The Penn's Grove record., 1886-01-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Inc SILK industry Is making progress
in Utah.
There are about 700, 900 kernels of
wheat to a busheL
-Montgomery, Ala, streets are now
gfreSry JaScrrfcTry.
to A mountain of copper ore has been
b discovered in Nevada.
Brooklyn has decreased its debt
81 ,O00,0 600 in two years.
The explosion of a gasoline stove in
Butte, M. T., cost So, 500.
The Earl of Derby has an income
of 81, 200, 900 per annum.
The last execution of Quakers in
Boston took place in 1861.
The Shakers are the oldest Commu-
MIST society in the United States.
he @o,. Pay your taxes or get into the army
The bottom aaaaE y Madagascar.
hence they havea saloon-keepers favor prohibi
T. Carts nher than high license.
y MS lampagne is said to be slowly GO
ind ut of fashion In London
The Crow Indians are estimated to
be | birth 81, 500 each in land.
Some Florida orange trees are
blooming for the third time this season.
Bismarck is said to be thin and
laugGid, and a sufferer from iaundice.
"A medical Englishman prescribes a
strong solution OF chronic acid for
warts.
Two or three decayed back teeth
serve TO reject q recruit for the British
army.
-Montana's mines are expected to
yield this year 90, 000, 900 pounds Of
copper.
"A sister of the famous 'Sam
Patch'' died the other day at Peters
burg, Va.
Tho hull nf tba Trvnfiop npinad
debt is held in France, Spain, Germany
and Austria.
1t is claimed that $500, 900 is an
nually expended for Christmas cards in
this country.
A double-headed child is the sensa-
ton of the .3dyTn Morgan-coupty. Ga,
is reReSSted.
Congressman Woodward, the new
member from Wisconsin, once served
as a page in the House.
Mime. Sembrich is said to have DO
come a proficient talker in English,
with four months study.
The Milwaukee Citizens League is
making a speciality of prosecuting per-
sons who sell liquor to minors.
The Portuguese Crown Prince is
but twenty years old, and speaks nearly
that many different languages.
They have built a temple at Ben
ares, IN 1Quld, 10 q lou OF SdCI6u mOu-
keys. DarwiniSm is growing.
The druggists in Stoneham, Mass.
are now refusing to sell liquor ever
upon physicians prescriptions.
Ex-senator Yulee is accounted the
wealthiest citizen of Florida, his for
tune being estimated at S3,000,O 900.
1t is noted as q fact, established by
experience, that fowls produce eggs II
an inverse ratio to the number kept.
The entire leaf Of a Methodist hymn
book was found in the spiral of a conct
shell fshed up at Jacksonville, Florida
- Mrs. Dorcas Chaplin, the widow 0
Chester W. Chapln. will endow a hospi
tai at Springfield, Mass, with S25,OUo
The total number of admissions Il
the recent fisheries exhibition IN London
reached the enormous figure OF 2,VUO,
900.
"A tribe of Indians having tail
from six to eight inches in length is re
ported to have been discovered in Para
quay.
-Mischieyous small boys enrag
Bowery IN. " clothing dealers b.
mixing up the placards of prices on thei
sidewalk stock.
"A number Of capitalists have jus
purchased 800 acres of land in Picken
county. Ga, for the purpose OF quarry
Ah6 AN
The Crazy Jane Society is an assc
citation that has opened a summer HON
for poor children in the mountains a
Wyalusing, Pa.
Hartford, Conn.,, is talking abeu
using meters and charging one cent pc
100 gallons for water, of which herpuh
lie supply is short.
The salary of the Archbishop o
Paris has Just been cut down from 5000
to $4,000. The Bishop OF London ha
$4,000 and two palaces.
-Yale's ISL class cup goes to th
baby of a colored member of the elias:
this youngster being the first Of the rae
to have The distinction.
The late Lerd Overstone is said I
have been the last survivor Of thos
who held seats in the house of common
in the reign of George III.
The magistrates Of Berlin hay
concluded an agreement with the GeI
man Edison Company for the lightin
of the city by the electric light.