The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-02
The bankrupt Law.

TO the Editor Of The State Journal.
1t Is very common mistake, IN rcgarc
to the bankrupt law, to suppose that an
plicants for the benefit of the act who filt
Their petitions after the LIST day of January
1853, must pay .tjtty per cent,m upon theil
Such was the law from the LIST day OF
january, 1863, until the 18th day.of july.
1870. On that day Q4th. July, 1907 the,
act was SO amended as to read as follows :
"That the provisions Of the second clause
oil the thirty-third section Of said act bank
rupt law, as amended by the first sec
ton OF an act in amendment thereof. an
proved July. "a, 1865, shall not apply to
those debts from whichth bankrupt seeks
discharge which were contracted prior to
the list day of JAM, 1892
mus, 1T will be seen, that fifty cents on
the dollar will only be required to be paid
on debts contracted satce january LIST. 1860
and that for all debts contracted before that
time the bankrupt can have a full discharge
even though he be able to pay no per cent
am ichdfere'. ..,,,.. PHILANTHR0PIST.
Twelve miles from Manchester, on the l4tii OF
TINS month lJulyl, we are informed that snow
Iei as thick and as fast for five minutes rs il
ever was seen 10 fall in the month OF March y,
Inc above, from the State Journal, is rather
hard to believe, while the thermometer was rang
borf-Pro0ress. 'eittleSr ! ,'sss'' '''i-
We = Tess, fore de Lord, Y the above Is
a hard story, and must say we were not
aware such statement was in the JOUR-
NAL until we saw it in the Isoqress. Our
Manchester correspondent is SO very relia-
ble,. we must say it is literally true, in spite
OF its seeming improbability. We will
make farther inquiry. -lh5es,t hss
There is gobler III Montgomery who
built o nest, obtained four small green
pumpkins, and is now busily engaged try
ing to hatch them. Should he hatch. we
predict the result will be four iiizly new
departure Conservatives. This is the first
satisfactory account of their origin. ,...,e
lie first obtained apples, but finding them
less suited for the desired production, he |
exchanged them for pumpkins.
A st. Louis girl was mortarly hurt by
falling INTO a pool of mortar. esS
Inc sheet-iron-clad oath should be adj |
mlnlstered to ku-klux ghosts. aQ
:. A cat in Quebec girls lap was killed by |
lightning, but the girl was not hurt. 3
Some fellow defines tipping to be s.hold- |
ing communion with dsembottled spirits. y
Chicagoans 50 to the theatre in shirt
s ss New Workers are not alone in that
A brakeman was killed near Cleveland |
by nus watch being Literally squeezed into |
his body. ''''sN "''0
II Missouri boarders s'blow up" the land
Iaady, she retaliates by putting torpedoes in
VIC iiashs 'i.i i e4i- ist 5ansl, tlnH fHs
A snake got in the bed with young ~ man nan
" Hannibal the other night, and the young
man got out. e.. oV9' p
a pennsylyania music teacher fell from
thlrdestory window and found the pitch
incomfortably high. iaNfHl 'altitfI :
A ymglnlan who put his faith in, a for
,me-teiier chopped upa valuable calf to
md ring. supposed to have been swal-
owed BY the animal. The family have since Z
wed on veal at cost OF about So 80 a c
ound. m Y Hia''T'''. ~ a