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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
PURVEYOR TO JAILBIRDS.
Not an Exalted Position for Mnn ts Hold, But Is Is Certainly
 ProfitabIe.-

TLe jail has a new butler. At least lie is new in comparison with his predecessor, who held the position for 12 years or more, and made a small fortune out of it. The; old butler was Pete Moran, a red whiskered emaciated consumptive. who was compelled to go to Virginia a few months ago on account of his health. The new butler is Sam Shapiro, whose pecuniary instinct is as sharp as all unsheathed dagger.
 Every day about ,4:30 p. m. Shapiro enters the. jail with a huge basket in each hand, and third one, all heavily loaded with wares, suspended about his neck, says the Kansas City Jour nay. There is tobacco--for this is the very first need of the prisoners bread. cakes, apples, candy, writing tablets, pencils and such other small things as the men in the cells want and can buy. Shapiro makes the round of the cells. When he goes in his baskets are full He comes out with them empty; Probably fearing competition Shapiro very cunningly refuses to say much about the extent OF profits of his little business.
 Moran made a profit out of it." he said recently. "When he left town there was ss,ooo in the post office iD his name besides deposits in the banks. But there aip't no, such money in it now. Things are higher and tlre profits closer. Moran used to make between s2.Ooo and S3,ooO a year ont of it. He stayed in the building all the time, from morning till night. ran errandss for the prison CTS. In that way he made 75 cents or one dollar day extra. I don t do that. I just come over here once A fayo
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
AACOW IN COLLEGE.
Ohio Students Pushed, Carried and ' Showed the Creature to the iThird Story Of WOnlan,s Hall.

. Prof. Riker's family COW, entered col lege at Mount Union, Alliance, O., on a recent Wednesday night.
 The COW was quite innocent, how ever of any vain ambition. She was induced to enter the college by 100 stu dents, who. well masked and wearing white robes, carried, pushed, showed imal to the third story of the woman's hall. one of the principal buildings of the university. The COW had been taken safely up the second flight of stairs, when she suddenly lost all in terest in higher education and slid to the bottom of the st airs. .
 A large, healthy COW sliding down
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
Won. Lost. P. c.
Hartford here tonight:

.. HipSon is still crazy after ,rusheS and he now leads the Maine league in that respect. AS-a q rule, the most valuable men are those who are will ling to let someone else do the sprint ing to the spot.-Pawtucket Times.
 Friend Rich of the Brockton Enter prise has heard rumors that Meriden is after. Charlie Farrell. and he wants to know about that national agree ment That's right, if they want him real badly, let them settle.-Pawtucke Times.
 It is said that Dump Williams will join NIeriden shortly. Dumpy is q pretty good defense man and further more he can be relied upon to take shot at the cage occasionally, which makes him a bad man for the oppos7 ing team. #<s 3.5 < E, Hartford comes here tonight and Waterbury is feeling in that condi- tion. that it will do the chaps who now are tied for first place. Hartford needs a good dressing down at the hands of the local players and she will get it tonight if such q thing is possible.
 Come Manager Reilly. give us a polo team over in Meriden. You know yourself that the team you have at present couldn't beat any of the anna teur teams playing in the state. Wiley, Williams or Menard or even Hipson. it doesn't make an difference, as long as you get some of them.
 The Windy City aggregation will bring over. a crowd of rooters this afternoon. But the poor Waterburians will return sadder but wiser.-Merfden Record Exactly so. Sad we were to ,think that Meriden, who once gave uS good battle was So easy and wise because she is hope1ess .casassS
 While 1t is pdsslbIe to agree wifli the , WSterbury Democrat man tha Tom, n Holdefness issa good hall lfiafk ex- captions must De taken then ait sas asserted that he can give Conway de4eraa laps and . sbeating.E Hha kans Ssfo0 H wenk at tie passing ga1nG Vhile the kM siiaI,l fhem up on g I
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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

long flight of steps in the Woman's hall at midnight is not a usual sound, and the building resounded with the shrieks of the women students. The COW also found her voice and lifted it up in sepulchral moo" that reverber ated all over that section of Alliance. The students were undaunted, and after hefculean efforts again succeeded in getting the intelligent animal up to the top of the stairsa They teth- cred the COW. .to the doorknob of a whit faced freshman 'coed," who was drea ming that the college was being attacked by Indians. at2 4,s
 Then the students made their way down the stairs over to the. college building, where they threw desks and furniture out of the window and went through the place as though they were the allies footing Peking. They went down town and celebrated the suc- cessful entrance of the COW into Mount Union college by war dance on the public, square.
 The COW left college the next day by means of six stout laborers, several hundred feet of heavy rope, and stous tackle block. Then the young women who had rooms on the third floor, where the COW boarded during her brief career as aIseoed," came out of their rooms and went to'breakfast. And now the faculty say they will sus pend all the cows friends. .s 5ss.:zs5-s .y.. < Ii
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
BASKET BALL.
Waterbury Went Down Before \ slzsss Britains at .fthe Anditorinin.

lF1S bf1IdlIElaC 4etIle AlultOFdifu. Considering the weather and the many counter attractions, professioual E basket ball had favorable opening ill Jacques Auditorium last evening. The 300 -or mere spectators We're treated to as excellent an article of basket ball as they could have desired. There was only one disappointing feature and that was Waterbury lost. But though defeated they were not diSgracedt and it was only after forty minutes of the fastest and hardest play that the New Britains won by the score of IS to 13. The game started off with a rush. the New Britains starting ill at once to win out For several minutes the play was fast and sharp perhaps little rough. The local boys were out played in team work. but their block ing, especially McPartland's. was beautiful. After three minutes of play Gladding made the first goal for New Britain. Play again became fast and furious. Several excellent shots were missed by the locals. but finally Miles. by a magnificent throw, ca@ed the ball. He also caged the next. The first half ended with the score 6 to f in favor of Waterbury. Waterbury'S play i'll this half was superior to that
 
 ing being excellent.
 The, second half witnessed q change. however. The locals were Jagged out by their fast play in the first half and were Outplayed by their opponents. The latter's style of playing in this half was changed also. They resorted very often to long throws, at which they were experts. O'Donnell caging four or five goals from over half the length of the hallway. The New Britains scored fourteen in this half. while Wa terbury could only score six. the game accordingly ending IS to 13 in favor of New Britain.
 The shrwing made by Waterbury against the crack New Britain five was surprise to their most enthusias tic supporters. After a little more practice the team will be in first class condition and able to hold their own with the best of them. The next game will be on Thursday evening of next week with the crack Danbury team,
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
At Scranton. Past Thomas college

At Scranton. Past Thomas college 10, Fofdham ,.
 At Minnesota University 20. Nebraska University 12.
 At Conshohocken, Pa.-Villanova college p, Conshohocken 0.
 At BuffalO-Uniyersity of Buffalo 10. Pennsylvania State college 0.
 At Washington, D. C.-Georgetown University 0, North Carolina Univer- sitv 0.
 At Weehawken-(Gael Kickhams 1 goal, points, Barrys, l goal, ? points.
 Lebanon. Pa. Nov 3O-Charles Leh- man. left end of the Olympcs of Col umbia. had his spine injured and sev ribs fractured in game here yester day with the Lebanon A. <. He is in q dangerous condition at the City hos pital. The local eleven won the game by G to 0.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
FOUGHT FIFTEEN ROUNDS.

Boston, Nov 30.-Tom Droderick or Yonkers, x. Y.. and Joe Robinson of this city fought fifteen rounds to a draw in the Isoteric A. c. last night. Tim Kearns of Lawrence. Mass. who was to have met Broderick, failed to appear as he had injured his arm. In the preliminaries, Kid Block and Pat sey McKenna boxed four rounds to a draw. Young Kelly of Boston. Harry Boles of Worcester followed with four good rounds.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

OPELIKA. Ala, Nov. 30.-Thc oath of office as governor of Alabama was ad- mnistcred to Colonel w. J. Sanford in his sickroom yesterday by his son, who is q notary public. Colonel Sanford was able to sit up yesterday morning, and surrounded only by the members of his family and physicians he took the oath
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
FIGHTS .!| ENl FIGHTERS
Some Pretty Stiff Bouts Took 2 ,.e-1 g Place in Hartford.

Jack BaIy3 Failed to- Show Up and
 Owen zeiglers Fought Eddie Connol-
 ly-The latter Was Knocked Out In
 The Second Round-Tom Broderick
 and Joe Robinson Go a Draw-For
 Cursing a Fighter Was Disqualified
 Joe Flaherty Refused to Fight.
 Hartford, Conn, Nov 3o.-s.To think that that fat boy should beat me- Eddie Connolly of St John, N. B., said as he recovered from a knock out in the Coliseum yesterday afternoon. He was beaten by Owen Iieglef. who was fifteen pounds overweight. Jack Daily had been matched to meet Con- molly for twenty rounds at 13S pounds, and he skipped his manager. Al Mur- ray. on Monday forfeiting S2OO. Zeig- Ter took his place. and although he was fat he was strong and active. The first round showed both men to be in good condition, and some fast fighting was seen. In the second round Zeig- Ter reached Connolly's solar plexus and sent him down. Eddie was over confident and did not wait for the count. He was up quickly and again was tioored by a right swing on the jaw. He took the count this time, and when he got tip a light punch sent him down and out. He was dazed for several seconds after he arose and claimed it was a tiuke blow that put him out. Tommie Feltz defeated Kid Trueman in three rounds and chal- lenged Dan Dougherty for the ban tamweiglt championship. Eddie Quinn beat John Chartier in. seven rounds. Charlie White was referee.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
HE SWORE AND LOST.

Saco. Me, Nov 3O.-George s. Mur- ray of Lynn, Mass. was disqualified because he used profane language in the eleventh round of a twenty-round bout with Dan Snyder of Charlestown. Mass, before the Saco Athletic club yesterday. In the preliminary Peter Scanlan of Boston was defeated by John Murray of Lynn in sixty seconds.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
A Maine P0st-1astcr MissinG

LtBEC. Me, Nov. 30.-The postmas, ter at North Lubec, H. W. Reynolds. is missing, and an investigation of his ac- counts by Postoftice Inspector Enteman shows an alleged shortage of SS5O. Ac- cording to q statement made by the in spcetor. the alleged peculations of the postmaster have extended over five months, the money order department be- ing a loser to the amount of SS2O of the total SS1O
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

1T 1T
 Despite the disngreeable weather. ovei' 1000 people wdnt1to the Athletic field yesterday afternoon to see the old '9T \. M. c. Az foot ball eleven put it all over Storrs'@ Agricultural college There was at times some exceptionally fast play and the uneyenneSS of the score doesn't denote the style of game it was. for the husky, rustic youths disputed every inch of ground to the best Of their ability. Of course. they were 5outclassed and for that matter few eleyens in Connecticut can be com pared with the~local boys. *
 The team from Thomaston, however put up a much better game than they did last year.
 I~ Storrs kicked off to Waterbury's if teen yard line. The Y. M. c. A. ad- vanced the ball for fifty yards more by line bucking and center plays. Bau- by then made pretty end run for fifteen yards. aided by good interfer- ence. A few minutes later Beardsley was sent over for the first touchdown. and Goss kicked the goal. Time, 500.
 Waterbury easily rushed the college boys up the field again. but they took brace and held the Y.s NJ. CA. on their twenty-yard line They were given the ball for the first time. and after q series of brilliant end runs they lost it OH an soffside kick Long end ruas aud straight line hneking followed ands Gdss goes over the line for an Iothsr tonchdown.s He also kicked the gonl.s Ttmes 1S:00.i 2 tp
 The lfirste half ended with the ball in the center of the field. 'At the open l ing of the second half the iStorrs men began to play rough house. but they couldn't lose the local boys in this point Of the game and consequently was sljut put iotit of the game for retaliat-
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
FLAHERTY WOULD NOT FIGHT.

Manchester, N. H., Nov 3O.-The Patsey Sweeney-Joe Flaherty fight scheduled for yesterday afternoon did not take place. Flaherty would not go on. claiming that there was not money enough in the hall.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
CIubmen Sentenced.

BERLIN, Nov. 30,-The promoters of the 1nnocents' club, whose feecings of members of the aristocracy have been a year hong scandal. were sentenced-Eon Kaysor to three months, Won Schacht
 meyer to 12 months and Wolff to four months imprisonment and 5000 marks fine. Von Kroecher has left the country
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
Cucnmbers In sibe ria.

Cucumbers largely take the place of fruit in Siberia. They are raised in profusion and when nearly ri-e they are put down for few days in a brine. made from salt and oak leaves and then are eaten both in connection with regular meals and by themselves us one eats apples .:. ..a.s
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
THANKSGIVING DAY POLO.

At Springfield (afternoon)-Spring- field 13. New Haven 9.
 At Meriden (afternoon)-W 8, AIeriden 5.
 At Hartford eyening)-Hartford 12, Meriden 5.
 At New Haven .(evening)-New da- ven g, Springfield 6.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
Died of LOckjHw.

NEW YORK. Nov. 30-John P. Ames, retired sea captain residing in South Brooklyn, is dead of lockjaw. He was v years of age. A few days prior to his death he cut his right hand between the thumb and foretinger while whiting on gn orra1hent he was to present to friend for Thanksgiving. -,
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
St Thomas Cadets. Fort Hamilton's

St Thomas Cadets substitutes. D. Bagley, Collins and P. Kelly; Fort HamiltOn's substitutes. ConnorS, Le- roy. Simpson. Umpire, Margraff: :: referee, Frank Guilfoile: linemen Le- roy and Kelly: timers. Ray and Con- nors; attendance ,0O0. ,'.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

ing a few minutes after the half opened. After q hard struggle Hotch- kiss made the third and last touch down. Goss failed to kick the goal.
 Much crdit is due Fred Bauby for the successful way in which he man. aged and explained the team.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

Score. Waterbury 9. Springfield 4; stops, Heffernan 30. Fox 20; fouls. Mooney 2; rushes. Daily 10, Curtis 3, Griffin 1 tie ?: referee. Lush; timer, Lahey: attendance, HUG.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

Summary-Score New Britain IS, Waterbury IS; referee. Ashton: time keeper, Mack; scorer, Pierce; attend ance 45O.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
How Nature Wnrrs.

Seawesd as test for sewage-this is the discovery made by Dr. Letts, professor of chemistry in the Belfast colIsg1, and his coadjuto-, .AIr, Haw- thorne. of the same college. says Lon. don newspaper. Their attention had been called to large quantities of putri- fying seaweed outside Belfast and Dub- lin. nyestigation, proved that the gro with of the weed depended largely on the sewage pollution of the water. and that, in fact, it only fourished in localities where such pellutio fexisted. The results of Prof. Let's experiments were recently communicated to the chemical section of the British associa- ton.
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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
StorI's.

l. M. C. A. StOrrS. Brink ..... g ~. :. Harvey thompson c..:... Nallett, Hale DoddS =. =. r ....J. Clark Stout .. ...... r .... Carpenter Rauby and Mcfarland r BlakesIee McEToy :. - q =. .Osmun Reardsley .. h .. :. :. ..Lyman Gatfney and Byrnes r Il -. Mclean Goss .... .... b ...... A. \. Clark
 Summary-Score, Y. NJ. C. A. IT, Storrs 0; touchdowns, Bearlsley. Goss. Hotchkiss: goals and from touchdown. Goss ,. Referee and umpire. Morgan and Onthrop: linesmen. C. Beauby and Hale: tintkeeperS, Cleland and Elm mons.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
WATERBURY, WINS lW0.
Defeated Springfield and Mer-
 iden Very Easily.

Springfield Fell Down on Wednesday
 Night and Meriden Yesterday-Wa-
 terbury Is Now In Third Position
 Hartford and New Haven. Tied For
 First Place-Several Good Games
 Yesterday-Merfden Is In Bad
 Shape-Hartford Comes Here To
 Night. <
 Waterbury had two very easy games, one on Wednesday night in this city with Springfield and the other with Meriden yesterday afternoon. Both. were victories for the local play CTS, and every player on the team con tributed to the winnings. Meriden has team at the present time that should be d mark for any of the teams in any league, even Lewiston, and the victory over that team yesterday af- ternoon is not one that can be talked very much about. The defeat of Springfield on Wednesday evening. however. was one that was well learned and well played. It was a light between two teams that are close to each other ill the percentage column and was won by the better team. The following are the scores and sum- naries:
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS POLO.

At Meriden-Hartford ]. Meriden 5. At Waterbury, Waterbury 9, Spring field 4
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

The Elm foot ball team went to Sey- mour yesterday and played q strong and very interesting foot ball game with the crack eleven of that place. The game, which was witnessed by over 1000 people, resulted in q tie, 6 to G. after fifty minutes of exciting play. ..-......r,.
 Following is the lineup of bot>, teams:
 seymour Position. Films Maulsbary ..-.....,.-....r e. M. Mcdonald ThraH ......:... ......P. Coy4e NJ. Doll ........ .j. Croinh McDonatd ...... D. Buckley Stewart. Il g. M, Bunce, T. Reardon Griffith ..-....... l W. Dunn Foster (cap) .. II ......P. keating Chamberlain .. q r. Sheehan, White Daddie. ....... l h b ......D. Cronln Miles .......... r Il b..... r. Green F. Doll ...., .,...e. { b J. Hannon tcapD
 Referee AIr Began of Seymour: uln- pire. J. Hoar of Waterbury; timer, Scully.
 The |. NJ c. A. second eleven went to ThomaSton yesterday and defeated the town team after a great and close ly fought game, by the score of to 0. YESTERDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES At New York-Columbia IT, Carlisle Indians G.
 At delphia-University of Pennsylvania 27, Cornell 0.
 At Bethlehem-Lehigh IT, Swath- ,..n"e O.
 At Chicago-Chicago 15. Michigan 6.
 At Newton, Mass-Tufts 27, Holy Cross 0. ...
 At Asbury Park-Princeton Scrubs 10. Areas 0.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

Score. Waterbury 8. Meriden 3; stops. Fox p, Cusick 33: rushes, Lew is 6. Daily 3: fouls. Griffin 1, Jean l.; referee, Lush; timer, Pagan.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

The preliminary game of basket ball at the Auditorium last evening was played between the Clock shop and the Sterling A. C.. and was won by the former after a stirring contest by the score of to '. The lineup:
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-30

The |. NJ. c. A. second eleven went to Thomaston yesterday and defeated the town team after great and close ly fought game, by the score of to 0.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-14
OLD SETTLERS PICNIC

The officers and directors of the
Crawford County Old Settlers Assoc
citation met in the city hall at one
O'Clock p. m. Aug. 4th for the purpose
of selecting place, fixing date, appoint
ing committees, etc, for the annual
picnic. 1t was decided to hold the
next annual picnic at Dow City on
Friday, August "a, 1900.
Committees were appointed as fol
lows:
Reception Mayor Ed. r. Green, A.
H Rudd and Don j. Butler.
Music-L. G. Butler, Clarence Viii.
der and Charles McHenry
Program Norris McHenry, George
Rae and Abe Hart
Speaker-N. l.. Hunt, Abe Hart
Geo. Rae and j. b. Romans.
Arrangements-Fra S. Storm, Asa
Dow and j. G.. Virgins.
Refreshments and Finance-N r.
Wilder
Each committee is requested to act
promptly. MORRIS MCHENRY,
N. l.. HUNT. Sec. Priest
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-14
The Giraffe. Timidity.


A giraffe is very timid on hearing
slight sounds, but is Indifferent to loud
ones. A writer in The Leisure Hour
says:
Noisy sounds, like man walking by
with hobnail boots, it does not notice,
but a lady coming in with hardly more
sound than the rustling of her dress
makes it start, with pricked ears and
eyes distended
We remember well, after terrible
explosion of gunpowder on a barge on
the canal, asking the keeper of the gil
raffes of that day how they had taken
it, and he said he was surprised how
very little notice they took. They
Jumped to their feet but almost at
once lay down again when they found
nothing happened.
But" he added, 'if were at night
time to creep along that gallery in my
socks they would be so scared that l
believe they would dash themselves to
bits"
They fear the lurking foe. and bling
bang scares them less than a faint,
rustling sound. They are in that re-
spect very deerlike.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-14
HE SAVED THE GIRL.
An Adventure With the Cannibals of
the Solomon Islands.


One day, on Solomon beach, a little
girl iao to me and before was aware
Of it, paced my foot on her neck. One
knows what this means we'll enough.
In hot war it means that if chief al
lows his foot to rest on the defeated
ones neck the mans life is safe, but he
is slave forever, rescue or no rescue.
was puzzled at the child's action. 1t
was soon explained. Shortly afterward
down came lot of villagers and in
sisted on taking the youngster. 1 told
them what she had done. They said
they did not care. Her mother was
being cooked in the town, and the
child should go to the ovens with her.
Never" said. What! We who have
eaten betel nut together many times, to
quarrel for a mere child, to whom
have granted life in your own wayw
swore they should kill me first. They
replied:
''Oh, that is an easy thing to do"
A bold front was the only thing now
Luckily, had my 16 shooter. Spring
ing back and putting a mark on the
sand with my foot, swore l would
shoot the first man who crossed it. AS
said before, the natives do not care tt
face an armed white in the open. They
knew / could answer for a dozen OF
them or so, and, although clubs were
up and bows bent, they hesitated, a:
we'll they might, and 1 knew | ha(
mastered them. Then one proposed
should buy the child fairly; they caret
not to fight friend. To this at one,
agreed, and muss was thus avoided
and a mission AK, worth tenpence
made me a slave owner. Tell it not il
Gath-From among the Man Eat
ers," by John Caggin.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-14
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

MIR. Harry Luney, while starting the
gasolene engine at the |. G. pump
house. was severely burned about the
face and arms by the explosion OF
gasolene this morning about eleven
o'clock
1t seems that while Harry was filling
the small tank with gasolene which
feeds the engine, that some OF the
gaso.ene ran down the pipe onto the
stone floor without his noticing it,
where the dampness of the floor made
it unnoticeable, and as he struck a
match to light the generator OF the
engine. the other gasolene exploded,
and as he was standing directly in
the midst of it. it burned his arms and
face quite badly, but very fortunately
it is nothing serious. He Will no
doubt have to remain in the house for
few days. but we hope ere long he
can again resume his duties ut the lC,