The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-10
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Hay is $50 ton in Sierra Valley, says
the Oakland, CAL, Times.
Bear hunting is popular sport these
days in Los Angeles, Cal. ...-
Six more large charcoal kilns are being
built at Millington, Mich.
The bottoms of strawberry boxes will
be as high necked IS usual.
Polk County, Fla, has two-years-old
okra that is twenty feet tall.
The farmers of Puget Sound Basin are
going into cranberry culture.
Blackberries are plentiful at five cents
per quart in Tallahassee, Fla.
A Kansas firm has sold four hundred
tons of buffalo bones for $4,000.
Horse radish and toothache are in sea-
son; the former cures the latter.
The success of coffee culture in South
Florida seems to be established.
An agile Miss at Milford, Del, made
1000 berry baskets in six hours.
A Fritztown, Pa, lady has gained re-
nown as o successful tree-grafter.
Milan County. Texas, has imported
10000 bushels Of corn this season.
LII. Carter, of Americus, Ga, has
crop of growing wheat five feet tall.
In parts of Lancaster, Neb., three SOW
inss Of wheat have been blown off by the
wind. |.... .ut.
Mr. Matthews, farmer of Horrican,
Wis, has unearthed twelve Indian skel-
etons. ...
Several hundred acres of stubble land,
at Hartford, Mimi, are covered with
ducks.
Crop prospects are reported good
throug ghout Arkansas by the local press
of that State. ..a..
One hundred and sixty thousand shad
were placed in Deep River, North Caro-
lima, last week.
An alligator twelve feet long was shot
and killed near Jacksonville, Fla, and
in its stomach "a we'll preserved brick
!, bat" was found.
A drove of $4,000 cattle is moving
from Oregon to Montana under charge
of three hundred mounted keepers
They move from seven to nine miles a
day.
The third annual fair and races of the
Georgia Stock and Fair Association will
be held at Oglethorpe Park, Atlanta
commencing Monday, Oct' 18th and con-
tinuing six days.
The increased area of the tobacco croF
in Franklin, Anderson and Owen Coun
ties, Kentucky, has led to a. movement
for the erection of tobacco sales ware
house at Frankfort.
The large steam gin of J. F. Craig, al
. Glenora Landing, near Vlcksburg, Miss.
was struck by lightning and completely
i. destroyed. 1t was the largest gin ane
t press in that section. .-..
. Maple sugar made from the sap of
tree in Williamstown, VT, at the root
of which the brine from the farmer
!, beef and pork barrels had been emptiee
. .. last autumn, was SO salty as to be worth
less.
One hundred head of sheep were kille'
Z by dogs in CLARK County, KY. Frida
: night. The Lexington Press thinks tina
il more sheep-raisers were elected to tn
v Legislature the State would soon have
= dog law worth something. .rr
l The Jacksonville, Oregon, Times sue
= eests that the thousands of cafcasses {
e dead animals that persisted in the lat
., severe winter and bestrew the ground
II many portions of Lake, Jackson an
n Siskiyou Counties be cremated or il
r tered. aa,. ~ ... .,
a. The first century plant that ever bio
y somed in Kentucky is just now attrat
ING attention in Lexington. The pla1
g is about five feet in height and has for
~ large trusses of blossoms-about 1000
y all-of every hue, from scarlet to viii
" " and green.
~ A bird has been captured near Clyd
u Kansas, the head, neck, body and le
~ being like a crane, the color snow whi
, and delicate coat-tail, swallow fashie
no commencing at the center OF the bat
IN composed Of delicate skeleton feathe
a. about twelve inches in length.
The Morgantown, N. c., Blade say
Brit Hawkins, the mocking-bird songs
III. of the South Mountains, has challeng
several singingmasters In Rutherft
; and Cleveland Counties to sing on the
he of Rich Mountain (the three Counties
,as Rutherford, Cleveland and Burke G
,ut ner on the top of this mountain). ]
de- challenge has been accepted and
st- singing will be on the third Sabbath
~ May next.
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