The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-03-11
GENERAL NOTES.

THE British Government has granted
5000 to secure observations of the total
eclipse OF the sun in April next.
The proposed new Territory of Penn
bino embraces II 200 square miles, and
contains about 10, 900 inhabitants.
IT is said that out of every thousand
persons that begin the study of short
hand, only one becomes sufficiently
skilled to report verbatim.
THE custom officers at Basic, Switzer-
land, lately stopped, demanded, and re-
ceived duty on consignment of Holy
Water" as medicine, because the priests
said it possessed power to cure all diseases.
IT was woman-Elizabeth, Countess
of Thanat-who first petitioned the Irish
Government for a penny post. This was
one hundred and seventy-twO years ago.
Subsequently, for the valuable hint, she
was awarded a pension of three hundred
pounds sterling per annum.
Mrs. FRANK MOULToN's knowledge
of the scandal case appears to be what
might have been expected from the wife
of the Mutual Friend. Mr.. Beecher, &C.
cOrding to her statements, made a clean
consulted her upon all points as to the
best manner of cOncealing his guilt. 1t
appears that he kept a bottle of poison
always within easy reach, and that
frequently he openly exposed his inten-
ton of suicide, SO overwhelming was his
sense ofguilt.
IT is safe to assert lease for 900 years
has never run out in this country, but
this has recently occurred in England.
An estate let for that term has reverted
to the original holders, or rather their
representatives. The land is at Wool
witch, and was church property 1000
years ago, but was leased to the Crown
for military purposes. "Few Incidents"
rs an English exchange remarks, "could
speak more eloquently of the stability of
English institutions, and the law-abiding
nature of Englishmen and their respect
for the rights of property, than that
there should be an unbrOken continuity
of possessions from the time of Alfred
the Great to that of Queen Victoria"
The circumstances under which q
small village in the South of France OBJ
tains its water supply-just commune
Gated by one who very recently inspected
the works in operation-may not be
without interest in these days of sanitary
engineering. This little community OF
400 souls dwells on hill, which on the
side of the water source is IT'S feet above
the plain. A turbine worked by canal
with fall of about seven feet, discharg.
ing cubic metre per second, forces the
water in the channel not far from the
perpendicular to the required elevation
The village of st. Lazarc, not far from
st. Reno, is thus supplied with GO, OOC
gallons of excellent water daily, and at O
cost of ESQ year or Whereabouts.
THE aggregate value of all the miner
ais mined in the whole world amount al
present to 81 ,000,000,000 per year Of
this coal alone is worth nearly two
thirds, say 100000; the rest one
third, or about 1888, 100000. Gold
stands at the head of the list, the value
of this metal mined per year being
about 500, 900, 900; next is iron ore, be.
ing at present $7O,OO0,O0O; but of nc
minerals is the production so largely in
creasing as that of iron, and it will soon
surpass in value that of gold. 1t has
increased during the last seven years
from Is TO %, while coal has increased
from Is to 25, and gold remained about
as it was. The production of steel in
creased from Is to 81, proving the prog
ress of industry in general in which
steel is tho main agent.