The morning news., 1888-08-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ADvICEs from China, via San Francisco, show
that cholera still RACES at certain points in the
empire. ''At Hong Kong, during the two weeks
ending July IA, ffty-eight persons died of the
dreaded disease In annoy during July the daily
number of the cholera patients was from thirty
10 sforty. In the neighborhood tof Annoy the
cnolera epidemic IS more prevalent than IN
Annoy and those who fall and die in the road of
cholera daily number above 1C0 Fortunately,
however no foreign resident in these places has
yet been seized by the cholera"
A FEW years ago Gen. Alger, at that time
governor of Michigan gave to Gen. Sheridan
$1,000 in money, upon condition that it should
be invested in a life insurance policy and that
the policy should be kept up for the benefit of
has widow. The money was invested in a
policy for $4,000, ami inquiry since the death
OF Gen. Sheridan at the Office of the Connect
cut company was answered by a statement that
there had been no default in the payment upon
1t. The original intention of Gen. Alger was,
therefore. c lrred out, and the policy remains
to the benefit of the widow.
An American has received the unusual rank
for foreigner Of magma cum laude at the
University of Leipsic. he is Williston Walker,
son OF the Rev. DR.. George Leon Walker of
Hartford, and his graduation essay on The In
crease Of the Royal Power nnder Pbilip Au-
gustus-1lT9-l2 a. D." is monograph Of IA
pages, and received the highest commendation
from the historical faculty of the university as
an exhaustive treatise on an obscure period of
history. Mr., Walker graduated at Amherst in
1888, and has received an appointment in the
department of history at Bryn Mawr college,
Pennsylvania.
WARDEN BRUSH of the Sing Sing On. Y prison
is quoted by the New York Times as saying
that he expects very unpleasant results from
the ldleneSS OF the large number of convictS in
the institution. The men are discontented
and very much detected IN spirits, and are con
tlnually writing letters to the warden and prin-
clpaI keeper, begging to be put to work at
something, they do not care what. They dread
being locked up in their close cells, some two in
cell, this hot weather, and only let out when
it is time to 20 to their meals The authorities
do all they can for them and give them about
an hours exercise and outing after each meal.
The warden fears that before many days there
Will be cases of insanity breaking out; in fact,
some have already lost their mental balance
and been placed in the hospital with hope of
their recovery"
THE smoke nuisance has degraded Chicago to
the extent that it can now be justly termed the
dirtiest city in the country. A correspondent
there writes to that effect. adding: There are
the most rigid prohibitive smoke ordinances
here, and endless so o.called smoke consumers
but neither seem to have the slightest effect.
1t is claimed that, while the abolition of soft
coal would greatly increase the expenses of
railways and manufacturers generally, yet
even from a financial standpoint alone the city
would benefit from it. The head of leading
dry goods firm says merchants are absolutely
prohibited from carrying many lines of delicate
fabrics, for which there is a demand here, as in
every large city. Goods which can be handled
in New York, and for which there should be a
liberal market in Chicago, are simply inadms-
sible here, for the reason that exposure would
mean ruin to them"
ACCORDING to o recent writer, what Napoleon
Bonaparte did with the enormous fortune he
left somewhere when sent to St. Helena, has
since remained a mystery In 1879 he told
Marsh Berthiar and also BOurrienne, his
private secretary, that he had nearly 100 O0O 900
francs n i'm mr. n1n to hiC