The weekly union record., 1865-02-04
Interesting Items.

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The Sierras and Coast Range show more
snow than at any other time this Winter.
NJ Mires, the French 6naneier. is about
starting bank. with capital Of eight million
pounds.
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, was so named
because It Is Just one huDdred miles from the
mouth Of the James river.
The most extensive brewery known is be-
lieved to be that Of Mr.. and Mis- Brewer, who
have twenty-five children.
One auction house in San Francisco disposed
Of real estate to the amount of Sl32l35 On
Saturday last.
Felix o 'Byrne, ex law reporter OF the Alta
and Fias. has been appointed Commissary Of
The Eight Regiment of California Volunteers
\ soldier writes home that be gets along
with the hard tack pretty well, except when
they put the shortening into il lengthwise.
Oue hundred and sixty cases Of divorce were
disposed Of by the Superior Court at New
Haven, Connecticut. during lis session Of
tweaty days.
The Pepper tree is gaining great favor
throughout the State as an ornamental tree, It's
evergreen character winning ter 1t universal
commeudaiion.
The damage done buildings between the lines
Of the two armies on and near the Franklin
pike. at Nashville, Tennessee, is estimated at
half million dollars.
The Stockton Independent says steamer
arrived from San joaquin al that city, recently.
having on board two hundred dozen eggs and a
tuu of honey.
The maritime force of Spain is at o very low
ebb- There are ouly twenty seven steam yes
Sels owned in that country, and most Of them
are small tuunage.
4 letter from Vicksburg SAYS the appropri
alton of JEFF. Davis farm for the use of freed
men will relieve the Government of the support
OF some ten thousand negroes
Forty thousand persons in Montreal. Canada
or about one third of the entire population get
their living, directly or Indirectly, from The
manufacture Of boots and shoes.
The average loss of soldiers in our army. on
the field and in the hospitals, is IS per annum
IN one thousand. The loss in the Btitish army
in the Crimean war was go in thousand
Forty millions of pamphlets, tracts and elec-
tioneering handblls of various kinds have been
put through the mails this year, free of postage,
under the franks OF Members Of Congress.
The armies of Europe have a total of
4,69l GOO men, costing annually 1925 600 000.
Russia has the largest army numbering
100000 men. That of France numbers
10000 men.
VIM. Burr, the inventor of the casemate
iron clad system, died. a few days since, at
Greenfield Hill, Connecticut. 1t was from the
stolen plans of Mr.. Burr that the rebel ram
Merrimbc was built.
Ohio produced the most wool of any State
in the Union in 1864 her clip" being nearly
ll000 600 pounds. California takes the lead
iu wine. having produced during the year
about 100000 gallons.
The time honored and universally known
doorkeeper at the White House, domeslically
called Edward, publicly named Jimmy, who
has been in Office since General Jacksons day,
was discharged by Mrs. Lincoln, lately.
+ Amongst the new railway schemes which
will come before the English Parliament, iu the
next session, is one for the construction of 8
railway underneath the river Mersey, for the
connection of Liverpool aud Birkenhead.
An iron letter has just been sent by mail
from Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. to England
The iron was rolisd so thin that the sheet was
only twice the We sht of similar sizcd sheet
OF ordinary note pap.
The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad
Company are having Hte1 up two elegant
smoking cars to run with ,heir morning and
evening trains. They are to be furnished with
chairs and center-tables. together with files of
the latest pap,rS.
A. 7. Stewart, the New York dry-goods
man, lately paid an income TAX Of S2j0000
upon net income of S50O0000 He does a
business Of S30,000000 year, has Sl4 100000
invested in real estate, aud is one of the richest
men in the world.
1t is DOW stated that Professor Goessling. a
German chemist Of Cincinnati is the author of
process to make sugar from corn, aud that
It's manufacture Is so simple that ii can be
made by every housekeeper. A busbe of corn
will give three or tour gallons of beautiful syrup
1t is said that blue jays or jaybirds are now
killed and sold in San Francisco for their wings
only, which are used for ornamenting hats for
children, young misses, and those who desire TO
be credited with a few less years than they are
really entitled to.
An English gentleman, on recently being
nominated for election as member of a town
council, made characteristic speech, 10 which
be invited the electors "to riddle me, sift me,
turn me inside out, aid if you find me wanting,
just crumple NE up like piece Of dirty blotting
paper, and throw me into the waste basket"
Fauaticism " is rolling southwark. An
Arkansas judge lately charged a grand Jury in
Pulaski county that holding or selling slaves
is crime amounting to felony" and four
ffths of the qualified jurors agreed to find bills
of Indictment against the Shareholders of that
county. in accordance with the charge.
On Saturday last, at Markleeville. as John
II. Williams, Superintendent of the IXL
Mining Company, and Christopher Nelson,
Harry Mercer and Iver Hanson were going to
their claim, they were suddenly buried in
snow slide. Hanson was taken out alive, and
the three Others perisbed.
Charles Miller, proprietor of the Comet
Hotel Sacramento, and his wife, were arrested
on Tuesday, 90 charge of murder On the
26th of December last. a woman named Cath
arine White died at their hotel under circum-
cumstances which led to the suspicion that she
was poisoned. Miller has served oae term in