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ct al, ask for suspension of pub
lie opinion? Perhaps they think it
would be of no use.
New York editors are learnedly
discussing jim-jams Boston Post.
And they know what they're talk
ing about, too.
If husbands are out late of nights
about this time, their wives will, of
course, understand that they have
been talking observations of the
comet through glass.
A man is prosecuted for murder
in that state, but instead of secur-
ing verdict of murder, one of in
sanity is rendered. What Kentucky
evidently wants is more insane asy-
lums and fewer penitentiaries.
Prof. Boss, the astronomer of the
Dudley Observatory, estimates the
distance of the comet from the earth
at 45,000,000 miles. If this be SC, we
see no special reason for apprehen-
sion, since it is receding rapidly.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gains, the noted
litigant, is petite in stature, attrac-
tive in appearance, and possesses a
full suit Of yellow hair which is all
her own. Her age is about-But
let that pass.
According to the Cincinnati Com
mercial, General Grant remarked to
the President at his Long Branch
reception that it was chilly, and Mr.
Garfield said it was, and yet the
peacemakers say the ice was broken
between them.
The Ohio Democratic Convention
to nominate governor, lieutenant
governor, attorney general, treasur-
er, supreme court judge and mem
Der of the board of public works,
will be held at Columbus, July 8.
Mr.. Theodore a. Tomlinson, chair
man Of the Executive Committe of
the National Anti-monopoly Leag-
ue, is at Albany, New York, and re-
ports that he has established in every
assembly district in the state.
Sergeant Bates, who carried the
flag through the South just after the
war, fell from platform while lee
turing out West, a few nights ago,
and broke his leg. After all, there
does seem to be such a thing as ret
ribution.
Senator Beck has been to Rich
mond to consult with Mr. Edward
Valentine, the sculptor, for a statue
of the late John G.. Breckenridge, to
be erected at Lexington, Kentucky.
The arrangements are about COM
pleted. The statue will cost $4,000.
Colonel r. G. Ingersoll, who has
just returned from New Mexico,
claims that he and his associates in
mining speculations have ''struck it
rich" He expects to continue his
lectures whether the minds turn out
i'll or well.
The star route frauds, the Albany
muss, the treasury frauds, Grants
interviews, Vennor's prophecy and
Fourth of July coming, makes it
pretty apparent that the old gal
Shipton is nearly home.
The Cincinnati Commercial says:
"Conkiing cultivates a cheerful
spirit, and Brady is the very imper-
sonation of Mark Tapley. 1t is won
derful how jolly they all are under
adverse circumstances. Even Platt
is merry"
Moses Titcomb, who for over q
quarter of century was superinten-
dent of the document-room of the
United States Senate, who watched
over Calhoun in his last sickness,
and who prepared the body Of Henry
Clay for burial, died Sunday at
Franklin Falls, Mass.
The New York World says Brady's
perturbation will remind the cynical
Of the Irish culprit who wept aloud
and called upon heaven. "Be easy,
my good fellow, " said the court,
reassuringly; "you shall have Justice
done you in good time" Sure,
our Honor, its that same thought
that's affecting me-"
The administration forces at AL