The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-12
y FACTS AND FIGURES.

! fTHE' maximum war strength of Rus,
sia, every element included, is 2, 249. 900
men. 81 .yl.;j.s ..,,J- 3 ,
!. The English Methodists have built
fifty-one chapels in London since 1861,
with sittings for sixty thousand persons.
The Bey of .Tunis is seventy years
old, and has no ships little money, and
badly armed and dressed soldiers.
There are l5O, 1000 Jews in the CITY,
7one-fifth Of the entire population. 81 "a
New YORK CITY pays out about
81, soc, 900 annually for charitable pur-
poses, partly through municipal off
GERS, and a large share through private
organizations which receive grants. 1t
+ is estimated that the private contribu-
tions to charitable societies in the city
amount to as much more. - I'm.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad has es-
tablished d hospital for the employees of
the road, in which they will be properly
cared for when sick or injured. The
hospital will be supported by an assess
ment of fifty cents q month levied on
the salary CT every officer and emplove,
and if this is not enough the deficiency
will be, supplied by the Company.
GREAT BRITAIN has 1000 yachts,
with a tonnage of $4,000 tons, whose
prime cost was at least SIS, 4OO, 600,
and assuming fourth of them to be in
commission during the summer months,
the sum expended on their maintenance
would, at q rough estimate, amount to
nearly $3.50, O0O.. The money spent
on. yacht-building and repairs is some
$3.50, 900, and 5000 men-i-12 the num-
Der of the British naval force-are en-
ployed. -'j O.. l4... h'a r.
A DISCUSSION is now going on in
Canada about the number of French
Canadians. 10 lie Canada asserts that
they double in numbers every twenty
| eight years. In 1865 they numbered
49, 600; in 1877, 1850, 900, and they are
still increasing. The English natives
do not increase in anything like the
same proportion, and the number of
immigrants barely. offsets the number
who emigrate to this country. So by
degrees Canada may be all French be-
fore it is realized. A.. -Va.: ''
An extraordinary feat at billiards, a
London correspondent says, was re-
Gently performed by Mitchell, in a
game Of 1000 points with the younger
Bennett, ex-champion of England.
The score stood: ''Bennett. 500;
Mitchell, 332. The latter then got on
the "spot'' and pocketed the red ball
224 times running, winning at 1901.
Being asked to continue, Mitchell ran
/ up his total to III. This was the
largest break ever made by the :. spot
stroke" alone. r.sro-.@ az.
= SENATOR SHARON built q magnificent
residence in San francisco FIVE years ago,
but upon the death of his wife, shortly
after he had established his family in it.
he sold the building and all its furni-
ture to w. S. OBrien. Now the APP
praisers of the personal portion of that
millionaire's estate have been making
estimates of the value of the furniture.
Senator Sharon paid $125, 900 for the
furniture, and, though many of the
rooms have not been used a single day,
the appraisers value the. whole lot at
$26, 900. For instance, the furniture
| of the library, which cost 81, 900, is
valued at $2,7OO; that of the pink
room'' cost 81 $50, and is valued at 81
1856; that of the .s.drab, room," 5000;
value, 81, 1863; and that of the '.green
ROOM" 81, 600; value, $500. -. u.