The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-02

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Gol. mgerso Is recent lecture in al.
hany has aroused q. protest from sae
clergy of that city, which protest i
addressed TO the president of the Yolnp
| Aien Association, under whose auspices
tRe iectuTa was gfyen The association
has consequently passed q resoIn tion
diEelaimiBg its belief III goi. gilgefsdII u
| We've OF religion.
Among those reported lost on The
Huron was master alarms John Z. Hol-
land, OF Boston, who has been in the
navy the greater part of his life. When
the news was communicated to his wiRa
that Jack was among the lost, She said,
II don't believe a word of Il tgoto
any saved 4 two were saved, Jack was
one OF tbem." And so it proved. Later
reports placed Mr.. Holland among the
survivors. S-l'
An iron mountain, le,sDG FEET hirh,
and rivallng the taflious iron mountain
OF Mtssoars, has been discovered in Col
tax county, New Mexico The ore Is Al
most entirely pure iron, and IN connec.
tloD with the immense quantities of coal
found IN Colfax county thi5huge deposit
OF lron ore must at no distant day be.
come the source of industries which will
gather and SUPPORT large and thriving
population.
Next to wine, cider lie the liquor most
consumed in France, but, within the last
twenty years the consumption has fallen
from torty-two to thirty-fve gallons per
head annually. Its use is now confined
to the northwestern departments. The
consumption Of Beer steadily increases,
but is almost entirely confined to the
departments contiguous to Belgium.
Experience has demonstrated that white
wines are much more likely than red to
act on the nervous system.
The American fishermen on the De.
btoit river have been playing trick
which theig brethren on the Canadian
side despise, and which the Dominion
Government is taking, neasufes to pre-.
vent in futlare. The Yankees have an
chcret hundreds of small pieces of boards
below the surface of the water on the
Canadian side, and the current disturbing
them the fish are frightened over to the
American shore. This has seriously
intertered with the sessonS catch BY the
Canadians.
The English convey grainin open cars,
covering them with waterproof tarpau.
Inns. Ease of handling and facility for
transferring to elevators give that method
an advantage that will probably lead to
its adoption on some of our roads. As
an additional facility for the handling
of cotton, the New Orleans Times advo-
Gates bringing all the cotton presses to |
the river front. with which the railroads |
should have direct connection. This |
would cheaper the handling, and so tend |
to draw shipment.
India is rapidly rivalihg the United |
States in the production of wheat, which |
it sends to Europe by way Of the Suez |
canal, The business Of growing wheat
for expectation is yet a new one in that
vast ard fertile country, yet it has al
ready taken position as the third wheat
producing country OF the world. The I
imports of Indian wheat inte Great Brit
ain increased from 291 zoe bnsliels in
1872 to 6, 1856, l6U bushels En- 1876, and to |
9,2s3, Use during the first nine months of
1877. There is matter here for American |
reflection.