The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-12-21
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
one square OF eight lines, 81 80 for the first
Insertion, and Is cents for each subsequens
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The valuation of the 21 cities OF
Massachusetts, is 81, 149, 9S2, 625, a gam
IF S2s, O33, 224 on the valuation of 1881.
The actual capital now invested in
Southern cotton mills is placed at soO'-
200, 900, giving employment to 4O'Ooo
hands.
1t is estimated that the annual iron
nroduction of the world Is 10, 49, blO
IONS. and of this Great Britain, tho
United States, Germany and Franco
contribute So per cent-the first two
54.3 per cent.
The work of draining Russian
marshes, actively carried OH fer several
years past, has resulted in reclaiming
| more than 100000 acres, of which
| $50. 600 are crown lands. The canals
which have been built to drain this great
| domain are likewise adapted Tor toat-
| ing lumber from the forests which they
| penetrate, to market
1T is estimated that from 45O, 600 to
| 500. 600 tons of charcoal are annually
/ made in the United States. No better
Vav to get through forests. 1t was tins
,rbich. moro than anything else. de-
nrived Ireland Of hers. Few countries
aara now more barren of timber, al
| tbouoh tradition AYERS that squirret
! couId once travel from tree to tree from
Antrim to Kerry.
The mines in the Wood River and
Saw Tooth districts Of Idaho Will, ~ ~
estimated, yield S3, 100000 IN bullion
| during the present year, which IS douDlo
the WELD OF the Territory of Idaho three
wears ago. when these districts were
unknown New discoveries OF VaWc
are constantly being made in these dls,
tricts. The amount of capital invested
in the Wood River district alone THIS
year will be over $1,0O0,OO0.
The first snow storms for the past
fourteen wears, sufficient TO whiten me
ground. have been Is follows: 1907 Oc-
tober %; 1870, October 81; 1871. No
vember II; 1872, November 2oi $50
November II; 1874. November 90; 1870,
November / 1876, October 10; 1917
November %; 1873, December 9; 1879
November 3: 1880, November 10; 1881,
November 10; 1882, November IA
q. PicHyltte.
What is known as the Royal Linn
tied Express train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, as it is made up daily repre-
se1ts over $l20,OOO i'll cost OF rolling
+ stock. The engine is put down at ST.
) 600: the baggage car at 81, 200; smoNn.
a rar. 81. 600; dining room car, %l2,OOV
= five Pullman cars, S1S, 900 each. Crdl
o nary express trains are rated ai M05' 'oVV
G as, engine and tender. Sl0,500; baggag
9 car, s 900; postal car, $1,000; smoking
h car, S., 600; two ordinary passengc
: cars, 5000 each, and three palac
cars, $15, 600 each.
# Some interesting statistics ot tn
Q public observatories Of the world hay
g lust been published. Their nulnher
!. l18; "a being in Europe, 2 in Asia 2 D
g Africa u in America and IN Oceanla
Is OF the European observatorles Prnssl
II has %, Russia 10, England n, Italy
y Austria 8, France 6. Switzerland J., an
n Sweden 8. Spain, Portugal, Hollan
% and Norway each possess 2, while theT
/; is only one in Greece, Belgium an
is Denmark The most ancient obserY;
tory in Europe and in the world is tfl,
of Leyden having been founded
1852; then comes Copenhagen, founde
in 1887; Paris, in 1867, and Greenwich
It in 1915. The Moscow observatory
'il the oldest in Russia, dating from ~!
Is Prussia, now the richest country in u
of world in astronomical observRtorle
st had none before 1903.