The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-05-29
PARAGRAPHS OF ALI SORTS.

On Saturday; the 22d inst, there was
shipped from Crystal Springs 400
bushels of beans-over two carloads,
or nearly $4,000 pounds; they were of
the wax varieties.
Rust is destroying the wheat crops
around Cape Giradeau, Mo.
The Louisville and Nashville Rail
road now owns 200 miles of railway.
At Chicago 172 tains arrive and de-
part every day, and Al different rail
ways have their offices in that city.
This makes Chicago one Of the finest
distributing points in the United
States.
Mr.. S. II. Kenny, of Missouri has
recently shipped $500 pounds of Am
Der Cane seed to Toxic, Japan, where
| its culture will be introduced.
America has nearly 100 varieties Of
grapes in cultivation, and more than
800 varieties of pears.
The wheat is being seriously damag-
ed by rust in portions of Indiana.
Western Kansas is suffering from a
severe drought, and there is already
appeals for help. What will become
of the poor negro?
There were 81 ,346 immigrants land
ed in New York from the 1st 10 the
18th of May.
The Kentucky Horticultural Society
held an exhibition of Strawberries on
Saturday, May Goth.
About 200 acres have been planted
in watermelons in Gibson county, In
diana, this year.
Arkansas has more miles of navi-
gable rivers than any State in the
Union.
Insects are destroying the crops in
Russia, and famine is expected.
There will be 10000 head of cattle
fed in Wright county, Indiana this
year.
From present appearances, not more
than one-fourth of a tobacco crop will
be made in Virginia this year. The
fly has already destroyed the crop to
such an extent that farmers are plant
ing other crops.
ID No ,,l G. x fhn lnrppst
strawberry growers in Illinois, ship
ed few days ago carload of straw
berries to Detroit, using the Tiffany
Refrigerator Car. We think the time
will come when they will be introduce
ed along the liGe of this road L which
will be of great advantage to fruit and
vegetable growers.
A few days ago II carloads of straw
berries were shipped from two places
Southern Illinois-Cobden and Annie.
This accounts for them selling for only
five cents a quart in Chicago, and
shows how easily the thing can be
overdone.
The Colorado beetle, which depre-
dated so extensively in Connecticut
last year, is again making its appear
ance.
Yung Wing, Chinese Minister at
Washington, says there are three
Cinnamon leaving this country to one
who is coming.
Wax beans shipped from Crystal
Springs, have recently Melted 50 a
bushcl in the Chicago market.
Mexican papers report the sinking
of mountain in the western portion
of that country.
Gardens, and in fact almost all kinds
of crops, are in need of rain.
The emigration agent at Lancashire,
England, has received an application
for 800 weavers.
At great bycicle race in England,
recently, the winner made 100 miles in
6 hours and % seconds.
An act has recently been passed by
Congress for holding an international
exhibition convention in the city of
New York, in the year 1888. The
Commission will consist of two mem
bers from each State, appointed by the
President, on the nomination of the
Governors, aud one hundred members
from the City of New York. The
Commission is authorized to receive
subscriptions to an amount not eX-
ceeding S12,OOO,OOO, and divided into
shares of $40 each. 1t will be the finest
and grandest exhibition Of the century