The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-14
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Z FACTS AND. FIGURES.
.-aBng gland supports 5O9, 5fS paupers.
his averages one to every twenty-five

ise-aEng gland supports 509. 51S paupers.
This averages one to every twenty-five
persons. - i'-ain;T1T ~'s 5a.'s 500 ht- - y
-Fifty-three million forest trees are
reported to have been planted in Ne
bras aska-5eEaiIO lo :Io9si,3 i.3...aI I-&a 2
Te-r--MroJ. p. Lewis, Unionville, Conn.,
lately cut a butternut tree that made
1s746f feet of plans and p cords. of wool
.d--A, frst-class quality of coal only
nine feet below. the, surface has been.
discovered. in Southern Manitoba, twen-
ty-fiYe miles northwest of Emerson .
.,,G- The, Astoria (Oregon), Astorian
says that all the Oregon steamers carry,
electric lights, at sea, and that the
practice has been a, common one with
them for two years past. ...,.f......,.. ...s
4One hundred and thirtY-nine mil
lions of tickets were used on the French
railways during 1880. One out of every
1900, 90 OF passengers was killed by acs
cldent.,e ~ r3iBkii -clfNasasIT Esss@f
- IA new machine, thatean assort and
cancel 400 postals and envelopes 8
minute has been put Impractical opera
ton, in thirty upost-offices throughout
the United States and one in London.
1.-The existing cedars of Lebanon are
only 900 years old, The cypress trees
at Montezuma, Mexico, according to
French botanist, are 5000 years old.
and consequently he makes them out,
coeyal with the creation of the world
"A novel bridge at Southport, a sub
urb of EImira, N. Y, is so feet long.
and cost $4,000. The abutments are
railroad iron.a Full-length rails are
driven in the earth about half then
length. upon which rest the ends of the
bridge. .a,.s; ~. f7a.s 1.
There are 600 building association,
in Philadelphia, and ], 300 elsewhere in
Pennsylvania, with an aggregate capita
of $3.50. 1000, 600. The State imposed
tax, of four mills on each 500, and col
lection was resisted, but the Supreme
| Court has sustained the tax, which
amounts to about $500, 900 year.
silk first came from China, and the
Chinese still have many important Sc
| crets connected with il unknown to
| Europeans. In a good year they send
as much as S25, 100000 worth of raw
| silk to England alone. The ''hanks,'' or
books as they are called, arrive with
| caps made of a single cocoon. This is
done by process unknown in Europe.
The railway system of London is
| enormous, The fourteen lines center
ing there, Including the Metropolitan,
use no less than 4yS stations, many of
| these Jointly. The number of passen-
| gers making use of these stations is es-
timated to average about $780, per
day. The Metropolitan Underground
lines alone average 10000 every week
dny.', aa.'-l ss.t
"A locomotive signal light has been
adopted by the Old Colony Railroad
Company in connection with the head
lights. There are two curtains so ar
ranged as to be adjustable by the engi-
neer, one red and the other green,
| which can be drawn down in front of
/ the light When an engine is on siding
/ and the main track is clear, the green
curtain is drawn, and when on the main
4 track and there is any likelihood of an
other train coming IN an opposite di-
! rection, the red curtain is drawn, in
! this manner showing the engineer of an
approaching train whether the engine
! lis on a main or side track.