The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-08

French for they say Many things
are constantly appearing in the newspaper,
that would be worth knowing if one knew
for certain that they We're true, such are
the following pick upsin the Pruirie Far,
m0. There is no reason why they should
not be true, and it can do no harm to be
lieve them all, anyhow.
The price of fair refining sugar is lower
than AZ any time before since 1852 being
! q cents per pound, The highest price
was in 1864, being then 10 cents. In ls45
the price was ! cents, and in 1892 II was
~ cents,
The iron dome Of the United States cap
ital building in Washington weighs 5000
POO pounds, or over four thousand tons; is
3Otl5 feet high, and ranks fifth in height
and fourth in diameter as compared with
other domes in the world
During October two sales of pine lum
Der were made in the waters OF Chippewa
river, Wisconsin, estimated 10 contain
34.000,000 feet of lumber, viz, one con
tanning 100000 feet on the Bennett and
Jump rivers; and one containing $1,000
600 feet on the North Fork Of the Little
Chief river.
There are at least 800 kinds of pears,
|, 800 sorts Of apples $50 plumS, more than
100 varieties Of gOoseberrics, and about
l2j of strawberries.
Three.tifths of all the cattle of the Unit
ed States, other than milch COWS, are west
of the Mississippi river.
In Lorraine, Germany, celebrated for its
robust inhabitants the diet during nine
months of the year consists of boiled po-
tatoes and skim milk.
Iowa is the greatest pork state in the
Union. According to the last census she
had 100000 head Of swine, while Illinois
had 5,1,02GG, and Missouri 1888, 1888
There has since been large decrease in
these numbers in all these States, owing TO
the short corn crops, Tut Iowa still holds
the supremacy, and with this years mag
nificent corn Yield will soon go back 10
the census figures, if not surpaSs them.
Nearly 10000 bushels Of potatoes were
loaded on railroad cars AT Bancroft, Port
age county, Wis, every day week before
last. at 20 cents per bushel, and they We're
still coming in from the surrounding Coun-
try at about that rate. The yield per acre
ranges all the way from so to'4OO bushels.
Portage county is the boss county of the
State for potatoes. On account OF the
sandy soil they are not liable TO rot.
During the year 1888 the sun in London
shonc for only S1i hours ont of possible
1856 hours which is an average of hours
and 40 minute, per day
Eighty tons of buffalo bones were re-
Gently shipped from Pierre, ID. I. They
filled nine barges A part of them We're
consigned ~ st Louis and the rest TO Chi
CagO.
The tobacco crop of this country, which
in 1864, was but l91O00000 pounds, in
1884 is between 100000, 900 and 700000000I
pounds or more than three times that Of
twenty years ago. The acreage, which in
1864 was 230,S2G, has increased to nearly
1000, while the value of the crop, which |
in 1884 was 100000, 900, will probably reach
$45, 100000 or $50,000,0OO in 1884.
During the year ending September /, |
the Minneapolis Touring mills shipped
4,Sl4,i2i barrels of flour against 40S99OS |
the previous year an increase of 7245S6, |
or II per cent. The receipts of wheat for
the same period amounted to 23,5l45tGl
bushels, against l9,293,3,5, an increase of
4,221 POI bushels, % per cent over the pre-
yiOuS year.