Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1871 — The Spoils of the War. [ARTICLE]

The Spoils of the War.

Official statistics of the captures of the war arc given iu the German papers. The figures are almost unprecedentedly large. At the and of November, the number of unwounded prisoners in German towns and fortresses amounted to 10,087 officers and 308,842 non commissioned officers anil privates. At the same time the Germans had taken 4,200 guns, 170 mitrailleurs, and 112 eagles, and during the past two months the number of prisoners and trophies has been enormously increased by the transfer of French wounded to German hospitals, and by the spoils seized on the surrender of Paris. At Sedan alone, the. Germans took 815 ammunition wagons, 160 gun carriages, 355 baggage ana commissariat wagons, 61 field smithies, 57,0D0 rifles, 2,800 cavalry sabres, 900,001) infantry cartridges, 60,000 cannon balls, 50,000 grenades, etc. In Metz, 2,400 gun carriages, 2,000 wagons, 100,000 rifles, 280,000 kilogrammes of powder, etc., fell into their hands. Sclielstndt gave them 122 gun carriages, 6,000 rifles, and 660 tons of powder. —Among the inmates of the Philadelphia Newsboys’ Home is one boy, thirteen years old, who earns his own living, pays the board of his brother, four years younger than himself, sends him to school, and is himself punctual in his attendance upon j the night-school. John V. Farwell & Co. have removed to their new store 106, 108, 110 ami 112 Wabaßh avenue, Chicago, and are row opening the largest and most varied stock in the city. —^ Pressing's White Wine Vinegar is a most superb article for table use. Warranted pure.

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