Salt River herald., 1878-09-14
PEN AND SCISSORS.

l "A NcIH lS uCStIOl lhS luC IuAHlp in Kildare, Ireland.
 A Greek has attempted to assas- sinate General Todleben.
 The silver mine at Ikuno, Japan has petercd entirely out.
 One thousand Philadelphia iron mills men have struck.
 The San Jose gas company fur nish gas at SI 50 per l,OJO feet.
 Oregon grain this year will aver age 62 to 63 pounds to the bushol.
 The Masonic Savings and Loan Bank of SIn Francisco has failed.
 Extensive canneries of halibut have been established on the Strait of Fuca.
 The coal production of China has alr cady reached 3,oOO,oOO tons annually.
 The Mikado has opened the new buildings of the Tokio Engineering College.
 Each ofense of smoothing, cut ting or boring silver dollars will require a Sl,O00 fine.
 J. L. Smith, of Louisville, claims 10 have discovered a new element, ''mosandrum."
 The total product of Mexican mines from l537 to 1877, is estim- ated at $4,O67,ll9.321.
 A new Russian five per cent. loan of 3O0,OOO,OO0 roubles, issue price 93 cents, is announced.
 A human body ticketed from the planet Mars, has been found in an aerolite from Peru.
 Glass blowers in Wheeling, W. Va, ha c struck because a man withdrawing from their Union has not heen discharged.
 A bread-fruit tree has been ac- climated in the State Capitol grounds at Sacramento, and is now in healthy bearing.
 At the University of Oregon free tuition is given one student from each county and one for each mem- Der of the Legislature.
 Austro-Hungary may export this year Wheat I3,OOO,OOO quintals; rye ? 5Oo,gOO; barley 100000, oats 3,0OO,O00. Deer slaughtering is progressing at such rate in the northern coun- ties of California as to threaten the extinction of the species.
 Work has been unexpectedly suspended for time on the great Brooklyn bridge Cause, failure of the two cities to provide funds.
 Turkey wants England to accept the Cyprian revenue as security for a loan with which to carry on re- form.
 For long time the temperature in the Sutrn tunnel has been 1IOo. The stratum is about 1000 to l,6OO feet deep. During the past year the United States Land Department of Cali fornia surveyed 157 miles, contain ing about 3,24O acres, making 3o1 maps.
 The bullion product of the Black Hills for the year 1877, was nearly S4,OOO,OOO, and will not fall short of S8,OOO,OOO for the present year.
 The rec very in trade is general ly satisfactory, although several commercial centers, notably Man chester and Glasgow, still complain.
 At NegaWee, Mich, the works of the Miners Powder Company exploded Aug. 9, doing terrible execution upon buildings, fences, glass and trees, killing five men.
 During the week ending Aug. 20, 54.976 pounds ofsulphur and 36,- 360 pounds of quicksilver were shipped from CalistOga 10 San Francisco.
 An artesian well on the Norris ranch, Sacramento county, is now down l l,9S7 feet, and the stratum of soapstone. which has already been bored through 100 feet, still con tinues.
 A Congress of Industry and Commerce met Aug 20, the Presi- dent of the Paris Chamber of Con- merce being chairman. Delegates from England, the United States Belgium and Russia were appointed Presidents.
 Henry Johnson thinks he has