The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

mIsCELLANEOUs.
Chicago needs s200 200 in order to
complete its custom-bouse.
The average daily shipment Of oys-
ters from New York to Europe is over
1000 barrels.
Cardinal Manning says the Catholic
body in England is about a million
numerically.
Twenty-Five tons OF delayed mail
arrived at the Chicago postoftice Sat
urday.
Eastern salt works have declined on
account OF the richness OF the Michi-
gan salt wells.
The cotton crop of 1873, in round
numbers ia 3, 1877, 900 bales, allowing
450 pounds to the bale.
During the year 2. ssl buildings have
been erected in Philadelphia, a falling
of Of 1884 from 1871
A woman in Brocton, Mass, pur-
chased n jackknife as a Christmas pres
ent for her boy, who Is seven months
old.
Texas has !. 700 convicts, Of whom
some 800 are kept in prison, aud the
rest are hired out to work on railroads
and farms.
IL is stated that 50 persons were
killed or wounded in a recent encount-
or between the militia aud the students
at kieife, Russia.
Five hundred deaths have occurred
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from diphthe-
ria. and families arc leaving the city
through fear of the disease.
A girl in Luzerne county, Pa, while
carrying pail OF Stacked lime, fell,
causing the liquid TO spread over her
face and burning out her eyes.
A Judge at Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
read the poem, "Betsey aud l Are
Out" to couple suing for divorce,
and the man and his wife returned
home happy.
Muskrat farming is a rural industry
in Iowa. A good pond or marsh well
stocked yields profitable return after
two years, the trapping being done in
winter.
On Tuesday night, at South Byfeld,
Mass, John III. Caldwell, while kneel-
ing in family prayer, was instantly
killed by his insane wife, who split his
head open with an az.
A sensitive youth OF Exeter, Eng,
recently hanged himself because one
young lady Of his acquaintance ex-
pressed her disapproval Of his purpose
to marry another young lady.
Two commercial travellers were lately
fined $50 apiece at Washington, Iowa,
for flirting with the girls. IL was
proved in court that they made love to
IL different girls in one week.
There is said TO be an old Turk liv-
ing at Bihrtz. Croatia, named Pavano-
vic. who Is 12J years old, and yet able
to carry a sack Of 100 pounds Of wheat
on his back TO market.
So much black silk has been ordered
by dealers in England for the mourn
ing for the late Princess Alice, that an
appreciable improvement in the trade
OF the south Of France is felt.
Ia a court at Bennington, VT, the
defendant asked permission 10 pray be-
fore opening his case. The judge said
that ID was not customary, but, as the
plaintiff did not object, the prayer was
made.
A Kentucky lady named Buckles has
fallen heir TO an estate in Texas valued
at e. 900. 900. The strange thing
about il is that IL was left by her father
30 years ago, and she has just received
the information.
They have promising young ladies
up in Fort Dodge. Ia, according TO
the Messenger. Three OF them started
Fast in the cars, and one OF them lost
as. all the money she had, playing
three-card monte with couple of
such handsome fellows.
FROM Inquiries iuhuc III tit CiNNltn
Of retail trade, we gather that during
no Christmas holiday season since 1873
has so large and profitable a business
been done. In a great measure this
fact holds good with the Wholesale
trade rs well-[N. Y. Herald.
A recent census Of the District OF
| Columbia shows its population 10 be,
in round numbers. 10000, ~ whom
one-third arc colored Every state and
/ Territory, and nearly oil countries on
I the globe are represented. The Dis
trict Is only 10 miles square.
Robert Downing, n wood-chopper,
living near Dallas, Texas, got a Christ
mas present Of Sl1, ,f30 His grand
father, a New York merchant, had will
cd that sum 20 Downing and the attor-
ney happened 10 forward the money 80
that il reached Dallas on Christmas
Day.