The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-01
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rlaclnunl hetYry makes elovon
miles u eanilai day
A Al'iilshuli lNiss mandatory Il
~ iufnIsli sleeping eaf blankets iuf mn
italian railroad
lil estimated that thu State N
Imiltlnnh contains HiWt On,Un1 feet
NJ gund lumber, mdfe than iwird ~
iHucl ~ Michigan
Tho luug iINnch property N es
President y \ Grant near Ellmron, has
been transferred 10 his wife, Mfa Julia
Dent Grant Tho consideration bamed
was sIp,WO
Tho city " Utica, N r. was ffty
years old the other dar, and VI The
10000 inhabitants who li'ed there when
tho city ehHrtrf was obtained nnly tao
remain In the present population u
$1,000,
Dnring the year 1881 swcdpn og,
ported about 1900, 900 pounds nyoirdu-
pols oi matches. Tine firm employees
T2 persons. ol whom $50 nro women
The boNc. TO contain the matches are
made by tho prisoners In the lalls Of
Stockholm.
Mcssrs. George Rowland, IT,, and
Matthew Rowland, 0f New Bedford,
Mass, have rcllnqushcd all active In.
tcrest IN the whaling business, n pursuit
In which their family has been engaged
for u longer period than any other firm.
The first whaler was built for their
father, George Rowland, in 1906.
During the past nineteen years
Brooklyn has paid for the maintenance
Of her public schools nearly $40, 900 600
One half Of this amount was paid to
teachers. About $500, 900 were used IN
providing free books The expenses Of
tho educational board have Increased
from s307,720 In 1864 to 81, ,i2i SD5 IN
1889
Tho value In round millions Of tho
cereal crop Of 1881, according 10 the
estimates of the Department At Wash
ingion, are: Corn, $3.50. 100000 wheat,
Sib3, 200; oats, $l93, 900, 900; rye,
$40, 900, barley, $50. 100000; buck
wheat, sS,000,000. Total. $i, ,465. 900, :
900, against ~, 1861 900. 900 in 1880,
There are several departments in
the government Of New York State
which are substantially sclf-supporting
viz, the State Engineers, insurance,
banks, the sali-works at Syracuse, State
Prisons. which earned, last year, si75.-
900; gas.meters, shore inspection, These,
with the retained school money. make
s3,62i ,450 Of the ss.7i7,7 TAG named In
the annual appropriation bill.
Statistics show that the annual con.
sumption Of eggs In the United States
Is about 10, 600, 600 barrels. The poultry
marketed or consumed is estimated Al
6s0, 900, 600 pounds. at $4,000, 900, and
yet there are some that say that chickens
don't pay them anyhow. II this Is so
some one must be losing money in dis
posing Of the vast amount of chicken
and eggs consumed In the United
States.
The packing business In Maine ba
reached immense proportions Their
arc sixty-one corn-canning establish
mcnts. with an an annual production o
about | | .350,000 cans. Tho packing q
fish is roughly estimated at 10000
cans Of lobster. 100000 cans of mack
erel. and 250.000 cans Of clans annual
ly. The sardine business. which ha
Iis origin four or five years ago In
small shop nj Eastport, has aitaino
vast proportions. there now being III
teen or more factories In operation d
different points In tho State, and other
ara projected. Several factories mr.
also quite extensively engaged In tn
canning Of meats, chiefly mutton
Others at present are canning applc'
while immense quantities Of blucberrric
and other small fruit are put up Mt tn
various establishments throughout th
State during the summer season.