Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-03
NEWS AND NOTES.

Pennsylvania produced over sixteen
million barrels of petroleum last year
and Ohio 10 1000 900. Five years ago
the production in Ohio wasn't worth
noticing.
The greatest snuff taking country in
the world is France, though it shows a
decline in the habit In 1869 the con-
sumption was 13 600 900 pounds, or
seven ounces per head. Now it is five
ounces.
The total Indian population is less than
two hundred and fifty thousand OF
these 81 ,232 live in houses and 9612 fam
lilies are engaged in agriculture. And
among these So called savages there are
% 1858 church members.
There are no laundries in Paris. There
is the world capital, nearly three
million in population, and all of It's laun-
dering is done by hand, the clothes being
sent by train loads into the country and
washed in the rivers, and all the crude
process by the unaided hands of women.
The Oldest organ in the United States is
said to be in ST. John g church at Ports
mouth, N. H. Ii was imported there
from Brattle i'll 1713. In 1886 st. John s
church became the owner, paying $3.50
provided, the old pipes and the chest be-
ing found in perfect order.
Under the decision of the supreme
court of Ohio debtor in that state or
the eve of failure can no longer show ia
vortism to his relatives and special
friends or fraudulentIv protect himself
under cover of their preferences. All
creditors must be treated alike. 1t
70 ho cfaf
All the ''cheeky' men are not dead
yet, though one of them has been hurt
One of the state senators Of Illinois, who
has accepted from railroad a free pass
with the written agreement that the
company should not be held responsible
for any injuries he might receive while
travelling on it, has just recovered dam
ages of $500 for bruises suffered in an
accident, contrary to his contract.
The Christian Endeavor organization
has made a rapid advance In 1881
there were only two Christian Endeavor
societies in existence, having a member
ship of sixty eight. Now there are $500
societies with a membership of 400 600,
and societies are being organized at the
rate Of 100 a week. The international
convention of the societies, which is to be
held in Philadelphia July 9, 10 and Il, is
expected to be the largest delegate con-
vention ever held in the country.
The German empire does not pay its
high employees on an extrava gant scale.
Prince Bismarck receives SIS, 500 a year
and residence. The foreign secretary
gets SI2 500, including free quarters; the
state secretary, $4,000, including free
quarters; the state secretary of the i'm
perial court of justice, $4,000 and
house; the state secretary
of the imperial treasury, $1,000
and house; the state postmaster-gen-
eral, $4,000 and house; the minister of
war, $4,000, with house, fuel and ra-
tions for eight horses; the chief of adj
miralty, $4,000, with house.
One of the most curious among all
the curious presents which the emperor
of Germany has recently received as
products of his African possessions is
transparent walking stick made of rhln-
ocerous skin. 1t appears that FReichs-
commissaer Hauptmann Wissmann''
sent a large piece of skin over to a friend
at Hamburg, who gave it into the hands
of clever turner to be made into walk
ing Sticks. By means of some novel pro-
ess the turner has rendered the skin
transparent and of a beautiful amber
color, which has been done before, but
never without changing color in a very
short time. while in the present case the
yellow is steady and unchanging.