The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.

an elevator inspector, whose duty IL
shall be 10 see that the elevators in use
throughout the city are In safe condi-
tion.
The New Orleans Times has offered
500 as a prize for a poem, written by n
Southerner, which shall record the
noble charity of the North during the
yellow fever.
The catalogue of the University OF
Vermont shows 80 students In the
academical departnent-lS seniors, 90
juniors, % sOphomores and Is freshmen |;
there are female students.
AN itemized report by the Treasurer
OF the Howard Association of VicksbUrg,
Miss, shows that it received contribu-
tons amounting to $lSs,l ,l3S during the
prevalence of the fever.
The MoAett Registers show that in
fifteen months the Richmond liquui
sellers lave sold l ,S97 ,2Oj alcoholic and
! 1908 523 malt drinks, on which the tax
was $55, $50 Gl
The Archduke Rudolf, Crown
Prince of Austria, accidentally shot
himself in the hand with pistol few
days ago. The wound is not danger
Gus.
Since November l, to Saturday last,
Chicago packers have slaughtered
l ,40G,22S hogs, against 93G 733 for the
CORE spending period in 1877, and 9j3,05
in 1876.
The King of Greece has bestowed
the Gold Cross of the Order of the Sa-
viOur upon Mr.. Blanchard Jerrold, Gin
token of his distinguished labors in the
cause of Christianity and freedom in
the East"
The annual report Of the Public
Printer in Washington shows that the
actual cost TO the Government of the
printing, binding, engraving and lithO-
graphing, &C., in that office, for the last
fiscal year, was 81 ,63S, 700
Taking all existing appropriations
into account, the Comptroller of New
York State estimates that there will be
surplus of more than 81 100000 In the
Treasury at the close OF the fiscal year
ending September Both, 1879.
"A case was recently decided in the
English Court of Chancery involving
copyright in the title Of a book, and IL
was affirmed, the second to use the title
being restrained by injunction, which
did not, however, extend to copies Of
the book already sold.
Mrs. Ann Scarlett, of West Chester,
Pa, celebrated recently, at chat place,
the one hundreth anniversary of her
birth. The exercises incident to then
remarkable event took place in the formN
Of a reception. Among those present
was Aunty" Graham, who is l02 years
of age.
The will of Ansel Leo, Jewish rab-
bi,was admitted to probate in New York
on recently. 1t is remarkable for being
the shortest document of the kind ever
before the court. 1t contains but two
sentences, the first of which bequeathes
all his property to his wife and the
second appoints her sole executriX.
The French Societe Generate d Elec-
tricite having made some successful
experiments in lighting the Piazza della
Colonna and the Via Nazlonale, in Rome
has entered into arrangements with a
majority of the shopkeepers on the
Corso and the Via Condotti for lighting
their establishments at considerable
saving of expense.
The steam heating project is caus-
ing considerable agitation in Troy, NY,
the latest suggestion being that the city
shall receive direct benefit from the
franchise in the form of fixed percen-
tage of the yearly earnings of the COM
pany or companies to which the privi-
lege of heating the city by steam is ex-
tended. ....
"A curious case of restitution Is
mentioned in the Belgian journals. In
August last box containing S,00U
francs worth of securities was stolen
from a farmhouse at Ronquieres, In the
Commune of Hainault. A short time
ago the box was found to have been de-
posted during the night in the garden
belonging to the cure of Henripont,
who at once banded 1t over to the police
1t still contained 10000 francs.
Mr.. l.. A. Daggett, of Pennington,
Me-, recently picked up rare specimen
of petrified fish, which he found on his
intervale, 100 rods from the river, where
the water In the late treshet backed up
and overhowed at this point, leaving
this relic. The fish is two feet in length,
and is supposed to be one OF the salmon.
which made their trips up and down
the Sandy river before the days of mill
dams.
The Commissioner Of Patents In
Washington has issued circular which
requires that after January / letters
patent and certificates of registration
must be perfected and ready for delivery
upon receiving the signature of the
Commissioner. 1t has been the practice
heretofore to sign the letters patent
previous to the printing OF the same,
thereby causing a delay to the patentee
In receiving his papers.
During the first three quarters of
the current year 40,750 pounds of va
nilla were sent to France alone from
the Island of Reunion, and further
quantity of II, ,250 pounds was received
from Mexico, an increase In each case
of about 10 per cent, on the figures for
the first three quarters of 1877. The
total import from all sources was 81 900
pounds, Of which over one-third was
re-exported. t..,
The statement of our grain crop
shows production this year of about
| 800, ,000, 600 bushels, which is forty
bushels for each man, woman and child
In the country. 1t is estimated that the
actual consumption is about fifteen
bushels per head, which would give us
one thousand million bushels surplus,
which at the low value of one dollar
per bushel, would place our export
trace on this at one thousand million
dollars, or half the public debt Of the
--Of the twelve marble figures inten-
led to adorn the base of the dome
proper Of the new Capitol at Hartford,
Conn.,, position on the dome tower,