The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST
The collection of old and rare

me collection OF old and rare cor
is now said to give employment to
number of travelling men from each {
the large cities of the country.
AT Montgomery, Ala. the othe
day. four colored men stood up an
were married to four colored women
The men were all brothers aud th
women all sisters.
--"Fairmount," in Leavenwortl
County, Kan. has an orchard con
tanning 4S7 acres, with $4,000 appl
trees. This is claimed to be the larges
apple orchard in the United States.
The population Of the Unitet
States was 80. l55. 7S6 on June 80, 1880
and on June 80. 1856, was 50. 993, ,9S9
The increase is now about two pc
cent. per annum, plus the annual i'm
migration.
An Omaha lawyer took diamond
ring as retainer from man accused
of grand larceny. On his way tt
luncheon he slipped into a jewelry
store TO ask what the diamond was
worth and the jeweler identified the
ring as one that had been stolen from
him.
-lndianais is proud because she claims
to be the first State to adopt daily
weather service, The headquarters
are to be at Indianapolis, from which
one hundred kilograms will be sent out
each morning early. giving the proba-
bilitics for twenty-four hours in ad-
vance.
Prof st. Andrews, of the Central
Experimental Farm Of Canada, pro,
poses trying some experiments with a
hardy variety of tea grown in Japan.
and which. it is hoped, may prove sue
cessful in the Dominion. as the northern
part of Japan has climate about AZ
cold as that of the Ottawa valley.
One of the inmates of an Indiana
reformatory for young women was re.
leased on a two weeks parole. and
took the occasion to be married. This
being clearly against the rules of the
institution and the laws of the State.
which forbids marriage under such cir.
cumstances. the bride is spending the
honeymoon in prison,
The remnant of the once great
tribe of Tarratine Indians now live on
an island in the Penobscot river. near
Bangor. They are civilized. and most
II them are prosperous. At recent
wedding Of two of them the bride wore
a robe of delicate blue hrocade satin,
trimmed with cream Spanish lace and
cream satin ribbons" and one of the
guests wore Il peacock blue surah
silk and satin. with ovcrdress of Orien-
tai Lace
There is a man in Copenhagen.
Denmark, who wants to be St. Louis
policeman. He recently applied for
the job, and sent his photograph to
show what solid man he was He
wrote that he was six feet four inches
tall. weighed 220 pounds. and could
outrun aud outwalk any man of his
size in his country. The fact that there
are over two hundred citizens of St.
Louis whose applications for just such
, place are ahead of his makes the Co.
ocnhagen mans chances slim.
In Central and Northern Dakota
'rops of all kinds the past year have
urned off a surprisingly large yield
wen for that productive country.
hundreds of instances can be cited
where the years crop of wheat will |
'ay for dwelling, barn, teams, farming
Utensils, and still leave a comfortable |
little stake for future needs. All of the
'est titled farms have made a gross re.
urn Of twcnty-one dollars per acre. 1t
; the general rule that the cost of rails
ne crop in Dakota is eigh. dollars
'cr acre. This leaves a net revenue Of
hirtcen dollars per acre on five dollar
and, or two hundred and sixty per
ent. profit. ..