The workingman's advocate., 1876-07-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

letic Club, &. l.. Lockton won the long
Jump at II feet 3 inches, and tied the high
lump at feet = inches. W. j. Winthrop
! threw the hammer 50 feet 6 inches. At
the tug uf war IL picked Germans OF
the ''Turnverein" twice pulled the English
over the line with the greatest ease.
TRUcKEE, New, June I9.-Last night a
number IF men. supposed to belong to the
Circassian League, set fire to Chinese
cabin occupied by three Cinnamon, about
a mile north Of this place. As the China
men ran out they were fired upon by the
mob, and one was instantly killed and an
other seriously wounded. Ii is said that
about forty shots were fired.
Moscow, June 10 A fire occurred here
last night, which destroyed more than fifty
houses. Three-fourths Of the town Of
kadschory, in the Caucasus, including the
bazaar, were burned on Saturday last.
It is said that an anchor Of Columbus
ship which lie was forced to abandon on
an island during his hrst voyage to the
West Indies, has lately been placed in the
museum Of the Louvre at Paris.
NJ de Ia Basties toughened glass has al
ready become an article Of commerce i'll
England. Tumblers, finger basins, lamp
chImneys, gas globes. soda water glasses
and the like made Of it are now coming
IntS general use, to the great advantage Of
the character Of the 4 harmless necessary
cat
One half of the county Of Northumber-
land, England, belongs to twenty SIX gen
tlemen, the Duke owning lSl GIG acres,
and the smallest proprietor noarly 5000.
The preliminary worksin connection with
the Channel tunnel have been commenced
at Saugatte, near Calais. Shafts have al
ready been sunk to depth Of forty metres,
and the work is being carried on rapidly,
the laborers working day and night. A
powerful pump has been set up to absorb
the water, which is met with in rather large
quantities. When these shafts have reach
ed a depth Of a 100 metres below the sea,
a gallery one kilometre IN length will be
made IN the hard chalk. If this can be
done successfully, and nothing occurs to
show thar the works are lmPracticable, the
tunnel Will be definitely commenced.
A forgeman If Warrington, England,
lately sold his wife to friend for half
7dlibli hl hlt. ~ uulDtI Wis 81 ucllRultN
with his bargain that lie stood another pint,
and then the young wife, who was equally
pleased With il, stood another half gallon.
CONCORD, y. H. June 2O.-Hun. Z. Fl.
Rollins, republican, was to-day elected
| nited States senator. In the house, the
vote stood, Rollins, 200 Sinclair, ITO
scattering five. In the senate the vote
was, Rollins, eight Sinclair, three.
Cooperative building societies IN Canada
are very thriving ntitutIons. Real estate
valued at nearly 81, OOO, 900 is nortgaged
by them for various loans, and the influ-
euce they have gained thereby is 50 con
siderable as to inspire nervous people with
10 little alarm. In Ontario the amount
of the leans they have made is said to be
Sl5, go, 600 ; and IN Quebec, 3.129, 900.
The total outstanding loans made i'll these
two provinces alone amount to SID, 369, 900,
secured by real estate property worth S42,-
9G2 600. The paid-up stock is 81 434, 261,
and the deposits have been -, ,O20, 7O6.
The American ritle team has been select
ed after a competition of two days. The
original intention was to have selected 1t
out Of a number Of competitors IN the first
two days scores, allowing each marksman
ID shots at 800 and 900 yards, and 20 at
I 900 yards. BY this means the highest
possible score that could be reached vas
! ,250 points each day.
Texas has a population Of |, 500, 900, with
>, 600 miles Of railroad and ,, 800 miles of
telegraph III operation.
There are 4S, 600 British subjects en-
gagged IN the Newfoundland fisheries, who
are operating on a capital Of 81, 900, 600
THE COMMUNISTS IN New CALEDONIA
The number Of convicts in the colony on
the lst January last was 357l. o, these,
| was IL years Of age, L were 10 years, 80
IL years, "a were Is years, l04 were 10
years, 1876 We're 20 years, ~ we're 2l years,
ll2 we're - years &c. There are woman
of 20 years and ! Of II.
lockwood, on the Tennessee river, has
sent block Of coal weighing two tons, to
the Centennial while the Lehigh Zinc
Company have sent two pieces Of zinc ore
from their mine at Friedensville, Pa,
weighing $1,000 pounds.
The city Of Melbourne, in Australia, has
two large boot and shoe manufactures,
which give employment to one thousand
eight hundred operatives, turned out two
million dollars worth Of goods last year,
and paid good interest on three hundred
thousand dollars capital. Besides these,
Melbourne has manufactures Of umbrellas,
pianos. organs, watches and clocks, wagons,
carriages, saddles, harness and leather, be-
sides ropewalks and establishments for the
manufacture Of jute fabrics.
According to the new Directory, San
Francisco has now population of 272, 345
souls, a gain Of AZ, 900 during the last
year.
In the second week of March there were
sc, S0S paupers in London, of whom 36, ,9l5
we're i'll workhouses, and AZ, 1893 received
door relief.
The Hamilton Print Works gave notice
to their printers that their wages would be
reduced from S27 a month to S22 80. The
printers refuse to submit to a reduction.