The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-06
SUNDRIES.
Montreal claims 10000 population.

Montreal claims 100000 population.
The Catholic Church property IN
New York city, Is valued at SJ,4Ws.
900.
Brigham Young celebrated his 7OA
birthday by banquet at Salt Lake
City, Juno I'd.
Twenty-six thousand children Ge
now learning music In tho BosteA
public schools.
A fortune Is waiting in Peru foi
tho man who will invent method OF
soliditying guano for expectation.
Wilhelmshohc, the prison Of fNapo.
leon ILL.,, will probably be offered
for sale by the Prussian government.
The lar-famed banking house OF
the Rothschilds, having been found
ed in It'll, will be one hundred years
old this year.
The grasshoppcr. have invaded
Utah, and the consequence Is tho in
vention by n Mormon Of n two
horse grasshoppcr smashcr."
The announcement is made tina. the,
President will start OIL his contem.
plated trip to the Pacific coast about
the middle of August. lie visits
Nevada, California, and Oregon,
stopping at Salt Lake cn route.
The fires in the mountains Of Sulll-
van, Ulster and Delaware counties, N.
Y, have destroyed 10000 acres OF for
est, and are still burning. Three cab
ms have been destroyed, and their oc-
cupants are believed to have perishe1.
Thousands of tourists from the At
lantic and Western States arc prcpar-
ing to spend their summer vacation
Oh the slopes Of the Rocky Noun
tains, among the sublime scenery Of
the 70 Semitic, and in far distant Cal
ifornia.
A son of Napoleon the Great and
of Georges, the well-known actress,
gets $06 a year as an attacho Of tho
National Library in Paris, while the
natural son of Bcrnadottc, King Of
Sweden, plays the big fiddle at La
Scala, Milan.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams has
lately built at Quincy, tirc-proof
building, in which has been placed
the large library Of his father and the
voluminous manuscripts of his father
and grandfather. lie is preparing
for publication selection from the
writings of his illustrious father. II
is cighty-thrcc years since John
Adams bought the Quincy estate.
Mr.. Isaac Halfway, of Eatontown,
and his twin-brothcr, Benjamin, have
Il singular history. Although twin
born, they were not born on the same
day, nor in the same week, month,
year or century. One was born IL
the last hour Of the year 1889, Oh Sat
urday night, and the other was born
in the first hours of the year 1900, on
Sunday morning.
The last titled bankrupt of Eng
land, Lord Courtcnay, son Of the
Earl of Devon, owes, it is stated,
IL 100000 (SG,OO0,0OO), and will not
be able to pay 10 slillings in the
pound. During the last few years
he is reported TO havs lived at the
rate of over El00,0O0 per amnum, and
his Indebtedness to his tailor alone is
set down at El2,0OO.
One effect of the Prussian occupa.
ton Of the Champagne district has
been to increase enormously the cx-
ports of brandy to England. The
bonded stock of brandy there
now amounts to nearly 100000
gallons; the bonded stock to the end
of last quarter, Amounted to upwards
Of 100000 gallons more than the
previous year, and these enormous
imports still continue on the same
scale.
A new odcrlcss and non-poisOnOus
antiscptic and disanfectant called
chlOralimc, has recently been intro
duced in this country, and compares
tavOrably us to price, with anything
of like character. 1t is said to be
more effective for its purpose than
either chloride of lime or carbolic
acid besides being without the disa.
grecablc smell, and somewhat dan.
gcrous properties Of these disentec-
tants. This article has been Ion:
and tavorably known in Europe,
where it is extensively used.
The slave trade on the east coast of
Africa is said to be flourishing, not.
withstanding the efforts of the Eng
lish cruisers. The atrocities com.
mitted in the capture and march of
slaves from the interior to tho coast
arc described as being more horrible
than those ofthc middle passage, and
involve a sacrifice of 100000 to 3OG,-
0OO lives annually. Sycd Maid, q
native ruler, but the creature of the
English Government, is said to re-
ccivc royalty Of two dollars head
on sales Of slaves in Zanzibar. His
sovereignty extends over several hun.
drcd miles ofcOast.
An artificial whirlwind blew at
Glcn's Falls, New York, a few days
ago; it was caused by farmer, who,
wishing to burn fallOw Of about
fifteen or twenty acres, ignited the
brush at several places on the outer
edge. The flames rushed toward the
the centre and assumed rotary mo
ton, which increased in velocity till
a terrific whirlwind was formed.
which tore up small trees, root and
branch, and frightened everybody
who witnessed it. A column of
smoke rose to so great II height that
it was visible for many miles, and a
noise as loud as thunder accompanied
his singular phenomenon.
The farmers OF the South give this
plausible reason why they devote go
much land to cotton and so little to
0rn: The negroes steal corn TO such
N extent that it is Improbable. II
; exposed to their deprcdatiOns from
he time the ears are large enough to
0ast until it is ripe, and It is impos-
lbie to Keep them from making
lightly raids upon the fields. One