Show EDITORIAL NOTES I 1 it took Scotch men to scotch the sea serpent the loudon london correspondent of the new york times says mr van der has discovered a light by which photographs can be taken in the night as well as the day the expense bf of using the new light is n nol not ot thim than 10 cents an ati hour for six operating rooms and the rapidity of production is wonderful the methodist ministers remonstrated rated against dancing and arid accordingly the regents of the university of michigan recently y decided that there must b be 0 no dancing this year at ut the senior reception cep tiou tion which is held in the U university ni hall on the evening before commencement the seniors in their turn have bave voted not to have any reception and not to pay for the music at the commencement 1 the omaha ibee xee of may 15 says is again rampant in omaha and und we hope the city council will authorize mayor wilber to ofner offer a liberal reward for the tha apprehension of the scoundrels who are deliberately and anti maliciously setting fite ure tp private residences and storehouses in the heart of this city unless active and energetic are taken for the suppression of we shall awaken waken some morning to find omaha a heap of ashes and ruins 1 the he washington star of may 12 says of marshal fred douglas douglaas alluding to the report of his speech and the excitement in in reference thereto 41 is all a tempes tempest t 11 in n a teapot tea tra pot he added that the baltimore papers paper 9 had studiously avoided what whal he said to the credit of washington and everything that could be construed into a r reflection e had been made prominent the lecture he said was the same samer he delivered here hero two years yeara ago at which time it was reported and commented on favorably by the press the chronicle and the be republican he may have been mis taken as to some of his statements but what he had stated was his opinion some of the papers had been so violent that he be did not care fo to notice them but he would state his position more moro particularly in writing the new york sun says edward joseph bombers Gom bers a delicate ladof lad iad of thirteen died of cyp typhoid hoid hold fever incurred by a drenching g given iven i him by three of his school classmates six weeks previously it appears dearst that hat one cold rainy day herbert peck charles conklin and frederick woodworth took gom bers umbrella from him and pulled dulled him under a stream of water which was flowing through the gutter of the wooden awning of a grocery they held him while the w water ater poured down his haek hack A cr crowd of idlers laughed at the grimaces the boys boyls sufferings Buff rings caused ed ward go nabers went home drenched to basskin his bis skin skid he was seized with a fever a day or two afterwards from which he did not rally for some days before his death was delirious and piteously cried out mentioning his playmates name names and asking them not to hurt him he ho said frequently 11 doncet dont donl et the water ruu run on my should shoulder era ert I 1 dont feel well in pursuing the matter of the lawrence townley estate in england valued at it Is said sald olat hat the lawrences laurences Lawren ces have obtained a complete historical record fr from om the middle of the twelfth to to the middle of the eighteenth century 11 the founder of the louse house sir robert lawrence was wai lorn born in rome in 1150 but removed ko to lancashire served with distinction in the crusades and in 1191 was knighted and received a grant of ashton hall the laurences lawrences Lawren ces and Town leys leya intermarried inter married antl anil subsequently equen aly two iwo other large estates were by the marriage of a amae townsley Tow naley with sir bir francis howard afterward afterward lord enning effing ham bam iam aam of corby corny castle castie f and of a mate male townley with t the ll 11 daughter nt f williamp ui tp lord Wi drington toward the end of ohp th tl century a miss mias Tow eiley iiley ley eloped with one of the Lawren lawrencea cus ces and was waa d by ile JIL lier iier r f fa ther her mother however held in ller her own name dame and anil bequeathed her property to her daughter the girl and her lover over came over to the colonies their descendants settling in new JSn england gland giand and nova scotia the last descendant clearly made out is one triphenia lawrence Jj awrence from whom the descent of any 1 american claimant must be demonstrated I 1 |