Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-10-01

-Richmond voted 5.cog fos York
town festivities.
.-Parpyrus WAS used ua.,, ai.oa, I'll,
seventh century
= -First gas works established a, West.
munster. lSlo-l2
-Plnv mentions twenty three differ
ent kiIds of apples.
parrot N Harlem. ~ Y, speaks
200 dhiseren. words.
~--''.la iss-rson tsst.os N. a.s ~ =
struck by lightning.
Cotton has been used for garments
IN India fer 5000 wears.
OF the 6s9 missionaries IN In,iia
H. are from the United States
The profits of Mapleson's opera sea-
son III this country are Slbo. 1000.
1t ie estimated tha, the cotton crop
OF 1891 will yield 1000. 900 bales.
-The value of the taxable property Of
Iowa increased sl6. .oo0. 600 IN 1890.
a strip OF land one inch wide and
300 feet long was sold III Milwaukee. for
81. 500
-1he late ASA Packer, il has Just been
discovered, left an estate of SS,4l3.
$40 "a.
1t is proposed 10 tunnel the Thames
between London and Poplar at a cos,
of 81 900, 900.
IN '.9 the British peerage contain
Ell II dukes. and in 1879 precisely the
samd number
= The Orkney Islands have exported
during the last twelve months more than
ii 900. 900 eggs. =
Texas expects soon Ia have a school
fund of Sloo.ooO, 600. derived from the
sale of public lands
The coinage OF the United States
mints III July WAS 1882 600 pieces,
valued at 50, ,s96, 200.
The amount of common salt: in tn.
sea Is estimated to be about five times
the bulk of the Alps.
There are said to he l3i Baptist
churches IN the Indian Nation in popu-
lation of about $4,000.
There is said to be thirtv-slx Me-
thodist churches in Baltimore. With a
membership of II, 300
Forty Indian prisoners have been
sent from Vancouver barracks W. r..
to Fort Hall reservation
The two church of England Foreign
Missionary Societies report this wear n
total income Of 81 $50. $40.
Professor Charcot, ii PARIS doctor.
Is SAID 70 have been paid Sl0, 600 for II
j consultation III st. Petersburg
-Pennsylvanln LOW holds thii.l 4lac.
as a tobacco growing State. having all
vanced from the twelfth since 1870.
The revenue collected on cigarette.
the past fiscal year was 1898 ,sa0- an in
crease Of S299, 900 the preceding Wear.
Judge Watts, Of Dallas, Texas, Re-
Gently named little daughter Com
inlssa Appeln, in honor of his court
: A thermometer plunged into the
snow 10 tie depth Of four inches will
mark nil.e degrees more heat than at .l..
surface.
Mr. George l. Scncy, ri New York.
las recently added so. 700. ,o his
endowment Of Emonv College near Cow
lngton. Ga.
Eight hushcls Of good Inns. 10 hnsh-
els Of sand and Oh" buelici Of hair will
make enough mortar 10 plaster 10o
square y.rds
There are III Great Britain anf Ire
land D. A3G Doctor OF these th,r. ar.
1888 :. in England III Scotland, 3. i5i
IN ireland. 3.jt!
Concord. y. c.. Lac organized cot
ton factory it4tl S9o, Ono II the stock
taken. The company has the privilege
to increase II to S2pt, 900
1t i admitted that the Rnyal
Irish received the creates. auloun: of
appreciation Of all tho regiments recent,
paraded before the Queen.
Chicago has one single rolling mill,
the capital Of which is p. ON. 900, and
the annual output is 47o. .2is tons q iron
and steel valued at sl2. 2s7. .2is.
One thousand shingles l2ll four
inches 70 the weather .ill cover IuD
square fee, of eurfac., and 5 pounds ri
shingle nails Will iastel theT2 OH
A salmon, supp rssd - ~. .ie !arges,
ever caught III the Coiut.biu river, had a
weigh: when dressed. of eigh,y-four
pounds, and filled sixty-fiine c2sn
California ha. shipped 10 Eurepe
since the beginning Of the preseu. cereal
year. III round numbers. 225 fapO barrels
of -four and Il. 600. 80 cea;als Of wheat
From Cairo j, II learned that. IN .
ofi'b" aaA&s@t1itc 4S4 : Ei~i i<~rptr sASS4 -
sI1 wellpreeerved sarcorifax1 4 a:iciens
ruval p~r@ot4ages have o-seii brought ~
light
In 1870 .i4s Coz. Of moving Ton ut
bread s,uff. from Chicago 10 Sex York
was sl6.a5. Il ISL the same tos, can
H.. moved from Chicago 10 L.veII~.L.
, via Montreal. FOR s..
From brick FROM .he pyramid Of
Dashour, ~n.ch dates between 3ssyl-3acD
t. C.. remains o! animal aad vegetable
life and II the manufacturing ert. Il the
time have bset. obtained
The German Government have Al
bounced that, commencing from Feb
. r7aayy, 1873, English all D. = compnl-
! sory subject of .xaruiE4ss,oa for 'hs en-
. tranc. 81 officers into ,lae'arEny.
The late Lord Hath. riev was San
,iav school teacher for soity years, ard
the only tao ine,. .ow living who have
been Lord ChAne.llors-I.oyd Cairns AID
I Lord S<.is,orue-hgse al.u b4.n Sunday