Show excursions those excursions fail very widely of their mark many times A class of men take advantage of the reduced prices and the free drinks cigars rides dinners etc who neither can nor do they desire to invest in the city which they are visiting wo do not wish it understood that this is aimed at tha parties who condes bended to visit our city last friday although there may have been some of that class of men alluded to among the visitors but wo are simply referring to excursions in a general way tho frequency of excursions now taking place in the west has brought forth a of bummers if wo may be allowed the term who flourish on the liberality exhibited on such occasions it has been quite clearly proven that the fewest sales of real estate have or investments entered into during excursions in fact men who intend to invest never care about doing BO under tho excitement of such occasions but prefer to do so under quieter circumstances excursions may tend to advertise the city they do so to an extent but tho same amount 0 moans we think could bo spent in a kind of advertising more THE of north and south dekota ara in a destitute and buffering condition and are asking tho country for help their state treasuries are empty and public officers are said to bo tired of serving without remuneration machof this sad satte of affairs is owning to the fact that the havo donned the robes of statehood little to early dekota territory would have made one flourishing state but it is now an acknowledged fact that the up of the territory and make two states which was done simply for political reasons was a mistake TODAY TO DAY is the last legal working day of tho utah legislature some good work has been accomplished this session but both houses a little slow in the commencement in getting down to business governor thomas has been actuated with partisan feelings tho same as his predecessors decess ors but hardly to so great an extent ho has approved a number of enactments that would have been promptly vetoed had west or murray bor i m tho gubernatorial chair A BILL is before the iowa legislature requiring that tho stars and stripes be placed on school buildings in towns and cities of moro than a thousand inhabitants the idea is not a bad one as the children of the united states eoe the glorious emblem too seldom and they should be taught while young to revere it in germany the national flag is very commonly seen floating over the school houses and universities which decidedly gives them a very patriotic appearance PRINCE BISMARCK would feel happy if his son herbert could govern the realms that tho old chancellor has ruled so long but there appears to be but small hopes for this BISMARCK tried to give his son a political training but HERBERTS brain seem to ba of the right texture STOCia iEM JN convention in voit worth these days appear to be combining their interests against the beof sy dicatos that have kept the ariee of moat up and stock down it will bo a good thing as no industry 0 america has suffered more than the stock interest from these combinations |