The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-10
FACTS AND FIGURES.

and disposed of daily.
THE Leipzig publishers sold, in 1868.
$40 OOOO worth of books
The ew French twenty five franc gold
pieces Will be called Empereurs.
THE fastest bicycle time has been r. ade
In jersey City-a mile in two minutes.
ONE of the Austrian Archdukes is said
to be kleptomaniac-in plain English
a thief
THE French Post office confscates nine
out OF ten newspapers sent from this coun-
try.
BURT HARRISON, Private Secretary TO
JEFF Davis during the war, is practising
law in New York
A NEW YORK thief has ACCOMPLISHED
the neat trick of stealing the boots off
sleeping mans feet.
THERE are said to he $1,000 communi-
clnts To the various religious churches on
the western coast of Africa
| THERE are $50 Protestant Sunday
| Schools in France, $50 in Germany, $50 in
Switzerland and 250 in Holland.
A wIDowER went to Manchester, n. h,
one day recently, buried his wife and left
| town with new made bride on the day
| following.
The Canadian Ride Association will dis
tribute 81 800 worth of prizes at the an
nual tournament, at Halafax, in August
A SERVANT girl at Newberg, n. Y, was
recently too much for a burglar She
poured gallon of hot water over him,
and he left the premises in hurry.
A LONDON clergyman advertises that be
will lend his weekly sermons for half a.
crown apiece, or four for los, warranted
original, earnest and evangelical"
SIX churches have been organized IL
Me co on the basis of the Bible as the
wo, OF Coda spontaneous movement,
| without any foreign interventi n, the sac
raments administered without any or
dalDed minister.
A BUFFALO lady was annoyed by a man
named Thompson. She pulled out q
pistol and snapped it at him He moved
off in good ORDER and had her arrested.
She was discharged on the ground that an
uploaded pistol is not deadly weapon.
GEORGE PEABODY has written to the
| town of Georgetown, NJ ass stating that
1t is his intention to supply all the funds
needed to sustain the public library which
he has given to the town, and also pre-
senting $4,000 toward the permanent
fund
THE New York Express has heard of
ore American woman in Europe, who
turned up her aristocratic nose at pocket
handkerchief costing 1000 francs, de-
manding one which had to be fabricated,
and which was not to cost less than TO-
0O0."
ACCORDING to an estimate made by
wel-infpTmed traveller, the Chinese expend
annually over 10000, 600 To appease and
propitiate the souls Of the ad. About
$4,000 600 are annually expended in
worship of the Foo gods, and 800, 900, 900
in the worship Of family ancestors.
A YOUTH of Is in New Bedford, who
determined to marry against his fathers
will, was recently complained of as DIS
Obedient Child, and the case continued for
sentence, so that he could be shut up fer
want of bail till his father gets ready TO
take him on whaling voyage.
1T was stated at the National Sundsy
School Convention that the Sunday Scho oil
Union has established 6 346 schools, into
which 393 SOB children have ne en- gathered,
and 5000 teachers are employed. The
union has also aided % 900 other schools,
| and over 400 churches have been estab-
LIED as the results of its efforts.
THE report of Baptist progress in
Great Britain for the last year
shows that forty nine churches have
been organized, making an aggre-
gate of 2 2447. The increase in mem
bership has been $50, a larger accession
| than any since 1860, and bringing up the
to'al TO 25l 500 members. There are
267 396 scholars in the Sabbath Schools,
and no doubt, over a million of the Brit
ish population dependent on the Baptists
for religious instruction.
AT Rutland, VT, which has been scant-
lily supplied with water for many years,
the discovery has just been made that an
| obstruction in joint in the main supply
reduced the calibre from three inches 10
one and half inches diameter. The OBJ
struction consisted of lead, which WAS run
into joint when the pipe was laid, fifteen
years ago. 1t cost them $4,000 to make
the discovery, besides the loss of many
buildings by fire, which would have been
saved but for the lack of water.
FROM an old advertisement published in
the Georgia Journal, Milledgeville, in
1919, it is found that the Hon. VIM. III.
Seward, late Secretary Of State, was
at that time a Georgia schoolmaster. He
is therein announced as Z" late from Union
College, n. Y, from which institution he
gentleman of good moral character and
distinguished industry and literary ac-
quirements." He taught Latin, Greek. the
oretical and practical mathematics, logic,
chemistry, geography, English grammar,
and other branches too numerous TO
mention.
THE pews of the Centre Church, New
Haven, Conn, lately rented for $4,000.
On a subsequent Sabbath the pastor. Rev
G. L. Walker, took occasion tn express, in
decided terms, his regret At the result.
The prices paid, he said. could not but be
| regarded as extrayagant, and the gross
amount received was larger than the exi-
eencies of the church demanded. 1t the
debt of the church was alleged as an ex-
cuse, the speaker though. that IN a church
embracing so much wealth, many OF
whose members were individually able To
pay il without embarrassment, and who,
| unitedly. could expunge it at once without
| a twinge, the debt could not but be consid-
cred as. in measure, disgrace.
The Secretary of the Treasury is SO
much annoyed by the constant receipt of
letters from persons who have lost by
burning or otherwise bonds of tine tied
s ates and who wish new bonds, that he
has found it necessary to request the pub
lication of the fact that it is not the policy
of the Government to issue bonds in such
cases. The only remedy is an application
to Congress, and that is not a very hope
full remedy, as the Congressional Commit
tee on Claims refused to report bills for
the relief of several persons who had lost
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