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 HARRISON 481 prairies, and forests, and the soil is fertile, al and iron ore are found on the Sabine riv- and there are several mineral springs. 5 Texas and Pacific railroad passes through The chief productions in 1870 were 233,- bushels of Indian corn, 23,004 of sweet itoes, and 8,165 bales of cotton. There rere 899 horses, 1,095 mules and asses, 2,396 lilch cows, 3,953 other cattle, 2,463 sheep, id 8,269 swine. Capital, Marshall. IV. A F. E. county of Kentucky, drained by Licking iver and its S. branch ; area, 356 sq. m. ; pop. 1870, 12,993, of whom 2,378 were colored, le surface is diversified by hills and tracts rich rolling land, the soil is fertile and B!! adapted for grazing, and blue limestone abundant. The Kentucky Central railroad sses through it. The chief productions in were 61,669 bushels of wheat, 42,386 , rye, 719,315 of Indian corn, 85,914 of oats, ),604 of potatoes, 281,704 Ibs. of tobacco, 1,961 of wool, and 153,756 of butter. There rere 5,966 horses, 1,924 mules and asses, ,845 milch cows, 5,590 other cattle, 8,697 leep, and 16,098 swine; 10 carriage factories, woollen factory, 13 distilleries, 5 flour mills, id 2 saw mills. Capital, Cynthiana. V. An county of Ohio, drained by branches of the )hio and Tuscarawas rivers ; area, 420 sq. m. ; x in 1870, 18,682. It has a hilly surface and ch soil. Limestone and iron are found. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis rail- id and Cadiz branch traverse it. The chief )ductions in 1870 were 155,688 bushels of fheat, 588,216 of Indian corn, 283,959 of oats, 57,996 of potatoes, 820,615 Ibs. of wool, 616,- J8 of butter, and 31,652 tons of hay. There rere 4,844 horses, 4,477 milch cows, 6,515 ler cattle, 180,189 sheep, and 9,067 swine; manufactories of carriages, 10 of clothing, of woollen goods, 7 tanneries, 7 currying es- iblishments, 2 planing mills, and 3 saw mills. )ital, Cadiz. VI. A S. county of Indiana, jp'arated from Kentucky by the Ohio river, bounded W. by Blue river ; area, 478 sq. irface, broken by " knobs " and hills, and ed partly on carboniferous limestone. It abounds in natural caverns, one of which. Pitman's cave, extends more than 2 m. ider ground. Near it is a remarkable spring ft. in diameter, and several hundred ft. leep. The soil is mostly good. The chief reductions in 1870 were 255,847 bushels of rheat, 507,072 of Indian corn, 171,700 of oats, 156,259 of potatoes, 37,403 Ibs. of wool, 196,- 577 of butter, and 7,212 tons of hay. There rere 6,155 horses, 5,226 milch cows, 5,633 3r cattle, 15,769 sheep, and 29,139 swine ; 16 manufactories of barrels and casks, 6 of irniture, 1 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 15 flour mills and 12 saw mills. Capital, Cory- Ion. VII. A W. county of Iowa, separated rom Nebraska by the Missouri, and crossed )y Boyer and Soldier rivers and other streams ; about 480 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 8,931. The surface is somewhat diversified, and the soil fertile. Timber is found along the streams. The Chicago and Northwestern and the Sioux City and Pacific railroads traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 194,591 bush- els of wheat, 664,510 of Indian corn, 103,207 of oats, 42,167 of potatoes, 223,615 Ibs. of but- ter, and 22,661 tons of hay. There were 3,451 horses, 4,202 milch cows, 7,027 other cattle, 5,222 sheep, and 9,274 swine; 2 flour mills, 4 saw mills, and 1 woollen factory. Capital, Magnolia. VIII. A N. W. county of Missouri, bordering on Iowa, and watered by affluents of Grand river ; area, 754 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 14,635, of whom 10 were colored. It consists in large part of prairies, and has much fertile soil near the rivers. The chief produc- tions in 1870 were 109,571 bushels of wheat, 756,607 of Indian corn, 210,521 of oats, 55,- 400 of potatoes, 86,415 Ibs. of wool, 20,075 of tobacco, 370,359 of butter, and 7,902 tons of hay. There were 7,781 horses, 5,989 milch cows, 12,308 other cattle, 31,609 sheep, and 31,393 swine; 2 flour mills, 7 saw mills, and 2 wool-carding and cloth-dressing establish- ments. Capital, Bethany. HARRISON, Benjamin, an American statesman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, born in Berkeley, Va., about 1740, died in April, 1791. He entered public life in 1764 as a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, of which he soon became one of the leaders. During the agitation of the stamp act question, the governor of Virginia unsuccess- fully attempted to secure his support by offer- ing him a seat in the executive council. He was a member of the first continental congress, and served as chairman of the board of war and on other important committees until the close of 1777, when he returned to Virginia. He was elected to the house of burgesses, over which he presided till 1782, when he was chosen governor. In 1785, after having been twice reflected governor, he returned to private life. He was a member of the state convention which met in 1788 to ratify the federal consti- tution, and at the time of his death of the state legislature. He was the father of Wil- liam Henry Harrison. HARRISON, John, an English mechanician, born at Faulby, Yorkshire, in 1693, died in London in 1776. He was the son of a carpen- ter, and in his youth worked in his fathers shop. A taste for mechanical pursuits led him to study the construction of clocks, and in 1726 he effected improvements which insured much greater accuracy than had previously been at- tained in timepieces. In 1714 parliament of- fered prizes of 10,000, 15,000, and 20,000 respectively for a method of ascertaining longi- tude within 60, 40, or 30 miles. Mr. Harrison constructed a chronometer which was satisfac- torily tested on a voyage in 1736, and by suc- cessive improvements on it secured the highest prize in 1767. His inventions, the gridiron pendulum, the going barrel, the compensation
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