The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-03-13
FACTS AND FIGURES.

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FACTS AND FIGURES.
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SAN FRANCISCO thinks Of having
"Worlds Fair rim 1870.
A NEWARK IN. J.) machInIst has In
vented a velocipede TO carry two persons.
A NEwPoRr Or. ~ firm made e150,OOO
by the recent rise in sugar and molasaes.
KI0YTE BAKTN has written 100 Japanese
novels Tt has taken him thirtv-eirht
years,
THE Free churches Of England raise
about e3, ,0OO, 600 per annum for religious
purposes.
SINCE f799 three hundred and eighty
eight Protestant Missionaries have gone
out to China
Prussia expended $l18, ,123. .035 in the
war Of 1886, Of which half q million were
for secret service
In 1857 the mints Of Paris, Strasbourg
and Bordeaux coined 113,000,0 600 francs IN
gold and silver.
A PRoVTDENr Texan considerably saved
$4,000, and then inconsiderately died
without telling where il was deposited.
SUSAN AFEDBRRRY Is the name Of
Connecticut prodigy four years old, who
accurately plays hundreds Of pieces on
the piano.
REV. SIMEON PkRM1EE, ID. D., Of West
ford, VT, has preached 10000 sermons,
and attended about 1000 funerals
A New HAMPsHIRE Baptist pastor,
Lowell by name, has--strange 10 relate
accepted q call at less salary than his
present one,
THERE are 55 Protestant Churches Ia
Turkey, besides 75 other places Of Yof-
ship, with an average attendance OF
9,000
Two Houston (Texss) editors, one day
lately, shot Bt and missed each other, but
killed small boy who was standing near.
THE Seventh-day Baptisis have seven.
ty-f4e churches In the United States OF
these the Oldest is that IN Newport found
ed in1671.
IT is said that the commissions and per
quisites of one real estate agency In New
York have amounted 70 100000 since
January
| A MAN in London, having married tWo
wives survived for twenty years without
letting either into the secret Of the others
existence.
GENERAL KLArKA, the great Hungarian
General, Is living at Nice on small PEN
sion, which the Prussian Government Is
paying to him.
THE Church Of England holds IN fee
simple the right TO property worth s140,-
100000 in gold, the annual income Of
4 which goes TO support the clergy.
DIR. GRIER, sR, and DR. GFier, Jr, Of
the Presbyterian church at Brandywine,
4 Pa, have occupied the pastorate of the
church for . combined period Of eighty
years
RUSSIA has granted permission for the
building Of about 200 miles Of railroad
in all, and the greater part Of this dis
tsnce has been constructed and Is IN ope-
ration
| NINE. RossrSf has decided that her hus-
! bands remains shall not be transferred 10
italy nor win she herself leave France.
Over the naaestTo'S grave the widow will
erect an humble tombstone 4
TnE average earnings Of the boys who
sweep the crossings Of the London streets
are from two to four shillings e day, but
on some holidays they earn very much
more, Atyl
THE Rorhanists claim Ii Pennsylvania
a population of 48S000, with colleges,
| So female seminaries, 20 select schools,
i 116 parochial schools, Q asylums, 840
schuFches, and 852 priests,
LYDIA r. BAILEY, who carried on
pEiuting business in Philadelphia nom
the time Of her husband death, in 1903,
until 1851, during which time she was for
many years city printer, died recently
In the 9ist year Of her age,
NHAH1Y an .he yelocIpedsmakers have
agreed to pay $40 on each machine to CAL
/ vim Witty, owner of the IallemAnt pat
ents. Two new patents for the Hanlon
brothers including nearly al the devices
\ used in velocipedes, have appeared and
there is much excitement among the max
ers in consequences.
. a PETERSBURG, Va, paper, alluding 70
J, the erecent death Of the threeyearsOld plan
ist OF that city, says "The head oi this
little musical prodigy according 70 medi-
cal prediction, burst open alter its DEATH
caused BY a severe enlargement OF the
brain.p M
TEE number OF patients in the Bing.
hamton an, ~ Asylum for Inebriates,
since May, 1867, has been $40. OF these,
14T were periodical drinkers, 100 constant
ones 146 were married, and 104 were
single Tho number known 10 have re-
formed after the first trial was f13; after
the second trial, II aftef the third, 4. OF
2s5 there Is no hope. Owing 10 distance
Or other causes, 68 have not been heard
from. efs
AIN old beggsr In Montgomery, Ala,
was arrested and searched A bag was
found on his person containing $500 in
silver, q roll Of greenbacks amounting TO
$50, $50 in gold wrapped up IN neWapa-
paper, L belt around bis waist eonlHining
over $1,000 Ia currency, and several hun
J dred dollars Id his shoes The Mayor
: gave him twenty-four hours to get out Of
+ town.