The old flag. [volume] (Philippi, W. Va.) 1861-18??, 1869-04-07
PACTS AND FIGURES.

IT cost $500 to bury Now York gen.
uerpan who dad recently. -" 80
| !THh Congressional Hhrary now contains
174ot5 bound ulune2 - ~.
QnlssdR t4as 3 &sSessd.s SO.
ssel p Ks.h!ngt tona f.
taken EP 81 IS s.
a NEW mudn han, Win seaefH& saps
city OF $500. Ii TO bo erected 1t Boeton. -
TIN loss by tho International Rxhihi-
! ton at Hayre, last year, wAs 100000
hsncA
II IL estimated that there arc $780,
10000 worth OF horselieah in tho United
StRtes-
CuHA's population. last year, was /, 37o.-
000-of whom 704 500 Hcro whites and
00j. 500 coIored.
ENoLlsH papers speak OF u girl still liv-
Ing In Wales who has not eaten anything
for 10 months.
| a FUNERAL in BroWnstoun, Pa, was
attended by Eve sisters, all OF whom were
aged over eighty.
AT his death, Eugene Sue WINS worth
only sixty thousand franca- He spent
| $4,000 francs In eight years.
THE estate Of the late Senator Guthrie
valued at about 81 .000, 0o0-has bean
divided among his three daughterA
ARTEArs WAHp's works are TO be TO-
! published il London, with thirty five Illus.
trniions from his panorama.
| HAMILTON FISH Is the fourth Secretary
| OF State furnished by New York. The
others were Van Burcp. Marcy and
| Seward.
a MELANCHOLY newEvcnder in Eng
land committed suicide by pouring petro-
leum over himself, and then lighting 1t
with match.
liz Massachusetts, in 1867, there were
| 31OG3 births. nearly thousand increaae
over 1850. There were LAB marriages,
more than ever before.
| An ingenious citizen OF New Albany,
! Indiana. with too much time on his hands.
has been two years in making a checker.
board that contains $40! pieces
THE kentucky University has an At
tendance Of 80 students the present year.
The buildings are located on the old home
stead OF Henry Clsy. at Ashland.
THE Secretary Of War il Rawlins, with.
out ~ the Secretary OF the Navy IL
Adolph Z: Borie; the Postmaster General
Is not final a." In the name OF f6e rs
torney General, Mr.. Hoar.
hlLToS MERRYFnLp, Of Sheffield.
caught iorty-two rats in one night recent
~, by exchanging a barrel Of oats that
had often been visited by rates for bar
rel Of water. covering the surface with
chA1. The varmints unsuspicioualy
pitched in and met = watery grave.
THERE are in France fifteen coins, as
follow: Gold pieces OF one hundred,
hny, twenty. ten and five francs: silver
pieces Of We. two, one and one half franco.
AMI the four sous piece: bronze pieces of
Ten, nVe, two. and one ccntime. To
these We may add the Empcrors, OF TWEEN.
| ty'hVe francs, soon to be coined
ACCORDING TO recent reports on incbrie-
yin this county, l22 men out of 200 never
drink intoxicating beverages, 100 drink
moderately, so are ephemeral drinkers, IS
drink periodically, and are hAbituAl
drunkaIds. or every TOO women, 900
never Indulge" 30 tako wine, II taste
ardent spirits, 80 drink beer hnbitunlly, il
drink periodically, and are habi.ul ine-
briatcs.
SANCEL SEDGwIcK, Of New Lebanon.
n. Y, recently killed and dressed q hen
because she produced no eggs; but, upon
OF them with hard shells and full size. and
Two with son shells, also full size. This
was one OF ten fowls which produced 900
eggs in four mOnths-the one dresssd
above having laid during that time ten
eggs measuring seven by eight inchca.
| NH WONDER she stopped.
MIR. WILLIAM CHURCH, Of Seymour.
Conn, who culliyntes trout on his farm.
estimates that he has FIVE hundred trout
winch Will weigh from one and Quarter
10 ono and half pounds each ave thou.
SAND which will weigh ono pound twenty
thousand which will weigh from eight To
ten ounces, and one hundred thouaand
from two TO four ounces. In three ycarp'
time he expects TO send to market yearly
at least two hundred tons.
THE experiments which hnyo bean
R asaC oss5 The tslsetsp . i!nss basgRsR
that Tho travelling timo required By Gsss
city is as follows, from Boston: To Buff
falo and b,ck, 010seconds. To Chicago
and back, o 20 seconds. To Omaha and
back. 0sS seconds. To Salt Lake and
back, 70. 70 scconda To Ban Francisco and
back, Q. IA seconds.
A QUEER bet was recently mndo in
Swansey, Mass. One man wngorcd that
| no horse 10 town could pull four bushcls
OF corn (two hundred and twcpty.fou
pounds) In a bag or bags, four fcct on a
barn floor, the haEs being fastened TO m
inch rope one hundred fec, In length. Tho
novelty Of tho bet attracted quite crowd
10 w1tncS the performance, but tho frat
horse did the business easily. Tho nrinci.
| pio which induced the wager was that A
smaii anchor attached 10 along cable. will
fastcn largo vessel, even In a very hirh
wind. -
Br tho annual report Of the Commits.
s'onrr Of Internal Revenue. The "Rren,
centres appear to have paid taxes 1" tho
Government for The ycnr ending Juno IN
| lSGS, as follows New York city. $22.llI'
0Ci rhilad.lphia. fa.o3s a.. Boston
fh.sl7 .43I Brooklyn, Sj.aiaIt0: san
Francisco, &j,l45.23i Cincinnati. al Ius
| 49,: Chicago. $3H?32S2 baltimore. a.