Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-25

MT. John Keenan does not think that s500,0 ,000 would be enough to corrupt the board of aldermen of New York city. This opinion will give rise to many smart re- marks.
 Lady physicians in France are in high spirits just now. One of their number, Mime. ! Sarrante, has been appointed by NJ. Turqtet | the under secretary of State at the Beaux Arts, to be one of the official physicians at tached to the National opera house in Paris. Such distinction has never been gained by a lady doctor in France before.
 An Iowa legislator has introduced bill providing that before marriage license shall be issued each party to the proposed matrimonial contract ''shall give satisfacto- " evidence to the clerk that they are able to maintain and support each other with all necessities of life and also to take care of the children, if they should have any,"
 In 1882 Boston after long discussion de- cided that it did not need elevated rail roads, and that no system of rapid transit in the city would pay. But the subject is again under consideration, and the recent increase of street railroad traffic gives the projectors of rapid transit schemes new courage In 1876 the street cars carried AT, O7O, ,642 passengers, and in 1884 they carried 7,111 1858.
 The partisan Democrats of Ohio are not
 pleased with the decision of Judge Wylie in
 the case of Dalton, the clerk who refused to oft n,
 to the house committee to be photographed
 The committee had demanded that returns
 from one of the city wards should be pro-
 duced, believing that the fact that they had
 been fraudulently altered was apparent on
 their face, and that the distribution of photo
 graphic copies to the members of the legisla-
 ture would be convincing evidence that they
 had been tempered with. Dalton's refusal
 was reported to the house, which declared
 him in contempt, and directed the sergeant
 at-arms to take him into custody, to be i'm
 prisoned for thirty days unless he should in
 the meantime purge himself of contempt,
 Dalton applied for writ of haheas corpus.
 alleging that he was illegally restrained of
 his liberty by the serge ant t-at-arms. Judge
 Wylie was selected to issue the writ because
 he is known to be a Democrat and vigorous
 partisan, but he refused, deciding that Dalton
 was legally held in custody.
 United States Consul Williams of Rouen,
 France, has been Investigating the new tex
 tile which, it was claimed, was likely to
 take the place of wool to a large extent. He
 says that the new textile is called Beran-
 dine, from the name If the inventor. The
 French have made very glowing official re- ports MT. Williams says that, in the opin- ion of experts who have since made careful examinations, it is safe to say that it is not
 likely to take the place of wool, or even the poorest quality of waste wool or cotton. It's presence in 8 mixture of textile material 1n-
 cleases the difficulty of spinning to such an extent that in no instance could it be spun fne It's use in fabrics of mixed thread d1- minishes it's value by imparting roughness and harshness to the touch. The consul thinks that, while this textile may take a ] modest place hereafter, it is not at present