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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
May
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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ïlic number of immigrant coming o tliis country fmiii Europe uring he year endino April 3Oth, t.898, óver 1(1(1,(100 in exccss ol the car previous. The total figures are 58,858, agaiwl 884,826 (r 1892Í Tilt! nunibiT lroni each country are given as follows (iermany .... 96,676 ; i and Poland - - 69,519 Sweedea and Norway - 40,055 Itafy .... 88,031 Knuland and Irrland - 84,055 liow nnicli langer th:s country can tand tiiis in-])(juriii'j; is a serious ]uesti(in. Tlic etmege Rglünat Maurice P. (111, aptoln i( tb guaní at the priaon, o? aidiuir tiie escape of Lotimsr, was Hiasheil in the Jackson circuit court tatarüay, on tlie ground that no rime: was charfd. Prosecutiag Atbrnéy Kiikby lrcv np tlie coraplaint it t ho dtetatíon of Attorncy (cncral Dllta, and it WOUld soem ;ih tlumsli freat guns sometimes become blunli tIiuws. - Stockbridge Sun. If the 8uii mcans to insinúate that Kllin ia a "great gun," it shoots above the mark a long way. Rapreoentátire Kline, of this district, secured the passage of his captal piinishment bill by the House, ast week, but whether it will get hi-ough the senate or not, is a question. Mr. Kline made B strong arjument in favor of the bilí, aud quite naturally feels very proud of his succees. This paper has never advocated a genera] law íor capital punslnnent, but if a bill should pass the liiMnture autliorizing the execution of prieoners wbo coraniit . murder, tlicrc are few peopte who could find fault with it. The recent brutal murders at Jackson, comniittod by prisonera, suggest Eome fortber ïmnishment, and capital punishnient is the only thing AVh'ilu the people on land are astonishd at the progress made in those wonrteriul trareltng ]ropellors, the raili-oad englaes, tlicy are apt to forget that on the ocean .as great, if not greater progress is also being made. The new giant racer of the Canard line, the handsome Campa nía, on its triul trip, made au average of i.'.48 milos an hour betweeu Queenstown and Liverpool, for more than ten hours. Tliat is equivalent to aimut twenty-aix statnte miles an boor, whleb woold not seem particularly Blow travellng on any railroad except the great througb unes or those wiueh maintain an exceptionally high standard in the niutter or speed. ït is a wondertul pace f r a hugo gtructure of steel driven through bo dense a BUbstance as water. Tliere are many people In this country who believe that il' we ascape ilege of Asiatic cholera this year, that it wil] be a mlracle, and the opinión is expreseed by government officials who have to deal dlrectly with the saaltary problem erra i cd ii. tanmlgratlon Uiat u splte ol all ireeanttons cholera win fiml its way int.i the Tintel States Uiis year. This view of the iluation may be ti( gloomy, and wc, believe that uur. .1.. Ing watchfulnese at all porta may be found sunïcient protection agalnat the A.latlc acourge. It is certain, however, that 110 Americai eau city or villaje eau ait'ord to run the risks of neglectinj; all jiossibli precautions in the way of cleanlineae pure water, and gooil sewage. The direst calaiuity may result from care iicss in regard to the public healtl and even ii cholera should not ap pear on thta slde ol the Atlantic, 110 pOMible liai-m COUld soine Ol the iiki ipuloni obaerrance of Banitar; lawt. That alwaya paya. And no mnniclpallty hoold oegleci it. Am Arbor can set her sewerg ander wa; too soon.

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Ann Arbor Courier