Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-08-25

rldded in every direction with subter-
rmem passages.
America cannot equal England in
her missionary gifts. America gives,
on an average of a few years, $780,
600 annually, England, S3,5O0,OO0,
Germany, $4,000. Where is our
boosted Christian liberality9
The Natural Bridge tract in Virgin
ia has recently been purchased as a
part of scheme, which is not yet fully
developed, but which cOntemplates the
laying ont of an extensive park, md
possibly the establishment of Il school
Of forestry.
A resident of San Jose, California,
sent to New York for three pairs of
blankets, the .inest to be had for mon
ey, and now California newspapers are
iuhilant over the fact that, when they
arrived, one pair was found to bear the
brand of a san Jose wOolen mill.
a company has been formed in
Edinburgh, Scotland, by capitalists in
that city, and Dundee and Montreal,
for the purpose of promoting immi-
grafton to Manit la where they have
bought four hundred thousand acres
of land from the Pacific railway
company.
The biggest white perch ever caught
in the Ohio river was taken at CIncin-
natl one day last week. 1t weighed
thirty.one pounds, and the "lucky
stones" over the eyes were about the
size of silver twenty-five cent piece,
pearl-like in appearance, and distinctly
marked with "2."
The peanut crop will be unusually
short this year. Virginia raised in
1880, l,750, 1000 bushels; this year it
will not produce over 100000 bushels
at the outside, and may fall as low as
100000. The Tennessee crop of 1850
was $4,000 Obushels; this year it will not
exceed 100000. North Carolina will
have about one fourth of crop.
Captain Isaac Bassett, the veteran
doorkeeper of the United States senate,
who will complete his half century of
service in the senate chamber in De-
cember next, is engaged in preparing
his forthcoming volume, entitled:
"Sketches and "reminiscences of the
United States Senate-lS31-lS8l."
4 large soda ash manufactory is to
be located in Geddes, N. Y. 1t will be
the only one of the kind in the United
States, and when completed will con-
sumo 400 tons of coal daily. A build.
ing will be erected this fall, 300 feet in
length, which will furnish employment
to about 800 men. When all the build
ings proposed are erected, 1000 men
will be employed.
Two bald eagles were engaged in a
furious fight on the road to Bay Hun
dred, near Easton, Nd, and refused to
move who q 7arriage came along.
Mr.. Molyne3uy. who wa, dryinC cot
out of the v,.t and captured one
the birds, wi WIS 80 battered in the
conflict as tolba ulu5lr to fly, The
eagle was ovt eyen feet from Jne
wing to the Other
Experiments That nave heeu. nv''
by DR.. Hiram A Cutting, Of
mont, on the capacity OI U
ite, sandstone and ngrDy &
sist heat, SHOW iiat y fe
the greater after
that, in their :, follow massive
limestones, sandstones, and granite.
Granite becomes worthless before it is
heated to 1000 degrees.
Norway exported in 1880 an aggre-
gate quantity of S94,Sl6 register tons
of lumber. England took 81 per cent.
of it, and France IL per cent. BY
comparing the foregoing figures with
those of the current export lists in pre-
vious years, we observe that Norway
has only in the favorable years, 1871
up to 1876, excepting 1875, exported
larger quantities thanin 1880.
According to "Design and Work."
smooth, strong and reliable parchment
can be manufactured from the pal
mettoof Floida and other southern
states. The parchment can be washed,
rubbed, and handled Just like a cloth,
and the writing will not beeffaced. 1t
can be cheaply manufactured. and is
likely to come into general use for le-
cal documents, etc. AS much as sixty