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Show News came the other day that Mr. Hill nf th" Great Northern was about to issue tHlNl.lSHl.fkN) b nds on his roads for the purpose, the dispatcli said, of improving the track ami mllinu stm-k : but il seems the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, have absorbed the Rurlinglon nd 'J'.'O.IHsl.lllSl of the bond of the Burlington are a lien now stsin.l the Burlington and firest Northern, which means that the bond will be taken up by .V fiO0.fsVi.0OO. The financial papers of the essl say there are other liens against the two roads which are nearing'tiid-tiirity. nearing'tiid-tiirity. and will have to be either paid or refunded. It seems to us that the railroads are looking foe-ward foe-ward to a time when, piswihly. a Socialist president will be elected, and in a mood Htieh as "the people sometimes take, will demand that the govcrti-ment. govcrti-ment. shall condemn and purchase ,:11 the railroad) of the coiiutry. and as though w hen that time comes to buy the mads will require an amount of money which will -vtke the owners satisfied for life |