The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-11
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.


Under the new law Of Texas all strips
OF vacant land in organized counties can
be bought from the State at 50 cents an
acre.
Teamsters along the Gila river Ari-
zona, complain Of the large herds of
wild camels that have of late taken pos
session of the main roads, TO the con.
sternation Of horses and mules.
The ten crops Of cotton i'll the South
from 1852 to 1851 aggregated "a, 995, 43O
bales. The ten crops from 1870 TO 1879
inclusive, comprised Al 45i, 7i2 bales.
The excess of the last decade is 6,i59,-
1903 bales.
jefferson Davis is threatened with
blindnees, and his health is broken
Mrs. Sarah Dorsey, who left her prop
erty to him, bequeathed an excellent
portfnit Of him 10 the State library Of
Mississippi.
The discovery has been made in
Brooklyn, n. Y, court that man drawn
as juror in a number Of important cases
had another individual serve on his
name the change being effected through
an alderman.
In portions of South Carolina willow
trees grow in great abundance, and
company has been formed and has COM
menced the manufacture of all kinds of
willow work from the material furnished
by those trees.
Walter Hastings, OF Boston, recently
deceased, left the bulk of his fortune,
after the decease of his wife, to Harvard
college. 1t is estimated TO amount to
$5OO,OOO which is the largest donation
ever made to the college,
Peoria, ILL.,, paid the United States
government 81, 13O, 1918 ns taxes on
distilled spirits for the month of Ooto-
Der, This is the largest sum ever re-
ceived by the government from a single
district in a single month.
Countess Swalof, who recovered
verdict OF $40, 900 against the New York
Central railway for the loss Of valuable
laces from her trunk while il custody
of the company, has had her decision
confirmed by the United States supreme
court.
India ranks fourth among the coun-
tries of the world for the extent Of coal
deposits. She has 80, 600 square miles
of coal fields; the United States, 500, 900;
China, 400, 900, and Australia, 100000;
but only 500, 600 tons are annually mined
in lndis.
The novel engineering feat Of build
ing bridge on shore and then showing
it across the water has been accomplished
at Dnard, France. The structure is
314 feet long, weighs over 200 tons, and
was projected into its place with twelve
strong windlasses.
General Sherman in his annual report
shows that Of the army of $4,000 men,
nearly 1000 are employed about store
houses, arsenals, in the signal service
and in experimenting, leaving an Of
fective army for protecting the frontier
of less than 10000.
Mis-. John Boyer, of Wills Creek,
Ohio, left her twin children in crib
near the fire while she was washing in
an outhouse. While l'one the clothing
of the crib caught fire and they per
ished in the flames. The grief of the
parents was indescribable.
The Philadelphia Times asserts that
the creditors of J. Cooke & Co., who
have not parted with their claims nor
sold their stock, counting their receipts
from cash dividends, can to-day realize
the full face value of their claims with
handsome surplus, by way of interest.
Three large wagons are being con-
structed at Chicago to be used among
the mines in the mountains OF Colorado.
The back wheels are six feet three inch
es in diameter, and the tire is Eve
inches wide. The wagons, including
box, are nine feet high. They are each
TO be drawn by twenty yokes Of oxen,
and are capable Of carrying ten tons
each.
The Peruvians felt so bad over the
loss of their fleet gunboat Huascar, and
were so elated over the victories she had
achieved, that a popular collection was
started to purchase another fast steamer,
and women freely contributed their
jewelry and men their money, until in
short time sufficient was raised for the
purpose, and a commlssion sent to Eu-
rope to purchase.
In Luttich, Germany, new kind OF
sport has been invented. Thirty.seven
cats were taken in sacks fortnight
to place twenty four miles distapt
the town and turned loose at two o'clock
in the afternoon. The winner Of the
singular race that followed arrived home
at forty.eight minutes after Fix, and
within twenty-four hours every cat had
returned to it's own hearthstone.
George Sheppard, a member Of the
notorious James band Of outlaws, quar-
relied with the notorious Jesse James in
Missouri while on the way 10 rob bank,
and shot aud killed his leader. Shep.
pard had running 6ght with other
members Of the band, and was wounded
severely Jesse James was tho daring