The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-05-03
you will see a. third ticket in the
field supported by a great mass of
Republicans who will not have
Blaine.
HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND THERE.
A statue of Gambetta was un-
vciled at Cahors, his birthplace on, the 14th
ult.
The river and harbor bill appro-
pirates the sum of $40, ,Ooo 900 for internal
improvement.
A circus in the West advertises
'the ONLY coal-black sacred elephant ever
seen in captivity"
Gen. Gordon is said to be the
only Christian who is prayed for in the
mosques at Mecca.
The manufacture of rope from
asbestos is likely to become an industry of
considerable Importance.
The Homestake Gold Mining Co.
of Dakota has declared its 68th dividend of
So, ,OOO Total dividends to date 50. 3S7 500.
In 20 years the sales of single
packages of patent medicines in Grea
Britain have increased from 6,661 ,s57 to
49, 457,99o
The mill of the Franklin copper
mine of Michigan treated 125, 755 tons Of
rock in 1893, which is. ! ,4O5 more than was
stamped in 1882.
1t is estimated that the salt fields
of western New York will this year pro-
duce 100000 barrels of salt, and that tho
production will be doubled the following
year.
DR.. Harkavy of St. Petersburg,
who is examining certain rolls of svellum
purporting to be Scriptural records, has
found among them portions of the book Of
Isaiah He thinks the yellums are about
1000 years old.
During he recent fighting in
Egypt Baker Pasha's cheek bone was
splintered by a. .four-ounce iron bullet,
which was so firmly fixed in the bone that
it had to be sawn out-a long and painful
Operation-which was endured without
annsthetic.
Prince Bismarck's annual reve-
nues amount to about $4,000. He lives
quietly, but is hosptable and wishes all
visitors to feel at home under his roof
When living on his estate he occupies him
self with forestry. and his favorite walk is
in the OAK woods when his favorite flower,
the hea; her, is in bloom.
A discovery has been made at
Clinton, about IA miles south of Akron, O..
that promises to completely destroy the
state geologist's whole theory of the coal
system of that state. The find consists Of
a sesm of coal six feet, at a depth Of 30S
feet below the surface of the earth and from
200 to 500 feet below what has been sup
posed to be the lowest strata of coal, and
being the deepest ever found in that part of
the country.
There are rumors of the early re-
tirement of Mr.. Parneli from the leadership
Of the Irish Nationalist Fparty. Two rea-
SoIIS lOl tuiS StSp III Z thot iiC
, is tired of Parliamentary life, and the other
that the party is wearied of HIM. His re-
tirerlent is obstructed, however, by his re-
cent acceptance Of 5000, 900 of the peoples
money. At a meeting of the Irish National
: League recently resolutions were adopted
reafiirming allegiance to Mr.. Parncll.
Speaking of Wyoming, a cores
pondent of the Chicago Mining Review
says: There are other resources peculiar
to this territory, of which we see but very
: little mention in the livestock journals of
our West. There are immense copper mines
here, also lead. iron, and 'gold and silver
! bearin. mines which in no manner interest
live-s.o ok men; therefore it is, we presume,
that no mention has been made Of the min :
ing resources peculiar to this territory"
4 Trustworthy statistics show that
: for the 10 years ending 1852 the average an
s nual expenditure in the United Kingdom
for intoxicati: 8 liquors was sl56,O00, 900
an amount less by S1OO 900 than til" amount
thus spent in this country. This sum ex-
ceedcd by G5G, 100000 the sum spent for
, bread; by 500, coo, 900 that spent f,r WOODEN
goods; by f1O1 coo, 900 that spent for butter
q aad cheese; by s1o6, 900, 600 that spent for
milk; by ELL co., 900 that spent for sugar;
by f1iG, 900, 900 that spent for tea, coffee
:. and cocoa; by fl2l 100000 that spent for
house-coal; by f122, 600, 900 that speut for
>. cotton goods. and by fl25, 900 that
= spent for education.
n The annual distribution of an
: nuty goods at Lac Cour Oreille reservs-
n ton, Wis, has just been made to 1000 In
Y dians The Indians of this reservation en-
f gagged in logging the past winter. and
V banked $lS0OOO worth of logs. They re-
t allied from s., 600 to $4,000 net each from
e their timber. Agent Durfee describes some
: of them coming up in broadcloth and kid
n gloves, with gold watches chains and seals,
Y to receive their dole Of 10 pounds OF flour
n and three pounds of pork per capita. In
G addition to their rations they received agri-
cultural and mechanical implements,
n house-trimmings locks, latches and hinges.
+ They ali have good frame houses.
q Wonderful Trees.
" Two remarkable trees of Central
Africa have been described by the Span
- ish traveller, Abargues de Sosten. One
= OF these, the acacia mimosa, grows lux
II rr;op4lv IN tho mountainous reQiOnS,