The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-16
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

$50 pounds Of meat each year until four
years old.
The salt spray thrown up by the late
storm at Beaufort, N. O., has killed
nearly all the trees there.
Canton, Miss, has one Of the finest
cotton factories and oil mills in the whole
South, now lying idle. 1t is complete
in all its departments, and the machinery
is Of the very finest.
Mr.. Spurgeon's church, in London,
employs eighty colporteurs, who, within
one year, have visited 927,0 families
and given away 162, 900 tracts and sold
$41, 900 worth of good books.
Mr.. Alexander H. Stephens is said to
have received from the sales OF his book
on the Civil War the sum of S35, ,000.-
As he gets a royalty OF only twenty-five
cents on each volume, this means q large
sale.
A New York woman whose husband
died of the effects, and whose health was
ruined by trichinosis caused by diseased
pork, has instituted suit for $780,
against the packer who put up and sold
the meat.
Samuel Nussbaum murdered his wife
at Girardeau, NO., and was stopped in
an attempt to Kill himself on the spot
but he was determined to die, and has
finally accomplished his purpose by
starvation.
The expenses of funeral Of an Eng
lish soldier in zululand are deducted
from arre3rs in the mans pay. Natal is
an expensive place for a private to die
in, for by the time the carpenter and
sexton have completed their labors but
little remains of a k5 note.
All the principal maritime nations of
of the world have agreed to a new body
OF rules intended to facilitate navigation
on the ocean and prevent collisions.
They will not be enforced until Septem-
ber, 1880, in order TO allow officers and
pilots to become familiar with them.
The official organ of the Chinese gov
eminent, known as the Pskin Gazette,
is certainly most remarkable journal.
Not only is it the Oldest newspaper in
existence, but it is highly probable that
it was the first journal ever published,
and what is more, the fret that was ever
printed.
As Mrs. Blanchard, OF Monticello,
Iowa, was passing along the street the
other day, part of swarm of bees,
Just robbed of their honey, few at her
head and face in O cloud and stung her
numerically. Over fifty bee ee-stingers
were taken from her head, and she has
hard struggle to live.
The individuality of early marriages
hiss never been more strikingly illustrat-.
ed than in the case of married woman
of Concord, N. H., at the tender age of
fourteen years eloping with seventeen
year old gentleman, leaving her child to
be cared for by the husband OF equal
youthfulness. Precocity such as this, is
fortunately rare.
In consequence Of an alleged case of
poisoning from the use of American
canned corned beef, an analysis of Amer
ican canned beef and ham has been
made in Berlin. Particles OF lead, the
result of careless soldering, we're found
in some cans, and the authorities have
warned the public against the use of
American canned goods.
A merchant, sitting in bis Office in
New York, recently received an answer
to dispatch sent to Shanghai, China,
six hours previously. Shanghai is &c.
600 miles distant from New York by
telegraph, and the message (not making
allowance for delivery at the two cities)
Travelled at the rate OF 100 miles min
ute.
On account of the order issued some
time ago by Secretary Sherman, requir-
ing that all persons sending national
bank notes to the treasury for redemp-
ton shall pay the express charges there
on, there has been such great falling
off in the receipt of these notes that
reduction in the force Of the national
bank redemption division has become
necessary, and twenty-five employees
have been discharged, including one tel
Ter and one assistant teller.
When the steamship Castlewood, from
England, was being unloaded in New
York, bale of rags was discovered con-
tanning an internal contrivance for de
stroying the ship by fire, to be ignited
by the tossing OF the ship in the heavy
seas it was expected she would encoun-
ter. Fortunately the passage was ssmooth.
1t is supposed to have been the plot Of
fiends who bad shipped worthless ma
terial and effected large insurance upon
it. Strenuous efforts are to be made TO
unearth the villains.
The income tax of Great Britain, ae.
cording to parliamentary return just
issued, was charged last year on o total
of 5000, 100000. This shows an in
crease OF $5,775,OOO over the previous
year. The number Of persons paying
the tax was 397 750, being an increase
OF Is, ,77S over the number in 1877. II
would seem that there are ], 4s7 persons
whose incomes are assessed between
81. 500 and So. 900, while between &c, 900
ord al Ono tt,n.a oxa 10 A0Q ,,y51.