Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-06
HEARD IN PASSING.


 judgment for $5O7 against a girl who had tilted him, the amount representing the value of jewelry he had given her during the courting. This appears to be the first legal recognition of leap year,-Meriden Journal. Two irritable women in an Ar kansas town stalked from church when the pastor asked that the Merry Widow" hats be removed. Of course they removed the Merry Widows by going out, and that un- douhtedly was the thing to be de- sired.-New Haven Union.
 Harvard wants to cut down the number of football games, presum- ably because she cannot play the game. A similar conclusion might be reached by Yale, which is as lame in the field of intercollegiate debate as her historic rival is lame else where.-New Haven Journal-Cour- fer.
 Twelve prisoners escaped a few days ago from a certain locally known Jail at Ensenada, Mexico, but they didn't include our extled friend, William F. Walker, oh no. He has been for four months suc- eessfully trying to prevent himself from escaping from that same jail.- New Haven Register.
 A lot of Democrats in Connecii- cut are just now busy defeating Col onel Bryan, but they are doing the defeating with their mouths, not with their ballots. Colonel Bryan is going to win in Denver and in November either Roosevelt or Taft will defeat him worse than he has ever been defeated before.-New Haven Leader.
 Now is the time to get after the dreaded pest, scavenger and trans hitter of disease, the housefy. which never wipes it's feet when it comes indoors. That powerful body, the Merchants association of New York, has recently directed the at- tention of the public specifically to the way flies spread typhoid fever.- "SioSS NiAs LNthiuS JOuIudi.
 England has been causing the other nations of the world to take notice quite frequently in the past few years that she is adding to her navy lot of warships that are more than usually formidable. She has built several boats that are notable on account of their size and heavy ar mament and now she claims to have cruiser that can go faster than any other craft of its kind afioat. In the trials of the lndomitable she made mile at the rate of 2S knots an hour, which is pretty lively going. The new cruiser Is propelled by tur- bines.-New London Day.
 Three of the borough governments in Greater New York are involved in scandal. President Ahearn of Man haitian borough was removed awhile ago; President Haffen of the Bronx borough is under investiga- tion and threatened with removal: while President Bermel of Brooklyn has hastily resigned and sailed for Europe in defiance of a subpoena of the grand jury. It seems to be in each case the old story of the local political boss being elevated 10 re- sponsible official position and taking with him there his old conception and purposes in relation to govern ment.-Springfield Republican.
 The arests of three Yale students for an alleged disturbance bordering on riotous conduct at fire in New Haven Saturday is resulting in sev- eral newspapers coming to the sup port of the students and eriticising the action of the police. As to who was really to blame in the matter will be better known when the stu dents are arraignel for trial on Sat- urday. One Of the Yale men has had his nose broken by a blow from a policeman's cluJ and The offend ing officer fs coming in for eonsid- erable censure. The whole affair has stirred up New Haven people to the extent that there Is some talk of dis continuing a public alarm for fires. so as to prevent the gathering of a crowd -Nnw- Britain Herald