The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-09-20

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The curious elephant huId.nF on
f'nney island was first nprned Huulay
40 visitors. The animal i feet h.gh,
lupk IN i,Wn.uu feet pi timber tni rtn
bold 600 poHplo 10 ha hsam n Hnfe.
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lrur' snll flf hty cent dnIrn.
hnd In eastern restaurants three " tlrm
frirassrod In cream bring forty CENTS
The demand enables spoftsmeu armed
with shot.guns TO make good day =
wages shooting them. FROM the irib.
utarlca " the Chesapeake Hay alone tho
frog market yields 10000. h"aJo
/ Time.
on tho al sessions Of Congress.
twenty seven have lasted over two hun.
drcd days, the last one included. Tho
longest was The first session " tho
thirty y.iirst -lD2 DAYS. from December
3. lsl0. 10 September No. 1917. There
| have been thirteen special sessions,
nearly all short. The Fcrticlh Com
/ gross held live sessions, aud Is the only
one that ever held more than three. T.
Washington star.
Tho Niagara international Park
Commission has ascertainnd that Goat
Island during the past ten years has
| yielded an annual revenue Of about
! $4,000, and Prospect Park, during tho
same period. $4,000. The island. con-
tanning eighty acres. Is held ut l,00l,-
000 and tho park, fourteen acres, nj
the same figure. The real estate I'M
mcdatcly above the falls desired by tho
commission Is held at ~. .j0O, 0U0. -By-
faiO Express.
Alllinois still leads all other States
in miles % railway. having 1889
miles Ohio is second, with 1900
miles; New York third. with G,23O;
Pennsylvania fourth. Indiana fifth. Mis-
Bouri sixth, Wisconsin seventh. TeNas
eighth, Minnesota ninth. There ara
1904 miles OF track in Illinois. | i05
in Ohio. ,2i5 in New York, 10, $50 In
Pennsylvania Michigan has u greater
number Of miles Of side tracks and sec
ond tracks than any other State in pro-
portion TO number Of miles Of main ino.
Chicago Herald.
Silk manufacturing has grown
wonderfully in the United States during
the last thirty-live years, the most ~
mykable increase being from 1870 10
1880, when 1t was $50 per cent This
country stands second now in this
branch Of industry. France ranking
first. and promises TO lead before long
The value OF the silk manufacture oI
1880 was 81, ,03j, ,0i5, New Jersey lead.
ing with Sl7. l22, $50. while New York
followed with SOTO, 1i0. Connecticut
1881 900, Massachusetts, J,7Gi. 2G0
and Pennsylvania s3,iJl,Si0. r. 7roJ
Times.
The consumption Of the native Goa
OF the Missouri slope is growing rapid
ly, and coal mining promises to become
one Of the leading industries of th,
country. To show the increase in th'
demand tho .ollowing figures concern
ing coal shipped from Sims are given
Coal shipped from November, 1882, u
July 1885. l2,720 tons; from November
1883, TO July. 1884, -, $50 tons, or an in
creaso In the latter period OF g.Gl0
tons People aro learning to use thi'
coal, aud many OF the leading business
houses and hotels Of the country NJ,
usingit exclusively for fuol.-d. Loat
dio6c.