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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1900)
10 THE COURIER. JtpHSp.PP & L a. Lt" 4 4 i i i i i i i TO fte PWUS. OY iHC0il I I if having- succeeded to the rights of the Lincoln Gas Company, will hereafter furnish to consumers gas and electric ity. It will be the purpose of the new company to secure the good will of its patrons, improve the service, in crease consumption and reduce prices. The present prices are: For illuminating gas $1.92 1-2 per thousand cubic feet, and fuel gas $1.50 per thousand cubic feet; in each case a discount of ten per cent is allowed if the bill is paid before the 7th of the month. Commencing August 1st the price of illuminating gas will be reduced to (1.75 per thousand cubic feet, and of fuel gas to $1.50 per thousand cubic feet A discount in each case of 25c per thousand cubic feet will be al lowed when bills are paid before the 7th day of the month. THIS MAKES THE NET PRICE OF ILLUMINATING GAS AFTER AU GUST 1, $1.50 PER THOUSAND CUBIC FEET, AND THE NET PRICE OF FUEL GAS AFTER AUGUST I, $1.25 PER THOUSAND CUBIC FEET We are contemplating the expenditure of large sums of money in the improvement of our properties and ex- rct to make concessions to users of electricity. We desire to announce at this time, however, that a discount of per cent will be allowed on all bills for electricity where the same are paid prior to the 22d day of the month, commencing with the month of August. We will Gtontlmn putting in free service as lkere toff re ffr (60 days ffrm July 11, aM will sell to eiasi&iiffiiers (Eas Stoves at Cstto Directors. I, M. RAYMOND. Pres. J.C.VANR1PER,V-Pres S. H.BURNHAM H. F. ROSE J. L rOMLINSON J. CRAIG HAVEMEYER R. 6. WOOD 1 BY J. C. 1 RIPER, VICE IS 1 GEN MANAGER And AS fu Bright AjraU. widower down east felt keenly the death of his wife. She waa a good woman, and he mourned for her tak ing of constantly. He had a handsome Monument erected at the head of her grave, and thereon placed this beauti ful inscription: "The light of my life has gone out" In the course of a year fce met and married a woman who very much resembled hm first wife. In or der that she might not feel too keenly the position in which she was placed he added -to the inscription on the monument: "But I have struck an other match." Freeport Journal. The Haaslan Nbtj. It is Impossible to state what naval force Russia could float should war break out with Japan. Great addi tions have lately been made to the Russian squadron In the Pacific and China sea, where Vladivostok and Port Arthur are the bases, and many more vessels could doubtless be added in an emergency. The latest estimate of the strength of the Russian navy including vessels built and building, is 294 vessels of 508,528 tons' displace ment, while the navy of Japan, built and building, . is estimated at 132 ves sels, of 264,435 tons' displacement. V A Crowbar Would Hare Don. "Really," exclaimed the waitress in Mrs. Starvem's boarding house, who had seen better days, "we never fur nish a knife with pie." "Nor re marked the new boarder. "Well, then, bring the ax." Facta Aboat Friday. Columbus sailed from Palos on Friday; discovered America on a Fri day; the Mayflower arrived at Prov iscetown on a Friday; Bunker Hill was won on a Friday; Oornwallls sur rendered on a Friday; Lincoln waa shot on a Friday; Marat was killed by Charlotte Corday on the 18th; the French occupied Madrid on the 13th; Napoleon surrendered at Sedan on a Friday; France declared war against Prussia on a Friday; China asked Japan to stop the war on a Frifey. King of Bobber. Antonio Bellacorcia, the notorious Corsican professional robber, who died a few days ago at AJaccio from a par alytic stroke, had enjoyed for more than forty years the admiration of his fellow countrymen. It is only two years since he voluntarily presented himself before a Corsican court for trial. The forms of law were duly ob served, but the Jury unanimously ac quitted him. When President Carnot visited Corsica Bellacorcia was sol emnly presented to him as "the king of the mountains." Caterpillars SO Cents a Qaart. The village of Saratoga has reop ened its public market for the pur chase of the forest tree caterpillars which started out to destroy the street shade trees, says the New York Press. Three hundred people, residents and visitors, brought the pests In pails and pans and received 20 cents a quart for them from the village, which buries them alive. Nearly $200 was paid out yesterday. This method of extermin ation is found more effective than spraying the trees. One of the Emperor's Fads. Amqng the many fads of Emperor William is his passion for collecting boots and shoes of famous people, his collection of these particular objects of attire constituting a fitting pen dant to his huge museum of uniforms. The collection is kept in the marble palace at Potsdam and there are some 2,000 pairs, from Greek sandals and a pair of slippers reputed to have be longed to Mahomet to the boots of Wallensteln, of Oustavus Adoiphus, of Peter the Great, of Frederick the Great and lastly of the first Napoleon. Another Peace Conference. The Pennsylvania clergyman who tried to separate two pugilistic deacons and was "punched" by them finds but little satisfaction in the fact that all three are now arrested for assault and battery. Providence Telegram. Famines of Modern Times. The worst famines of modern times were the famine in Ireland in 1346-47, in which 1,000,000 people perished; the Indian famine of 1866, which claimed 1,450,000 victims; the Indian famine of 1877, in which 500,000 people perished; and the great famine in China in 1878, In which 9,500,000 died. Enterprising Jap Tea Dealers. The Japanese tea merchants are con templating establishing tea houses, after the Japanese style, in the large dtles of the United States. V y i J -A