The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-08-03
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600.
Natchez, Miss, claims population of
5000.
Georgia has $500 fish ponds stocked
with carp.
A certain breed of Texas hogs have
solid hoofs.
New Ravens population is supposed to
be $4,000.
The "Grand Army" is said to be 1OO,-
600 strong.
Atlanta, Iowa, is to have water works
that will cost $62, 900.
A wealthy resident of Atlanta. Ga, is
buying rats at three cents apiece.
A museum of Confederate relics is
to be established at Raleigh, North Caro-
lima.
A Detroit photographer now takes
pictures at night by an electric re1ec-
ton.
The wages of farm laborers in the
South have increased ID per cent since
1879.
The census taken in Chattanooga
May 1, 1882, gives her 1854 popula-
ton.
The estimated wealth of the cottagers
at Elberon has been placed at 1928 ,0O0,-
600.
A herd of buffalo fourteen miles in
length was seen recently near Glendive,
M. T.
Mississippi, with population of
1871 900, has but 5000 foreigh-born citi-
zens.
Three States now have stringent pro-
hibitor liquor laws Maine, Kansas and
Iowa.
A roam COW at Alexander's short-horn
sale sold for $5600.-[ st. Louis Repub-
lican.
Stephenson county, ILL.,, has paid $768
bounty on wolf scalps within the last go
days.
Thirty-six cottages. costing $3.50 900,
have been erected at Cape May since last
season.
There is one COW to every twelve peo-
pie in the United States, and one horse
to every four.
Tom Thumb went bluefshing the
other day at Wareham, Mass. He caught
ten large fish and was not pulled over
board.
Mr.. Winan's new house in Baltimore
is to cost million. Mr.. w. evidently
intends to put on pine shingles instead
of poplar.
Telegraph offices have been opened at
Nazareth and Bethlehem, and it is re-
ported that an enterprising jew has
opened a beer shop on the Mount of
Olives. -------.-
The latest fashionable freak Of the
young English girls is to cut their hair
short, wear scarlet cricket caps and carry
walking canes. This costume is said to
be quite common at Brighton.
The wonderful Kentucky revivalist,
Barnes, has begun work IN Frankfort,
with the avowed intention Of converting
the governor, secretary of State, and
other sinful State officials.
The Boston dry goods firm Of Jordan,
Marsh & Co. will send twelve of their
employees on q European tour this sum-
mer, paying all expenses. This is to be
made yearly practice.
The room in the Francklyn cottage,
Elberon, in which President Garfield
died is closed and draped heavily with
mourning. In this condition, it is stated,
it will always remain.
The wife of John Hartman, of More
to wn, Fermont, presented him with four
babies the other day, and John is going
to move at once from Moretown to .
place with less cumulative name.
A Missouri woman was astounded whom
a man took her suddenly in his arms and
jumped into Q pond with her; and
grateful when she learned that her dress
had been in o blaze, which the leap ex-
tinguished.
The success of Barnes. the revivalist,
in converting Kentucky turfmen, 10 st.
trib1ted to his belief that there are
horses in heaven. A true Kentuckiau
would utterly scorn heaven without
race course attachment.
Scientific and systematic efforts are
being made to grow the Peruvian bark
in this country. The Peruvian bark,
says an eminent soldier of Chill, lis
great deal worse than his bite" Every
man who has ever tasted it will agree
with him.
Aristocracy OF America: A prominent
Michigan lumbermsn, whose wealth vs.
too much for his Democratic psaoe Of
mind, got out . patent Of nobility and :
coat-of-arms recently. His motto was
"vidi." Only his CLASSICAL friends knew
1t meant II saw"
A contemporary asks: How shall
women carry their purses % frusereee