The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-26
CURRENT TOPICS.

J lifts estimated that three million
baskets ofpeaches Will be shipped over
the Delaware road this season, ~ !
(, It's noticeable factat all the sum.
mer resorts that the visitors. are, not
BY. There is q vast cutting down in
the Hat of s'extfas.p 80 a4li ~ 4
n > Barpum delivered a temperance
lecture TO his fellow-passengers while
crossing the ocean, the occasion being
the death Of one on board from delir-
ium tremens. gt ~ pa 10 NsI 4
Il. Twenty. years ago the Western
Bank Of Scotland failed through fraud
and reckless management. The capt.
tai was 81, 500 900, and the liability of
the shareholders was Unlimited.
Though the liabilities OF SAC, 00O, 900
were nominally no larger than the as
sets, through depreciation and neces-
safy slOwness Of conversion q deficiency
of $l5, 900 900 hadto be made good by the
unhappy shareholders. The accounts
have, just been settled, and on each
ESQ share the stockholders lose alO1 b
not including interest. .cgt sDhI ,
The Burlington glass works. at
Hamiltons Canada, have been, closed
on account OF the competition from the
United States, and there Is now q free
field for American glassware in Can
ada. ~, ~. s.ae-,s f,,,A ,s,a
There are unmistakable indications
that the United States Is about to enjoy
an iron trade with Brazil. The bark
Matthew Baird has cleared from
Wilmington loaded with iron rails,
and another vessel Is to follow with q
similar cargo. A. Pennsylvania firm
has secured a contract for railroad iron,
and will ship. some this summer.
number Of cars, ten ofthem being for
locomotives have also been ordered.
+, No less than Ave new varieties Of
sponges were discovered by DIR. Meyer
at the Philippine Islands and New
Guinea during his recent travels In
the Eastern Archipelago. 10 -l-yn7
Ben Montgomery, ] q. rarely successful
and capable cOlOred man, formerly q
slave OF JEFF Davis's brother, has re-
Gently died in mississippi. While a
slave he was largely the manager of
his masters estate, which he purchas-
ed after the war for $3.50, 900 In gold.
He also became theowner of President
Davis's place as well asFseveral other
plantations, and altogether this ,ex-
slave had remarkably thriving Ca
reer. He was fairly educated and had
the presence and address Of q gentle
man. liz ayEaa sya.i 81 lt,,,I a~
( The cultivation of fax in the West
/ Is increasing, as It should. The
Northwestern Flax Society report the
average value of hecrop per acre to be
$27.0S. The United States import an
ually $50, 600, 900 worth Of flax, hemp,
and jute. Improved processes are
steadily diminishing the cost Of har-
vesting, preparing. and manufactur-
ing. Jute may be grown in the
Southern States, hemp In Kentucky,
Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana; further
North fax is at home. The two lat
ter are extensively grown already.
An epidemic Of malaria has broken
out at Warrington. The sickness Is
80 widespread and distressing that the
people are often taken Ill with vomit-
ing or nausea in the streets and com.
PEELED to seek remedy In the nearest
drug store Theepidemic Ii attributed
to the uncovering and exposure of the
streets, incident to the removal Of the
old rotten wooden pavement, and to the
general upturning Of the soil In the re.
paving Of the city. d ~ ~ Nt