The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-28
FACTS AND FIGURES.

In Wisconsin last year there were 1856
suicides, 4,126 deaths by accidents, and
over ii 900 criminal acts.
The Peruvian mines that Henry
Meiggs was tunneling when he died
have yielded $500, OOO, 900 in silver since
their discovery.
We do not demand in the West as
expensive farming as in New England.
But we need thorough work in blowing,
narrowing, planting and cultivating.
Well pulvcrized soil, with straight
rows, looks good.-Lova State Register
A CREMATED dog weighing fifty-four
pounds gave two pounds and two-and-a-
third ounces of ash in seven and a-half
hours. Therefore it is computed that Il
man weighing 16O pounds will yield
six pounds and six and a-sixth ounces
of ash.
RUSSIAN cOttOn-spinners will obtain,
in time, very important position in
the manufacturing world. More than
$500, 600 pounds Of cotton now come
yearly to Russia from Central Asia,
chiefly by the Orenburg Railway to
Mini, NOvgorod and Moscow, from
Bokhara and Khiva. Large quantities
also begin to come from Turfan, and of
quality quite equal to any short cot
ton of the United States.
A COMPANY has been organized in
New Orleans to ditch, levec and drain
10000 acres of marsh in the Parish of
Terrebonne, about sixty miles west of
that city, located between the Morgan,
Louisiana 4 Texas Railroad and the
Gulf, bounded on the east by Bayou de
Large and on the west by the Atcha-
falaya River and Bay, and Bayou Black
on the north. The body of marsh,
bounded as above, comprises about
5OO,O 600 acres.
The surviving soldiers of the Mexi-
can War are estimated to number
about 5000; the widows of Mexican
veterans. 1000; surviving soldiers of
the regular army participating in that
war, 900; soldiers and widows of the
Black Hawk, Creek and Seminole Wars,
$500, all of whom are provided for UNI
der the bill recently reported favorably
by the House Committee on Invalid
Pensions. Their aggregate pensions at
800 each will amount to 81, 1856, 400 per
annum, but this sum will, of course, be
rapidly diminished as the bcneficiarics
of the proposed Legislation average
sixty years of age, and in less than two
decades few will remain to answer roll
call.
THE New York Herald says: "The
aforementioned facts and figures will
serve to strengthen an impression, and
which will gain ground among the
thinking merchants of the trade, that,
come peace or war, the position of the
breadstuff market is healthy and
sound one, and that in the immediate
future values are more likely to adj
vance than to retrogade, especially if
farmers hold their own. Taking the
returns of twelve of the principal
ports in the United Kingdom, the total
this year amounts to -, 10000 BUSH
els, against 11,O24,O 900 bushels in 1877,
and 10000 in 1876. Compared with
last year their surplus at present is
about 100000 bushels, the greater
portion of which is lying in London
granaries, and cannot effect that coun-
try at large as if it were distributed
among the several outports. On the
other hand, Glasgow shows falling off
on the twelve months of over 800, 700
bushels, while Liverpool and Gloucester
have augmented about $4,000 bushels,
and Dublin and Bristol about 100000
bushels respectively. AS a set-off
against the increased stocks the float
ing supply of wheat and flour is at
least 76O, 900 bushels below that of the
corresponding period in 1877. Accord
ing to latest advices, the quantity on
passage consists of 9,2SO,OOO bushels,
compared with II, O24,O bushels. Of
the foregoing amount, 5000, 900 bushels
are Califo. MA and Oregon, of which
not more than 100000 bushels can
reach the United Kingdom before the
LIST of March, assuming that the ships
make the voyage in four months and
half"