The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-17
INTEREsTING ITEMs.


and noblemen gave Mr.. AdmiralP lPrate-Pr Probate
Judge Semmes TO understand, shortly after his
little affair with the Kedrsdrge that they in.
tended TO give him q sword The sword has not
arrived but the editor OF the Mobile Reqistey
and Advertiser has seen photograph of it, and
70 him we are indebted Tor the following de-
scriptlon;-"Fhe blade bears suitable inscrip-
ton, and is ornamented in the highest style of
the sWordmaker's art The scabbard which Is
OF gold, as is also the hlt or at least the guard
ornamented, not proiusely, but most taste
tully, with devices emblematic of the naval
profession and of Southern agriculture
Or Gwin.--The New Orleans Times has seen
his Grace Duke Gwin. Itsays:-''We e are pleased
to see IN our city, in remarkably hale ana vigor-
Gus condition, that distinguished son and citizen
of the South, DR.. Gwin, formerly Senator from
CALIFORNIA; and more recently Connected with
the enterprise of establishing an American
colony in Sonora, Mexico. The Doctor it will
be remembered, was released from captivity in
Fort jackson last summer, and, on his parole
proceeded TO Europe to visit his family He
returns now to his native South to re e-embark
his fortunes and fate in the same boat with the
Southe IN people,"
Cincinnati versus Chicago-The controversy
between the Chicago and Cincinnati papers as
TO the relative populations and prospects of the
two cities, Is participated in by other Western
journals. The Pitt3burg Gazette takes the side
OF Clbclnnatl. IL bases its estimates of popula-
uon on the number OF votes polled at the recent
election. In Cincinnati 20, 728 votes were polled
In chicago only 1876 were cast. In st. Louis,
where large class are disfranchised for past
dlsloyalty, 2l,O62 votes were polled. In Pitts
burg 23,303 votes were cast We can hardly
concede the accuracy of the conclusion arrived
Mt by the GGEette IRON those figures, but Lhey
nave some significance and value.
A Good Stock Couuty-The Guthrie Iowa)
Itdet!e gives some figures about herd of stock
raised near Dale City which deserves notice.
The herd consists of seventy-two head of two
year old steers, bought in tnat county last win
ter, ana heTded out on the prairie during the
summer. They were weighed as they came in
from the prairie, and when they had been
twelve hours off food and water. One OF them
weighed 1920 pounds, another 1880 another
lou, and four Others averaged 1921 pounds.
Ihe average weight OF the whole herd was
lOSO pounds, and full carload of them will ave-
rage over 1900.
The Richest st. Louisi an.-The reputed richest
man in st. Louis is James II. Lucas, whose
income is $l03 2Sl. Forty years ago a conside-
rable amount of property in land was lett him
by an uncle. He was at that time living i'm
kentucky. He repaired to st. Louis and since
then has done nothing but improve his posse3-
slons and pay taxes. As a large portion of his
property consists of unproductive real estate
his income returns give no correct idea of his
wealth, which is estimated all the Way from
$4,000, 900 to $l5,0OOOOO, and is daily growing
in value.
Paper Mills in Wisconsin-Beloit, Wisconsin,
is largely interested in the manufacture of
paper, having now in operation tour establish
ments OF this kind. The mills of one firm are
capable OF producing four tons of paper per
day, and are soon to be enlarged. The remain
ing three mills are run in connection with the
Beloit Paper Company, and last wear produced
over nine hundred and fifty tons of paper six
hundred OF which were print, and the remain
der wrapping paper. They are about to intro
duce new method OF manufacturing paper
from straw
A Bivalvular simile-At the Colchester OYSTER
Feast, in England, ON the 22d utlmo Mr.
Ducane, Junior Lord of the Admiralty, speak
ing OF the ministers said:-"They must expect
like Colchester natives 10 sustain attacks with
the knife, with VINEGAR, with pepper and salt,
from hungry assailants. lie only hoped the
slmlle would not be carried further, and they be
swallowed up and disappear altogether with
the extreme rapidlty he had that day witnessed
IN the case OF the natives"
Charitable Prelate-The Journals of Tours,
France, state that the archbishop of that place
has sheltered and fed IN his palace more than
three hundred persons who were LETT destitute
by the inundations. There are still at the arch
bishops upwards OF eighty. He has requested
the Sisters of st. Vincent to take charge of the
distribution of relief to these unfortunate per-
sons. The cattle rescued have been placed in
the archbishOp's stables, woodhouse, orangery,
or wherever there was room for them.
Artesian Well in Chicago-The artesian we'll
in the stock-yards in Chicago has reached
depth of one thousand and fifty feet, and is now
noWing at the rate OF sixty thousand gallons per
day; The average quantity of water which this
cattle at the yards, has been set at one hundred
and fourteen thousand gallons, and those now
performing the boring process state that in their
opinion the desired quantity can be supplied.
Brazilian Beef--A dinner has been given In
Paris, consisting entirely of smoked, sated and
pressed Brazilian beef. NJ Payen, member of
the Academy of Science, M. Berthould, of the
Patrie, and NJ. Jousln, of the EUenemem, were
amongst the ten jurors empanelled to test the
merits of the meat, which was served up in the
shape of soup and bouilli, beef la mode, and
sausages unanimous verdict was pronounced
in favor OF Brazil as beefsupplying ally of
France.
Canoe Club-The "Canoe Club in London
has Just held its annual meeting. Since last
July the members have made canoe voyages
down the Mole, the Thames, the Severn, the
Trent and the Avon, around the Kentish coasts
from Sheerness TO Folkestone, and into the great
lochs of Scotland, and the fords Of Sweden and
Norway. One accident occurred, in which
member was nearly drowned under weir.
General Pillows Crop.-It is stated on good
authority that General Gideon j. Pillow, late of
the Confederate service has cultivated his large
cotton plantation near Helena, Arkansas, with
such success as to justify the estimate of his
cotton crop at three thousand bales. The causes
which have operated so fatally against the cot
extended to Helena.
The Grand Turk and shs "sisters"-The Sultan,
wishing to recompense the work of the Sisters
of Charity OF Constantinople during the cholera
in 1865, has presented them a piece of ground
in the quarter of Pera for the foundation of an
orphan asylum. The hrst stone of that estab-
lishment has Just been laid in the presence of
Mons. Bruponi, apostolic vicar OF the Holy See.
Troops in New Mexico-TAe army in New
Mexico consists of the Fifth Infantry, COM
manded by Breyet Major General George Sykes,
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