The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-27

:" twenty hands are employed.
arc az od no'enne' france, produces annually ab d
siz,OVo,UOO worth OF ribbons. which mostly fad
: market in the United States.
OIVer Dalrymple, of Minnesota. has 100 acre
the State WIZ AAi se'' ieiiuei
s, The exports of petroleum from the Unite
sgainst AZ 900 900 same time last wear.
an old gentleman in Covington, Ky.. saws he hs
snewed 1915 pounds of tobacco, costing sl0l5 8
oul'p p .ne las, forty two years:
a paper collar factory In New York CITY EN-
ploys between 300 and lOs hands and turns on
nearly 100000 paper collars daily.
Ssn FRANCISCO, with population Of rs, 900
oon aoa more newspapers than London with it:
The coal feet coming from Pittsburg on the
present rise in the Ohio river, has about 1921 OOO
brig Of 500 hogsheads capacity, Is building
10 East Boston which will bring molasses from
tne west Indies in bulk.
.. w. Bloom, of Brownsville, Ind, has this
season made molasses from the stalks OF the com
"A company with a capital OF 500, 900 has pur.
chesed 100 acres OF land near Wilmington, N. c..
to commence grape culture. ~
me printers OF Charleston, S. c., have opened
aco-operailve store for the purpose of supplying
tDer families with groceries at cost prices
| 4, OK newspapers are published at Honolulu
| guage. "AAu i0n-
A precious collection of old wood cnts vo1nos
az 40 900 francs, has lately been stolen from t5s
library OF the University of Bologna,
d, mere are II 600 weekly periodicals, including
in Lowe2 wd.s ana 1908 religious journals, sold
r., ne amount OF taxes levied In New York civ
40. ST 9tste, county and city purposes this wear i
Statistics show that in England there ia ors
suicide IN 1880 Of the population, and in Scot.
Land one in every 46 600. - WV
Palestine has S22 species of birds 2so land and
S1s T srd Dcs In Panama there are SS5 species;
me eustomhouse ct Portland, Me-, has ffty.
5e 1o 9oeers whose aggregate salaries amount 10
teS. 4Sz per annum. "
Iae copper product of the United States is about
$1,000 600 pounds annually half of which is from |
the Lake Superior region.
Artlhcial marble is being manufactured in St |
Louis said to be equal in durability and texture to
1t is estimated that $500, 900 is deposited in
me soo savings banks Of the United States, by
l,sO0, 600 depositors y
In Maysville. KY. 1874 worth of watermelon,
nave nave e ts sold from twentyseven acres, being
more tnan SI53 per acre.
England imports annually for CONSUMPTION
duced at home. "'' 40 Pi0-
A Direct European Importation Company
with capital of from $500, 900 10 81 600 600 ia
Delng formed in Richmond Va
Inc salt works at Saltville Va. employ about
10Y ma. nanos and give net revenue to the owners
Cincinnati has 6542 coored youths between five
ara twenty-one years Of age, of whom $50 opIv
attend the colored public schools '
Inc new York Tribune boasts of a total circu.
takes 29l copies.
Broom corn raised near Vicksbure ia beinv
shlpped to st. Louis, and the net returns are 500
per ton.
Botslourt county, Va, has this season nrodncss
I9OOVO bushels wheat, It's 900 bushels oats and
ye' aVO,UVO bushels corn, 20 900 bushels potatoes
and 1000 tons of hay.
The entire machine power of the United Ststs.
IS said to be equal to the labor of 200 900 0so %
neh. Inc machine power Of England and Wales Is
F9HaI 70 the labor OF nearly 600, 600, 900 of men,
Dpiing me nseal year ending Juae 30, 1865, the
otal imports into the United States Amounted 10
i39O559 737. and the exports, Including snecis a
we're $34S, 727 25s. 'P00ie' 6
A manufacturing firm from Lowell. Mass ia E
! up cotton factory at Marsees, Illinois,
VIIh capacity Of 1000 yards of cloth per dav'
westward the star Of empire takes its wav-T :
England annually produces l04 900 600 tons of |
oal the United States rs 900 goo Prussia and
ne AoNVeren 2O,OOO,OOO. and France 10, ZOO, 600
O. P. Bean, Of Irssburg, had one swarm of bees 4
me commencement of this season, from which
0unds Of honey.
gentleman near Norfolk, Va, last sprinu
lsnted forty -one barrels of potatoes. He has
athered lO4O barrels, and his crop nets him over
In Jamaica there are 500, 600 acres OF land not
aimed by anybody. The government is going TO
IKE possession, and thus prepare for a large i'm.
igratlon. | N
A perfume distillery at Cannes, France. uses d
early 1900 pounds orange blossoms 20 600 II
ounds scacia blossoms, 900 pounds rose r
ayes, $1,000 pounds jasmine blossoms 10000 L
ounds violets, and 5000 pounds tube roses
The United States require for the full employ.
ent OF their cotton spndles 20 900 bales of cotton
u week; England IS 900 bales, and the continent
GOO bales-an aggregate of $40 900 bales per -
Prof. Rockwell, of Davidson College, N. c., pro. &c
'ses 10 " establish at that place a mineral cabi. an
i, in which to preserve specimens of the stones dc
arbles, metallic Ores etc., of the State, alsoali %
llcs winch may serve to throw any light upon al
e early history of the first inhabitantsn Al