, 1884-02-14
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,"nhtiluuvfS 10 enter the c n.vdpT-
alton.
There are now only four of the old
soldiers OF Napoleon | LETT at the
Hotel des Inyalidra in Pari-. Their
respective ages are %, 93, 81, and 95
years.
Michael Dtvitt in speech, said
that Ireland should have sa'l-govern-
mnnt, similar Il that of Cauaia H
declared that the Government mus
tlolish mud cabins, landio. ds' gta III
juries ard castle c!iqurs.
The costs in the C .se Of tho T ,rri
tory V. Canada OHen5y for tle muir
Ter of K. Il. Cum Mus, foots up Jus,
S!296.35. I he witness fees alone.
during the january. 1888. term o
court. amouGted to 500. This Is fol
Owenby alone. and does not inc ude.
is acCOmplicra in the crime. Vcr.l,
it costs les to edu ate the young and
build churches than to punish crimi-
nals.
The Tondon Times. in an articlr
on tie Appearance of the first p IT. o,
he new English dictionary by the
Theological society. calls it ''tIe
great and mature birth of the time
No snch work, il says las ever been
before attempted in the English Ian
guage. 1t is the first serious eff IL
TO treat the English languange as Il
whole. with historical continuity and
completeness.
Sixteen yerrs ago law WAS passed
FOR the gradual mauumiss!on oi
slaves in Cuba, of whom there We're at
thai time about 3S5.355. SO we'll has
this law been administered, the plant
ers in many CASES showing vii rg
ness to act even liz anticip llion of its
provisions, tn It 235,0J0 have been al
ready set free. an thers ara 600 /
grounds for hoping tn 1t during the
yeIr the curse of slavery will tilaly
be removed from thai isl nd
Th" Washington Post which i, one
.! the lea ling democratic journals OF
the country. is altogether dissltis tie! |!
with General ShermGn's hIu. que and
emph tie refusal to stand lis a candi-
date for the Presidency. or rather to
accept the place under any circum-
stances, and nnd,rIakcs to notify him
that the office ''tLe American who will
not take tine Presidency is not va
C mt and will not be until Horotio
seymour Is out OF the way.
Genera Tom Ewing says that mo
man who fought IL the southern
army during q war Can ever hope
to be president. More than that, 10
son of such Il man will ever be pres
ident. Nay, it is doubtful if the
third generation will be able to as
pire successfully to that position. I
will be even more posiiIye-th:.t no
man wnU live i'll border STATE. and
remained at home, taking no part in
the struggle, will ever secure the
>ulfr geS OF the people FOR the first
olIiae in their gift"
The citiz ms OF Co'fix al larga
number Of settlers Oh what ar known
a. the lien lands. held ii 'cJnd meet
ing few days ago aud after per-
nanent organization. eso.ved that
settlers on all lien lands in Elstern
Washington be requested d to rrir in
from buying said lieu lands of the
Northrn Pa:iti; railroad company
until such tima as the comp my
can give satisfactory evidence OF
their ability to furnish a clear title,
and until congress has ucte,i on tue
matter.
TIL SIN Francisco Chronicle, in, a
hong article, shows that hydr luiic
mining in Califorr ia canaot be stop
ped too soon, If the bay of San Fran
cisco Is to be preserved Measure
ments show that the widening of t le
bar at the entrance of the bay aud
the shouting upon it arc constant;
amt not only this, Int the area of
deep water within the bay is not
more than one-tifth that of the
year 1857 All this is due to
The pouring down of tie debris from
the hydraulic mines
There is at least one woman in
New York in whose hands great
wealth is great G ,oJ. During tic
las' six years Mrs John Jacub Astor
has sent at her own expense no less
than 4.0j3 homeless children from
that city TO the south ana west. and
has securel them homes mostly
among the country folks of those re-
gin The reports show that in
iii immense majority IF the cases the
transfer of the chl ii n to new sur
ruundings has reIultc in great good
to them, and to the satisfaction of the
families to whom they were sent.
The Whatcom RereiHe has
been pretty rough on Govern
or Newell, but he following
rather caps its previous effort:
Let us hore tt at the New Jersey
policemen will not gel our Governor
with the dyed Tustache, while lie is
buttonho ing i'll Was hipgton FOR re-
appointment. 4 friendly train
should be kept in waiting to afford
him means of escape should any
defrauded lieirs make their appear
ance. IL would be IA horrible slam ON
our fair fame should an uncouth cop
take our Govern II in ont of the w.t..
1t would also deprive that Grdy's
Harbor p1per railroad OF figure
head President.
BeIkpap, NJ ,ntana, is the coming
town of the Rocky Mountain country
1t is already the principal point of
embarkation for the Coeur d'Alene
mines A "on'r 'ract between the 3 liz
nap Improvement Company and the
Northern i'.,cilic II tiir0dd Company
insureS the contInuaufe q of this
advantage to it 4 stage line from
Belk -ap to the mines, IA distAace of
twenty miles, will be put on at once.
The town Is, we are told, ''stalted ia
shape, aud $4,000 worth of town lots
have been sold. Horses and sIed1 are
ont twelve miles OH the roId to tho
C9u: GAiene mines Fifty men are
ut wor; Oh q trail, anl twenty five
men are cleariI < ,iniier and getting
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