The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-06-05
LA VIE PARIsIENNE.

Crime In Paris-Wild-Cat Companies and
Bogus Lotteries-Was the Great ExPosi-
ton Lottery . Fraud.
Fna the New York Time~
Meanwhile, Paris is not quiet; there are
no bar,icades; there will be none until the
friends and brothers" come home, but, in
the absence of these choice spirits, a host
Of imitators do the best they can to copy
their heroic prototypes by theft, burglary
and murder. Street garroting has gone
out of fashion, and. with ordinary precau-
tons, you may walk about with tolerable
safety in most of the main avenues. But
there has been quite lively time In the
suburbs, at Montreuil and Boligny, and
other places not very distant from the for
tifcations; and although tolerable mum
Der of arrests are made, they reached ,aOO
last week. Crime does not appear to be
on the decrease. There is nothing what
eyer political In it all but, so far Is results
90, the situation is not much more reas-
suring than at st. Petersburg. except for
the criminals, who. even If arrested, gen
orally get of scot free. Shoplifting, too.
has been carried to rare perfection. but
generally winds up with discovery and ar
rest, while confidence" men and women
continue to make hosts Of victims among
the upper classes, and then leave with I'M
punity for parts unknown. There never
was so gullible, and at the same time 80
suspiciously disposed, population a. the
Parisians. Wildcat companies, joint
stock and limited liability, spring up hike
so many gourds of Jonah. and find adhe-
rents while good genuine Investments will
20 begging. There is an Amador Volcano
Mining loan to be hoated, also Greek
loan, and an Italian Insurance Company.
and Transatlantic Telegraph direct from
France to New York, and Bingham
Mine, and An Accident Insurance scheme,
and don't know how many dozen others.
some good, some bad, some Indifferent,
but all sure Of adherents and subscribers,
Notwithstanding the countless warnings
of former speculations in Peruvian, Hon
duras, Ottoman and Egyptian securities
Even the recent national lottery lesson has
been lost, and, though exactly the same
scheme would scarcely go down again. !
think its tickets might be sold under an
other designation.
We are not done with it yet, this mon
ster enterprise, and every day appears an
advertisement to winners to come and take
away their prizes or they will be sold for
storage on the 18th of May. There are
still 1880 lots unclaimed, and the ques-
ton is asked. how can such things beS
Was it possible that all the tickets were
not sold. that the report Of the Commits
sion was bogus, and if 80, to what extentG
One of the basement rooms Of the Tuil-
cries is piled from floor to ceiling with
cases Of wines. barrels Of brandy and gin,
boxes of candles soap, canned meat, pre-
served fruits, all classed in their respect.
i've series. but without owners. In another
room, on the second floor, are spread out
furniture, jewelry, plated ware, and works
of art; in a third are number Of first
class prizes; in a carnage factory Of the
Faubourg st. Honore. half dozen vehi-
cles, some of considerable value, and at
the Palai. d'Industrie lot Of those chef.
d'euvre Of painting and sculpture which
as you gaze upon you must heave sigh
of relief that don't belong TO you. In
short, for some reason or other which We
shall never know, $500 prizes remain
waiting for claimants. Of total value on
paper OF $50, OO0f., as marketable articles,
dear at lSd. apiece all round, for some OF
them are not worth their carriage home.