Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-23

New Zealand offers bounty of five cents each for the destruction of English sparrows. Here is chance to make money.
 A London tradesmsn was prosecuted for libel for having pasted up in his show win dow a notice to the effect that 8 rival across the way had been convicted by & magistrate for selling bad butter. The court held that the defendant was not liable, the state ment was true, and it was beneficial to the public that it should be published.
 This is a strange winter in many respects. One of it's oddities is the report which comes from the peach-growing region along the Hudson that the ''fruit buds generally are uninjured," that "the buds are green and show healthful vitality" and that peach growers 'say that the prospect is bright The peach crop is usually destroyed every winter about this time.
 The New York Evening Post says of the new States: Each of the proposed additions promises to do the country credit. Wash ington has many of the characteristics of a transplanted New England community, in- fused with dash of western spirit. Dakota is inhabited by the same sort of people who have made Iowa and Minnesota. Montana has more of the characteristics of frontier community, but is gradually settling down into staider ways. Statehood will promote the prosperity of all, and will especially benefit Montana by increasing immigration from the nearer West.
 l. AL use f the president-elect, does not wish to pass as reformer. She takes the ground that the lady of the White House is not ex-oficio a leader of fashion. She argues that her per sonal views regarding the use of wine, the wearing of the hustle, the morality of the dance and such like topics should have no weight with the public simply because her husband happened to be elected president. She is thoroughly independent woman and has great contempt for those of her sex who look to the presidents wife for guidance in matters which should be settled according to individual tastes.
 There are some very sharp men in Cincin- natl. Sandy Welch of that place has sold his $10, ,000 life insurance policy four times within the last four years and still has the policy, with premiums paid to date, and $5, ,000 profit besides. His method has beer | to so stupefy himself wish drugs that ont would surely think his days were few ant then sell the policy on the plea that he could ! not pay an approaching premium. Once thu sale was made, Sandy would immediately re
 cover, and rather than keep up the insurance on healthy man his victim would be read.
 to compromise, and then the policy would b sold back to Sandy. His last transaction
 nearly got him into trouble, however, ant the clever rogue says he will let we'll enougl
 alone and has given up the business and gon l to work.
 The economical reforms in Queen Victoria household, to which it is said the Prince Q
 Wales has been decidedly opposed, have re
 vealed couple of queer facts. The custor
 has been to present Epiphany offerings c
 "gold, frankincense and myrrh" on behalf c
 the sovereign at the altar of sthe Chapel Roy al of St. James, palace. The offering WE
 supposed to consist of fifty sovereigns, unt
 Prince Albert, who had keen scent fo
 abuses, once went to the vestry before th
 services and opened the box, where he foun
 ten shillings only. It was explained that a
 old habit gave the rest of the money to ce
 tain officials as psrquisites. Another ques
 custom appropriated at the beginning of eac + year ffty-two bottles of royal Madeir