The Virginia star., 1882-12-23
NEWS IN BRIEF

1t ia said that the receipts of the
Gloucester fishermen will be 81 ,OO0, GOO
in excess OF last year.
There are nearly seven hundred
Cinnamon in the New York and Brook
lyn Sabbath schools.
The New York Commission immi,
grafton is said to be penniless and its
expenses average $500 day.
The wages of the grinders OF the
Delaware Iron Works were cut down
from twelve to seven dollars per week.
Nine hundred claims have been
doeked in the Court of Alabama Claims.
It is believed the total will reach 4,001
Six thousand petitiors. bearing
CTS, 900 signatures, in favor Of aSunday
Closing bill for England, have already
been presented to Parliament.
congressman Hazeltine, oil Mis-
souri,. is the owner OF an enormous or
chard. from whic he this year has ship
ped $4,000 barrels of apples.
-Advices from Adelaide, South Aus
tralia, state that the Legislative Coun-
Gil and the House of Assembly have re-
solved to hold an exhibition ia 1886.
Petroleum ranks fourth i'll value
among the exports of the United States,
grain, cotton, and provisions alone sur
passing it ; even tobacco is far be1ind,
The drinking of lager beer is in
creasing in popularity in England, and
German brewers are contesting hotly
for supremacy in the London markets.
During the past twelve months
American newspapers have been receiv, d
by mail in England at the rate OF more
than 26, 900 a day, or 10000, 900 year.
There are at least ahundred women
practising medicine in Chicago, regular
ly certlficated under the present statu-
tory enactments by the State Board Of
Health.
The profits at the Imperial Theatre.
London, during the six nights Mr.
Langtry played "As You Like It,"
averaged ESQ Il night, or 5000 for the
week.
MIR. Hollis Hunnewoll, who has al.
ready given Wellesley, Mass, public
library building, costing S75, 900, is
now erecting there town hall worth
about 500 900
The German Empire has now about
"a, 600, 900 acres of forest. valued at
S4OO. 900, 900, and appropriates $500, 900
every year to increase and maintain the
growth of trees.
Neither Sir Garnet Wolseley nor
SIr Beadchamp Seymour has q son to
keep alive the peerage each has won.
The admiral Is unmarried, aud Sir Gar-
net has only daughter.
1t is estimated that the total num-
Der of cigars manufactured i'll New York
in year is 826 Cos, 900, and of cigar
cites 229, 800, 900; 5000 persons are
employed in the business.
In raising hogs, no matter what tic
breed, it ia always best to keep record Oi
the time at which each SOW ls bred, in or
der that suitable proyision may be, made
for her mad the DIGS. The period oa ges- 4
tation in swine Is IL days, with but ht-
tie variation.
The Valley OF the Yosemite is pub
lic property, and the question OF pro-
hlbitlng the sale OF liquor therein i'll
agitated ia California.
during the last ten years cattle ia
New South Wales have increased very
little, but sheep have gone from sixteen
millions to thirty three millions beef
consequently grows steadllv dearer.
During the Egyptian war o column
of loaded telegraphic messages cost tho
London newspapers from ST ,0U0 to ST..
$50. Seven shillings and two pence
(about S1.SODper word was the rate
charged.
"A genuine kangaroo rat was recent
ly caught in Tehema county, California.
1t looks very much like the Norway
rat, but has shorter fore legs and
pouch for It's young, as does ih3 kan
garoo.
Tine managers of the Royal Library
at Stockholm are about to sell 5000
duplicates of Old and very rare books,
principally German. Most of thea
were among the spoils of the Thirty
Years war.
- me eAuoSC sister or Weii-knOWu
English Marquis is declared to have re-
Gently married baker. Her age is 40,
and her husbands exactly half her own.
The lady, it seems, was patroness oF
a charity school Ill witch the young
man learned his trade.
The King of Greece speaks Eng
lish, French, German. Greek and Dan
ish. Their Grecian Majesties, i'll con-
versing together. use the German IAN
guage, i'll speaking with their children
they employ English, and they speak
Greek to the general household in the
various royal residences.
The fish-distribnting car Of the
United States Fish Commission has
been distributing carp through Miane-
sofa. Some 10000 young fish are car
rie1 at Que time. The loss Of fish il
small, hardly worth counting, being
less than one fish to the thousa and. III
inois is to be fully stocked with Ger
man earn