Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
NEWS AND NOTES.

In France the Doctors claim on the es-
tate of a deceased patient has precedence
of all others.
The total number of bodies registered
as buried in cemeteries used by London
is l ,276 $40.
Wolves in European Russia annually
destroy $50 goo head of cattle, 500 900
sheep, 100 200 dogs and $50 human be-
ings.
1t is said of a Canadian mother who
died the other day: FShe was q true
wife, fond mother, and so managed af-
fairs as to marry off her nine girls before
any other female in the neighbOrhood
could even get beau,
Refrigerators of enormous size are now
being placed in all large commission
houses in Cleveland. Some of them are
large enough for the storage of from ten
thousand to forty thousand pounds of
butter. The temperature within them IS
kept at twenty degrees, and the public
has the entertaining sight of seeing ice
form on buckets Of water in midsummer.
United States Consul Griffin, stationed
at sydney, n s. w , says the abOrigines
of New Britain have a peculiar custom of
combining their girls in cages until they
are old enough to be married. The cages
are made Of the palm tree and the girls
are put into them when two or three
years of age. These cages are built in
side of the houses and the girls are not
allowed to leave the house under any
circumstances The houses are closely
fenced in with a sort Of wickerwork made
of reeds.
The dried leaves of the coca plant,
which Is cultivated on the slopes of the
Andes, form an important article Of IN
ternal trade among the various native
tribes. 1t is estimated that not less than
30 900 200 pounds are consumed annu-
ally. After the morning meal men and
women alike take a mouthfuI of the
leaves mixed with little lime; fresh
leaves are added throughout the day,
and without any additional food the con-
sumner is enabled to do a hard day
work.
Simultaneous with the accounts that
Russia 5 oil supply is falling comes the
report that the most extensive oil field
yet discovered is likely to be opened in
Kentucky. Reports from that quarter
are OF the most exciting kind, but Isl
oiI'' will not tempt a great investment
in any quarter, as long as the Standard
company has a grasp upon the product.
Still there is hope in the Kentucky field
that petroleum will last for many years,
probably as long as anthracite and btu
minous coal.
The first great link in the chain of all
rail communication between America
and Europe, the little crossing of Behr-
ing straits ,gwouId, it is said, be no more
formidable than that of the English
channel. The engineer for the govern
ment of British Columbia saws this road
could be built fer less money per mile
than the Canadian Pacific cost The
first section OF il would run through the
famous Kartenal valley, superb agri-
cultural and cattle raising region. The
climate would cause no more trouble on
this line than on the Northern and Can
adam Pacl1ics
Chicago is to have another notable
building. 1t viii be thirteen stories high
with an attic-l90 feet i'll all 1t VIII
have q frontage on Washington street OF
ninety three feet, and on La Sale street
of ISL. Sandstone, with terra Gotta
trimmings, is the material used The
floors are Of hollow tile, and the floors
and corridors viii be paved with marble
mosaic. The framework being entirely
of steel, and the walls Of stone and terra I
Gotta, the building viii be fire proof.
Steam for heating purposes will be gen
Grated by means of nine large boilers,
located in the basement. The cost will |
be $500, 0O0