Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-05-28

do, says he does not think Mr.. Blaine would
accept the nomination If it should be offered
South Carolina AZ per cent. bonds are Of
fered for private subscription in England, but
there are few takers. Moral: Reputation of
financial obligations does not give confidence.
The Root Knit Goods Manufacturing COM
pany of Cohoes, New York, fearing that the
Mills bill will become law, has sent an agent
to Germany with a view to purchasing site
for mill in that country and running their
business there, as it would be impracticab1e
to continue its business here. The company
employs 500 persons with a monthly pay roll
of $1S, 900. Such cheering items as these bid
fair to become more and more numerous.
The Worcester Spy has canvassed the Mas
sachusetts congressional district which is now
represented by Congressman Russell and has
already obtained the signatures of nearly
5000 voters who are desirous that Joseph H.
Walker be a candidate for Congress. The
district casts total of %, 900 or "a, 900 votes
and this list embraces~about half of the H.
600 or IL, 900 votes necessary to elect. Mr..
Walker would well represent the district.
There were four hundred and fifty compet-
itors for the prize offered by an English jour
nal for the longest twelve-word telegram, and
the winner put in the following, which was
accepted by the telegraph officers for trans-
mission for sixpence, the regular Iate:
"Administrator-Ge Generals counter revolution
ary intercommunieations uncircumstantiated.
Quartermaster-General's disproportionable-
ness Enthusiastically contra-distinguished
unconstitutionalists' incomprehensibilities."
A good many people have claimed the
honor of founding the Republican party.
That high honor is now claimed for Colonel
A. E. Bovay of Ripon, Wisconsin, by corr
respondent of the Iowa State Register, who
says that Bovay began an earnest work for
Republican organization after the downfall of
the wings in 1852, and that early in the spring
of 1854 the first Republican committee was
formed at Ripon-some months before the
Michigan convention, which was the first to
form State Republican party and to nomi-
nate State ticket.
The Panama canal lottery loan bill having
funds will soon be made. The last series of
bonds authorized was put upon the market
last spring, but the response showed marked
falling off in public confidence. Indeed,
there has been a continuous decline in the
Panama stick with the investing public. In
1884 $26, 600, 900 in bonds was offered and
$21, ,e00, 900 subscribed; in 1885 $45, ,0O0, 900
Uaa offarad op5 al nOn nnn 4oI-o- :, 1907
$44, 900, 900 was offered and only $23 ,000, 900
taken, while last spring only $10,ooO.000 of
the $32, 900, 900 loan was placed.
Among the bills awaiting Governor Hills
decision about signing them is the act of the
New York legislature requiring capital pun
| ishment to be inflicted by electricity instead
| of hanging. Besides this change in the
| method of execution, the act makes provision
| also for other reforms. The execution of @
capital sentence must not be less than fou1
weeks nor more than eight weeks after the
| sentence. The week within which it shall
take place must be fixed by the court, but
the time within the week is left to the dis
cretion of tie warden 10 whom the warrant
is directed, but no previous announcement oi
the time shall be made except to the wit
nesses whom the law requires the warden
to invite to certify to the fact of the execu-
ton. These are eommendable reforms.
| DR.. Ernst Fleischl, professor of physiology
in the University of Vienna, who was one oi
the Austrian commissioners at the Philadel
phia exhibition, recently submitted to one Of
the most curious surgical operations on record
In consequence of blood poisoning from 8
dissection he had been for years a sufferer
from excruciating neuralgia pains aceompa
MED by swellings. The eminent surgeon, Prof
Billroth, had failed to give permanent reliei
by repeated operations and finally gave NJ
the case. Recently Billroth's assistant, DR.
Gersuny, called his attention to similar cas-
on record in which a cure had been achieved
by . resection of the diseased nerve and tn,
substitution of the corresponding nerve of
rabbit. Prof. Billroth urged DIR. Fleischl t,
assent to like operation, which Dr. GersuD,
performed with complete success