The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-04-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Facts, Fancies and Conceits Picked From
Here and There.

Facts, Fancies and Conceits Picked From
Here and There.
The Marshalltown Qa.) Tribune is owned
and edited by Archie Cox, aged thirteen.
Scottish milk is now sent to Liverpool
and Manchester by thousands of gallons,
and may be bought on the station platforms
Ut Sd. per gallon.
The magnitude of the slate industry in
this country can be imagined when it is
stated that the total amount produced of
roofing slate alone is 100000 squares per
year. A square" is about 100 square
feet.
The State of Arkansas derives SIS, 900 per
annum from its penitentiary, by leasing the
labor Of so convicts to cigar manufacturers
and handing over $50 others TO farmers, the
consideration being SO. rs per month and all
expenses.
The moss crop of Florida, says the PEN
iacola Commercial, is worth more than the
:otton crop, and can be put on the market
At less expense. The demand exceeds the
supply, and there Is not country in which
this product is not going to waste.
There is mania for legislation in this
country. During the recent session of the
Alabama Legislature l 900 bills were intro
duoed, but the majority were killed. Con.
gress has about 5000, which do not get
chance even to be killed bat die still born.
Birch. beech, and maple lumber is coming
into demand for the floors Of mills and slat-
ing Kinks. being more durable than yellow
pine, and not SO apt to silver when worn.
When Of good quality the price is from $40
to $45 per thousand. New Hampshire and
Vermont furnish much off
A Manistee Mimi, lumber company is
going to build nine miles of log railway,
beginning about twelve miles northwest of
Cheney, as their supplies will be shipped
from that point. When built tho road will
run through timbsrod lands Of the company
containing some 800, oo0, 900 feet.
practical joke played on watseka, ILL.,,
man has made Him insane. He invested
heavily in lottery tickets, and some one who
knew of his weakness sent him an announce
ment that he had drawn prize, and enclos-
ed a draft for 81 900, 900. The discovery
that the draft was bogus has completely un.
balanced his mind.
Duslling in Germany shows no decrease,
notwithstanding the cutlery against the Gus
tom aud moreover Is aow praetised ON the
most trivial plea. Two officers fought las
week in Cologne simply because one of The
combatants, when leaving a cafe, had taker
up wrong cap by mistake. Twenty
shots were exchanged, and enc of the duel
lists was killed.
correspondent OF the Buffalo Express
quotes Chicago business man rs saying
Chicago Is mortgagsd to the East for owe
Bi00, 900, 900. Almost every merchant In
amortgage on his store and on his hous,
also. There are no second mortgages, be
cause everybody gets a mortgage for 81
much as he can, and there is not enougl
left to put second mortgage on. The rat
of interest Is higher than il is at the East
because the security is not so good"
It is estimated that the number of trad,
dollars boarded in Philadelphia for specula
i've purposes since the coin stopped circu
tating is nearly two millions. This boarded
collars cost from 81 to 95 cents apiece. and
the holders have in a majority Of cases con
cluded to pocket their losses. The coin il
being disposed Of rs bullion at the Uni tee
States Mint the owners realizing about 8.
cents on what cost them in many instances
s5 cents, and perhaps more. Lots of So.
900 have recently been sent to the Mint and
reduced to bullion