The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-05-18
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FACTS AND FIGURES.


There are only 10000 negroes in
Canada in population of 4, 324, $40.
OF the English-speaking people 13.-
500, 600 are Roman Catholics and So,
600, 900 Protestants.
Over 12, 500, 600 feet of lumber are
estimated TO have been destroyed by the
recent Pennsylvania forest fires.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company has paid in dividends since the
war the immense sum of 81, 626,575.
The Eureka District, Nevada, has
produced ores to the value of S3l, ,0OO,-
600 during the past seven years.
Ohio last year made about 100000
gallons of maple syrup and 100000
pounds of sugar, and will have as much
more this year Detroit Post.
The English Channel tunnel is to be
% miles long. Is by 20 feet in diameter
with two railroad tracks, and the in
come is expected to be $6,O00.00e an
nually, from which, if the eggs all
hatchs there will be 3,660,OO0 in divi-
dends.
The average distance for the old
fashioned railroad wheels to traverse
was about $4,000 miles, but with the
wheels with steel bands actually em-
hav0 been frequently traversed, while
500, 600 miles were traversed by two
wheels belonging to one of the largest
railroad companies.
In New York last year there were
9,S14 white males married. and y,S27
white females Thirteen white women
therefore married colored men. OF the
men married 4, AT were native born,
and of the women 1886, SO that moro
than 800 native born brides took foreign
born husbands. OF the births during
the same period 1886 were children of
native born parents, and 13, 754 of chill
dren of foreign born parents. ~ Chicago
Journal.
"A few days ago the application for
settlement of final account and dishibu-
ton of the estate of the late William :.
OBrien was granted in q modified
form by Judge Finn, of San Francisco.
Under this order total amount of So
32S, 652.79, less 81, 1876 to satisfy
future claims against the estate, will bo
distributed. OF this amount Mrs.
Maria Coleman receives 81, ,592, 451. 80;
Mrs Kate Mary Macdonough receives
50, 100, $40. II; Joseph Macdonough re-
ceives S432, ,075.26.
The cost of n private wire from
New York TO Philadelphia is 81, 300
year, the company furnishing nothing
but the wire and the instruments at
both ends of the line. To Boston it is
$4, 500 q year, and to Chicago $1,000
year The expense of an operator at
each end adds about 81, 900 a year To
the total cost. There is a saving OF
money to concerns doing a large bust
ness, but the chief advantage is in the
saving of time, especially 10 stock brok-
ers, as minutes on the stock exchange
sometimes represent fortunes. Utica
IN - Herald
The wheat product Of the Pacific
coast for 1881 was 40,000.000 bushels,
and the exports of wheat during the
year Gncluding hour) reached the
enormous quantity of 38, $50, 200 bush
els The barley crop of 1881 was p
600, 900 centals, beet-root sugar l,4lO,-
600 pounds; wool clip, 43,204, 100
pounds, and wine product, 9.500,0OO
gallons. Imports of sSgar in 1881 were
151, ,432, $50 pounds, of coffee is, 343,9 934
pounds, Of rice Sc, 922. 96S pounds, and
of tea II, 983, ,507 pounds. The gold
and silver product for the year was
$77, 900, 600, and the coinage at San
Francisco reached $43, $50, 900. Value
of manufactures in San Francisco in
1881, 800, 900, 600. Chicago Times.