Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-28

the body of his infant child after negleeting | to give notice to the coroner of it's death.
 Presiding Justice Stephen charged the grand jury that the person who burns instead of
 buries dead body does not commit crim- inal act unless he does it in such 8 manner
 as to amount to public nuisance. The jus
 tfce, after the fullest examination of the
 authorities, had come to the conclusion that
 cremation could not be considered even 8
 misdemeanor, and he decided that to burn
 dead body decently and inoffensively was not
 unlawful. He said that every practice which
 startles or jars upon the religious sentiments
 of the majority of the population is not for
 that reason misdemeanor at common law.
 great work for the mechanics and arti-
 sans of London has been done by the I'm
 proved Industrial Dwellings company A
 little more than twenty years ago the com
 pany started with capital of $25O, 900, sub
 scribed by few wealthy gentlemen inter
 ested in the well-being of the working peo-
 pie. To-day its capital expenditure is more
 than four millions and half, and it has
 thirty-three estates in different parts of the
 metropolis, covering in all about twenty-four
 acres. Counting the $40 dwellings in course
 of erection, the tenements number 1854,
 containing 16,615 rooms, accommodating
 25, 900 people, and with g rent-rel amount ing to $500, ,OOO year. The excellent sani- tary and supervisory arrangements in the buildings and the improved general condition of the tenants, coupled with an unvarying dividend of five per cent, show that the enterprise has proved not only beneficial to the working classes but profitable to the originators.
 sLife in Texas" is not very attractive to a Georgian who went there awhile ago, built a cabin in the woods, and went to work to make home for himself. He was recently charged by band of strangers with being a murderer. Being innocent he refused to confess and was dragged some distance into the woods and tied to stake. Several shots were fired at him and the shots struck close to him. This failing to frighten confession from him, he was tortured with knives and finally singed with frebrands. Daylight coming on, his tormentors hurried away, leaving him tied to the stake, with promise that he would be left there until he starved to death. Four days and nights he remained in this situation, without food or drink. He was fast becoming mad, when one night solitary man, disguissd beyond recognition, waited him and gave him water and food On the seventh night he was mysteriously set free. On regaining his home to make preparations for flight he learned that the real murderer had been caught and lynched.
 The lime manufacturers of Maine are much disturbed by the proposal to put lime on the free list, and Governor Dingley has present cd their remonstrance to the Ways and Means committee. They argue that it will destroy their business, as it will be impossi- ble to continue in competition with the Can adisn manufacturers, who employ laborsrs at from thirty to fifty per cent. less than the Americans can, and the interests involved are nearly all labor. The petition was signed by business firms without regard to party, Tep- resenting over $1 1000, 900 worth of property. Governor D1ngley, after stating the case of the lime manufacturers at length, was asked by MT. Hewitt, who said that he was a con sumer of lime, whetk-z he has eTer hSard,of any remonstraree from the consuun CTS who would be benefited by the proposed reduc tion. Mr- Dingley replied that he was not aware that any had been made, but, if the question was put as an argument, he would like to ask Mir. Hewitt, who was interested in the protection of iron, whether any remon- srtance had been heard from the consumers of iron. A hearty laugh followed this home thrust, to the great discomfture of the iron and lime consumer, and Gov ernor Dingley retired in good order.