Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-11
FACTS AND FIGURES.

of the Engli>h->praking people Is
100000 are Roman Catholics and 5y.-
ON, UD1 Protestants.
over 12JoO. 900 feet of lumber are
estimated TO have been DESTROYED by the
recent PENNSYLVANIA forest fires
The Eureka District. Nevada. has
produced ores 10 the value Of ST. ,Np,
900 during the past seven years.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company has paid in dividends since he
war the immense sum of Si.626.j16.
Ohio last year made about i.tu.WD
gallons OF maple syrup and 3."".Wo
pounds of sugar. and will have is much
more this year. Detroit Posi-.
The English Channel tunnel is to be
% miles long. - by ~ feet in diameter
with two railroad tracks. and the in
come is expected to be S6,o0o,ooo an
nually, from which. if the eggs all
hatch, there will be -. 500. ooo in divi-
dend>.
The average distance for the old
fashioned railroad wheels to traverse
was about 10000 miles. but with the
wheels with steel bands actually en-
plOyed on passenger cars :aD.om miles
have been frequently traverSed. while
100000 miles were traversed by two
wheels belonging 10 one of the largest
railroad companies.
In New York last year there were
9.814 white males married. and 9,Sa7
white females. Thirteen white women
therefore married colored men. OF the
men married 4,477 were native born,
and of the women 1886. so that more
than 800 native born brides took fore gn
born husbands Of the births during
the same period 6.Ss6 were children of
native born parents. and 1901 Of chill
dren of foreign born parents. - Chicago
Journal.
"A few days ago the application for
settlement of final account and distribu-
ton of the estate of the late William :.
OBrien was granted in modified
form by Judge Finn. of San Francisco.
Under this order total amount of Sc,
1928, 652.79, less Sl,143.750 to satisfy
future claims against the estate. will be
distributed. OF this amount Mrs.
Maria Coleman receives 1852. 4j1. 30
Mrs. Kate Mary Macdonough receives
81, l6O. 376.17; Joseph Marlborough re-
ceives $432, O75.26.
The cost of a private wire from
New York to Philadelphia is $2.5o0 6
year, the company furnishing nothing
but the wire and the instruments al
both ends of the lire. To Boston it i
"a. 500 year, and to Chicago $1,000 :
year. The expense of an operator al
each end adds about $500 year t.
tho total cost. There is saving O
money to concerns doing large bust
ness, but the chief advantage is in tn,
saving of time. especially to stock brOk
ers, as minutes on the stock exchange
sometimes represent fortunes.
IN. W Herald.
The wheat product of the Pacific
coast for 1881 was 40.000.OW bushels
and the exports of wheat during the
year Gncluding -FOUR reached the
enormous quantity of 1886, 300 bush
els. The barley crop of 1881 was ,,
100000 centals, beet-roOt sugar, 1.41O,
600 pounds; wool clip. 43.2Ol, rs!
pounds, and wine product, $500, 0O(
gallons. Imports of sugar in 1881 were
Isl, 4S2, $50 pounds, of coffee Is, 343. 81:
pounds, OF rice Sc. 922.968 pounds, an(
Of tea 17,9S3.507 pounds. The gold
and silver product for the year wa'
$7,OO0,OOO, and the coinage at Sar
Francisco reached $43,660.O 900. Value
Of manufactures in San Francisco il
1881, $50, 900. Chicago Times.