Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-15
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New YOrkS exports have increased
more than $1OO,OOO,O0O.
The assessed value of the land in the
boroughs within New York has a little
more than doubled during the ten years
Of consolidation.
During the 11S years in which we
have had national House of Repre-
sentatives it has never had a Speaker
who was born in New York City.
New York City has one public park
that is 250 years old, and that is
Bowling Green, which was the play
ground Of the first Dutch settlers.
During the last twelve months there
were 1856 children injured by vehicles
in the streets of New York City, and
ninety-seven of them were killed.
Next seasons drama in New York
City promises to run more to music and
comedy than ever before. There will
not be enough tragedies to be noticed.
During the coming dramatic season
in New York City there will be pro
duced three American plays to one for
eign one, according to the present plans.
Manhattan's postoffice has larger re-
ceipts than any other postoffice in the
world for the amount Of territory COW
cred. The receipts promise to amount
to more than $1S,OOO,OOO this year.
New York City people are consuming
more alcoholic beverages than ever be-
fore, for the consumption is increasing
more rapidly than the population.
Each day the city drinks about 100000
gallons.
Though shooting is recognized as an
easy mode of suicide, it is not the
favorite one in New York City, for, nc
cording to the coroner's records, there
are one-twelfth more cases Of self
destruction by asphyxiation.
Haymakers on the farm of HI. A.
Sell. near Hanover, Pa, noticed a cow
in a nearby meadow strangely jumping
about and believing loudly. Upon in
vestigation they were astOnished to
find that eight weasels had attacked
her After a hard fight the farmers
succeeded in killing several of the
bloodsuckers and scattering the re-
mainder.
Miss Evelyn Longman has won $1+,-
600 commission by her design for the
bronze door for the chapel of the Unit
ed States Naval Academy at Annapo-
lis. There were thirty-three men
among those competing for the work.
The "Winged Victory that surmounted
the dome of Festival Hall at the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition was made by
Miss Longman.
Miss Lillian B. Hill, the advertising
expert, said, at a clothiers' banquet in
Grand Rapids: "I am glad you cloth
iers who advertise, now print pictures
of mems and boys fashions. Thus you
smarter up the country, and you help
to abolish the cutting down Of the
fathers clothes for the son. 1 remem-
Der how in the distant past, my little
brother rushed whimpering into my
room one night. oh, DEAR he whined,
pas had his beard shaved off, and now
i guess I've got to wear the old red
thingi"
A conservative estimate of the growth
of the church in the country last year
as against the previous year, 1906, may
be stated as follows: Increase in
the number of the clergy, LII; in
crease in the number Of churches, 500;
increase in the number or students in
our seminaries, SIC; increase in the
number Of academies aid colleges, %;
increase in the number of parochial
schools, 1852; increase in our Catholic
population, 1925, 3S2. For the current
year we estimate that fifteen Catholic
churches are built and dedicated
weekly in the United States.-LOuis-
vile Catholic Record.
Baltimore's police board has opened
a school where traffic regulating po-
licemen are enjoying themselves while
learning how to apply new ordinances
to prevent congestion in the streets.
On q large table in the police board
room is spread a map showing the in
tersection of four streets, with road
ways and sidewalks marked in differ
ent colors. On the roadways are two
toy street cars of tin and two little
wooden carts, attached to which are
horses with pin legs, which are moved
backward aid forward by the in
structor as he explains the ordinances
and how rules must be applied.