The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-12-12
FACTS AND FIGURES.

FACTS AND FIGURES.
No LESS than 1853 separate packs of
foxhounds are maintained in Great
Britain and Ireland-141 in England
and Wales, eight in Scotland and nine
teen IN lreland-numbering between
them $500 couples of hounds.
MEssRs. u. APPLETON 4. Co., of
New York. beg to warn the public
against party calling himself NJ. 8.
Gardiner, who is representing himself
as an agent of Appleton & Co They
have no such personin their employ,
and are continually receiving COM
plants from persons who have been
The Russian laavGlide puts the mum.
Der of troops engagedain actual fighting
during the last war at 252, 900 infantry;
$1,000 cavalry, or $4,000 men, with
1928 field guns. The artillery used
204, 1928 charges, and the infantry and
cavalry 1O,O57,764 cartridges. The
Turks are reported to have lost alto
gether nearly 10000 killed and
wounded.
THE Mexican Government pays $50
head for European Immigrants who
will settle permanently at Mesade
Coroneles. As soon as the immigrant
is permanently settled, he can draw on
the Custom-House at Vera Cruz $50
for himself, $50 for his wife and $50
for each child over four years of age.
This arrangement is for ten years from
January last. ,a
The longest train believed to have
ever been drawn by q single engine,
recently travelled over the Northern
Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. Tie
train consisted of 1873 empty freight
cars, one loaded eight-wheeler, two ca
booses and dead engine. The train
was $500 feet long, or 92O feet more
than mile. The distance travelled was
thirty-one miles, mostly upgrade, at q
speed of ten miles an hour.
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1873, there were entered, as appears
from the records of the General Land
Office in Washington, of Government
lands in Kansas, 2.O67, 179 acres; in
Nebraska, 62O,675 acres; in Minnesota,
1,O41 ,2O3 acres; in Dakota, 1,461, 8O1
acres, the entries for Kansas being
thus 40 per cent. of the total for the
four most active land districts in the
Union. This indicates the relative inn
migration to Kansas.
In live stock, Georgia was 1870, COG
richer in 1877 than in 1876; in farming
and mechanical tools, $438, ISL; and in
bonds and stocks, 81 ,454, O62. Popula-
ton has slightly increased, in spite of
the steady drain of the Texas emigra-
ton fever; whereas, in 1876, there were
in the State 2O4, 5O7 men who paid poll
tax, last year there were POI, Sl5. The
sum invested in cotton manufactures
in 1877 was S2,739, 200; the school fund
was S15O,22 The State tax was so
cents on 800, and the average county
rate about the same. The colOred peo-
pie of the State returned taxable prop
erty reaching an aggregate value of
S5,43O,844.
The annual production of the sugar
of the world is approximately as
follows: Bengal, China and Siam, $780,
600. 900 pounds; British Colonies, 44O,-
600, 900 pounds; Spanish Colonies, AGO.
600. 900 pounds; Dutch Colonies, 16O,-
OO0,O 900 pounds; Swedish and Danish
Colonies, 2O,OOO,OOO pounds; French
Colonies, 16O,OOO,OOO pounds; France
(beet), 800, 600, 900 pounds; Brazil, $780,
600, 900 pounds: Zollverein (bcet), $780,
600, 900 pounds; Austria (beet), 49,
100000 pounds; Russia (beet), 1OO,-
600, 900 pounds; Italy and Belgia (beet),
200, 100000 pounds; all other sources,
including the United States, 100000
600 pounds; total, 3,42O, OOO, 900 pounds.
The annual consumption of sugar per
head by different Nations varies con-
siderably, as may be seen by the fol-
lowing figures, based on official data:
In the United States, 50 pounds per
head; England, 80; Scotland, 30; Hol-
land, Is: Ireland, 5; Belgium, s; France,
6.66; Spain, 6.24; Switzerland, 6; Por-
tugal, 5; Denmark, 5; Poland, 5; Prus-
STA (Zollverein), 10; Norway and Swe-
den, 9; Italy, 2; Austria, 2; Russia, l.
Surely there must be something wrong
in the statistics that make the average
Englishman eat more than four times
more sugar than Frenchman.