Cooperstown courier., November 09, 1883, Image 3

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Miscellaneous Matters.
Oakland, Cal., is to have cotton mills
backed by 1600,000 capital.
Probably the fastest train in America
is the afternoon express on the Canada
Atlantic railway, which leaves Coteau
station at 5.35 and reaches Ottawa, dis
tant 78.4 miles, at 7.09, having made one
stop of three minutes at Alexandria.
This is almost exactly fifty miles an
hour. The fastest train in the world is
probably the "Flying Dutchman," which
runs without stopping from London to
Bristol, a distance of 118 1-4 miles, in
just two hours, a rate of fifty-nine and
one-eighth miles an hour.
The steamship Ludwig, which sailed
from Antwerp, Belgium, for Montreal
two months ago, and has not since been
heard Jrom, has been given up as 'lost.
There were seventy persons on board,
twenly-i'our of wliwm were passengers.
Pullman, 111., the manufacturing su
burb of Chicago, has successfully tried a
a novel system of sewerage. The town
is difficult to drain, lying on the prairie
without rise or fall and without streams.
But sewers were built, emptying into a
sunken tank, from which the seweraqe
was pumped through a twenty-inuh
main to a farm three miles away. The
cost of the system was $80,000, and the
farm returns a profit of $8,500 a year, or
more than 5 per cent, on the invest
ment.
The Burmese would be known any
where by their fruits, such is the strong
and peculiar odor of their favorite varie
ties. The dorian is particularly bad for
the olfactory-nerves. Its rind has a
most overpowering smeli, and in the
special steamers which are sent to Man
dalay for tue use of the king and the
palace, the smell of the bad dorians is
enough to announce their presence all
up the river. Another fruit, called tau
ientlie, is very odorous, and is esteemed
highly by the Burmese as an excellent
digestive and tonic. From descriptions
of its effects upon the person who has
been indulging in it, it is probably of
grealer strength than the combination of
rum and onions perceived at some dem
ocratic caucuses.
The increase of national wealth in
Britain since the time of the Stuarts was
fully discussed at the recent meeting of
the British association. Public wealth
has quadrupled since the date of the
battle of Waterloo, and has doubled since
the accession of Queen Victoria. Where
as in 1840 the total wealth was £4,030,
000.OIK) sterling, in 1882 it bad increased
to £8,720,000,000. Computed per inhabi
tant, in 1812 it was
£127,
A
and in 18S2
JE249. The purchasing power of money
had alse increased, and also the compar
ative number of well-to-do people. The
probate returns showed that 17 per cent,
of the populstion was above want in 1810
and 31 per cent, in 1877.
The annual report of the Provost of
the University of Pennsylvania says: "In
all college life athletics have become a
very prominent feature. Recognizing
both the advantages and dangers of
gymnastic exercise, the Board of Trus
tees has resolved to establish a systema
tic supervision of physical ulture, and
has so far agreed with an athletic asso
ciation of alumni and undergraduates
that a goodly lot of ground, with suitable
buildings and appliances, will soon be
devoted to achletic sports under the
careful oversight of an experienced di
rector."
Underlaying the bituminous coal and
shale beds of Western Pennsylvania
there is a porous rock which is charged
with petroleum gas. In certain local
ities it is only necessary to tap this gas
reservoir by means of an artesian wel'
in order to secure a supply of ready
made highlv inflammable fuel. There is
quite a strife now going on in Pittsburg
for a monoply of the privelaee of dis
tributing this natural gas, through pipes
laid in the streets, to po'nts where it
may be needed for domestic or manu
facturing purposes.
Leachburg, Penn., is a town remark
able for being lighted day and night by
a constant stream of burning gas. Some
years ago a party desiring to test the
territory for oil drilled a well on the
Westmoreland side of the river, directly
opposite the town, in which no oil was
found, but from which an immense flow
«f gas proceeds, and which is utilized by
the proprietors of a rolling mill in the
former place. The gas at this well not
onlv furnishes the light and heat for the
rolling mill, but the gas from a pipe pro
jecting far above the mill buildings illu
minates the whole town. By the use
of the gas from this well the company
not only lights their works bat saves
largely in fuel. Besides furnishing lights
for the rolling mill it supplies these ne
cessities for a steel and a glass manufac
tory.
Monkey Story.
From the Boston Globe.
Some time ago an English lady, who
was living at Kingston, Jamaica, took
passage on a homeward bound vessel,
taking her two months' old infant with
her. A large, strong, active monkey
which was on board took a violent fancy
for the child. The monkey would sit all
day long watching the mother as she
rocked and fondled the little one, and
followed her from place to place. Sev
eral times the animal tried, unsuccess
fully, to get possession of the baby.
One Beautiful afternoon a distant sail at
tracted the attention of all on board, and
the captain politely offered his glass to
the lady. She placed her baby on the
sofa and had just raised the glass to her
eye when a cry was heard.
Turning quickly she beheld a
sailor in pursuit of the monkejr, which
had grasped the infant firmly with one
a^m and!was nibly climbinc the shrouds.
The mother fainted as the animal
reached the top of tue mainmast. The
captain was at his wit's end. He feared
if he sent a sailor in pursuit the monkey
would drop the baby and escape by
leaping from mast to mast. The child,
in the meantime, was heard to cry,
but the fear that the nonkey was hurt
ing it was dispelled by seeing it imi ate
the motions of the mother, dandling,
soothing and endeavoring to hush it to
sleep. After trying in many ways to
lure the animal down, the captain fin
ally ordered the men below and con
cealed himself on deck. In a moment,
to his great joy, he saw the monkey
carefully descending. Reaching the
deck,it looked cautiously around, ad
vanced te the sofa and placed the baby
upon it. The captain restored the
frightened infant to its mother, who
was soon satisfied that her darling had
escaped without injury.
TAXKS IX GOTHAM.
Who Pay the let Assessments—
Mr Asltv's liit! Check.
In old times cory ward had its tax
collector who was required to give se
curity s:iv.s a Xe'.v York letter to the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. I well
remember the last of this class, old
Oliver Cobb, whose bonds reached the
enormous sum of $(00,000. lie had t,he
first ward, which included Wall street,
and hence the security was of corres
ponding amount. Of late years however
the collection lias been made in Central
office which opens on October 1st. A
crowd appeared on openinu day, since
interest is allowed on all payments made
eiore the close of the month. Chief in
the number was Jclin Jacob Astor "a
clerk, who had a check for $40fj,2u"v2.
Reader, only think how rich man
must be to pav a half million for taxes!
Will am H. Vanderhilt paid $110,000.
He is reallv a richer man than either of
the Astors, but his property is chiefly
in shares in corporations which pay
their own taxes. Hence his bill is com
paratively light. This, also, is the reason
whv Jay "Gould pays such a small tax.
He invests almost, all his immense in
come in stocks, but haseno"gh real estate
to call for a tax of $15,100. Three women
appear among the most prominent tax
pavers. One is Miss Kitty Wolfe, the
beneficient spinster of Grace church,
'who is assessed at $400,000, and there
fore pays a tax of $9,100. Mrs. A. T.
Stewart pays a tax of $11,400 on $500,000
personal" estate, in addition to thrice
that sum in real estate. Her Fifth ave
nue palace alone is taxed $11,490, being
valued ai $500,000. Mrs. Kdwin I). Mor
gan (widow of onr late ex-go\crnor) is
assessed at §1,000,000 in personal estate
in which she pays a tax of $22,900. Per
sonal property is not easily reached, and
hence often escapes tax. This is one
reason why some capitalists prefer it.
They conceal their bonds in some place
of safe deposit, and no one is the wiser.
The late Moses Tavlor, for instance, was
assessed at Jil,:Jou,«K.K) personal estate,
but after his death the latter wai discov
ered to be ten times greater, and he had
thus escaped taxation.
The entire assessment roll of real and
personal property is $1,270,000,000, and
the gain since last year is$4:,000,00it,0 -O.
During the past ten years the valuation
of real estate has increased $240,000,000,
which is more than the entire increase
during the first 225 years of the city's
existence. This fact, shows that New
York is growing now more rapidly than
ever. The life insurance capital alone
is $330,000,000 and the immensity of the
gas business is shown by the fact that
the nine companies are assessed
at $5,000,000. The value of untaxed
church properlv is $10,000,000, but this
does not include Trinity estate, whose
taxes are paid by tenants. The number
of taxpayers diminishes as wealth accu
mulates, and the big fish eat up the little
ones in that specialty as well as in every
thing else. The Astors are constantly
buying real estate, while Jay Gould,
Russell Sage, and the Vanderbilts are
accumulating personal property.
New York is becoming noted for its
grand commercial structures, but the
same tendencies to high cost is found in
the dwellings of the aristocracy. Wil
liam H. Vanderbilt's palace is valued by
the assessors at £750,000 and Mrs. A. T.
•Stewart's at a half million. The former
pays a tax of $17,175, while the tax on
Mrs. Stewart's palace is $11,450. Some
people would think the above mentioned
sums would be sufficient if they were
nerely rent, but to in ike Mrs. Stewart's
tiouse a paying investment it should
rent for $50,000 a year. The valuation
"f hotels may be inferred from the fact
that the Astor house is put down
it $1,000,000, while the Fifth avenue is
placed at $,2000,uOO—all at 60 per cent,
valuation.
Gotham's .Early Millionaires.
The only miilion.iires in New York
City thirty-seven years ago were the
following: John Jacob Astor, $25,000
000 William B. Astor,$5,000,000 Henry
Hrevoort. Jr., $1,000,000 Jonathan Hunt,
$1,500,01)0: Jpmes Lenox, $3,»'0,000
Petur Lorillard, $1,600,i iOO Isaac Packer,
$1,000,000 estate of H. Pierport, $1,000,
000: estate of Peter Schermerhorn, $1.
250,000 Peter G. Stuvevsant, $1,500,-00
estate of L. Salles, $Sl,2tK),OU0 Stephen
Whitney, $3 5'.X).000 estate ©f Stephen
Van Rensselaer, $10,000,000: James
Boorman, $1,000,000 Isaac Branson's
estfte, $l,5!)o,0!:0, and Peter Harmony,
§1,500,000. Cornelius Vanderhilt w^s
put clown as worth $750,0 0 Harper &
Mothers. $5U0,0l!0, and A. T. Stewart
$50o,000.
Meat Eating in Paris.
According to a report published by
the French Minister of agriculture the
consumption of butcher's meat in Paris
duting 1-SSl aggregated 331,483,OSS
pounds, and in 1832 335,980,701. During
1882 there were mMinv.d in the de
partment ol the Seine 10 320 horses, 34
mules and 340 asses, forming a total ol
3,9S5,()20 pounds, of which two-thirde
were converted into sausages. The first
:act of importance to notice is the pro
gressive consumption of bu eher's meat,
evidencing on the whole that the Paris
population are augmenting their ma
terial comforts. The second ict to
which the attention ofthe Parisian func
tionaries should be drawn is the incon
sistency of proscribing Ametican jiork
in consequence of alleged unhealthy
tendencies and yet permitting the con
sumption of horses, mules and asses
neatly done up in sausages.
Is a good old maxim, but
peated verdict of visitors that
Or J. M. BURRELL, Sanborn, D. T.
Plata Seat on Request. Uniform Prices to All.
Truth is Mighty and Must Pr
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COOPERSTOWN, DAKOTA,
is the Queen City of a magnificent countv and the most
is the acknowledged Eden for settlors ami home-seekers. Its
soil is unsurpassed its drainage the very best its climate
salubrious, and its railway advantages par-excellent. Pub
lic land in the county is becoming scarcer every day, yet
there are still thousands of opportunities for the landless
to get homes.
GREAT STRIDES
toward Metropolitan comforts have been made in Coopers
town and the wandering head of the weary traveler can
here find rest and entertainment at an
BEAl'THTL AND ELEGANTLY AIM'OINTEH HOTEL,
erected at a cost of 8*21,000. The man who becomes a cit
izen of Griggs county's thrifty capital can have, without
price or waiting, the advantages of
GOOD SCHOOLS AND SPLENDID SOCIETY.
The rapidly growing embryonic city of Cooperstown is
surrounded on all sides by the very richest lands in North
Dakota. Cooperstown, situated asit is in the very heart of
a new and fertile region, must boom to keep pace with the
UNPARALELLED RAPID DEVELOPMENT
of the surrounding country. When you stop and consider
the facts you will realize the advantages this new town
enjoys. It being the terminus of a railroad, the entire
country makes it a
UNIVERSAL TRADING POINT,
a fact demonstrated by the merchants already established
and enjoying big trades. Cooperstown is not an experi
ment but is built on the solid rock of commercial indus
try. Sound investments can be made in Cooperstown city
property or Griggs county farm lands by applying to tli
more reliable than the 'oft re­
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beautifully located of the many new and prosperous places
of North Oakota. it is the
Permanent County Seat of Griggs County,
and, though only a few months old, already lias a repre
sentation in nearly every branch of business and each mail
enjoying a profitable trade. Plenty of room tor more bus
iness houses, mechanics or professional men, Cooperstown
is not only the
TERMINUS OF THE S C. & T. R. R.,
hut is also Headquarters thereof. In short, the place is, by
virtue of its situation
The Central City of the Central County of North Dakota.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER THE COMMERCIAL CENTER
THE FINANCIAL CENTER! THE RAILROAD CENTER
and the outfitting point of settlers for fifty miles to the
North and "West. The energetic spirit of Cooperstown's cit
izens. AVIIO in most cases have not yet reached the meridan
of life, the singleness of purpose and unity of action in push
ing her interests, have resulted in giving her an envious
reputation for business thrift even this early in her history.
COOPER TOWNSITE CO., Cooperstown, D. T.,
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