Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-28
HEARD IN PASSING.

After 50 years labor, Louis J. Lambert of Lewiston, Me, believes
 that he has succeeded in securing
 sufficient evidence to establish his
 title to property in Quebec valued al
 S2,0O0,000. The heirs are to meet In Quebec on September s. The
 Lewiston claimant is now in his S0th year.
 The worst variety known, of the
 human hog" is the man who delib-
 erately breaks the speed laws for
 ms own amusement, although he
 knows that in so doing he is injur-
 ing every honest and law abiding
 owner Of motor car, by egging on
 the public to pass more restrictive
 laws.-New Haven Palladium.
 Notwithstanding the fact that Je-
 rome has not neglected his duty
 while district attorney, according to officialdom, the people will continue to think that with a fat purse one stands a much better show in es- caping the tangling alliances of the law than if ones pockets are empty about the time detected. Middle town Press.
 The passengers in those Yellow stone park coaches who were re- gently held up by a highwayman and robbed of an aggregate of s6,000 are unanimously of the opinion that the park rules which prohibit the carrying of firearms within its bor- ders should extend to highwaymen as well as to passengers. Also, they think things unutterable about the sporting qualities of a highway. man who would take such a mean advantage.--New Haven Register.
 While Ansonia has been using a school for church purposes, Catho-. lies in Meriden have decided to use an old church for parochial school purposes. The day may come when more changes along this line may be brought about, the same build ings being used for educational pur- poses through the week as are used for divine worship on the Sabbath. This would be getting somewhere near the limit of usefulness out of investments which are now idle con- siderably more than half of the time.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 There is an increase in typhoid fever cases In New York city al- though nothing that can be consider ed an epidemic The health com missioner, Dr Darlington, says the increase is only normal and Is caused by the return to the city of people who have been away on va cations and have come back with the seeds of the disease in, them. Going on a vacation and bringing back typhoid fever as a result hardly comports with the purposes for which vacations are usually taken. We have heard the story of typhoid fever brought in from the country, ] before.-Bridgeport Standard. ,
 Richard Croker's name is preced- ed on the roll of honorary bur gesses of Dublin by those. of men . who have rendered great services to { Ireland or to the cause of liberty at |, home or abroad. Among the Amer l jeans are General Grant, and Ed ward Potter, captain of the ship 1, Constitution, which brought relief to Ireland in 1880. MT Croker was eulogized because "he had been 1 power in ruling America" The lat ter statement cannot be denied, though the kind of ruling may be Mir Croker's name sounds like an anti-climax on the roll of honor.-Morning Journa; Courier.
 Charles E. Magoon, governor of Cuba, has very hopeful opinion of the future of the island and as he is familiar with the conditions there, his statement ought to be very close ly in touch with the facts. In an interview the governor states that ha is satisfied that no uprising will fol- low the evacuation of the island by the American troops. There has been a fear that foreign capital would try to stir up trouble, but the governor does not believe that such a course will be possible with the forces of rurales at the com mand of the government. Before the American troops leave precau- tions will be taken that will tend to help matters.-New London Day.