Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-21

There is loud call for biennial sessions in Massachusetts,
 The latest thing in paper is a recently erected chimney fifty feet high, at Breslau.
 Agents of British houses are drumming the cities of Iowa to sell their cotton and woolen goods. They state that they find it more profitable to sell direct to the retailers than through American importers in New York. The latter are naturally not well pleased with this direct trade, and are not 8 little disturbed about it.
 Captain Henry H. Gorringe looks at the Panama canal business sensibly. He says the tide-1evel Panama canal has the money while the Nicaragua lock canal has not; there fore it is well to give the first fair trial. Gorringe expects to see the de Lesseps canal opened in 1890, but he believes that there will be room for canal No 3 in less than twenty-five years.
 General W. B. Franklin, William w. Ea- ton and Governor Waller are among the Con necticut men mentioned for cabinet honors The Washington Star has an interview with b is sure thing that General Franklin will be 1 made secretary of war. The New London Day very pertinently remarks: "The ablest of the Democratic leaders in Connecticut has | not yet been mentioned as @ cabinet possibl- I ity. The Day refers to ex-Governor Inger- 1 soIl of New Haven. He would adorn any position in the cabinet, but his high stand ing at the bar peculiarly fits him for the office l of attorney general.
 A woman who married drunkard got se-
 verely rebuked by the Supreme court of Iowa, before which her plea for divorce came. It was developed in evidence that she knew of his intemperate habits when she married l him, and married him hoping to reform him.
 The judge of the court of final appeal de- 1 nied her the divorce in these stern words ''You voluntarily chose a drunkard for a ! husband, and you should discharge the du- l ties of drunkard's wife. His failure to | keep pledge of reformation made before
 marriage does not justify you in deserting him. Having knowingly married a drunk | ard, you must make yourself content with
 the sacred relationship"
 Lord BramWe1s bill on the law of eV1-
 dence, which is shortly to be introduced in
 the British parliament, enables anyone who
 is charged with an offence to be 'scompe-
 tent witness" on every hearing at every l stage. The wife or husband of the accused l is in like manner to be competent witness.
 And these provisions are to apply whether
 the accused is charged solely or jointly with others. But the accused is not to be com pelled to be a witness, nor is the wife or hus- 1 band to be admissible as a witness without
 the consent of the accused, unless so com
 pellable heretofore. When an accused per son is a witness, he is not to have the right
 to refuse to answer question on the ground
 that it would tend to crinninate him as to the
 offence charged, unless the court thinks fit to
 allow it.
 Trans Atlantic passenger steamers shlE
 about IA, 600 pounds of fresh meat for each
 trip, 20 tons of ice, 400 pounds of butter
 and 1000 cigars. On 8 vessel of 5000 tom 1000 napkins are used every trip, 2,00(
 sheets and 1000 towels. Different eo1ors arc fused on the upholstery and furniture every