The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09
INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL

Late statistics show that Michigan
now leads the world 10 the production
Of beans
The power that drives the presses
upon which the Buffalo Express is
printed is electricity brought by wire
from Niagara Falls.
An improved mail service has been
installed in Frankfort, Germany, the
tramway company having recently
added seven automobile cars and sew
cIal trailer cars to the street railway
mail service.
The Philippine commission has com
ploted its general municipal government
bill. The most important feature is the
establishment Of land taxation and the
adjustment of head and occupation
taxation. The taxes from land will be
expended where collected.
An eX.Confedcrate soldier Of Cooper
County, Mo who raised a ninety pound
pumpkin on his farm this season, in.
tends to have the mammoth vegetable
made up into pics for distribution
among such of his former comrades Of
Shelby's brigade as reside in his vicinity.
drunkenness Is said to be on tho in
crease in the City Of Mexico, where al.
most every grocery tore nowadays has
Il bar as an annex, AND where liquors
are sold to minors without let or him
dranee. Most Of the into xicants sold in
the grocery store are adultcratcd with
injurious ingredients.
Tho shadow of a hand, with the fore
finger raised in warning, is said to be
visible on one of the big pillars Of the
White House portico, whenever the sun
shines on it. Perhaps 1t is intended to
warn Mr.. Mckinley OF an adverse de-
clsion OF tho Supreme Court on the con.
s~titutionality OF his colonial policy.
The Russian navy will have the ad.
vantage Of a fine bed Of coal, which has
recently been discovered at a place
called Ochensk, in the Caucasus, only a
few miles distant from tho sea. The
coal extends over nm area OF thirty
miles and tho quantity Of fuel in one Of
the districts Investigated is estimated at
about 73, 100000 tons.
Virginia is oxperimonting'..with the
~dispcnsary system Of selling liquor on
account Of the State and town, Franklin
having been selected for the experiment
Inc commonwealth gets one. fourtb Of
the profits and the town the remainder.
Under this system the liquor is sold In
original packages and must not DO con.
sumed on he premises.
Workingmen by agreement are doing
a great deal OF good practical temper
ance work. At Toledo the ore. handlers
and ~longshoremen enter into an agrca-
ment with the dock operators along
Lake Eric ports hat no intoxicants
shall be used by the men during working
hours. 1t means the saving Of hundreds
or thousands Of dollars to the men.
Over six hundred consumers of nat
ural gas were left without fuel in Tolo.
do, o., Jan ,, with the thermometer at
zero. kerlin Brothers, who have been
supplying the municipal gas department.,
turned of the supply because the city
~defaulted in payment. There - consid.
cradle suffering, as many consumers
no other means Of heating their
houses.
There are now 2,7f7,4O7 horses In
the United States, not counting those
on stock farms and ranches. The
largest number are found in New York
where there are 300 .271. Illinois
ranks second, with 233.807: Pcnnsyl.
vania has 2l5,077 Ohio, 1876. 8S3 Iowa,
massachusetts, 132. 016; Mis-.
and Michigan, lOO,41O.
, Efforts are to be made by Phila.
1elphia people to preserve the old mon
hSoi w ioohIiChOH. lnC LHOUdb-
DRY was constructed by the Seventh
Day Baptists when they were an order,
dates back a century and a half. 1t
s OF great historic interest, but has
allen into decay since the decline OF
orders by which it was once In
REV. l.. 8. Ingram, q Protestant
Missionary, located at Oaxaca, Southern
icxico, went to Laredo, Texas, to be
carried TO Miss Franc Battley, Of Lon
ON, who came to this country to meet
or fiance. The ceremony was per.
ormcd by the Rev Mr.. Rommens, OF
,oran, III. The bride travelled 5000
lilies, the groom 1900 miles and the
lergyman 1900 miles to tho place OF
This winter, for the first time in the
istory of the Dakotas as States or as a
'crrltory, tho Sioux Indians at Rosebud
allowing cattlemon to Craze herds on
10 reservation on payment Of a stipu.
ted price. Feed 10 u~nprecedently
on Romo parts Of the Cheyenne
and hence the arrangement re.
FRED to, which hts been approved at (:
u 10 estimated that 20, 600 =
OF cattle ara now grazing on In. "