The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30
Miscellaneous.
Several girls in Flint, Mich, are learn
in : the cOOpeTs trade.

Several girls in Flint, Mich, are learn
inr the cooper's trade.
FOrty-eight vessels took to Europe last
we K 976,064 bushels OF wheat.
Oysters are scarce and of an inferior
quality 10 England this season, whereas
on this side OF the water they arc unus-
ualIy abundant.
Australia is making extensive prepara-
q tions to supply England with fresh meat
by similar methods now in use here.
Switzerland is increasing her trade in
condensed milk, making available rs an
article of export that which was formerly
wasted
Pindars, chufas and go9ber peas, with
hickory and walnuts, dried fruit, the
arrow and cassava root, with the starch
obtained from the two last mentioned
products, were noteworthy displays ct
The late s0nth Georgia fair, at 9lsotils.s
vile.
The New York Commercial says the
TepOrtspf the,outbreak of leprosy in the
Chinese quarter of that city Is officially
eortraidcted by the board of health. II
Is believed the report was started by the
striking cigar-maEers 10 prevent China
o. men being sent from san Francisco.
The san Francisco Alta says that if
any enterprise ever had a fair trial in
California and resulted in failure, it has
been the business o. trying to breed An
CORA goats with the common stock for
{ the production of iae wool The pure
Angora, II is thought, is profitable there.
Canada claims to have produced the
O largest cheese on record. Frem the In
gersOh factory has been turned out q
cheese weighing 1000 pounds 1t was
6 feet 10 incheS.ia -4li5saeter, g FEET in
height, and q ftet in ciTensaserenoe.s At
required one sf7ezss55's y IOO0 cows,
or 80 tons Of milk, to produce it.
The grape yield in Ohio has been very
satisfactory this year, although there
were serious appreheusions OF failure
in the spring. From Putin Bay alone
10000 baskets were shipped. They have
fetched from two and 4 half cents
pount! for Concords to six cents for choice
Delawares. Catawbas have sold for four
cents and upwards.
California farmers are cultiyating fig
trees 1Or the sole purpose of raising and
iattenning hogs. This fruit contains
large quantities of saccharine matter,
hence is very iatJening. The fig tree,
once well started, requires Lille atten-
ton, bears several crops year and is
very prolific.
An engineer proposes 20 heat the town
OF Virginia, Nevada, by means of the
heat generated 10 the mines underneath
the place. He says there is enoug heat
10 warm every house, and he proposes 4
system OF pipes through which the warm
air will be distributed. Thus he will
ventilate the mines also.
During services at the church of the
ascension, in Philadelphia, Alexander B.
Sayers walked up the aisle, drew pistol
and shot his wife, Elizabeth, who occn-
pied pew several feet in advance of
where Sayers had been sitting The
bullet entered her back, and she now lies
at the hospital in a dying condition.
Sayers was promptly arrested. Both
PARTIES We're regular attendants at the
church, but had been separated for two
years The husband had already served
term in prison for breaking her arm.
The effort of Mrs. LIE Bau and Cor
nelious J. Vqnderbilt to break up their
fathers will, by which he left 500. .000.-
600 to William III. Vanderbilt, his other
son, and S5.000.000 TO charities and to
the other children and their issue. brings
some revelting testimony TO light. We are
requested to believe that Vanderbilt the
elder treated his first wife horribly, drove
HeE 70 an Insane asyl lum, ana then took q
concubine unto himself. and then another
at the dictation OF William, and finally
married 3 second time; that William con-
spired TO prejudice the old man against
his other children ia his (William 81 in
terest, and through long leriod acted
the part OF q personal and ever-present
devil towards his father. The testimony
so far, If true, shows the old tmillionaire
to be very bestial in his proclivities, and
his son William to have been a very cool.
heartless conspiTator. Money is a verv
good thing to have, but the Vanderbilt
family appear in fair way to suffer in
social standing, and to have several skel-
etons ratified about them through time.
notwithstanding the possession of limit
less ducats.-Courlsr Journal
The palmetto has been considered one
of the most worthless trees of Florida.
A gentleman from Volusia now con e.
forward with display of brushes, mat
tings and ropes made from the inner
bark, and contemplate the building of a
manufactory at Volusia The wild
orange, also, has always been regarded
as a worthless fruif, and millions have
rotted every year. An enterprising
Yankee has engaged in manufacturing
from them fessences, sirups and MARINA
lade.. He has met with considerable
success.