Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-03
NEWS IND NOTES.

Hereafter each infantry regiment of
the French army will contain four veloci-
pedists.
Apples will be very scarce in the East
this fall, and the New York World pre-
diets that all ''neW cider'' will be at
least year old.
The international congress of short
hand, lately sitting in Paris, has passed
a resolution condemning the introduction
| of shorthand INTO primary schools.
There is a wine cellar in operation in
! Cullman, Ala, having a capacity of
from fifteen to twenty thousand gallons.
! There are forty five varieties OF grapes
| cultivated successfully in this vicinity,
| and the present crop is much above the
| average.
The Bible has been printed in twenty
nine different languages to supply the
people living in Pennsylvania. The
| largely varied industries of Pennsylvania
attract within its limits a more cosmo-
politan population than any other state in
the Union.
The Austrian government, which con-
trolls the tobacco trade, made q great f.
nancial loss by raising the price OF cigars.
In Vienna alone 80 900 900 fewer cigars
have been sold, with a corresponding in
crease in the consumption of cigarettes
and pipes. In all the loss amounted to
10, 900 forins,
A process of engraving on glass and
crystal by electricity has been commune
Gated to the French Academy of Science.
The plate to be engraved is covered with
a concentrated solution of nitrate of pot
ash and put in connection with one of the
poles of the battery, and the design is
traced out with q fine platinum point con-
nected with the other pole. Results of d
marvellous delicacy are obtained.
A young man asked q lawyer of Mon
treal to find out what was the fortune of
a young woman of that city. The lawyer
went to work and in time reported that
the lady was worth st least one
hundred thousand dollars. The !
client seemed satisfied, promised 80
pay literally, soon married the Young |
woman, and sent the lawyer a check fer
q rather small amount. The lawyer |
sent in a Till and the young man |
wouldn't pay. Then followed lawsuit I
and publicity.
The Russian mobiles are fast going into !
bankruptcy. The credit bank for lend
ing money to them on mortgage of their
land, established by the government two
or three years ago, has now no less than
2000 estates which win have to be sold By
public auction at the END OF this year for
non-payment of interest on loans. The
question is, who will buy this enormous
amount of property? II neither the bank
nor the government buy it, there will be
2O00 noble land owners ruined by an in
stitution which was established by the
government for their especial help.
By law lately promulgated in Japan
title deeds OF land are abolished through
out the empire, and their place taken by
system OF land registration. The de-
tails contained in the deeds are hence
forth TO be kept in a land register, to be
kept at the head offices of the various
administrative districts By this meas
ure all questions relating TO taxation and
to the transfer Of property are rendered
even more simple than they were before
Formerly title deeds showed the dimen-
sious of the land, its locality, the name
OF its owner, and its supposed market
vRlne. The last item was recorded for
purposes of taxation, and large liberties
Were then taken with respect to it,
owners being generally careful that
only Traction of the sum act
ually paid or obtainable for
their property should be shown
on the face Of the title deed. In the
eases of transfer there were no trouble
some formaliJies or heavy expense in =
from such transactions in VEST
ern countries. All that was necessary
was that the old and new owners, or
their authorized representatives, should.