The daily gazette., 1882-01-28
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lne AbCempt TO ilgnt Liverpool by
electricity has proved a failure.
Big boys who coast on big hills
on big sleds are beginning to go to
the hospitals.
Bostonans say that Tuesday last
was the coolest day experienced
there since February 1854, The
Thermometers ranged from Is degrees
to 20 degrees below zero.
Nevada used to send out wealth:
now 1t is taking it in. All the mines
IN the State yielded during during
1881 Eabout $4,500,000 less than
enough to pay the cost of operating
them.
Several recent explosions of stoves
in Maine show that the old-fashloned
practice of loading firewood with
gunpowder for the annoyance of
thieves ls still followed In that
State.
A gentleman of Ottawa gave an
order for a silvsr-mounted claret
jug to Montreai dealer, instructing
him to send it by express marked
@. o. D. AcOuple of days ago the jug
arrived, engraved in beautiful large
letters &C. O.D."
An ex-State Senator of Colorado,
while recently in New York, rode
up to CentTall. lRagktso see the oblisk,
why the Government brought it here
that it showed that the Egyptians
had recorded on 1t the fact that they
used thesame kind of cattle marks
that are employed by the Mexicans.
The tobacco monopoly of France last
year yielded net profit to the state of
about 10000, 900.
Father Labelle, Montreal priest of
| high standing, desires the Canadian
Government to legaliEe lottery scheme,
| like that OF Havana, for the benefit of
the Roman Catholic Church, the State
to take half the profts. He has sent an
agent to Cuba to study the matter.
Playing upon the violin is claimed to
cure nervousness. The longevity of
musicians has been estimated or aver
aged, and places the performers on the
violin in the lead, sixty-seven years.
Pianisis come next al an average OF sixty
five years; composers, sixty-tour; per-
formers on the sornet, fute, and clario-
net at sixty-three, and the lives of sing
ers average sixtY-six years.
A piano leg factory at WestGeld, Mass,
| In which NEST of the work Is done by
apprentices at low wages, has for
months been guarded by detectives
| against incendiarism. IL is charged by
the owners that lots were cast among
the members of frade union to deter
mine who should set FIRE to the build.
| ing, and that the men to whom the task
fell have made several attempts to per
form 1t.
According to an article by Prof. Bru-
| NATL in the Archiui0di Statistical, the
Jewish population of the world numbers
about I, 200, 900 persons, Of whom over
| $500, 900 are in Europe. OF these lat
ter, Russia contains about 2,700, 900;
Austria hungary, 100000; Germany,
$50, 1000, and Roumania, 100000. Thus
these four States contain about $3.50, 900
| Jews: while Turkey cont aims only 100
900; England and Holland 10000 each,
and France but $4,000. II is singular
that the Jewish population is largest
where it is treated with severity.
A law Office noted for graduating sue
eessful politicians has at lest been closed
at Asbtabula, Ohio. 1t was opened In
1921 by Joshua r. Giddings, and among
the subsequent partners in the firm were
/ BENJAMIN r. Wade and r. P. Ranney.
There were only seven partners
altogether, yet they furnished one Vict
President of the United States, one
United States Senator, one Congress
man, one Judge of the Ohio Supreme
Court, one Consul General to Canada,
two Ohio Common Pleas Judges, one
member of the Ohio Constitutional Con-
ventioR, two State Senators, two State
Representatives, three Prosecuting At
torneys, one Probate Judge, one Provost
Marshal, and q number of local otticers.
The Sherman Funding Bill was again
under consider alton In the United States
Senate yesterday, and an importas
amen dmept offered by Mr.. Davis, oi
West VirsiRia, was adopsed. The
amendment provides that the bonds ls-
sued under the Sherman act shall not be
called in as long as any bonds OF the
United States heretofore issued bearing
q higher rate of interest than three pei
centnm, aud which are redeemaole al
the pleasure of the ULited States, shal
be existing and that the last of the
bonds issued under the Sherman aei
shall be the first called In, and that th.i
order OF payment shall be followed IN
til all have been paid. Mr.. Sherman re
, siste d this amendment, declaring that 1
! presented square1y the issue between !
/ time bond and one upon which the op
! tlon as to time of redemption was re
| eained by the government. But despir
Mr.. Sherman's opposition the amen
ment was adopted by q vote of 80 to q
q The Sherman bill made the bonds paye
r BILE In i've yaars, Other amendment
are yet to be considered.