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Tli'* VniU d States ha/; a lower per
relit acre of bind people thau a Uy oth¬
er country iri the world.
In );.,<tori tl. women j •••• into the
Hty tr«i«o an.-oiully in taxes about
» on <>v'T $320,000,000 worth
;<<rf v.
Jt * r that four out of the
tf ‘ i-inr f*hu;>Iain<;:DH i;i tio United
Slat li-iv, are vmiant a very rare
.i'j<nn . Tho }»«< it ion i«in many
r, •-ts .. difficult one, .„,d one that
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land the oopointmontH of the wedding
nn luiifle to hoar u relation to the bn,H
im of Ue groom. At h ciirpentf r’s
veddin^ the aisle of the church was
fitrcwn vk ith shavings ; at ablaeksmith’H
with coa! and iron lillings; a farmcn
walked on straw, a butcher ouskimi.
The first so am or;-irn didn't have
automatic valves. Little boys were
bin d to open and shut the valves at
♦he right time, Rut flabirift was more
fun, and one boy ringed up an auto¬
matic valve of his own with a piece of
string. His invention it was really
that has Kavod countless millions of
dollars.
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T)i# Oovernmcnt of Saxony baa in¬
stituted a unique method of enforcing
tin? payment of taxes. The names of
p« » oiis wJio did not pay their taxes
but. y.-ar art- printed on-1 liung uj. ill
all lit • ri t-timrnntH anil -alimiis. Tl.o
proitrictoiH date not serve those mcn
fjoiii d oil tho list with food or drink,
under penally of losing tln-ir license.
Another instance of tin „,e« .f tin
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Liverpool auction-room. 1 he auc
tiom-er was selling slum • in a building
society. The bidding led reach, d
Sir. 51) per share, when, as th- r. eu’d
of an inqn.ry by , telephone, . . ........ ,
ding was continued between the y. u
th n ull making the lust bid and the
telephone t. to whom the lot ws- ev ut
ii ally knocked down for $2I!.H7 -or
share.
An An ol.norv.-r ... ... r who who look look 1 I »M not m. '
t!.. 1 1 .'tulvei^iuoii 1
- i.t yoam; w. i
«}. tel) he overheard in New D -1 k ca
>u th troet, and in vario pnbli,
places, reports that no le s than . _ .80
began with either “And I said to him,
or “He said to me,” or “She told mo
that.,.- , . sad ■ . 150 i r.n r r. f.-rre.l f . rr -.1 b* to dr. dr. - s
or hats that were e.il., r l-rf. -fly
lov. ly,” or “just s(>leudid, un i the
remaind.-r were pretty .-v.-nly diiided
. ....... -Uts.-tie reirl- who
were “norrtd,” or “stuck iq- and hate¬
ful, ” new novels, studies, th holiday S
and the latest scientific di cover.es.
A paragriqdi which originnti d with
a romancing American jo.ini.il and
which has boon extensively copied by
our papers states that tin- Prince Con
sort’s life was insur .l for 85,000,1)00,
which ... Queen v v n-toria . . has now in her j
po.HSCf- ion, and .. her life is .gain insured ,
very largely for the benefit of her
younger children, notably Princess
■
Clares, is a farrago of no,.>en <t -. Im
Prince Consort’s life w,w not insured
fora farthing, nor is the Qm-eu’s, ex
eept -e far as it is insured by persons
who have put Her Majesty s life on
hmses and other on,side speculation.
that th< Em
peror Frederick’# lift was insured for
$4,000,000.
Professor Selim L> mstrom of the
, I Diversity of , Helsingfors „ , f v In, . and . a
|a-rson well acqnainh-d with the life
and products of Europe, is now trav
eling in this country for the purpose
1
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our agneu tura 1’”' “ ’ " " .
related to rural affairs, lln- most
striking peculiarity of the daily life of
our neoclo which he has observed is
the abundance and variety of food
which even t :e poorer classes enjoy.
and i-sjHvially the great amount and
• xcellcnce of fruits which they <N>n
sunn-. He declares that in no Euro¬
. ,
pean country, net «ven ,n nre
there such excellent fruits, nor arc
tlioy used to such nn extent as a dailv
food. He is impr. d wiih the .s '
However, t!-»t the V r.c ns do not
it*in sona j a • ing way's
as tho Europe ans .:a c rcnmstance
which is partly dne. doubt, to tho
almost uniform no ’• i of our fruits
for ci-nfumpticii r.i th c.iral state.
r THE STATE LEGISLATURE
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Gcorila’s Lsw ion Unit at
Capitol.
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Rotilinr of (fio II 011*0 nml St iiate Rrief*
ly Reported.
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Tin; not *»!;.
i Wei>n nsn aY, Nov. H .—There was
q very slim attendance in the
house Wednesday morning in fact,
•jfs.'Jc;s
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V
reco, .0 ■ iid.it ioi; that it do not pass; a!
i ho a sim.hir recommendation on the
bill, requiring parties who have issued
check! .0 laborers, good for supplies,
to pay the same in cash. The govt-r
nor notified the house that he had ap
L proved the following bill : To amend
act to create a system ot pub
lie schools for Marietta; to lew
ts* tor that purposa , of.
home passed the bill to refund
the. amounts received by the
state from tho purchasers of Id
lands. The bill provides for th, pay
incut whfin parties who bought wild
lands when Goldsmith was comptroller
general, and have either since be. u
ousted from possession, or who will
make u quit claim to the laml to the
ht ate. The bill passed with only one
dissenting vote. Mr Calvin, <>*
Richmond county, introduced a reso
lntion authorizing the commissioner
of agriculture to publish n handbook
of Georgia, setting forth her r-
sources, etc. The book is to be sold!
at a price to cover the cost of print
ing. ' resolution wa referred to
1 tko committee on agncultmv.
A number of other new bills were
present. d and read first time. Bills
; on third reading were then taken up
and tho following passed: The bill
! making the same formalities necessa
ry to the attestation of » deed, apply
, to the attestation of bonds for tittle;
Th. . * 1 11 to allow judges to appoint
. bailiffs in speeial cas<Th. bill to
j tix tho fet s of the ordinaries of the va
! rious counties, in making settlement*
, dilatory discussion laid on the ^ table. !
At 12 o’clock, in pursuance of a joint
resolution, l»r. Boggs, chancellor of
the University of Goigia, delivered
»n address on “ 1 h. l niversify, Its
N<hk1h and Its I rogriHH. 1 hernia a
ahitute law requiring the chancellor to j
make this addres- mnual!-. It Din
t,H "«"** of * r 'VV' * '
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„f th. w.yck , . ti .. ■. — a
: I r. Boggs delivered an tatefwting ad
-tress, fu addition U> the members of
' f^Wstjare, there w a large crowd
\ of Citizens ill the gallery. Gordy, of
t.u bsday, Nov. 9,-rMr.
' Chattahoocheo County, wants to short
j on the session of tho legislature, and,
therefore, offered a resolution in the
, , t(juaa Thursday morning that the leg-
1H , atllr( . a ,|j (>1lrn sine die on the 3d
J a y of December. If his resolution
is adopted, which is not at all prohti
We, the sessionw.il be ended within
- forty days from the timb it convened.
Mr. Hlil, of Mcrriw. ther, made hold the
suggestion that the house an
| evening sessiou to dispose of unfinisb
od business, which was adopted
Mr. Hu'n.of Hall canty, introduced
i a bill to authorize oml direct the gov
ernor t„ issn. bond - to tin amount of
$368,000 for tho purpose of raising
money with which to pay off that por
tion of the public debt, or so much as
mav be nect-ssarv, ‘ represented 1 by the
interest of the public debt , , . ,
jn tho Vl , ar psu.-,. The finance com
* favorably the
mitten reported bill, there to mi
sago of tho but was a
,. w *, it .n’of ti „. bill was participated in
llv ,,, , rrt! „ .emb,. r s, w hen it was laid
on the table temporarily. Hie lull in
troduced by Mr. U.rrta* of Quit
man, to establish a county court for
Quitman county was passed. Mr.
Martin - g resolution authorizing the
governor to purchase h few hundred
copies of the code was passed t ana- and
bt r of new bills wore presented
and the lions-
Fkost. Nov. 10 Three new school
bills were introdace.1 into the house
Fri(lnj xh „ rst f these was « bill
by Mr Gcddens, the populist member
.
from Whitfield and authorizes
levy of a tax of throe-fourths ofami 1
teacher* in tho public sche.-K Mr,
Flemming, of Richmond, who cham
pioned the measure of Mr. Ilam m tue
house, Thursday, offered a bill with
l! f 1 ' Ir -
Getlden- but »u* not offered a« a sub
stitutc. Thl third bill is cue by Mr,
McDonald, of ‘.wiunett, and pro
scribes that the first six months’ rental
of the Western and Atlantic road shall
beapjl: It «' p-iyr.n nt < : tm --'da
riee of teachers in the public schools,
The bill introduced by Sir. Allen, of
Upson, to grant a pension
to Mr. J. A. Roqnemote, who
was a citizen of Alabama «t
the time of the passage of the pension
law, but who ba- since moved into
Georgia, provoked considerable dis
cns.-i.-n. the Fpan 77 tli and ■ pa-sage the nays of the^bill 27, so
yeaa were
the bill was lost. A number of new
bill* were then read. The bill of Mr.
! it till'
W “ !k e I; pt:;: ' H.m'i.d
i 1-y. u - - P“ to
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the charter .. t.. '■.■• •
pa Ilu: huu-t- J .
oAHCPai, .
th.; t<» reconsider house dm its ' ac KrZ/lnvYr, 1 !
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defrtttniff tee o ■ ' 7. '
, Lp.
! Boquemore, <>t f th *
plaim A, ‘‘ n ' d f o' that ! D l<-'!• . " i sire sire d it reconsidered
i thatit;, gldy; *“' ]| “ n “vtXrrans
bih prepared “ 1 g H i|
? 10 m tn ;; “ „ Leommitted E nore ‘
i 1 *”*'™ 1 he
i appoint a commiUee of
^/X^the ",1/ed thereby 6 BhSe^or^^dtm Tty
L % the of Augusta,
* Hogan of Lincoln
van t; , , up. Mr
claiming tlillt th'i dam olmtnict-
1 the iia-sai/e of fish Mr Fleming built*
the dam came to be
Sh J , j «S. f 1K j lwav had been
‘ He op
M amiointment Ground of the commit
.ute! the of expense to the
If the dam is a nuisance it can
h« abated in the court After some
. q‘, ; „ HK :. „ dilution V eas and nays
the wus
- pu Bne akcr announced as
fjm-tf winnett nurt of the house,
Perking of Haber
ghaut *6<t Camming* of Richmond. The
reBO ] nt u o) - Senator Chambers ap
bhool committe to call on the state
eon.missioner to ascertain what
,, . required to pay off tin
Hc)loo i teachers ', was adopted. A bill
waa tion* ( j . )ro Vid J n" for ti registra
l*vv for Chattahoochee county,
A i,jH p, provide for the election of n
. for Burke county giving
bim game commissions ns other county
t fl WH , pngaei | q-[ 10 bill to
^aMish public siTk-c-s in Jessup, was
j The rewlution oVifr accepting the
library ' as^adopted Robert Batter,
D f The bill to
antllorp Sniffs ulges of superior courts to
a ,, I)oiut ‘ in certain cases was
, A . J7 .... ,. asRe j t i“ definc
0 rn m
f ^ Tntosh county V bill to
rule of admitting testimony
. t . aaw where om of the parties to a
cause of action was dead or insane was
' *#».,_ *i.« introduction of a
Vie r o} nt . w bills the ” house ad
. rj| • 1 Monday
^ \ .v 1-1 —There was a full
^ I ... lhe h q Use Monday morn
. .. . M wag introduced that will
^ niU0 i, discussion if it
. i> on its fim I pass. It
is - W a tax on life! insurunc.
*’* fi ■' +u«'-x based
; of ’ uolioies is to bs poii
nd. r of value of
^ v „ ai(i for Sli ,. h
.. ke the policy have a fix. d
P ^ v other meMures of mor
t,.*,.... were also J i-r -mnited
timo _ ' x hen U1W pin,
*
. tore ,• dlSv rp, ..... UfiS u v -\r r
‘ 1 | ‘ .. „ r f", tlvation i'n was tJasn- per
, , i ai K l.ill htoet-s land and
“ ,n “r e s are nrrsonaltv 4u
’ ' and^idministra was nass
^ ,, , xeentors
j“ trio ■ f.-rstock and to draw divi
[ n( ^ ^ bi jj p_ Mr p, v , j s . )ro .
vidjn ^ th(lt , )( , r80i ; g Peking divorces
Georgia ” sha'i be bona ffd 0
reKi( ,,. ula {<)r six nionths in the
. • !1 . • * tb « ^ jt :
£ ,
| * T }, i,;il of Air West of Him
S'E b ‘ t j B( . r Va»c the crime of emb.-z
‘ , oun tv treasurer from a
misd.-m >r to l.dony, was passed, ,
a
. V ... 1 . di.^ Or.-rslreet Over--.tr.it to to amend iinHinl tho the
, g A; ,r ‘J ? *
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au Hj or i z j n „ the governor to
Ut tU " -b mdusive re-publishcd *“ 8
^ J b §^ to^LnJ
F ^ the
'
~ ^ f , , d 1Uid
J The
* j lirv C ommissioners to put a
M J inrv ,? l)llK
\ '
Tf ' ® f name ppeare . ,
.
® code
ml section 1 *'"“tine 4 058 of the re
iatm A t‘> footing wrU* writs ot of certiorari certiorari,
; ( ™ ^n «««i of Fu fi^™nl ’ton to Sy *ioo^for George
P« ^ ^Z f o“o
grad'uak-* ^ tbe biU 0 an .
tluuize tho of the Atlanta
M hool to practice without examin
priuto ^ $1,500
tbe u ta f t ,,
wr tau deficits was passed. The
^ adjourned until Monday.
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in Till hexitb.
■^Pkdnbsdat, Nov. 8.—The senators
oat , j,„ n r earlier than usual Wed
nesdav morning to listen to the ad
‘«ho Rev. John Jones, the
c jj fi .,| aia ,f that bmly. The venerable
a ,.her, ir. m time immemorial, ha
the proceedings of the Geor
r house. It was a unique
(j<W!BCg f or a legislative Iwxly. The
^ ^ silver-haired chaplain, with
la cidlar and white stock tie,
tf| j or something over an hour,
#t * j near the alert, youthful
C* the senate, who through
ooj . d j. rCfr , rd „l tho chaplain
a; . ,, tion and interest. Mr.
g , was reminiscent in its
jj e dwelt on the religious
’
d ^TtMsU^L thanked Mr. By Jones n rising fur vote Ins
tii. -senate the fol
iul|lr( ,. 3 _ Tlle senate passed 1329 |
bills: To repeal section .
of the code of Georgia; A bill giving
tb<) governor authority to designate j
certain banks ill cel-t un cities ns state
depositories; To amend section 3211
c f the code ; To regulate costs in dis
possessory warrants; To authorize
tho proper uthorities of the town
Washington, Georgia, to issue
and sell bonds not exceeding 318,000.
Mr. Chambers, of the twenty-first
district, introduced a bill to regulate
the rights of widows and minors to
w/thThe'Viuse bi’ hear Chan
cellor Boggs. The senate passed a
to the house and senate in joint aes
ei«n. Mr. Wilson, of the 11th sena- 1
torial district, introduced a reso
lntion which was adopted. It
was in regard to the repeal of ;
the 10 per cent tux on state banks,
The resolution is as follows: Whereas, ;
We believe that upon matters so vital
ly affecting the people as the mode and
manner <f issuing currency, local ne
cessities require local government and
regulations mid a recognition of tho
principle and practice of home rule,
And,whereas,webelievetliatalurgepart which |
of the financial distress under
we labor is due to capacity of central
control ami manipulations of currency, consists
and that the remedy for this
in decentralizing the currency so far
'accomplished as possible, and that this can only be
by a safe, sound and
well regulated currency. And,
! whereas, the national democratic
I platform declares in favor of there
peal rtf the ten per cent taxation on
! issues of state banks; therefore, be it
I Resolved, By the senate, the house
concurring, that we request congress—
soon to assembh—to repeal the ten
i per cent tax on state banks’issue as
! soon as the same can be properly done,
j Resolved, second, That a copy of these
resolutions, when signed by tho gov- ,
ernor, shall be made out and sent to
the speaker of the house of represent
atives, with the request that the same
j i be Tucuauax, laid before Nov. congress. 9-The cold murky
atmosphere and the drizzling rain
Thursday morning, while it did not :
prevent u quorum in the Georgia up
l ,<ir house, soon made the se nators
weary in their work and at 11:05
o’clock tho body adjourned until Fri
day. There were several important
netters attended to, however, befor.
«U< urnmeut came. Air Hackett in
med n -^...i.^ioii nrovidin.. , t .r
th printing of one iiunaxSu eopi
I the committee to inv.-sti-mt. the .-n
the trensury Th . t 1
wa ‘ adopted. aaopteo. Air. Mr. lleeso int o
' due,, a very very important res.,In
. tion t-i° n which which was was immediately and
unanimously adopted, bearing on tl.
| rights of the state to the right of way
ofthe Western and Atlantic railroad,
Another resolution of importance
was introduced by Mr. Pinson. It
relates to another branch of Georgia’s
underpaid and overworked judiciary.
it was to raise a committee of seven to
examine into the propriety and j.rac
ticahility of the state’s equalizing the
-work of the judges of the superior
i court of this state. Tho chairman an
, nounced the committee. Mr. Wright
! of the first introduced a bill which
, a8S ed to increase the liquor license of
; Effingham county to $£,000. A bill
i was passed to repeal an net creating a
noard of commissioners of roads and
revenues revenues for tor me the countv c u.u> of oi Clinch m.<.. and
.
! to restore the law as it existed prior
Thl . senate then ad
journed.
tue night session a fabce.
| [ otal 0 ! f the l t ! tk done was the reading
of one little local bill for the «end
time by Jof title onlv, the hearing of three
repor eommitt.and the read
mg of the roll of members nine times
on a question to adjourn. W ith this
reC ord the members of the house
showed that a stubborn determination
enforce a night session can be met
! by a stubborn determination to make
( - fram i.
FeidaI, Diolls
Nov. 10 I the senate
duccl^a Friday morning Solution Mr. Chambers intro
joint to investigate
; how much money is due to the teach
ers of the public schools. Adopted.
«'n the joint committee Senators
I Chambers, appointed. Hatcher Mr. Haten an<l introdue Rol la
r
resolution which was adopted r. qu >t
; ing the treasurer to inform the senate
what amount of the common school
! fund is paid into the treasury by the
1st of April and July of each year, and
from what sources this is paid Mr. Rob
inson introduced arc-solution f< r a joint
committ e to investigate and report
on the obstructions in the Savannah
riv • r. Senator B ' a-.-:i and CL--:-
1 «ton were appointed on the commit
! tee. A number of new m. asnr; s were
introduced and r.ad first time. The
following bills were passtd: Rcquir
ing the claimants to file abstract of
title with claim; To atn-nd the act
providing th-venue of -tiee courts
j in eiti.s of 15,00«), so as »make it ap
ply t . cities having a population of
5,000; Preventing the dismissal of c. r
tain cae-.-s in the supreme court; the
to extend the corporate Utah - of At*
lanta over the t. rritory iwww- ™
atedasthe city of West End. Iheseuatc
went into tho executive session at 11 :3l>
on the confirmation of nominations.
Thefollowingconfirniationsweremade:
Heman H. Perry, judge county court,
Burke conuty; Alvan D. Freeman,
judge city court, Newnan; Pullisn P.
Proffitt, judge county court, Elbert
county; A. C. Riley, judge county
court, Houston county; Chas. W. Ash
more, judge county court, Liberty
county; J. R. Alexander, judge county
court, Thomas county ; J. «. \\ illiams.
judge county court, Ware county■;
Julfan B. WilUam|h., judge county
court, Monroe county; .Tames M Bel
county f’ John” V Wilkes, soliZr
county court, Berrien county; Sea
born Jones, solicitor county court,
Burke county; W. H Quartcrman,
solicitor county court, Coffee county;
H. J. Brewer,solicitor county court El
bert county ; 1 rank L. Durden, sol ict
tor county court, Emanuel county ; »\
0. Davis solicitor county court Hous
ton county ; J. D. Kilpatrick, solicitor
county court, Jasper county; h. (
Cannon, solicitor county court, Mar.
county; J. E. ShepperJ, solicitor
county court, Marion county;
H. C. .Tones, judge county
court, DeKalb county; W. 0.
Wright, solicitor city court, Newuan.
Several new bills were introduced
after the executive session. House
bill N o. 421 by Mr. Martin, of Fulton,
was read the third time and passed,
It provides for the establishment of a
new charter of Atlanta. The sentate
adjourned at 12:15 until Monday
morning at 10 o’clock.
Mondav, Nov. BE-Tho following
bills were introduced m the senate
Monday morning: A hill to incorpor
ate the town of Bulloehvillc, to datum
the corporation limits thereof and to
provide a mumciple government for
said town. A bill to provide an
appointment by the .governor of
graduates of edcntional institutions of
this state in which military instruo
tion is given, as second lieutenants of
infantry of tho Georgia volunteer, as
tigning duties thereof The following
lulls were passed : A bill to regulate
the rights of widows and minors to a
year’s support out of the crops of ten¬
ants; A bill incorporating the town
of Haney, in Floyd county; A bill to
provide for the reorganization of the
military staff of the governor of
the state, and assigning runk
thereof and prescribing the duties
thereof. A lull to provide for the reor
eanization, the discipline and to
' ttl«f vdttmtecy forcewol the stki-dT 1
for other purposes; A bill to
of oSoS^fS^A Georgia of , A Dill to enauie
persons selling personal property and
reserving title of the same to en
f.>rce the collection of tno same in
summary manner; A bill tor the relief
of persons holding tit e to real estate
as security for debt; A bl to incorpo
rate the Commercial travellers -savings
Bank by changing its name to “Trust
Company of Georgia;” A bill to regu
late the elections of county oommis
sionersof McIntosh county.
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BIG BLAZE AT MEMPHIS.
Sevprn , i !u , inesg Houses Suffer Heavy
W ‘-asses hat promised Some to Narrow be one L^,,e, of 1 ueviost
disastrous Area of late years in .-■m
l>hi«, Tenn., was checked Monday
niglu by tho fire department aft r a
, hard , eit-rt ... with t1 tl.t „, loiiowing i„ll„win^ lo-ses- io es.
Schmalzercid Stove company, build
j 11 " nIH ‘ stock, total loss, $20,000;
insurance for $50,000. Lemmon &
ing by fire, $7,000; lesson stock by
wat-r $108,000; insured for $100,000.
1 he A oimg Men s Christian Associa
tion bud ro^ms m tho bchmalzereid
bmM g ami found themselves
hemmed m by the hre. Keveral
jumped from the third story and were
eeri usly and perhaps fatally injnred,
though no deaths have yet been re
ported. It is claimed Chat other
members were overcome by the neat
and burned in the building, but noth
mg authentic is yet known.
FUSH1NG THE BONDSMEN.
H.ssks.ppi , _ W.nU . Hvmiugw.y’s „ . , Short- .
age Settled.
A Jack sod, Miss., special of Friday
=a ys: Attorney General Johnston has
cau-ed au execution to be issued
against the bondsmen of ex-Stato
Treasurer Hemingway to compel the
payment of the balance due by the
bond-nu n. Their original liability
was St- t.^OO, all of which Las been sat
isfied. save $15,000. The bondsmen,
V vh< are protect'd by a large ex-State amount
f property turned over by
i Treasurer Hemingway to O. J. Waite,
t rns tee, h ive hesitated about selling
the property at a forced n 1 . They
desired, of ci urse, that it should bring
M much as possible, Hie bond-men
haven- <r* been pushed for the balance
on aec. * nt *-f tb“ iinDC'ai depression,
Over and above the trust property,
the ; on lsmen are easily worth a quar
ur ol a miioon.