Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-03
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: 100000 suicides in France in the last
century
The late Francis p. Schoals, Of New
York, left $250,OO0 to charitable in
stitutOns.
There is a great scarcity of cocoa
nuts, and in New York they are worth
$40 thousand.
An ice manufacturing company has
been organized at Natche2, Miss, with
a capital of $4,000.
{ One hundred mechanics have been
{ sent from New York to work on a new
hotel at Magnolia, Fla.
The building of the Southwestern
! university, to be established at Little
: Rock, will cost $4,000.
Thomas Tnin, merchant of Mon
treal, who died last week, left 100000
to Roman Catholic charities
\ quarry of variegated marble equal
to any in Italy was recently discovered
in Fluyanna county, Virginia.
The government of Vera Cruz is be-
sieged by persons claiming the 100000
reward fora cure for yellow fever.
-Four missionaries sailed recently
from Philadelphia to the Presbyterian
GabOOn and COriscO mission, Africa.
Several carloads of shade trees at
rived in Wnnepeg, the other day,
which are to be planted on the streets.
The seyenty-liye members of the new
Hermitage club, at Nashville Tenn,
ave worth, in the aggregate, $4,000
| 800.
Seven years ago Ben DE Bar, the
actor, was worth 100000. To-day
, aa' widow is supporting herself ny her
needle.
IN Marion county, Florida, orange
groves near lines Of transported On are
/ VI ued for taxation purposes It $500
au acre,
The Syrian Protestant college at Bey.
rout has III students. Instruction is
given in French, Latin, Arabic, math-
onlatics, etc,
/ Therecepts of the national treasury
Of Mexico for September were $780,
/ j7922, and the disbursements amount
ed to $2,363,7S7 So,
/ There is Il great excitement in the 10
cality of the zinc mines, in Tazewell,
county, Tennessee, over new "fnds,'
supposed to be silver.
A cgal.dealer in STOCKTON, Cal, has
a pet tarantula which hr has kept for
three years. When it stretches out it
| is at least eight inches in clrcumfer-
ence
\ supply Of 10000 quarts of milk
/ is carried into New YoIk, Brooklyn
and Jersey City every day. 1t Is
brought from points as far off az $50
miles.
A white. oak tree recently cut in Sa
lem county, New Jersey, measured six
| feet and two inches across the stump.
Trees of this size are now scarce in
South Jersey,
/ The sowing of forest pine seeds has
been begun by the shakers at Enfield,
Conn, and the state authorities are
considering plans for encouraging this
needed industry.
According to Canon Gregory in the
church congress recently held in Lon
don. there is "morc juvenile prOstitu-
tion there than in any other capital
city in Europe
\ finn at Augusta, Ga, received
cablegram from London for bottle Of
medicine. The message cost $3.50,
the medicine y. and the express charge
10 London is SEQ.
There are over l,20O corporations
which pay tax into the state treasury
of New York, on capital stock and
gross earnings, which nets the state
yearly over @l,00O,OOO.
4 bridge company of Buffalo has
taken the contract for the construction
of the Ohio Central railroad bridge over
the Ohio river at Point Pleasant, W.
Va. II will cost S7jO,OOO.
\ recent survey Of the tlume at
Franconia, II. H., shows that many Of
the ledges in the vicinity are largely
composed Of as fine quality of gran
ite as can be found in all Scotland
A Mexican paper says the total Of
the subventions promised by the Mex
lean government for the construction
of railroads. many of which, it is said,
however. will never be built, is sSH-
100000.
The total value of the foreign trade
of Japan during the year 1880 was
S64 O4l, ,S72, composed of imports, 1885,,
662 2,243; exports, S27,4l9,62 showing
an increase of $4,065,05S over the
value of the trade during the year
1879, which amounted to-imports,
$S2, sos, ,S3S; exports, $27 7372,976,
Although TIE most rigid measures
qre being taken to prevent the spread
nr foot.and-mouth disease in Lsnca'
snire, quarantine being strictly enforc-
led, the epidemic continues to make
rapid advances. The total number OF
,arms affected during the last month
l3 1l3. The number of cal was
922; 4 died, and $50 recovered.
The "Salvation army" recent held
council of war" at Exeter hall,
when "Gen." Booth said that the or
ganization now had 245 stations, with
40 officers, 1000 soldiers, $4,000 peo-
pie attending its meetings every week,
and an income of $250,0O0 year. A
great salvation" temple is talked of,
to cost $500,000, and hold 10000 peo-
pie.
King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich is
lands is an Episcopalian, and was Wis
tied while in England by Bishop STAN
ley, who confirmed and married him.
He is well versed in the dis 'inctive
principles of the Anglican church, and
its history and literature, and has done
much to explain them through the ma
tive press, but he is friendly to all 9th.
er churches. He has lately subscribed
$4,000 to the fund for cathedral.
The Roman Catholics claim to be
making material advances in Africa,
particularly in Algeria, where they
have 185. 600 adherents and q mission