Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-21

teresting question now arises, who l.
the young lady's husband. and where
Is the ucwsboy?
NEWS ~ A NUTSHELL
The cost Of a palace sleeping ear lie
$4,000, II ve-ilbulcd $1,000.
Therc are sixty miles Of snow sheds
ON the Central Pacific Railroad.
One million persons are employed by
the railroads Of the United States.
The cost Of railroads In the United
States has been nine billion dollars.
The total mileage Of telegraph wire
in the United States Il sol, 5si miles.
The total mileage Of poles and cable
in the United state. 1854 10 miles.
The cost Of a hlgh.clas. light.wheel
passenger locomotive Is about $, 800.
Raum rcporiso2o, 40 pending claims,
half for pension and half for more
pension.
The total member Of employees In the
operation Of telegraph lines In the
United Statcg l. i2,gi7.
The salary OF each member Of the
Canadian Dominion Cabinet holding a
portfolio Is 5000 per annum, except
the Premier, who receives 5000.
The Canadian House Of Commons
ia composed Of 9l5 mcmhey. The
Speakers salary IL 5000 a year. The
salary Of a member il $1,000 per each
session aud mileage.
The senate " tho Canadian parlla.
ment Il composed of77 members. The
Speakers salary Ia 5000 yuar Each
senator receives a seasonal indemnity
Of $1,000 and mileage.
Humboldt calculated the mean level
Of North America 10 be- Il5 fcot above
the sea, and he found that In 100000
years the whole Of North America
might bo worn down to the sea level.
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Rabbi Samuel Ffuudor rendered his
resignation 10 his Hebrew congregation
afew days ago, at Davenport, Iowa.
lie said that Judaism IL n theological
back number, aud tina, 1t had no longer
mission In the world,
a marriage contract In Wisconsin
was recently dissolved by a Chicago
Judge, on the ground Of IT, Illegally.
The Wisconsin lawyers say It was legal
according To the laws Of that State. II
Il probable thai more will bo heard
aboutit
II Is reported that n fruit jar trust has
been formed. In Chicago and other
eastern elites Jobbors find II impossible
to al orders. The price IA, also nd.
vanced. The article which sold last
year nj $3.50 per gross Tor quarts is now
quoted at 81 sto $40.
~ NII'hH AAAAF A'HHlhAluu " III
progress In Mexico. One report says
that Garcia, tho leader Of the revolu.
tionists was caught and hanged on the
18Th Inst. Another report states that
Garcia Is allvcand active, that ho IL
receiving recruits very fast.
Two railroad agents named Higgins
aud Arnold aot IRE 10 tho clothing Of
negroes 10 a sal'on IN Nil waukiv
few days ago, The woman was burned
10 death. one Of the mon tiliggin's)
was arrested In Chicago on the 10Th
init The police are on the hunt after
Arnold.
The longest telegraph line In tho
world extend. from Is Old Broad
street, London, to 20 Gable street. Cal.
cutta. a gentleman wont into the
London office short tlmoago aud was
shown tho Morse printer In connection
with the main llue from London to
Teheran.
The Canadian Parliament IL com.
posed Of two hOuses--the Senate aud
the Commons. The senators arc ap.
pointed Tor life by the Crown, on the
nomination OF tho Governor, General.
The Commons arc elected under a
Federal act which provides for practl.
cally universal suffrage.
Fanny Davenport, the actress, Is
again sued for Islander by m actor who |
supported her la "I.a Toscn." Che |
posted notice IN one Of the theatres |
saying that Lotto had acted indecenlly. |
He sued her Ia the courts Of Minnesota,
and already two trials have taken
place. A new trial was ordered on the |
9lth inst.
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a sou Of Frank James has won q /
scholarship Ia a Missouri military |
academy, where no will At onre begin |
his studies. lie IN bright aud popu-
lar boy Of thirteen years, anu II may be
that tho personnl courage aud manli.
moss no has Inherited from his ro.
dOubiable father will some day make IA |