Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-11-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

estimated at en 900.
In 1926 rs><c> were placed over CON
fessiocais As symbols o: secrecy.
The probe WIS invented by Escula-
plus.
-Ame'hysts were found in Kerry, Ire
land. in 1856.
st Petersburg was founded by Peter
the Great IN 1903.
Cherries were .irs, planted in Britain
loo years Il. c.
The Ahachcs who are on the war
path number 7.H.
The Spaniar.ls discovered coch,ne.l
In Mexicoln 1918
The uSe of the name Puritan besas
according TO Fuller. in 1904.
The steam hammer as patentedh h,
James Wa'ts, April q. 1904
The excavations of the ancient city
f Hercuianeum were begun in I'LL.
The canary bird was introduced into
Europe early III the sixteenth century
he italian Government has order
ed the Mont Gems forts to be armed.
-Advices from Honolulu Indicate that
the lava flow hps ceased to he danger
Gus.
1t Is denied that any dynamite was
found amefg the freight Of the steamer
Adriatic
Iron can be made so thin that IL
takes 4,SoH sheets 10 make an inch In
thickness
One hundred Jews who escaped
from Russia are on their way 10 the
United States
The Supreme Court Of Massacluett.
refuses to permit women to practice law
in that State.
-Cincinnati has eighteen Methodist
churches. The highest salary i. 80 500.
the lowest 1886.
The great gram elevators and ware
houses OF New York provide storage for
%. 500. 600 bushels
The marble quarries Of Vermont
have become enormous excavations, sew
eral being $50 feet deep.
One hundred and fifty thousand CO.
coanuts have been planted in Monroe
! County, Fla, this season.
! Several of the New Zealand sheep
kings keep each from As, 900 - SOC, 900
head Of these profitable animals.
1t is estimated that during the
strawberry month" Chicago receives
10000 bushels of this fruit per day
The New Orleans exports this year
showed an increase OF 1854, $50. or
nearly / per cent. over those Of last
Augusta. Ga, has now in operation
175, 900 spindles IN her cotton mills TO
presenting an investment Of S. 200, 600.
M. Roustan, the French Minister In
Tnns, recommends that the army of oc-
Il cupation there be increased 10 100, ,OUO
linen.
1t Is quite clear that in October the
Treasury Department will have a surplus
Of s140, 900, 600 with which to purchase
bonds.
In 1880 Iowa expended for school
purposes IS ,62l 24S, more in proportion
10 It's population than any State in tho
Union.
1t is calculated that the world con-
talns ,455, ,923, 900 inhabitants, or
l6, IT'S, 900 more than it did twenty-five
years ago.
At recent wedding reception 1t
ST Petersburg over 800 artistic
dresses were ordered for the ladies OF
the Court.
-Ex- Governor Bullock, of Georgia.
: is making a tour Of the North, and has
left his daughter'o BE- s-dncated III C.ica.
New York
The London papers state that, ar-
cordlng 70 present arrangements.
Princess Louise will return 10 Canada
Z on Oct. 20.
That little uupleasantness between
England and Afghanistan will have cost.
/ when all the bills are paid, Aselsnug III,
tie sum Of Silt, 900, 900.
Sir Thomas l.. Seecombe. Financial
!. Secretary o, the India Office, has ius,
retired on pension. after a term Of ser
vice Of iiftyone years.
The valna of the unoccupied land at
>. the east end of the Thames embank n4ent.
G London. has risen from 500, 0o0 ~
I 9420. 900 an acre IL ten year-
Il The Protestant Episcopal Dioce,-.
. Of Massachusetts numbers II ,9.l coa.-
Il rnunicants. The population Of the S,a,.'
) Is l,1S, ol2 Thus the Ep,scopalialss
; are about one per cent. n! all the people
7 in the State.
s Numerous fires occurred during Au
j. gust IN Sardinia They are suppoeed "a
Is have been occasioned Dy ,he shsphsda
n as a vendetta against the proprie,ors oi
L the woods. who have prohibited shoot
U ing .hi. year.
!, Lord Rav,on l. IN London, prepar
{ ing ~ commence h,. ed.ttsral lAbors in
; connection with the papers heaueoshed
e 10 him bv Bsacons.i.ld- Certain legA
: foruaallsies prevented their being give,
: Up s-sfore.
There r 10 aba..ce:1: II ,as tile o,
immigration. the arrlval. IL Cassl. Gar
= den, New YORK, 81 August numbering
: a3. $40 the nniat<s. since January h
3io,4.5. again>, 22.. GO for the aans
;. time last YEAR.
= ~~OapA,l.r.a - raging with uEex
- zmplesl violence . .ous parts O! RuA<sa
j. Nearly le.Oo r-srso-s hsse died Of thh
J. dread di.-a1e II single province, Ana
n whole conuares Aav. been lett Also
% Iu.ely os4iidless.
BY order @: the Metropolitan Boar
o. Works, oxford street. LoEdon, la