, 1878-02-22
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a penuIir,s boy 10 Ireland Twenty
wear, ago be va. a speculative sales.
man .u the United States; sixteen
wears ago he was a bankrupt. lie
aiterward purchased into silver
mine ia Nevada, aud is now the
richest man in the world, and is only
81 wears Of age. His yearly income
is kl3,,j0.OOJ, and his fortune in.
creases s2j every minute.
The Dardanelles is about forty
miles in length, and is from three.
fourths OF mile to two miles wide.
Xerxes crossed the channel on a
double bridge Of boats b. &. $50, and
Alexander crossed it BIC. 334. Gal.
lipoi, on the peninsula which forms
the western boundary OF the strait,
has a population Of about $4,000. A
strong Russian force at Gallipoli
would close the straits (or the way
from the Mediterranean as complete
" as the confederate batteries at
VicksburS did the Mississippi river.
THE magnitude Of the famine in
China is appalling. People Of all
ages are dying Of actual starvation
by hundreds of thousands. The
ravsges of the famine extend through
four provinces Of North China, which
include over FIVE thousand villages.
Nine millions Of people are reported
destitute. Most of the poor young
woman have been sold, and children
are offered in the market daily in ex-
change for food, and the living are
said to be eating the corpses of their
fellow beings who have died Of
starvation.
The steamship John L. Stephens
has been sold to Sisson, Wallace &
Co. and will be sent up to Klurok,
Alaska, where she will be used as
floating cannery during the fishing
season. All the tin and tools will
he sent up on board of her and next
fall, she will steam back to San Fran
cisco with her cargo. The steamship
Stephens is now twenty six years old
but is very fast boat in smooth wa
acknowledgement.
The Walla Walla "Watchman"
says: Never, according to the testi-
money to native born and old settlers
have we had such a Winter, if it is
proper to call it such, as the present.
Men stand from day to day and won.
der how it will turn out. The hills
are adorned with flowers, peach trees
are ready to bloom and either
Autumn has never ceased or Spring
begun where it ended.
The three .masted schooner Thorn.
as d. Harrison, 5l2 tons burden, has
been engaged to take cargo of lu,n,
Der from Burrard Inlet to Buenos
Ayres. This expectation of lumber
from the Pacific Coast to Atlantic
ports, speaks we'll for the growth of
our principal trade. Ten years ago,
all such orders could have been filed
from Maine or the Canadian pro.
vinces.
The loggers at the Skagit jam still
porsevere; week by week, large
quantities of material 90 to sea,
enough frequently, to block the lower
river and create the impression that
the whole jam had given way; they
may be kept for months to come be-
fore it is wholly removed.
1t is stated that the number Of yes
sells carrying lumber to foreign ports,
from Puget Sound was, during the
year 1877, seventy.two. The
amount of lumber carried by them
was 33,454, ,465 feet; shingles, 2,2Sl,.
500; pickets, 370,S60; laths, 1910,
500; and spars, 147.
Maria is a very popular name in
Illinois. When Thomas cat climbs
a back fence in well.populated
neighborhood and plainly cali out,
"Mar-i.ar!" twenty or thirty win
dows are thrown up, from which haSti
ly protrude twenty or thirty female
heads wildly answering, "What ?"
The Central Pacific Railroad have
concluded a contract with the Seat
tie Coal Company for one years sup
ply, say 5000 tons per month, or
more, if required, at a price far be.
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