The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11
PARAGRAPHS or ALL SORTS.

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: sale--the supply comes mostly from
Canada. We expect there would b.
no difficulty about supply from an.
source. Whether they would be cure,
or not, we can't say.
At least 10000 men are employed OF
the various railroads, now building il
Mexico.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
lately brought into the markets o
Louisville and st. Louis eight ca
loads of oysters.
Mississippi has now nine cottol
seed mills. The farmers had bette
manure with their seed. The citizen
of Scooba have organized an anti
cotton seed buyers association.
Madison county has farmers clul
of over 80 members-hope they viii
accomplish more good than the gran
gers.
Judge Ryan gathered IS bushels o
pccans from tree planted only ]!
years ago. The Judge lives in Jasper
county. We have seen pecan trees
bearing on our fathers place, and they
seemed to grow rs finely as hickory
trees.
Pascagoula is soon to have glass
factory while New Orleans has already
established porcelain factory.
An olemargarine factory makes II,
900 pounds daily.
Charlotte, n. c., invest $4,000 this
/ year in manufactures.
4 machine has been placed in one
of the rolling mills of st. Louis which
will turn out 5000 car coupling pins
daily.
1t is estimated that it will take $780,.
900, 600 bushels of grain to supply
European demand this year.
Four towns in Connecticut contain
Is hat factories, employing 5000 hands,
whose annual wages amount to 81 $780,
900.
The North Chicago Still Company
covers an area of Is acres, and the
buildings are $500 feet in length.
There II glucose manufactures in
the United States producing Bon, OoO,-
900 pounds Of glucose.
During nine months Minnesota has
received IS, 80 immigrants.
Louisiana is getting immigrants
from Portugal while Mississippi is
getting none.
\ farmer in Peoria, Illinois, has
taken Ill oath that he will not shave
or cut his hair till the Democrats elect
a President. His hair and beard are
getting pretty long, and will get still
longer.
The weather, so the oldest inhab-
tants of Colorado say, has never been
as cold before in November; and on
the 10Th OF that month the thermom-
eter was Pc below zero. We think all
the States can say about the same.
Great Britain's sugar reiineries work
up 100000 ton of raw material an
nually.
1900, 900 tons Of coal are mined an
nually-still there is great suffering
for want of fuel now.
New York City manufactured dur
ing the month Of September, 81 ,S43,-
Obj cigars.
Scissors are made by IL tedious pro-
cess in Sheffield. Are made by the
stroke of die in Connecticut Hence
Sheffield is sending large quantities
steel to this country to he struck off,
and returned again.
Portions of Kansas have been visit
cd by numerous swarms Of butterflies.
The Ohio Farmer says that six Cots
Nolu olCCp VIII INV 'OISulAAS ii'"lS
food than cow-and for lamb of
this breed s. 50 is obtained.
To stain white wood the color Of
black walnut, dissolve an ounce of
catechu in a quart Of warm water,
adding a lump of sal soda; dissolve
an ounce bi-chrOmate of potash in an
other quart of water give a coating
of the catechu and let dry-then go
over with the bi-chromate when
thoroughly dry give a coating of
shellac.
The quinine production of the world
is estimated at 100000 pounds an
nually, of which Germany produces
Sc, 80 pounds.
The Tuscaloosa cotton mill are run
ming their utmost capacity to fill large
orders for goods. One firm in Mem
phis during one week ordered 900 bolts
of cloth.
An extensive water famine threatens
East Pennsylvania. Wells are dry
for the first time during 50ycars. We
can send them little water and have
some to spare.
We are under many obligations to
Messrs. w. NJ. Samuels d Co., Nurse
rymen, of Clinton, Kentucky, for some
choice strawberry plants. They have
a large stock Of trees and plants,
which they are selling at reasonable
rates.
An OGSegO county Receipt.
To make good yeast, take ten large
potatoes with the peel off, put them
into porcelain kettle with three
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