The Republican journal., 1892-01-21
Generalities.

Two large dlStlllerleS are to be built at
ST. Louis to fight the whisky trust.
All of the 30 flour mills in Utah, except
ing six have been bought by an English
syndicate for -, $50, 900.
1t has been estimated by shoe man that
the people of the United States spend $50.
600, 600 annually for shoes.
The population of the world, according
to recent calculations of NJ. Nernan, is es-
timated at l, 400, 900, 600.
New York is said to employ an army of
cash girls 80, 600 strong, many of whom
are nearer II than IA years of age.
A Wheeling mail carrier has successfully
delivered letter to a man with the name
OF George chwitferwitzerenonth
1t is again reported that a friendly ar
rangement of the matters at issue between
! Italy and the United States is near at hand.
Queen Victoria. having completed her
! I'D year, has exceeded in age all other Eng
/ lish sovereigns except two-Georges III.
and LII.
The Oldest mule in the United States is
a venerable object OF interest in Ray
county, Mo. Its name is Julia and it is
30 years of age.
Baron Hirsch says that the Government
OF the Argentine Republic supports his
scheme for the colonization of Hebrews in
that country.
The official Trade Report of Berne at
tributes the decrease of II, 600 900 francs
in Swiss exports to America to the Nc Kin
ley Tariff act.
An English syndicate has purchased
! twenty three out OF the twenty nine flour
! mills OF Utah and will attempt to control
the entire wheat crop of that Territory.
Ten shares of Brooklyn Players League
! base ball stock was sold at auction in New
York recently for sl6. Its par value was
$1,000, and its owner had paid 5000 for it.
Cuba paper dollar is worth forty eight
cents in gold. There are still men in
America who would like to initiate our cur
rency until it has the same relative value.
The Dominion Government has seized
quantity of Louisiana and Mexican lottery
tickets at Montreal, smuggled into Canada
by a man named Lemay. They are duti-
able
William O Brion has disappeared from
Gloucester, Mass, with liabilities of tif-
teen or twenty thousand. He was a stock
broker and was formerly we'll known in
Augusta.
1t is stated that the eases OF the Nave
rick bank. its president. Asa F. Potter,
and its directors. Jonas II. French and
Thomas Dana. will be presented to the
! grand jury about Feb ,.
The Russian and French ambassadors
asked the Sultan not To confirm England
appointment OF the new khedive The
German ambassador asked him to do SO
at once, and it was done
An average man OF 80 has spent 5000
| days, OF nearly 20 years in sleep. and has
consumed about 1000 pound of bread
and Ii. 200 pounds of meat. washed down
with 1000 gallons OF liquids.
Albert Backert. chairman of the White
chapel Murder Vigilance Committees has
received a letter signed Jack the Ripper
stating that the writer intends to begin
operations again very shortly.
Haverhll CNass.) children have been
made sick 10y eating waters aid to contain
arsenic. The waters We're for use to i'm
prove the complexion. and have been seat
tered about the city as an advertisement.
An attachment oi so. 900 was placed
upon the property of Gen. b. f. Butler
Jan. Sth at Lowell. The attachment is said
to be the result OF the action of tort
brought by Estes " Lauriat the Boston
| publishers.
| The Ma Ssachusetts Suplome Court Las
decided tina the Boston and Maine Rail-
| road Comp any must pay to Dr.. James H.
Nelson Of st. John>buly. Vt. 81. 800 for
injuries received in a collision near that
town two years ago.
1t is estimated that at least $50. 900. 900
Of the government $ paper money suppos-
ed to be i'll circulation has been lost or de
>troNed. BY the sinking of one vessel off
the Atlantic coast some Years ago 81 600
900 in greenbacks was lost
MI. Robert Bonner. the owner of the
great tTotting mare Sunol and many other
valuable and speedy trotters. has received
a communication from W. {. Jones' pres
ident of the Columbia Driving Park Asso-
citation. of Columbia, Tenn. Offering n
purse of $4,000 for a race between Nancy
Hanks and Sunol. MI Bonner replied as
usual that Sunol OF any of his horses would
never race in Il match
A despatch from Hong Kong states that
the British steamer Empress of China.
Captain Tillett at that port from Van
couver, experienced succession of heavy
gales on her outward voyage. She labor
ed very heavily and started some of the
bolts in her forward plates. which allowed
the water to enter her forepeak The
steamer, besides being leaky, is other
wise damaged and it will be necessary for
her to go in dock to effect repairs.
Maine State Prison.
Colonel s. H. Allen warden of the
Maine State Prison. submitted his annual
renurt tn tht lInynrn ar and I4A1lucil la