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Democratic PFesss-A case which may DO rOs Rarded Ns Of some interest Co money brokers, and dealers In bank notes, was recently deCt- ded before onO OC the aldermen of this city. u sIate the facts exactly as they were admit. ted hy the parties, before the magistrate.

 A, keeps a shoe store N strangcr having agreed for the purchase of pair Of shoes handed A. a bank note to take out the pUr- chWse TnUney. A, having sOmC doubt Hs tO inc rOotlnpss of the nUte, took k to B., monsv broker aud dealer in bank notes, who said the note Is genuine nOto. will give yvu the amount In silver if you will allow mO ia l.c cents discount. A. agreed to this pro: positOn, took the note back to his store, sold the shoes, gave the change, and returning to the broker, handed the note to him. E: took the note and paid A. the S4,O7 l.S, which he had promised. Here both the parties exc pectsd that the transaction was at an end. B. however, almost immmcdiateIy on A.S leaving the office. discoN cred that the note was not, us he had supposed, i've dollar bank nute Uf the bank Of New. Haven, but was tn fact a genuine Ave dollar bank note of the Eagle Bank of New. Haven, the word Eagle, having been inEUniOusly obliterated; the Eagle bank having some time before MIi' ed. B. therefore sent for A. who forthwith repaid back the S4,s7 l.9 cents, for the re. covery of which he now brought suit before

 

 The statement of facts as I have rUlNted them, was agreed upon by the parties. The alderman gave judgment for the plaintiff for SA87 l.9 cents, which was paid by thu dc. Isndant. The plaintiff entered satisfaction, and thus the matter has ended. T. M.

 Rhode Island Banks.-The little state of Rhode Island is one Of the most singular po- litical contrivances tn the Union. For nOih- ing is it .nore remarkable than the n0mbrr of its banks and, ut the same time. their gOou- ness and solvcncy. By the last returns made to it's legislature, 1t shews upon paper .foriy" seUen Banks for issuing paper money Fms is exclusive of the thirty or forty sand OdnEs and fishing banks laid down very accurately on Blunt's Charts, and which have deposits and circulation equal to the banks on dry hnd. The bills in circulation are equal to S675 80 1, and the specie SS4g,lG5. This Is nearly t,Oo dollars in paper for one n specie in the vaults. Ofall the statements put forth by tho various banks in the several states, this of Rhode lsI- and is the best. In Pennsy lvania the relation of specie to paper is generally as One io 6Ue. It Is much about the same ratio iU this state. One 0f the principal features in the Rh0de Island system of banking. Is the personal lia- bility of the stockholders for the Gebts due by the hanks to the public. In this principle these banks differ from those of every other state.

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 FISes in NeW. York.-lt is stated that from January g. to Dec. g. 1928, there were I3l fires n the cy of Ncw.York, an actual loss of property to the amount of $6SO .4O3! For their cx,nguiahmcn, hereafter n great public reservoir iS now erecting from whence iron pipes will pass through the principal streets and avcnues the water from which may Do thrown upoO the houses in many parts of the Oi,y wh"us the Oid II. .h.. voir into which the water will be raised by horse or steam power, from we'll dug for tho purpose. Tho whole of this reservoir, Sc. is csnaed at about 75,OO0 dolMrs. small matter for so great an ob- jcc..

 l HypsrbOie.--A Vermont horse jockey, boasng the other day of the speed Of his horse grnvey asserted that he could ,ro, seventeen miles an hour "Scv- en,ccn miles an hour !" says a hys,andcr, "I guess that's thumper" "Nly dear feow," replied he of tho Green Mountain, e,cnecn miles s no, grea. for the creature now; for when he bU, tive years oId the lightning killed ,Le old mare, and chased s cos alI round e pasture ,choHt getting withiH sem rods of him"

 Morch of lateiltct. The Providence Journal sia, rs that vessel lately arrived Providence from North Carolina, whose crew from the Captain down to the cabin boy were Unactjuanted with writing readng. bHc captaU HppHeu tne tieHItN oHCer 10 iOIOfiD him to whom his vessel and cargo were consigned. ~. F. COUr. ETanki"-Jusi preceding the revolution, lord Chat ham was observed his way to parliament arnI-in- arm with plain and humble individual, who took his seat without the bar. The debate being on American affairs Chatham delivered his able speech in behalf often quoted. noblcnan, in reply, tauni. cd him with uuering sentiments borrowed from bit. ter enemy to Engand pointing to the stranger. The earl defended his freni calling him. or his learning and philanthropy, the Ornamen. of his own country, and the pride of Europe. The stranger was Benja. min Franklin tho son of a ,aIlow chandler, himself printer.

 Ihe Present and Me FWture.-At . recent me. chanc's dinner n Boston the following sentiment was proposed as che mechGnics first lesson :-To-mOrvow is fine gentleman. who makes many promses-TO. day is plain man who never breaks his word.

 Some time since, a sportsman of the true breed, shooting reed-brds in the meadows below the city, saw, at the edge of one of the diiches, huge frog that he thought worth bagging He let fly both bar- res, and laid the monster sprawling. Seeing fea,,- CTS sticking from the mouth Of he prize, our friend pulled, and out came adead snipe.

 Mfr. Stone, of the Chesnat-street theatre, has ceiyed inc premium of aIOl fIu,n Mr Forres for his