The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-08-08
GENERAL ITEMS.

fomeroy's old paper, has been sold
by the sheriff.
THE WHEAT crop Of Missouri, so far
as heard from, promises to fall below
an average.
CorToN catcrpillars have appeared
IN many counties Of Alabama, and
cause much depression among the
planters.
PRINCE ARTHUR Of England is wri-
ting a series of magazine articles on
the organization Of the British army,
PmNcE NAPOLEON realized recent
Iy, in London, about half million
by the sale Of his collection Of the
relies OF Napoleon J.
TIE TOTAL value Of all property in
the United States, according to the
last census, was something over thir-
ty billion dollars.
IRoN, LEAD, cobalt, emery, and sui
phate of copper have all been discoy-
cred in the vicinity Of Annapolis,
iron county, MISSOURI.
Sr. LOUIS has u Grand Central ITo.
tel on the European plan, whore 81
600 persons feed daily at III average
cost Of twenty-five cents II meal.
The KISG OF Denmark has oltorcd
a prize of $1,000 for the best history
Of the United States Of America
since the civil war.
IDAHO TAKES the lead of every 9TH
er American locality in the multi
tude of its beavers, and will comoin-
to the Union as the Beaver State.
A rwErNE-rouND pioco of solid sil-
yer ore was recently taken from II
mine in the Lintor District, Utah,
which assayed SOB 600 to the ton.
Rev. Henry Ward Boochor's silver
wedding occurs October 10. 1t will
be celebrated by II four days meet
ing by the congregation Of ~PIyaouth
Church.
Ir MUST be cheerful to be an editor
OF II Polish newspaper. We are told
that Mr.. MARKS, editor of the Polish
taih0itc, has moro than one hundred
libel and press cases to meet.
TnEnE Is more than S1,0OO,OOO in.
,sted in the manufacture of lamps
III this country. OF chimneys about
l,OOO,OOO dozen are annually sold,
at al ayorageof fifty cents per dozen.
SrILsoN HCrcHNs, manager ard
one-third proprietor OF the ST. Louis
DGIy Times, yesterday sold his IN
terest in that paper to Henry Ew-
ing, ono of lho mcmbcrs Of the firm,
for $4,000.
IIM FOuErH was moro generally
observed by Americans in Europe
this year than ever before. There
were special celebrations in London,
Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool,
Paris, Stuttgart and other cities.
A BERLIN dispatch states that BIS
marck has received assurances from
three Of the great Catholic powers
~con8entlng to u concIayo Of CNrdi-
mails, i'll order to have u perfect I'M
derstanding between the Cardinals
and the governments interested in
the Pope,
FOURTEEN years ago IN IndiNnian
left hs lady-lovo for thoIand Of gold,
During all these years the faithful
par have each written and received
Two letters every week, till a week on
two ago, when the swain returned tt
claim his bride, They have apple O
two thousand nine hundred and ter
love letters to begin housekeeping
with.
A CORRESPONDENT of tho Londol
Times has written to that ~journa.
pointing out that tho celebrated
maxim Of President Lincoln, mot tc
swop horses whiIo fording the
stream" has been expressed contu.
ries ago, attributed to Cyrus the cid
or, King Of Persia, in directing his
troops to take up their several sta
tions, when he said, "When the con
test is about to begin there is ne
longer time for any chariot to unyokc
the horses for II change"
THE United States government is
t. undertake the breeding of salmOl
upon the Pacific coast, with II view
to stocking Eastern rivers and Other
waters suitable for salmon. Thu
work will be carried on upon u large
scale, and will be under the charge
of Mr.. Livingstone, OF Charleston
who will go to Oregon next montl
and commence operations III tho Co
lumbia River.
A NEW departure has been mad,
in the whale-oil trade. We notice
by II San Francisco paper that the
cargo of the bark Louisa, lately ar
rived there from Now Zealand, has
been transhipped via Panama tc
New York. This will accomplish Il
great saving in time, as formerly al
cargoes wero sent round Cape Horn
The cargo Of the Louisa consists OF
1850 barrels of oil and 1000 pounds
of whalebonc.
TIE introduction Of the weeping
willow into England, and snbse-
ouently into this country, IS DIES rib
ed as follows: The first scion was
sent from Smyrna to England in Il
box Of figs to Alexander Pope, the
poet. General Clinton brought a
shoot from Pope's tree to America in
tho timn OF thn rnunlutinn. which.