Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-19

Dr. Sarah w Devol1, of Portland, Maines who has presented to the trustees of the Maine hospital for the insane petitions ask ing the appointment of female physicians there, is in many respects a remarkable wo- man. She is the widow of a sea captain, who, dying left her at nearly forty years of age with family of childzen. To support her self and family she became 8 physician one of the first to receive diploma, and settled in Portland, where she now has large prac- tice.
 The committee appointed in 1863 at Eisenach, in Germany, for the revision of Luther's translation of the Bible, has held it's last meeting at Halle, and there is every prospect that the revised version will soon appear: Out of the thirty original revisers fourteen only remain, sixteen having died since the work began. No alteration of Luther's translation has been admitted un- less sanctioned by 'two-thirds of the com mittee The next step will be the pubics- tion of the text as now revised, in order to submit it to the judgment of the theological facn1t;es in the universities, and to the criti cisms of scholars as well as to the public at large. After their remarks have been re- ceived and considered, which may take two or three years more, the new version Will be published and recommended for adoption by all Protestant churches in Germany.
 In a case brought under the Indiana Sun day law it was held by the defense that it is not unlawful to sell cigars on Sunday because smoking 8 cigar, to those who have acquired the habit is ''clearly necessity" The Su- preme Court, however, considered 1t hardly probable that the makers contemplated that the cravings of morbid and unnatural appetite should be deemed to create such an imperious necessity for appeasement as that the general requirement. for Sunday obserV- ance should yield to it, while the supplying of the ordinary necessities of life, like food and clothing by purchase and sale out Of the stores, should be forbidden ," and it then put in this clincher eff it can be said by the court that cigar is necessary to the smoker it is no less certainly known that drink is in the same sense needful to the drinker."
 Twenty-six years ago the Columbian Ma rine Insurance company of New York went into the hands of two receivers, one of whom died some time ago. They received assets ot the company to the amount of $65O, 900, paid to the creditors $125, 900, and retained for fees, cost and expenses, $425,o00. This was the state of affairs few years ago. Late ly they have not received so much, but have not parted with any. For three years before 1878 the receipts were $2,O21.13, and the ex penses 1925, ,264.13 The creditors have beer pressing the surviving receiver somewhat sharply of late and he has proposed com promse Rather than go through the tedious process of submitting an account, he was willing to distribute ten thousand dollars among the creditors, whose proved claims amounted to more than two millions, 'and no questions asked" The creditors declined this generous offer, and the receiver increas ed it to seventy thousand. But the creditor say that after waiting so long they want to know just what has become of their money. We hope they may find out.