The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-01-20

Tho Grand Duke Alexis arrived a, North
Platte, Nebraska, ON Saturday, and imne
diately started for the camp prepared for
the buffalo hunt, on Red Willow Creek. 80
miles southwest OF North Platte. The camp
is well provided and furnished the Grand
Dukes tent being ilored aud carpetel.
Two hospital lentS are to be used for
dining in. "BuiIau Bill, ." with large par
ties of old hunters, and several hundred
indians under "Spotted Tail" "Whist
ler,n "War Bonnet '.Black Hat" and
other chiefs, will accompany the party To
the buffalo grounds. \ cavalry company
under General Palmer will act as escort.
After the hunt, there is To be a grand
Indian war dance.
The world uses 2lO, 900. 900 pounds of
tea each year, aud ia 900, 900 pound, %
coffee. China furnishes nearly all the tea
and Brazil over one half the coffee over
10000 pounds of Java aud 1900 of
Mocha is produced The United States
consumes nearly oae.third Of all the coffee
produced in the world, aud the English
are the greatest tea drinkers out of China.
The Germans rank next to the Anne ricans
as coffee drinkers. The Americans con.
sumo about six pounds of coffee and la2
pounds of beef per head, counting adults
and infants, each year. This looks large,
but the Americans never do anything by
halves.
Is regard to the Alabama arbitration
the Swiss Times says the delegates In
this case represent nations of different
tongues, and to obyiate any linguistic
difficulties, the President Herr National
Councillor S,ampfl, the delegate for swift
erland, has secured the serlices of a poly.
glot Secretary in the person Of Herr Fay
rot, Professor at the eantonal school. at
Berne. This learned gentleman, il is said,
speaks and writes all the languages which
will be spoken at the Congress, viz: Ger.
man, French, English aud Portuguese.
lT has been suggested, as a somewhat
significant fact, that both of the Illinois
Senators, Irumbull aud Logan, we're form.
erly Democrats, and occasionally. as the
Cincinnati Enquirer well remarks 'in their
independents aud in their scorn of political
baseness, we see the spark of the old FIRE.
The Boston Post says: "Fiye Senators
and fourteen Assemblymen OF New York.
all Republicans, are said TO be TREMBLING
because OF certain checks found among
Tyeed's papers,"
Fish is said to have left his estate serious
ly embarrassed. He was generally thought
70 be worth several millions of dollars, but
Il is now said that when his liabilities are
discharged there will be left only from
500, 900 TO $500, 200.
The Secretary OF the Treasury on Wednes
day appointed Mr.. Meigs, an ex.banker
Of New York, Bank Examiner OF that
city, vice Calender, dismissed The salary
OF Mr.. Meigs is $4,000 per auuum.
The engine of freight train exploded
near Harrisburg on Saturday morning,
killing powdall, the engineer, aud danger.
oasly injnring two other men.
Among the women arrested for shop.
lifting during the holiday season were the
wife OF Boston police officer and the wife
of a Troy clergyman.
Mrs. Martin. widow Of man who died
OF trlehnia at Louisville, few days since,
has died OF the same disease.
An orchard four miles from Atlanta. Ga,
grew June apples in November.
grazier IN Sumner county, Kansas, has
LOCO head OF cattle.
The first election this year is IN New
Hampshire, in March.