The semi-weekly miner., 1882-07-29

NOSE sueeeosNhl. Aftef . few yeasu
residence in this country, sse3eeted
totho inAuenee of our Institutions,
their jdeas and Dodes u thinklnG
win Be estirsly charged from what
they voeo n Russia. Their deecena-
ants vill Be- among the best eitisene
q the repablic.
THE NAIL or 4 YGAR.
I am not the only man In New
York who writes lettess. This stsrt-
ling fhct b discovered on perusal o(
the statistics Of the New York Post
Once for the year ending June soth.
In that time there were sent from
thls city over seventy-one million
letters, beside eightsen million pos
tai cards. .ixty-three million circulars
and shout two hundred and twenty
millioa nsWSpapsss and magazines.
How Il must have tried the eyes Of
the posters and mistresses to reed all
those postal cards. The total mum
Der Of letters aud ether packages
mailed at, and passing through the
ely post-olnce was oyer i've hundred
millions. The daily sverage num-
Der VI sacks Of lettesD and newspapers
made up was fosty-6ve bundr:d. and
the average weight Of mail matter Re-
ceivetl and sent daily, WAS one hum
dred and forty tons. Sometimes.
when I have nothing else to do, I
may figure up how many barrels Of
ink this mass Of matter consumed.
how macy times around the earth
the iettsas would 60 II laid end to end,
how many miles high Il laid one on
top Of the other, and such like sense
less and utterly useless calculations
% statistical nends like to inllict up
on suffering readers; and thes, when
1 ct It all done I will light my cigar
with It, instead Of forcing 1t on you.
sPLIxrERs.
The fas!r.: ii.:,c ~cer nladc by .
double team Was made yesterday, 1t
the Geutlcmen's Driving Park by
Frank Works Dick Swiveller, and
Edward, who brought the fastest
record Of o:l0! down to l:l6s. They
were driven b. John Murphy. Shep-
hard F. Knapp had wagered $lOW
with Nr. Work that the pair could
not make cc::20. shepard was caught
mapping. ..The' venerable Peter
Cooper met with'a great misfOrtu".
to day. Son,ebody stuck pins In ,he
air cushion he always carries with
him aud 1t gives him comfort n"
longer. \ matrimonial agency on
Bond street is dol l, u lively trade. 1t
Is conducted ON the Jewish plan
you pay your n!oney--you take your
ci.oicc; q fortune for s3......Thrts.
fatal cases Of xun-trUke yesterday,
a"d great mortality among young
children. James II. Keen has
bought the Winderncre Apartment
building. 9th avenue aud 57tl' street.
for $3.50, ,tUO...... The brick chimney Of
station Il. Of the y. Y. Steam Cam
psny, on Gretnwicl, street, between
Dey and C"rtlam5t, H. the tallest in
the United States. It b ~ feet high
Just ten feet less than the hight Of the
Bunker Hill nlOnunlent...... The
East River Bridge Is not yet finished.
It will not he ready for the public un-
til the -Edgrnloor Iron Company are
ready tn hh their contract. Col.
Sellers-nOt that one, but the other
one-nnals that there are millions IN
Nearly nj the dry goods sales
men in New York have hslf-holidays
on Saturdays. Tnose who don't get
II, intend to take it....COnimOslOre
James Gordon Bennett cables to u
friend that he will start for Alexan-
dria to-day, In his yacht Namouna.
now at Constante',ople. Josh Bill
linGs calls her the Pneumonia; but
siys ''she is yacht not u be sueexed
It," q.