The Penn's Grove record., 1885-01-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.

scarlet ItFrs Is reported prevalent
in Jersey City.
Canton, IN China has a population
of over 1 900, 900.
-GOphers are eaten a. a delicscy Ia
portions Of Georgia.
Il paper chimney 50 feet ugh has
been erected at Breslau,
-LicorIce is proitAbly cultivated il
Sacramento County, Cal.
No rain fell in some parts of Geor-
gia III more than 100 days.
Wild ducks are becoming plentiful
IA various parts Of Florida
Foreign cattle companies
, UUO,O Texas cattle.
Boston shipped 40, 900 barrels Of ap-
lles 10 England III two weeks.
Palestine wa united to the Otta-
man Empire by Selim /. in 1916.
The japanese are said to be ths
greatest fish eaters IN the world.
-Four thousand invitations were
lately issued for a wedding in Chicago.
Philadelphia has seven public lib.
raries, containing 1000, 900 books.
Newspaper compositors receive
el.3O a day OF ten hours In Pdris,
There are three chandeliers in the
White House that cost 5000 apiece.
Riots were made reasonable often
5es against English law by an act Of
1918.
Paper is now used III Germany in
stead of wood ia manufacturing lead
pencils.
-Fifty-four hundred incaudescent
| lights are used at the Louisville exposl-
tioh.
-9hIueiltng Is PiacIlealy taught III
more ia zo'VVV primary Schools III
rance
The yearly cost OF the French
Academy to the State amounts To 49,
OOo francs.
SIX hundred and ninety women
voted at a recent election IN Seattle,
W l
There are 1000 cleIgymen III Lon
don. There are 500 pubic houses and
""io oo'i'i''
II costs over So,ooq a year II -
SSiq; 70 hegP ana cleah th5cfo"h Jewels
The dsv schools of the city of Nav
York have i50 q n9nils and he niab,
schools - 900
Eating out Of doors. even candy or
fruit, is regarded as a mark Of III breed
ing in Mexico.
The oldest newspaper ever Issued
was the Gazltte. which appeared IL
Venice in 1898.
New York capitalists have iuves.
ted S5,UU0,OOU IN Montana lands tho
past TOUR months.
The ~iea u Philadelphia Is ~
square Mules. The area Of Lyndon IS
Ia -4'r'< 49,
,,i-,4 70 30 ''I harrala ~ mnlayeaI rra1
& $3.50 NJ S@
~ ,
w pIoo 'osa 4oooL15f u u 10y
G1 ~ ! ! tSac3; fnn5 'o'p'"S
~ ~
-fortlaI.u' oI1 Is getIillg up an eA-
CutSioH PaiGy lol tlo 0@ha"I'A iSlaIo@
tanorahas We're lnYenteu ny ltob-
elt darker, n me nrst was e&hlDited
at EdinDurg, IN 1'6S.
1t Is estimated there are 10000 per-
sons III New YORK dependent upon
gambling foF a hVlng.
The era Of the Hegira dates from
July -, 622, the day when MOhammed
He'd from Mecca to Me lima.
New York eustoms officials found
snu arfiGcial ewes concealed in \ oustI,
belonging to alady wager.
K~on+,oLu bas. yhita soho,, mann
80 ~ 10 +03 =" H. lit IN
n'emt Ia 3i1 e7a nr IA aer cant
MUSHROOMS are reporter 70 nave
Deeh 80 piehViiuI III Ehglai'u thlS season
nat Vhey Solu io' i'll penny " pounu'
During the past year nearly $50
boilers nave exploded, Killing outright
and manning for lie more thar GOO per-
sons
The New YORK Ponce Board haa
decided That hereafter officers shall wear
service stripes, FOR each hYe years
OF service.
The pauper population of England
exceeds by some lO,OOO souls the entire
population OF the great colony OF New
South Wales.
The production OF gold in 1888 was
S27 SIG $40. of silver. S42 975IOl: of
copper, 93,6S3,9!l; of lead. y, l63, 800
total, SS4,6 500, III.
1t costs 80, 600, 900 francs per year
to support the penal institutions OF
Italy, while only u, OOO,OOU francs are
devoted to education.
Fifteen orange trees near Plant
CITY. Florida, yield this wear. 10000
oranges-l0 900 to the tree These
trees are about 40 years old.
Wooden shoes of the old Dutch
tyne are now made al Danbury. Conn.
They are of butternut and while lmper-
yious to water are very light.
The distance az Sirius FINN tha
earth is estimated to be / ,375,O 900 times
greater than the distance of the SUMO
about l23. $50 600, 200, 900 miles,
Cholera and short crops toyetbar
are likely TO make a very hard Wlntef
in the south Of Europe. and a stagna.
ton in trade is expected throughout the
countries.
The hiohAsf nric. ever n,,d for a
pt,p onn