Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-05
THE LErTER-BoX.

Answers to Questions and Strange In
quiries by Correspondents
PossEssIvE PLURAL What is the pos
sessive plural Of brother-in-l law ?"
]. G.
Ansper. Brothers. laws.
Census. Has the census by counties
been published. w.
Ans,oer. some States, yes. The
full official report is not yet out.
POPULATION. you give me the off,
cial census by counties of my native State,
Delaware? l. y. III.
Ans,cer. subject to possible cor
rections. Our list is from the Census
Bulletin " of October 10th, first count ::
The total poulation of the State is l46, 654 /;
male, IA, l53 female, 70, 50l native,
1877. 1872; foreign, 9,472; white, 100, 1875 !;
colored, %, 456. Kent county-total, 3D.
ST. male, l6 735; female, l6, l42 native,
81, 262 foreign, els; white, "a, 76S; col
ored, s. l09 New Castle county total,
", 746 male, IS, S3S female, IS, 907; ma
tive, 50 023 foreign, S,723; white, 65,-
O97 colored, II, $40 Sussex county
total, Sc, OBJ male, 1879; female, H.
452; native, 50 S97 foreign, l34 white,
80, 1888 colored, 5,69S.
CANAL.-How long will be the proposed
canal across the isthmus? SUE. S.
Aaswer "A little over 20 miles of canal
proper.
SALARY.-Can the REcoRD-UNIo tell
US what is the salary OF the Chief Justice
of the United States? S. & NJ.
Answer.-Sl0, 500.
CoNJUNcrIoN.-Wh is the exact date
for the conjunction OF Jupiter and Saturn
ST.
Ans,cer. April 22d, but the planets will
be so near the sun as to be invisible.
BEEF ExpoRT.-I have heard so much
about beef export to England that l would
be much pleased if, from your commercial
exchanges or statistical sheets, you can
give me some adequate idea of its real ex-
tent. MERCHANT.
Answer can give room for but a
few items Beef cattle is one of the most
important items in our domestic and for
eign trade, and the supply is becoming
fabulous in its amount. In the year end
ing June So 1879, 7l794 head of cattle
were shipped to Great Britain, valued at
Sc, 600, 900. and ca 926 to other countries,
worth 81, 100, goo, the difference in value
per head seeming too great to be dependent
upon the superior size of the former AMI
mails. In the same year the United States
contained more than SO 000,00 horned
cattle, of which II, 900, 000 were milk cows.
The cost of transporting each animal from
the slopes of the Rocky mountains to Llv-
erpool is at least $40, thus adding five cents
pound to the dead weight of each steer.
WHEAT LANDS What is the extent Of
the wheat land of our country? f. NJ.
AnSaoer. The total area of lands avail
able for wheat culture in the United States
is not less than 40. 100000 acres. Oul
entire wheat crop of the past year, phe
nomenal though it was, would not supply
seed enough to SOW so vast an area of wheat
| land.
| NUMIsMATICS-Is there demand for
old coins With whom should | CORE.
spond about them? M. M.
AnSoer. There is, but mostly at the
East There is dealer in San Francisco.
There is also numismatic journal in New
York.
TExEL.-In the history of the early set
Elements of North America, mention is
made OF rich merchants OF Amsterdam nt-
ting out vessels which sailed from the
Texel. The question is, What and where
is the Texel have searched the map of
Germany and can find no such name. Is
it river, or some port. like The Hague
l would like very much to know.
Mrs. G. E. d.
Ans,cer -Texel is an island belonging to
Holland, situated at the entrance to the
Zuyder Zee, separated from the mainland
of North Holland by the narrow channel,
Mars-diep." 1t is fourteen by five miles
in extent. st is mostly of low pasture
land, secured from sea overflow by strong
dykes. Burg is its chief town. 1t has
besides six villages; population about 6, 600.
Business chiefly fishing. Off Texel, in
1853, the English under Monk defeated
the Dutch under Van Tronp, who was
killed at that time. Again, in 1878, the
Dutch feet was defeated off Texel also
in 1877 In August, 1893, the fort was
taken by the English and the whole Dutch
feet surrendered The English abandoned
the fort in November of that year.