Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-08
NEWS AND NOTES.

Hancock are to adorn the new issue OF
silver certificates
The consumption of lead pencils in this
country is estimated NJ 10000 day.
This is at the rate Of one per day to every
l6o of population, or about 7S,000,000 a
year.
Warsaw, Ind, curiosity is large po-
tato which has grown into and complete
ly filed large beef bone. The potato
is eight inches long and six inches In
diameter.
The eight-hour system has been In OPP
Grafton for several years In Australia and
1t works with great smoothness and to
the general satisfaction OF the trades,n
that business has conformed to 1t.
A eucalyptus tree fifty feet from well
| in Alameda county, California, sent two
roots through the brick wall Of the well
fifteen feet below the surface, and COM
pletely covered the bottom with mat Of
tibres.
Richard Comadi, leader OF the Seventh
day adventists iu and around Reading,
Pa, went to Russia to preach his
doctrines, and has been imprisoned at
Bemperople, charged with spreading here
sizes.
The church bells In Oakland, CAL, are
rung at O'Clock each evening, and
children found on the street after the
bells are quietare arrested. This wouldn't
be bad plan for other cities-Newark,
for instance-to adopt.
BY the hurricane that visited Jamaica
on August 10 the entire pimento crop was
blown OF the trees, nearly all the coffee
crop for this year destroyed, several par
ishes of the island denuded of trees, ba-
mana plantations destroyed, the large
military barracks at New Castle all un.
rooted, and churches blown down.
In the last number OF London Truth
there is "Queer Story" which Is plainly
meant to convey the idea that the steam
ship Oregon was blown up by parties in
terested in an over-insured cargo. As
sumed names are employed and the vessel
is referred to as the Paragon. 1t is evil
dent that there is a strong belief in Lon
don that the Oregon was not run down by
an unknown schooner.
1t is estimated that the wheat crop Of
California will be worth $54, 100000 this
year, as against $2S,000,000 last year
and that the barley crop will fetch SIC,
100000, a gain Of S7,000,000 over las
year. The area sown is said to be but
fraction larger than in 1885. Recent esti
, mates place the wine crop at S1S, 1000, 900
instead Of the S25, 100000 estimated ear
lier In the season. Last years. crop wa
: Sl5, 900, 900.
Postmaster Whitfield of Cincinnati pub
J fishes along with the list of unclaimed
letters list of PARTICLES found loose il
the mails" Here are some of the loos
articles "Two white collars, 1874; irol
casting; match safe; empty spectacle
case; 80 cents; bamboo cane; orguinett
: music, religious; silk floss, all colors
pair Mikado bracelets; napkin ring
silver; 81; 20 cents; 10 cents; cents
I cents"
I A dispatch from Decatur, Ind, says
q "Hog cholera In Adsms county has eS
tended over the entire county, On
farmer lost eighty-six head, all that he had
Druggists are selling large quantities O
e alleged specifics, but with little effect TO
g ward stopping the disease. Unless tn
cholera abates in the next two week
there will not be enough hogs left In tn
J county to supply home consumption. ]
d is estimated that $4,000 worth of hog
}. have died in less than two weeks In thi
county,
The statement of the years BUSINESS i
y Orleans shows an increase In the amour
u OF produce handled, but diminution
n value, owing to low prices, as compare
= with the preceding year. The BAN
II clearings show gain OF over 81, 900 ,00t
?. Two million dollars have been inyeste
d innew buildings of permanent character
g. The profits OF the cotton trade of the DO,
are slipping out of the hands of New o.
. leans merchants in consequence of tn
'e establishment of direct dealing betwee
Of foreign buyers and cotton merchants
HI Interior towns and cities.