The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-05-26
BRIEF MENTION.

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The Chicago Tribune is assessed for only
$IS 900 and the other Chicago papers at pro-
porlionately absurd small figures, says the
Herald Of that city.
An exasperated taxpayer in Chicago esd-
mates hat in SIX years past the city has been
cheated out of $50, 600, 600 of revenue by bad
a, assessments.
There are four universities in Switzerland
at Basic, Berne, Geneva and Zuuch-a at which !
there are 543 medical students, of whom 81 I
are women.
The report of the Baltimore public schools |
for the past year shows that the whole number |
OF schools has been I2I, containing 5000 an
rolled pupils and $40 teachers.
The high license required Of pawnbrokers |
in New York under the new law-S5co in |
money and bonds in $50, ooo-will tend to |
make concentrated monopoly Of the whole |
business.
There is a scheme on foot to turn the course |
of the Chestatee river in Lumpkin county, |
Ga, in order to reach the millions of gold dust
that are supposed to form the bed of the |
channel.
That irrepressble Mr.. Bradlaugh has, in
three years, been the subject Of IL important
divisions in the House of Commons, the first
being on the motion of Lord Frederick Caven-
dish.
The insurance statisticians now say that
men live two years longer than they did 80
years ago, and women three years and four
months longer--a difference, we need not say,
quite large enough to be perceptible in human
life.
Prince Louis Jerome Bonaparte, second son
of Prince Napoleon, has entered Cheltenham
college, England. He is now 10 years old,
Al. H..
of military service begins, about two years
hence.
There has been a rush of the legal frater-
nifty from San Francisco to the Northwest
Seattle, in Washington Territory, being
the point of concentration. AS usual, the
thing has been overdone, and there are
now 90 shingles glazing upon the people OF
that town.
While making arrangements for a trip to
Europe for his health's sake, the Hon. Alex
ander Mackenzie, formerly Premier of
Canada, was surprised by the advent OF a
party Of friends who presented him with
purse of $4,000, as "pocket money that
might come handy.
Statistics collected in Prussia show that
about two persons in every 1000 stammer.
This would make ?, 500, 600 stammerers in the
world But as stammering among North
American Indians was unknown in Catlin's
time is probably disease of advanced civili-
cation only.
Some weeks ago a woman eloped from
| Portland with a young man. Her husband
took it calmly, and did not try to find her
Monday he received letter from her, dated
at Boston, in which she said $50 far, God
has blessed US with health, but John has no
regular work yet"
The oil &c ,ba Cunord ,o,y
route for New York, has among her passen-
gers Lord Coleridge, who, it is said, was Of
lered free passage to this country by both the
White Star and Guion lines. Evidently his
lordship preferred to make his own Sc
lection and pay his fare like ''any other
man"
t An American in London tells Of his expert
ence in that city. Al the end of the month
when the bill was sent in by his landlord for
Furnished apartments"-- bill based upon a
definite understanding that no "exlras"
we're to be conjured up - charge Of
, three shillings for the use of the cruet APP
peared.
S According to the Chicago Stats Zeitung
r the Germans of that city who arc not saloon
keepers are satisfied with the proposition to
reduce the beer license to $3.50, leaving the
license for the whisky saloons at $500, in the
bill now p-ndng before the Legislature
4 Hence an amendment cutting down the beef
( license to $3.50 is condemned.
Il A new advertising dodge was lately born
| in New York A bus OF the Twenty thirt
0 street line bears huge sign which invites the
public to ride free to a certain store, Eight
ayeuus. Probably all the buses on this lint
are chartered by the enterprsing dry-good,
e man. some envinus wretch of an imitato
= will soon offer to transport his customers both
y ways. Churches might catch stray sinner
= or two by this plan.
. sleeping the Hours Away.