New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-03-05

ana Sons, OF this city. Their manu-.
factory forms small town in itself,
employing no less than 800 hands.
The potted dainties Of every kind,
preserves and table delicacies of ev.
cry sort, are prepared in astonishing
ly large quantities. OF two articles
alone-jams and marmalade-no less
than three million packages, weigh.
ing 2,543 tons, were made last We If,
with their numerous other produc-
tons upon an equally large and pro-
portiOnate scale.
It appears from the general annu.
al returns of the British army for
the year 1877 that the effective
strength of the rank and file of the
service on January /, 1879, was 1885,
366, and the establishment 1874, ST.,
the difference being due to the mum.
Der of supernumeraries. The effect
i've strength of the rank and file of
Household Cavalry was 1,O19; of the
Cavalry of the Line, 1909; Royal
Horse Artillery, 5,106; Royal Artil.
lery, 25, 589; Royal Engineers, 4, 273;
Foot Guards, 5,301; Infantry of the
Line, 1O5, PA; Colonial Corps, /, 900;
Army Service Corps, 2,5O1; and Ar
my Hospital Corps, !, 264. According
to the latest returns received on the
LIST. of January there were in Eng
land 7O,O58 of all arms; in Jersey,
Guernsey, and Aldomey, 1852; in
Scotland, 4,036; and in Ireland, o..
%. In the colonies there were o.
942; and in the East Indies, 81, 612;
making up the total effective strength
Of all grades, including those on pas.
sage to and from India, 190,245.
Commander Hugo Parson and
Chief Engineer Bacon, of the Royal
yacht Osborne, have at the request
of the Prince of Wales visited Firth
for the purpose of reporting on the
properties Of a steam launch which his
Royal Highness contemplates pur.
chasing for the amusement Of the
Roy al children. The little wooden
craft was built at the Herreshoff
Manufacturing Works In America,
and has been modelled on the lines
Of the Herreshoff torpedo boat. The
steam is supplied BY a patent coil
boiler on the beehive principle, the
tubes being an inch in diameter, and
the utmost amount of water in the
boiler at one time about gallon.
All chance of exploding and scalding
is thus avoided, Notwithstanding the
fact that the working pressure is
100 lbs. to the square inch. The
screw revolves in dead water below
the keel amidships, and is protected
against the effects Of grounding by
an inclined plane or ''slag.'' The
rudder is also placed under the keel
at about four feet from the stern.
From private letters from Gothen.
burg | am informed that MI. Oscar
Dickson, the Mecaenas of Swedish
expeditions to the North Pole, has
just received some information con.
corning the steps recently taken in
Russia in order to aid the celebrated
explorer Of the Northern seas, Prof.
Nordenskjold. He must now be on
the coast Of Siberia, in the neighbor.
hood of Cape Est and not far from
Behring Straits. Mr.. Sibiriakoffi,
who has already expended large
sums for the exploration Of the Polar
regions, has just telegraphed to the
Governor Of the province Of Irkutsch
in Siberia, begging him to send i'm.
mediately an expedition composed
Of natives Of Siberia, to search for
Professor Nordenskjold. Mr.. Sibi.
riakoff takes upon himself all the ex-
penses Of the expedition. The Gov.
ernor: General Of Siberia, Baron
Fredericks, Immediately replied that
he had given the necessary orders rel
alive to this expedition. It IS now
known that the Vega isabout 800
kilometres to the west Of Cape Est,
shut up in the ice, and it is towards
this point that the expedition has
started. This expedition will be
composed Of natives, who will have
with them reindeer and dogs. at
the same time another expediition
will attempt to enter with q steam.
boat by Behring Straits. There IS
in the neigh orhood Of the spot
where the Vega now is q village IN.