The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
FACTS AND FIGURES.


lt is stated on good authority that
there are 1880, 900 horses in this coun-
try, the aggregate value OF which .ex-
ceeds S600,00O,000. OF this sum
Robert Bonner alone contributes $3.50.
700, the value of his horses Cicago
Ne1cs.
The oldest deed in America is in
possession of Major Leland, of New
York. Ii Is dated 1910, 18 years after
the discovery by Columbus, and con-
veys Fishers Island, in Long Island
Sound, from certain Indian Chiefs, to
John Cabot, whose signature it bears.
N T. Times
The City Assessors OF Pittsburgh
Pa. have completed their work, and
announce the following as the amount
of business done in that city for the
year ended April /, 1882: Iron and
steel, S24, S28, 800; glass, 50, sos, 900;
sundry manufacturers, 1913, 2SS, 120;
general business, $40, 784, $40.
According to the report of the Scot
fish herring fishery for 1881, the yield
consisted of 1,111.155 barrels of cured
behring's. This number has only once
been exceeded lin 1880. when l, AIS. 600
barrels were obtained. In 1881, 14,S09
boats were employed in the fisheries.
with AS, 12l men ana boys. being an in
crease over 1880 of SO boats and 900
fishermen. "a
Eight million three hundred and
sixty-six thousand bushels OF salt were
made in the Onondaga reserva-
ton during the fiscal year ended Sep
TENDER 80, 1882, being the. largest pro-
duction of any year since 1871, and an
increase over last year ofa $4,000
bushels. The receipt for duties from
the year 1918 to 1882, inclusive, have
been "a, 295, 47S.-M Y Sun
Cincinnati has received about
1,500, 600 baskets of peaches this season.
and about 500, 900 went direct to New
England cities. The Baltimore and
Philadelphia Gamers are said to have
used up another, million and half
baskets. Eighty evaporating establish
ments have been engaged in Delaware
and Maryland ever since June fruit has
been ripe. Preservers have taken liber-
ally the large crop, believing it we'll to
provide for possible short supply in
1888. Chicago Tribune.
The present issue of the Year Book
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton states that there are in the United
States and Canada 779 associations, and
50, 375 members. The property owned
by these associations is valued at So
$50, COO, and their annual expenditures
aggregate 100000. The International
and State Committees expended in the
work of supervision and caring for the
associations, in 1881, $43,0 Two
hundred and fifty-fve persons are en-
ployed as general secretaries and agents
of local associations, and of the State
and International Committees.
The number of pieces of mail mat
ter handled during the last fiscal year
by nine of the largest cities was as fol-
lows: Baltimore, 80, 495, 1859; Boston,
s2.3S9, 760; Brooklyn. 29. 435, l54; Chi
cage, ia, 832,007; Cincinnati, 27,2S5,-
2O7; New York. 23S, 578, 2O3; Philadel-
phia, 144,894, 500; St. Louis, 4l.665, 249;
San Francisco 23,046,513. OF the 3, 115
carriers, 543 are employed in New York.
The mail letters delivered in New York
numbered more than 100000 the
postal cards more than 10000 900, the
local letters delivered nearly 80, 900, 900,
and the letters collected nearly rs, OOO,-
000.-N Y Graphic.