The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-16
rIMELY TuPICs.


The wheat crop of the present year
taking the aggregate Weld throughout
the United States, promises to be unpre-
cedentedly large. By some the crop has
been estimated as high as $50, 600, 600,
but according TO the New York Tribune
it may be safely set down at not less
than from 460, 100000 TO 100000, COO
bushels, or from 81, ,0OO, 600 to 10000, 600
bushels in excess of the great crop OF
1879.
A Berlin dispatch states that the
police have discovered the existence OF
a gigantic Socialist organization, with
ramifications extending throughout the
whole of Germany. Although the dis.
covery has created a marked sensation
among certain classes, no one at all con-
versant with what has been going on
beneath the surface Is surprised at these
developments. It is said that the gov
eminent will take stringent measures to
suppress the organization.
Baltimore expects a small windfall.
An old man who was commonly known
as the Prince "or the Count" though
he had followed the occupation OF a
tailor for a number of years, died lew
days ago in the room he occupied in
Albemarle street, leaving about $1,000
in the savings bank, though always liv-
ing in The most frugal way. He had
not worked at his trade for a year or
two, and spent most of his time in the
Office of a lawyer, who allowed the
harmless old man that privilege during
Office hours The rest of the day and
night he spent in his room, where he
slept and ate. doing himself what little
cooking he wanted done. If no heirs
appear the money will go to the school
board.
st. Peters cathedral. which has been
in process of erection in Dominion
square, Montreal. nearly ten years, and
would have been one OF the largest
church edifces, when finished accord
ing to design, on the continent, is
doomed to destruction, when almost
ready for the roof, and alter hundreds of
thousands of dollars had been expended,
as well as many lives of working men
lost in its erection. 1t is said that the
undertaking was of too leviathan a
description to be successfully carried to
completion within the next half cen-
tury. 1t has therefore been determined
by the Catholic church authorities to
have the building raEed to the ground,
and a church OF moderate dimens ons
erected in the east end of the city, where
the Catholic people reside, chiefly out
of the materials.
Among arti lies which are now freely
adulterated is that of butter. For a
long time this article was not known
to be adu lterated, but of late New
York dealers who handle large duanti-
,Of hrf hou hot hn
tubs of butter from the West weigh six
or eight pounds heavier than usual in
fifty pound tubs. The increase of
weight TO the same bulk bafded investi-
cation for some time, but has at last
been found due to an adulteration with
powdered soapstone. A firm in Ciu-
cinnati, known as the Cincinnati Facing
Company, manufactures powdered soap
stone, and the article is said to have a
ready market for legitimate purposes.
as well as for the adulteration of butter
Housekeepers have been, for long time,
accustomed to soapstcne mantels. but
to look for soapstone among their food
will be an undesirable search.
1t is only few years since the manu-
facture of plate glass was started her,
but the business has been brought to
that state OF perfection where we are
able to produce as good aquality ofplate
as either France or England. In 1876
Messrs. Bouvien and Girard, the former
the manager general of all the plate
glass factories of France, and the latter
one of the vice-pre idents of the French
plate glass corporation, visited the Uni
ted States for the purpose of attei ding
our Centennial exposition, and visiting
our plate glass establishments, which at
that time were comparatively new en-
terprise in this country. They visited
the factories at Louisville, New Albany
crystal City, near St. Louis. They
.fere very much surprised at the pro-
gress our works had made, and aeknow-
lodged that we had accomplished in a
few years what it had required their
manufacturers centuries TO learn; that
we had the best sand in the world and
the best fuel for the manufacture of
plate glass, and that our glass was fully
equal in quality TO that produced by
them.