The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-14
BRIEF MENTION.

In Montevideo and Buenos Ayres all
the horse cars come from the United
States.
Col. Fred Burnaby's widow will not
need a pension, as she has an income of
$50, 900 year.
Japan now has in round numbers 3d.
600 common schools, 5000, 600 pupils and
81, 700 teachers.
The flour market in Brazil is control
led by the United States, but the butter
used in the empire is supplied by Eng
land and Holland.
Gen. James Longstreet has not yet
settled his accounts as United States
marshal of Georgia. He says he is wait
ing to adjust matters with democrat.
A solid silver balustrade, which has
stood in one of the Mexican churches
since the time of Cortez, was torn down
not long ago and taken to the mint and
coined, producing 6O.O00 silver dollars.
President Arthur, according to the
London Truth, is going to Europe early
in July for several months. He intends
to stay for some weeks in England be-
fore proceeding to the continent for a
tour.
Four years ago the Mahdi was I'M
known. Three years ago he was per-
ceived as kind Of speck upon the ho-
rizon A little later it was discove red
that he was a certain Mohammed Ach-
met though even then he was consider
ed myth.
According to Ii. L. Nelson, Speaker
Carlsles clerk, Congressman Collins
will endeavor in the next congress to Sc
cure the adoption of an amendment to
the constitution compelling Rhode Is
Ind to strike out its property aaalIlIca-
ton clause for voters of foreign birth.
a dozen East African tribes between
the north end of Lake Nyassa and the
Indian ocean have been reduced to de-
plorable condition by famine. Their
crops, which are their main dependence,
were almost total failure last year.
Many have died and many others, tempt
ed by the grain the coast Arabs took
among them, have sold themselves into
slavery for few days provisions.
There isfa ch ance for some bold Office
seeker in Utah. A Mormon magistrate
at Salt Lake City wants a constable, and
has large number of executions and
warrants ready t" urn over as soon as a
proper constable can be obtained. The
warrants and executions are against
miners and cowboys, and several officers
have been shot while trying to serve the
papers. 1t is estimated that an ener-
getic bullet-poof man can make $4,000
per year out of the office.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany exchange, at the rate of an eighth
of a cent per pound, about 100 tons OF
old and rejected wire every year. This
wire costs the company from seven tc
eight cents per pound-sixteen feet tC
pound. The company calculates from
five to seven years as the life ola wire
The wires last much longer in a dry eli
mate than in a moist one. Wires strung
along the coast are often found encrust
ed with salt deposit, which in The
course of a few years will cause mucl
trouble to the operators, and if storm
occurs the weight upon the wires viii
cause breakage to ensue, which is otter
charged to the severity of snow storms
According to last advices CONSTANT
nople Is about to be deprived of the ben
eft of another ancient institution. Tht
government, having made a crusade
lately against the numerous charlatans
has now given directions to its official
20 prosecute the magicians, denouncins
them as common cheats and rogues
Whether the court astrologer IS doomed
remains to be seen. Constantinople ha
Away enjoyed a good supply of magi
clans, the best being from Morocco, ant
many of them black The magicians
whose studios can be seen in many
street, have been found of the creates
benefit, being preferred to doctors, doinl
large business in love charms and find
ing more thieves than the police.
A distillery has lately been put in opel
alton in Charleston, S. c., for manu-
featuring oil from pine wood. The ma
terial is subjected to intense heat i
sealed retorts, and one cord of it is sal
to yield fifteen gallons of turpentine
eighty gallons of pinewood oil, fit
bushels OF charcoal, $50 gallons of WOO
vinegar, and quantity of inhammabl
gas and vegetable asphaltum. The OF
alone is worth about twenty-five cents
gallon, and is used by painters and ship
builders. Apart from its com mereia
value, the process is interesting in show
ing how modern chemistry is able