The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-04-15

The wear 1880 o. SCI, 800 were recelvn
Tor revenue stamps nom the msscn
manufacturers Of the United S!Ar
This would make ths number OIL metcnSoc
consumed es.eIs. ooo. 900. or about ~
matches DER year TO everv man, woman
and child In the Union.
OF the total foreign trade OF this
country during the last fiscal year, New
Yorf absorbed nearly three fiiths-more
accurately, s8.7 per cent. Its followers
we're Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, San Francisco, Savannah
and Charleston, In the order named.
New Yorks trade was nearly seven
times a. great a. that OF Boston, and
about thirty times AZ much a. SAvan-
nah's OF Chsrleston's. New York col
lected seven tenths Of all the duties col
lected for the year-Boston following,
with little over one-tenth, and Phil
adelphia coming next, with but Little
more than hall a. much ~ Boston.
New York brought In over seven-tsnths
Of all the imports, reckoned n yaluei
Boston, Les than one-tenth; Philadel
phia, about twentieth.
A very interesting experiment was
lately made at Milan Of Signor Mainet-
It's Invention for ENTHUSIASTICALLY de-
taching horse from q carriage. The
horss. put at a gallop,. was detached
without the least shock, leaving the car
riase behind. and only carrying on the
harness on his back. The continuance
coachman. who with the slightest effort
withdraws two little iron pegs which
fasten the traces. Now, "a AL the har-.
ness on the horse Ii fastened to two iron
bolts, fixed on the shafts. and these
bolts are only held in their places by the
traces, II follows that the. moment the
latter are loosened the bolts slide ont,
and the whole Of the horses harness II
detached from the carriage, while the
shafts and bars remain In their places.
The experiment was repeated with uc-
cen several times.
The quantity of alcoholic liquor that
10 sufficient to kill, II taken at q single
draught. 10 being determined satisfac-
torily BY actual experiment. The other
day an aged colored man In Texas drank
three pints Of whisky and fell dead. A
German paper now tells of woman
who has made similar experiment In q
tavern in the village OF Wirrwita near
Bgeolau, where she and her husband,
being engaged jointly a. travelling
vendors OF lampblack-a business that
= . recognized speciality in Germany
had put up for the night. The feat was
0ccasioned BY boast made By her in
the course OF conversation with num-
her Of tavern. loungers that she could
drink . pint Of brandy at q single
draught II any one Of her hearers had
the ability to pay for Il. The offer was
taken up, and she slowed the brandy
away - proposed without winking.
Then, however, she sat down and
covered her face with her hands, and
when, after some time, her husband, be-
coming alarmed, tried to arouse her Il
was discovered that she was dead.
Jay Gould's railroads now In opera
ton, or actually under construction or
under contract for sure construction.
would reach half way round the globe,
II placed In one continuous line. They
would extend from New York across
America and over the Pacific ocean
to Shanghai. China. and would pene-
trate Asia to Afghanistan. II side tracks
and double tracks shcald be added the
shores even Of the Mediterranean sea
could almost be reached. Gould's con-
solidati0n include:
Alf68s
The Wabash system, both east and west
Of the Mississippi river and branches. 2,l67
Missouri Pacinc and branches. ..... 7l2
Central branch Of Union Pacific ........ 1863
Missouri. Kansas and Texas Ind branches 825
Kansas Pacific and branches. .......... l,Oll
Union Pacific and branches. .......... 2,ll5
Denver and South Park ............... POI
Iron Mountain and branches. .......... 684
International and Great Northern. go. 664
Texns and Pacific, so far built. 687
Iotat .................... 9,649
In addition to this there are 355 miles
Of road in course OF construction In In.
diana, Illinois and Iowa, which will
enter into the Wabash system when
completed, and nearly, II not quite,
1000 miles under contract or projected
In Texas and Mexico. Besides ali this,
Gould has the idea that the Mississippi
river from st. Louis to New Orleans
should be used as an additional outlet
for the grain of the West and the North
west, and consequently the Missouri
Pacific, the Wabash and the Iron Noun
tain railroads have nearly half mil
lion dollars OF stock In q barge line ON
the lower Mississippi river.