The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-27
GENERAL NOTES.

According to official statistics just pub
lished, there were 5,275 suicides in France in
1872.
During the past year the United States
imported 19,S64,OOO pounds of tea from
Japan.
Virginia will yield this year $4,000 BUSH
els, Tennessee 100000, and North Carolina
100000 bushels of peanuts-a total of 200
bushels.
Queen Charlotte, wife of the king of the
Friendly Islands, is a Methodist class leader.
The king is licensed local preacher OF the
same denomination
The brass band musicians, buglers, filters,
and drummers who served in the Union
army during the war are to have reunion
at Columbus, o., on the 10Th.
On the side tracks of the Michigan South
ern, Pittsburg 81 Fort Wayne, and Rock Is
land railways, near Chicago, there are more
than five miles OF unemployed freight cars.
The local authorities Of Auckland, New
Zealand. are reported to have instituted a
yearly tax of So head on bachelors, the pro-
ceeds of which are to be devoted to educa-
tional purposes.
An application from Chiang-Q Guam. Wa, a
Chinaman, of San Francisco, for patent inn
proved overalls-the first application for
patent LQdL has 6N0T Ooou LllduO ny SuDJcCI
of the Chinese empire-was filed at the pat
emit Office last week.
A Railway Equipment Company" like
the United States Rolling Stock Company,
has been organized in Philadelphia. They
begin business with a tremendous capital,
and have already contracted for the con-
struction of one hundred cars.
There has been an unprecedented raid Otto
bacco buyers into the Connecticut valley
during the past two weeks. The farmers
through the valley, while they have raised
less quantity of the weed this year than
formerly, have tended it better.
There is an apple tree now standing on
farm in Rollinsford, N. H., which was
planted 125 years ago. and is still in good
bearing condition. Its owner says that
the has not been a, year since his remem-
brance that this tree has not produced fruit.
The Mecca of Tennessee hunters is a grove
of beech trees in Washington county, con-
tanning a patriarch upon which Daniel
Boone cut his name, ia years ago. Visitors
have inscribed their names upon every square
inch of the trunk for ten or twelve feet from
the ground.
Gov. Brooke, Cow Penn, Gov, Kellogg,
Gov. McEnery and Gov. Antoine-these
are all the acting governors we have had,
this year; but it's not our fault we haven't
had more. Times are hard, and we can not
afford as much style as Costa Rica.-New
Orleans paper.
In repairing the pavement of the Cathe-
dral at Rouen, there has been discovered in
the center of nave a heart inclosed in a
leaden box. NJ. Deville, the historian of the
tombs of the Cathedral, thinks that the
heart may be that of SibYlla, wife of Robert
IL, Duke Of Normandy.
During secret session of Chicago board
of commissioners, one OF the members was
astonished to see an auger-tip projecting
through the carpet, and upon an examine
ton, found that party of reporters had
bored through from the cellar for the pur-
pose of hearing what was said.
Christ Church, Lock Haven, Pa, is lucky.
Not very long ago thief stole the silver
communion service. Mayor Smith went to
PHILADELPHIA, bought a new service, and
presented it to the church. On the morning
following. the stolen articles were found,
the thief having become conscience-stricken
and returned them.
Prof. Purser believes that the speed Of the
earth's revolution is gradually being re-
tarded by the moons influence upon the
ides, and that the days and nights will some
time become a month longer. The "night
owls" of the present generation will hardly
bring the latter part of the theory to DEM
austration, however, as thousand million
years or so must first elapse.
A claimant" has convulsed the quiet
-neighborhood Of Freeport, Ill, by attempt