Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-13


 sparrow must go or stay. A special commit tee has been appointed by the American Or nithologisss' Union to investigate the matter. 1 This committee will, says Professor Elliott Coues, the well known ornithologist, gather | all the available data upon the subject, report l it's views and recommendations to the Coun- oil of the Union, to be submitted by the Council to the Union at it's next annual meet l ing, the result of which measure will repre- | sent the views and carry with it the authori- l ty of the entire body of American ornitholo- l gists.
 The Baku petroleum diatrict of Russia is | fast rising into prominence. The Swedish | firm of Nobel Brothers, who have done most l to develop the district, employ 1000 work l men, own 8 large fleet of steamers and l, 400 l oil trucks. They are building 8 town in l which to lodge their servants and have adopted a semi-co-operativs system, giving | every one share in the profits, and allowing all to invest their savings in the business. But the Pal Mall Gazette understands that even thsir gigantic operations are likely to be thrown into the shade by an American capitalist who Is about to lay g pipe 561 miles long, by which the oil will be conveyed across the Caucasus. from Baku to Baum, on the Black Sea.
 Michigan girls are bragging of the amount of work they have done during the last sum- mer. Miss Ada B. Merrill, of Isabella coun-
 ty, heads the list with a record as follows:
 Picking up meadow seven days, building fence four days, on potatoes in basement
 eight days, planting among the logs twenty
 two days, plapting in cleared fields twelve days, planting seed potatoes forty bnsheis,
 hoeing among logs thirteen days, hoe ing in cleared fields fifteen days, re- moving bugs from potato vines seven
 dsys digging potatoes ten days, picking
 wh6rtleberries, two bushels, two days, rsking
 and binding oats four days, help place straw in barn two days. carrying lumber one day, on strawberries four days, blackbsrrying one day, hoeiug strawberries two days, digging
 potatoes eleven days, splitting wood one day
 in all 126 days. Dug and sold 300 bushels potatoes up to Sept. 25, 1883. Estimate 300 bushels more to dig; eco bushels in all The draft of bill, which is proposed in Rhode Island, to abolish the office of coroner and establish in It's place that of medical ex- an1insr, to take cognizarce of cages of mys- tsrious death, regarding which an inquiry is necessary, provides that the duties of the office shall be to examine the body and make inquiry of the cause and manner of death If he considers an autopsy necessary, he is to make 1t upon the authorization of the district attorney, mayor or chairman of ss- lectmen, in the presence of witnesses, one of whom shall be physician, and for a fixed fee; and if he considers that the death was caused by illegal means, he is to notify the Attorney General and the trial justice of the district in which the body was found, the latter of whom Is to hold the inquest. The effect of the bill would Do to expedite and simplify the inquiry into the cause of death in sns- pected cases and to place shs inquest in the hands of competent and experienced persons, in direct connection with the administration of justice, while also regulating and restrict ing the fees and costs. French diplomatist who has had an oppor- tunity to find out great deal about the roy al family of Germany has published some of his ideas about this family. The old emperor, he says, is Intellectually weak man, who has, however, sufficient understanding to fol low the suggestions made to him by Prince Bismarck. He Is amiable, and to certain degree sympathetic but to counteract this latter quality, he has an egotism and ambi- ton which permit him to override the in terests of his people in the carrying out of 8 personal policy. The Empress Augusta might have been an estimable person if her circumstances had thrown her into a different order of society but as 1t is she has been forced to be affected and intriguing, and in these acts che has displayed such 6 small amount of ability that no one has been de- ceived, while the discovery of her duplicity has had the effect of oyershado wing acts of charity and philanthropy performed by her.
 According to this oritio, there will be 8 sigh
 of relief throughout shs German court when she disappears forever if om it. The crown prince is said to be an excellent husband and
 father, but one who cares much more for the
 pleasures and comforts of domestic fife than for the responsibilities of his high station. All of which is interesting and important if l true.
 The settlement of the Lick estate, or, rsth-
 CT, the lack of settlement of it, is making con. siderable trouble in California. Mr. Lick died ia 1876, and the administration of his will was left to the care of five trustees The | California Pioneers, 8 body which is one of
 the residuary legatses of Mr. Lick, recently ' appointed committee to inquire into the condition of the estate, and the report of
 
 lutions demanding the immediate removal of the trustees, is the sensation of the hour in
 San Francisco. The report asserts that the l shrinkage of tho estate since Mr. Lick's death haa been nearly $650, ,000, The trustees are l charged with paying salaries to themselves
 amounting to $35, QUO; with removing the l office of the estate to building owned by 1 one of them and paying rent to the amount of $7,200 when an office could l have been retained in the Lick House free of cost, and with investing money in United States bonds instead of paying the lsga- | ciss Not dollar has been paid upon any 1 of the Iegacies sxospt $3.75 toward the erec-
 ton of monument to the author of the 'fStar .Spangled Banner" MT. Lick be- queathed $6O, GOO for this purpose, and what l part of the plan has been carried out by the
 payment of $3.75 is not stated. The man.
 agement of the large hotel, the Lick House, 1 Is sharply criticised. It is asserted that this property could be sold at once for more than | S1, ,o00, ,Oo0, and that it could be rented for S2, 800 month, while 1t Is held by one of the trustees, who pays the estate $500
 month. One of the trustees, who Is also 1 pioneer, answered that the delay in settling
 the estate and giving California the educa- 1 tional institRtions contemplated in James | Liek's will arose from she trustees desire to 1 dispose of the real estate on the beat possible
 terms. At one time the Lick House could
 not have been sold for $75o,O o,Ooe; nov 1t is valued at $1, ,50O, 1000.
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