The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-11-06

Russia possesses valuable coal demos.
Its of enormous extent, one of black pas
coal on the river Kama being especially
valuable.
. The Church of England schools re.
ceive half a million sterling year from
the public taxes, besides what they get
from the local rates.
1t is said that nearly 100000, 900 of
letters, $4,000, 900 of postal cards. 100. 600
900 of newspapers and loo, OOO, 600 of book
packets pass through the British post.
office annually.
The discovery is said to have recently
been made in Rome on the Esquiline Hill,
of some enormous ancient vessels in pot
terry ware, the largest ever found, and of
such size that man could easily live in
one.
Cuba has about $50 rich slavc.owners,
maintaining q hard tyranny over their
own slaves, and also in the position of tv-
rants toward about 200 poor ave-owners.
to whom the state of things is no boon
at all.
Twenty tons Of frozen beef were lately
shipped from Melbourne to England in
the ship Norfolk. The meat had been
frozen by a new process patented by Mr..
James Harrison, patentee of the method
by which ice is manufactured in Austria
liza.
"A new palace is to be built for the
Duke of Edinburgh and his Russian wife.
Until that is ready they will be lodged in
Clarence House, Park Lane formerly the
residence of the Duchess of KENT, which
is being enlarged and adapted for their
use.
-Hyacinthc has been elected one OF
the new "Old Catholic" cures of Geneva,
and Bishop Reinkens having been official.
ly recognized by the German Government,
has sworn supreme allegiance to it,
thus. formally repudiating the Pope's au.
thoriy.
"A tract ofhematite iron ore was recent
ly discovered in Shropshire, England,
which is thought to be of great impor.
lance to the iron industry of that country
Eleven hundred acres of the tract have
been secured by certain Staffordshire iron.
masters who will work it as a company
According to statement which re-
Gently appeared in the London Times, the
consumption of ardent spirits in Great
Britain during 1872 amounted to 81, 941,
517 gallons; malt liquors, 1891 1926 bar.
rels; wine, 16, 765 AGA gallons; other liz.
uors, II 100000 gallons; total cost to con.
sumers, s597,714,O7O.
An English enthusiast proposes to re-
store the cloisters of the Franciscan Con.
| vent in Verona, Italy, where is still seen
the tomb of faithful Juliet. This venera
| bic structure was destroyed in 1899, and
the monument of the fair Capulet has been
used for many years as wash-tub.
"A leading English journal declares
that the question of tomorrow in England
is not education, nor temperance, mol
economy, but the reform of the cImbrous
expensive, and inefficient system of lOca
government and taxation, and that if Mr.
Gladstone should devise Reform Bill ad
equate to meet this demand, he canno
fail to achieve an overwhelming success
I'm England the aggregate income o
100000 families employed in manua
labor is about 81 SOC, O0O, 600. OF this sun
$3.50, O00, 900 is wasted in excessive drink
and tobacco; in buying at small retail
stores, instead of wholesale stores; bu
quite the larger proportion in unskillfu
or careless marketing, housekeeping ant
cooking, and in the mulcts Of trades
unions.
The jute market is attracting attention
in India, and it appears to be now con
ceded in Calcutta that this fiber, rathe
than cotton, is destined to be the perma
nent staple of India. In the two year
between 1870 and 1872 the shipment 0
jute from Calcutta rose from $4,000 t.
l, SOC, 600 bales. At the same time tn
fiber has been applied to more delicat
purposes, and demand for finer qualitie
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