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IIOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUIl STAND POINT.
The Opinion of the Caucasian and
the opinion of Others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.
1 GREAT MISTAKE.
There Is now no bop for a
Railroad Commlislon till the
next Legislature meets. Many
of those who contributed to the
failure of sueh a measure this
time hare misrepresented their
coustituents. Now since the
bill has been killed we will not
discuss its merits or demerits.
As to whether tho bill was per
fect or imperfect, wise or un
wise, just or unjust, operative
or inoperative, has nothing to
dc with the principles involved.
The people demand a commis
sion and the Legislature has
diobeyod the order. We don't
mean to say that the Legisla
ture should vote against its
judgement and conscience for a
measure in obedience to apopu
lar demand, but we do say that
if this bill was imperfect that
it was purposely so drawn or
purposely allowed to so remain
after being drawn to insure its
defeat. The people demanded
the trial of some regulating law
and they should have had It.
On the other hand, if the bill
had become a law and proved
to be a success secured results
satisfactory to the public and
at tho samo timo not crippled
the growth or jeopardized the
legitimate prosperity of the
Roads, then the members of
the Legislature had made a
great mistake, If the bill
had becomo a law and proved
to be inoperative and a failure,
from any cause, then the next
Legislature would have remov
ed it from the statute books.
The people would havn been
satisfied with the trial and the
corporations would have been
left in peace. Then both the
railroads and the Legislature
have made a mistake.
But talking and writng wil
do no good at present for the
bill is defeated; however, when
we come to ask "Why it was de
feated?" we strike an intricate,
drlicate and unpleasant ques
tion. It is well known that
when the Legislature met,
majority ef its members and
newspapers that now oppose the
bill were in favor of it. We
don't mean to charge that these
members or papers have been
influenced by any improper con
federations, but we do say that
it was very unfortunate for
them that they should have
found it necessary to change
their views just when they did
And we do think they should
give the remainder of us the
new information and facts
which they received to cause
their conversion. In fact they
will make great mistakes if
they fail to give such informa
tion to those of us who are In
the dark. There are few who
were opposed to the commission
when they went to tb Legisla
ture and fought it all the way
through. Among these we hive
some personal friends. To them
we will say, you have made a
great mistake from the begin
ning and your action in the
matter we can not commend.
But still onb cause remains by
which you can partially redeem
yourselves and at the same time
show you consistency. You
opposition to the commission
was based on the grouud that it
would bear heavily upon the
small and young lines, while it
would not effect the strong and
old lines. Now then tax the
old prosperous and wealthylines,
which are paying no tax, and
let them help the people and
new railroads, which are paying
tax, to bear the burden of sup
porting the government. This
we understand would bring $109,
000 more into the treasury annually.
HARRISON TAKES THE
OATH AS TWENTY-SECOND
PRESIDENT OF
THE U. S.
A Big Crowd. Bad Weather and a
Read Address.
(Special to the Caucasia.)
Waihixotok, D. C,
Mare 4th, 1S8I.
People begaa td eomf in 71-
terday evening and las night,
just at they would the evening
before a country hanging. re-
ry thing and everybody wat la ft
strain. If another Rip Van
Winkle had Just awaken he
would have known that some
thing important was about lo
happen.
This morning tho weather
prophets' looked around over
the darkening sky and shook
their heads, full of owlish wis
dom, with much foreboding.
Yes, they were right, it wag go
ing to be a bad day. But noth
ing like rain could stop the
American from seeing the quiet
though momentous ehange of
the management of a mighty
government pass from the con
trol of one great crystalizedgal
laxy of ideas to another. The
drops of water that trickled
from the bunting and flags that
decorated Pennsylvania Avenue
as the President moved down
to the magnificent capital of a
powerful nation, might be sym
bolized as tears of regret, oi
one side, and tears, of joy on the
other. Just one minute to 12
o'clock, the time for the 50th
Congress to adjourn, President
Cleveland, his Cabinet aid the
Justices of the United States
marched into the Senate Cham
ber, followed by President and
Vice-President elect Harrison
and Morton, and the committee
on arrangements, at the same
time the doorkeeper announced:
"The President and the Presi
dent elect of the United
States." The galleries arose
and applauded. The hands of
the clock pointed at 12. In
galls announced that the' 60th
Congress was adjourned. Mor
ton ascended to the chair and
called the body to order in spe
cial session and proceeded to
swear in the new Senators, and
announced that the body woald
adjourn to the eaaf icepa of the
capital, where the' inauguration
eeremonies would take -place,
In five minutes Chelf Justice
Fuller had administered the
oath of office and tiarrlson
reading hia Inaugural Address,
while out through thi mist and
rain could be seen thousands of
people standing under thons
ands of umbrellas.' The bath o
office is as follows :
"I do solemnly swear that I wil
faithfully execute the office of the
President of the United States, and
will lo the best of my ability up'
hold, protect and defend, the Con
stitution of the United States."
The new JFreslaenl commenc
ed his address in the following
words:
.feixow citizens: There is no
constitutional or legal requirement
that the President shall take the
oath of office in the presonce of the
people, but there Is manifest an ap
propriateness in the publio induction
to office of the Chief Executive
office of the nation, that from the
beginning of the government the
people, to whose service the officia
oath consecrates the officer, have
ben tailed to witness the . solemn
ceremonial. The oath, taken In the
presence of tho people, become?
mutual covenant. The officer con
venants to serve the whole body of
tne people by a faithful execution
of the laws, so that they may be an
unfailing defease and security of
tho;e who respect and observe them
and that neither wealth, station nor
power of combinations shall be able
to evade their just penalties, or. to
wrest them from a beneficent publie
purpose to serve the ends ef cruelty
or selfishness, sty promise is spoken
yours unspoken, but not less real and
solemn, etc.
The Address is too long for
ns to give in full, but yon wil
find a short analysis of it on our
editorial page. Ed.
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CM A TON TOO.
(Concor 1 Times.)
Concord Must Io the Same.
Roanoke, Va., has a half col
umn advertisement in the Rich
mond Rispatch setting forth its
many advantages. Roanoke
wants to be a city and is pursu-
ng the right plan to attain that
end she Is letting the world
know what she is. Reidnville
business men must let the out
side world know something
about us if we would keep up
with' other towns. Reidsville
Weekly.
MRS. CLEVELAND
Whatever difference of opin-
on there may be as to President
Cleveland's administration, the
verdict as to its social side will
be unanimous. Mrs. Cleveland
has been one of the most charm
ing ladies who has ever presid
ed at the White house. The
tact and grace with which she
performed her difficult duties
are the more remarkable when
we remember her youth and in
experience. Her success would
have been wonderful in a socie
ty woman of maturity and ex
perience, but for a young girl
whose social training was eon
fined to the society of a provin
cial town and a trip abroad it
was little less than miraculous.
New York Star.
TIIUCKEK'S CONVENTION.
tal tohte dfbur Exchanges say
r toe Trucker's Association
Which meets here on the 6
and 1th of April.
The meeting of the Truckers
at Clinton in April is of import
ant to every one who is engaged
In the business. If concert of
action can be had much good is
bound to follow, in fact it is
absolutely necessary to have
a meeting of this character if
the best results are to follow
this important branch of farm
ing. Some of our citizens, we
hope, will attend the call. Mt.
Olve Telegram.
The Truckers of Clinton have
held a meeting and organized a
Trucker's Association. They
suggest the formation of similar
associations at other points at
which trucking is carried on and
the appointment of delegates to
a convention to De neia in unn-
ton on April the 6th and 7th to
organize a state xrucKer's As
sociation. Nashville Argonaut.
TRUSTEES FOR THE TJNIVER.
The following named gentle
men have been elected Trustees
of the University of North
Carolina to fill the places of
those whose terms expired on
the 30th of last November :
- Hon. A. C. Avery, C. M. Cooke,
H. C. Janes, Hon. J. J.Davis, Dr.
P. L. Marphy, Dr. Eugene Gns
som, George H. Thompson, Rev.
Neill McKay, Hon. W. L. Steele,
Rev. J.',L. Stewart, S. McD. Tate,
Hon. C. R. Thomas, Rev. W. S.
Black, R. A. Iouchton,Dr. H.
D. Williamson, Rev. J. H. Cor
don, .
As additional trustees chosen
from points convenient to the
seat of Government and to the
University :'R. W. Scott, Hon,
T. J, Jarvis, Isaac R. Stray horn
and Major Robert Bingham.
To fill unexpired terms caused
by death: R. A. Doughton, Rev.
3. II. Cordon, J. S. Curry, Chas
D. -Mclver and Hon. William
Johnson,
t. .
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IiAWYEKS.
The Two Classrs of men "Who
Compose the Profession.
The profession of the law has
Its special dangers as well as its
special opportunities. Looking
as they do so continually upon
the seamy side of human nature,
lawyers ure exposed to the peril
of becoming suspicious, hard,
and cynical dispositions ot
mind o?viously unfavorable to
the Christian life. The loss of
faith in men involves the dan
ger ot losing faith in God. The
habit of distrust grows, if un
resisted, upon its victim and
affects all of man's relations.
Of tho temptations to trickery
and sharp practice, of which so
much ia said in either a ' severe
or facetious strain, the truth is
simply this: Dishonest lawyers
are worse than other dishonest
men in so far as they
are, in
virtue of their special training,
more expert in the use of the
methods employed by all per
sons who are ready to perpetra- j
te a wrong against a neighbor J
without incurring the penalty
of th law. These hangers-on
of a noble profession furnish
material for the current jibes
and jokes at tho expense of the
whole body. It is as impossible
to wholly rid the bar of such
men as it would be to exclude
from business all dishonest
tradesmen, or to suppress the
quajks that infest and degrade
the medical profession. It
ought here to be said, on the
other hand, that while the dis
honest lawyer is specially endo
wed w.nd equiped for mischief,
an honest Christian lawyer is,
because oE his special training.
he safest guardian and deposi
tary of the rights and interests
of his felow iiieu. He combines
good intention with clear per
ception, which are the condi
tions of justice and equity. He
perceives Jhosp fine lines that
discriminate right from wroDg
n difficult cases, and is so able
not only to advise what is right
to be done, but show that it is
right. Nashville Christian Ad
vooate.
THE
GRANDEUR OF OUR
PROGRESS.
The steady advancement of
North Carolina on all lines of
industry for which nature has
provided abundant facilities,
ought to occasion general re
joicing among her citizens, and
stimulate them to renewed ef
forts. But that old State is so
staid and conservative, and has
marched onward in snch quiet,
unostentatious fashion, that it
is doubtful whether many of
her people, except those officials
whose duties keep them well in
formed, have any idea of the
granduer of her progress, or the
almost infinite variety of ways
in which it is manifested.
. '
While North Carolina has had
no "boom" as that word is gen
erally understood in these days
and while her prosperity would
be much more rapid if she would
pursue the policy inaugurated
by Governor Jarvis, and give in
New York or some'other North
ern city a similar exposition of
her advantages and natural re
sources to that made in Boston
in 1883, still her people have
every reason to be proud o
their State and to rejoice in its
great s prosperity. Baltimore
Manufacturers' Record.
I
Improvement in the Paper Do
In the State? I
to stay out of tho poor house is
his home paper first?
it is your imperative duty to
we will show our appreciation
THE PENSION DILL.
The Committee Favorably Re
poat a bill to Raise Over $100,000
Senator Lucas haa introduced
a bill for a special tax of : four
cents on the $100 of. property
and twelve cents on the poll to
provide a fund to pension the
ex-Confederate Veterans. ,
ine Din provides mat pen
sions shall be paid to every
person who has been for twelve
months immediately preceding
his or her application for pen-
sinn a bonafidn rflidnt nf thin
State, and is incapacitated for culture; for the erection of pub
manijal labor by season of a lie buildings at Columbus, Ga.,
wo'ifisd receive while in the AUentown, Pa.; Council Bluffs,
aiscnarge oi ms auij as a soi-
et- w.v. r
of the Confederate States of
America, during the war be-1
tween the States; and to the
widow remaining unmarried of
any neceasea omcer, soldier or
sailor who has lost his life
while a citizen of this State and
in I he military or naval service
of the State, or of the Confede
rate States, during the late war
between the States, according to
no aegree ot aisaDiiity ascer-
ained by the following grade
via:
To such as have lost a leg
above the knee, or ' an arm
above the elbow; $75.
To such as have lost a foot or
eg below the knee, or hand or
arm below the 'elbow, or have
a leg or arm rendered utterly
useless by reason of a wouad or
permanent injury, fou.
wound which renders them In-
competent to perform manual
afbor in the ordinary avocations
of life, $100.
To such as have lost one eye
and to all widows, 825.
This bill was prepared and Is
recommended by the Joint
Committee on Pensions.
'Col. W. F. Beasley. Chairman
of the Executive Committee of
he Confederate Veterans As
sociation has been in town all
he week giving his aid and
suggestions to the committee
and urging the passage
bill. State Chronicle.
of the
HOW THEY GOT THE CHILD-
BEN OUT.
To go to school is compulsory
in London. The Wilmington
Review thus describes how the
authorities lsarn that the
children were kept away by
parents.
In a school district in London
there were many parents who
reported no children in their
families. In order to find oat
thna hairifr kftni f mm RAhnnl
the school authorities got two
monkeys, dressed' them "gayly,
put them in! a wagon in which
was a brass band, and started
through the ' district.. A t - once
crowds - of ehildreri appeared
and followed the Wagon,- which
drove - to a neighboring : parki
when the' chool officers -went
among in children iatribu-
Mug wutuea iuu guifaiuj laeiri
w I
nam as ana . aaaresses. . xney
thus found . that over . sixty
parents kept their children from
school, and as a result of the
monkeys, the brass 'band 'and
the candy, about two hundred
little boys and girls hare ' been
set at study.
CJFSiK$fe?i,NI1S
AWT. AAV..
Hore Bills Fntrodoced More Laws
Enacted If ore Presidential Ye-
toes Than Ever Before.
SUHHARY OF WHAT HAS
DONE.
BEER
Exact! r at 12 o'clock M.. Mon
day, thj Fiftieth' Congress was
no. mure. , This body, convened
en the first Monday In Decem
ber, 1887, and continued In es-j
ftlon tlH Oetober 20th, 1888. If
convened in second session
3
December and continued til
March 4th, 1889. . ;
BILLS INTRODUCED. ,
During both sessions there
were Introduced about 17,000
bills, 2,000 more than In any
proceeding Congress. " But at
lea, .three-fourths of these bills
re i.and pension bills,
and more tlian nine-tenths of
the whole number failed to pass1
by that body.
bills vetoed.
President Cleveland vetoed
278 of those that did pass ; about
250 of x which were private pen
sioh bills. The most important
of the bills of a ' publio nature
that were vetoed aro as follows:
To quiet title of settlers on the
Des Moines River lands of Iowa;
for tha sale of Indian lands in
Kansas; for the disposal of the.
Fort Wallace military reserva
tion in Kansas; authorizing the
improvement of Castle Island,
Boston Harbor; for the certifi
cates of lands to the State of
Kansas for the benefit of agri-
an1 -Harbor; for the erec
tion of public buildings at
Youngstown, O., and Sioux City,
la., and the Direct Tax bill.
BILLS PASSED.
The most important bills that
have become laws are as follows:
For a conference of South and
Central American nations in
Washington in May next; to di
vide the great Sioux reservation
In Dakota; the Scott Chinese ex
clusion act; .providing for the
taking of the eleventh census; te
limit the hours .of labor ot Jet
terrcarrisrs; creating a Depart
ment ef Agriculture; to estab
lish a Department of Labor; to
create. Boards of,. Arbitration for
I settling strikes; to increase the
U - .vimiWn Vn?nnt nf interna
? providing ior an apprais-
ler's warehouse inNew York, and
1 nrovidine for deposits of the
savings of eeamen in the United
States Navy; the Omnibus Ter
ritorial Admission bill, by which
North and South Dakota, Wash
ington and "Montana Territories
may acquire Statehood. Other
Senate bills placed on the statute
books are as follows.' To incor
porate the Niagara uanai tm
Jpany; to provide for a
marine
conference; to provide aid; to
State homes for the "support of
disabled soldiers; r to prohibit
the coming of Chinese .laborers
into the United . States; for the
J appraiser's warehouse, in Chiea-
go; to enaiige tne umeoi meet
ing of. tho Eletoral College; to
enable the President, to protect
the interests of the United
Statesat Panama (a similar' mea
sure with reference to Samoa
was included in the Naval Ap
propriation bill); to protect the
Alaska seal and salmon fisheries;
twtw tfc Wi-abu-v of the
ticabilily ol constructing water
storage reservoirs in the arid re-
gion, and appropriating $200,000
to ' sippress infection in inter
state commerce.
Congress also passed bills to
pension Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Lo-
J gn, Mrs. Frank A. Blair and to
tire Gen. Rosecrans,
;
I
hILLS WHICH FAIXJED TO PASS.
r Three hundred and thirty-nine
bills which . passed the House
failed In the Senate or in confer
ence. . By far the most notable
Qthese is tho Mills Tariff bill.
(Continued on second page.)
A negro attempted to beat
hbjwayon the mail train on
the Raleigh it Augnrta railroad
hut weak. When the eondnc tor
called on him for his fare he
gbt frightened and jumpod
from the train while running at
forty miles an hour. He fell on
his head and wonderful to say
was killed instantly. Plant
Mr. Wright Mooie, of Craven
county, was down to to the fair
tan wees with a full suit of
homespun clothes including
overcoat. Theauitwas carded
and spun by his . wife in six
days, and cut and made by her
m four days.. Is there another
sefch a woman in Eastern Carcv
Una? Lets offer a big irem!um
for the finest home made suit
eihibited at our next Fair.
Sew Berne Journal.
- G. W. Jones, of Catawba
county, sued the town of States
ville for injuries sustained in
falling, while walking . the
streets, into an excavation which
had been made f or ' a ce llar.
The accident occurred in Nov.
1884 on occasion of the jollifica
tion over Cleveland s election
Damages were claimed to the
amount of $5,000. The jury;
awarded 81,500. The town ap
peals. Wil. Presbyterian.
Nash county is preparing to
plant at leust one third more
tobacco than it planted.' last
year. As we planted twenty
times as much last year as -we
did in 1834 and will increase
our last year's planting to the
amount of 33 per cent, it will b
seen that the industry is rapid
ly extending, and Nash county
will soon become . one of the
largest tobacco growing centres
fn tho world. Nashville Argo
naut.' '
The etory going the rounds
of the press that the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, at
XJlyde was built entirely of the
lumber made from one large
tree, and that enough " was left
lo build a fence around .the
same is nncorrect, though tue
facts are remarkable. The buil
ding is 45 foot long, 25 feet
wide and 15 feet high, and the
weatherboardiug, seats and ceil
ing were taken from odo largo
poplar, wnile three cuts of the
tree were leftf amused. Ashe-
ville Citizen.
"Montezuma" specials, being
vestibule trains piovided with
all the luxuries of modern rail
way travel, are now to leave
Washington City on Tuesdays
and arrive in the city of Mexico
on the Saturday following at
noon. . The journey of . nearly
3,QUU miles is thus made in a
little more than 100 hours and
in the greatest possible comfort.
The trains are to pass through
North Carolina over the Pied-
mont Air Line. The world
moves, and especially this part
of it. News fc Observer,
Onslow county comes to the
front with an' odd law suit. A
man has been iudicted Jor kifjs
ing another man's wife. The
suit is brorght by the woman's
husband. Last week at Sais:
bury two little girls were play
ing "doctor" and gave eachother
pills, each containing 1-20 of
grain of strychnine. Both chil
dren died from the effects. F
M. Hines, colored, 'Re'gister of
Deeds of Edgecombe county, is
dead. He was filling his second
term. Tho vacancy will bo filled
by Mr. J. J. Pittman, who .was
the democratic nominee The
republican Sheriff could not give
bond, and so ' Edgecombe- now
has three-democratic office-holders,,.
Two hundred negroes
left Raleigh ' Wednesday for
Kansas. They were promised
$12,50 a month and board, arid
the money war advanced" them
to ..pay- - their : passage. State
Chronicle. - -r -
Col. Jnd. A. Pemberton, Uni
ted States Deputy Marshal of
this place, arrested one Dick
Barrel V a 'blockader" of whis
key near Lumberton last week
in the vicinity of the celebrated
Henry Berry Lowry tramping
ground. Harrell was takeu to
Lumberton and gave bond for
his appearance at court. Dr. J.
W. McNeill received a letter
Tuesday from Rev. Mr Pearson
saving that on account of cir
cumstabces over which he had
no control, it would be impossi
ble for him to get to ' Fa'yefte
ville before the' 4th Sunday in
April, instead of the 1st Sunday
as he at- first contemplated
The work of arranging the cot
ton platform for the meetings
progrBie3 nicely, and will bo
completed in ample time. LIge
Moore, 'colored, charged with
the murder 'of Laura Hiattin
Greensboro last fall has been
convicted of murderln the fir&t
ctegxee-Faycsttevine Observer.
WILL ADJOURN TJIE UTH
OR ISTH INST.
Governor's Hinslon to be Sold.-
Railroad Commission Killed.
PeiCand Property Tax.- Rate
of Interest Rot Reduced.
CLINTON CEMETERY INCORPORATED.
(Regular Cor, of Cavcasiak.)
Ralkijuli N. C,
'MarcE'th, 1889.
As the session of the General
Aembly approach Its close
tho Houa and Senate are vieing
with each other Jn industry.
Thejr hold two sessions a day
even hold night seilon to-night,
(Saturday) The clerks aro
worked almost to the limit of
endurance, i The day of final
adjournment has not boenflid,
It is impossible to tell at this
writing whether it will be tho
11th or 18tU instant. If the
former, as many say it must b,
much work more important than
a great deal that has been dune
will be left to dieupou the cal
endars. - - -
Tho work of the week has not
been satisfactory to thoie in
favor of pushing business. "
The . Senate consumed throo
days on the Railroad Commis
sion bill and failed to pass it on
its second reading by a vote of
28 to 22. Every Senator voted.
Fifteen -Democrats 'and all the
Depublicans voted against it.
ihe discussion nf this measure
was the most lengthy for many
years in the Senate. Senator
Kerr, ' of ' Sanfppoh; rr ado two
able arid eloquent speeches in
opposition to the bill. Sanators
Blair, of Caldwell, Barber, of
Wilkes, and Thomas, of David--
son, alio spoRo on that side.
Senators Payne, of Robeson,
Turner, of Iredell, Williams, of
fitt, rou, of Johnson, Lucas, of
Hyde, LeGrand, of Richmond,
did the principal sneaking on
its favor. During the discussion
the lobbies were full of gentle
men interested on both sides.
The leaders in favor of it say
that it is a question that will
not down, and that it will be
demanded moro strongly two
years hence than ever. As an
item of interest to your readers
the discussion developed that
the W. & W. Railroad charges
$5.00 more on a car load of fer
tilizers froin Wilmington to Clin
ton than to Fayette ville. The
distance to Clinton is 67 miles,
to Fa vette ville 183 miles. There
are competing lines to Fayette-
ville none to Clinlon. A car
load of guano costs $5.00 freight
to. Clinton from Warsaw. IS
miles. Rocky Mount to Tarboro,
eighteen miles, $1.00. On this
conclusion I -will mention that
Senator Payne, has introduced a
bill in the Senate against dis
crimination in freights and un
just passenger rates. I do not
know the full purport of it, but
it' scared1 the railroad people.
At least one: Tailroad- attorney
was in the clerk'a office reading
it in an hour after it was intro
duced, and another copied it
that day. If a railroad cdnx-
missibn cannot help the peoplv
how can it hurt the r'ailroads-Tff
it will Tint hurt Hia rm 41 mi la Vw
lesson their income, why da
they oppose it so persistently ?
These are questions worth, the
while of of thinking people to'
consider. - --
The Senate has ? passed a bill
to sell the Governor' Mansion,
for .not less than $35,000-and
devote $15,000 to the puieha?e
of a house for the Governor. It
is hanging fire on a motion to"
reedhsider? v - s-- - a
The Senate failed; to pass the
bill to reduce the rate of in
terest under control to 6 per,
cent on Its third reading.
The bill' to appropriate $75,
000 a year to the Penitentiary
passed the Senate with a' slight
amendment and goes - back to
the House for concurrence? Ex
cept those on the W. N. C. R.B
and those on Broad Creek Canal
Hyde Co., the convicts are to be
hired out and their earnings to
be coverted into the State f resA
sory, whence the Penitentiary
authorities can draw not mora,
than $220,000, including the
$75,000, for the , support of the
institution. .
The Seriate has passed a bill
to appropriate $40,000 to sup
port the D. D. and RT Asylum.
This is an increase of $3,000,but
there ate -57 more pupils than
two years ago. 1 understand
the appropriation to the Insane
Asylum' will be slighily redao
ed per capita. -
.-. The Senate haa passed a bill
to incorporate the Clinton Ceme
tery company, and both houses
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