The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-29
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANrrcs.

There are held by individuals In the
New England States $40. 972. $50 worth of reg
istered United States bonds, in the Southern
States S1S, 1S9,6OO in the Western States s54..
418750, in the Middle States S279, 00S, $50, and
by banks, insurance and trust companies s227.-
451, $50.
From advance sheets of "Poor's
Manual for 1884," covering statistics Of the
railroads of the United States for 1880, it is
learned that the fetal number of miles of rail-
road In the United States at the close of the
year was 1851, indicating new construction
during the year of 7,174 miles, OF this only
little over 4,225 miles were operated.
The capital account of these roads was
as follows Capital stock, 50, $685. 7S9, 178 fund
ed debt $780, OF, 800 other debt $162, 49,
$685. total, $5,1O8, 241, 500. The cost of rail
road and equipment aggregated $4, 653, sos, 297.
Upon bonds $l17. 500, 1923 interest was paid,
and on stock SIT, 115, All. The gross earnings
reported for the year aggregated $615, 4O1, 931,
against 1923, 012, 500 in 1879. The net earn
ings were 1886, 193 436, against $219, $40, 724 in
1879. Earnings were divided between freight
and passenger in the following proportions,
viz Freight, 8467, 748, 928; passenger, $147,-
653,003. For the previous year they were di-
vided as follows: Freight, 1886, $40, 1903, pass
enger, $142, 1926, 191. OF the total mileage
1858 miles were laid with steel rails. Sta
tistics of equipment show that 7,949 loco
motives, 12,7o9 passenger cars, 539, 1855 freight
cars and 4786 miscellaneous cars were en-
ployed.
The lawyers of Washington declare
that Col. Corkhill has no authority over
Guiteau, and that there is no lawful reason for
placing him in solitary confinement.
During the last fiscal year over
S12,000,000 worth of gold and silver were used
in the arts and manufactures in the United
States.
The total value of the domestic bread
stuffs exported from the United States during
the twelve months ending June 80. 1881, was
1926, 561, 1923, against 1892, 1868 worth ex-
ported during the twelve months ending June
80, $780, d
Nathan Clifford, one of the JUS
tees Of the United States Supreme
Court, died at his home in Cornish No., on the
25th of July. The deceased was born in Rum
ney, N. H., Aug. IS, 1903, and removed to
Maine at the age of "a. He was elected to
Congress in 1888, and reelected in 1910.
He was Attorney General in the
Cabinet of President Polk from Oct.
II, 1916, to June, 1849, following which he was
for some time Minister to Mexico. In 1853
President Buchanan appointed him an Asso-
ciate Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
and as such he officiated till a few months ago,
when he was completely incapacitated by
disease. He was member of the Electoral
Commission that seated President Hayes.
Burned: A portion OF the steamship
yards of Pussy & Jones, Wilmington, Del,
loss $780, 900; part of the works of the Boston
Rubber Shoe Company, Maiden, Mass, loss
$4,000; A. P. Wright & Co.'s cotton ware.
house at Thomasyille, Ca, loss 100000;
chair factory at Erie, Pa, and church furni-
ture factory at Richmond, Ind, losses respect
lively $4,000 and 100000.
A cablegram from Glasgow announces
the arrival in good condition of consignment
of Minnesota wheat sent down the Mississippi
by barges and shipped at New Orleans.
James r. Keene is organizing tele-
graph company to cover every paying point
now touched by the Western Union consolda-
ton, with a capital of $1OOOO,OOO John W.
Mackay and other wealthy Californians will
take hand. &#N