Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-09-21
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BRITISH India now has 14o colleges
II, 900 students
AN area Of the worlds coal fields il
471.sOO square miles.
THERE are 10000 locomotives in use
on Anne lean railroads.
OPAL mining is one of the latest Aus
tralian mineral industries.
EVERY blast furnace in Pittsburgh is
producing to its full capacity.
NV YORK is said to have 1850 bar
be1 shops and $4,000 BARRIERS
The fruit business of Omaha, Seb.,
is valued at 1880, 900 annually.
OKLAHOMA is harvesting u wheat
crop estimated at 40. 900, 900 bushels.
A BERLIN newspaper predicts a great
panic in the German money market.
The number of languages and dia-
lees spoken in the world amounts to
1904.
RAILWAY wheels made of leather
have been experimental with in
France.
In Russia you must marry before 80
or not at all, and you may marry only
five times.
A NEW automobile is being built for
the prince of Wales, who will operate
it himself.
TWENTY-FIVE women have been
hanged in England during Queen Vic
toria's reign.
AT the present rate of increase the
United States will have in 1900 about
1885, 900 physicians.
Nor one drop of intoxicating liquor
is allowed to be sold at any OF the mill
itary camps of Canada.
QUEEN WILHELMINA, of Holland has
passion for gay colors and wears
dresses of gorgeous hues
In the first half of 1898 japan sent
$50, 500 900 gold to England. Thus far
in 1899 it has sent only $4.S50.
GERMANY publishes about go. Ooc
books year, France II. 900, Italy 5000,
England 6, coo, United States S. 0O0
JAPAN has 4 new lighthouse, made
of BAN boo. which is said to resist the
waves better than any kind of wood.
WARREN c. COLEMAN, of Concord, N.
c.. is the richest colored man in the
south. His income is invested in cotton
mills
TIE constant labor Of four persons
for an entire year is required to pro.
duce a cashmere shawl of the best
quality.
In st. Paul recently boy fell from
wall sixty feet to railroad track
below, and escaped without serious
injury.
A HUGE wine barrel at Nancy accom-
had been building it for the Paris ex-
hibition.
LEO XIII. has just received a present
of an automobile, sent to him by
devout French manufacturer of these
vehicles.
THE only two great European CAPT
tails that have never been occupied by
= foreign foe are London and St.
Petersburg.
JAMES CLARK. of Quincy, ILL.,, who
celebrated his Tooth birthday recently,
is now the only bona fde oldest mason
in America. ...
T. W. DAVIS, ex-mayor of Peoria, ILL.,,
although - years, is an inveterate
rider of the bicycle, which he began to
ride when 81.
JOHN c. kLAUDER, who died recently
in Philadelphia, was the original tim
can mush man and made $4,000, 900 in
the business.
BUFFALo's new Union Railroad sta
ton, to cost $4,000, 900, is to have a
waiting room so by 235 feet, said to be
the largest in the world.
DURING the last half year 1a5 vessels
aggregating 2s4, SIT tons, were launch
ed on the Clyde, beating all records.
England still rules the seas.
AN association of London women
conducts the genial business of caring
for window boxes and growing flowers
for balconies and small gardens.
j. P. BRYANT, the Bardwell, Ky.,
millionaire, owns the largest straw
berry patch in the world. 1t covers
1900 acres and has made his fortune.
:. Tommy Tompkins-.sI bet my pup kin