Mower County transcript., 1869-12-09
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-Fairhaven,, Conn.,, sella annually over
bne million kegs OF oysters.
An elephant was sold at auction in
Cincinnati the other day for 81, 275.. ~
The whole number IF convicts in the
Massachusetts State Prison at present is
sos, of which number Sc are for life.
The number of immigrants arrived at
New York in October by winter was i ,33o.
Of which 2,161 were males and 2, 178 fe-
males. -
One. million bushels of peanutss . year
are raised on the south shore of the James
River. between Norfolk and Petersburg.
Virginia.
-Philadelphia returns II, ,G77 gold and
86Asilvef waiohes; and carriages to the val
ne Of s743. 757. She also acknowledgement.
122, 1872 militia. -
"A supposed wealthy family of New
York, occupying one Of the finest Fifth
avenue mansions,s has jnst fed to Europe
in arrears throughout the city to the
amount of SO, ,OO0.@ .....;,..,': ar-f
The first hand organ has arrived at
Salt Lake City, its operators being the uni
forms of United States. soldiers. "Civili-
zation," says the Desert News, sis trying
with heavy strides to get this way"
-Louisiana is now supplying oranges for
tho West to q greater extent than aver be
fore. -, Through bills of lading to Chicago
by river steamers and the Illinois Central
railroad are given at the rate of: 81 per
barrel. ,~~~ --,~.
Two young men in Wilmington. Dol,
proposed to fight duel recently (about'a
young lady, Of oourse,) but when their sec.,
onds arranged that they should be securely
bound knee to knee. and fight with small
swords until ono Of them, at least, was
mortally wounded. the thing lost its charm:
to them, and an apology from one and its
acceptance by the other arranged the diff
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An immense bed Of petriAed: fossil
shells has been found near Saratov. in
Southeastern Russia. The interior Of these
shells contains beautiful crystals of sui
phate of copper, from which it Is proposed
to extract the metal, In q scientific point
of view this discovery ID valuable, as many
fine specimens are in such good state of
fish, their former cccupants, can be easily,
traced.
"A Maryland negro, now more than so
years of age, who manitests much interest
in the freedmen's schools of that State, was
recently asked if he had learning himself,
to which he replied, ':Qnly what I got be-
he was asked, 'How is that, uncle?" he
replied, ."Why, when children gwine to
school, 1 goes up to de fence. get little les
son from dem in de book-give chile hen egg
for it, you see.
During the reign IF Louis XVIII, Eng
land was called the rgfsgixne peccato,um.
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lies to the United States since the arrival
of Father Hyacinthe. "A brother of this
reverend protestant against his order is
likewise runaway from the Dominicans,
and ia at the present day a professor at
the Sorbonne. His sister, too, has forsaken
Carmelite Convent, and resides on the
Boulevard de Neuilly.- eas. s.
An international, system Of signalizing
at sea by means of eighteen different flags,
exclusive of the national flag and pennox,
has been adopted by England, France,
North German I Confederation, United
States, Brazil, Denmark,s Greece, Italy,
Holland, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Rus
sia, Sweden, and Spain The arrangement
is such that 306 signals may be given by
various combinations OF two flags 1896
signals with three. and 73, 40 with four.
A aneteoric fragment was recently pick
ed up in Stewart county. Ga. 1t fell within
six feet of two negro girls, and buried itself
in the ground to depth Of about eight
inches. The fall was preceded by q loud
explosion and rumbling noise. The stone
is about rs large as a medium-sized apple,
but nearer square than round. It is heavy
for it's size, and incrusted with black coat
as thick as an egg shell, which was evident
" formed while the stone was in state of
combustion during its passage through the
atmosphere. In color and grain it looks
like a fusion of granite and marble. e..