Show A NICE SUGAR PLUM ilum DISRAELI virtually the president Preside nf or of the british government came in for a nice little suwar sugar sugar plum when lie he succeeded gladstone as premier nothing less than a surplus in the treasury estimates for tie the year of not less thala thaia five million pounds or twenty five million dollars to Glad stones credit this stands in this country a surplus in the treasury to many may mean moan chanco chance for a salary grab or somo other big steal by 4 officials but in that old effete country a surplus means reduced taxation and therefore ther eforo generally cheaper commodities of consumption of one or more kinds kind to the people at large this is one of the pleasant bubines bu businesses sInes 40 immediately before prem lerand his new cabinet and new parliament in this country further onabe on the con cont contrary tiari iary in order for the federal government to pay within a reason time dollar for dollar on its promises president preside n t grant in informs borm s ca congress angross that increased taxation is necessary hild arnd this just after his own salary has been doubled and many other salaries have been increased and quinea quito a number of out and out official or other high place swindles have hav e been perpetrated but then the pastern hemisphere is the part bart of creation and this is emphatically and essentially a go ahead head a country y I 1 0 o I 1 ANOTHER FOOLISH FATHER t he fie know it was loaded how it happened and in this way according to the bo boston ston herald A young man mau aik jik in cornish maine one saturday night recently on going homerling ho up his overcoat in the pocket of which was a loaded revolver on sunday his sister marla maria a bright little girl of eight years found the coat oil on the he floor and was hanging it up when the revolver dropped from the thel pocket she picked it epand up and showed allowed it to her father tather he ignorant of its being loaded with t the lie most culpable though thoughtlessness pointed it at her cocked and fired it the ball entered the girls side just below the heart she fell to the floor and expired almost instantly and the foolish father has a n gnawing conscience tons clence jor for the rest of his life WASATCH AND jurdan JORDAN VALLEY balli baili in the house of representatives presenta tives may iray 2 mr houghton by unanimous consent reported back with amend amendments men a bs from the committee commit tee on the rici pacific effle rall nali railroad tile the bill H R no ass 1885 ring reng granting to the wasatch i and jordan valley vailey railroad comp company any the right of way through the public U lie ile lands for the construction of bf a ra rail rall il road load and telegraph which was ordered to bu be printed and aud recommit ted to the committee on the NO pacific tle tie railroad bio blo GUNS the inflexible a seagoing ea ironclad now ulla ing a al t portsmouth england 0 is to have twenty four inches of solid iron plating and to be constructed so as to carry gt guns weighing 0 tons the mariur martur manufacture acturo of an eighty one ona ton rifled gun has been begun for her at the wool wooi woolwich arsenal and is expected to throda rown rowa shot of about 1000 pounds weight the is 19 to carry four guns of this kind in her turret tim tire LORAI loral LORAINE NE BRICKS the gold hill news alews of may 6 says that the silver brick which is to be presented to sir by the citizens citi of virginia gold H hill ill lii and carson has been completed and will shortly be forwarded forward ed to the british AdmIral admiralty tr it is fifteen pounds in weight and bears the following inscription in old english text and old style skyle roman letter blood ai Is thicker than water sant santiago de cuba november ier 1873 to sir sin Lamb lambton tont tonn loraine from the comstock mines virginia nevada levadi U S A EX PRESIDENT BR on the ast 1st of may ilay gen john C breckinridge was taken seriously ill at lexington ky lcy of hemorrhage ot the lungs and jor sor some time was in a very crigle critical a il condition illich which subsequently improved to ge ret get t a along niong I 1 on g and ana m maintain h a in t a 1 I n its credit INTE eral ElAL REVE REVENUE r MATTERS some interest has hag arisen recently concerning certain Ip internal revenue matters as regards divers operations in the southern counties and elsewhere it is the interest of all communities to submit to all reasonable and constitutional laws whether in re reald regard reaid aid ald to the collect collection ibn of reven revenue uc or of any other othe x kind eind and it is the duty of officers of the law to give reasonable effect to the laws law in their administration and execution elsewhere ill in to days NES will will be found a communication from mr 0 6 J hollister It ollister U S f L revenue collector for th Is terri torri tonyi concern ing the brewing and distilling and tind selling pt fer fermented na and spirituous etc alip all ali persons eis 0 s who are in anywise concerned in tile the above named business would do well to read mr hollisters Hol listers letter and to regulate their business accord in gly it is not presumed that citizens design to break or disregard the law bub bul sometimes this is done unwittingly the plea of ignorance of the law however is not held to bo be valid in court every citizen is presumed to have a knowledge of the the law ana especially in regard to any special ba business siness in which he may be moro more or les iese engaged it is to hib hig interest therefore to come to an understanding of the laws requirements of him and then to pay a refi reasonable regard to them or he will be very likely to find himson himself in an undesirable position and subject possibly to restraint of his hlis liberty and certainly to pecuniary loss |