, 1872-11-12

The unvellnE OF the queen statu5, ~ aAoAS'
trea1, is to take place on the 2lst inst.
The Amherst freshmen, being in msjority,
have tnken to f'hazing the sophomores.
1T is said that thirty or forty ships are con-
stantly loading with lumber at Dariens, Ga,
most Of them bound for foreign ports.
Rhode Island puts in her claims to the pos.
session Of the Oldest voter, in the person OF
John Bullock, Of Bristol 104 years Of age.
-Hydrophobia is raging to an unparalleled
extent in the northern counties IN England,
where many men, as wall as animals, meet their
deaths by it.
The population Of the town Of Winnipeg, in
Manitoba, Is now ], 1857, having Increased nearly
500 during the year.
In the last nine months the value Of railway
carriages for passengers exported from England
was E26,166; in the previous year it Was as
much as E97, 1903.
tories, having capital Of 81, 10000 employing
1000 persons, and netting profits OF about %
per cent.
The number Of gold watches taxed in Phila-
deIphia this year. is H. 823; OF silver ones, til;
and of :'other " kinds, 35-a statement which
would show that the number OF time-keepers III
that city is actually decreasing.
Judge Robinson, at New York, last weak, II
q case where the foes charged by the Sheriff
we're contested as Illegal, the Ill being foI 54l9.
decided that the Sheriff could only legally col
lect S19.
-Boen Pemberton aud Isaac Pullman got into
| quarrel in Raleigh Precinct, Saline County:
III, on Wednesday Of last week, about piece OF
clearing, when Pemberton shot Pullman, killing
N The inventor Of the Enge1 organ is exhibit
| inc his Instruments in New York The organ
has a new stop called the s'Vo1 Angelica, an
| imitation Of that stop which only exists IN the
Basic organ, and sounds like chorus IN the DIS
tance. "
| the grant Of concession for the manufacture
and sale Of Matches is about to realize revenue
| Of G640, 600 per annum. with 8 probability Of las
being increased to 9960,000
| At the close Of the French and German va:
quantities of seed potatoes we're sent from Great
Britain, to enable the half-ruined French far1n-
| ers, whose lands had been oTerEun BY the con-
tending armies; to produce CROP for ths -enEu-
ing year. Part Of the second years produce OF
these seed potatoes is now being shipped for
| the English market.
IT las baep discovered that the sword e1hib-
| tied at Du1nba1ton Castle as that Of Sir William
Wallace, could not have belonged t. that cele.
brated chieftain, and the British Secretary Of
War has declared that it beno longer exhibited
! as such. It belonged to the period Il Edward
", and was probably. used by that m'narch-
Colorado expects next season to have III
operation cheese factory on an exeensase "e
Valley. about sixty miles from Denver. Inc
/ Ne;cs sags the facilities are unequaued, cold
| spring water being abundant and available,
building material cheap, and the milk from 1,uoo
| to l. 200 cows a1ready promised.
| The annual valuation Of real estate for tax
ation in Philadelphia, is just announced TO be
e51s, 2334 ,565. For 1872 it was s5n, ,024 6sa :
for 1871 9500, ,436, ,8S2; for 1870, 5479776, ,643
The increase in four years has been So, ;s2?;
The real estate exempt from taxation is valued
at Sol, ,483, ,329- 80.
The tea supply, go long monopolized by
China and Japan, is destined to receive very
considerable competitive reinforcement from
the Indsas Think OF q stretch of tea-sr1nde1s,
nd y,,i1aa in 1arofF .1y1nu along the base