The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
FACTS AND FIGURES.

OACRAMENTO river SanQ is Sald 10 he
worth So per ton.
LEWISTON, Pa, has 30 inhabitants who
are more than 20 years Old One of these
is 1o4 years old
ROME, by new census, has 290,532 in
habitants; 7,4S0 Of them are priests,
monks, and nuns
BLUE Gown, the winner Of the Derby
in 1868, has won for his owner the hand
some sum of eL7,562,
A CINCINNATI gentleman has bought ten
thousand acres of land in Tennessee upon
which to establish a colony.
OK the 1st of July the Western Union
Telegraph Company had 10i,534 miles OF
wire and 1913 miles of cable
A STATISTICAL chap says the hands of
magazine readers in this country travel
1900 miles year in cutting the leaves.
One of the most fashionable young Ia
dies at Nahant wears a hat which cost
only ten cents, and which She trimmed
herself.
QUITE a number of bears have been
trapped this season in the vicinity of Au-
rora. Maine. They have not been SC
troublesome for many years
The champion horse tradist" resides
in Manchester, Y. H. lie has owned,
=,
worth, on an average, S15 apiece.
ELIIIU BURRTTT, the learned blacksmith,
has established an emigrant agency at
Birmingham, England where he has been
United States Consul for several years
past.
WOMAN Suffrage Conventions are TO be
held III Chicago on the 9th and 10th Of
September, on the 18th ar sth IN Cincin-
natl, and on the 9th and ith of October in
st. Louis
In July 3332 II citizens OF Boston, men
women and children availed themselves of
the privileges and advantages afforded by
the various public bathing houses in that
city
A SPIDER in the Sherif's Office in st.
Louis has woven web which is perfect
imitation of lace. 1t is eight inches in
length and has attracted hosts Of specta-
tors.
THE number of COWS in France is more
than 5,o00,0)0. In Paris the consumption
of milk is nearly 100000 quarts day.
Milk is sold at from ten 20 forty confines
quart, according to the locality and the
| quality.
| a DRAMATIsT in Rutland VT, has writ
/ ten a moral play, after the style of "One
| Night in Ten Bar-rooms." 1t is temper
ance drama in ten acts, eighteen scenes
and fifteen characters. 1t is the career of
| four drunkards.
THE noise produced by the Chinese mu-
sicians is so harsh and barbarOus that the
/ Common Council of San Francisco not
! long since passed an ordinance for the sup
preston Of Chinese orchestra bands.
! THE total amount expendedin the Dis
/ trlCt OF Columbia, from the time the seat
of Government was located there, to June
30, 1868, for public works of every descrip-
ton, including buildings and works of art,
! is $31, 800 S530S
WITHIN ten miles of Ithaca, y. Y,
there are over one hundred and fifty
waterfalls nine of which are more than
one hundred feet high. These are situated
in thirty superb ravines in the midst of
the grandest rock scenery.
THE present numerical strength of
the Baptist Church in the United States,
according to the Year Book, is 1,121 ,9SS,
being an increase over last year of 12.062.
These figures it is said, would be materially
increased if the returns from the several
States were not so imperfect.
4 MINISTER who has been recruiting
among the Springs of Saratoga writes
that the belle of the season wears dress
valued at the amount of his salary for two
years, and a set of diamonds equal in value
/ church, with infant room attached, gas
| fixtures and cabinct-organ included.
AT a recent sale of Mr.. Dillon's collec-
ton of autographs in London, George
| Washington's letter to Newenham. in
which he deplores the condition of Ire
| land, sold for $500; one from Bacon
/ brought S95; and one from Oliver Cr0m-
well, S495; Queen EliZabeth's Instructions
concerning the Aniou marriage brought
$3.50.
IL the English UurcLDan's almanac,
! the annual incomes of the twenty Arch
bishops and Bishops of the Church of Eng
/ land i given The largest annuity. about
$780, ,000 in our currency, is received by
the Archbishop of Canterbury. Several
receive $4,000, and the smallest amount
| is $22, 800
ELECTRICITY on the railroads in France
is taking the place of human watchlul-
ness. ON many lines there are contriV-
anccs where the passing of Il train is au
tomatically announced to noighbcring
stations. The cars pass over connecting
wires and the train records Itself before
and behind, so that its progress and APP
pcarance are alike indicated.
A COMPARATIVE statement of the NOR
talitv of the cities of Boston, Cincinnati,
Chicago and St. Louis, from January 10
July /, 1869, based upon official figures,
shows that every eighty y-ninth person died
IN Boston every one hundred and fourth
in Cincinnati; every one hundred and
eleventh in Chicago, and every one hundred
and tenth in ST. Louis.
APARIs correspondent says the Bavarian
rirls, whatever may be the reason, have
the finest hair in Europe. There is in the
town where the far Austrian Empress
passed her childhood, the monument of
Girl who died of having too much of il.
1t is stated in her cpitaph that the nouriSh-
ment of her body was absorbed bv the
capillary vessels, and that her hair in the
short space of ten months grew. on its be
ing shaved, to the extraordinary length OF
three yards.
A MAN living in Bouhey, France, recent
" fell, from ver-indulgence in drink, into
a state of lethargy 80 complete that he
WAS believed to he dead. The man was
laid ont, and his friends came TO pay their
farewell visit One woman, however, re-
marking that one of his arms was hanging
down, took it up to replace il on the bed,
when, at the touch, the apparent corpse
suddenly opened its eyes and looked
around the room. A doctor was at once
summoned, and the man recovered.
THE Pittsburgh Commercial states that
an inventor, OF that city, his constructeda
furnace in which pan of water has been
so arranged that ffle water is dccomposed,
/ ord tba ovvra,, oiacted into The fire render