The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-03
. H. Fora, ex lieutenant governor


IAdust,i~a. Statistical, Etc.
4 shipment Of 100000 salmon ova, packed In
Ne, has been made from London TO New Zealand,
kr stocking the rivers OF that colony.
h In Brooklyn, New York, dog weighing 30
ounds has been pitched to fight pig weighing
n The average weight Of hogs slaughtered ia Chi
hgoin 1867 was 227l pounds, and in lS67-s only
! Y pounds.
y Last year 1897 fires occurred in London.
Il There are forty quartz mills in Montana, and
I've or six others going up.
4 A new process for the production Of suIphuric
ocid has been patented in France, by which the
ibrge leaden chambers are dispensed with.
4 The daily consumption Of matches In Europe Is
Estimated at 1000 900 900.
n The London underground railway carried
q 900 900 passengers in 1867.
4 company with a capital OF 81 600, 600 has
been formed In California for working the tin
)nines in San Bernardino county.
The shipments OF bullion from Nevada last year
4 The aversge daily production OF petroleum in
HE oil region is said TO be 900 barrels. and the
stock on hand little over 500,0 900 barrels.
4 Vermont produced s62 900 tons Of hay in 1867.
The wheat crop Of Michigan last year was t9.-
D95 900 bushels.
= The Ohio state library has 26, 900 volumes.
& There were 10000 barrels Of mackerel inspect
"a In Massachusetts last year.
N The receipts Of the UnitedsStste postofice de-
,srtment were $l4 900 900 last year.
Il Fossil marine shells have been found at Fort
beys, Kansas.
4 St. Louis exported Is. .24s 900 bushels Of grain
d 1867.
The coal mines of England and Wales employ
n lhe aggregate business of Pittsburg in 1867 is
animated az $l40 600 900.
In 1882 the sandwich Islands had population
f over lac, 900; now they number only 5000. Of
Bbich 5000 are Europeans and Americans. .-
n The Cincinnati postofice received for delivery
sos, 600 letters last year.
f The total exports Of tea from China, from June
st 10 October 3lst 1867, was loo, 900 900 pounds.
By a chemical process potatoes are made into
Initiation meerschaums, warranted to color as
! ell as the genuine article.
The coal mines of Great Britain yield lOO, 100000
Ions per annum.
Prof. W. G. Kerr, State geologist Of North
(arolina, reports having found valuable veins of
1ilver ore in Wautsuga and Mitchell counties OF
hat State.
Fifty years ago the New York postoffice occu-
fed one room, and was managed by one man
Ind boy. besides the postmaster.
"a In 1881 Chicago contained only twelve families;
Low the population is 220,000
At Greenport, Long Island. pals, wash-bas'ns.
Bans, spittoons, etc., are made from q chemically
prepared paper, and are said to be superior to
|ny others ever before made.
The " Lake Shore Grape Growers Association"
be 18th and Goth ult.
n From the lst Of June to the 10th November
ID IT'S 900 pounds of tea were shipped from Chins
Ind Japan TO the United States.
The imports Of wool into Great Britain for the
1rst eleven months OF 1867 were ZIG, ,000, 900
bounds.
I King George, of the Tonga Islands, compels
Rvery householder to possess at least twenty coffee
{rees. The crop of 1867 was thirty tons. The
King also required each adult 10 plant two hun-
ed cotton tlees, but the Incidence Of the people
Suffered the greater part Of ii 10 be wasted.
The Boston public library contains 1856 900 vol
bmes. The library was open 27S days last year,
Ind the total number Of books used was 2O5 $685.
bn average Of 75l per day.
Hsrper's Bazaar is said to have circulation Of
lO0,000 copies.
The AtbeDaum Library. IN Providence, R.7L,
loaned out last year 2O,409 volumes, Of which
81 i23 were fiction.
4 The library of the late Albert G. Green, author
pf '0ld Grimes is Dead. !" numbers 10000 vol
nmes.
The faeulty of Yale College is cOmpOsedsof 50
members.
The total receipts OF whalebone in United
States ports for 1867 were $50 900 pounds. The
price varied from zoe TO 81 20 per pound.
q The shipments Of gold last year from San Fran
fisco 20 hina amounted 70 1856 III.
The cause of the frightful East India famine was
8he planting Of cotton instead Of rice.
man IN New HAMPSHIRE has invented a ma
thine that viii shear a sheep IN three minutes
II II estimated that at the opening of naviga.
ion the stock Of wheat at the lake ports will be
J ,O00, 900 bushels.
& The total imports into the United States in 1867
Fere SAP 1913 322, Of which s22 $685. were spe
bic and bullion. The total exports for the same
me. including gold were $685., ,357 .523.
On the LIST If February the New York banks
lad on hand t2S ,955 900 in gold, and t2lS, $50 900
bn deposit.
There are sixteen regularly licensed pawn
brokng Establishments 10 Cincinnati.
Swiss inventor reports that he has discovered
J poser that snpersedes stelm. he asks sl0,-
Doc 600 for hir secret.
The cost Of the London underground rail Way
was 81 600 900 per mile.
There were 4l4l new books and new editions
published IN Great Britain, last year.
/ The State prison, at Auburn. N. Y, has 997
pmstes. One convict negro, has his room car
beied, and pictures OF President lincoln and Gen
Scott adorn the walls Of his cell.
The Boston milk trade amounts to 1000, 700 per
bnnum.
The Brooklyn ferries carried IS 100000 passen.
gers last year.
/ The receipts Of wheat at Chicago. last year,
|hmouutedto 10 SO. .O00, 900 bushels.
"A yoke Of cattle, weighing $500 pounds was re-
Gently sold IN New York, for $l276, being 22
|centr per pound.
The farmers of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
|norhern Iowa, have already received $4,000 900
|more for their products oflast year than they td
An apple tree, on the farm Of Oliver Taylor, of
|Loudon County, Va, has borne every season for
The last eighty years, an average of fifty bushels
Ioi apples. 49, ..,
California produced last year 100000 pouads
"' "O'''
Shepard, Abbott & Co., So Camp street, are
ceiling their stock at greatly reduced prices,
Fifty dolarsl slost elHptic sewing machine