Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-07

These are very scientific days. Chicago
has now a college to educate brewers in
all branches of their trade.
A full-blooded Indian of the Omaha
tribe, Martin Chase, has been admitted to
practice in the federal court at Omaha.
This is Nebraska's first and only Indian
lawyer. He will probably have very
adequate revenge on the pale-face If the
pale-face hires him.
England's navy isn't all that it has been
cracked up to be. 1t is asserted that there
are seventeen British warships which are
furnished with boilers which are unable to
generate steam enough to attain the speed
with which they are credited, and $780,
600 will have to be expended for new
boilers.
General Butler will, it is hoped and be-
Iieved, soon be as lively as a cricket again.
He is a very rich man. Besides possess
ing an abundance of real estate in Boston,
Washington and Chicago, he owns the big
Craig Ranch near Pueblo, Col.-the largest
ranch in the State-has 10000 acres OF
coal and mineral lands in Virginia, and
controls part of the Mora grant of 900, ,00O
acres in New Mexico.
Woman has made great progress, but
she does like to decorate herself. We are
told that the wife of Gov. Frank Brown OF
Maryland will wear a crown worthy of ar
empress. 1t is of gold, third of an inch
wide, ornamented with five large start
made of diamonds set in platinum tt
heighten the effect. In the five stars there
are no less than $50 stones, SO in the largt
| central one, which measures two inchel
and half from point to point, 76 in eacf
of the adjacent ones, and 56 in each of tn,
smaller ones The diamonds are SO se
that they can be detached and worn a,
breast-pins or as pendants. 1t is the fines
and most costly piece of jewelry ever mad
or worn in Baltimore.
Many who have wondered how great
loss from wear is experienced by the silve
coins that are in circulation year afte
year will be interested in the figures that ar
given in regard to the re-coinage of worl
and uncurrent coins that have been ae
cumulating for years in the treasury. Sill
yer money to the face value of $500, ,00
was found to have lost $4,000 worth o
value, or but little over one per cent.
which is much smaller depreciation thai
was expected. Still, to recoin the $18, 900,
| M ,fk kha !,
the treasury will require an appropriation
of some $100, 900, since the difference be
tween the face value and the actual valu
has to be turned into the treasury to bal
ance its accounts.
An interesting test of the speed of
Vanclair compound locomotive has re
Gently been made on the Baltimore an
Ohio road, between Philadelphia and Can
ton. It has been argued that such engine
are not adapted to fast runs, but th
figures in this case seem to show the cor
trary. The total distance Of 91.8 mile
was covered In 101 minutes, which ir
cluded one stop and . "slow-down" at th
Susquehanna bridge. Six Pullman coaohe
were hauled on this occasion, and an oil
server ON the train gave it as his opinio
that two more could have been haule
with equal ease. This is an issue, hov
ever, which does not affect the main que
ton. The details of the run ar defecti,
SO far as regards fuel consumption an
steam distribution in the cylinders; b.
they show maximum speed of ssyent