Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-20

painting of houses In Wilmington. The condition to be imposed on those having their houses painted is that they shall not have kept dog for two years.
 The Cox bill for the regulation of nation al banks has some excellent features. It provides that no national bank shall make any loan to Its officers, directors or any of it's employees, until the proposition for such loan, stating the amount, terms, security, etc., shall have been submitted in writing to a meeting of the board of directors or of the executive committee of the board, at which meeting the applicant shall not be present, and the loan must be approved bya majority of the members present constituting a quorum. The bill also provides that no officer, director or employe shall be allowed to overdrsw his account, and that all loans to officers, di- rectors and employees shall be reported to the comptroller of the currency.
 There are 119, 900, 900 old copper pennies somewhere. Nobody knows what has be- come of them, except once In & while a single specimen turns up In change. A few were set sHoat. Three millions of these are still outstanding. Three million 8 cent nickel pieces are scattered over the United States, but 1t Is very rarely that one Is seen. Of 800, 900 hslf-cents, which core spond in value to English fsrthings, not one has been returned to the government for recoinsge or is held by the treasury. Congress appropristes from $100, ,000 to $150, 900 yearly for recoinipg the unour- rent silver coins now in possession of the treasury. These are mostly half dollars, and are not circulated because there is no demand for them. Not long ago the stock of them amounted to s26. 900. 600, but 1t is only about half that now. The money set aside for reooining is not intended 10 pay for the cost of the mintiug, but is required States on account of the loss In weight which the silver pieces have suffered by abrasion. This loss amounts to $3O on every $1 GOO. and 1t has to be made good in order to get the trsasurer's account straight.
 In deciding what Is known as the To peks locker case Judge Hagen of the Dis trict court of Shawnee county has given blow. In spite of all the evidence the prosecuting officers could muster the judge held that the practice of keeping and drinking liquor as 1t prevailed in the s:elub" was not a violation of the law. The evidence showed that each member ordered his own liquor, if he wanted any, not through any officer or employe of the club, but individually. Each member who used liquor placed the 'goods" in 8 locker, of which he carried the key, and no one else had access to it. When a member de- sired to use lquer, he put & bottle In the ice-chest, after marking it, and took it out when he wanted 1t. There was no buying or using in common or issuing chips or cards representing drinks. Each member bought, handled and used his own liquor, and in this respect, Judge HsEsn said, 1t differed from many other clubs In the state. The Topeka club was organized for social enjoyment in 1890, and now has a membership of one hundred. In rendering his opinion on Monday last i5a3so Eazsn said: Before this place can be declared nuisance, the court must be satisfied that 1t constitutes a resort for the purpose of drinking intoxicating liquors. Tba nf Yhara must be to drink. In so far as the court Is advised, no person has been seen in or about the place In an intoxicated condition; no disturbances, such as are ususl about drinking places, have occurred there; and there Is no evidence to show whether there was one case of liquor a dsy, week, or a month consumed there"