The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-01-06
Items of News.

shingles, 2I3, S20, 900 feet Of Hath,
1896, 500 feet Even the manuiac.
ture Of pickcts loots up 4lO,5O0 feet.
Many myriads of trees will fall in this
winter before the axe. The last caleu.
latiou leaves only thirteen years to ex'
haust the whole pine growth of the
Huron region, tho it is computed that
$500, 900 900 feet Of lumber are still
standing ia those forests. The value
of the lumber produced in Michigan in
the year 1869 cannot be much less than
$50, 000, 900 and the business gives
employment, in one way or another, to
not less than 10000 men, and support
to twice or three times AS many persons.
The increase OF salt making has nearly
kept pace with the incrcse of the saw
mills There are now 80 salt companies
in operation, with works covering nearly
| 10000 acres, aud capital Of 81 1000.
600. In the past season, nearly 600.
900 barrels OF salt have been produced,
in quality as good as hat at Syracuse, 50
experts affirm. The shores Of lake
Huron will by and by give salt to the
whole laud.
or the SO Senators now in the United
States Senate 10 are natives Of the
State Of New York, 6 OF Vermont, 6 oil
Ohio, 5 of Massachusetts, Of Pensyl.
vania, 4 of Maine / Uf New Hampshire,
3 each Of Connecticut, Kentucky, New
Jersey aud Virginia, = each Of Delaware,
Maryland nd Rode Island, and each
from Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina,
South Carolina aud Tennessee. One is
from Germany aud one from Ireland
Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island aud
Vermont are represented by ull dele
cations, while Alabama, Arkansas, Cal
iiornia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon aud
Wisconsin are represented by foreign.
ers." MIR. Chavcs, Of New Mexico, is
the on y native territorial delegate.
The magnitude ofthe grain trade of Chi
cago eau be understood from the figures
OF 1869. During this year that city
received p 900 900 bushels OF wheat,
%, O00, 900 bushels of corn, and IL 900.
900 bushels OF other grain. 600 900
barrels Of -four were manufactured there.
The city received, siucc Jan. |, 1868,
about one billion feet of lumber, over
600 900, 900 shingles, aud III 900, 900
laths. There were marketed during same
period, in the Garden City, l,S72,OO0
hogs aud 10000 cattle. The receipt
of wool, salt, seeds, broom coru, tailow,
coal, wood, ect., was also immense.
Arrangements have been completed.
by cable, between james Gordon Ben.
uett, Jr., of New York, and Mr.. Ash
bury, Of Brigtou, England, for an ocean
race between the yachts Dauntlcss aud
ambria. The race takes place on the
ith of July next, from the old head of
kinsale, on the Irish coast, to Sandy
Hook, for plate valued at $3.50.
a rare occurrence in the commercial
world will be celebrated in Leipsic
The banking house of Heury kuestner
X Co, one Of the oldest aud most re
spectcd firms iu Germany, was establish.
ed III 1870, and remained during tho
past two hundred years, in the hands OF
the defendants OF its founder. The
proprietors intend To celebrate, this
year the 200 years jubilee of the
house.
There is clamor among certain
cliques to have the government take
charge Of, and manage, the telegraph.
But before this is done an effort should
be made to manage the mails with some
sort of dccency, Cut off the iranking
privilege, stop many other leaks in that
Department, and have mails conveyed
with regularity, safety aud dispatch,
before talking abou, managing the
telegraph.
Rev. Alfred Barnes, an eminent di.
vine of Philadelphia, Publishes a con-.
municatlon in one of the papers emphat.
really protesting against the employment
OF Beecher or Grceiy to lecture before
the Young Ncn Christian Assuciat on.
1t 'coWnt be b,d example to place
these emlneut Tree lovers before those
young men who are SO quick to act
upon any suggestion of inlJuity.
The MIantouomah and Terror are
under orders at the Boston Navy Yard,
to proceed to Portland on Monday To
receive the vessel bearing the remains
Of George Peabody. Two special cars
are being prepared by the Eastern
Railroad Company to convey the remains
to Peabody from Portland
At dance in San Francisco young
lady who was particularly accommoda
ting in the dressing room about assis
ting other good looking girls in fixing
up, putting on slippers aud lacng cor.
sets, turned out To be young man.
As soon as the girls found il out they
''interVjeYed" him, and he now uses
hair restorative aud court plaster, be.
sides carrying his nose in sling.
A Canadian didn't believe keg of
powder which he had just r, ceivcd was
good, SO he threw coal Of fire into il.
Several Of the shingles OF the root were
found, struggled across the river Into
America 1t is also believed the man
has emigrated, as he has uo, been at
home since the occurrence. although
one OF his legs was fund in Lover
Canada.
Specie payments have been resumed
IN Haunibal, Mo. tn some extent 4 few
evenings since negro woman paid q
store bill with s250 iu gold. AImost al
the same time X. 4 Campbell Il iarmes