The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-22
BRIEF MENTION.


Virginia will contribute 100000
bushels of peanuts to human happiness
this year.
There have been 1878 hotels destroyed
by fire in the United States in the last
eight years.
1t is reported that King Thebau has
murdered Ats of his relatives since
he assembled the throne.
The time of Oklahoma Payne to be ar
rested again has arrived. With party
of 1900 or 1000 sguatters. he has again
entered the Cherokee country, and
small section Of the United States army
viii chase him out as uaual.
Millions of grasshoppers made a raid
on vineyard at Fresno, Col, about a
fortnight ago. The proprietor bought
thousand or so young turkeys and turn
ed them loose in the vineyard. At the
end of week the hoppers had entirely
disappointed.
Popul5 .tion Of the United States, 1884,
estimated. 58,OOO,OO0; area. 3,611, $40
square fmiles; debt, June 80, 1884, 81, $780,
G50, PSI; average per capital, $25 A; aver
age p} r square mile, $4O1 At.
G5n. Grant said to Journal reporter:
III the selection of Mr.. Cleveland as
their leader the democrats have believe,
selected one Of the cleanost and strongest
men. He has made an excellent gov
ernor."
OF the telegraph lines on the Continent
of Europe 239, 600 miles, with 947, 900
miles of wire ard 80, 100 stations, are I'M
der governmental control. The United
States telegraph companies have 142 900
miles of line, with $50, 900 miles Of wire
and II, 800 stations.
A swell party of seven Englishmen,
''all Of them earls," are coming over here
to hunt elk and other big game in the
Rocky Mountains next autumn. They
will bring a small army of servants and
every portable luxury known to English
spOrtsmen.
Gov Begole has received, through
George NJ. Gowan, formerly a major in
the Confederate army, the flag of the
twenty-third regiment of Michigan in
fantry, which it lost during the war.
The governor will turn it over to the
veterans at their reunion. His own son
died while a member of that regiment.
Those were very old cigars which were
given the other day to the Spanish con-
sui at Portland, Me. There were a lot of
1000 sent to his predecessor thirty eight
years ago, but which failed to come into
his hands before he was transferred from
his post. After being stored for so long
period, they are still pronounced to be
of an excellent flavor
The bakers of Paris recently petitioned
the French government to obtain the
abolition of the law of 1891, which au-
thorizes the mayors of cOmmunes to fix
the price at which bread shall be sold
The law remains in active force at but
few places, being in reality almost dead
letter, but its action is only suspended,
and at any time it might be revived.
The Prince of Wales is still being wor-
amuse himself He was hurriedup from
Newmarket the other day by a summons
to luncheon at Windsor, and the latest
decree is that he shall not go to any din
ner where more than fourteen guests are
present. The Duke of Edinburg has turn
ed stamp collector, and the Prince OF
Battenburg was excluded from the table
of his wife at ST. Petersburg few days
ago because he is not of royal birth, as
the Marquis of Lorne was turned a few
years ago out of the royal supper-room
in Buckingham Palace, and Louise had
to drink her champagne alone.
An English paper gives touching
specimen of native Irish eloquence. A
gentleman passed man who was pain.
full specimen of pallor, squalor and
Indebtedness. The man said nothing
and the gentleman, turning back, accost
ed him thus: IF you are in want why
don't you beg?' Sure, it's begging
am, your honor" You didn't say q
word" "Of course not, yer honor, but
see how the skin is spakin' through the
holes of me trousers, and the bones
cryin out drought me skin! Look al
me sunken cheeks, and the famine that's
starin' in me eyes. Man alive! Isn't il
beggin' l am with a hundred tougues?''
The new Conard steamer Umbria is the
largest ocean steamer atioat, excepting
the Great Eastern. She measures 500
tons gross, her length is 500 feet, hel
breadth fifty-sevel feet and her deptl
folty feet. Her engines are designed t
indicate 1880 horse power, the mos
powerful marine engines yet constructed
She IS built entirely of steel, is divided
into ten water-tight compartments anC
has five decks. The promenade decl
extends 800 feet over the whole breadth