Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-18
personal AND OTHERWISE.

Seasons come and seasons go, but the
Turks hang on to Thessaly.
With whisky at s4OO gallon, the crop
Of snakes on the Klondike will show a
deficit
The Canadian government evidently re-
CARDS the gold cure an excellent thing for
a treasury deficit.
New Jersey policeman who was struck
by lightning the other day claims that it
cured a chronic case of rheumatism.
That bullet proof cloth, which stopped
rifle bullets at Fort Sheridan, cannot be
accepted as thoroughly reliable until it's
qualities are tested by Yukon mosquitoes.
Clement G. Morgan, who was the orator
of the class of 80, Harvard, is an alder
man of Cambridge. He is said to be the
first colored man elected to such place in
o northern city
A suit for dissolution of partnership has
been brought in Jersey City by a man who
declares that his partner swears at him and
threatens him, that he dare not enter
the place in which the business is con-
Quoted.
John Lakey laughed so hard at ball
game near Carlisle, Pa, when the ball
struck another spectators head and bounded
high in the air, that he could not close his
mouth again. and had to be carried a mile
ana half to surgeon.
The scientists, who predicted that Chicago
hOulu III COURSE VI years ne fONeFWublmpu
by Lake Michigan, did not succeed in alarm
ing the residents On the contrary the pre-
diction is in line with the destiny of the
city to wit: In the swim.
What is known as the Fairhope single
tax colony on Mobile Bay, in Alabama, is
now two years old and has population
Of 100 The land Is owned by the assoca-
ton and leased to members, and they try
to conform to single tax ideas as near as
possible TIE principal industry is vege-
table raising.
Mr.. Mittermayer, recently-eleCted anti
Semitic member of the Austrian Reichsrath.
brought a suit for libel against a political
opponent who accused him Of having stolen
money when he was waiter at a Vienna
hotel. At the trial his adversary produced
his written confession and Mr.. Mittermayer
was turned over to the criminal court.
Governor John w. Leedy of Kansas and
Mrs. Leedy will visit Ohio this week to at
tend the reunion of the Leedy family at
Ankenytown, Knox county, on next Wedneo-
day. The Leedy family settled in Ohio in
1911, coming from Maryland, where the
founders settled before the revolution. Be
tween 1000 and 5000 delegates are expected
at the reunion, which takes place annu-
ally.
j, Pierpont Morgan puts 800 into the
contribution plate every Sunday morning,
and has given Sl,0O0,00O to the New York
Lying-in hospital, His benefactions arc
Shlu 10 ItdCH sOOiUUU year. heOrBe Iea-
bodys fad" wac the promotion OF edu-
cation. His gifts amounted to more than
eco. Asa Packer had the same
fad" his benefactions amounting to about
$4.500,0OO, He founded Lehigh university.
A novel deed was filed for record in Phil
adelphia a few days ago. 1t gives one
Charles Banks the privilege OF allowing the
caves of his new house TO encroach on the
property of Mrs. Sarah Edwards to the ex-
tent of four inches. and binds the heirs
OF Mrs Edwards for the same encroachment.
The consideration named is $40 The trans
action recognizes the legal principle that
the owner of land owns all above and all
below II.
An alleged confession by Mrs. Cunningham
OF the murder OF DR.. Burdell in 1857 has
been published. But ex-Mayor A. Oakley
Hall of New York, who prosecuting
attorney at the time, tells the Sun that
tho alleged confession contains glaring mis-
statements OF facts and is not to be cred
tied. DR.. Burdell wac killed by a lancet,
which severed his jugular vein, whereas
the confession says he was strangled with
a linen cord and stabbed in the heart with
a dental tool. EX-Mayor Hall says there
were no signs OF strangulation.