Nebraska advertiser., 1878-05-02
Items of Interest.


And the fiea-beetle is running the to-
bacco of Tennessee.
The Trigg county, (Ky.) Democrat
says, 1.-THE destruction of the young
tobacco plants by bugs and flies is gen.
eral throughout the county. The
prospects of an average crop of the
weed is exceedingly gloomy.
Bishop Simpson is nearly sixty
eight years old, and is beginning, 1t
is said, to feel some of the inseparable
infirmities of age. They do not how
ever, prevent his s-preaching with all
his old eloquence.
Chicago Daily Ne,OS: The death of
Leitrim has not caused very much
feeling In England, simply because
Leitrim was a cold-blooded scoundrel,
and deserved his fate.
The Boston Traveller advocates the
re-establishment of whipping-posts In
Massachusetts, specifically as a pun
ishment for wife-beating.
Last year 10,0OS horses, 533 asses,
and so mules were slaughtered at "61
horse butchers" establishments In
Paris, France. An establishment of
the kind is soon to be opened in Lon
don.
While Scotch PresbyterIanism is
making considerable progress in Lon
don the Roman Catholic religion is
making considerable progress in Scot
land.
1t Is stated on authority that there
are two hundred thousand bachelors
In the Pacific States. You can get
there, ladies, by either steamship or
railroad, If you don't want to walk.
The Methodist bishop of New York
has decided that women cannot be Ii
censed to preach, consistently with
the doctrine of Wesley. Souls that
can't be saved by masculine preach
ing, under the good bishops rule, will
have to be damned.
One hundred parts of pig manure
contains 77.l3 per cent. water and o. 81
per cent. OF solid matter, while that
of sheep contains 5647 per cent. of
water and 43 SO per cent. solid mat
ter.
Hayes will attend the meeting of
the Army of the. Potomac in Spring
field, Mass, June 4, if he can arrange
to do so, o,"-that.is, If he doesn't have
a previous engagement with the other
patriots"
Mr.. David Greer, regular down.
Easter" headquarters. Boston, age
seventy, is reported worth 500 600, all
made by peddling honey through
New-England, often having eight to
ten wagons on the road at one time.
Henry NJ. Stanley is working night
and day on his narrative of his late
The book, which will
exceed eight hundred octave pages,
will probably appear during next
month, being simultaneously pub
lished in England. Germany, France,
Denmark and America. Negotiations
are likewise pending for Swedish,
Spanish, italian and!Russian transla-
tions.
There Is said to be one distillery for |
every 9,93S citizens in the United |
States, and one brewery for every 49,
200 of the population. 1t is estimated |
that each retail dealer of liquor in the
sells 100 drinks per day max
ing an aggregate of 100000 drinks
per day. If each drink were to pay
cent of revenue, it would furnish
100000 per day, or S6,O0O,OO0 per
month, and $4,000, 900 per year.
The treasury now holds S346, 975, $50
n United States bonds to secure ma
ional bank circulation, and Sl3,
100 in bonds to secure public deposits.
In Paris theyhre circulating a car
oon which depicts John Bull sitting
n the tip end of the Cars boot. and
he Gar exrlaiming: Have / touch.
any British interests yet?"
The Hessian fly only fiourishes In I
amp or wet seasons, while tbs chiDch s
ugs fiourishes in dry years.
A statistican, protesting to be well
formed as to the tide of emigration J
ow starting westward, estimates that q
ebraska will gain so, 900. Kansas 75,- S
70 and Texas 200, 900 population before c
e present year is finished. :, !,
The house committee on agriculture /,
I'VE agreed to report favorable reo- t,
the bill introduced into
e house providing for the better pro-
ction of cattle in transportation. II
ne bill requires that cattle shall be q
d at least once every twenty-four u -
,urs. >;
In st. Clair Co., ILL.,, corn Is up, and al
rmers are busy giving it the first Y
ltivating. Some of this oorn was q
anted in March. The cultivation h
growing corn In April is said to be te
precedented in the history of the W
untry.
We do not want lie Duo disturbed. "a
he should die or be removed, and q
} should by accident get somebody co
head of the department that knew
ything about agriculture or its
nts, the change would be so pro. or
unced that it would be dangerous. tn
t lie Duo alone.-CoLorddo Farmer. sti
ch
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