The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-14
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Exposition mex. year.
carly three L lndred miles of railroad
been Ruhs IN California so far this year
Since tho Cri:nean war EaGland has ,e
drced nor iational debt from 1900, 000, OF
to e7Ie, Oo0, COO.
The amo1rt o; deposit in the saving,
tanks of tho United States il estimated n
- 500, 900, 0G0.
The rice crop of South Carolina for I'll.
year is estimated at A 900 %tierceE, and IL
Of Georgia at %, GOO ~tierces.
The Texas and Pacific shows raius /.
gross earnings for June, July. August, AM
september of about 45 Fer cent.
Il is estimated that turbine water. wheel!
aaTo, since their invention, saved the coun
ny over $500, coo 900 in the one sincl,
-en Of fuel.
The aggregate exports of petroleum oil
his year are l2l, 900, 600 against 4S. 600, OOC
gallons last year. Over n million gallons are
daily exported from Kew York.
Texas is 80 anxious to secure emigration
that she is virtually giving away her public
iauds. The head of n family can get 100
ac-es for the expense of the survey and pat.
ent, which is altogether about SIS.
Sheep-dung has more immediate effect
on the soil than the excrcments of cattle,
since the former consists of very finely di,
Vlded parts, in consequences of the minute.
ness to which sheep chew their food.
The shipments OF ore from the ports of
Marquette, Escanaba and l'Anse up to Sen
tcnGeg 20, aggregated 7sG, S37 gross tons
an increase of 1914 tons over the ship
nents TO the corresponding date last year.
The United States minis turned out dur.
ing September, $i.492. 200 in douhlc.eaqIes .
L03 700 in trade dollars; SlOS 400 in hall
dollars $4,000 in quarter Collars, and
Sls0,uOO N dimes. making a total Coinage of
$7,0jd, 200.
Nore than !, 200. 900 cans OF corn are now
Iaokei in Maine annually, and sold in every
pat Of The world. yielding q business to
tint State Of about &l,25O.OO0. and giving
pr.asab!o employment to from S 1000 to TO-.
o." g'oPl" during the packing season.
II Is becoming evident that high grades
~ animals arc Of more practical value than
:.'l piyH!f: cows for milk; swine for pork,
ana AIr-'S II hard work and quick steps
and tbs very fact, if it be a fact. shows the
mpoftanc9 Of pure bloods in order to Sc.
oure good GRADES.
During the past year the consumption of
cotton reached the highest point ever at
tanned in this country, while the value of
our cotton fabrics exported has, despite low
pr!ees, increased s I 1000. 900 within two
years. or from 81, $50, 900 for the fiscal year
ended June so, 1875, to $40. $50, 900 for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1877.
America annually imports $50, 900, 900 OF
lax hemp, jute, and ramie-all being prod.
acts that may be raised on our own SOL.
This is an actual fact, as in 1870 America
raised 21,OOO,OOO pounds of flax, and from
successful experiments that have been made,
iute and hemp may be produced in like
quantities and of equally good quality.
Kansas writes a gentleman who has
settled there, II" is not the Utopia that it is
claimed to be by some Of the SPECTATORS
who are organizing colonies; but it is as good
a State as Illinois or Indiana, and better as
TO climate, for after you get seveuty-fve
miles west of the Missouri river you reach
an altitude of 1000 feet, where malaria is
unknown"
The new iron railroad bridge over the
river Douro, near Oporto. Portugal. crosses
it with an arch of a single snan which
measures about $40 feet, and has n rise Of
about l3S feet 6 inches. 1t is crescent
shaped, that is, the cxtrados and the intra.
dos, which are connected by struts in form
of a st. Andrews cross, are farthest apart
at he crown.
Minnesota, according to n careful esti-
mate, has 5000 lakes. averaging 300 ncres,
making a total of l,5O0, 0r0 acres Of water.
This is not al, and the above figures refer
simply 10 those lakes in the surveyed por-
tions Of the State. Now, computing the
lakes in the unsurveyed parts of the State
from reliable data. the number is found to
be more than 9, 900, which makes 1000 in
all
An exchange, in speaking of a new steam.
boat Just placed on tho Ohio river. says
she is the longest steamboat in the world
395 feet. This is u great mistake, says the
Rondout freeman in reply. The largest
steamboat in the world is the steamer st.
John, which runs between Albany and New
York. She is AIS feet long, and this beats
the Ohio boat by 90 feet. The st. John is
not only the largest steamboat in the world,
but one of the most magnificent. She cost
nearly n million dollars. or rs much as the
six best boats on the Ohio. -Neb 1RnBy
Erpre's.
Accompany has been formed in California
with q capital of $30h, 00O, divided into
5000 shares. for the manufacture of paper
from tule grass. The company is about to
erect in Stockton q large brick building in
VIII CHI will be placed three paper machines
-lWu O~-llSu III CIc aSl.Cl. ~ IuTEt
double hydraulic press for tic manufacture
Of q superior material for boohbinders will
also be introduced. Strong board for the
manufacture of trunks, boxes, ard barrcls
will be made. This material is also used
for the construction of refrigerator cars, be-
ing one of the best n~on-con1uctors of heat
known. News paper will also be mauufac.
tured.
Illinois has Il, 900 square miles of Goa!
bed, averaging more than 40 feet in thick
ness. She raised last year 1870, 0O1, 600 bush
els of corn one-sIxth of all the corn raised
in the United States, and harvested AM
600 tons of hay-nearly one-tcrta of all the
hay in the country. Last year she has had
$500, 600 hogs, and packed BIB, SI5.-
about one-half of all that were packed in
the United States. She manufactures
$2O5. 600, 600 worth CT goods annually, and
has So, 800 900 in church property, with
4,l0S church organizations II, $50 pub
lie schools, with one State University; L
colleges, 90 instructors, over l, 900 stu1ents.
and 81, coo. 900 ~endowments. - Chicdgs
Journal Of Commerce.
TIE GREAT WESTERN RAURoAD in
England was originally planned md exc.
cuted by that most extravagant OF engineers.
Brunei, at lavish expense, and among other
peculiar features boosted tho broadest
gauge in Britain. The company's en-
ployees have always been proud of this,
and tho engineers particularly have mani
Tested especial affection for the gyratic
eight wheelers with which the Flying
Dutchman las the train which runs a
steady so miles an hour is termcd) is driven
from London to the Lands End. When
lately an engine driver was knocscd' down
and mortally wounded by one of these