The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-28

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 A resident of Warren county, lndi- ana, after being insane for forty years, is reported to have lately regained her rlason. When she sees how things are going in this country she may wish she hadn't.
 An Arkansas administrator made the following indorsement on the back or doctors bill: "This claim Is not veri- fled by affidavit as the statute requires, but the death of the deceased is satis- factory evidence to my mind that the doctor did the work.
 "W- S., Adm"
 A new system of scientific cleanli- ness has been adopted in France for all public institutions. It comments itself at once by reason of it's common sense. For instance, schoolrooms, among the most difficult of places to keep sweet and pure, are supplied with boiled drinking water; damp cloths are used instead of dry dusters and brooms, and an antiseptic cleaning is given once a week.
 "No evidence" was the cause of the latest failure to interfere with the sale of Honduras lottery tickets in Boston, and yet the Boston Post says: Lottery tickets are sold ill Boston as freely as soda water, though not in the same way. Lottery prizes-when there hap pen to be any-are distributed in Bos- ton as regularly as milk is delivered. Every one knows this.n And isn't this about the state of affairs in New Haven too?
 There is an increasing European mail by the American liners that have sea postoffices. These postoffices are en- tirely in the control of the United States government, and although the British government has mail contracts with other lines, specially marked mail matter is sent by the American liners. Some hours are saved in the distribu- tion and delivery of matter on this side by sanding it on vessels carrying the sea postotlice. se
 Those who have had their door bells mischievously rung by small sboys will see justice in what overlook a mis- chievous little Maine boy the other day. While he was having fun with neigh bor's door bell lightning struck the house, ran down the bell wire, burned his hand, stripped off one shoe and stocking and left him the worst scared boy in the State. It will be some time before that boy fools with another door bell.
 The Mississippi river is apt to do much damage when it goes on & spree. Awhile ago it broke through the levee about mile north of the town of Win throp, Missouri, and has since been cut ting new channel, destroying farms and houses and finally reaching the very heart of the town. This once prosper ous village of 5000 people is now be- lieved to be doomed and is nearly de- serted. Nearly two-thirds of the dwell. ings and business houses have been re. moved or torn down to spare them from the sweeping torrent. Four railroad tracks stretched originally between winthrop Junction and the town, an6 to save their property the companies spent S3O,OO0, but eventually all the tracks had to be torn up to save them The farmers above Winthrop have suf fered even more than the citizens, fol the farmer has had no means of saving his acres.
 Thomas Bird, of West Baden, Indi. ana, while harvesting few days ago picked up silver medal, about three QCQcb III ulducGoI, " ulCu SuOWS ny tut inscription, which is scarcely discerni ble, that it was given by the United States government to General William Henry Harrison for his bravery and gallantry in the Indian wars. What is known as the Northwestern Indian Wal began September II, 1911, and wa terminated in November of the same year. During one of the Indian wars General Harrison marched with hil army through this part of the State and probably passed over the farm or which MT. Bird now resides. They spent the winter in camp in a ravine about six miles west of that place Many relics of this march have beer found, but this is the only one that is really valuable.
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