National Republican., 1883-12-29

Ana Drought home piles OF dollars.
London 7fuh
The debt of the city of Elizabeth, n. j., is
s6,5OO0O0. The total valuation of real and per.
sonal estate in that city in 1882 was sl2ts9035.
ABOUT 100000 acres will be added TO the
cultivatabe lands of Arizona next year by canals 4
and irrgating bitches, at an expense Of $500 900.
A TORONTO man died of smallpox twenty
six years ago, and last week his grandchild slept
upon the same bed and took the disease The
doctor says the germs of the disease were there
all thattime.
In the vault of the California state treasury
is beautifully engraved sword, of which hilt
and scabbard are gold. It was presented by the
state of Illinois to Col James Collins for bravery
In the Mexican war.
TT is asserted that there is one-leggedI
confederate soldier in Georgia who has never
drawn any state pension, because all of his COM
mand were killed, and there is no one to certify
to his having been In the army.
The winnings of Hanlan, the oarsman,
during the last FIVE years amount to $4,000. OF
this sum he has managed to save about 10000, OF
which $4,000 ia invested in a hotel on Toronto
| island He has wife aud TWO children,
THE kerosencyce is the newest thing in
the Cycling line 1t is like the tricycle., but tho
propelling power is obtained by an engine To-
Gated under the seat, in which pressure is gem
Grated by the aid Of kerosene oil and compressed .
| air.
| A SYNDICATE Of stockmen is engaged il I
fencing into ranges tract OF 5000 600 acres leasec
| from the Cherokees for five years at an annua
rental of 100000. 1t is believed that 600 900 head
of cattle will be placed the incosed grounds BY
April l.
| NOT many years will pass before st. Paul
and Minneapolis become one continuous, If notI
| Ats,, rI.A a 1nn
buildings this year, at cost of Sl7,s9i ,000 The
Pioneer Press says that the two cities have popu
lation of 100000.
"MR. WHITE" said Harrisburg lawyer I'd
a witness in tho box, "at the time these papers
were executed you were specializing, were you
not?" "Yes SIR" "You were in oil 2" II was"
"And what are you in now ?" Bankruptcy" was
| the solemn reply
The first volume of the official documents
from the vatican archives at Rome in reference to
Luther and the reformation have been published.
and can now be purchased by anyone desirious OF
so doing. Being official documents their first
publication is in the Latin language.
ELDER CooNs, Mormon missionary, has
just returned from mission in the eastern states.
| He reports being rotten-e -egged in Indiana aud
peled with rocks In Illinois, and says he enjoyed
his work. Notwithstanding, aud feels repaid for
all the privations endured, as he knows the Lord
was with him.
The new German navy list for 1884 is just
issued. The Imperial navy now comprises
thirteen ironcads of which seven are frigates and
six corvettes. There are thirty-one cruisers, Of
which twenty one are corvettes and ten gunboats,
besides thirteen ronclad gunboats and fifteen tor
pedo boats for coast defense.
JOHN CALvERT, of Logan county, Ken
lucky, set a steel trap to catch an owl that had
been poaching upon his hennery The next morn
ing the trap was gone. A night or two later he
was aroused by q noise on the housetop and,
taking his gun, went out. large bird was strug-
Cling on the housatop. 1t was the owl, with the
missing trap on It's legs.
The sacred tank in which the golden tenn
Pile OF Umrltser, northern India, is situated, was
lately cleaned out for the first time for several
hundred years, The mud was carried off by the
elite of Hindoo society. aud coolies and low caste
men were not allowed to touch 1t. Many Hndoo
ladies and gentlemen daubed their rooms and
bodies with the holy mud.
"IN our country" said an Englishman,
as he leaned back In his chair, "before we marry
we arrange TO settle a certain sum upon the wife,"
''Yes, l know" replied the American. "but with
us II is after they are married that certain class
settle everything on the wife, and arrange TO beat
their creditors" "Haw, Isee. and how do the
creditors take itT' "They never find anything to
take"
THE officers of the Cincinnati steamboat
Golden Rule have pet cat that travels the Ohio
and the Mississippi to New Orleans, and some-
times goes ashore and stays until the time for
hauling In the gangplank. She went ashore ae
Evansville once, and wandered about town until
the boat had gone but she took the next boat VI
and was again IN the Golden Rule few days late
At another time she was lost at Port Hickey, al
then she took the next boat fol- home.
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Burgess,
Belgium says that he finds prices there almost as
moderate as they were thirty years ago. lie deals
with the same butcher and baker. and the same
postmRn delivers his letters. Burges has an
English colony OF about SO0 In the sixteenth
century It's population was about 100000, now
barely 5000, and decreasing, although Belgium
Is the most populous place In Europe good
house of ten be had for from $50 to 500,
/ with rates and taxes Of about $3.50
THE vacant Irish chancellorship has been
filed by tho appointment of Sir Edward sullivan.
Much has been said by the English press about
the enormous salary attached to this office $4,000
with pension Of $4,000 on retirement wtnlIlG
Irrespective of duration of tenure). IL is Sl0JD0
a year more than that of the English chancel Ior
, whose duties as chancellor are twice as arduoSes
and he only receives $4,000 as chancellor. hla
other $4,000 being for HIS duties as speaker Of the
! house OF lords Beside, living in Dublin Is AZ
least 20 per cent cheaper than in London.
! PERHAPS the wealthiest woman in the
world is the Russian Grand Duchess Catherine
widow Of the Duke George of Mecklenburg-
4 strelitz. She inherited, through her mother one
I half of the fabulous wealth amassed by the En-
: press Catherine ii and her son Paul, the other
. half having descended to tho regning family
: The grand duchess makes good use Of her riches
She is not only patroness Of science and art but
, maintains at her own expense several hospitals In
q 81, Petersburg providing also talented young
+ physicians With means for scientific journeys and
y Investigations Near her palace she has estab-
llshed an eating house for INDECENT students,