The Penn's Grove record., 1886-04-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Six new Persiaa wal vessels have
just been launched.
The King and Queen of Sweden
have become teetotalers.
During twenty years the popula-
ton of New York city increased fifty
per cent, while the expenses of govern
ment increased 400 per cent.
"A balloon that will carry 100 SOL
diers is a new invention.
"A mica mine has been opened in
Orange county, New Jersey.
Connecticut has been visited with
frost every month this year.
1t is thought that this year will see
1000 miles of new railroad built.
"A terrible drouth has depopulated
a number OF districts in Mexico.
The blind staggers is decimating
the hogs In Sullivan county, n. Y.
in Searsport, Maine, are 131 sea
captains-oEe to every three voters.
The Pueblo, Cal, nail works will
use kegs made of compressed paper.
-Miscreants are slaughtering fish in
Pike county with dynamite cartridges.
The national debt of the United
States amounts to $50 for each inhabit-
ant.
"A colored woman IN Ellington,
Conn.,, lately celebrated her 101st BIRTH
day.
The hop crop in the neighborhood
of Syracuse, N. Y, IS very large and
fine.
The erep of apples In North Caro-
lima this ytv promises to be larger than
Herr V.AlIsch IS the first Protestant
burgomastei Prague has had for 200
years.
About lbur thousand roses are re-
CURED to make II pound of altar OF
roses.
-Four ten kinds OF dogs can be dis
tinguisiu in the Greek and Roman
-QuE Victoria has ordered that
Buckingham Palace be lighted with
electricity,
-SwesG potatoes are being shipped
in large quantities from Eastern Shore,
Virginia.
The pearl fisheries of the Persian
Gulf afford support to about $4,000
families,
The crocodile is said to swallow
stones sometimes, like birds, to aid the
gastric mill.
The human skull contains fewer
bones than the skull OF most animals
excepting birds.
"A woman at Augusta, Me-, has
ordered d set of false teeth for her
aged pet pony.
Medical science has progressed
until it Is now able to make q man a
new nose by grating.
Ten and fifteen year old girls in
Italy earl II cents for II hours work
and save half OF 1t.
Forty thousand dollars worth Of
chewing gum Is gathered annually in
the State of Maine.
Wisconsin tobacco growers find
their sheds too small to accommodate
their immense crops.
The people of this country paid
last year more than 50 900, 900 for i'm
ported precious stones.
There is a two weeks old baby in
C~anajoharie, N. Y, which only weighs
two pounds ten ounces
Last year 1905 wolves were killed
in France, mainly on the border lands
of Germany and Belgium.
The number OF persons killed on
railways in England IS proeortionally
twice as great as in France.
Five thousand German physicians
have petltioned the Imperial govern.
ment in favor of cremation.
Wooden pavements have been
given up In London. and the old Nc
Adamized system returned to.
William Ayres, of Sharon, was
killed recently while breaking up fur
mace slack with dynamite.
"A Kansas farmer cut the horns off
from fifty OF his cattle last week In
order to save building room.
The Sultan employs two German
a~pothecaries and pays them each S., 900
a year with free board and lodging.
Recent London fogs are said to
have been pinkish. but from what
cause or probable cause is not stated.
The area of Paris within the fortI-
ications, pretty well covered with
buildings, Is t~wenty-eight square miles.
The malaria flats on the Potomac
exist no longer. After years of ex-
pensive labor they have been reclaimed.
The milk of the elephant contains
less water and more fatty matter and
sugar than the milk of any other ami
NAL.
The area of c~losely-built stores and
residences Of London, including the
most populous suburbs is 120 square
miles.
-.n:iudIng the interest on the PUBIC
debt it requires about s 1000, 900 a year
to pay the municipal expenses OF Balti-
more.
1t is reported that defective hear
ing is on the increase in this country,
and that it IS largely owing to defective
teeth.
Principal Dawson, of the McGill
University, of Montreal, has received
the honor of knighthood from her
Majesty.
Mile. Emma Nevada, the new
singer, IS of Irish origin, and was born
in Nevada City, Cal Her right name
is Wixom.
The large, prominent eyes of the
brilliant dragon-ly or DEVILS darning-
needle are each furnished with %. 100
polished lenses.
The latest device Of a Paris news
paper is the engagements Of two eminent
physicians to attend gratuitously upon
its subscribers.
Yale college founded in 1701, now
has ninety instructors, between LOO
and ZOO students and property valued
at over IS, ZOO, 600.
"A STRIPPING who is attending school
in Cooper township, Webster county,
Iowa, is reported to be six feet SIX
inches in his stockings.
Druid park, of Baltimore, contains
600 acres, 1t was purchased for the
city for about $500, 000. The city has