The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-01-19
NUMBER IA.
NEWS AND NOTES.


In 1859 the.e were 1000 miles of rail-
way in italy; on Jar. l, 1877, 5000
miles of rail were in operation The
total cost of these railways was $4I8,-
436, 300. g
ADvIcFs from Azores reporta deficiency
in the Indian corn crop. Great scarcity
is feared. The Azores newspapers adj
wise the government TO permit free i'm
portation of cereals.
THE people in town in Iowa wanted
flouring-mill, and finally they got it;
and they are now very anxious to have
bank established, so that they can Dor
row money to buy -four.
GERMAN jurists have complimented
the Parliament of Rome upon the abeli-
ton of the death penalty. The assassins
and brigands in Sicily would do like
wise, il they could write.
THE recent warm weather is attributed
to the heavy cannonading in Bulgaria,
which drew .he Arctic currents to tho
place of firing, taking with them snow
and leaving of spring showers. Similar
phenomena were observable during the
Crimean war.
PRINTING type is made Of hardened
glass in Paris. The glass types are said
to last longer than the metallic, are not
liable to be crushed, do not suffer from
sudden cooling, and do not injure the
health Of those handling it. This type
is also much cheaper.
IT is curious fact that, notwithstand-
ing the sure destruction of houses built
near the base of Mount Vesuvius, sooner
or later, still the Italians do not cease to
build there. The Town of Tcrre del
Greco, containing nearly 10000 inhabi-
tants, is built entirely upon the lava
streams of 1851.
The latest theoretical invention" is
the electroscope. 1t is constructed on
the theory of the transmission of waves
of light, rs waves Of sound are trans
mitted by electricity through Bells
telephone; and persons separated by
any distance by which it is possible to
transmit waves of light may see each
other.
THE zerocoat is patent overcoat for
men and boys, aflording, in extreme cold
weather, entire protection to face, neck
ears and hands, while in moderate
weather it may be worn as an ordinary
overcoat. 1t provides the wearer with
collar and mittens, always at COM
mand, which may be used or not, as may
be needed.
INDIANA is still pretty well timbered
| State. The lowest area of timber in any
county is in Benton, &c per cent. The
highest per cent. of timber is in Perry
county, Col per cent The general aver
age of timber area Of the whole State is
1915 per cent. The proportion OF hard
wood timber. valuablein the arts, is prob
ably larger in Indiana than in any
other State in the Union.
A BALTIMORE dealer calculates that
there are at present zoe, 00o, 600, 900 oys-
ters living along the Atlantic coast of the
United States, not counting Chesapeake
Bay, which he regards merely ms Balti-
more dollhouse for the production and
massacre of the bivalvular innocents.
If his figures are correct, other cities
beside the metropolis of Maryland
should be doing good business in the
oyster line.
The wheat crop of the United States
for 1877 was about 800 1000, uO0 bushels,
or about $4,000, 900 bushels greater than
any previous year. The corn crop is es-
timated at 1900, 100000 bushels, and
the crops of oats and potatoes were cor
respondingly large. Of the wheat it is
estimated that 10000, 600 bushels can
be spared for export. The figures are
from the reports of the Department of
Aoricu]fure