 IudyOI I0hSCtcu ioi % low AAAAA
utes and then said:
"Gentlemen, will you keepa secret"
"If it's nothing detrimental to thu
city's interests
"Well, am just as anxious to hav'
that work done as you are, but yol
know how they usually go about sucl
things If we let them alone, they i
begin work about the last of November
leave things torn up all winter and no
finish before next summer is half over
Now, if they have really determined t.
make this improvement, my saying
disapprove of it won change them, bu
it will have one effect-it'll put then
ON their mettle. They'll get together
gang of men some night and put ther
| to work with lanterns and rush the 10
| through so fast that there won't be an
interruption of traffic whatever. -
Washington Star.
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Not Absolutely Ignorant.

1t is commonly understood that one Of
the newspapers of New York city has
rule to employ none but college graduates
on its staff. 1t may or may not be true.
Nevertheless young man of good address,
bringing with him excellent recommended.
tions and equipped for journalistic work
by several years experience, called one day
at the editorial office of that paper.
He made so good an impression that the
managing editor was about to assign him
to place on the staff when, as if remem-
boring something he had overlooked in cx-
aiming the applicant, he suddenly asked:
by the way, of what college or univer-
sity are you graduate?"
Il am not graduate of any, y replied
the young man, "but l know better than
to write pants for trousers, plead for
pleaded and he was given chance for
a chance was given him. never use the
phrase in our midst understand the
correct use of who and whom and of
shall and will l prefer officer to
official, dwelling to residence. l avoid
as to whether, abhor 'reportorial, never
split an infinite and never write sentence
long enough to tie in double bowknot. ="
He got the position. Youths Compan-
ion
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A Story Of Thackeray.

Dean Farrar gives the following rem
iniscence of Thackeray in The indie
pendent: Dining with him at the
house of Dr. Butler, l remember that
he spoke of many things, but the only
remark that l specially recall was one
about himself. He said that he had re-
Gently sat at dinner next to an emf
nent tragedienne, now dead, and that
she had overpowered him with ecstatic
compliments A few days afterward he
had sat next Jenny Lind. and the great
singer with frankness which delight
ed him, said that she had not read a
line of one of his writings and knew
nothing about them. Of the two ladies,
he greatly preferred Jenny Lind and
enjoyed her frank indifference much
more than the fulsome adulation.
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sToPPlNG A SHIP.
The Time and Distance 1t Takes to Ar
rest Vessels Motion.

The Time and Distance 1t Takes to Ar
rest n Vessels Motion.
The motion of q steamship on the At
lantic, when the sea Is calm, Is so smooth
and steady that the passenger hardly re-
Allies the tremendous momentum OF the
vessel under his feet After the engines
have been slowed down there is startling
revelation of the energy of motion. This
energy can also be accurately calculated
with the aid of mathematical formulas,
and the time and distance within which
the motion can be totally arrested and tho
ship be brought to a stand may be ascer-
tanned in a similar manner. This calcu-
lation has recently been made for several
well known ships.
To stop the Etruria, whose Misplace
ment' is $3.50 tons, horsepower IA, 32l
and speed 90. Is knots an hour, minutes
and AZ seconds are required, and during
the progress of stopping, the ship will forge
ahead 2. AGA feet, which is only 176 feet
less than half mile The United States
cruiser Columbia, with displacement OF
1850 tons, II, 991 horsepower and speed
of 90. 8 knots, can be stopped in minutes
and Is seconds, and within space OF
2,147 feet The little fiier Cushing, also or
the United States navy, whose displace-
ment is only 1O5 tons, and horsepower
1.754, while its speed is 20. AS knots, can be
stopped within distance of BOZ feet In
1874 seconds. In each case the vessel Is
supposed to be going at full speed, and
the stoppage is produced by reversing the
action of the propelling machinery
Youths Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
CAUGHT A WALKING FISH.
IL Had No Gills, but Had Four Legs and
Knew How to Use Them.


Frank Davey, the photographer, Is
the possessor of very strange fish,
which after nssing exhibited to a num-
Der of friends while still alive he put
into alcohol to keep. The fish is known
to some people here. but is quite rare.
It's home is in the deep water, and If the
story told by the Chinaman who pro-
cured it-namely, that the catch was
made in comparatively shallow water
just outside of the harbor-is to be de-
pended on the occurrence is indeed un-
usual.
1t is about three inches in length and
when alive was of bright yellow hue,
with spots of black here and there. Its
mouth is quite large, and the part of
the body nearest is correspondingly
large. 1t then tapers off to small tail,
but the peculiar part is that there are
no gills, or what are popularity known
as such. Where these should be the skin
is just as it is all over the body. At a
distance of about half an inch and pro-
truding from the belly near the central
part are what might be called arms or
ltSs. lucy aio JoihpOu oiiu ii"NO ooiA'S
ten very fine claws. These, together
with another pair farther anterior, the
fish, when alive, used to walk about
with ON the bottom of the jar in which
it was contained.
1t would show fight instantly when
approached and gave every sign OF be-
ing endowed with the spirit of the evil
one, bristling up its fins, swapping Its
sharp teeth, elevating sharp, knifelike
appendage ON the top of its nose and
sending two currents of water from
holes or false gills just back OF the
large, armlike appendages mentioned
above
When the fish was killed and placed
in alcohol, the bright yellow disappear
ed entirely and left i'll its place whitisf
color. Pacific Commercial Advertiser
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he asked.
Marshall Field's?"
The Bishops Discontinue.

There is an anecdote of q London
bishop who, having read that story of
John Wesley cutting out every word OF
his discourse that his servantmaid did
not understand, determined to preach
to country congregation the simplest
sermon he could write He chose an
elementary subject and took as his text,
1.-The fool hath said in his heart there
is no God" On leaving the church he
asked the parish clerk what he thought
of the sermon. "Oh, my lord, " said he,
sit was very fine-very fine and grand.
I've been talking it over with Mr.
Beard, and we said how fine it was
But, after all, we can't help thinking
that there is God. "-Chambers' Jour
nal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
ENGuSHMAN ON BASEBALL.
To Him the Game Seemed to BE Das-
tardly Attack on the Batsman.

To Him the Game Seemed to BE Das-
tardly Attack on the Batsman.
The game throughout seems to be das-
tardly assault with intent on the batsman,
who, armed with a policeman's stick or
waddy or club or whatever 1t Is called, sets
himself up within a defined area which
looks like the ace of diamonds to be cock
SHE'D at by long, strong man who can
project a ball with unexampled violence,
at the same time imparting to the missile
disposition to dodge and curve and twist
and ultimately land on the batsman's
short ribs by false pretenses. However,
the batsmen seem to have Injured them
selves to these brutal attacks, and they
await the onslaught with commendable
fortitude, A ball that to the uninitated
spectator looks like carrying away large
portions of the strikers anatomy, is near
ly always deftly and unexpectedly smitten
below the vest and wiped right out.
Another feature of the game, which
lends excitement to the whole undertake
ing is the wild scramble for bases. When
the runner starts out to cover his 30 feet
his chief anxiety is to land on the next pad
before the ball. which is invariably head
ing in the same direction at top speed, as
the boys don't stop to blow on 1T when 1t
comes in hot. These contending elements
give vivacity and spirit to the game, which
is never at greater pitch than when run
ner finishes brilliant run by plunging
forward and finishing the rush by sliding
gracefully in on his ear or nose.
Then, too, the ubiquity of the fielders is
an amazing thing. Indeed the manner
in which the scientific fielder manages to
be here, there and over "beyant" at one
and the same time is the most remarkable
thing in contemporaneous history. was
glad to notice the enthusiastic plaudits
which rent the air when a genius succeeded
in chasing an escaped ball 100 yards or so,
falling over it twice, finishing the run on
! his hands and catching the recalcitrant
| globe with his feet, or a performance to
| that effect.
| Baseball is q spirited affair. 1t is alive
| from start to finish, like football; 1T does
| not give one time to grow old; 1T does not
wear on the spectator like lingering i'll
ness as cricket is apt to do when two stone
walters are in. If man should perchance
| 90 to sleep, he does SO at the risk OF his
| life, and in case of death there is every
| prospect of the insurance company refus
ing to hand over the money, on the plea
of contributory negligence.
These are my first crude impressions Of
| the game. Maybe time will play the part
of disillusionizer and rob me of my present
| realistic attitude toward the sport. Latel
on expect to find artistic subtleties, fas
cnating nuances, exhilarating delights
surrounding the game, but that time viii
come when the professional ceases from
protesting and the curver curves no more
Boston Transcript.
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The firm OF Zoberlein & Toutloff have
found shop room in the basement below
Nelmark's store in the Borgo block. Mr..
Aoberleln Is no stranger as he has worked
around here for considerable time and
mas been noted for his good work
manship-although before he has been
working for Others.
The new firm whose ad appears in an
other column have done considerable
work in this place and have now con-
'racted to put in steam heating in the
residence OF Mrs. Spalding and Messrs.
hosking and Sullivan, ali OF Willow
avenue.