Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-03
NEW HAVEN, CONN. FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 3,

acceptance of the plan, and these the Stand | ing Rock Indians will not give.
 I Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, the well known temperance agitator, has offered he services to the Republican congressional com nittes as a campaign speaker, and will talk the field in Maine, New Jersey, Connecticut l Michigan and other States where the thiri ! party prohibitionists show symptoms ot ! strength Mrs. Foster is prohibitionist anG believes in the repeal of the whisky taxes, or I the ground that it would clear the way fol State action She is satisfied with the tenn perance plank in the Republican platform and will support the Republican party as the only party that offers any hope for temper ance reform.
 An agitation is going on in India against the slaughter of cows for food for the sol diers It is pointed out that 1t takes over 125, ,000 COWS every year to feed the soldiers, and that the Hindoos themselves very rarely touch meat, living upon rice, vegetables, and milk Once even the poorest could have all the milk he wanted for his babies and him. self, but now it is impossible for the vil- uA4SoS mothers breasts have failed, and the failure of the breasts is due chiefly. also, to the lack of cows milk Thousands of children die on this account yearly.
 The attorney general of Pennsylvania an' neunces his determination to proceed against the various beneficial societies in that State which, under one form or another, are carry ing on a so-ealled life insurance business. The exact nature of the proceedings to be taken is not stated; but the purpose seems to be to secure court rulings fixing the legal status of these associations and ultimately to get them under some sort of supervision by properly constituted State authorities. The object is an excellent one and looks toward 8 step that it was found necessary to take in England some years ago.
 4 singular case has been puzZling the
 Philadelphia lawyers. A landlord leased to
 tenant plot of ground, upon which was
 erected frame house, but in the lease no mention was made of the structure. The
 tenant took possession of the land and oe-
 cupied the house. He fell considerably in
 arrears for rent, and a landlords warrant
 was placed in the hands of 8 constable to
 levy upon his goods. Upon attempting to
 serve the warrant the constable discovered
 that the tenant had removed the house with
 it's contents to another mans land, and cons
 sequently the warrant could not be served.
 The tenant subsequently, died ,and the woman
 with whom he lived, though not his wife,
 still occupies it and t'holds the fort" since
 the statute of limitation prevents it's seizure
 as personal property.
 The British consul at Bussorah, on the
 Persian Gulf, in his last report states that & remarkable improvement has taken place in
 the climate of the country round Bussorah, with the substitution of date and wheat cul- tivatiaa for that of rice. The malarious
 fever, to which Bussorah gave it's name, is
 now comparatively rare; and sallow com- plexions and worn looks, which some years ago were universal, are now no longer seen. The northwest wind, which prevails in the hot weather, instead of being moist and clammy, as it used to be, is dry and hot. The month of September, when the marsh which is formed yearly by the overflow of the Euphrates Is drying up, is still the least healthy season. December and January are cold, July and August intensely hot. The
 rest of the year is very much like the spring
 and summer of southern Europe.