The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.


house for Grant county, Ind, report
that seven ont OF fifteen bidders for the
contract offered bribes.
The Arkansas Manufacturing Com
pany will erect Immediately cotton
seed oil, cotton compress and cotton fac
tory and a railroad car factory, at Little
Rock.
Victoria, Queen OF Great Britain and
ireland, and Empress Of India, gives
80, 500 to the relief OF her starving sub
iects, and one American citizen gives
500, 600.
Judge Key says the postofice depart
ment mas not adopted the double postal
card because the device is patented,
which can not be used except by pur-
chase, which the law prohibits.
OF the 25OOO -four mills in this
country, 10, 400 are located in the states
Of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Mime
sofa, which are capable Of turning out
~, 600, 900 barrels of flour per year.
A bar of gold weighing 235 ounces,
valued at about S4, 800, was brought to
Halifax, n. s., recently from Monta-
que. 1t is the result OF three weeks
work Of fourteen men.
The most extensive bee farm in the
world is probably near Boston, Canada.
Il covers four acres. and last year the
owner secured 1000 pounds of honey
from his 19 900. 900 little workers,
Brit sh steel manufacturers are wait
ing anxiously for the passage OF the
Cove,t bill, reducing the tariff on steel
rails from S2S to $40 per ton, so as to
raise their price lists proportionally.-
They will do that every time our tariffs
are reduced.
An Act to prevent and punish the in
termarrying OF races, passed the South
Carolina Legislature, provides that any
person so offending shall be subject to
a fine of not less than $500, or imprison-
ment for not less than one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
A bill was introduced in Kentucky
legislature, exempting from taxation for
the term of ten years SO much OF the
capital of every mandatory, either in
dividual. firm or corporation within the
State, as was on the 10th day of Janua-
nv. 1881, invested in material, tools and
machinery.
The New York Legislature is asked
for the establishment of a Bureau OF
Labor Statistics by the State, the aboli'
ton of the convict contract labor system,
the enforcement of the eight-hour law,
the suppression Of the tenement-house
cigar making, and the passage OF an i'm
proved mechanics lien law.
The lines of the new French Gable
Company, connecting the United States
with France, extend from Brest, France,
to ST. Pierre, Cape Brenton, Newfound-
land, and thence to Nansett Light, Cape
Cod. From st. Pierre there is a con-
nection to Louisburg, Canada, and from
Cape God to New York city.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has
decided that all judgments or DEGREES
not satisfied or new suits brought on the
same within ten years from the rendi'
tion, are fully and effectually barred from
enforcement at the option OF the defend
ent. The decision wipes out judgments
and DEGREES, involving millions OF dol
lars.
The new factory which the Sibley
Manufacturing Company propose to
erect at Augusta, Ga, will contain "a
coo spindles, consume $4,000 bales OF
cotton annually, pay out $l75, 900 year
ly to it's operatives and add at least 3d.
600 people to the present population OF
that city.-$5OO, ,OOO-will be raised
within ninety days.
When President Porter recently sat
down to dinner with the other members
of the Yale faculty and their guests, he
was astonished to learn that the dinner
was attached by the Sheriff. A shrewed
Boston merchant had taken the oppor-
tunity to force New Haven hotel
keeper to pay q debt of $500, and the
money was paid before the dinner was
eaten.
The new constitution OF Californa
took effect last New Years day, one
defect was discovered before it was half
day old. The code OF civil procedure
provides for the issue of marriage licen-
ses by the clerk of the county court
The new constitution abolishes the
county court. If there is no court
there can be no county clerk no mar
riages without punishment under the
penal code of the state.
The population of Memphis is now
40, 927 against 43, 497 last year. But
while Memphis has lost in population
she has had quite gain in trade, her
receipts in cotton aggregating $4,000
bales more than last year, The very evi'
dent determination of the authorities tc
push the sewers to completion at on early
day, has inspired great deal Of conf
dence among all classes of citizens in re
gard to the present business prosperity,
During the year 1879, forty'nin'
ocean stenmships-all but four Of which
were constructed Of iron, with water
tight compartments; thirty-seven O
which had been built since 1870, ant
four of which were less than year oil