The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-12-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.

"A shipOwner ofZsandam, Holland,
| Is worth $50 900 600, but he lives In a
house worth 5000, and he enjoys him
self sitting Ia the little doOryard play
ing dominoes with his two daughters.
The new stationery has an English
pug dog on the paper, envelopes and
cards, which are made appropriately 10
resemble bark. Novel acceptance aud
regret cards and seaside paper are also
new.
Captain Henry Allen, of Salem,
Massachusetts, has pear tree 239 years
old in his garden. Next to the Endi-
colt pear-tree IL is probably the oldest
in the country. II has borne several
bushels OF fruit this year.
The Russian government talks OF
eXiling its criminals TO the marble quar-
ries of Finland instead OF sending ihem
| 10 Siberia. This marble Is susceptible
to high polish, and promises TO be
very important article of export.
Cotton mills are becoming numer-
GUS in India, more particularly In BJm-
bay, and it seems probable that with
improved machinery, cheap labor, and
the saving on freight, they will be able
TO compete successfully with English
goods.
subscriptions are invited for the
relief Of the family OF Lieutenant Benz
ner, the gallant officer VINO volunteered
as commander of the relief boat that
went from st. Louis down the Missis-
sippi river into The fever districts, and
| died at his post.
During the five years since the
panic of 1873 we have exported more
than we imported AIS 100000. The
change since the panic, as compared
with five years before the panic, Is in
favor of the prosperity Of the country
to the amount OF 81, 0OO, 1000.
The consumption of cotton by
| American manufacturers was greater
| by 10000 bales in 1878 than in 1877.
| The yield of the staple in the United
States exceeds that of any year Oh re-
cord, being 4,Sll ,26j bales, of l,4SO
pounds gross each, up TO Sept. /.
-"Jumping sheets" are being intro
duced into English fire brigades. They
are of stout canvas, with sixteen loops
or handles, to be held by so many men,
and SO break the fall Of a person jump
ing into them from a burning house.
Trials have resulted very satisfactorily.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company has fleet comprising
fourteen iron steamers, which this year
have made 546 voyages, running 1873 236
miles and carrying 6O2 496 tons OF coal,
| Since 1869 the fleet has run 1000 600
tniles and delivered 100000 tons Of
coal.
Trade marks are evidently Of value
| to the cotton trade, for the British Com
missioneTs of Patents have been obliged
to make special provision at Manchcs-
ter to meet the demand for them. With
| In wear committee Of experts haS
examined Al ,7l2 marks for cotton piece
goods.
The Government contractors want
ed $40 900 to move the 250O Indians Mt
Red Cloud agency to their new reserva-
ton; but the authorities will save $780,
600 of the sum by buying the necessary
wagons out-and-out at South Bead,
Ind, and hitching the ponies OF the
tribe to them.
The Grosser Kurfurst, the German
| ironclad sunk in the British channel by
| a collision with the KOnig Wilhelm, Is
| to be raised, but whether by the German
Admiralty or by contractors Is not de-
cided. One hundred and forty-ive Of
| fers have been made from different
quarters 20 perform the service.
The Grand Orient of Free Masons
in France has expunged from It's sorltual
all recognition of God, and In conse-
! quence the Grand Lodges of Ireland,
Scotland, and England have severed all
relations with the French body. Action
by the Grand Lodges of the United
States and Canada will be taken soon.
In Liverpool, many Of the street
letter boxes now have door which
shuts with a spring and at the same
time moves plate showing the hour OF
the last clearance. The public can thus
ascertain whether letters have been taxi
en- out for particular mail, and the
Post Office has check upon Its men.
The Aca iemy OF Sciences, at Paris,
has begun the issue, decided upon
year ago. of complete edition OF the
works of Laplace, the celebrated French
sdvant The preceding editions, now
very rare, contained only seven volumes,
but the new edition will include six
others, containing all the other memoirs
which he ever published.
The Chief of the Seminole trlbo OF
Indians was recently found dead In the
everglades of Florida, having been Bit
ten by a moccasin. While in state of
intcxlcat'on he is supposed to have lain
on the snake, and was bitten several
times. He was 20 years old and known
among the tribe az Great Tiger. His
son, aged 20, young warrior, succeeds
him.
The Secretary of the Connecticut
Home Missionary Society says that In
1900 Connecticut had 200 COngrega-
tional churches, with about 27 600 men,
bers. In 1900 these churches raised
s2232 for home missions, aver6ing$ll 18
for each church, and eight cents for
each member. In 1877 they raised $780,
llO for home missions, thirty -four times
as much or $255 80 for each church,
and 81 40 for each member.
-One-third Of the liquid portion OF
the sewage of Paris Is conveyed to GEN
nevillters, a kind of peninsula made by
the windlngs of the Seine below AS
nieres. A medical visitor says that he
did not discover as much smell as he
has often detected In walking over farms
manured with guano or In the ordinary
manner, and he could no learn OF any
unfavorabe effect on the health Of tho
people. Magnificent crops are raised.
The committee appointed by the
Italian Parliament TO inquire Into the
dobts OF the municipality Of Florence,
which have eliminated In the bank
ruptcy Of thecity, has completed Its re-
mort. The only point which has yet
, a, ta tl,at FIN Cefa,u. leNn..