Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1877 — MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

The officer commanding the United States forces in Utah has been notified that, while the War Department does not share" in his appre hensions of disturbances in that Territory, it is thought proper to provide against the possibility of trouble by materially strengthening the garrisons already established. Troops will also he stationed at other points if ft appears to be necessary. Robert Dale Owen, the eminent author and Spiritualist, is dead. Ex-Gov. Samuel J. Tildcn is “ booked ” for a European tour, The Centennial managers have paid up in full the $1,500,000 loaned them by the Government. The investigation by the Agricultural Bureau into the losses of sheep during the past year shows that artotal of nearly 3,000,000 sheep and lambs were destroyed by dogs and wolves and various diseases, and of the aggregate money value of nearly $8,000,000. The average percentage of loss was nearly 8. The proportion is the highest respectively in North Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, and ranges from 17 per cent, in the former State to 3 7-10 in Nebraska. The rate is highest in the South, and lowest in States having dog laws