The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-27
NEWsY cLEANINcs.


More than $4,000 Foreigners live in Lon
don.
Berlin has population OF 1,6i5,0s5, nc
cordtng to the census Just taken.
Alaska gold fields paid fairly we'll last sum
mer, but the fur season was poor.
The Atlanta Exposition Jury OF Awards
held Its finnl session In Washington.
There isgood slelghing In some OF tho back
parishes OF the province OF Quebec, Canada.
Oscar Wilde's creditors are said 10 receive
about sl0O day rs the income from HE
works
large broom-corn crop has been secured
In the three States where commercially
grown.
There are only llve people In tho agrlcul-
tural department who are not under the civil
service rules.
The Mnshpeo Indians, who have small
reservation In Massachusetts,, have all taken
to bicycle riding.
-, The statistics Of the June census show that
inc population OF Germnny Is 5i,75s,965, an
Increase OF 2,32o.s9i since 1890
Telephone charges In Frnnce are 10 be re.
duced to i've cents Tor three-minutc CON
versation with radius Of fifteen miles.
The -four mills OF Minneapolis. MINI. mr.,
running Mt their full capacity and tho out
put Is much greater than one year ngo.
The Lincoln monument nj Springfield lIlI.) J
Is In poor condition and instead OF repairing
1t nm effort will bo made 10 construct n now
one.
Mrs. Amelia A. Frost was Installed pnstor
oil tho Llttleton (AIass.) Congregational
Church, succeeding her husband, who Is an
invalid.
The Faculty OF the University OF Virginia
have published nm appeal 10 the alumni 20
nid In restoring the buildings recently
burned.
Sells Brothers, showmen. announce from
Columbus, Ohio that next season the Bar
mum, Forcpaugh and Sells shows will be
consolidated.
The Naval War College, nt Newport, r. l..
has completed tho most successful year OF
Its existence, according 10 the report OF Can
tain III. @. Taylor, its President, TO Secretary
Herbert.
Mr.. Sears, Of Boston, paid $4,000 for an old
Stradlvnrious violin the other day, and now
the custom-house IL asking him for $1,000
more, as II was smuggled Into the country
by boy.
While Vienna and 81. Petersburg nre
steadily growing, the population has been
nt standstill In Berlin for the past year
whereas formerly the increase was over 5O,-
900 year.
Peter Olsen, n farmer Of Stockton, N. Y,
was killed by tho overturnlng OF his hny
wagon He was buried under the hay. and
before II could be removed Olsen died from
suffocation.
The Rev, DR.. Searles, pastor OF the Ire.
mont IN. Y) Methodist Episcopal Church,
declined to baptize the dying child OF Dr.
Walter Il. Andrews, on the ground that Il
was not essential for the childs salvation.
Grouse, partridge, deer and many other
kinds OF game are unusually plentiful In
Northern New Hampshire this season. Black
bears are numerous near Thornton. and an
unusually large lynx was shot near Ellsworth
few days ago.
Chief Bonner, OF the Fire Department, New
York City. gives warning to owners OF
modern freproof buildings that the aruc-
lures will burn In such way as to make II
almost impossible for the nremen to effec
lively fight the flames.
The present population OF Arizona Is
placed at 77,000. being an increase OF 1000
during the year, ninety per cent. OF the
immigration locating In the mining districts
OF Yavapai County and the agricultural sec
tion OF Maricopa County.
Brazil IL to have an increase OF her
navy. In addition to the new 3500-ton iron
clads ordered In France, she Is about to build
three steel-protected cruisers OF 4000tons and
twenty knots, three torpedo-boat catchers Of
1000 tons and twenty-five knots, eight tor
pedo-boat catchers similar to the Gustaye
Sampaio; and six torpedo-boats.
An ancient vessel has been unearthed in
the Mississippi River shore near Winona,
MINI. II was four fee. under ground. and
made OF heavy oak planks nailed together
with hand forged spikes. II is supposed to
have been the property OF N. Perrot, a
French explorer, who early In the seven
teenth century built fort trading post In the
vicinity.