Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-09-19
News of the Day.

The European dog census has been
completed and shows France, with q
1854 900 dogs, holding the European rec
ord. Not only are there more dogs in
France than in any other country in
Europe, but there are more per thous-
and inhabitants than in any other E,u-
ropean country. France has Is dogs to
every thousand Of its inhabitants.
Then follow Ireland with e, England
with SO, Germany with 81, and Swe-
den with II. There are 100000 dogs in
Germany, 100000 in Russia and $780,
600 III Turkey, though tourists who
have resided in Con- tantinople aver
that this number falls short of the ac-
tual total, which they think to be
larger in Turkey than elsewhere. In
France there is a dog tax and every
dog is registered, a condition which
makes the computation comparatively
easy in that country. The number Of
dogs in the United States is estimated
at from 100000 to $50, 100000.
1t is said that the great fair held
every year at Mini Novgorod, Russia,
is the largest in the world. 1t fire.
quently happens that 100000 people
are in the fair grounds at one time,
and the volume of business transacted
is enormous. In the year 1899, for eX-
ample, goods to the value of more than
172, 1000 900 rublns were brought to the
fair. This represents about $13G, 900.
900 of our money, and of this amount
more than 100000 rubles worth
was sold.
1t is worth noting that in the gradu
ating class at the University of Yer
mont this year was young woman
who supported herself doing house
work through the entire four years
course and a young man who supported
himself by working at his trade of
stone cutter. The time has entirely
passed in all the colleges when others
than the wealthy have a chance at ed
ucatlOn.
R. B. Wellington, a Union County,
IN. c. farmer, who died recently, was
not troubled by the race issue. He
lived in the kindliest relations with the
negroes and in his will he gave three
tracts of land to three of his faithful
colored servants, leaving money to 9TH
ers. The remainder of his estate,
amounting to 1000 acres, he bequeath-
ed to the Methodist Church.
Baroness Mumm Won SchwarlZen-
stein, wife of the German Minister
to China is acting small part in 4
New York theatre.
Workmen of the Bay View steel
mills held a meeting in Milwaukee
and voted to return to work. The
radical element Seeded from the
lodge.
Many vessels were wrecked near
Port Huron, Mich. and the life-sav-
Ing crew rescued Sc persons from the
wrecked vessels.
1t is proposed to build cotton mill
FOR the manufacture OF yarns at Iau-
ro1s, S. c.. the investment to be $2J,,
900. Complete equipment for dyeinS
and merceriZing is to be included in
outfit. l.. A McCord is interested, and
is asking builders of machinery to
correspond.
Right Rev. E. D Ferguson, Bishop
of Liberia, has arrived in New York
He is II years old, and has labored
in that country for the last so years.
The Barings now hold four peer
ages-two earldoms, Northbrook and
Cromer; two barOnies, Ashburton and
Revelstoke. And the founder of the
family, like the first Rothschild, came
from Germany. He was a Lutheran
minister. who settled with a son in
Exter some 200 years ago and started
a cloth mandatory.
A Colon dispatch reports a victory
of Colombian troops over revolution
lists. Correspondence compromising
the Venezuelan Government is said to
have been captured.
Herman O. Armour. of New York,
a brother of the late Philip D.
Armour. millionaire meat packer OF
Chicago, died at his summer cottage
at Saratoga.