Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-28

- legislation than the passing of that bill.
 The question is raised at Washington whether the Catholic professors engaged in Europe for the university at Washington can be admitted to this country under the alien contract labor law. Solicitor Hepburn of the treasury department says: 'I shall interpret the law just as it is intended, no matter who may be affected. I am considerable of an American myself, and believing in Keeping portion of our country for bona ide set- tiers and immigrants and not for men who have to be offered inducements to come to our shores" The law exempts professional actors, artists, lecturers, singers and persons employed strictly as personal or domestic servants" but says nothing about teachers and professors.
 A funny case was tried in justice's court in Jasper, Georgia, the other day, for dam age to hog by reason of the loss of one of the hog's feet it collision with train. In a three hours legal fight the defendants counsel contended tbat the rule of assessing damages was the loss ID weight by the hog by reason of being run over, which in this case was one foot, weighing half pound, which at ten cents pound would be five cents damages. The plaintiffs counsel in- sisted that the rule for assessing damages was the value of the hog when hurt, with the cost of nursing and medical treatment, together with such damages as the enlight- ened minds of the jnry thought proper for the mental pain and anguish of the hog. The jury gave the plaintiff s5
 Jacksonville, Florida, is hopeful in 8 new city government. Year after year plans for the sanitary reformation of the city have been brought to naught by petty feuds in municipal politics, and at length application was made to the State legislature for new city charter, under which there should be no election of city officials by the people, but the governor of the State should be em- powered to appoint 8 city council of eight cen men. The bill has been passed, and Governor Fleming has but lately appointed the council. It will be their duty to elect a mayor, a board of public works and the po- lice commissioners, and to issue city bonds (approved by the people at special eleetion) to the amount of $750, ,O0O. The council
 
 to levy special taxes.
 There have long existed in Germany and elsewhere societies for collecting cigar ends. It is customary to have boxes for preserving these remnants on the tables of hotel smok- ing rooms, as well as in private houses. They are collected at given times and sold to the manufacturers, who make snuff of them or cut them up, after 8 kindly steeping, for smoking mixtures. Their price goes to orphan institutions or other charities. Now 1 the news comes that an organization of the kind, and that on & grand scale, has just been started in Sweden. The queen is pres ident, and young ladies and gentlemen l throughout the country are members. Fath- I CTS and brothers and sweethearts are to be prayed not to throw away cigar ends. These are to be gathered from the streets. The money to be got from the product will nour- ish and educate 500 children. Here is 8 chance for sume philanthropic person to start such society in this country.
 The Boston Herald correctly remarks that