The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-08

consumed in New York yearly is 49,
600 600.
India is threatened with a small
wheat crop in consequence Of a severe
drought.
The manufacture OF matches re-
quires annually over 8. QUO dollars worth
of wood.
The confectionery trade of che
United States amounts to $50, QUO, 900
yearly.
1t is proposed 10 punish German
soldiers who attempt suicide with IN
slant death.
Virginia viii contribute LOO, 900
bushels Of peanuts to human happi-
ness this year.
A perfect opal With 3 movable drop
In the center was found In California d
few days ago.
At a free ice-water tank ia New
York over 1870 pounds OF ice were
used in Il day.
The Assessors Of Philadelphia re-
port that there are I'll 21l qualified 70.
tiers il the city.
1t is estimated tina. the wheat crop
of California this year will amount to
1000, 900 bushels.
There are now about 100, 600 miles
of railroad Ia the United States. The
cost was $500, 900 900.
A new counterfeit ten dollar note
with a Webster head, issue of 1875, has
appeared in Boston.
One of the most saline hot springs
in the world has been discovered at
Idaho Springs, Col.
The chief figures OF the Garfield
monument at San Francisco are made
at a foundry at Nurnberg.
In st. Louis, says one of its news
papers four-dfths Of the inhabitants
have taken to chewing gum.
Two hundred head of cattle and
horses were killed by terrifc hallstorm
at Jalisco, Mexico, recently.
Indiana has no less than 206 coal
mines, which produce annually two and
0ne-half million tons of coal.
The price of gas In London IS only
siXty.siX cents per 1000 feet,and thele Is
a prospect of a further reduction,
-Twenty-one thousand widows of
soldiers of the war 1912 are stated to
be still drawing pensions from the Gov
eminent.
Dakota, it is said, is the only Ter.
ritOry that yields revenue to the Post
Office Department. But ten States do
likewise,
Louisiana has the yeritable lotos OF
the Nile. A pond neal Opelousas is
covered by Il umbrella shaped leaves
Of the plant.
Steel casks and barrels are now be-
ing manufactured by an English firm.
They are said to be lighter and more
durable than wood.
For the last ten years a woman ID
one of the mountain towns of Kentucky
has held the office of Justice Of Peace
without legal authority.
Scarlet fever has been alarmingly
prevalent In Boston during the recent
months, but the mortality reports show
it to be Of a mild type.
In some provinces Of Brazil iron
ore is used III large quantities az build
ing stones, so abundant and ready TO
hand is it to be found.
Smuggling at the port Of New
York during the year ending June 30
has increased s~lXty-hye per cen over
any of the three previous years,
The etiquette Of funerals in Mexi-
co, 1t is said, does not permit the female
relations of the deceased to attend. Only
men attend the departed to the church
and the tomb.
In a single game Of lacrosse, at
Toronto, one man was knocked sense
less, a second had n thumb broken, a
third injured his collar bone, aud q
fourth his arm.
Five large springs of water IN the
County of Ximenes, Mexico, have sud
denly burst forth on the open plains.
where there has been continued drought
for ten years.
The Cars wife, a sister OF the
Princess Of Wales, Is extremely fond
Of jewelry, and possesses the most
cient patterns and artistic sets that
money can secure at Rome.
In his superb garden at Varzjn,
Prince Bismarck makes a speciality OF
roses of all varieties, and whenever at
home takes great pleasure in attending
TO them with his w hands.
Natural gas was found a few days
ago five miles from Birmingham, Ala,
issuing from assures in the rock form
ing the bed of Village creek. A large
vein of gas IS believed to exist in the
vicinity.
Will eXcavating a well IN York,
Me-, the workmen found the roots of
~neighboriug oak and hickory trees i'm
bedded in the rock forty feet below the
surface. In many Instances they have
formed cylindrical channelsiu the stone.
-Four mountains, three Of alum
and one of alum and sulphur mixed,
are said to be located In Lower Califor-
MIA. The alum and sulphur are almost
chemically pure. 1t Is estimated that
In these mountains there are 100, 0O0, 900
tons OF alum and 1000, 900 tons Of sui
phuE