The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-03
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The Italian lottery system brings in
not less than $4,000, 900 year to the
National ExcheQuer.
DURING January, February and March,
sixty. -four persons were reported missing
in New York and forty one in BROOKLYN,
making total in two cities of los. OF
this number, thirty-four were found
through the agency of officers and detec.
tives; thirty returned to their homes and
gave explanations of their absence; one,
A. Oakley Hall, reappeared in England !;
eleven were found dead, having commit
ted suicide or been murdered, and thirty
are still missing.
THE statistics of railroad accidents In
Great Britain, when compared with those
in this country. make a very favorable
showing for the former. From all causes
one passenger out of $500, 600 who trav.
| eled by rail in Great Britain was killed
in 1875, and one out of each 28O, 600 was
wounded. In the United States the Rail.
road Gazette reports for the past four years
an average of LOO accidents year, re-.
sulting in 26O deaths and 1,04O cases of
injury.
THE rapid increase of steamers on the
chain of the great northern lakes is the
feature Of the lake trade during the last
three years. The number employed in
1876 is reported to have been 685, their
tonnage being 190,367. Tie number of
sailing vessels has fallen off heavily, de.
creasing from 1907 in 1872 to 1,382; the
tonnage, however, not going down in
quite the same proportion, but to such an
extent that there were zoe. OOO tons less in
the trade last year than in 1872.
The manufacture of fans is an impor
tant branch of industry in Japan, and no
fewer than 5000, 600 fans, valued at $780,.
600, were, according to Mr.. Consul An
nesley's commercial report on Hiogo and
Osaka, lately issued, exported from those
ports in 1875. Osaka is the principal
city for the manufacture of the "ogi" or
folding fans, which are those almost ex.
clusively exported, all descriptions of the
bamboo kind being made there, the fig.
ures, writing, etc., being executed in
Kivoto. The principle Of division of
labor as explained in an extract from the
HiogO Necs quoted by Consul Annesley,
is carried out long way in this branch
of industry.
How LARGE estates are swallowed up
in litigation is painfully illustrated in the
celebrated Taylor-will contest at New
York, which has dissipated between g..
00O,O 900 and $4,000, 600. Some SIC, GOO
was drawn from it before it was found
that Mr.. Taylor he'd left a will. Then a
granddaughter, who had been given 81, 600
year, contested the will, and the law
yers took $4,000 from Mrs. Taylor be-
fore the will was admitted to probate.
| Creditors began to press claims, which
took $500, 900 more; the receiver took
$4,000 in fees, a lawyer $4,000 more,
and many others greater and smaller
sums, until the receiver has but Sic, 900,
which will not satisfy the clsims upon it.
Mrs TaylOr's house and elegant furniture
have been seized and sold; she is depend
ent upon the kindness of friends, and a
few days ago her clothing was sold to sat
isfy debt incurred during the litigation.
A somewhat similar case is that of the e.
tate of Christian Schaefer, q large brewer,
who died in 1872, worth $500, 900, which,
after paying $15, 900 to his widow and a
few legacies, was to be divided among his
five daughters. Martin SchwaDer. son.
in-law, who is the executor, paid the $751;
600 to Mrs. Schaefer, but, after the five
years. the executors charge for services
and claims of one kind and another leave
but $485 to be distributed among the chill.
dren, and from this he is to deduct COM
mission and expense of accounting.