The Montana post., 1868-02-22
PEN AND SCISSORS.
General Items.

Chicago is said now to have a popula-
ton of 10000. and a property valuation
of 1892 ,249, ga. on which s., ,4S9, ,245 tax
is paid annually. During the past year
g, ,569, ,035 have been spent by the city
for public improvements. The CONNER
cial business of the year is estimated at
S305, ,000, 600, and the value of manufac-
lures at $77YO0O,OO0.
The tallest man in Cincinnati tops 6
feet 2; the tallest woman feet2; the
heaviest man weighs 40 the heaviest
woman 401. The shortest man cannot
see over a yard stick, while the smallest
female is one inch less in height. The
oldest man is 81; the oldest woman 90.
Minnesota is claimed by the st. Paul
press to have population of over 400
600 The number of school children
from five to twenty-one years enrolled
and reported for 1867 is 125,000, and
upon this return the above estimate of
population is based.
New York city pays $5O,000,000 per
annum for its tea, coffee, wine, whisky
and tobacco; $360O0,000 for its -four
and meat $50, 600. 900 for its police and
courts 50, ,40O,0O0 for its schools.
The Persia will never return as Gu
harder, as she has been purchased by
her builders to be changed into q screw
steamer. Her captain says she has cross
ed the Atlantic $50 times
Europe is at peace, yet her armies
number 2,S00,000 men, and in time OF
war, the effective force would be 5,000,-
900. They cost nearly eS0,O00,OO0 a
year.
According to the last annual report
IN r IL. T~sr Tel.
graph is $40 200, $50, 400, and the profits
of last years business, including divi-
dends, is $495, ,734. r.-
There is enough iron in the blood OF
forty-two men to make ploughshare
weighing "A pounds. So whenever you
want ploughshare, all you have got to
do is TO melt down AZ men.
Bobitscheck, charged with killing
Lisner, in San Francisco, has been ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of $4,000
Four wealthy friends became his sure
] ties.
J Printing with movable type Te.s known
in India at least 1 600 years ago, accord
ing to discoveries fecently made by
English savans,
| White gitApowder is now manufac-
1 turc0 In france, WHICH lcaNoS ho SloC'
In the gun. 1t is highly spoken of II
FreAeh military circles.
Il Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorad
formed what was known in 1000 as tn
Spanish province of "Cibolo," whicl
means Mexican bull.
A woman lately gave birth to a chill
. on the sidewalk, on Farnham stree
Omaha, says the Herald.
The Union Pacific Railroad, Easter
; Division, is open 325 miles west
! Leavenworth.
E MA. Shaffenberg has been appointe
$ United States Mershal for Colorado, viz
u. b. Holloway, resigned
: The Tribune says loo, 1000 acres oflan
. have been pre-empted and paid for
T Colorado last year.
There are now 10000 Israelites in Ne
! York, and soc 600 of Israelites in q
: whole of the United States
h There were nearly $4,000 births
= New York City last year; 1918 ma
riages, and %, ,159 deaths.
Re The Kingdom of Bavaria is small
It than the State of New York. and yet
g standing army numbers 100000 men
" The French army bill prevents all al
ID bodied young men from marrying IN
oi they are %.
= It's proposed to build a suspensi
~ ~ bridge across the Hudson, at some POI
Cd on the Highlands.