The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-11-16
FACTS AND FIGURES.


--One California orchard ships about
twenty tons of peach stones every year.
Chicago parties have recently pur-
chased 4.JO0 acres of land i'm Leon
County, Alabama, for thirty cents per
acre.
The Brooklyn New York bridge
win be the largest suspension bridge in
the world. The length of the main
span is 1886 feet six inches. ~ \.
Sun.
There were recently shipped at
Victoria, B. c., &c, 600 cases of canned
salmon for England. As each case is
worth S., the value Of the trade can
readily be understood
I'm the season of 18S1-S2 more than
/ B. 600, 600 trees were planted in Great
Britain, out of which number Scotland
claims about 1000, 600, England GOO, 600,
ireland 800, 900 and Wales 10000.
"A few years ago Government en-
| velopes sold for S4. 80 per 1000, exolu-
sive of postage, Now they are only
| 50. and after January / will be reduced
to $1.S0. Besides they are of better
quality Chicago Inter Ocean.
The length of the submarine cables
in the whole world is estimated 20 be
| "a, 900 miles and their value TO be
$202, 900, ,00O The length of all the
wires in the world would reach forty
eight times around the earth.-M y
Herald.
-Georgia's $ corn crop Is the largest
since 1859, and will reach 80, 100000
bushels. The oat crop reached S.OOO.-
600 bushels, and the wheat crop $780,
coo bushels. II is thought 1000, 600
bales of cotton will be raised.-M q.
PicayVne. ..
: The Cambria iron-works at Johns
town, Pa, has thirty-fve miles Of rail-
road on its property, and employs ten
large and ten small locomotive engines
! for yard service. The 900, 600 tons of
coal and lime e-stone annually used i'm the
manufacture of iron and steel at these
works are mined by the company, as
well as a part Of 100000 tons of iron ore
required by it. The works are valued
at 81, 900, 600, and give employment to
nearly 5000 men. - Chicago Times
The number of railroad casualties
is really very small considering. In
1879, nearly forty million passengers
were carried an average distance OF
| fifteen miles each in Massachusetts, and
seventeen were killed, all i'm one acci-
dent; in 1850, forty-five million pas
l ntUHGA6 WGIG DttLAANAAs anu NAA9 ~ VIM
itYS passenger on a freight train-was
killed; in 1881, nearly fifty million pas
sengers were carried and four were
killed. 1t Is the employees who are
killed mainly.-M Y. Post
1t is claimed that the Qu' Appelle
Valley Farming Company of Manitoba
owns and operates the largest farm i'm
one block in the world. II is ten miles
square, and, after deducting the Hud-
son Bay Company's sections and the
school sections, comprises $4,000 acres.
The company is bonded to break 1000
acres a year for five consecutive years,
each year placing within their tract fifty
tenant families, and spending in oper-
ating and improving during the i've
years 5000, 600.
Owing TO the terrible forest fires Of
1881, which destroyed 5000 square
miles of the best pineries Of Michigan,
dealers have found it necessary TO look
in a new direction in order TO obtain
enough pine lumber TO meet the de-
mand Agents have been looking up
! the pine lands in Louisiana and Missis-
sipEi, and it is said that one Of them has
negotiated for ], ,OO0, 900 acres in the two
States named. Prices of timber lands
have gone up accordingly, $40 an acre
having been offered and refused. where
81 an acre would have been considered
high price few years since.-M A.
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