The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-06

est money In December against $o'-
4O4.o7O in June last.
Artesian wells have proved success
full In New South Wales, the area
within which underground water is
found extending over $1,000 square
miles.
Times Change. At the Duchesse
Dues last hunting party one sports
man followed the chase and was in at
the death on motor phaeton, while
another used petroleum tricycle..
Preparations are going forward for
celebrating the thousandth anniversary
of the death Of King Alfred in 1901. A
national memorial at Winchester,
where Alfred was educated and buried,
is in project.
King Leopold of Belgium has estab-
Hshed a new decoration for the Congo
Free State, the "Order of the Crown
divided into six classes, to be awarded
to those who distinguish themselves in
Congo literature or science.
The Savannah (Ga.) News is convinc-
ed that lynching is no deterrent of
crime, and it ably presents the argu-
ments sustaining that view. The lynch
ing belt needs to have that view per-
u \
sistently impressed upon it.
Congressman Henderson Of Iowa said
in Chicago the other day that what he
wants to see done this winter is the
enactment Of a good and comprehen-
sive bankruptcy law, as being some
thing we need about as much as any
thing conceivable.
An exchange says: 'sWhat right
have opponents of the annexation of
Hawaii to characterize the people as
fcannibals?' The phrase is absurd, and
its use contemplate. There are reasons
enough against the annexation without
adding this ridiculous count"
The old Betsy Ross house in Phila-
delphia where the first American flag is
said to have been made, had narrow
escape from destruction by fire on the
might before Thanksgiving Day, a fire
breaking out in nearby warehouse
and doing $4,000 worth of damage.
Roger Smith Howes has been an Of
fetal Of the town of Moscow, Me-, for
fifty years, and for long time has been
town collector. He makes his rounds
on foot though now upward of three
/ score and ten, and he says he expects
to serve the town until he is one hum
bred.
Western passenger agents say that
the new interchangeable mileage tick
cts are proving Very popular with trav-
elers, but will decrease earnings materi-
ally. They were placed on sale Noyen-
Der Is, and twenty-five thousand were
printed. These were so speedily taken
that another lot Of twenty-five thousand
has been ordered
Patrick Cullen of Montgomery coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, has found a well fill
ed. perfectly formed ear of corn contain
ing an odd number Of rows, and now he
Is trying to find the agricultural society
which somebody had told him offered a
prize Of $1,000 to any one finding an ear
with that unprecedented Gas it was be-
leved) popularity.
The anti-football bill introduced in
the Virginia legislature is aimed only
at games where an admission fee is
charged. This is very bright 1t is the
corner lot game, in which unframed and
immature players participate, that feeds
the death rate. The so-called admission
fee games are the fairest and the freest
from accident Of all.
MIR. Andrew Carnegie has offered to |
give the last $4,000 of the $t0o, 900 need |
ed to be raised for mechanics insti- |
tute in Richmond, Va. He saws: ct
feel an unusual pleasure in aiding an
educational institution in Richmond |
which in my youth I thought it nv
duty to try to capture. Well, like bet
ter to capture it to-day in this manner |
and take it in my heart"
The teachers Of the high school and
some others of the free schools in Rich
mond, Virginia, have agreed to serve
without pay for the remainder of the
year that the schools may not be prema-
turely closed because of the failure of
the City Council to provide funds for
their continuance until the usual time
of closing for the Christmas holidays.
The need of retrenchment is their own
explanation of the niggardliness of the
City Council