The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-19
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

miles.
One hundred and eighty-lhree cotton
mills have been built in the South since
the war.
Thomas Jefferson was only twenty
three when he wrote the Declaration Of
Independence.
New York oystermen are rejoicing
over the discovery OF bed of the pre-
cious bivalves in Long Island sound six
miles wide.
The daily circulation Of the most pop,
ular newspaper in the City Of Me1ico2
with population Of 100000, does nSS
exceed two thousand copies.
A funeral procession in a Massschu.
setts town was halted on its way to the
cemetery while the body was taken into
a photographers gallery and photo
graphed.
Crop reports from more than 100
points in Iowa, show an increased acre
age and an excellent condition of wheat
and corn. Oats and hay will fall short
Of last season.
Four hundred and ninety-four persons
have committed suicide in San Francis
co in the last six years. Stock gambling
is said to be responsible for one-third of
the entire number.
The Missouri representatives have
passed q bill for reiunding eight mil
lions of the State debt into four per
cent. bonds, thus scaling the interest
from six to four-a virtual Reputation
Of two per cent.
Pensacola and all the gulf ports show
clean health reports, and all of the towns
on the sea coast are being thoroughly
cleansed in order to prevent any yellow
fever outbreak during the ensuing sum-
mer.
The United States consul at Constanti-
nople warns people against purchasing
the handsome Turkish rugs, as many of
them are infected with the germs of the
terrible plague which has devastated so
many villages in that country.
On and after July next to all letters
paid with insufficient postage will be
affixed by postmasters' distinctive
stamps equal in value to the amount of
postage due. The value of these short
age stamps will be paid by the parties
receiving the letters.
Two lightning strokes struck the
schooner Adventurer while lying at
Cambridge, Md, one entering the cabin
and knocking over thres men without
seriously injuring them, and the other
going clean through the vessel's bottom
and causing her to take water SO badly
that it was necessary to haul her into a
dry dock.
Canadians are emigrating to the
United States in unusually large num-
bers, and the emigrants are said to be a
much superior quality to those who have
in past years been in the habit of COM
ing to toll in New England factories,
live with Chinese frugality, and then go
back to Canada with their accumulated
earnings.
One Mellen has been convicted OF
fraud in New York and sentenced to five
years Imprisonment For years he ad-
vertised to furnish employment to par
ties who paid him bonus, and IT is
claimed he swindled hundreds OF poor
people in all sections of the country
most of them, too, persons in stratened
circumstances.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean, of recent
date, contained, instead of eight pages,
one hundred and ninety-six. This in-
crease was due to an advertisement by the
treasurer Of Cook county OF delinquent
taxpayers, many OF whom owe less than
one dollar each, and some as low as four
cents. The delinquencies are the result
Of speculations in town lots.
Some time since o house in Brooklyn,
NY, was entered by thief and Brace
let and $50 in money taken. The iol-
lowing week the doorbell was vigorous
ly pulled one night, and on the lady Of
the house responding found an envelope
containing her jewelry and q note stating
the thief was driven to stealing to pro-
cure funds to bury a dead child.
A man by the name OF Augustus Jor-
dan enlisted in the Thirtieth Maine 1864,
and went to the war. Time passed on,
and, as his wife heard nothing from him,
she supposed he had been killed. She
saw the description of an insane man
cared for by the Boston police last week
who gave the name Of Augustus Jordan.
II proves to be her loDg.misaing has
band.
In California large sections OF unim-
proved land are held by speculators and
kept out OF the market. The new con-
stitution imposes the same tax upon un-
improved land that it does upon culti-
vated farms, This, it is believed, will
force the owners to dispose of their
thousands OF acres in lots to suit set
tiers, and thus add to the general pros
perity Of the State.
The legislature Of the State OF New
York has agreed to reduce the legal rate
OF interest to six per cent. II has boen
at seven per cent. since the adoption OF
the constitution Of 1854. This is very
significant as sign OF the times, and as
evidence that in the leading commercial