Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-20

Caused by parasites.
We are still having good deal of
weather to the square inch.
In Japan there are 1916 schools, and
the scholars number 1885, 0T.
In all England, Ireland, and Scotland
there are only 1877 daily papers.
Egypt is TO have new State Depart
ment--a Ministry of Commerce
| Chicago has a Confederate Major
General for a street car conductor.
Oakland, CAL, has a Presbyterian
Sunday-school with las Chinese pupils.
Massachusetts, added to her valuation
sixty-eight millions during the last year.
A Hazlettsville, Delawa re, mule, be-
ing put in stock to be shod, died Of
fright.
| Pennsylvania ranks first among the
lumber producing states, with an annual
production of $28, 9ss, 1856.
On the first Of January, 1876, there
was in bond in the United Stetes, H.
730,53S gallons of whiskey.
Several young women OF ChesterPark
and vicinity, in Boston, have orga nized
club to lern how to cook.
France smoked $4,000, 900 pounds of
tobacco, last year and paid the govern
nent $57, 400, 900 for the privilege
One hundred and fifteen residents Of
De Witt county, Texas, have been in
dicted for carrying concealed weapons.
There are about 100000 slaves in
Cuba. and it has been said that the aver
age life of a slave there is but seven
years.
Lyons sent to this country in 1874,
S12 100000 worth of her fabrics, prin-
cipally in silks, velvets, ribbons and
gloves.
Tie number of barrels Of whiskey
manufactured in Cincinnati in 1872 was
275,967; 1878, 276,222; and 1874,
257 900.
Among the California salmon planted
in the Des Moins River, Iowa, is one
fish with two heads, and another which
has two tails.
Springfield appears to be a favorite
name for Western towns. Pennsylvania
has nine by that name, Ohio, ten and
Iowa eight.
The licensed and unlicensed liquor sa-
looms of New York City number 8,403,
and the money annually spent therein is
estimated at $60,000,00
The only one of Shakspeare's pail
bearers who died in America is buried at
Fredericksburg, Va. He was known in
life as Dir. Edward Helder.
The Evangelical Review of Calcutta
states that 5000 converts to Christianity
were baptised in India during the year
1873, and 1000 in Burmah.
Forty thousand Northerners, this sea-
son, are meandering along the banks of
the Florida lagoons, trying to appear as
if they weren't afraid of allegation.
A Minnesota Dogberry has decided
that stealing rails from fence is not
stealing at all; that fence is part
of the realty, and real estate cannot be
stolen.
The subject of the depression of cock
fighting has entered the souls of the peo-
pie of Illinois so deeply that their "true
| inwardness" is fearfully tangled up
about it.
In Poplar Bluff, Mo-, man courted
the younger of two girls in a family and
courted her successfully but they put
up Job on him when he was drunk ,anG
married him to the elder. He is now
delivering temperance lectures at a long
distance from his late residence.
A barber while cutting the hair Of
rural customer, ran his sissors against
some hard substance which proved to be
milestone. The old farmer said he
chad missed that whetstone ever since
haying time last July, and had looked
all over ten acre field for it, but now
rendered sticking it up over his ear"
Mr.. Maguffin braced himself against
the clearinghouse table and tried once
more to cut the steak. The edge of the
knife turned, but the meat showed no
mark. Then he called the WAITER
Thomas, has the cook used the axe
much lately to chop kindling wood on
the cellar-door steps 2" "don't know,
said Thomas. "Why sir ~ Because"
said Mr.. Masufin, fit amt too dull /
would like to try it on this steak"
Not bad story comes from the Saw
age Club, London, but it does not seem
clear who first made the joke. A "Sav-
age" was standing on the steps at Ev-
ans Hotel, Convent Garden where the
club is located, when q gentleman came
up to him and asked him if there was
"a gentleman with one eye named Wall
ker" in the club. 81 doa't KNOW re-
sponded the Savage, "what was the |
name of his ether eye !"