The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-22
GENERAL NOTES.

THE rlnderpest is raging in Russian Poland
with greater virulence than ever.
THE Hudson river is lower now than has
been known before in more than two decades.
DURING the past nine months the treasure
shipments from San Francisco aggregated
81, l76sl9.l0.
A NUMBER of Texans are emigrating to Mex
leo, the famous Mojada silver mines being the
objective point.
THE imports of dry goods at New York for
last week were sl,9H2T, and the amount mar
keted s2,l43,90O.
EIGHT coach horses, costing $500 each, were
sent last week from Lexington, Ky to Alfred
Withers, in London.
THE filming OF a social club in Richmond for
selling liquor on Sunday has tickled the regu-
lar barkeepers nearly to death.
CURRIE, the Texan murderer, having written
so poems" since his arrest, the Courier Jour
nal is sure he is rehearsing for the insanity
dodge.
OWING to the extremely warm weather for
this season of the year, buckeye tree on Car
son street, Plttsburg, has taken second
growth.
to England since the opening of navigation
aggregate 90 AS head of cattle, 66,9l6 sheep and
1,4Sz hogs.
The grape crop of the Los Angeles region,
California, was never more abundant.
Between 1900 and $1,000 gallons Of wine will
be made this year.
NEW distiIleries are being established all
over the blue grass region, and the amount OF
whisky manufactured this winter will be
greater than for several years past.-Clark
(Ky.) Democrat.
THERE is a man now serving two-years
term of imprisonment in the Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, prison for forgery who can't
write his own or any other PERSONS name.
His name is Al Oh smberlin.
RA1srss and apricots are becoming import
ant articles of export from California. The
raisins are said to be as good as the best Span
ish, and the orders for canned apricots Tor the
English market exceed the supply.
A POOR widow in Clinton county, Kentucky
sold her only COW and gave 50 of the proceeds
| to a fellow who promised to marry her for
| that sum. The money was spent on spree,
| and the ku-klux threaten to enforce the con-
tract.
| AWEsTERN Texas paper says that the upper
| Rio Grande river has utterly gone dry in con-
| seouence of the excessive drouth. Cattle have
| been moved away to other parts to get water,
| and corn is planted and growing in the bed
| where once was the river.
THE total exports from the United States of
petroleum and petroleum products, during the
4 month of August, were 46, 1877 ,776 gallons, val
ued at $s6 lU2. of this amount 34,9O0,000 GAL
| Ions were shipped from New York, ., 1855
| gallons from Philadelphia, l.7l9SS7 gallons
| from Baltimore.
DALLAS (Tex) Herald: An organized band
| OF horse thieves is in full operation In Dallas
| county, with their headquarters and head
| men in this city. Hardly night passes that
some of our citizens do not lose some valu-
able animal, and 1t is impossible TO get any
| trace of the stolen property.
FLORIDA letter: Quite peculiar industry
| has arisen on Indian, river IN the way of cap
turing that strange animal, the manatee, OF
sea COW, for Northern showmen. Another
fine specimen has recently been taken AND
will soon be sent forward for exhibition. The
sport Ia attended with some risk and grea
exposure.
NEW YORK WORLD: He hadn't been very
long In the city and people didn't know him
but q single glance at his massive brow con
WINGED you that his was one of those phenom
email, gigantic inteilects which enable their pos
SCISSOR to-to-to drive street cars, let say
| He was disappointed in not receiving . lette
| from his native wilds, and he said to the post
: office clerk: "Look here, mister, this make
three times I've come here for that ere letter