Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-03-20
CLIPPINGS.

Down TO the yeaT 1890, kruPp had
delivered to European nations over
l6, 600 cannon.
Colorado reduced it, yield of silver
last wear by -, 500. 600 aud increased
Its gold output hy 81, 200, 600.
Berlu's famous Thiergarieu is % he
adorned With ihirty-twu statue, ut
soyereius 1T the house of Hohen-
zollern.
The Illinois supervisors have started
a fund with which To build monu-
meut To- general Clarke, the hero Of
Fort Gage.
Emperor William rises at ), the
Queen Regent Of Spain at :, King
Humbert and Oscar OF Sweden at &,
Victoria at :.
Carlyle wa, no friend Of Turkish
tyranny, aud the phrase "Ihe unspeuk-
able Turk, 50 often attributed To
Mr.. Gladstone, l. really his.
That one deer does duty in many
an adventure is proved blythe fact that
deer shot IN Weld, Me-, was carry
ing eleven bullets IN his body.
When the tomb of the great En-
peror Fred rick. who died IN 1850 Was
opened in 1872 hi, coronation ring,
set with hcautiful emerald, was still
found upon his finger.
Charlie, Francis Adams, of Quincy,
Mass, has presented the historical
society of that town the old house III
which lived his great-grandfather,
President John Adams.
Emil Ney. grandson OF the only
living descendant of Marshal Ney,
Duke of EIchingen and Prince OF
Moskwa, has for wears lived IN San
Francisco without making known his
identity.
Sixteen new steamers of the largest
class for passenger and freight bust
ness have been contracted for by the
owners of the principal lines of steam
ers plying between New York amt
European ports.
Munir Boy. the new Turkish Am
hassador to France, is one OF the
Youngest men in Europe to have -
/ high place i'll diplomacy tie Is
barely thirty-siX, but he ENJOYS the
/ Sultau's confidence.
man presented himself at the Bel.
LEVINE hospital, New York City, the
other day and asked 10 be examined
as to mis- sanity He thought that Ia:
mind was unbalanced in regard to NJ
invention, which he had made.
A movement Is on foot in Europe to
secure complete census OF all the
civilized countries in the worId. The
various governments will be asked tl
fix a date for the work, The first yeal
of the coming century mas been sug
gested.
The Nossiche Zeitung OF Berlin
saws that English furniture is becom
ing more and more fashionable II
Germany, and it advises American eX
porters of furniture to study and I'M
tate English models if they wish II
succeed.
Felix Moral, German. has got
concession from the shah OF Persia t
build a railroad from Bagdad to Ie
heran, the concession to last seventy
five years. He has the right to max
his own rates, and use either steam o
electricity as he pleases.
The total salmon pack of the Paclf
ic coast during last year, for the fuI
spring and fall seasons, was 2,O34, 81
cases. OF this amount 627, 600 case
were packed on the Columbia River
, 637, 600 cases in Alaska and 5l2, 81
: cases in British Columbia.
: The Canadian Presbvterians in th
, last quarter of century have great
increased. The figures of growth &
, to ministers and missions are: Mini
tiers from 40 in 1870, to l,2SO; mi
t sionaries s to 80, with 300 nntiye a
sistants, and the native churches col
tribute now Sll4, 600 instead {
$40, 900 in 1870.