Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

Denmark leads the world in dairy products. Apole blight is destroyingorchards in Wyoming. The population of the city of Buenos Ayres is estimated at 580.000. Reynolds, Reynardson and Rankin are names derived from Reynard, the fox. Simon gave us Sims, Simpson, Simpkins, Sirncox, Simmons and Simonds. Burlington, la., is called the Orchard City from the abundance of fruit trees. The Argentine army has 1,666 officers, the total strength being about 6,000. The deed for what is now eastern Pennsylvania, given by the Duke of York to William Penn, is for the term of 10,000 years, at five shillings rent. The latest census report shows that there are more marriages in Brooklyn, in proportion to the population,’than any other city in the Union. A worm about an inch long, with a “stripe down its side,” has appeared in great numbers at Marshfield, Wis., and is reported to be doing much damage to the crops. A South American paper says there is a wide difference of opinion among importers whether it pays better in the long run to bribe the officers or to pay the duties.