The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-04-14
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The proposed military telegraph line
to Texas would be 1,275 miles long, and
would cost 300 per mile, provided the
soldiers construct it. 70 keep it in re-
pair would cost SO per mile annually.
The valuation Of real estate in Dunn
burton, N. II , is S343,S46, and its taxes
SO, ,30l it has 81 600 at interest, while
the town farm was sold, because nobody
is poor enough to live on it. The saw
ings banks has deposits Of over lO0,-
900.
The local census of Richmond Vir-
oinia. shows its population to he 6O,7O3,
or about $4,000 more than in 1870; 33,.
492 being whites, 27,2l3 co!ored They
expect to count up to 10000 in 1880.
The California wheat crop'of 1873 Is
estimated at 100000 bushels.ot Which
one-half was exported, the remainder
being used fol home consumption. The
estimated average value is 81 per bush
ell, making the whole worth $l7,000,-
600.
On the occasion Of the one hundredth
anniversary birthday of Mozart,recently,
it was proposed to decorate his grave
but no one was able to point ont the
fral resting place of the immortal com
poser.
A few days ago gentleman of Bos
ton, who will not allow his name to be
published, presented Boston University
with property valued at 100000. :
Though not Immediately productive, il
is rapidly increasing in value.
Nothing can be more exciting in the
way of ont door sports than sailing ol
flying in the Hudson River ice boats
Near Staatsburg lately one of the boats
made mile in tairty.fre seconds
The practice of clipping horses, which
has been growing into favor for some
time past, is said to render the animal:
liable to rheumatism, many cases O
which, however, have appeared during
the current winter among horses that are
not clipped.
All through Aroostook County, Maine
a light crop of hay may be expected
next summer, on account of the scarcity
of snow during the past few weeks
The Oldest inhabitant never before expe
rienced an Aroostook winter like it,
Fields bare the middle of January are
seldom seen in that latitude.
1t is mentioned as rather curious
fact in the history Of crime that there
are only two countries known to the civ,
ilized world where the stopping and for.
chile robbing of railway trains exists,
and those are Spain and the United
States.
Russia has 1891 cotton factories o.
all kinds, employing 175,Oo0 workmen
and producing annually goods worth
1852 100000 roubles In 1872, at the
great fair at Mini Novgorod, 80. 400, ,00(
roubles worth of Russian cottonades
sold, while the entire value of all the for
eign fabric of cotton, wool, fax, and sill
was only 100000 roubles.
Aside from other causes of boiler ex
plosions, the failure Of the safety valve
to perform its proper duty is often one
Rust rapidly accumulates on the valve
under the combined influence of air ant
moisture, causing the valve not only tt
resist the pressure it is loaded al, bu
also after being opened to remain opeI
until the pressure has fallen far below
that at which the valve has been set -
Every engineer who desires to do hi:
whole duty, will make frequent examine
tions of the condition of the safety valve
and he as we'll assured of its prope
working condition as he is of the gauge
cocks, and yet there may be, and Otter
are, times when the condition OF the safe
ty-valve is neglected, and disaster is th,
result. The plating of such valves witt
nickel would be an effectual remedy ant
the users of steam boilers will do well Il
heed the suggestion.