New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10
GENERAL NOTES.

The Portland Press reports that great fall
irgoff from last years work noticeable in the
canning industry of Maine this year The sweetcorn
crop in many sections Of the state especially light
lands Is almost total failure on account VI prOiraeed
drouths.
The Fourth Annual Congress of the Hay
Fever Association OF Beach Haven y. j. began il, ses
sion at that delightful Thursday last Tie al
tendance was full and interesting notes compared
relative to the mllady IN question IFS cause and cure.
and the localities exempt from lis sway
The largest individual sheep-OWner in Texas
is n woman, known all over the State ms the WIDOW
Callahan" Her sheep. more than 10000 in number
wander over the ranges Of Uvalde and Bandera Coun
ties I'm the southwestern part OF the state Their grade
is cross between the hardy Mexican sheep and the Yer
mont merino They divided into ocks OF 1000 head
each with bossero and two" pastoras" IN charge ~
each dock At the spring and asi sleauncS ons rams
of wagons transport the " WIDOWS WOOL 10 tue huihe0
ut san Antonio.
Ii is a curious and paradoxcal feature in
the scottish character that while scarce Tory be 10
never 30 wealthy and broad-acrcd can contryo to be
elected to Parliament for Scotch constituency tIe
customs and traditions OF cudal days are retained thefe
az they are nowhere else and this, too with the good
will of some Of the best educated people in the world
CAN clanshp and The fee ing OF feally 10 chief seem
In many eases. be about strong rs ever An lhc.
dent in point occurred last month when the Clan Far,
quharsOn presented their chlei win bis p"rii a. anu
the oldest tenant the estate made Drlet ad!t IA
which he said that the FarquAarsons. bt rtD,l"us
NJ times where kings were concerned hau ever Ue'A
ara eal to tenant and Retainer.
On Friday, August 2i, the ST amer Naia
Waua began cutting through the bar OF The columbia
Rivcrat st. HeemS Oreandby sunday afternoon follow
Ing had made channel O0Ofcct long, leo feet vice. AM
90 feet deep. There only about l. feet % water
on the bar (Which composed OF pure sand when mo
vessel was put at work Her after ballast tanks "'
filed 40 thar her stern rested on the bottom While hs'
bow was away ont Of water When she began 10 turn
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huge bodies Of sand Of which seemed A. large ~
wagon beds rose the surface and were driven down
stream and dsintegrated by the strong current, sinking
INTO water from forty to sixty feet deep. When II j. con-
s,derrd that the dretgc would have required IRON oS
IN INV DAYS 10 ex,lye similar channel the achieve,
mcpt seems a most remarkable one The other paIs Z.
the Columbia ana willamette are TO be disposed VI ~
ike manner
Wrangel Land has been visited by the crew
OF the steam whaer Bevilerc. one of the crew. Fran
els smith the Of the whaler Ia san Francisco
described island He says thar they saw on nelriA
the shore the sgua planted by Lieutenant Reynolds u
The Corwiu IN 1851 "A small American ensign tsien d
"a = slender piece ~ drlftwood The island rises Az
rupty from the ocean, thousa not preclpOusly ThoFs
Il no beach to speak Of the land having average eie
yatou Of ten feet above the surface OF the water E
surrounded by deep water and from sOundngs ihat I'd"
party made average depth OF ten 10 twelve ia''p
at Il OF feet from the shore was dsco'e''
The soil WAS scanty ana seemed formed almost entrcY
Of what seemed De large black pebbles OF sAhu! "
ture Between these grew green ana tmn'Diauea E''
resembling very much the wO0dtck grass OF the H"'.
ern states The island a na table land As the s",
ors weat toward the centre tey oaiho rlo" vey-
ponds and marshes Of brdckish water The Only H,h
taon seen was small pmhisn 9ioteSs Sere dis.
four petal. and rock moss tleS OF an WoVu a..
covered every where. IL was apldr,n iial ,o' ~ !,
the island Is entirely covered with zee Zen u
surlnse ed, was The reason tudt Do Long Ni' II" ''
the JCannrttc Oh the island