Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-27


 tinue to explode with great frequency and force. Some serious damage will yet be done by these explosions.
 Installment dealers are troubled by re- cent decision by Louisiana judge that in that State title to any goods passes upon the payment of the first installment, and after that is made the purchaser may do what he pleases with the goods.
 The new French method of hypnotism for the cure of persons addicted to the use of alcoholic liquors is said to be wonderfully successful. The cure has excited so much attention that French specialists now have hospital devoted to the treatment, and pub lish @ review.
 The peanut has been long known to be good and useful, but Bishop Theodore B. Ly- man of North Carolina has discovered new and hitherto unsupported virtue in it. For nearly two years he had suffered from insom- mia. About fortnight ago he ate freely of fresh roasted peanuts before retiring, and enjoyed the best sleep he had had for months. He has tried the experiment re- peatedly since, and has found it eficacious every time.
 The letter of Andrew Cahoon, a Mormon bishop now in the penitentiary under sen- tenee for polygamy, has made not a little stir in Salt Lake City. He is convinced that | the United States is too strong for him and ! the Mormon hierarchy, and he has given up f the fight and is resolved to obey the laws hereafter. He says that the present heads of | the Mormon church are deceivers, contempt uously rejects the idea that their predeces- ! sors had special divine revelation, and ad- 1 vises that his people should take rational | view of their condition and prospects and 1 become law-abiding citizens of the United States.
 ! Some of the inhabitants of the great city ] of New York are becoming little troubled about her debt. The law restricts city'e debt to ten per cent, of its property valua- 1 tion. The net debt of New York city is
 $ss, ,0OO, 900, leaving margin of $44, ,oo0, ,00C by which it can be increased. This year,
 however, bonds will have to be issued, as al- ready provided for, to the amount of s20,
 900, ,000, and bills have been introduced in
 the legislature calling for the expenditure oi as much more. If these are passed there
 will be a margin of only $4, COG, 900 for any
 extraordinary needs of the city that may
 arise.
 The twenty-fourth annual report of th'
 trustees of the George Peabody fund, whiel
 is devoted to providing dwellings for th'
 labering poor of London, shows that th gift has nearly doubled itself in value. MT
 Peabody gave =e500, ,000. Rents and interes
 have added to this amount e465, 1S2. Dur ing the past ear three new blocks of build : ings have been completed. There are now il , different parts of the city eighteen groups o . buildings containing 20,413 people. Tn moderate rents paid yield per cent. on tn !! investment. Tae homes supplied are health l full and convenient. The tenants are so de sirous of retaining the n that they rarely ris eviction through breaking the rules as t cleanliness.
 E The Baltimore American quotes the post | master general saying: "It will be th
 policy of this administration to let postmas , ters serve out tlaeir terms, unless good an sufficient reasons are given for their remova , The delegations that come here filing pet tions for the appointment of other postma