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Show Tha Boundaries of Vienna. An important bill has been presented by the minister of finance to the Austrian reichstag for extending the city bound- , aries. By thi step Vienna will nearly double its population, which, instead of 700,000, will henceforth number 1,500,000. The bill proposes that the new octroi line will comprise Vienna proper, excluding . the left bank of the Danube and thirty-, five suburbs and eighteen adjoining villages. vil-lages. The site of the city ramparts is partly to serve for the extension of the Metropolitan railway, and partly to be sold. A portion of the proceeds is to be paid to the state in order to cover the expenses of the new buildings and partly to the city. The bill has a good effect on municipal securities. London News. The new hotel at Cordele, Ga., will occupy oc-cupy the site on which the old Joe Brown mamion now stands. The historic old structure will not be torn down, but will be moved from the spot and preserved as a relic of the past. |