General Notes

- Uunng the two weeks ending Jan. 5, Chicago people paid something over 53,000 for opera tickets. Surely times re hard ! - Last year Chicago took from the postal department f971,531 worth of tamp9, St. Louis took $465,357, Philaelphia $995,881, Boston $910,810, and New York $2,866,490. - The whole number of Indians in he United States, not includiug those n Alasita, is estimatea at 279,000. The whole nutnber of schools ainoag them is 30; soholars, 11,515; amount spent for' heir education the last year, $337,379; number of church members, 28,000; land ultivated, 292,500 acres ; busbels of wheat raised, 668,278; of corn, 4,656,951 ; of oats-and barley, 349,247.