The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-06

e,1s Tss 3, pssIe6al s.s debt Of Great Brii.iA =

The city of New York pays 5000 por
year to policemen who are retired ffom
active service. =
MOUNT WHITNEY, in California, 15.0OO
feet high, is said to be the highest peak in
Nc United States
T4E Boston Directory for 1869 contains
5000 haore names than thst of 1868 the
ChicagooRe $4,000.
THE Unseersslists have member in
Bristol, N. Yswho statedly gives to mis-
sion work one peg cant Of his income.
IDA LEWIS receivesss many as Is calls
day, aud visitors emborrs1 her by COM
ing before the breakfast thugs arc cleared
The total valuation of the real and per
sonal property of Nebra.ka exceeds $40.
100000 Last year it was s2a, ,OOO. .OOo
The New York papers say that ladSs
years of age was arrested for refusing to<.
support his wife, a girl Of IA. They
were married year ago.
Rev. DIR. SPAULDING Is the Oldest Hv-
ing Missionary of the American Board.
He is 76 years of age, and hiss been .
missionary in Ceylon since 1919.
In Great Britain to population of a.
1863, 900 persons, there are 36 200 minis
ters of all denominations, 34.7OO churches
and chspels.
LONDON merchant has been fined
$40 and costs for sending five packages Of
sunpowder by rail without notifying Of
the contents
THE Protestant population in the Aus
train Empire amounts to 3,140,3SO, Of
whom 1 ,220,0S are Luthersns and 1,9f2,-
PAT are of the reformed faith.
In 1868 the consumption of -four in
Paris amounted to 100000 quirtals
(456, ,000, 600 pounds), which is equal 70
about 615. 10000 pounds of bread.
A CITIZEN of Belfast, Me-, who had not
seen his son for eight years, and supposed
him dead, recognized him as one Of the
acrobats in circus which exhibited In
that city few days ago.
A CINCINNATI paper claims that one OF
the main reasons why the Red Stockings
have vanquished every base ball oppo-
nent is because they use no intoxicating
drinks.
Two New York butchers were the con-
testants in a recent calfdressing match
for $500. The winner dressed five calves
in superior manner in 2911 minutes.
A FRENcHMAN, Monsieur Blum, has
adapted to his velocipede pair OF sails.
and in q fair wind skins along like ter
restrial nautilus, at q rate exceeding the
greatest speed hitherto attained with the
ordinary vehicle propelled by the feet.
THE Hartford Couraat says: "a
minister of the Gospel in q neighboring
State has been detected in dellberateiy
swindling Hartford insurance company
to the amount of about two thousand dol
lars, and only through the leniency OF the
company does he escape the Penitentiary.
TIE Prince of Wales has over e53.0Oo
q year from the Duchy of Cornwall, e4O,-
| OCO q year from Parliament, the interest
upon the e5nO,0OO saved during his MI
| nority, and if report be true, an addi-
tionai payment of 1000 8 year recently
made by the Queen for State purposes.
ONE Warren Warner, keeper of "gen-
teel" gambling-house in Cleveland, Ohio,
has been convicted of gambling for q
living and sentenced to the severest PEN
| atty allowed by law: imprisonment IN
| the county jail for six months. to pay q
| fine of $500, and the costs of the prosecu-
| ton.
| THE Hungarian soldiers, by recent
Government order, have been permitted
| to work in the harvest fields for period
of three weeks. Each employer Is re-
uuired to pay to the government three
and a half kreutzers, or fifteen cents,
day, for the wear and tear Of the clothes
worn by the soldiers.
The locksmith who picked the lock on
the outer door of the vault OF the ocean
Bank, New York, has repeated the feat,
the lock having been set this time as it was
on the night of the robbery. He was at
\ Il hnuro and altar ba
had finished said that he would open the
lock at any other combination In half an
hour.
THE New York Times is said to have re-
ceived, since Mr.. Raymond's death, an ay-
alanche of propositions from wouid-be
editors. They are classified as follows
Persons willing to be managers, 6.z59
financial editors, $50; leader-writers,
665; theatrical critica, O76; reporter, (;
night editors, o; errand boys, o.
4 AMMoNIAC powder, new material for
blasting purposes, has been successfully
employed in Sweden. Its properties are
quite remarkable from their inconsistency
with each other. 1t is said that it COM
bines considerable explosive force with q
tardy lnfiammability; that it cannot DO
exploded by percussion; and that 1t does
not deteriorate from the effects OF climate.
The Roman Catholics claim in Massa-
chusetts population of $4,000, who are
provided with 1913 churches, besides :
buildings, SO chspels and stations, 155
. priests, 8S clerical students, 3 male and 10
. female institutions, 5o55 scholars in their
Q colleges, lsdies' seminsries and 13 pa
rochiaI free schools, hospitals. asy'
lums with $50 orphans, and IL benevolent
and charitable institutions.
Doctor BoRHM, celebrated German
, surgeon, has Just perfcrmed the operation
! of separating two female children, five
years of age, who were Joined together 10
D the same manner as the Siamese twins
The German papers state that the opera
= ton wss attended with perfect success
! but one of the patients seems to have died
the same day. The survivor is in good
health.
THE total Italian population in tht
/, United States varies from 1901 600 to 200,
!, 600; more than $4,000 are settled in the
9 Pacific States; from $4,000 to $1,000 IN
!, New York; 10000 in New Orleans, and
4 q large number of Italians are equally tc
be found in St. Louis, Memphis, Chicago
Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Louis
! vile, and all the large cities In the Union
AT St Joseph, La, q few days ago, ar
, alligator was killed which measured
. twelve and half feet in length, four and
I q half feet around the stomsch, and on'
and three fourths feet scross the back
!, His mouth measured nine inches inside
I eighteen inches from jawbone to javbone
: two feet from tip of mouth to his eyes
I eight inches between the eyes. His fee
. were two feet long; he hs1 sixty-iou
rings from neck TO end of tail, and vefshs'
@ four hundred and twenty five pounds.
3 THERE is "shoddy" in glass as well q
t in wooden fabrics Consumers of kerosen
: are sometimes almost discouraged, so FIRE
t quently do chimneys break, without snl
: apparent cause, rendering the cost Q
e chimneys about equal TO that OF oil
Cheapness being the order of the day,
+ q great many manufacturers make chin
b neys from silicate of lime instead Of lead
3 The initiated may tell the different quail
ties of glass by ringing them; ihe vibrs
Il tions ofthe lead glass have clear, ring
Il ing, bell-like sound, possessing the requ'
r site strength to Withstand expansion an
= contraction, as well as the general pres
;; sure of use, and will outlast half doze
e of the lime glass chimneya-Erchangs
A YOUNG lad at Lake Station, Miss, ha
large kite presented to him, about si
. feet by four in size, which he attempte,
= To fiy the other daY lust as the wind wa