The Morning herald., 1877-11-02
g HERALD NOTES.

A Marseilles steamer ia named the I'm
maculate Conception. ..N
London policemen have received orders
to shave their moustaches q
Pianos are, in Russia, made the subject
of special government tax.
At the end of 1875, England ha ! II ,989
Scotland 1925, and Ireland 2.l57 miles Of
railroad.
The Sunbury and Lewistown railroad is
kept busy day and night hauling coal for
western shipment.
The Cape May, N. j., City Council has
passed resolution to grant no more tavern
or saloon licenses until next spring.
No less tran 10000 copies Of the two
franc edition Of Victor Hugo's new book
are said to have been sold in Paris in a
singls,day.,..
An English woman to whom tract was
handed BY sastreet missionary the other
day, s&eetly replied, THANK you but lam
already saved" a.
RicRsSieu says: "There is no such word
;asfail," He however never lived in this
country, and besides probably kept his
money out Of Savings Banks.
A French statistical paper says tha,
during the year 1876 there were one hun
dred and twenty duels in which artists
connected with the operatic stage were
concerned.
Canada gains 81 900 square miles of ter
ritory by the treaty with the Blsckfee'
Indians. The terms Of the treaty, it would
appear. will be. greatly advantageous 10
both sides.
You can visit Chicago cheaply if you
wish. An English lady, with two naidf,
a man servant, and lady companion, has
just paid hotel bill Of $3.50 for nine and
half days entertainment there.
The celebrated trotting mare Goldsmith
Maid has arrived at the Fashion Stud
Farm, and is finally Withdrawn from the
turf. Her owner gives her age at nearly
q years, and says that she is in perfec,
health aud entirely sound.
E1-Secretary Chandler has, dear Lam
sing, Mich, farm of 8, 100 acres, which
has cost him, with improvements and stock
about $l0O0Oo. The stock consists ii
thirty-eight horses, fifty cattle, and two
hundred sheep, all Of the best breeds.
The Chinese Ambassador to England
attributes the famine in India to 30 mach
land being devoted to the cultivation of
the poppy. 1t is estimated that 1893, ,OOOI
acres of the best land in India is devoted
to the growth Of the poppy.
Insanity from religious excitement is #. |
hrmed in the Boston Medical Journal 1o |
BE- on the increase. Of total number Of |
36, 9S3 insane persons examined, inmate |
Of sixty different asyluals, 2.144 Tor 5.79I
PER cent we're referred to religious excite
ment.
Virginia has discovered claim, which
it will ask Congress to pay, for $4,000 i
advanced by the LEGISLATURE in 1890 "to-I
ward the erection Of public buildings a,
the permanent seat of The Government OF
the United States, on the banks of tht
Potomac.
One day recently the salt marshes at the |
mouth Of Hope creek, Salem county, N.
J., contained thousands Of swallows. In a |
lew hours the wind shifted to northwest
md next morning there was not swallow
o be seen, all having migrated South
Turing the night.
The Journal de Pharmacie states that if,
o strong solution of gum arabic, meas
lring 81 fluid ounces, solution of 30 grains
If sulphate Of aluminium, dissolved in two
birds Of an ounce Of water, be added, a
'ery strong mucilage is formed, capable of
wood together, or of mending
porcelain or glass.
ireland and Scotland are only separated
It one point by % miles of water, and l25
ears ago it was proposed to divert the
water from the narrow part of the Irish
hannel, near Portpatrick, and join the
ountries together, when, it was eontended
very objection against union would
ease. The proposer was of opinion that
1t might be COMPLETED in Cne summar bv