The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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out cheese weighing ! 900 pounds. IL
is said 10 be 9 feet 10 inches In diameter,
or 2l feet in circumference, and requir-
ed 80 tons of milk TO make it, the pro-
duct OF 600 COWS.
D Boston has G34 schools, 1888 teach
= ers, 55.4l2 enrolled pupils, 60, 762 chill
> dren between 5 and Is years OF age. and
the salaries Of officers are s5s ,03S, ~ =,
and Of teachers, 81 l57, 1868.
-Ohio raises the most Winter wheat,
p ,G25,7j9 of the l75. l9j, 1913 bushels
produced in the United States, and also
more than haif tine fax produced In the
r country. The wool yield OF the State
/ Ia one fifth that Of the United State I
and double that OF California.
The Lille Branch Of the Bank OF
France lately had 2l0,000 francs Ia
notes mysteriously distracted from
pigeon-hole above the counter, and all
the clerk knew about ii was that his at
tention had shortly before the discovery
been occupied by stranger asking
some trivial questions.
From 1867 to 1877 the Brussels
Mint, besides making the current coin
Tor the realm Of Belgium itself, struck
% O2O, $50 francs worth of money Ia
gold and silver for Switzerland, Rou-
mania, Luxembourg, Brazil, Italy and
Egypt. The weight of copper coined
was lo4l tots, aud Of nickel, 100 tons.
j. II. SouthwOrth, OF Springfield.
Mass, has given Prof. X. III. Mather
S25OO to expend for plaster casts OF
statuary, to be placed In the art gallery
! Of AntLaRzf lna1iara
gave the $1,000 used in preparing aud
mounting the casts In plaster Of the
bronze doors in the Capitol at Washing
ton.
The sickles found by Belzoni under
the pedestal Of the Sphynx, at Karnac,
near Thebes, the blades which Wyse,
found imbedded in the wall OF the Great
| Pyramid, and the piece of a saw which
Layard dug up at Nimroud, are the old
est kown pieces of wrought iron In the
world. They are treasured in the Brit
lsh Museum.
On the Northern Central Railroad
of Pennsylvania, lately, engine No. 4
drew from Clark's Ferry to sunbGry, q
distance of thirty-one miles, q train
consisting of 1873 empty freight cars,
one loaded eight-wheeler, two cabooses,
and a dead engine. 1t was upgrade
work, but the trip was made at the rate
of ten miles an hour. The train was
$500 feet long, or 92O feet more than
mile, and, 1t is claimed, was the longest
ever drawn by single engine.
The members Of the Imperial lam
lily of Japan show a sincere desire 10
promote the industries of their country.
The Empress takes as great interest in
silk-spinning, and not long ago the tea
shrubs growing in the garden of the
Imperial palace at Akasaka were picked
of her Majesty the Empress Dowager
by one hundred girls, all of whom, for
the occasion, were dress0f s''ks
day clothes. end wereH
cakes and tea at the clio.
The Sierra Nevad
depth of :, 200 feet; 0pl.-
slope below 2 100 feet;
Virginie and California aples worth
Gould & Curry, 800; 5 Portland,
Hale q NorcrOss, 2 800; Cl,-
l $50; Imperial, 2, 400; Conso,
400; Bullion 1900; Yellow JaI
400; Crown Point, 1850; BelchI
800; Julia, 2,lO0; North Consolid. -.
l i25. Levels in North Consolidated
are 100 and 425 feet from the sur
face.
The direction of the Bureau Veritas
has just published the following statis-
tics of maritime disasters, reported dur
ing the month of September, 1873. con-
cerning all flags: Sailing vessels re.
ported lost-34 English, 13 American,
II French, German, 8 Norwegian, 4
Italian, Danish, 2 Dutch, l Spanish, o
OF which the nationality is unknown.
Total, So. In this number are lnclufed
2 vessels reported missing. Steamers
reported lost English, Italian.
Total, s,
The Dutch Cremation Society re.
Gently held its annual general meeting
in Arnheim. Hitherto the Government
of Holland has not legalized burial by
cremation; but the Society has a capital
of 10000 forms, invested in the Two
and Half Per Cents, for the purpose
of constructing one permanent and an
other movable "corpse oven" On the
General Council of the Netherlands
Cremation Society are Professor Tiele
of the Leiden University, Professor
Oudemans, Past. Rector Magnihcus of
the Amsterdam University, and several
theologians, chemists and scholars.
Joseph Andrews, one of Rev. Peter
Hobart's colony, who ilanded and SET
lied at bingham, Plymouth county,
Mass, In 1884, drew town lot and
built honse on 1t prior to lGI0, N.hicie
is still standing and occupied !. ~
direct descends,ts Tx the ninth ger
ton. (now known as the Perez Line, -
house,. The only record that appe,..
is deed from Joseph Andrews TO his
son Thomas in 1914. The house was
built Of hewed oak timber covered with
split boards and shingles. Additions
and changes have been made, but the
old house is still there"
On the shores of the bay of San
Francisco over 900 Cinnamon are at the
present time engaged in catclilg and
curing shrimp'. Each camp is a little
community to itself, and Is governed By
a contractor or "bOss," who consiyns
the cured shrimps TO Chinese Commits
sion merchants on shares. The con-
tractor, who is generally the repre-
sentative of some flrm In the city, FUR
nishes food and clothing TO his employees,
and the sum paid as wages is conse-
quently very small. The amount OF
business at first hand in this singular
pursuit is not less than $l5, COO month.
Preparations are being made In
Maine to put in numbering on the up
per Kennebec and Moose rivers. 1t is
doubtful whether the cut will be as
large as last winters, but It Is too early
yet TO determine the amount Of busi-
ness to be done. There are signs or
activity on the Penobscot water and
many are preparing for the winters
campaign in the forests. Lumber rules
very low, the demand for lumber and
the foreign demand for deals have