Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-11
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Chicago is trying the experiment
of burning garbage and the refuse of
the streets, and the result is said to be
very satisfactory.
The collection Of old and rare coins
is now said to give employment to a
number of travelling men from each of
the large cities of the country.
AT Montgomery, Ala, the other
day, four colored men stood up and
were married to four colored women.
The men were all brothers and the
women all sisters.
-'Fairmount," in Leavenworth
County, Kan, has an orchard con-
tanning 437 acres, with $4,000 apple
trees. This is claimed to be the largest
apple orchard in the United States.
The population of the United
States was 50, 155, 7S6 on June 80, 1880,
and on June 80, 1886, was SO, 993, 939.
The increase is now about two per
cent. per annum, plus the annual inn
migration.
An Omaha lawyer took diamond
ring as retainer from man accused
of grand larceny. On his way to
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.
-Indianais proud because she claims
to be the first State to adopt a 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-
bilities for twenty-four hours in ad-
vance.
Prof. st. Andrews, of the Central
Experimental Farm of Canada, pro-
poses trying some experiments with
hardy variety of tea grown i'll Japan,
and which. it is hoped, may prove sue
cessful in the Dominion, as the northern
part of Japan has climate about as
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
of them are prosperous At recent
wedding of two of them the bride wore
a robe of ''delicate blue brocade satin,
trimmed with cream Spanish lace and
cream satin ribbons" and one Of the
| guests wore ''peacock blue surah
silk and satin. with overdress of Orien-
tai lace"
There IS man in Copenhagen,
Denmark, who wants to be a 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 and 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
penhagen man. chances slim.
In Central and Northern Dakota
crops of all kinds the past year have
turned off surprisingly large yield
even for that productive country.
Hundreds Of instances can be cited
where the years crop of wheat will
pay for dwelling, barn, teams, farming
utensils, and still leave comfortable
little stake for future needs. All of the
best titled farms have made gross re-
turn Of twenty-one dollars per acre. 1t
is the general rule that the cost Of rails
ing crop in Dakota is eight dollars
per acre. This leaves a net revenue of
thirteen dollars per acre on five dollar
land, or two hundred and sixty per
| cent. profit.
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