The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-01-23
Items Of CegeralSInterest

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g It takes two Hundred thousand d,llars
a day to- pay fofatbe pork packed in Cinci
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! Adams county, Illinois. with a populatio
| of sn,thosssad has baAgssa-aiaaks,si
, d4'0rces within month. ,.4lE =
Six hundred thousand hat boxes are az
, nually manufactured in Danbury. ca. -lda
Mohair is grown in Asia Minor. The e,
ports from thence to England last yea
amounted to 2.200. 900 pounds.
J; In 1856 there were 1852 foreign shin
engaged in the China trade Of which 827,
were English and 1902 American.
/. The newsboys and shoeblacks of Chicap
pay the city over $500 every year 70
licenses.
Every year devoted son of the churcl
sends TO the Pope a swan from Norwich
England, as tribute Of respect.
Boston now has a weekly mail from Eu
rope via Queenstown
The Boston Table says country girls take
to riding horseback as naturally as a Bosto.
nidn to Emerson and cant.
The telegraph rates throughout Canada
have been reduced over one.half. A dis.
patch can now be sent from New York to
Montreal for City cents, f-'as1a at
Charleston. s. c., has a Ladies Fuel
Society,". which has been in active benevo.
lent operation for forty years. s..-.-.
A housekecper in Ohio recently dropoed
dead Of. apoplexy while Gaming an over.coat
thief The latter remarked that it was
Judgment, and walked off with the coat.
General Lee declines the offer of $40 900
year as agent for New York fire insur-
ance company. He prefers to teach young
Southern ideas how to shoot.
General Comstock, Of General Grants
staff, is to be married to Miss Betty Blair,
daughter Of Montgomery:
The Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat says the
social evil" is alarmiugly prevalent in that
city.
Sir Henry Litton Bulwer is engaged upon
the Life and Correspondence of Lord Pal.
merson."
John Taylor, an uncle of Bayard Taylor,
died in New Albany, Indiana, the other day.
Switzerland is hereafter to choose its rep
resehtatives in government by direct univer-
sal suffrage. ' 7
Coal in abundance and of excellent
quality has been discovered half mile from
Argenta on the line Of the Central Pacific
Railroad, 400 miles from Sacramento.
Notwithstanding the recent heavy rains in
the valleys and the severe SHOWS on the
mountains the trains on the Central Pacific
Railroad arrive at Sacramento on time.
Carpenter and Washburne is waxing warm.
he formers chance being better. The leg
stature meets on the 18th instant.
The Minister of Marine of France has en-.
aged a celebrated seronaut to make expert.
nents on a system Of aerial telegraphing, off
on board the iron-clad squadron.
The press of London generally approve of
he treaty between China and England, re-
emily concluded by Lord Clarendon and
lr. Burlinsame. f' ga 1F'"
The shipment of coffee, to the United i
tates, from Rio, from LIST Of Januarr. to
18th of November. 1868. was 999, ,5S4 bags, I
nd seyen vessels then loading with a ca
acity of $4,000 bags. ksss.:,-'iu. "a, r,,
According to the London Times, a F,ench
ar vessel bound for Madagascar aud |
british vessel sailing for Iddia have both
assed throIg 81 the Suez canal. iod n
The Oldest man in Southern Illinois died I
n the Sd ult., johnson Harris, of Perry
'unty, who went To- that State in 1920 6
|e was SO years Of age. He had II chill !
rem, LOG grandchildren, 237 great grand +
iildren. and Il great-great grandchildren. e
The Nebraska Legislature meets at Lin $ $
lccessor in the Senate. So far Governor
utler; q. p. Mason. the present Chief
nstice: o. H. Irish. former Indian Super y
tendent; aud T. NJ. Marquette, formerly t
,legate to Congress. are the leading oppo-
,nts Of Upton. SIS ar...
A gentleman from Swampviile was telling
,w many different occupations he had at q
mpted. Among others be tried school
aching. '
/" How long did you teach ?" asked BY
ander.. 7-t ...... I
"Wal, didn't teach long, that is. l only ,
ent to teach ~~-
" Did you hire out ?" .
"Wal, 1 didn't hire out. only went to
ire out Go
"Why did ycu give it up"
Wal. [ Civ it up for some reason or }
uther. You see travelled into deestrict,
I'D inquired for the trustees. Somebody
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