Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-02-22

llto, seeks TO invade the exclusive do
main Of school routine. Social customs
have changed 90 much In recent years
that 1t js cOntended that the rules that
guided the programme OF the day Of
our fOreiathers are no longer suited to
the conditions OF the present. People
go to bed later than they used to. The
time Of meals has been changed and SO
1t is urged that the hour Of opening
the schools should be postponed to III
o'clock. The fashionable physician
claims that the child Of to-day gets up
too late to properly appreciate the
breakfast which has to be bolted in
order to get to school at 2 o'clock. The
germs Of dyspepsia are thus sown, and
the train OF all the consequent ills Of
after life.
BOsTON, Mass, special: The COM
mon council has passed an order that
the mayor be requested to direct the
trustees OF the public library to cause
the immediate removal Of the Objec-
tiOnable features of the art decoration
on the facade Of the new Public
Library Bnilding directly over the n.
| steanCe. The nft deCora atiOn referred
% Ii seal from design by the artist
Kenyon Cox and accepted and turned
over to Mr.. st. Gaudens, the sculptor.
whose reproduction Of the seal, which
had been placed over the main en-.
trance Of the new building, is about 4
by 6 feet. The principal features OF 1t
are shield or globe In the center,
with perfectly nude male figure on
each side holding q torch, while over
the figures is the legend "Omni
Civium,"
NEW YORK special: The names ol
Postmaster General John Wana-
maker Of Philadelphia and Mrs. Ern-
est Hart, wife of Ernest Hart, editor
of the Medical Record, London, Eng,
figure as the principal characters in an
affidavit made before the United States
immigration authorities at Ellis Island
by four Irish immigrants. The immi-
grants are now detained at Ellis Island
pending an investigation. The aifida.
Wits tell how they signed contracts TO
come here and work and detail how
they were sent to Mrs. Hart, manager
OF one of Wanamaker's departments
The United States immigration
authorities say they will investigate
the matter thoroughly and punish the
guilty parties II the law has been vio-
lated.
CHICAGO special: The big Ferris
Wheel Is sin hoe" Officers Of the
company refuse to pay managers OF the
exposition what they owe them, and
the Worlds Fair people are holding
onto the wheel. They declare that
they will not allow Mr.. Ferris and his
friends to tear 1t down until they set
tie claim OF eS4 900 which has been
in dispute since last October. Officers
OF the Wheel Company sent letter to
the Executive Committee asking to
have the amount reduced to az, 700.
The request will be refused.
ASSUMPTION, ILL.,, special: The local
politicians OF both parties in Shelby
County are becoming somewhat
alarmed at the rapid strides made in
the organization OF the new so-called
Poor Mans party, which was organized
at Shelbyville q short time ago. The
party is seeking to establish q thor
0ugh organization In every township
in the county, and 1t 10 predicted by
prominent local politicians that the
party will be heard from in the coming
election Of county officers.