Connecticut western news., 1879-04-23
ing resident within the shores of the

ing resident within the shores of the Emerald Island.
 So many wonderful stories come from the far West that the Visalia Gal Dett0 asks its readers to believe that the tlmbers of a stranded vessel resembling those of Chinese junk have been found high up In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, between Mineral King and the head waters of Kings River. The sound parts of the timber resemble camphor wood, and it is said still retain faint smell. The fastenings are of copper l; the rigging, etc., are of course all gone. A number of bones, supposed to be human, were also found near by, and upon the adjacent slopes there is abun- dant evidence of the previous occupation of the waters in the shape of shells, as we'll as occasional petrifed fish. That this valley has at one time been an in- land sea is admitted by geologists, but that these waters were navlgated by Celestial seamen one or two thousand years ago has never been asserted. The Chinese do claim to have been the orig 1nal discoverers of this country, and they also say that vessels of theirs have been wrecked on the American coast and that parts of the crew have returned to China.
 -The largest cultivated wheat farm on the globe is said to be the Grondin Farm, not far from the town of Fargo, Dakota. It embraces some 10000 acres, both Government and railroad land, and lies. dose to the Red river. Divided into four parts, it has dwellings,, gran aries, machine-shops, elevators, stables for 200 horses, and room for storing l,OOO, 900 bushels of grain. Besides the wheat farm there is stock farm of 2O,- 900 acres. In seeding time, 70 to 80 men are employed, and during harvest 150 to 300 men. Seeding begins about April 9th and continues through the month, and IS done very systematically, the machines following one another around the field, some four rods apart. Cutting begins about Aug. 8th, and ends the fore part of September, succeeded by the threshing, with eight steam threshers. After threshing, the stub- ble ground is plowed with great blows, drawn by three horses, and cutting two furrows and this goes on until the weather is cold enough to freeze, usually about Nov. 1st. There are many other large farms in the Territory and in the same neighborhood, and they are titled in much the same manner as the Gron
 din. The surface of the land generally IS almost level, and the soil rich anc
 black. The product of one field ot 2,315 acres is 57,285 bushels-elevato1 weight-some 25 bushels to the acre
 The average yield of the Dakota wheat farm is from % to 25 bushels per acre
 and the concurring testimony is that il is unequaled as wheat region in the
 world.
 What kind of men some of tht
 Russian students are may be gathered
 from the example of Gorsei, of Tambof
 whose name acquired an evil renown il
 connection with one of the most terrible
 murders of the century, perpetrated il
 his nineteenth year. The family living
 next door to him had given him some
 cause of ofense, the precise nature O
 which was never known, although ithaI been plausibly coniectured that he hat
 been rejected by one of the daughters
 to whom he was known to be attached. single victim was too little for the venge ance of the young desperate, who de liberately resolved to exterminate tn entire household. Some weeks befor f the attempt he purchased revolver 3 and practiced constantly with it, i 7 order, as he afterward admitted, to fs
 miliarize the neighbors with the soun 8 of firing, and thus avert suspicion ti s his work was done. Then availing hin 0 self of his acquaintance with the doome t family to enter their house unchallenget S he shot down every one of the inmate l. in quick succession. One of his victim = however, had time to utter a shriel 1t which alarmed the passers-by, wh' e bursting in, seized the murderer re, n handed. So far from making any effo 'f to escape, he boldly avowed the dee l. and met unfinchingly the punishmel ,f which he had earned. His face was vel ,f remarkable, the upper part being stri p lngly soft and feminine, while the mou 5. and chin were like iron. It was, as , J. eyewitness emphatically observed, ''tl ,r eye of cherub and the jaw of a wolf. d