The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-11
BRIEF MENTION.

sity.
Canada exported last year $1,7O5,81
worth of butter and $6,451 $40 worth Of
cheese
For the past thirty years Denmark has
contributed a yearly average Of 1900 peo-
pie to MormOndOm.
The average ocean steamer burns about
100 tons of coal day. The largest steam
ers, the Greyhounds, burn nearly 200
tons.
Six million dollars worth of diamonds
are on exhibition at the Partisan Indus
trial Exposition, which opened in Paris
on Saturday.
Capt. George H. Perkins is the richest
man in the United States navy. He is
worth $1,000, 900. He married the mon
ely and did not save it out of his pay.
The oldest apothecary shop in Berlin,
which in 1888 might celebrate the 400th
anniversary of its existence, has just
been sold for the sum of 200, 600 marks
of the country are shown in the folio
wing figures: In 1881 the value Of the
cotton mills in the United States was
$40, 900, 600; in 1870 it was 1000, 900,
and in 1880, $2O8, 325, 600.
Roman Catholic Bishop Hendriken, of
Providence, has issued a rafting order
that may reach beyond the confines Of
his limited diocese.
This is materialistic age. The Con-
vent Of st. Catherine, on Monnt Sina,
has instituted regular postal services
with the port Of Tor, and thegoo monks
will be able to get their letters and pa
pers like other folks. The Bedouin
Arabs say they will allow the service to
go on as long as they get plenty of back
sheesh.
The late William Maxwell, of Connec-
ticut, made it warm for his executor
when he left 100000 to improve and
experiment with his flying machine.
Since the fact Of the bcquest was pub
lished nearly 1000 letters have been re-
ceived by the executor from hying-ma-
chine cranks, and a score of inventors
have laid seige to the fund.
James Rumsey, ofSheperdstown, Va.
who is immortalized by having Hobo
ken ferryboat named after him. accord
ing to the discoveries of Col Alexander
H. Boteler, of West Virginia. was the
real inventor of the steamboat When.
therefore, the statue Of Robert Fulton is
presented to the United States, the voice
of West Virginia is to be raised in pro-
test
Ferdinand Ward s'personal schedule
is an interesting document. The liza
bilities reach the handsome sum of 1868
PA and the actual assets" $500. The
unsecured creditors present varied list,
including jewelers., carriage makers,
crockery dealers, restaurant keepers,
boot makers, furniture dealers, matters
and livery stables Their dividends do
not promise to be heavy.
There is a movement on foot in SOcorrO
county, N. NJ, to carry part of its Mexi-
can population to Chihuahua, where a
grant of land for colonization purposes
has been obtained from the government.
If the experiment is successful con
siderable portion Of the Spanish-speak-
ing population of New Mexico and
Arizona may emigrate to old Mexico.
professor" NJ Westwrook, Of New
York, who calls himself the peoples
sentimental, progressive and inspiration
jester, and humorist," claims that mill
is natures diet and because he lived
year on this food when a babe, believe
he can do the same now, and propose
to try it for sixty days, eating nothing
else. He began his fast Saturday.
The surrogate of Bergen county. New
Jersey, has just admitted to probate
will made Aug. II, 1901, bv Hendricl
Voor Hesen and his wife Weybregl
The will was found among the papers G
an old lady named Voorhis, who die
some time ago. The will is important
as it perfects the title to lands along tn
New Jersey and New York Railroad
which have been in the possession of tn
Voor Hesens now Voorhis) for nearI
200 years.
Five or six thousand people wei
drawn by morbid curiosity, the othe
afternoon, at Albany, n. Y, to the fl
neral of Mrs. Christopher Schreiver an
her five murdered children. The bodit
of the victims of the crazed woman WEI
exposed to public view, but her own bod
was two much mangled to be seer
When about 200 had passed by the cottil
the crowd became so unruly that Il
police were obliged to shut the door
The services We're conducted in German
at the home of the family, by the Re
Earnest Hoffman. their pastor, and we