Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The election in Hartford yesterday was very interesting and significant affair.
 The government of Uruguay means to re- tain its home markets for it's own people. The impositio of heavy duties on goods is not sufficient. Commercial travellers are to be taxed. The number of these has in creased to such an extent in the territory of the republic that the merchants have complained that their business is almost paralyzed. In consequence the government has decided that commercial travellers not residing in Uruguay and not representing house established in the country must ob- tain license, the cost of which will be $2, 800 in gold. The license must be paid in advance and renewed every year.
 The census of the German empire for 1885, now completed, shows that there are twenty one cities in Germany with population of over 100, GOO, an increase of seven since the census of 1880, when there were but four cities of that size Berlin leads the list,- hay ing population of 1, ,316, ,552, an increase of about 200, 900 since 18S0 Dusseldorf shows the largest percentage of increase, having now IA, ,451 inhabitants, against 95, 459 at the last census, gain of little over 19 per cent. The city of Nuremberg has added over 16, 900 to her population in the last five years, having now 116, 193 inhabitants. Even in Strassburg, in the "captive" province of Alsace, the numbers have grown from 104,- 900 in 1880 to 112,O 900 in 1885. The whole empire has added about (, 1000, ,O00 to it's pop ulation since 1871, the year of it's forma- tion
 An immense land bequest was made by the late James Irvine, of San Francisco. He left to his only son, among other property, 180, 600 acres of land in one body in Los Angeles county. This large domain Mr. Irvine bought jointly with another man in 1857, paying at the rate of 37 1-2 cents per acre. In 1875 MT. Irvine bought out his partner for s25O, 900. He has since been of ferel $1, ,OO0,00 cash for the property. There is 8 valley of 20, 900 acres in the tract worth $1OO an acre, or $2, ,0O0, ,OO0 for the val lev. Some small farms have been carved from this portion and sold at this figure. On this tract is coal mine which is yield ing an unfailing supply of coal of good quail ty for locomotive purposes, and is under lease to representatives of the Southern Pa cifc company. There are bet ween 30,OO0 and 40, ,000 sheep and several thousand cat tie upon this land. The actual cash value of the whole tract is, at Q fair estimate, about $4, ,OO0,O 900.
 A narrowing tale has been. going the rounds relating that as the Rev. R. Downey Blair of Kentucky was preaching tho other Sunday some one handed him & letter con taining the news that his wild son John had been 1ynched in Emporia, Kansss, for mur- dering his wife and family. The tale further told that upon reading this letter the preach CT fell in a swoon. Now comes Rev. R. Dcwney Blair and announces that he didn't receive any letter on the Sunday in question; that he didn't swoon; that he didn't preach; that his son John was never wild or way ward in his life, but church member and strictly temperate; that John doesn't live in Emporia, hasn't murdered his family, hasn't been lynched, but is in the enjoyment of his usual good health and of the esteem of his neighbors. The Hartford Courant thinks that the man who invented this tale should come east and make his fortune writing Con \ necticut Specials" for the New York papers