Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-24
CURRENT TOPICS.

tnuS on saturday. ~
PITTSBURGH is worth S275, $50 lG6
and owes So, 4S3,99i.
EVANGELIST MoopY is holding meet
ings at Hartford, CT.
At CINCINNATI is worth Slss, ISL, $50, and |
has debt of sec, 24o, 1877.
The debt of Chicago at the begin.
ming of 1895 was ST., 77295O
THE 100000 people of Detroit occupy
go square miles OF territory.
AN experiment in coffee growing is |
to be made in San Joaquin valley, Cal |
The tax collectors in Maine say. the
~ women are better pay" than the men.
New ORLEANS has 255, 900 people,
and extends over sixty square miles OF
territory.
THE land in dispute between Missouri
and Iowa is said to be harbor for
criminals.
THE city having the longest streets
of unbroken continuity is said to be
Washington Doe
WHISTLER, the artist, is in state Of
health which gives some anxiety to
his friends
THE public debt of New York city,
not including the floating obligations,
is SlO5, 949, 4e0
THE bonded debt of Philadelphia is
S52, 75S, 845, and the assessed valuation
is $769, 930,549
OUIDA, the authoress, wears a reddish
wig and still dresses in Enthusiastically
- - ), bright colors a. 49, "a
ssS8s ONE hundred and sixty plows started
in row in a recent blowing match at
hartford. Eng
THE first buckwheat state is New
York, with $50, O29 acres and 4,675, 735
bushels Of product
The public debt of Cleveland is So
ll,400 and the taxable property is
valued at $1is, 745, no
DENVER is the only city with natural
streams Of water flowing through the
I cutters in the streets. ssf
HENRY IRVING is to unveil the monu-
ment to Mrs. Sarah Siddons on Pad
dington Green next spring
FOURTH of July this year comes on
Saturday. So does Memorial day. So
does Washingtons birthday.
HENRY GELvIs and his wife, of
Mertztown, Pa, dicd OF fever the same
day and were buried together.
ID Mrs LARKIN, of Carthage, No., is
remarkable carver in wood and lives
by the works of her jack knife.
'ABE" BuzzARD, the notorious Penn.
svlvania outlaw, now serving term in
prison, has become totally blind.
MILWAUKEE, the city of lumber and
breweries, is built over 81 square miles
ofground, and has population of 275,.
000
QUERN VIoToRA's great-grandchil-
dren, the first of whom arrived 16 wear
@N a. ago, now number rs --16 boys and o
girls.
e THERE is in Russia some SO mortgage
sS banks, which are established for the
sole purpose of issuing loans upon real
estate. G
The navy department contemplates
complete rehabilitation of the An
napolis naval academy, at cost of &c.
sAaA 900, 900. kM
New YORK electrician has sue
ceeded in sending messages over a tele-
aasssg,s graph wire at the rate of LIZA words a
minute.
SIR EDWARD MAIET, after long and
successful diplomatic career, is now
employing himself writing opera Ii.
brettos.
WATERMELoNs of good size and lus.
cious quality were on sale on the
streets of Augusta, Ca, the day before
Christmas.
A COD weighing So pounds was
brought into Portland the other day,
which was the largest one seen there
for years,
The Jowett memorial fund for the
endowment of scholarships at Ballot
college, Oxford, has reached the sum
of 9lo,600.
ST. LOUIS has an area of GIN square
miles; an estimated population of 600,
600, and public debt amounting tc
$e1, l967l2 5sia
A CABLE will soon be laid between
- Iceland and the Shetland islands, the
northernmost point of the British tele
graph system.
THE city limits of Brooklyn com
prise 70 square miles, and the popua
tion at the beginning of 1895 was esti
mated at Loss, 800
Two Mt. Vernon, N. Y. policemen
had running fight with revolvers
each installing the other for a burg
lar. Neither was hut.
The combined ages of l6 persons a.
birthday party at the home OF Jchr
Goldsberry, in Frankfort, Ind, tn,
other day footed up l,424
THE area Of Chicago, including al
the suburban towns and outlying coun
try that has been gathered into tn,
city limits, is 1s9 square miles
SUDDEN loss OF memory compelled
Rev. II. w. Kellogg to cease preaching
in Trinity Methodist church, Youngs
town, O., and close the church.
TIE prospects are favorable for tn
revival of the copper mining industr,
F in Vermont, which only few year
"ago was Hourishing industry.
TURKISH coffee is not all coffee
Throughout the east it is mixed witt
large quantities of barley or rye meal
which makes it thick, and prevents
from exciting the nerves to much.
% WHILE workmen were excavating a
Steubenville, O., they dug up two line
of old wooden water pipe which sup
piled the city with water 70 years age
A HAMPTON, N. H., man has just ia
kea his first vacation after working
constantly for one firm forty years
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