The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-01-01

The ravages of diphtheria in the Rus
sian province of Kharkoff almost equal
those OF the plague 300 years ago
Seven thousand deaths in 1879. and
more than 5000 in 1880, even in dense
population, and amid an impoverished
people, are indeed alarming.
| The Mennonite reserve in Minnesota
comprises seventeen townships. The
first settlement was made in 1876, and
the population OF the reserve in 1875
was Sal. In that year the total amount
OF wheat raised was little more than
2OO, 600 bushels, while the value of the
stock and implements was 5 lao, 600. The
community now consists of 1000 people
divided among thirty four villages. The
Mennonites came from Russia.
Some of the washing waters of Paris,
which were formerly run into the CITY
sewers, are now collected in casks, and,
the suds being subjected to chemical
treatment, the fatty matters are manu-
featured into toilet soap, made fragrant
by the addition of oil OF roses. Accord
ing TO this process little sulphuric acid
is added to the soap water obtained
from washing linen, the whole is then
stirred up, and the fatty matter is al
lowed to stand for few hours. when.
on its collecting upon the surface of the
liquid, it is gathered in casks.
Twenty-six million dollars worth
more OF grain was exported from this
country in 1880 than in 1879; yet that
was a good year for the foreign trade in
breadsGuffs. The emigrants focking to
the great West evidently do more than
find their own food; they find food also
for the lands from which they come.
The mouths that consume increase, but
with them comes an increase OF hands
that produce. Each successive year of
good crops the great farms of the coun-
try yield a larger surplus of grain for
export over the quantity needed for the
home supply.
A petition on behalf of the Indians
which originated in Women's Mission
airy society in Philadelphia was sent
last winter to Congress from fifteen
States. 1t was presented by COM
mittee of ladies to the President at the
White House, and by Judge Kelley, of
Pennsylvania, to the House of Repre-
sentatives. The petition Of the present
year has already had extensive sigma
lures in many States of the Union, and
the pamphlets, leaflets and tracts which
have been published by the association
having this movement in charge have
had wide circulation. The petition
referred to prays for treaty keeping with
Indians, but suggests no special policy.
The Australian group has a popula-
tion of something over 2,700,C00. The
people own 100000 horses, 5000, 900
cattle and IS, 900, 900 sheep, and last year
raised over 80 100000 bushels of wheat.
In the last thirty years Victoria alone
has raised gold valued at 1915, 600, 900.
Their imports in 1879 amounted to $685.
OO0, 600, and their exports to 1906 600, 600.
They raise revenue of over $75, 0O0, 600
a year, spend nearly $85 000, 900 and have
run up q debt of 1885 100000. With
this money they have constructed 4 900
miles of railway, laid $4,000 miles of
telegraph wire, and supplied themselves
with al the appliances of civilization
in regions which thirty years ago were
practically abandoned to the convict
and the kangaroo.
The man who recently undertook to
assassinate the premier of Roumania is
said to have acted under the order of a
secret society called the Committee OF
Fifty, which had sent to the intended
victim written notification that he
had been condemned to death. The
attempt was made as NJ. Bratiano was
leaving the chamber of deputies, where
he had just been delivering spec CHI.
The would-be assassin, whose name is
Petracu, and who is an official in the
ministry of finance. attacked NJ Brati-
ano with knife, and succeeded in in
fllctlng two wounds, one on the head
and the other on the arm, both fortu-
nately of slight character. The min
lister seized the arm of his assailant, AND
thereby arrested the force OF the blow
which was aimed directly at his breast.
The struggle between the two lasted foi
some seconds, but one of the deputies
| seeing the danger in which the premier
was placed, ran to his assistance and
struck Fetracu on the head with his
stick, causing him to drop his knife
Immediately afterward number oil
other deputies arrived on the spot, anG
the assassin was secured.
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