Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-02

and figures it out thus: Stitching the col
 lar, four rows, 5000; sewing the ends, 500;
 buttonholes and sewing on the buttons, 150;
 sewing the collar and gathering the neck,
 1,204; stitching wristbands, ,228; sewing
 the ends, 68; buttonholes 148; hemming the
 sits, 264; gathering the sleeves, $40; setting
 on wristbands, 1,46s; stitching on shoulder
 straps. three rows each, 1880; hemming the
 bosom, 393; sewing the sleeves, 3, ,554; setting
 in sleeves, 1,526; sewing the seams, 648; set
 ting in side gussets, 424; henming the bot
 tom, 1, ,194. Total, 20,649.
 The progress of the suit concerning the le-
 gality of the underground telegraph act,
 brought in New York by H. Clausen & Sons
 Brewing company against the Baltimore and
 Ohio Telegraph company, will be watched
 with interest. The action is to restrain the
 defendant from constructing it's line in front
 of plaintiffs premises, and the proceeding
 necessarily calls for legal construction of
 the act referred to, which, briefly stated,
 provides that all telegraph lines in cities
 having a population of 500, 900 or over shall
 be placed under ground before November 1,
 1885. Mir. Risley, for the plaintiff, claimed
 that the defendants action was illegal, even
 had the so-called underground telegraph act
 never been passed, as plaintiffs property ex-
 tended to the central line of the street
 The idea that Hon. Henry B. Harrison, of this city, is the right man for the Republicans
 to nominate for Governor finds much favor,
 although no effort is being made to create
 frrh Wiulhop, n4xT
 script, which knows what the Republicans of
 Windham county want, says: MT. Harrison is man who never seeks place or position,
 but appears to feel that if the people believe his service needed they will call for it. He has always been known as decidedly opposed to having that belief manufac- tured by 'booms" or lobby influences at con
 ventions. Nor do we think he would
 be willing to enter scrub race where there was likely to be strife between opposing can didates. Our belief is that if the convention should with fair degree of unanimity put him in nomination, without any solicitation on his part and without being especially urged upon the convention by his New Haven friends, he would not decline the honor, but would at once enter the field and give to the party his best energies to make the campaign vigorous and successful With the highest appreciation for the other gentlemen named as candidates for Governor, the Transcript has no hesitation in expressing the opinion that Mr. Harrison would be the strongest candidate that the Republican convention can put in nomination at New Haven on the 20th day of August.
 Sir John Astley hailed cab in London and was driven to the Bachelors club The horse was left for moment by the driver, and it ran away, knocking Thomas Allen senseless, and he sued Sir John for damages At first sight it would seem that he could have claim, but the evidence showed otherwise. Sir John was the owner of the hanson and the driver was his groom. There is nothing extraordinary in that, for many gentlemen in London keep private hansoms. But this baronet had the cab num- bered and the groom licensed, and the driver allowed to pick up fares like an ordinary cabman. He had been with Sir John five years and the baronet paid him $6.25 weekly wages. On the days when he became a cabman he paid Sir John g. 50 day. Whatever the coachman earned over that was his profit; if he earned less it was his loss On this particular day he was cabman and Sir John claimed that he had paid his fare like any other passenger and was, therefore, not liable. Sir John conducted his own case, saying that he was poor and could not afford to engage lawyer. He made an amusing speech and fully explained the way by which he turned an honest penny as cab proprie tor. He said that the Duke of Marlborough also had cabs for hire on the streets of Lon don.