The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-04-10
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| cess Alice.
1t is suggested that New Haven,
| Conn.,, celebrate on the next 4.h OF July
the lOOth anniversary of the invasion
Of that city by the British.
London converts her public bath
houses into gymnasiums for the winter,
under the provisions of an act of Par.
lament passed at the last session.
In November there were i've four.
masted ships in San Francisco harbor,
which the Bulletin of that city calls q
maritime phenomenon.
The stock of grain in Boston eleva-
tors is only 200, coo bushels, against half
million bushels at the same time last
year.
| Joseph MilmOre, the sculptor, has
| received commission TO execute busts
of Lord Lorne and wife, for the city of
Ottawa.
of the 907 students at Eton, one is
marquis, one an earl, one viscOunt,
two are counts Cforeign), thirteen are
lords, thirty-eight are hOnorables and
three barOnets.
DIR. David Laing, the well-known
investigator of Scotch antiquarian liter
ature and keeper of the Signet Library
at Edinburg, died recently at Porto.
bellO.
M. Ambrose Thomas, the compos-
er of "Hamlet" and "MIgnon," was
married recently at Nancy, TO Mile
| Elyirh Remaury, sister of Nine. Mon
| tigny Remauay, the pianist,
The Bordeaux Mint. the scene of
| the recent misappropriatiOn of NM.
Rothschild's silver, is TO be closed and
the staff transferred to Paris, which will
now be the only French mint, Stras-
boarg having become German.
The death is announced of the Ger
man painter Nerly, who has been living
In Italy since 1920. He was acquainted
with Goethe and Byron, and is mention
ed In the respective biographies of the
two poets.
The Berlin police have lately found
that at least one tenth of the population n
OF that city live in cellars. The NOR
tallty among them IS great. Half of
the houses of the city are excessively
crowded.
The silver mounted Malacca cane
Of Judge Lynch, the founder of Lynch
burg, Va and the originator of Lynch
law, and his inkstand, are in the posses.
sion of Mr.. E. j. Withers, of Henderson,
Ky.
Mrs. Appel, said to be the Oldest
| person in Cincinnati, died there several
days ago, at the age of 81 years. She
was active up TO the time of her death.
A singular feature in connection with
the woman is that she never shook hands
with George Washington.
"A lady in Franklin county (Me.)
town in providing for the twenty-first
anniversary supper of her son, an only
child, set upon the table dish of pre-
serves that were put up In August, 1857.
They were first tested on the eventful
day of his birth, again when seven years
OF age, and also at fourteen.
New discoveries of gold have been
made in Siberia, near the source of the
Konnissar, and nugget of gold, weigh
ing l47 pounds, the largest ever discov-
cred in Russia, and probably IN the
world, has been found on the banks of
the Upper Toungouska, about 100 versts
above the rivers mouth.
The Special Relief Committee of the
Odd Fellows of Memphis, Tenn, have
made their report, showing that they
received $lS.06l in contributions during
the prevalence of the yellow fever.
Rinety-five members Of their fraternity
died, and of their families, 1874. Tie
number of widows is "a, and the orphans
| $50.
Judge Jun&in, Of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, Of Juniata county, Pa, in
recent case against an emplOye of the
Pennsylvania Railroad for shoveling
coal on an engine on Sunday, held that
! on long lines Of railroad "both necess-
ity and charity require that trains car
rying livestock and perishable freight
be run upon Sunday, and the statute of
| 1894 is not violated thereby
"A man in New Haven, Conn.,,
whose house was infested by sewer rats,
tried the experiment of catching one of
them in trap, and leaving it to starve
to death, believing that its cries would
| frighten away its Old associates. Its
shrleks of rage and despair had the de-
sired effect. The trial was made six
months ago, and not a rat has been
heard from or seen within those walls
since.
The productions by state and Terri
tories of precious metals during 1873 is
as follows: California, $18,920, ,46l;
Nevada, $35, 1S1, $40; Oregon, 81 2l3, ,724;
Washington, $73, 81 Idaho, 81 1868, 1872;
Montana, 81 1853 $40; Utah, 5000, ,6l3;
Colorado, $6,232,747; New Mexico,
$453, ,SI3; Arizona, 2,2S7 1888; Dakota,
$2,2l5, sos; Mexico, (west coast, 81 1884,
995; British Columbia, $l,2S3, 40s.
Total, 81, 154, 622.
The school population of South Caro-
lima is 228, 1913; of this number IA 3l5
are colored. The school attendance
during the past year was 102, ,396-color-
cd 55,952. There are 24S3 public schools
employing l725 white and 949 cOlored
teachers. The average salaries OF male
teachers were $2s 80 per month; of fe-
male teachers, $26 81. OF the 22G ,020
expended upon the schools, 100000
was appropriated by the State, and
$4l00 was bestowed from the Peabody
Education Fund.
1T is asserted that from the summit
of mount Etna the circle of vision has
the enormous radius of $50. z miles. The
habitable zone of the mountain ia very
fertile, and sustains dense population
--1424 to the square mile. Rodwel
says the gigantic chestnut trees of Car
pinelto are no myths, but sober realities.
He asserts that the diameter of the
trunk Of one of them is twenty-five
feet, and that public road passes
through the much-decayed trunk of the
largest. the Castagno di Cento Cavalli.
1t is estimated that there are in the
State of New York no less than 64OO
ecclesiastical organizations of all de-
nominations, occupying nearly as many
ediflCes, which furnish seats for 2 900. 600