Show THE proposition that the government assume control of the telegraph system of the country by operating a system of postal telegraph is being generally discussed by the press and commented upon by prominent men it meets with the hearty endorsement indorsement indor of the public mind as expressed in the columns of the pros aud with bat few exceptions alio newspapers of the country are unit cd in the i pinion that the present system iri bv no means in keeping ciui the spirit of our institutions nor the demand of the public for cheap facilities for postal intercourse there is no reason whatever why an american citizen should be compelled to pay a nue of five tirades as much aa an englishman would in their rr of similar messages by telegraph it is a burning outrage that our government should sit serenely by and see the great masses of ita people paying extortionate demands for alie use of public conveniences which should bo under govern ment supervision or direction and the free use of in kotlier boua cries is placed within alic means 0 the whole people bill dividing ane proposed fourth judicial district giving two terms of court at neobi and two at provo passed the house yesterday with a vote of 15 for and G against shortly after noon today to day word was received at this ollied that the bill biad also passed the council by a vote of 7 for and 2 against young and smoot councillors councilors Counci lors vimmer and marshall not voting aliis measure has not by any means been asked for in the interests of wise legislation and strict economy but to further the ambitious prospects of a few individuals whose sole object ia to boom little chicago regardless of alie substantial interests of the district at large anc recent tearing down of a bew hampshire manufactory by means of dynamite demonstrates a now use for the explosive the concussion completely separated the bricks and did not to injure them in the least the charges were put in holes dug in the foundation under alie brick wall and the number of cartridges were graded according to tho number of bricks in the wall to be demolished moli shed NEW ENGLAND is deeply interested in the rumors about the solvency of some of the western farm mortgage companies the loan companies of boston alone hold western farm mortgages on which is outstanding and the insurance companies of hartford hold mortgages on western farms to alic amount of anc mutual life insurance company has paid to policy during the forty five years of its existence over it has received from them in the shapo of premiums 07 and holds a great family fund to meet future claims amounting to EX SECRETARY holcomb of the american legation at pekin says eliat out of the inhabitants of the chinese empire fully spends less than a month for food MARQUETTE march 5 A terrible mining accident occurred at ishpeming tonight to night five men were getting ready to blast nu old drill hole at the bottom of no 3 shaft when a charge went kofl unexpectedly killing all alvo the cause of the accident is not known the men were literally torn to pieced by the dorco of the explosion |