Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-09
FACTSAND COMMENTS.

FACTS AND COMMENTS.
A colored man, George H. Williams
has Just fallen heir to $4,000. He il
the only negro in the Ohio legislature
and proposes now to retire from Lusi
ness and politics, and devote himself tC
history he is writing, entitled. Negroes
as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens.
Since 1871 the grain crops of the
United States have been valued at the
enormous sum Of $4,000, ,OO0,O o.
an average Of 1000, ,000, 900 per an,
mum. OF this total about one-half, OF
$5, 900, 900, 900, has been the value oi
the corn crop, while the wheat crop
during the same period has aggregated
value Of SO, 800, ,000,0 900.
Scott living in New Mexico had 0
friend who wanted another man muir
dered, and being of an obliging dispo.
sition, Scott agreed to do the favor. He
rode fifty miles to accomplish it and
found Donovan, who was the victim, in
a saloon. So Scott sat down and played
cards with him. Donovan observing
that Scott was good deal excited about
something, drew his revolver, cooked
it, and put it in his lap, without SCOTS
noticing it. So what was Scott's sur
prise on crying out: I'm going to kill
you," to find himself, instead of Dono-
van, falling dead on the floor.
n.1.-s,,nr +bo rvaar o,,Jsrn Ma~ob IN
1874 railroads in the United States con-
structed 6, 113 miles of road, which was
128 miles less than was built In the pre-.
ceding year. The miles of road con-
structed in these two years was never
but once exceeded in any two consecu-
tive years in the history of the govern
ment. That was in 1870 and 1871.
The miles of road constructed In 1880
and 1881 was nearly equal to one-seventh
Of all the roads in this country in 1879,
and at the rate in which railroad build
ing is now progressing, the construc-
tion of this year promises to exceed
that of last, if not that of any other
year.
It is related Of the late Colonel
Thomas Scott that once, about ten years
ago, when making one of the swift trips
which he was in the habit of making
over the lines under his control, his
train was stopped by the wreck Of a
freight train. There were a dozen
heavily loaded box cars piled up on the
road, and it would take long time to
get succor from the nearest accessible
point, and probably hours more to get
the track cleared by mere force Of
labor. He surveyed the difficulty, made
rough calculation Of the cost of a
total destruction Of the freight, and
promptly made mp his mind to burn the
road clear. By the time the relief train
came the flames had done their work
and nothing remained but to patch up
a few injuries done to the track SO as to
enable him to pursue his way.
The figures of the report of the veter-
sry department of the privy council
Office recently issued tell graphic tale
Of the sufferings which animals undergo
during the voyage frcm America to
England. They bring also IN striking
relief the need of some better accommo-
dations than those which already exist
for the transportation of live stock across
the Atlantic. This report shows that
last year 981 cargoes Of cattle, sheep
and swine were landed in England from
ports in Canada and the United States.
OF the animals originally shipped Is, ,619
were thrown overheard in the course OF
the voyage, $40 were landed dead, and
384 were so much injured or exhausted
that they were killed at the place Of
landing. Humanity certainly ought to
devise some plan to prevent this suffer
ing and loss.
The Scotch fasting girl Christina
Marshall, continues to live on tea
spoonful of water two or three times
day. She is thirteen years old and
lives at Chapelton, small village neal
Strathaven. Her illness dates from
August or September last, when she
was treated for pulmonary cold. She
gradually got better, but instead Of
reaching complete convalescence, fell
into thoughtful mood and betook her
self to bed. She expressed the greatest
disinclination for all kinds of food, an6
it was only by the most urgent entreat
les that she could even be persuaded tC
take wine or grapes. At the New Year
however, she expressed herself unable
to take any kind of food at all, and he
parents, seeing that their entreatiel
only caused her pain and sorrow, fore
bore to ask her any longer, and since
then she has subsisted solely on few
teaspoonfuls of water per day. A thor
ough examination of the patient faile(
to discover any trace Of internal disease
The girl is, Of course, growing grad
ually weaker, but so slowly that tn
change is almost imperceptible. A
first she did not care for any one sitting
up with her, but latterly she has insist
ed on having either her father 0
mother by her bedside all night long
Although not caring to enter into con
versation, she answers all questions put
and appears to be fully aware of what
ever takes place in the house, either b
night or day.
A Texas Apiary.