Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-06-05
NEW HAVEN CONN, THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE s. 1890.

them. What 1t would like to see ia strin-
gent statute requiring every would-be detec-
tive to go before the judges, furnish proof
that he is An American citizen of clean ante
cedents and good reputation, pay fee of
$500 for his license, and give security in the
sum of $40, 900 for his good behavior.
The act Of the provincial government of
Quebec Offering bounty of one hundred
acres of land to all families of twelve or more
children living in that province has had an
effect to bring the remarkable fecuadity of
the French-C Canadians into bold relief. Ap-
plications for these grants are coming into
the provincial secretary at the rate of score
day, and since early in April, when the
law was passed, the government has been
placed In possession of proofs establishing
the existence and whereabouts of 1000 fami-
lies Of upward of twelve living children, and
still they come. The average size of these
families has not been asoertained as yet, but
it will probably be above fifteen, and not 8
per cent. of them bear English names.
Au interesting case has been decided In fa-
vor of the elevated railroads bya New York
court. A man who had bought land in
Third avenue after the elevated road through
that thorcughfare was completed and in
operation sued to recover compensation for
the depreciation in the value of the property
caused by the road. Obviously the man
bought with full notice of the mischief, II
any, done to the property. Presumably ii
there was any depreciation, he had insisted
| upon having it allowed for in the price he
| paid for the property. Curiously enough
he had succsedsd on the trial, but the Gen.
| eral Term makes short work Of his preten.
slons. The opinion points out that if thess
| pretensions were we'll founded there would
be nothing to prevent every purchaser ol
| property on the lines of any one Of the roads
| from recovering the amount Of damage don'
to 1t by them. In this case the transfer o.
such property would be very lively indus
try, since every purchaser would buy I
profitable lawsuit.
A terrible calamity is threatened in the en-
tire region of the Caucasus. About the mid
die Of April the Imperial Society of Agri
culture in TiHis received information tina
loousts had appeared in no less than 49,
different places in the Caucasian districts
covering an area of ,034 dessyatins of cul
tivated land Zone dessyatin equals 2,40(
square yards). As this information coulG
not by any means be complete, and as The
extent of the whole infested area could moi
be estimated before the brood of locusts ii
hatched, it is not extravagant to assume thai
the entire ground from Tiais to the Caspian
Sea and westward over Arax up to Zange
zursk is covered by the pests. This may
strike with panic the entire population of the
regien and cause serious trouble to the gov
ernment. At the lowest estimate, about
0,o0o workers will have to be engaged II
the governments Of Tifis, Elizsbetpolsk ant
Bakinst to destroy the locusts, and this viii
involve an expense of no less than $500, ,00'
roubles month, besides the loss of crop
and the cost of military detachments tha
will be required to keep anch large mum
Der of undisciplined laborers a. their work