The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-04-04
BREVITIES.


Stanley has received $4,000 from his
London publishers of Through the
Dark Continent"
The San Francisco Bulletin SAYS that
the total arrivals of Chinese at that port
in 1878 were 6,675, and the departures
COL.
1t has just been ascertained that the
Missouri river is navigable to within IL
miles of Helena, Montana, so miles be-
low Fort Benton.
For twenty lectures in California and
Nevada, Anna Dickinson is to receive
$l6,O 900 and a liberal allowance for her
personal expenses.
Munkacsy, the Hungarian artist, who
has recently sold one picture for $52,-
600, was formerly a carpenter, and has
painted only few years.
1t has been discovered that Peter
CoOper's will leaves his property to Ed
ward Cooper, Mrs. Hewitt and the
Cooper union, with few other legacies.
Lincoln and jeff. Davis" says an ex-
change, "were horn within a hundred
miles of each other" Yes, and they have
been getting further apart ever SINCE
Burlington Hawkeye.
1t is stated, in proof of the assertion
that worry kills more people than work,
that the Quakers, on account of tn, II
peaceful ways, live ten years longer on
the average than other people.
The pay of the workmen employed in
building railways in Japan is as follows:
Carpenters, Is. Sd. (abOut 40 cents) per
day; blacksmith, Is. Cd. bricklayers and
masons, Is. 3d.; coolies. lid.
Palestine is looking up commercially.
Besides asphaltum, Ignite has been
found in quantities, which will enable a
fuel trade to be done with Egypt and
Syria, which now pay $12 ton for coal.
France produced, in the year ending
September last, the enormous amount of
over 800, 0OO, 600 pounds of beet root SUI
gar. There are sol manufactures of beet
root sugar in that country, and all sue
cessful
Paul Boynton, the great swimmer,
came near terminating not only his
aquatic hut his mortal career, passing
through the rapids of the Ohio, between
Louisville and New Albany, during
Thursday last.
The Duke of Connaught, when he went
down to the yacht 10 meet his Prussian
bride gave her frank kiss, which was
loudly applauded by the crowd on shore.
Then he kissed his prospective mother
1Ad was
The Minneapolis millers are expert
menting with machinery for compress
ing bran, for the purpose of shipment
TO Europe. 1t is believed that it can be
so compressed as to get as much weight
into a given package as the same would
hold Of -four.
Mr.. Ragsdale, treasurer of Jefferson
county, Ind, broke his engagement with
IL
jury compelled him to pay 5000 DANA
ges. WELL he said, as he handed over
the money, Il am still about 5000
ahead by the change"
The debt of the city of Paris is now
about go, 800, 600 q year. The credit of
the city, however, is, if possible, even
higher than that of the country. The
municipal taxation is nearly $3.50 per
head Of the population.
The total levy of Boston this year is
%, 726, 311, an increase of 1881. 903. The
assessed valuation of property is about
$500, O0O, 600 decrease of over $50 .OOO.- |
600. This increased expenditure and |
decreased valuation will cause the Bos- |
ton tax-rate this year to be nearly Slab |
per 500, compared with 1913 Tasty ear.
One novel feature of recent exports |
was the scale of 100 tons of iron on |
Chinese account. This is the first ship |
ment of American iron ever made tn |
that market. China annually imports a |
large amount of British iron, but until
this transaction the American commo-
dity has never been imported, because
Of It's higher cost,
Seven thousand five hundred and sew
enty-one soundings have been taken in |
the English channel within 600 feet of
the English coast with q view of ascer.
tanning the form and geological nature
OF the ground preparatory TO undertaking
the tunnel between France and England.
Similar soundings have also taken place
on the French coast.