Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-23

sires to have them about the virtues of the | anybody with impunity. curious case illus | trating this has just been decided in a Mis- souri court. A son of J. s. Potter, of Mar | shall, drowned awhile ago while bathing l with two men and Potter inscribed on his | gravestone: Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Drowned by Philander Finley and Mart BeRes
 Finley and Beggs didn't like this, :,and Mr. | Potter and the maif who made the stone have | had to pay $500.
 The Boston Herald has been accused of | favoring General Grants nomination for the 1 presidency next year, but it sets itself right | and tells the truth follows: stIn joining | with Mir. Conkling in the attempt to bulldoze | the New York legislature into reelecting that 1 gentleman to the seat which he had abandon l ed in fit of childish anger, and in identify l ing himself in every possible way with the | fortunes of that dethroned boss, General | Grant has made it impossible for the people | to regard him as anything save a representa- | tive of the purposes, methods and tendencies | in politics and in government which they are l determined to reform or to defeat If his | friends are prudent, they will not bring his name forward for the presidency"
 A question of professional courtesy is dis turbing the Missouri doctors. The leeisla- ture at it's last session created a State board of health to go into operation July g.. Gov l ernor Crittenden has appointed on the board an eclectic, a homeopath and number of regulars, and the State medical society is highly disgusted. The regulars do not ob- ject to serving on the board, but they cannot consult with the two outsiders. The gover- nor tells them that there ought to be union and fellowship between all the schools of professional healers, but they know better. Perhaps the health of the State would not suffer if the governor should solve the prob lem by asking the resignations of the regu- lars and appointing outsiders" to fill their | places.
 In 1869 lot of Confederate bonds of the | nominal value of $1 ,247, 900, a part of the | assets of the Bank of the State of Georgia were sold in Savannah The bonds have been disposed of in England, but the owner, a citi- zen of Macon, has not yet realized on them, and is trying to recover the proceeds by suit in the court of chancery in London. The Macon purchaser shipped the bonds to England soon after buying them, where they were deposited with the London Open Stock Exchange. Subsequently the exchange failed, and the bonds finally came into the hands of the assignee of the liquidator of the exchange, who in turn had failed The assignee sold the bonds for $13, 300 The evidence shows that the bonds were kept some of the time in cellar like other rub bish. The American paid only $1OO for the bonds, and yet some Englishman had the folly to pay the sum mentioned.
 The city of Dover, New Hampshire, has been agitated by question which, though not equal in importance to our old State House question, is still decidedly interesting It appears that special committee was ap- pointed to examine and settle claims against the city for damages inflicted on sheep and other domestic animals. One of the bills presented was for the value of a goose which it was clearly shown had been killed by dog. The question then arose, is goose an animal? A majority of the learned council
 
 cussion of the question. it was voted to ask the city solicitor for an opinion. The solici. tor after consulting many authorities, sent word to the propounders of the question that he had no doubt that goose was an an- imaI. The city of Dover will therefore here after give cash for all geese killed by dogs. In the neighboring town of Great Falls different rule is to prevail. The same per. picking question came up there, but Lawyer Copeland, being called upon for an opinion, decided that goose is not an animal.
 P. D. Armour, the ssboss cornerer' of provisions, has had quite history. He was born on a farm in central New York, and had for his highest ambition when he was young to earn money enough to buy the farm ad- joining his fathers. When the gold fever broke ont he caught it and started for California, driving wagon across the plains and mountains. He re- mained there four or five years, and in that time saved few thousand dollars. The dream of his life was about to be realized. |! He had cash enough to buy that farm and settle down. He hurried home, but the scenes of his childhood did not look as grand to him as they used to. He only remained on the farm two or three days aAd then took himself to Cincinnati. Later he drifted to and at the close of the war he sold great lot of pork at $40 a barrel, and bought it in again at SIS to $19, realizing g profit of about million. This gave him his start and from that day he has been con- tinually adding to his wealth, until to day he ranks as the wealthiest man in Chicago, be- ing rated by those who know something of [ his business at $25, ,oo0, 900 or $50 ,OOO, 900. His transactions are colossal. His firm em- i ploys between 5000 and (. GOO men, and on { his pay rolls are about fifty men who receive l salaries of $5, ,Oo0 and over. He is not yet 55 1 years of age, and feels obliged to work ten or , twelve hours day. E
 We understand that collars railroad ties, l car wheels, boats and numerous other arti- S cles are now being made out of paper. We f should not be much surprised at hearing be- { fore long that some one had discovered a { way of making money out of newspaper.- Yenkers Statesman. 1 I