The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27
General News.

Cho Huhuleu anu llty Cnlluren OF irish
parentage were Withdrawn from the pub
lie school in Bayonne, N. j., recently, by
order Of Father Killeen, the priest of the
Roman Catholic church at Bergen Point,
who opposed the system of Catholic pa
rents permitting their children to attend
public school. A parochial school has been
established, which the children will attend.
AT Fossville, CAL, lives old Mr.. Foss, a
noted stage driver of the Pacific coast. He
has retired from business, having grown
rich, and now keeps a refreshment saloon
on the stage road. He has collection of
whips, given him by different associations
and friends, hanging on racks in his hall a,
trophies' One OF them, given him by the
late Mr.. Ralston, is valued at 500 and
is mounted with gold and richly set with
jewels.
Boston tea merchant named Dixon,
spending night with relative, said he
| was unable to sleep because he repeatedly
dreamed that he bad cut mans throat
from ear to ear. He left for New York 10
the morning, promising to forward a box
of tea, which, however, did not arrive. A
day or two ago, however, the friend re-
ceived letter from Dixon, at Bellevue
hospital, saying that on the evening he
reached New York, and as he was step
ping from a friends door, stranger
| Knocked him down and gave him a cut in
| the throat six inches long.
At the congress representing the Ameli.
can forest council, in recent session at
Philadelphia, thesecretary read an instruc.
tive paper setting forth the advantages of
forest growing from money-making point
of view. He referred to the constantly in
crcasing demand for timber. As illustra-
tons, it is estimated that the several rail-
ways of the country expend annually for
wood to be used for buildings, repairs, cars
etc S3S 900, 900, and that the locomotives
of the United States consume annually for
| fuel wood 10 the value of $50, DOC. 900
Tue 20 600 600 600 matches ma ie each year
in the United states require $50, 1000 feet OF
| he best piue lumber. At least / 800 cords
| If wood were ueed tn burn the $500 3S2. =
| 900 bricks which the census OF 1870 gives
| he number made " tn It year. BtWeea
800 and 1860 80 900 900 acres of forest
covered laGd were cleared in the Umted
s.ales Tor agricultural purposes. MANY
| Othtr facts could b. adduced showing the
c "imous consumption of tores, trees.
| Wood must soon Increase In price in pro-
| 9orion TO other products of tho soil.
While great deal is to be said for forest
culture asa Unitarian pursuit quite as
much could be urged on the ground OF It's
c.viizlng influences.
The sir,ngcst enterprise next to the
Brooklyn bridge, blasting Hell Gate, and
tunnellng the Hudson river, is la, ing a
pipe from the oil regions to the seaboard.
Yet this latter scheme is already q contract.
| The pipe is to be lap welded tubing, four
inches in diameter, and is to run the i'm
mense distance of 27S miles. The pipe and
the driving engine to keep the oil in mo-
ton will cost from 81 ,20O, 900 TO 81 300
| QUO. The course of the pipe is to be right
over the natural surface of the country, 81
feet under ground, and near the populous
| places, 30 that it can be watched and
mended. Oil now costs 1886 a barrel at
the wells and sells for $3.50 in New York.
There is margin of $245 barrel, The
pipe can carry 5000 barrels day at cost
10 cents barrel; the railways cannot haul
| II to the soaboard under 40 cents a barrel.
| Low prices prevailed tor long time and
discouraged production, but as the supply
was exhausted the rates rose, and %, 900
barrels day are now pumped from the
| ground, while the market would warrant
the production of 10000 barrels. Mr..
Houpt, long engineer of the Pennsylvania
railroad, has given his judgment for this
enterprise and made the surveys and esti-
mates. Pumps will be stationed at long
intervals along the tube to drive the oil and
| one pump now exists which with ease
drives column of oil 2S miles.