Show TUB bill to divide the territory of dakota and admit the southern portion as a state which passed abo senate at washington dp clarea the territory of south dakota a state of the united states of america and and con firms the constitution which the people of south dakota have formed for them acl ea until the next census and apportionment portion ment south dakota is to have two representatives lin the house of representatives the bill also provides for united states courts and for a division of the public debt of the former territory of dakota that portion of the former territory not within the state of south dakota is to continue as a territory under the name of north dakota with bismarck as its capital A BILL has been reported favorably in congress prohibiting contributions of money either directly or indirectly in connection with the nomination election or appointment of membris of either the senate or the house of representatives any person violating tho provisions of this act will be subject on conviction to a fine not exceeding 2000 and to imprisonment not exceeding two years or both or either at the discretion of the court if this measure and the balot reform bills now before several of our state legislatures become laws they will act together in eliminating from the politics of tho country some of the grossest evils and abuses THE lick observatory at mount hamilton cal is soon to be turned over in perfect order to the state university the great telescope and spectroscope are now in good w order of the sum of money left by james lick all except about has been used in fitting up the observatory it is said this will not give th eState university enough endowment to pay the allary of a single first class observer tho interest only amounting to about of which to pay for repairs and salaries the university is to be responsible for the expenses and it will cost a great deal of money THE united states is at present the only nation itself possessing a literature of importance and making a large use of the literature of the world which has done nothing to recognize and protect by law the rights international as well as national of authors of whose production it enjoys tha beet fit in declining to assume compensation to foreign authors w hose books are read here it has de barred itself from claiming for its own authors recognition and protection abroad and it has placed them at a disadvantage at home suffered by no other american craftsmen THE great controlling issue of the presidential contest of 1888 is the reduction of the treasury surplus through a prompt and complete revision of tariff taxes the government is collecting yearly from abo people one hundred millions of dollars more than it needs or can use in any legitimate way this money must be relinquished to the people and the revenue laws which stand in the way must be iu a large measure revised and repealed THAT there is to be war and that france will take a leading part there can be no doubt every shout for boulanger is a defiance of the enemy germany the visionary frenchman forgets all save the disgrace of the past in the future lie sees victory and glory and the old foe prostrate in the dust these are his castles in the air peace which would mean the crumbling of this cantle is not wanted A SUB of the house corn cittee on education has decided to re port to the full committee a substitute for education bill this substitute provides for the use of the money realized from the sale of public lands not to exceed in any one year for educational purposes the money is to be distributed among the states in proportion to the number of persons of school age THE paper formerly run by parsons the chicago anarchist who was executed in november last for participation in alie haymarket riot was revivified when its old editor was banged it ran for a audber of months and has gone the way of kirsons Pir sons it has been suspended the loss is not great but the gain is considerable sid erable the alarm will be missed but not mourned STOP sending your money out of the county for goods and products that can be bought at home even though you have to pay a higher price at home it pays to support home institutions and home industries there is no surer or more successful way of impoverishing your county or retarding its growth than by buying away from homo A georgian stopped to pick up a pin on the street the other day with the following results ilia bat tell off and rolled into the gutter two suspender bottons flew off his collar split open and his store teeth fell out and broke on the walk he secured the pin THOMAS and C A bird prominent hotel proprietors in springfield ohio have been fined 50 and costs each and sentenced to teu days in jail for using oleomargarine on their tables without posting notice in the dining rooms THE interstate commerce commission Commis aion ha decided to investigate the burlington strike the commissioners will in vesti gato the trouble from its origin to the present tima and will inquire into the condition and management 0 the road ans bill substituting electricity lor banging and prohibiting newspaper publication of details of executions lias pass edthe lower bouse of the new york legislature by a vote of eighty agven to tight or nearly eleven to on in ita fator a |