Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-16
FACTS AND PIGUREs.

FACTS AND FIGURES.
A NAN In Portland, Me-, has imported
twelve 1--we alligGt0rsL ~
Last year, !, 80 sheep we're Killed by
dogs in i've counties IN Maine.
TIE Roshschilde sfr said 70 have lsteIy
lost enormous sums Of money.
THE Sss.e Of Iowa reports 8,770 sheep
killed by dogs IN twenty eight counties
last year.
AsnvER wedding was given IN New
York the other day. 81 which the presents
received we're valued u ffteen fho0Gnd
dollars.
Cash boys are no irnr-r employed
in nrnst 81 Inc large d. soocs stores IN
New York. Girls are sskfng their phres,
and il ID sid they make excellent subssi-
tutes. ~
TEE Official exscusioney Of Paris srg
gesfs knocking crIasinsls on she bead WIZ
sn iron mace ~ q pleassrssf and Dester
mode Of killing them fnzn by tine guiile-
! tine.
INDIANAPOLIS has eight colored phrss
ci4ns and one Student IN thu Asa-..1 - e.
/ lege: sJse one isv student, one Telegraph
s,eTs.Sr, one insurance agent, And two
/ priussrs-al colo-ed.
JANIS BLACK, Of WsshiE gssn, ARK,
I nov an Old msn sLd bnpsssslT bind
made the Original bowie xnsis, scnorGsng
/ 10 psap furnished LIE Dy the celeprsiec
/ Colone, Bowie.
DUgIne the LAST 90 yesr France snd
England have EACH granted - 100 paisnts
During the same period the Tnised States
has granted more .aaa 1Dg,Oe0, and re
jec.ed $500
BETHESDA is the tile Of . chariiAbls
/ institution founded a Savannah. Ga, By
Whisefeis, In l1s0 lis one hundred and
thirtieth anniversary WEE recently duly
celebrated
THERE ise journal In Paris published
IN the Japanese ..=.zzsSsszE ii II In the
shape Of Dernorandun book wIthCa.
backs, and ID edited by n RoAny, pro
lessor Of Oriental tonguea
TEE Royal Agricultural Society of Eng
land vii offer Eirizee al the annual show
10 be held in Oxford, in July next. 10 TIE
amount Of g, 2gs, or shout tfG,i10. On
cattle iue prizes amount 70 Ei,c52.
THEgg vess s.15i marriages 10 Ger
..s.,.,zs. IN 1868, III deaths, and 124sI
births. The number Of divorces granted
during the yeaf was snf-being One "a
each 81 u,as11aeea OF the divorced &c
were wives, and 164 were husbands
A MAcLAEES, who has The charge O.
the gymnasium connected with the OK.
ford University, England, reports of the
frs. 100 namef on his book, Sc they az
rived ut yhe University, their averaee
hsfeh. 5e25 feet, and average weight
ls2 s5o pounds.
GKxEEA- BpYsTos, Of Angusa, Ne,
/ had bullet extracted from his nip re
Gently, which be received IN the battle o'
Drugs Bluff The ball had moved seven
inches from the point Of entrance, and
was deep seated 1t had produced CREST
suffering for SIX veara ,-
THE following are the number Of beats
per second for the wings Of each insect
mentioned The common by 800, the
drone 241, the be 100, the wasp ] 10, the
hswk moth a, the dragon fly 45, and the
cabfage butterfly, which 10 insudhble, =
beats per second. ~ tl \
An association has been formed under
the title Of the Northern Ohio Fair
AhBsHlhtb09, WIN ucdJ1uhStCSs ~ INV
)snd-the capital stock being $300, 90
tie object Of which l. 70 give an annual
exhibition Of i've stock, agricu.tural,
mechanical, and other local industries
THE deep soundings made in, connec-
ton w4th ahs laying Of submarine cables,
show the average depth Of the Atlantic
ocean TO be 1900 feet. The deepest part
of the 0ofan In on the American Side,
near the Newfoundland banks, where an
immense basin exists, " hose depth il sup
posed 70 exceed the height Of the Hima-
layan range. ...f tt,..
AT Munich, recently, the Royal Theatre
was to play Scbilles's Maid OF OfieaHs.
Everything was ready for the performance
when an order came from the King: "Let
every knight who appears In the Maid OF
Orleans wear no beard 2 II was the
Kings theatre. and, ~ he psya the. actors,
there was no help for 1t; all the actors
had 70 submit 70 the razor.
A pIous but injudicious individual with
set Of stencil plates devotes Saturday
nights, In Waterbury, Connecticut, TO post
ing script1ral questions on the dead walls.
Working In the dark, he chooses come
queer places Its apt 70 destroy the IN
Nu1su eHs'stI say d i0sdi popcI, W Icou,
What must / do TO bessvedY "Try DR.
Sprague's Female Strengthening Bitters.'
ALL the fanciful styles of parssols,
which were more or less in vogue last
summer, hsye pasaed away. Even the
pretty shades, which were 90 dainty
rusned, ~ consiaeredspasssa Their pia6s
is usurped by the sun umbrella, which
may bc of posges Or silk, lined or nniined,
scolloped or plain. Lining and trimming
are matters Of taste, but size is essential
il q lady desires 10 CONFORM To teshiot1
her parasol must be large.
AsouTthses miles nprth OF Wilmington,
between the Xenia and Port William
roads, stands q sycamore tree, which can
truihtully be called the monarch roE the
woods This tree y about forty feet in
circfmfefehce sktffe ground. Ten feet
from the ground its dismetes ID ten 1eet;
ABOUT thirty 5fYe feet from the ground it
divides into -four monster arms, each Of
which IL Of the thickness Of an ordinary
f9Fsat tree !. This old patriarch stands
alone. 49,. .if.fe, ,,,,..ss,l
HsrTY RoBrSsoN is New Bedford
heiress, of high business qualifications,
who makes semi annual raid into Wall
"a r0oH ard rop<rp,no -. H,..A