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Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29

few weeks ago MT. James A. Troutman,
 of Topeka, mailed series of questions to every county attorney, county superintend- snt and police judge in Kansas, for the pur- pose of learning the results and present status of prohibition. MT. Troutman says that replies from more than one-third o5 the six hundred officials who received these in- quiries demonstrate three facts: that pro- hibition has materially decreased the num- Der Of saloons; that an unusually large per centage Of the prosecutions under the law have resulted in convictions; and that the principle of prohibition is growing stronger. s'It must be borne in mind," writes MT. Troutman, "that these
 figures come from officers of the State, with out reference to their views upon prohibit tion, and are therefore not subject to the im- putation of being the product of fanaticism. In our letters we stated that we wanted the facts, whether favorable or unfavorable to prohibition. We believe the facts were given, and that the figures presented are as authentic as can possibly be ascertained."
 Mir. Fink, the railroad agent, was before the House committee on commerce the other day to favor the bill of MT. Horr, of Michi- gan, for board of commissioners of inter State commerce as an attachment to the h. terior department. In his remarks Mir. Fink paid special attention te the question whether the charges for transportation were reasonable. It seemed. he said, to be taken for granted that railroad companies had been guilty of extortion, and the most extrasagant statements have been made to prove asser- tions to that effect. The people had receiv ed transportation at a low rate and at little profit to the roads and no extortion had been practiced. This could be shown from the fact that in 1882 while the capital in vested in railroads was $3, COG, ,O0O. 900 the net earnings were only $70O, COG, 1000. The bondholders thus received about per cent. and the stockholders about 3 per cent. It might be said that much of this capital was watered stock, but even with half of it watered, the interest received on legitimate stock would only amount to per cent, which was not atf excessive interest. The charge for railroad transportation was very small and much smaller than the profits charged by the middIe-men who dealt in the articles transported. Take for example a suit of clothes worth from $2O to $50, the transportation charge from Chicago to NeV York was 1-2 cents, an inapprecia ble amount. So on other articles of consump- tion the cost of transportation was no item. The committee had no complaints from com sumers. The complaints came from middle men. Charges were regulated by so many conditions, such as water competition, that there was no danger that railroads would charge unreasonable rates.
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P. ]. KELLY & co.
HOW DOES IT RESULT?

scrofula results from diseased condition Of the blood ard the blood derives its sustenAncs from the stomach and depends for it's purity almost wholly upon the action of that organ claim that what ia good medicine for the stomach is equally good for the blood and consequently adapted to scrofula tain it is that BURDocK BLOOD BIrTERs cure serofu- Ia. They not only fine remedy fer diseases of the stomach but perfect for scrofula, either internal or external and all other evils existing in the blood,
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29

It is asserted confidently by the advocates of prohibitory liquor laws that in Maine can be found fine demonstration of the practi- cability of such legislation. There is, how ever, abundant testimony showing that, while in the rural districts of that State (and it is nearly all included in ''rural districts") the drinking habit is at the minimum strength, as it was before any liquor laws were passed, in the few large towns the liquor traffic is as active as in other towns in the United States. The official statistics show that the number of retail liquor dealers has increased forty per cent. during the past three years, and that l. 162 retail dealers pay the regular tax to the United States govern paent.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29
AHANDsoME FACE.

No one thing 80 quickly determines the beauty or ueliness of person the surface of the face-the skin. bright clear skin will make almost any face handsome; and without such no ones features nc matter how finely moulded, can be regarded As at. tractivs Burdock Blood Bftters by driFinR out i'm. purities from the circulation never fail to beauty the skin They are better than all the cosmetics and facs powcers in the world. By all Drueeists
 FOSTER. M1LBURN & CO.,, RFoDF1etOrs, Buffalo, E. Y. ja2s 6dIw
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c1R MO saREs.

Of every description salt rheum ringworH. letter, scad head. pimples eryspelas and every species of skin diseaee not merely temporarfly but PERMA- EENTLG cured by Burdock Blood Bitters. In pre- s>ribing this medicine for disenses of the blood. make only the reasonable request that the patient eat sensIbly hathe exercise frequently, and breathe plenty of good freeh air ali Of vital consequence to health.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29
EsI1mAIEDs sSESoGhCES, 1oo4 From an eleven mill tax on 50 milh lns,9 90 if fruhin [ is aafi ed ina
Total resources s653,

This leaves a balance of but $l,235 over and above the estimated expenditures, conse. quentiy it will necessitste the most careful vatchfulness to keep within the limit of ap- propriations. By act of the last legislature it was ordered that after June l, 1883, the avails of all assessments for sewers built or to be built should be set apart as 8 fund to bs used only in the construction of sewers. This, in my judgment, was wise provision, and the only way in which justice can be done those who in the future have the bonds to pay. This principle was at first carried out, but during the last few years all the ayails for such assessments have been carried to ssgeneral account" and expended in the running expenses of the city. The bonds be- ing issued for specific purpose it does not seem right that the avsils, in whatever shape they come, should be diverted from their legitimate object and purpose. The amount of cash standing to the credit of the s'city sewerage fund account" is $30, ,2l9.27, with about as much more due
 I take the liberty of calling your attention to the grand list of the town, hoping it may be the means of elucidating, as cannot un- derstand it, why it is, that in 1874 it amount ed to S57.943 163 and to day only amounts to say $50, 900. 600. while during the same period, in addition to 8 natural recovery from the depression in values, there have been erected, as per yearly reports of the fire marshal, new buildings that cost at low
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upon the industrious portions of society in both Italy and the United States would, in each country, be speedily reduced in number but for their indifference tothe consequences of their very occasional arrests.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29
EDITORIAL NUTES.

The Mayors message, which we print this morning, is long, but it is interesting He makes some important and wise recommen- dstions.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29

The Charleston News and Courier predicts that South Carolina will soon be freed from the disgrace of maintaining the convict Tense system. While it thinks the system is per haps not so offensive in that State as in others, it declares it beyond doubt that the leased-out convicts have not all been proper ly cared for, and that the true purpose of their punishment has not been regarded as it should have been- But it says that there is . desire to abolish the system at the earliest practicable moment, and that movement to employ all the convicts in and about the pen itentiary would have been carried through the legislature at it's recent session if the penitentiary had been large enough to ac commodate the whole number.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29
ToMLINsoN's BRIDGE.

This toll bridge, dilapitated and unsightly, on an important approach to city of the size and intelligence of New Haven, is far from creditable either to it's owners or to the city. Its bulky, tumbied down piers occupy three fifth of the area between low water an the bed of the river and more than half the area below high water. They are a serious obstruction to the natural action of the tides, vations; and therefore a drainage to the harbor both above and below the bridge. Deposits are formed in the tidal
 TcoNTNUaD ON SECOND PAGE
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The city of Atlanta is not asleep. The common council has appropriated $52, 1000 for the support of schools to be kept open all the year.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29

Kurakoff, the great Pine remedy and lung eealer, instantly relieves and actually cures Coughs, colds, asthma, consumption, as no
 ther remedy can. ja21 eod2w
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presenting no very marked change in the two years. To meet the expenditures of 1883 8
 tax of II 1-2 mills was laid upon the grand list amounting to $45, ,335 632, and for like purposes this year 8 tax of II mills (one-half mill less) has been laid upon gu estimated
 grand list of $50, GOO, GOO.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29

s'4u1ck as Wink ''-hOc X wooa, k~nO- togrsper Mo- IT Union Square, N.Y. the first to intro dUee the Insd11tdze0S Process in this country, has just received from Europe the latest improvements
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29

To which let us add our population of 65, GOO to show that we are still marching onward. In these years have spring up uear- ly all our manufacturing industries. As have come those wonderful lnventsons in the arts and sciences that add so much to the comfort, happiness and prosperity of the world.
 The people of the young city did not dream of the railroad, steamboat, telegraph and telephone, nor did they imagine our electric sun and gaslight and our system of steam heat and water supply. To mark these changes as they have taken place. and show the effect of each upon the city's swell belng-to note the part that g Silliman and Whitney with a host of other eminent citi- zens have taken in achieving so much in this country of notable events requir es the pen of some one of ability perseverance and leasure, gifted with knowledge aud love of the work and pride in this undertaking am gratified to say that I know just that man and am happy to inform you that he has already commenced the laborous under I taking and I have no doubt the result will be as satisfactory as this announcement has been pleasing to me.
 Before concluding this portion of my re- marks I would recommend that the anniver- sary be remembered and celebrated in soma behttlng manuer with the same propriety that the birthday of father is celebrated by his children should the city honor it's
 
 week ago tonight did not forget the occa- sion. It is not necessary that the precise day of the year be selected any more than the hour of the day in the fathers anniver- sary- l would therefore urgently recom- mend that committee of your honorable body be appointed to fix the time, mode and manner of properly and fittingly celebrating this grand occasion, and that the Historical society and Chamber of Commerce each be requested to appoint committees to co oper- ate with 8 like committee on the part of our fellow citizens.
 FINANCES
 do not propose to worry you with any lengthy array of figures in relation to the finances of the city, and shall only allude to few of the mora important items to show our exact situation in as condensed form as possible in order that you may see the limit of our abilities and the consequent iupera tive necessity of guarded action in undertak- ing new works outside of those already or dered. The full and complete report of the city auditor shows in detail the receipts and expenditures from all sources during the ifs cal year ended December 1st, 1883 From the report you will find that the financial condition of the city is in very much the same condition as at the commencement of last year, exc'pt that the city debt during that period has been decreased about $50 GOO and that our present city debt of every description is but $6O1, ,907 30, as will appear from the following statement:
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

During the past year the Board of Public Works, owing to the limited means at their disposal, undertook nc very noteworthy pub lie improvement. outside the construction of a few much needed sewers, pavements, side- walks and bridges, and the widening, ex tending and grading two or three public streets.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29
FINANCES

FUNDED DEBT. Derby R. R bonds, payable
 s2o,Ooo year. 6o,ooo Sewerage bonds due October 1st,
 1891. 91..-.......-............. 249, coo Sewerage bonds due October Ist,
 1901. o1.;-;...::..;...;...;.:. 25o.oOe 1897. 7.....-...........-.....- 15O,ooo
 s7O9.OOO
 FLOATING DEBT. Note in favor of William Fitc1
 trasee, punt Of and interest paid by Derby R., 25,OeO Total indebtedness. $734 coo % From which deduct amount
 cash in city treasury. $56, ,TO7 05 Sewerage bond sinking fund. 3,525 % Municipal bond sinking fund. 43 960 56
 1s2, ,ls2 e1 Net Indsbtedntgs Dec. ], 1885,. $sO1, ,8g7 39 |" ' " 1882. 631,907 35 Decrease. se......,............... $3oGs9 96 From this showing and after comparing it with the financial reports of very many cities I know of no other, of the population and wealth of ours. that has so small 8 bonded, funded and floating debt. I feel constrained to con- gratulate our fellow citizens in consequence thereof, especially when we take into consid eration the fact that 12 mill tax upon the basis of our present grand list will pay every dollar the city owea. The total approp1ia- tions for the last fiscal year were $614 882 71, while the expenditures were S6O9, "A 6S leaving balance of only S, 16S. .O3, certainly a small margin for so large an amount. The expenditures for the present fiscal year as compared with the last are as follows
Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-29

The fish stories are not all born in the summer firm of wholesale fish dealers in Buffalo report the discovery of wonderful winter fishing in Birch lake, Michigan. The fish caught are pickerel. When first found the lake had been but little fshed, but when holes were cut through the ice and baited hooks were dropped ia the fish bit so raven ously that one person, it is alleged, landed thirty fine large pickerel in twelve minutes. The discoverers immediately started ont to secure men, fishing apparatus and teams, and set to work in business way. Thousands of fish were taken from the water during the first full day's fishing. Nov the fishing firm has more than 300 men employed in the work, and pickerel.:ar being carried away by the ton.
 William TalIock, of the Howard associa- ton in England, does not think much of the jails of Italy and the United States He says: In Italy, as in the United States, the condition of prisoners, as compared with the poorest classes of the population, constitutes positive inducement to crime. But, on the whole, the United States jails are the worse Their inmates are, in general, indulged with plenty of the best food, as coffee, cocoa, bacon. beans and other vegetables, soups. etc., an ample supply of novels, newspapers and magazines; choral services and interest ing lectures; free visitation from friends and acquaintances and such '.good time'' gener. ally that the American prisons may be de. scribed as among the chief causes of Ameri- can crime. The myriads of csdgers and loafsrs (oftsn robbers and even murderers when opportunity permits) who alike prey
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well.
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estimate S7, 743, 1885. As matter of course no one wishes any extra, unfair, or unpro- portionate valuations, still I cannot see why the real and personal property of the city is not worth es much to- day as it was ten years ago. Can someone explainP
 I make this statement for the further pur- poss of asking if it does not furnish one req son for our seeming increase of taxation from the fact that 8 9 1-2 mill tax on the grand list of 1874 will amount to within five hundred dollars as much as the grand list of 1884 at II mills
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-06
Tbad Stevens HumOr.

The pretty little story ofSister Beecher
and her erring brother, Governor Cleve-
land. calls to mind the following good
story told of Thaddeus Stevens. More
than thirty years ago bitter contro-
yersy arose over a will made by citizen
of Franklin County, this State. Mr.
Stevens was retained by the contestants
The case was tried at Chambersburg.
In those days the country people regard
ed the will of a testator as a sacred doc
ument, and the report that the grea'
commoner of Lancaster was to be engag'
ed in an attempt to break the will crea'
ted a sensation in the Cumberland Val
lev. Some of the good citiz5ns deter
mined to let Mr.. Stevens know that the
people who were trying to overthrow
| the will "were not as coed as they might
be-" The train that carried MIR. Stevens
uo the Cumberland Valley was boarded
at Carlisle by a number of persons, some
of whom entered into conversation with
in reference to the case to be tried al
Chanbersburg. One of the company
turning to Stevens, said with much earn
estness, "Mr. Stevens, do you really be
lieye Col. A. is an honest man.? Int
great lawyer, in his inimitable manner
tuI ming hi, faea full upon hie interrog
tor, replied: II have no doubt OF 1t
He told me so himself only yesterday.
Philadelphia North American.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-06
MYSTERY OF A GRAVE.
Position of a Corpse Slightly oh""s'>
While in the Coffin.


While in the Coffin.
The other day the body of David kur "
which had been buried for several Seah
was taken up for interment in the new esuf
etery at Lafayette, Ind. The face.of the desa'a
was as fresh and life-like as when laid away
Tn addition to this startling feature OF the
case. and one that has filled the friends with
horror ever since, is the fact that the right
arm of the dead man, which when inferred
was known to have rested folded across his
breast. was found to be turned back ana
rested under the small of the back, leaving
the impression that possibly he might have
been buried alive.
What adds to this theory are the circum'
stances that attended Mr.. kmrtzs death.
One day, feeling unwell, Mr.. kurtz toOk
dose of morphine: His FAMILY Deca,ne
alarmed. summoned physician, who gave
him some medicine-nOt knowing that ne
had taken morphine-and went away
Kurtz died. After burial little daugntel
| Of Kurtz dreamed that her father had peer
hurled alive. and so wildly was the fact i'm
messed on her mind that to satisfy her tnt
body was dsinterred two days later. a.
| that time the body was found to De Just as !
was when buried, the arms folded across IN
breast, etc. Last week daughter oi Ili'
dead man died at Indianapolis, and wa
brought to Lafayette for burial: IL wa
found impossible to place her beside tne re
mains of her father and it was decldea :
take nm the body of the latter and place IL II
a new LOT. In this way the discovery wa
made leading to the belief of prematur
| burial.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-06

The celebrated case of Antonio Pelletier
against the Haytien Government, which was
set for hearing at the State Department on
Monday, has been postponed until Wednes-
day. The case is one of the most romantic
and interesting kind, involving all the ele-
ments of a popular novel, and winding up in
true Enoch Arden style by the victims re-
turn to his home to find his wife remarked
and his home deserted. The case is i'm the
nature of claim against Hayti, and is to be
tried before ex-Justice Strong, of the United
States Supreme Court, as arbitrator. The
amount involved is 81, 400, 4SO. Colonel A.
II. Jackson appears in the interest of Pelle-
tier, and ex-Secretary Boutwell, and the
Marquis de Shombom for the Haytien Re
public.
Pelletier was native of France, but was
naturalized in the United States in Novem.
Der, 1850. He started with his bark William,
a condemned slave-trader, for Rio Hacha,
taking as passenger one Juan Cortez. On
account of storms he put into Jamaica tC
land his passenger. After being driven al
the mercy of the winds for some time, he
landed at the north end of the island of st
Domingo. He discovered to his surprise the
Aaytien flag flying. He had had some
trouble with the Haytien authorities just
previously and was badly treated by them
for which reason he feigned his vessel was
French and named 1t the Guillaume. This
was discovered and his vessel was searched
as slave trader and the captain arrested.
The United States Commercial agent at the
mort refused to render alsg assistance to his
countryman or even to do his duty. Pei
letter and his crew were first .~ied by court
martial, and next by commission, who de
cided him not amenable to the lay. The
case was taken to the court, and n, Jury
brought in a verdict cOnvicting Pelleut. of
niracy. and he was sentenced to death. h
WAS also ordered to pay a fine Of 81 ,OO0 ant
e. 200 to Cortez, and the bark William ant
ali the nroperty on board were cOnfiscate'
for fhe benefit of the Government. Th
judgment was appealed from and the c0ur
ahoye decided that the sentence of dealt
should be changed to five years imprison
ment. ,.,,o.; os trans
farred 10 a prison at Cape uaytien., Their
he remained until, becoming SICK, ne wa
carried TO a hospital, where he stayed unit unit
he effected his escape on November L. lSoS
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-06
No Wonder He Crowded

Just as l expected!' remarked a
crochety looking passenger, IN vent
sold dollars worth OF goods since cleo
ton day. Before that was having a
rushing trade. 1 predicted that the
election of a democratic president would
knock business galley-west, and / knew
what was talking about"
You're wildw said a man with a
rooster on his hat. Business is all
right; and venture to say you are ex'
aggerating meters good deal. YOU
say you haven't sold dollars worth o
goods since election?"
"Thai's what said. And that aim
all, nuther. | don't expect to sell dol
lars worth in six months. Fact is,
got so discouraged when | saw C!eve
lands election was certain that put vi
the shutters and have given up my
store-room."
"Well, this is extraordinary. May
inquire what business you are in?"
Certainly. make and sell til
helmets with white plumes on 'em."