The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-24
GENERAL NOTES.

To such perfection have mechanical
means been brought in our day, that
time is measured to millionth part of a
second, and lines have been ruled on
glass plates to the number of 224 900 in
an inch, several degrees finer than the
scale of light wave-lengths.
Mr.. FREDERICK CLAvELL, of London,
proposes SOON to repeat the experiment
of Captain Webb in an attempt to swim
across the English Channel. He recently
swan from Southampton to Portsmouth,
distance of twenty miles. in six hours
and thirty-three minutes, arriving at his
destination fresh and we'll.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New Haven
Palladium explodes the theory that fir
trees or evergreens are never struck by
lightning, by relating circumstance
which came under his personal Observa-
tiOn in Pennsylvania, where a large fir
tree was badly shattered by lightning,
and man who was near the tree was
Frustrated.
MEHEMET ALI PAsHA, the Commander
of the Turkish forces, operating against
Servia, is a Frenchman. In boyhood he
deserted from ship on which he was
employed as cabin-boy, and took SER
vice with an influential Mussulman. He
was educated in COnstantinople, changed
his religion and accepted commission
in the army, where he speedily rose to
the important command he now Occu-
pies.
A STATUTE of the State of New York
makes the omission by Railroad Com
pany to provide passengers with drink
ing water punishable by seventy-fve
dollar fine. A Mr.. G.. X. Woodward,
travelling on the Hudson River Railroad
the other day, became thirsty, found no
water in the Car, and now sues the Com
pany. If he RECEIVERS, half the fine gees
to himself and the other half to the
Overseers of the Poor, of whom there are
none in the town.
The new cotton factory at Atlanta,
Ga, which is nearly completed and ready
for operation, will be one of the largest
in the world. 1t will contain 1880
spindles and 500 looms, and when in full
operation will give employment to over
500 operatives. Despite the fact that in
the northe III manufacturing districts
many of the cotton mills are at stand
still, it is noticeable that the southern
factories are working on full time, while
new factories are rapidly springing up
The management of the Turkish forces
is in the hands of foreigners. The navy
is commanded by an Englishman named
Hammond, while Ali Pasha, Commander
in-Cbiet of the armies acting against
Servia, is Frenchman. On the Servian
side, General Tchernayeff, the Com
mander-in. Chief, is Russian. Several
of the officers are Austrians, but the
greater part are Russians, while an
American General, name not given, is
said to be in command of Servian di-
vision.
The Providence Tool Company now
employ LOO hands, and the payroll
amounts to $4,000 a month. The COM
pany is busy on contract with the Tur-
kish government for 100000 Peabody
Martini rifles, and is turning out 666
finished rifles day, the contract being
about half filled. The Turks like the
rifles SO well that their inspectors think
the company y will get another contract,
sufficient to keep them going two or
three years after the present contract is
finished. Payment for the rifles is now
received regularly.