The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-21
BRIEF MENTION.

The value of the shipbuilding industry
Of New England for 1884 reached Sc, o00,- /
600.
Baron Nordenskiold is now reported to
be preparing for a voyage in an attempt
20 reach the North Pole by way Of the
islands north Of Siberia. He intends to
be gone three years, and his expenses
win be borne by the Russian Govern
ment.
out OF lake-like cavity, south Of Port
Of Spain, at Trinidad Venezuela, $4,000
tons of pitch are annually taken without
seeming to decrease the contents of the
cavity, which has an area of about 100
acres and depth as yet unascertained.
Engineering skill has achieved in China
notable triumph in the bridge at Lag
ang over an arm of the China Sea- This
structure is five miles long, built entirely
of stone, has 800 arches 70 feet high, the
roadway Is 20 feet wide, and the pillars
are 20 feet apart
The first application of woman to be
admitted to the bar Of Oregon was made
recently by a lady from Washington
Territory. where she passed a
good examination and was admitted
The supreme court held that the statute
win not allow the admission of female
lawyer.
At an aristocratic Vienna ball recently
a lady dropped a boquet and a gentleman,
without stopping in the waltz, kicked it
away. so it might not be trodden upon.
a duel was the result, and now the kicker
is being nursed back to life by the lady
who dropped the boquet
Minister Kelly, Catholic, is credited
to q court with which the Pope has no
amicable relations. His brother Is a
priest in New Jersey. His father is a
Methodist, his mother a Catholic and his
wife a Jewess. Between King Humbert
and the Vatican Mr. Kelly will need all
his piety learning and address.
The Bulletin de rAssociation Scien-
tifiqde reports 1909 deaths from lightning
stroke in France between the years 1889
and 1864. About twice the number were
seriously wounded, and five times as
many were struck. The hot years were
the most fatal. Since 1864 there has
been no death from lightning in the de-
partment of the Seine.
The English government has ordered
three 110-ton guns, and of these one is to
be delivered in October next, another in
January, and the third in April, 1885,
The price per gun is eI9, 500; the proiec-
tile is 1900 pounds; the charge is 900
pounds of cocoa powder; the muzzle We
locity is 1920 per second; the maximum
powder pressure is seventeen tons per
square inch.
There is no financial nonsense about
the Presbyterian pastor at Palmyra, Mo.
On the first day of each month he draws
his check upon the bank for his monthly
salary. in advance, and the bank regular
Iy honors the check and charges it up to
the deacons who are personally response
bic for the salary. Thus no delay or de-
fault in paying the subscriptions can af-
feet him.
The Church of st. Peter, at Rome,
stands upon the supposed grave and near
the site Of the martyrdom of st. Peter.
Constantine founded the original church
$685. and Charlemagnne was crowned in
il in 500; but that edifce had fallen to
decay. In 1850 Pope Nicholas V had the
foundations laid for rebuilding the
church, when he died More than fifty
years later--150G-Pope Julius II laid
the cornerstone of the present structure.
One Town That Doesn't Need q News
paper.
Newman Independent.
Stranger; Il should think that this
thriving little town would have a news
paper published in it,
Native: What for"
s; To publish the news.
n: We've got two BARRIERS and plen-
~ OF women to do that, stranger.