The new North-west., 1880-04-02
NEW NoR.'wEsTEss.

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1T ia the man with the rheumatism who
is every inch king. 5sss 81
There are no Cinnamon 10 Leadville or
within twenty miles Of it. sasa 9 f's. ~ T
The King Of Spain was arst presented
to the Court as an infant on silver salver.
-Thurlow Weed is losing his eysight
and says that he can scarcely recognize
faces. sa srs % GFs e.-G s..aai sGts t,E5s- ~.
-Longfellow has declined three times
foreign missions offered him BY the gov
ernment- .a-7.. s.a..-rs.. ..f aslt .r-e. &. ss
A statue of Christopher Columbus is
to be erected near the eastern entrance to
the Panama canal. y..-.,.,t /
" The estate of the late Secretary A. E..
Borie, Of Philadelphia, has been appraised
at about 81, $50, 900. -l.r =. y
Tho great Cornish smelter, John Mich
ael Williams, has just died, leaving $780,
600, 900, not entailed. ...-.......- .-..
~ Alexander 81. Stephens weighs eighty
three pounds. He only weighed seventy
one at the endof the war. ...l...
The ereatB rooklyn bridge has already
cost $11, ESQ, 600, and 1t will take 81, SOC, 900
more to complete the structure. .......
When o wealthy citizen dies they call
1t Bright's disease or pneumonia, but when
. tramp caves in they say 1t was rum.
The California olive will eventually sur
pass the best produced in France or Spain.
It is now larger and even Of better flavor.
The Kansas City Times tells the story
Of Western man who walked twenty-five
miles to hear Queen Victoria sing in Her
MaJesty's Opera Troupe.
"A man asked for pass on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad the other day on
the ground that his aunt was killed on the
road some thirteen yeals ago.
= The Chicago postofice ranks next to
New York in the quantity Of mail received
and distributed. Philadelphia, which for
many years occupied the second place, has
fallen behind. .-. .... -.
The French government has decided to
enforce decree issued nearly eighty years
ago, having for its object the discourage
ment OF religious bodies. The result will
be watched with interest.
1T 10 estimated by those in position to
know that more miles of railroad will be
built during 1880 IN this country than du.
ing any year before. About 5000 miles Of
new road are already usder contract.
Carlyle has just conclued the revision
Of new and corrected revision of his
works he has also been collecting material
for his biography. He is said take very
gloomy view of the immediate future of
England. ..,.-. ....-
The wint, just closed may be set down
as one Of the most remarkable ever expe-
rienced on Puget Sound. From January 8
to 9 inclusive, 81 inches Of snow fell, with
several lighter falls since. The next great
est depth was in 1852, during which season
"a inches Of snow fell.
John Archibald Joyce, once . nswspa-
per writer of considerable importance, died
In CINCINNATI short time ago. He willed
his body for dissection, saying TO DR.. Vat
tier, Of the hospital at which his death Oc-
CURED: "Iam only poor pauper let
my poor body 60 for the benefit Of science." "
An exchange says that this country is
now manufacturing one-third Of all the pa
per in the world. The product 10 about
1880 tons daily, amounting to about 64O, 500
tons yearly. There are now 927 mills,
representing q capital Of sl00. .o00, 900.
These mills employ $4,000 persons, who
draw about 80, $50, ,Oco in salaries per year.
Paris contains "A, &c, buildings, CON-
tainiug 337, 5s7 sets of rooms for business
and 8S4, 952 for habitation. The reutal OF
the former is estimated at 284, 900, { )0f.
that Of the latter at $4,000, ,O00f In the
Thirteenth and Twentieth arondissements
nine-tenths of the tenements at below BOG
francs rental. The population Of the city
at the end of 1876 was ,9ss. .S05.
-Girard College now contains $40 or.
phans. and its income has SO increased
since Girard's death that the new building
necessary to receive this large number has
been built entirely from that income with.
out trenching ON the fund. The college
has thus far received and educated 2, 464
orphans, and has indentured, under The
the provisions of the viii. ,G28 boys.
General A. =. Nettleton started Wes,
last night to assume the editorial direction
of the Minneapolis Tribune. General Net
tleton is very we'll known in newspaper
circles both in the East and in the West
He has considerable editorial experience
and large acquaintance with the bushes,
affairs of the country and especially with
the interests of the great Northwest. A
careful, vigorous and attractive writer, b.
has been often . welcome contributor K
the Times, and he will prove great acces
sion to the Minnesota press.-PhR. Times
Secretary Evsrts has farm in Yer
mont, where in sammer he sends his fami
ly. A fsw years ago. at the earnest solici
tation OF his little das ghter, he purchaset
and sent to her a donkey, such ~ Is uset
to divert the children in the parks. Th,
animal made the Green mountains ech,
wath his brays and no amount Of caressinl
seemed to comfort him. At length the dis
Icouraged child wrote to her father: ''Dea
Papa-Do come up; the donkey is so lone
some." Mr.. Evarts fairly writhes will
| gles when hetells this story, and his con
tortions of. face and legs make one fear this
hs is going to tie himself up in . har'
knot. a s trsriaes la
Among the new Yankee notions il on
looking to the construction of.a sea-levs
canal across the Cape Cci isthmus ct ca
hasset NarTows. Since the days Of th
| Puritans the cape has been in the way
vessels being wrecked year in and year on
because they we're unable TO reach harbo
IN Massachusetts, Bay IN tine to escape d
| preaching storms. Besides. Boston coul
b. reached moro quickly from the Sout
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