The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1882-07-20
Things I'm General.

The old trick OF jewellers near Water
loo and other historical battlefelds of
Europe sowing bullets and other al
legged debris of war a little before the
season of tourists sets in-has been
learned and practiced, they say, BY the
farmers in Virginia.
The assessed valuation Of real estate
in New York city is 81 ,O35, 203 ,sl6, and
9e b pro 4psssyg a2sen nh The
year ISL AZ, 731.
The district telegraph boys j n New
York had a little strike on Monday, in
consequence Of an order depriying
them Of day off, once week, unless
they could pay for it. Declaring they
wouldn't carry single message SO long
as the order was in force, the messen-
gers promptly withdrew the obnoxious
regulation.
The German government is negotiat
ing with the representatives of the late
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands for
the purchase Of his palace, on the Inter
den Linden, at Berlin joining the en-
enlarge. The price asked is ,3OO, 600
marks, and this the monarch declines to
pay. E
"a Boston gentleman who has been
travelling in the west informs us that
"young men with little capital can
make money fast in cattle raising, but
they must not 60 west with the idea that
they have not got to work. Those who
are willing to pull off their coats and
stick to the business twelve or fifteen
i
| with comfortable competence"
The total receipts of the government
for the fiscal year ending June 80 were
| the largest since the foundation Of the
| government, except for the years 1866
and 1867. In1S66 the total receipts were,
| in round numbers, $4,000, 900, and in
1867 $463, 0O0, 600. For the past year they
have amounted to about $4O3, 600 GOO,
furnishing net surplus of $151 1854, $50,
which has been applied to the extin-
/ guishment Of that amount Of the out
standing debt.
One of the latest London notions is to
have light on the forehead of the horse,
j which is said to give perfect safety
i against accident when driving after dark
/ No fire, no liquids, no lamp, yet never
falling bright signal light at a great dis
/ lance. It is made of metal and covered
| with combination of luminous com
i pounds; is easily attached and detach-
i ed, is made in different designs, and
therefore, very attractive if it should be
carried in daytime.
1. The New York Commercial Bulletin
has made up its record of fires for the
month of June in Canada and the Uni.
| ted States, and the showing is certainly
not calculated to encourage the invest
insurance. The aggregate losses for the
month were not less than 1880, 900
against $6 ,O93 900 in June, 1880; 81, 02O,.
600 in June, 1879, and S4,94l, 900 in June
1 1875.
i Seeds found with coins of the Emperor
Hadrian in an ancient barrow in Eng
i land, and heliotrope from a Roman
tomb / 500 years old and more, vegetat
ed and grew vigorously. The same wa
i the case with wheat, rose, and Glove
seed found with an Egyptian mummy
and Indian corn from a Peruvian mum
my 1000 years old. There would seen
to be no known limit to the duration o
the principle of life in vegetable seeds.
| The French Academy of Sciences at it
last meeting discussed the curious phe
nomenon Of the non-appearance of sar
dimes at their usual resorts, the inhabi
tants of Bretagne alone having suffered
loss of Ii, 600, 600 franc on this account il
the last two years. The cause OF thi
phenomenon is by some ascribed to {
change in the direction of the gu
stream, by others to the scarcity of th
refuse from the Newfoundland cod fish
cries which formerly attracted larg
numbers of these fish to the Frenc
coast. A third theory ascribes their al
sence to the icebergs, and predicts ar
other "short crop" this year.