The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.


Greeks in Europe, OF which but 7jO,-
600 1--we Ia Greece proper, the others re-
siding In Turkey.
-ChiclgO packers, since November
lst, have slaughtered 3sS. .G39 hogs.
against 2i3 OIL for the same period in
1877, and 207, 400 in 1876.
Nearly million and half Gospels
and New Testaments printed in twenty
Two languages were given away at the
Bible stand in the Paris Exposition.
"A tramp claims to have been robbed
in the Memphis Jail of $l97 50, dla-
mond pin and ms mothers picture. He
says he is only an amateur tramp, TAX
ing the road for his health.
Louisiana contributes nearly all the
sugar and molasses from cane, and Yer
mont nearly one-third OF the sugar OF
beets, while New York produces one
fourth the sugar from maple.
The total receipts of the principal
Paris theatres during the Exhibition OF
1867 were 81 100000. The receipts ,of
the same theatres during the present
Exhibition were s.. 10000.
The income to the State of Massa-
chusetts from the IOOsac tunnel this
year will be about 100000, or the in
| terest on about One-GlJh of the cost. On
the l4th instant BIZ loaded cars passed
through the tunnel.
MIR. w. w. CorcOran has presented
! to the State of Louisiana painting OF
the battle of New Orleans, by the cele-
bratod French artist Saini. The work,
which cost 1000, is designed to orna-
ment the State Capitol.
The cultivation of celery is being
brought to great perfection in Clearfeld
county, Pa. the growers of the vegeta-
bIe having established a regular exposi-
ton, where specimens of the crop are
exhibited, and prizes awarded for su.
! perlOr stocks.
"A woman In COatesville, Pa, who
was fearful of tTamps, and who wished
to leave the house tor while the other
day, placed her husbands gold watch
into the stove. During her absence the
cook built a fire, and the watch was
cooked to ruin.
The low prices at which the Massa-
chusetts savingsbanks are selling their
real estate is attracting attention. The
WinchendOn Bank has just sold twenty
wooden and ten brick dwelling houses
at Chelsea for 500, 375. These houses,
in 1874, were taxed Tor $75, 1000.
The Fifth Royal Fusileers, Mon
treal volunteer regiment, resolved TO
compliment the Marquis of LOrne by
adopting the Highland costume and the
LOrne tartan. They wrote to Scotland
Tor samples of the Lorne tartan and gol
three samples, all different and each
declared to be genuine.
Wet pepper it seems, throws of
great quantities of earbonic acid gas.
On board an English steamer ina Chin
ese port lately, quantity Of pepper
was taken on board, part ofwhtch had
been wet with rain. Next morning q
Chinaman went into the hold and fell
senseless. Four English sailors went,
! down to render assistance; they, too:
became senseless; and finally all five,
after ventilation Of the hold, were found
dead.
"A sea captain, just returned from a
whaling voyage TO New Bedford, Mass,
went ashore at a nearer port so as TO get
hcme day earlier to give his wife sur
prise. She, hearing of the ships arr.
val, had meanwhile rushed TO New Bed
ford to give him greeting day earlier
than he expected. The result was that
she found the ship but no captain, and
he found his house but no wife. Sur
prises will be given up hereafter in that
family.
Miss Elkinton, daughter of the
head of the celebrated London house of
of that name, recently presented to the
Princess of Wales a bouquet of real
flowers, the leaves and petals of which
have been indued by means Of four dis
tinct processes of electric -metallurgy
with coating OF as many different met
als-gold, silver, copper and iron. A
smaller bunch of flowers, all gilt, and
half century old, is preserved under
glass case in the Queens drawing room,
presented by the Duke OF Wellington.
The Prince of Wales thirty-seventh
birthday was celebrated on the Och inst,
at Sandringham, by a sort of family
party, in which the Duke of Connaught,
Prince Leopold, the Princess Louise
and the Marquis Of Lorne took part.
The laborers on the Royal News, to the
number of 10, were treated to dinner.
The day was celebrated in London by
illuminations at the theatres. club
houses and public places, and at Wind
sor, by bell-ringing, salute-d firing and
hag-fying.
Diamond digging at the Dutoitspan
fields has been unusually successful OF
late, and, besides several beautiful
stones of 90 karats each, large dia-
mond weighing 24i karats, was recently
picked up on a claim belonging to u
Captain Jones. The "water" of tho
stone is not of the first quality, being
of light "off-color," but the gem Is
free from flaw, and will cut very full.
This is the second largest diamond ever
found IN South Africa, the "Spalding"
diamond, found in the river diggings
some years ago, and weighing 2sS15
karats being the largest.
The fifth publicationof Benin and
Wagner's well-known "Bevolkerung
der Erde, " Is just out, giving some elab-
crate statistics on this subject. Since
the last publication of these statistics
the population of the earth shows a TO.
tai increase of fifteen millions, partly
arising from the natural growth aud
partly the outcome of new and more ex-
act censuses. The total population IL
now set down at 439, l45, 300, divided
among the Continents MS follows: Eu-
rope, 80 39S 49,; Asia, 83l millions;
Africa. 205 219 500; Australia and Poly
nesia, 4 All 300; America, IS, 10000.
The Black Prince, which has ar
rived at Halifax, under the command
OF the Duke of Edinburgh, is perhaps
the largest war vessel that has ever
visited American waters. This from
clad has 41Ie-inch armor, carries 10
twelve. and lG six aud a half ton guns,