The advocate., 1897-11-03
Notes and Comment.

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The death Of COW caused by eating
football is new evidence Of danger IN
the popular college sport.
In Georgia county a court docket has
been in use eighty years and there are
a few blank pages left yet.
The Supreme court OF Minnesota has
sustained law Of that State which
taxes unused railroad lands.
Gen. James Longstreet has been ap-
pointed as National Commissioner OF
Elections to succeed Wade Hampton
resigned
General Blanco has arrived In Cuba
and assumed command Of the Spanish
army. Weyler will not be again heard OF
in Cuban affairs.
Ex-Congressman BOurke Cochran, for
merly a leader in Tammany hall, spoke
for The Republican nominee for Mayor
in the recent Greater New York cam
paign.
MankatO Advocate Jewell City de-
partment): Prosperity has punetured
It's tire, the wind has gone out Of 1t.
Bradstreet and Dun have both admitted
the puncture."
Debs and his associates in the cOloni-
zatlOn matters have been invited by
Governor Rogers, of Washington, to ex-
anime several tracts Of land in that
State with view to locating colonies
there
An action is soon to be begun in Chi
cagO to compel department stores to
observe the provisions OF the new Ordt-
nance prohibiting the sale Of meat or
liQuor in the same business house where
dry goods are kept.
Governor Pirgree, Of Michigan, Is
making a fight through the courts to
compel the railroads Of that State to sell
one-thOusand-mile books good for the
use Of the purchaser and his family for
two years, in accordance with law re-
Gently passed by the Legislature Of that
State
Emporia Republican: "The stupen-
dOus interests involved in the sale Of the
Union Pacific railroad is illustrated by
the voluntary increase OF $8,0O0,OOO In
the bid Of the syndicate desiring to
purchase it, in order that the sale might
not be delayed until competitors should
appear"
Beloit Call: Some Of the lOudest-
mouthed politicians do less toward fur
nishing food for their families than the
poor fellow who don't know the name OF
the President Of the United States, but
spends eighteen hours a day hustling
grub for the ones he loves. The grub
hustler is the hegt citizen"
The sons of George M. Pullman, who
have been left but $1,000 year each out
of their fathers big fortune because Oi
their fathers belief that they were In
capable of properly handling more, are
acting very sensibly In the matter, hav.
ing publicly expressed their disposition
to be satisfied with his action.
Neodesha Sun; ITO the reader Of the
accounts Of great murder trials 1t looks
as though our laws were framed so that
witnesses are not allowed to testify tC
the very things the jury needs light
upon in order to bring In q verdict. Nc
wonder the 1uries hang and the nOto'
rious Chicago sausage-maker goes free.
Osawatomie Globe: Young fellows
with their hats on the back of theil
heads and big gobs Of hair hanging
over their foreheads don't amount tC
much, and never will. "A man wanting
help won't hire them, and girls want
ing husbands won't marry them. This
class OF youngsters are cheaper thar
wOrn-out street car horses"
Chauncey M. Depew says that the
recent New York Central wreck wai
caused by q dynamite explosion. A
passenger train was running along thu
Hudson river near New York City, whel