Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-31
NEVIS AND NOTES.

They are attempting to acclimatize
American oysters from Connecticut in
several places along the coast of Sweden.
So far the oysters thrive well.
There are in the treasury vaults at
Washington pretty nearly a pint of dia-
monds and other precious stones that
were presented to various presidents by
admiring friends.
The comptroller Of the city of New
York has borrowed SIP 900 900 on thirty
year bonds at ? = per cent. per annum,
and gets premium on the bonds at
that. Cheap enough.
A chiropodist will henceforth be at
tached to every German regiment. This
may seem rather odd, but keeping
soldier s feet in order is one of the most
important elements of successful war
The practice of cremation is spreading
rapidly in Italy. In fOrty-two cammu-
mites it has been adopted to the eXeln-
sion of every other method of disposfng
of dead human bodies. In twenty-one
communities furnaces have been in Op-
Grafton for several years. In nineteen
communities the authorities are trying to
raise money for the erection of crema-
tories.
The losses of life insurance companies
and the assessment associations by the
Conemaugh valley flood amount to over
$3.50 200 and Sl75 GOO has already been
paid to the beneficiaries. In some cases
where whole families were swept away it
is very difficult to ascertain to whom the
money should be paid. In some cases
the impossibility of finding out whether
the husband or wife died first, causes
great perplexity.
The usual talk after q big strike is
heard in Rochester, n. Y , where there
has been a strike of street railroad en-
ployes. cit is a mighty hard thing to
tell where the money went to, said a
street ear driver. 81 am quite confident
that something like twelve thousand
dollars was collected in all, and l am
even more confident that not Oue-quarter
of this sum was ever paid out TO the
striking drivers.
Growing ont of the masonry of the
French Catholic church steeple at Bidde-
ford, Ne, almost at the upper limit of
the brickwork, are two young trees.
Both are green and healthy looking, and
have grown rapidly within = year. They
are beyond reach from the upper win
dow, and could not be removed without
a stage being built. The opinion is that
one is a willow and the other poplar.
How they obtained root in the masonry
is mystery.
The largest cut diamond in the world
is now at the Paris exposition. The
prince OF Wales recently cbristened it
the ''Imperial. 1t was found in South
Africa in 1885, and was taken at once to
Amsterdam, where it was being cut and
polished for a year and q half. The
g Regent, formerly the largest known
diamond, weighs I36 carats, and is
valued at u 900 900 francs. The Elm
perial'' weighs $50 carats and is valued
at from 10 900 200 to II ZOO, 900 francs
A New York newspaper in speaking of
a certain distinguished clergyman of that
city, states that "during his ministerial
career he has preached to such prominent
men as Jay Gould Russell Sage, Senator
Cameron, Blaine, Gen. McCOok, Henry
A. FlagleT and President Harrison. It
is also to be supposed that the unfOrtu-
nate clergyman has had the privilege of
praying occasionally to the Great Creator
of heaven and earth bur the New York
paper OverlOoks the fact in its adulation
of the little goods of politics and
finance
The London Statist figures out that the
world IS supply of sugar has fallen to an
amount that makes q sugar famine by no
means impossible. IT states that at the
latest dates attainnble the visible supply
was only 734 900 tons, against JIG 900
tons at the same time last year. Con-
sumption of sugar has increased enor-
mously of late, and if for the remaining
months of the year it should be even
no greater than it was during the same
portion of 1888, there Will be danger of
a deficiency. This will cheer the sugar
trust.
Suit will soon be brought in San
Francisco by counsel representing
heirs in Hungary and Cleveland,
Ohio, against the present holders of
the estate of William LeidesdOrff, one of
California s pioneer merchants, who
died in 1915 The estate is now valued
at $40 ,000 600, and comprises some of
the most valuable business property in
San Francisco. This property is held un-
der deeds from ex-UnIted States Quarter
master Folsom, who was an intimate
friend of Leidesdorff, and bought prop
erty from the administrator after Leides-
dorff died intestate.
Within the last six months there has
been a marked decline in immigration to
the United States From January l to
July l the number of immigrants landed
was IFS 1913, against 239 325 in the cor
responding period of 1888 If the same
ratio should hold for the next six months
the total immigration of 1889 would be
less than that of any year in the current
decade. The greatest immigration in the
last ten years, or, in fact, in any year
since this country was discovered, was in
1882, when the total was 7SS ,992 Since
that time there has been a steady decline
in immigration to the United States
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