The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-03-29
Items of Interest.

Daniel Murphy, of Tulare, Cal, has
bought 5000 square miles of land in
Mexico at two cents an acre.
French sardine packers are now put
ting up sprats, maokerel, and even more
common species, for the American mar
ket.
The question is asked, why news
papers will persist in abbreviating q son
of temperance and making 8. u. T. of
him.
Money is very scarce in Howell county,
No., and cows form the principal circu-
lating medium. Calves are used to
make change with.
The Earl of SALISBURY said that if
London had not its four hundred city
missionaries it would have to employ
forty thousand more policemen.
A survey of all the large merchant
steamships has been made by the British
government, with the view to their use
as part of the royal navy in case of
foreign war.
A Portsmouth baby which recently
died was mourned by afather and mother,
two grandfathers, and two grandmothers,
three great grandfathers, and three great
grandmothers.
During the reign of the present car
Russia has gained 36 BAT square miles of
territory and %, GAG, 900 souls in popu.
la6ion, and reduced the national debt by
Sc, 900, 900 roubles.
A purchaser of o riverside property
asked the real estate agent If the river
didn't sometimes overflow its banks.
"Well," responded he, "it isn't one of
those sickly streams that are always con-
fined to beds"
Bad luck is man with his hands in
his pockets and his pipe in his mouth,
looking on to see how it will come out.
Good luck is man Of pluck with his
sleeves rolled up and working to make it
come out right.
The Farmers club of the!.American In
stitute have asked Congress to make the
subject Of tree culture and economy q
standing branch Of study in agricultural
colleges receiving aid or support from
the government.
A Middletown compositor has calcu-
lated that in the course of ayear's type
setting the average compositor will put
up more than 1000. 900 separate pieces,
which, with their distribution, requires
IL, ,00G, 600 motions of the hand.
By the German census, taken Dec. 1,
it appears that the population Of Berlin
has increased since 1871 about 1877 per
cent; Breslau, fifteen per cent. Ham
burg, 1888 per cent. Frankfort, thir-
teen per cent; and Leipsic, eighteen
per cent.
A young woman looking for O situa-
ton was attracted by an advertisement
for some one 20 do light housework."
She called at the address given, and in
quired where the Light house was and If
there was any way OF getting on shore
on Sundays.
Thirty-three mines in Colorado have
been opened to depth of from one hun
dred to nine hundred feet since 1859.
Five of them were idle last year, but the
rest produced ore valued at nearly g.
600, 900. Since their discovery they have
yielded $26, $4,000
Pennsylvania court stenographers
have to take this oath You solemnIy
swear that the testimony that you take in
this case shall be the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth" This
would seem to do away entirely with the
necessity Of swearing Witnesses.
When the wind storm that recently
devastated TETON pass began there were
10000 sheep feeding on the plains,
thousands of which were blown into the
SNlches and buried by the driving sand.
Over $4,000 sheep were lost. On the
San Emido, cattle which took refuge in
beds of streams were in some places
buried out of sight.
Two brave men, having fought and
shaken hands, are the Last men in the
world to cherish small animosities
against each other. No point in any
drama is more heartily appreciated by an
English or American. audience than that
in the "Lady of Lyons" where Colonel
Damss remarks how much he ikeg