Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-09

This is a pretty liberal world after all. ness to receive subscriptions for the aid of the Irish cause.
 The Iowa legislature is about to consider bill which, if passed, will give the govern or the task of appointing three police com missioners for every city in Iowa containing 8 population of over 4.OO0. The demand for this bill is caused by the fragrant violation of the prohibitory law in all the large Iowa towns.
 For many years past struggle has been going on between the t'Liberals'' and the Roman Catholic church in all the countries of South America. And in all of these countries but Ecuador the Liberals" ap- pear to be gaining in power. Ecuador still remains true to the church. It's army IS di- vided into four commands, called respect lively, ''The division of the Blessed Virgin "The Division of the Holy Ghost, B 'sThe di- vision of the Son of God" and the "Divis- ion of the Blood and Body of Christ" /" ''The Sacred Heart of Jesus' is the national emblem, and the body guard of the Presi- dent is called ''The Holy Lancers of St. Mary" No Protestants are allowed to re- side in the city of Quito.
 An interesting educational experiment has been carried on for year and half by the Gramercy park school and tool-houss associ- ation in New York city, which is about to be incorporated. Its plan is to combine common school teaching with that of manu- | o1 o,,1 rtu thotf fha 1r,Io mathematics, languages, natural sciences, geometry, drawing, carpentry, printing, blacksmithing and decorating. The pupils are boys, but classes of girls are received twice week in the gymnasium and scroll saving room. The school numbers thirty three and has machine plant worth SIG, ,000 The capital stock is to be $50, 900 in $50 shares, and among those named as incorpor- ators are President Barnard of Columbia, President Webb of the City college, A. S. Hewitt, Parke Goodwin, E. L. Youmans, Rev. R. H. Newton, F. B. Thurber, Rev. w. Lloyd, Andrew Carnegie and Courtlandt Palmer.
 A woman fell over pair of skids extend ing across sidewalk in New York city and was injured. She brought an action for damages against the man before whose store the accident happened, and the Court of Appeals says: The defendant had the right to place the skids across the sidewalk temporarily for the purpose of removing the cases of merchandise. Everyone doing busi- ness along street in a populous city must have such right, to be exercised in rea- sonable manner, so as not to unnecessarily cucumber and obstruct the sidewalk. When the plaintiff found this obstruction in her pathway she had the option either to l wait couple of minutes or to cross the street and pass upon the other sidewalk, or to pass around the truck in the street, or to take the way she selected. The defendant was under no obligation to furnish her a safe passageway around the obstruction. He l owed her no duty to see that his steps were l in an absolutely safe condition for travel, and it does not appear that they were so dan gerous under such circumstances as to charge him with carelessness, even if that j! would have been sufficient to impose any | liability upon him in this case.
 Henry 0. Davis, assistant general passen- |