The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-12-22

During the year 1888, more than
%, OO0 Mormon |rosel ytes hive ar
rived at the port OF New York and
have been dispatched thence for
| Utah.
Ireland has thirty preiatas to
about five million Roman Catholics,
and England thirty-two to about
twenty million members of the
Church of England
Frederick Billings, the Watch
'nan Of Montpelier VT, SAYS. bought
for the University Of Vermont the
library OF The late George p. Marsh
and supplemented this gift with
S75 900 for library building.
Clinkers may be loosened from
fire bricks by throwing into the
fire box, whelf very hot, two or three
quarts Of oyster or clam shells, or
a less quantity of salt. Allow the
fire to go out and then cleave off
the clinkers
| H. rebuilding Rochester, Nina,
they are mindful OF the tornado
tnat recently ievas atel the town.
They are making strong stone vaults
in the cellars, large enou IA t con-
tain family and strong enough to
Withstand any tornado.
A new kind of cloth is being
made in Lyons fron the down OF
hens, lucks AMI geese. Seven hun
sreI AMI City grains OF feathers
make one square metre OF a light,
warm waterproof cloth. which cln
be dyed in all sha les.
A number of leading capitalists
of Cincinnati have called meeting
to organize a stock CON pany, with
| S5OO,UO0 capita, to establish a
mammoth cotton mill, with a capa-
city oi 1899 looms. or The manu-
facturc OF sheetinIs AMI muSiinS.
The returns show that the pres.
ent year will far exc cd any pre-.
vious year Ill the export OF cattle
AMI sheep from Cana,ia. Iho mum.
Der OF cattle Sllpp4 N | f,r which
SPACE has been contracted for up to
December 31-t next IS 'j,G7i head,
f I'd the lutal nu.nDtr Oi sneep l.
113 .S25 heal.
A method of coating the surface
of wood SO as to sen t.r as hari a,
tone has come into vogue in CIR
many. The composition IS a mix
ture OF forty parts Of chalk, fifty o
resin and four Of linseed oil, melteo
together. then adding one of copper
and fnsI!y one of snlph'rric acid
1t is applied hot with brush.
Owing to the admission of a col
ored man, eight Of the iorty-sis
students at the National College o.
} Pharmacy at Washington, hcade,
~ the presi mt Of the College AS
socia ION, list week abandoned the
school. They should not b. per
mi ted to return until they Cal
hold in check and overcome theil
absurd color preju lice.
Lord Harrington, who lie i the Lab
eral party during Mr.. Gladstone.
memorable retirement, has the same
taste as the Premier for the theater
! and has been frequently to see Mis-:
q Anderson. Lord Salisbury, the
Conservative leader, never visits {
the theater. Disraell went only t(
the pantomimc. where he enjoye
immensely the harele!uin's tricks
A textile manufacturing firm O
Boston have adopted an electrica
work indicator which records tn
. movements ofall looms anl osheI
machines; in the works. The indi
. Gator occupies little more space il
: the Office Ian common clock
. yet n & ancu 1t it will tell how al
. operations t!Gou :hput she lary
orks are progressing.
- There is talk of bridging tn
D Mississippi at New Orleans, wher
=, the river is 2,4OO f,et wide. Al
4 engineer proposes seven spans G
800 feet each, one to be draw
The piers are to be creosoted piles
driven in clusters and heavily cal
rc1 and casel with iron. Tn
: depth Of wafer will be no obstacle
It Us the piers can be splicei. In
" estimated cost is to be 5i3,O)),OJ
Il Telegraphs in China are soon t
receive an important extension
q a line is to be built from Canto
-, to Shanghai. When this line i
completed the southern port wi
then be l,i litecJ Connection wit
a 'rien Tsin. Lead ore has been Iii:
! covered in Quang Tong, where Cal
!, ton is situated, and ii is propose
i to work mines OF this metal. II
"a gratifying to learn that both tneS
: movements are OF Chinese orgil
General v al,ace, the Unite
States Minister to Turkey, hi
sgain complained Of the inaction (
the Authorities of Bitlis IN not pun
} ishing the authors of the recent a
|, saults on American nisfionarie
,r In fresh note to the Porte, he il
!, sisted that unless the Governor I
) Btlis is dismissed, the trial OF Il
;, assailants 81 all be held at Constal
! iiDol,lp, as no confidence can !