Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27
CURRENT EVENTS


The wheat-growing counties of Texas report
an increase OF acreage for 1855 OF ten to 100
per cent
The timber exported to the United States
from Canada during 1887 was valued as near
Iy S. OOO OOO
The Emperor OF Brazil wears =. big buck
eye to keep of spirits, and. as he is a
teetOtaler, the chestnut is great success.
It looks as though there would not be as
many cheese shipped abroad this year in the
months Of March and April as there we're last
year
During the month OF February Florida sent
81, 400 boxes of oranges TO New York city
The total for the season amounts to 1875 100
boxes.
The Chicago report Of the visible supply Of
grain at the principal ports and in transit by
water on March 3, shows 81, Sis, 931 bushels OF
wheat and 9, al, 652 bushels OF corn.
The exports of refined sugar during the past
week from New York have been light embrac-
ing only 1S4 barrels, valued OF s., SEQ in small
lots Oh West Indian aud South American or
ders
A large portion of potato shipments from
/ Montreal are now for seed purposes in the
! South and south western States, and as seed
/ ing viii soon be over In those sections the de-
/ maDd may cease at any time.
The reduction of the public debt during the
/ month Of February amounted to 81, 756, 366.
/ In the eight months of the current fiscal year
| the debt has fallen from SI,259. 42S, 735 to
! 81. 2O2, 454,T15, a decrease of SIC. 974, OBJ.
| The exports of wheat and corn from all
! American ports from Sept. L to Feb. Is were
/ A, 600 bushels of wheat and Il, 600
! bushels OF corn, as against IS, $40 600 bushels
/ of wheat and 19, S23 600 bushels Of corn same
time in 1887.
! A great number of MormOns have establish
! ed themselves in Arizona, where they have
! appropriated the most fertile districts. While
the ambitious Americans have 5saT. seeking
mineral wealth, these people have quietly en-
camped upon the choice agricultural regions.
The exports of apples from all American
/ ports during the past week, as reported by A.
! c. Lombard's SONS. were 10 500 barrels includ-
! ing $3.50 barrels from Boston, :, go barrels
! from New York aud TS9 barrels from Portland,
/ The total for the season has been So, AS bar
! rels.
/ The Prince Of Monaco has an income Of
! $3.50, 600 year, snd is very penurious. He is
! seventy years OF age and is blind. He is a
/ widOwer and has one son, who is married to
/ the Duke Of HamiltOn's sister, now the
| Countess Tassilo Festetics. The ultimate heir
| is Prince Albert, born in 1870.
The most heightened dynasty in the world
i
! urer in the Berlin Academy of Oriental Lam
/ guages. The Mikado is descended from the
| gods, and Is the l21st of his race The ma
! tiOnal religion, Shlntoism, possesses s. 600, COO
gods and saints, and there are 1876, 900 temples.
! The money in the New York Sub-Treasury
of the United States is being counted 1t is
/ estimated that it viii take sixteen men three
/ weeks to do the job There is SI58 OOO OU0
in the vaults, including s9o,OOO,OOo in gold
! coin, $40, 600 900 in silver coin. AID the re-
rnainder is in gold and silver certificates and
| green backs.
/ Senator Edmunds who is hale and hearty
/ at 90 has served % years in the Senate, and
/ should he live will have the best chance OF
any man in the Senate to complete a term OF
! thirty years and thus equal the record OF
/ Mr.. Benton, of Missouri, the only statesmen
/ who ever held his place in the Senate that
/ length of time
Tim Falcy, "a pioneer Colorado miner who
/ died i'm Denver a short time ago was noted as
! the discoverer of the famous Aatchless Nine
OTe-half of which he sold to Senator Tabor for
! 100000 Mr. Faley had a bank account If
/ S4]J,GJJ few Years ago but he dropped three.
/ fourths Of it in Wall street i'm one season in
! Denver Il Rio Graude Railroad stocks.
The burb-wlre industry is in a fair way OF
being overdoue. According to the Iron Age
there are forty-four manufacturers in this
! cOumtri who own 2, 1911 machines. IT is esti-
mated that in 200 orlCiug days running sin
Q turns, they Will make 3D. 900 tons of barb
wire while the consumption ranges from "a
hundred ANA thirty to a hundred and fifty
thousand tons q year
The Chatsworth disaster has already cost
the Toledo. Peoria & Western Railroad more
than S309,OO0 in damage, and there is anoth-
500 00) yet 10 paw. A new culvert, by
which the accident WOuld have bepu avoided
would have cost 500. The difference between
that sum and the total amount of damages
paid and to be paid represents the company's
Investment in experience.
California claims to be the only state in the
Union where the olive can be cultivated with
profit, and it is argued by a local paper that
there is no reason why, in course Of time the
state should not realize as large sum from
its olive groves as Spain does from hers,
which is said to be $500, OO0 900 year. though
there is probably a mistake in the figure
$50, 600, 600 is no doubt nearer the truth.
OF 600 tornadoes Of which record has been
made in the United States. not more than
| seventy-fve were east of the Allegheny Mount.
aims. The warm afr teDpestuously driven
from the Gulf Of Mexico up the Mississippi
/ Valley Is caught By the polar winds and driven
In gyratoFy- tornaf!Oes across' the prairie. The
Appalachian range serves on the Atlantic slope
as a barrier against storms Of that sort.
A Boston gardner SAYS that the custom Of
carrying flower in the mouth. which has
come into vogue among the ladies of some
/ cities, should be dlseOunten8Bced He saws
that dalmation powder and paris green are
+ often sprlniLled over dollhouse plants TO Keen
on the bugs. and that it is therefore unsafe TO
[ put the stem of these blossoms ia the mouths.
as lip soreness is liable 10 ensue If nothing
moro aarf0ue