Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-07-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.


rroass this season will reach 500, ooo.
Another extensive discovery of coal
has been made on Nsnoouvcrs Island.
CONNECTICUT tobacco lands give .n
average annual yield of 400 pounds 10 the
acre.
-Of $50 cottage hospitals .ounde, of
iaie years in England, eign, only have
failed.
The worlds population 0: !. ~ 900
600 includes 4l0, so0. ooo nominal Ch-,.,.
ians
"A son OF Stephen A. Douslas Is TO h.
Fourth oi July orator al Marshalltowu.
Iowa
The first application - practice Of The
use OF gas for illumination was made ia
lsp2
-Brooklyn. \. T., 10 down for another
elevated railroad. with capital Q. Sl.vos.-
0OO.
The Queen has made Lord Row,on.
beaconsneIds Private Secretary, her own
Secretary.
The pyramid of Pueblo, in Mexico, 10
larger than the great pyramid OF Cheop..
in Egypt.
There are a, 900 Postmast.rs apr.in,
81 by the Postmaster General and 2, 900 hy
the President,
Arkansas is crowded with men buyin,
up timber lands. Thousands OF acres aro
sold weekly
The daily average Gain Of an Italian
peasant 10 one franc and twent, -one cen.
times pei day.
Thousands of trees in Northern Wis
consin were destroyed by mice during the
snow blockade,
Secretary Blaine is To have the larpes,
private residence IN Washington, He has
two architects.
! The Thames rlver, England. dis
charges from IS, 900 to 45. 900 cubic fee, OF
water per minute.
The railroads of The old world now
cover two hundred Thousand m,lcs, and are
steadily being extended.
The report comes from Havana ths,
the United States have bought the Danish
West Indies for Sc, 600, 600.
Tue specie In the three banks OF Eng
land, Germany and France has decreased
$4s, l75, 1888 in the past year.
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presented his friend, rresdcn, Garfield.
with span OF blooded horses.
Gardening as an art was introduced
INTO England at the commencement of the
18th century by the Tiem:ngs
MIR. Irving has received On offer az
tloo, 900, all expenses paid, for seven
months theatrical tour IN America.
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hundred thousand sailing vessels are en-
gagged in the commerce OF the seas
The wool clip of the world has in
creased five times since 1880, when i, was
about $40, 900, 900 ..ounds in weight,
The farmers Of Acworth, n. H., made
nearly l4S, ZOO lbs of maple sugar during
the past season, which sold for $Il 900.
The business of paper making in the
tnited States Is estimated 10 employ ove.
800, 600. 900 of capital and 40, 0oO per
ems
during the logging season just closed
G,2I0, $50, 600 feet of lumber have been
felled in Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa
Count Arnm' who has lived 30 long
an exile from his native land, will. II "a
said be buried in the family scpulchrc a,
Berlin.
Genoa is bni1ding several stree, rail
ways. AS the city is buil. on the slope VI 4
steep hill they will mostly have 10 run In
one direction.
"A Catholic Congress will be held In
Madrid, Spain, in October, which Will be
ATTIC ended by Catholic no;ables from every
part OF the world. ~
About four thousand millions o! letters
annually pass through the worlds mails,
and abou, three hundred Thousand tcI.--
grams are sent daily.
The dome Of the cathedral q, Rome 10
Illuminated inside and on, by the siclnens
electric light, and the effect il described u
brilliant and charming.
John r. Clarke. Of Milton. 10 the
heavles, taxpayer in Vermont, Iia pro
; I,erty 10 assessed az f2Vo, 90. The state
? Is wi,ho.i; single millionaire.
|. King Chsrics of Roumania Wa crown
ed with crown Of Sc |, wrought osi. og a
cannon captured from the enemy =, Plevna,
, and his Queen with one o! gold.
Il ls estimated tia, from So, 900, 90
10 go !, 90. 0vJ will be require! 70 make
the Ais.lssippl river g highly seryiceab.e
and .s!e stream Tor ~es.<ra ,maerce.
: There are e 5s3 deper mcn,. La ID.
English and Scottish scll1o In which
r,umc 10 taught. Ia 6ai Of these the fxes,
do is used n GO, The movable dD. AMI ID
o,ssT, he to1ic-so ol-fa nCtlo~A
:. --Documenis recently discovered IN th.
J. archives ..of Venice show thai The house
!, inhabited tT Marc, Po!o stood on The pre-
:. else s;,o: no~ occurred by ;ne Aal.Dran
: Theatre.
A monument, is ~ bc erected n G1a-
i Io.,a, y. C., In time 70 be unveiled May -
1852, in honor ot the Mecklenhusx deciA.s
+. ton Of independence and In memory Of Ii.
cousedtra,e deaf
!, -Txeuiy one cannoa balls, weighing u
Il rhunds each, were recently unesEshed OF
Il the peninsula Q. Ere ha,t1r, Psnrsylvsnia
There Vas block hoase .. this pom
during The SAr 4 iel2
C C. W. Harrison, of Ph.lSdelphiA ha
> been authorized by The Governor os prnn
); svlvaalA to rrocer! - Eng g'ant and AID sh'
- | prepAra;ions 20 remove to Pnilaae!pah ih