St. Landry democrat., 1878-01-19
NEiRfselIameOuS.

1t is reported that petroleum of good
quality has been discovered about one
hundred miles south of Deadwood, in the
Black hills
The Railroad Gazette thinks the year
ending July last was, the centennial not
-Withstanding, the worst for railroad
interests since the war.
Switzerland has passed law prohibit.
ing children under the age of fourteen
from being employed in manufactures
after the first of next May.
A cloth made from the down Of birds
is coming greatly into favor in Paris. 1t
! is waterproof, and estimated to be five
times lighter and three times warmer
than wool.
Mortar does not reach its usual firm
ness when dried in the heat OF summer,
and enc of the best authorities commends
the custom of the masons OF northern
Italy, who, in constructions of Importance,
water the masonry during the summer
months to prevent its drying too rapidly.
The managers of the Washington mon
ument fund publish statement to show
that about $240, 900 raised by contribu.
tors was received by the society, and that
about $3.50, 900 was expended to put the
monument in its present condition. A
very pertinent query IS: Who has stolen
the money raised by voluntary subscrip-
tions in nearly every city in the union
The two large business houses in Salt
Lake City, receiving two hundred letters
daily, have not bought Us worth OF
stamps from the Salt Lake City postofice
for two years, but they have stamps con-
stantiv for sale; and one offered to furnish
the Salt Lake postmaster with ST. 500
worth. A mormon from southern Utah.
coming into Salt Lake recently, bought
new furniture Tor his entire house, and
paid for it in postage stamps.
Eighteen thousand men are now en-
gagged in the express business. Express
companies cover 10000 miles OF railroad.
and it 10 estimated that their messengers
daily travel 500, 900 miles. Three thou
sand five hundred horses are employed.
and over 5000 officers are required to
transact their business in, and an amount
Of capital invested mot less than $50 00O,-
900.
The experiments that have been going
ON for the past year in making glass from
slag have been concluded, and a glass
suitable ior bottles is now being made on
q commercial scale. The Stag is taken
hot from blast furnace in ladle and
poured into Sieman's furnace; carbon
ate of soda and silica are then added in
various proportions, according to the
quality OF glass TO be produced. A large
manufacturing plant will soon be In
operation in this line Of glass-making.
On Saturday. the Illinois supreme
court decided q case In which the hus-
band OF the appellee was run over and
killed by the cars while drunk. The
appellee brought an action against the
saioon-keeper who sold to him the liuuor
and against the appellant who Is the
ownerot the building III which the saloon
WAS situated, and she secured the fndc-
mant for 81. 500. An appeal was taken
and the appellate court affirmed that Of
the court below and sustained the con-
stilutsonally of the law This IS the first
time that case of this kind, brought
under the provisions OF the Illinois liquor
lav. has been sustained iii the high
courts.
Lieutenant Walter Waltop, assistant
inspector Of liie-saving service on the
North Carolina coast, makes his report |