The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-23

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An immigration movement has sprung mp
among the fisherman on the coast OF Scot
land. owing to the severe depression In the
fish industry.
According to the last census, the forest
fires in the United States during the year
1880 burned over 10,224, 0S9 acres Of land, val
ued at $25, 49,, $50
The deepest drilled we'll In the uuiteo
States is near Pittsburg, Pa depth Oh
1918 feet was reached, when the tools were
lost and the work ceased
Experiments with wheat at the New YORK
station give strong evidence that COM
pacting the soil aids the plant to resist WIN
ter killing and favors increased yield.
Q The ostrich feather trade Of South Africa is
so depressed that feathers which formerly
sold for SIPS now bring only $3.50, and the
value of the birds has declined accordingly.
Nearly quarter Of million acres Of yell
low nine lands In lower Alabama and north
crn Florida have been bought by capitalists
from the Northwest within the last few
weeks.
The crop Of cabbages on the eastern shore
of Virginia this season was the heaviest ever
known. During three weeks from 500 to l,OOO
barrels per day were shipped from one large
truck farm alone.
Advice from Berlin says 80, 900 people have
| been rendered homeless by the floods In
| Germany, hundreds of villages have been sub
merged. and forty towns and hamlets have
completely disappeared.
The Saguenay River is believed to be the
| deepest stream In the world. The general
depth is from 900 to 900 feet and the bottom
| of the river at its mouth is 900 feet below the
bottom of St. Lawrence.
The consumption of sugar In the United
States in 1887 was /. 392, 909 tons, and the ex-
port was 5O,SS9, together 1,443,79S tons, OF
which /, 1856, $50 tons passed through the REIN
cries of the United States.
Eighty-fve towns in Massachusetts are
/ free from debt, according to the recent report
| of the tax commissioners. During the year
| 1s9 towns have diminished their debts anu
| eighty towns have increased 1t.
A Winnepeg journal states that large guam
titles of potatoes are being shipped from that
| city to points in the United States In Chlca-
| 90 Manitoba varieties are quoted several cents
Der bushel higher than the home product.
According to the latest reports Germany can
nut upon the field in case OF an emergency
| 9. 960. 900 soldiers who have been thoroughly
drilled, and 3,4SO,0OO more who have some
knowledge of the art Of bearing arms, making
a total of G. 10000 men.
John s. Hughes, of Atlanta. Ga, last week
- aolo ~ m
Kaglemacher, German farmer, In hquida-
| ton of debt he owed. In Georgia such
contract holds good in law, and Hughes ID
slave for the remainder of his life.
The Russian Agricultural Department an
! nounces that the time has arrived when nus
STA can come forward with considerable
chance of success, to compete with America
and other countries In supplying the western
European markets with live stock.
The total figures for all United States ports
of entry show that for the eight months end
ing March |, 5000 immigrants arrived from
England and Wales, q, 79l from Ireland, IT,
66S from Scotland, 56.775 from Germany, H.
425 from Austria and 1855 from France.
In recent agricultural report the commits
sioner saws the damage inflicted upon the
| California mountain for sheep 10 immense, and
that they threaten the complete extermlna-
ton of these noble forests, and with them the
entire agricultural resources of the State.
The annual loss caused by insects in the
| limited States is estimated at about Sl5o, 0OO,-
600. that on cotton alone being 81, OOO,Ooo.
| The insects increase with the advance OF
| civilization, on account no doubt, OF the
greater abundance of the food furnished
| them.
Queer requests are made at the Pension
| Office in Washington. The ether day Ne
braska woman wrote letter asking Gen.
Rlack to have the school house moved to the
center of the school district, and an Ohio
woman requested him to send her golden
crown to wear to glory.
The best sponge Of commerce is found In
the Mediterranean, and is known as Turkey
or Smyrna sponge This sponge Is obtained by
divers Bahama of West India sponge Is
coarser and is secured at a much less price.
Much sponge which is used 10 this country Is
gathered off the coast of Florida
In Nebraska, where glandered horses are
extcrminated by order of authorities, the
state pays the owner for the value OF the an
imal. 1t is said quite a profitable business
az is carried on by parties who take over the
State line lots of diseased horses from Dakota,
Iowa and other localities for the purpose OF
the bounty.
On the first day Of May next, the Mexican
government will assume charge of all minis
In that country, and hereafter coin all the
| ioko Haratnf0rn
minis have been iu the hands Of private indi-
viduals or corporations to which the Govern
ment guaranteed the entire bullion product
of the country.
The Chinese treaty which was recently
signed at Washington, prohibits entrance OF
Chinese laborers to this country during Pc
riod Of twenty years. 1t allows Chinese hav-
ing families on this side of the water and
having property amounting to 81 600 or more,
to 90 to China and return to this country on
proving the fact
Some expermenters in Holland have beer
comparing the feed values Of ensilage and hal
made from grass In the same field. Analysis
showed that there was more nutriment in the
ensilage than in the hay made from the
same weight of grass. Cattle feed on TIT
hay with other food increased In live weigh
more than these fed with ensilage, bu
those fed with cnsilage gave more and bette
milk.
The stocks of meats in the West are large
than year ago. showing that the domesti
consumption the past Winter has been mate
rally lessened. In meats. the decrease Ii
manufacture was $4,000, 900 pounds create
than the falling off in exports. The export
of hog products tor four months ending Marc
/, compared with the previous year, decreases
5000, 900 pounds of meats and 29,OO0,OO
pounds of lard, the decrease In lard expor
being about the same as the falling OIL
manufacture.
The western Ontario egg dealers recentl
held a meeting at Stratford. The main OF
ject OF the conference was to mutually agre
upon policy to be followed In regard