The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1892-12-29
Notes.


GOiu shipments rom New Vtk last
wcc!, aggregated 81 o,O0O
Mr.. Mason, Commissioners Of Internal
Revenue, says that the passage Of Repre-
sentative SCOTS bill increasing the tax
en- distilled spirits to fI.25 Il gallon
would increase the revenues OF the Govern
mcnt TO thecxtent Of $4,000, Geo Il year.
The State of Oregon has thirty-six
nurseries, covering ,51l acres, and con-
tanning about 9.0000N0 Young trees, and
orchardists have upward of 100000 acres
of growing trees. Onc-hal! OF this acre
age is in prum"s, onc-fourth in apples, and
the remainder in various kinds OF fruits
-Phladelp hia Ledgcr.
United States Treasurer Ne''ckcr, iii Il
report TO Secretary Foster, states that the
present methods OF keeping account OF the
issue and redemption OF paper money are
imperfect and unsatisfactory. There be
ing no record of the rcdemptions beyond
a simple entry of date, denomination and
amount, the safeguards against error are
Insufficient While some improvement
might, perhaps, i,c made in the details of
the present method. it is doubtful it any
system short Of Il complete numerical
registry OF every ntc, with the dates OF
issue and rcdcmplion would he entirely
satisfactory.
\ statement prepared 'v The clerks re-
spcctivcly to the House and Senate Com
mitters on Appropriations shows that the
estimates for regular annual and pcrna-
ncnt appropriations for The flSc". year
lS93-G4 aggregate $505, SCI ,333I. all in
crease over the estimates for ihe current
fiscal year OF l5,9:-9,22l!, and over the
appropriations (exclusvc Of deficiencies
and miscellaneous Of ST.. ID, eco. The APP
preparations, however, included 81 l1I,2lS
for rivers and harhorS, for which no csii-
males are made The total estimated
revenues FOR 1884 aggregate TlJO,l2l 800,
Including $50, 800 estimated postal
revenues.
1t is gratifying to American pride, and
better than that, it is satisfying 10 Amer-
can ambition, TO hold IL place in The front
rank Of civilized nations, to hear that the
American armor plate known is the
:Harvcyized' has successfully wthstood
the test recently made At Och:a in Russia,
and is likely 10 be chosen ly HAT govern
ment in preference to the French ST.
diamond plate. According to the report
the test was the severe>t on record, hay
ing been made with large guns propcllng
shot at velocity of 100 feet per second,
which is SEQ feet greater than the British
have yet vcnturcd on, and 200 greater
than is recommended hy our own ordi
nance mcn-Brcoklyn citizen.
The general business situation through
the country ut large, at the close of the
week, hardly looks as aa!!cring as could
he desired 1t is perfectly natural, how
ever, that trade should Stacker up and
business become dull rs We approach the
end Of the year. In the West trade the
past week has been characterized by
scasonablc activity in hoilday spccialties
and corresponding relaxation in some
N.,,.,.liin -, tho South
general trade is heavier than it was Il
month ago, The demand for holiday special
ties being The only feature OF interest.
Collections at almost all Southern cities
are very satisfactory, and the outlook for
spring trade is good.-B9ston -idrcihser.
There is no city in The world that keeps
such accurate records OF the entry of food
and fuel supplies within lis borders as
Paris. This is due 10 The fact that Il. high
import duty is levied on almost every
article Of domestic use which is brought
to this city During io9i the total amount
of coal consumed in Paris was 3,219.000
cross tons. OF which ,5l2 600 gross tons
were brought to the city by river and
canal; 49, 900 gross tons were of French
origin, 1900 gross tons came from Bel
GUM, II 800 from England, and l29,90O
from Germany. The small amount of
charcoal used as fuel in Paris will bring
the total consumption OF iuel to three and
one-half million gross tons. The yearly
consumption of coal in London. is twelve
million tons.-E3aghneering and Mining
Journal!