Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-11-10

Gen. Jubal Early, of Virginia, is now
80 years old.
Oranges are splitting terribly on the
trees in Florida.
Statistics show that there have been
100000 suicides in France in the last
century.
The late Francis p. Schoals, of New
York, left $250,000 to charitable in
stitutions.
There is a great scarcity of cocoa
nuts, and in New York they are worth
$40 thousand.
An ice manufacturing company has
been organized at Natchez, Miss, with
capital of $4,000.
One hundred mechanics have been
sent from New York to work on new
hotel at Magnolia, Fla.
The building of the Southwestern
university, to be established at Little
Rock, will cost $4,000.
Thomas Tiffin, a merchant of Mon.
treal, who died last week, left 100000
to Roman Catholic charities.
A quarry of variegated marble equal
to any in Italy was recently discovered
in Fluvanna county, Virginia.
The government of Vera Cruz is be-
sieged by persons claiming the 100000
reward for a cure for yellow fever.
Four missionaries sailed recently
from Philadelphia to the Presbyterian
Gaboon and Corisco mission, Africa.
Several carloads of shade trees ar
rived in Winnepeg, the other day,
which are to be planted on the streets.
The seventy-fve members of the new
Hermitage club, at Nashville Tenn,
are worth, in the aggregate, $4,00O,-
600.
Seven years ago Ben De Bar, the
actor, was worth 100000. To-day
his widow is supporting herself by her
needle.
In Marion county, Florida, orange
groves near lines of transportation are
valued for taxation purposes at $500
an acre.
The Syrian Protestant college at Bey-
rout has 121 students. instruction is
given in French, Latin, Arabic, math-
ematics, etc.
The receipts of the national treasury
of Mexico for September were $780,
1922, and the disbursements amount
ed to $2,363,7S7 SIS.
There is a great excitement in the 10
cality of the zinc mines, in Tazewell,
county, Tennessee, over new "fnds,'
supposed to be silver.
A cigar-dealer in Stockton, CAL. has
a pet tarantula which he has kept for
three years. When it stretches out it
is at least eight inches in clrcumfer-
ence.
A supply of 100000 quarts of milk
is carried into New York, Brooklyn
and Jersey City every day. 1t Is
brought from points as far off as 15e
miles.
A white oak tree recently cut in Sa-
lem county. New Jersey, measured six
feet and two inches across the stump.
Trees of this size are now scarce in
South Jersey.
The sowing Of forest pine seeds has
been begun by the shakers at Enfield,
Conn.,, and the state authorities are
considering plans for encouraging this
needed industry.
According to Canon Gregory in the
church congress recently held in Lon
don, there is "more juvenile prostitu-
tion there than in any other capital
city in Europe"
A firm at Augusta, Ga, received a
cablegram from London for bottle of
medicine. The message cost $3.50,
the medicine 81, and the express charge
to London is $3.50.
There are over 1000 corporations
which pay tax into the state treasury
of New York, on capital stock and
gross earnings, which nets the state
yearly over 81, 100000.
A bridge company Of Buffalo has
taken the contract for the construction
of the Ohio Centralrailroad bridge over
the Ohio river at Point Pleasant, w.
Va. It will cost $750,0O0.
A Mexican paper says the total Of
the subventions promised by the Mex
lean government for the construction
of railroads, many Of which, it is said,
however, will never be built, is S87,-
100000.
The total value of the foreign trade
of Japan during the year 1880 was
$64, ,O4l ,872, composed of imports, $780,
662, ,243; exports, $27. .419. .629, showing
an increase of $4,O65,058 over the
value of the trade during the year
1879, which amounted to-imports,
$32, ,6O3, 1888; exports, $27 ,372,976.
Although the most rigid measures
are being taken to prevent the spread
of foot and-mouth disease in Lanca-
shire, quarantine being strictly enforc-
ed, the epidemic continues to make
rapid advances. The total number OF
farms affected during the last month
was 113. The number Of cattle was
922; 4 died, and $50 recovered.
The salvation army" recently helt
a "council of war" at Exeter hall
when aGen." Booth said that the or
ganization now had 245 stations, will
47O officers, 1000 soldiers, $4,000 peo
ple attending its meetings every week
and an income of s250,000 year. "A
| great salvation" temple is talked Of
to cost 100000, and hold 10000 peo
, pie.
King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Is
lands, is an Episcopalian, and was Wis
tied while in England by Bishop Stan
. lev, who confirmed and married him
: He is well versed in the distinctiv
principles of the Anglican church, ant
4 its history and literature. and has dom
much to explain them through the na
, tive press, but he is friendly to all 9th
, er churches. He has lately subscribe
1000 to the fund for cathedral.
The Roman Catholics claim to b
, making material advances in Africa
,, particularly in Algeria, where the
have 185, 600 adherents and mission