Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-03
GENERAL NEWS.


demonstration of the kind ever seen in
that city.
The census of Dakota shows that the
population of the entire Territory is
about 416,000 The population of that
part of the Territory South of the 46th
parallel is 263, ,465.
During thunder storm on Sunday
afternoon, William Miller and his wife
were seated on the porch of their home,
near Lindley's, Penna. Lightning
struck the house and killed them both.
The dryest flour contains from six to
seven per cent. of water, and the aver
age percentage would be from seven
teen to eighteen, as from eleven to
twelve per cent. can be driven out by
heat of about 300 degrees F.
The Journeymen can makers in Bal
timore struck recently for an advance
of 20 cents per hundred for making tin
cans. This is the season when tin cans
for fruit and oyster packing are in
great demand. 1t is thought that the
employers will yield.
The Hudson river tunnel is now
Hooded with water, and the projectors
are waiting for money with which to
complete it. Five millions of dollars
will be needed, but as soon as 81, ,0OO,-
600 OF the stock shall have been taken
tbn orly L,
Divers, it is reported from Halifax,
have brought to the surface from the
wreck of the steamship Atlantic, which
was lost near Morris Rock, in 1878, a
bar of iron attached to which are sew
enty sovereigns, which must have been
affixed by some chemical action.
The mosquito crop in Florida il said
to be smaller than usual this wear. ow-
ing to the discovery of st. John hotel
keeper, who tried the experiment of
throwing oil into ponds and stagnant
bits of water. He found that it pre-
vented the insects from Matching, and
his plan is coming into general use in
the State.
A six-chambered revolver. an inch
and half long, has been made by Vic
tor Bovy. In the Scientific american
the weapon" is pronounced the small
est firearm in the world 1t is COM
plete in all respects, fires cartridges
with illuminate, and has power enough
to send one of them through an ordi-
nary pane of glass at four PAGES.
Several agricultural societies in Ber-
lin and in the province of Branden-
burg have opened prize competition
600 marks and silver medaD for an
improved milk can for railroad trans
portation. The conditions are numer-
Gus, and of so eXacting nature as to
denote the public interest in, and the
necessity existing for, such improve
ment
A new ''everlasting' wood pavement
has been brought out in France. The
wood blocks are boiled in a solution of
sulphate of copper, sulphate of zinc
and chloride of sodium, mixed with
heavy mineral oil, linseed oil and tai
low. The blocks are afterward com
pressed to about one-tenth of their
original volume. In this state they
are said to be practically unwearable.
Rev. Alonzo G. Shears, NJ. d., one of
the best-known men of New Haven, a
patriarch of seventy-five years, has
married Miss May Palmer, of New York
whose age is twenty-five. The ac-
quaintance was made by letter, the
offer of marriage was made a few DAYS
since, only few hours after the parties
first saw each other, and the marriage
was Saturday. The bride has STEP
daughters considerably older than her
SELF
The biggest nugget of gold ever found
in Tuolumne county, CAL, it is said,
was found by man, who died pau
per, on the Pacific few weeks ago.
He found many very valuable nuggets
besides the one in question, which was
worth some eight thousand dollars,
but his love for gambling and other
vices was so strong, Sonora paper
says, that it reduced him to the condi-
tion in which he died.
An engineer was found stunned and
almost lifeless in his cab as a fast train
stopped at Point of Rocks the other
day, says the Hagerstown, md, Mail
A dead chicken was found in the cab.
The only explanation that could be
given was that the chicken attempted
to fly across the track while the train
was running at a high speed and struck
the drivers head. The latest news was
that the man had recovered conscious
ness, but his recovery was by no means
assured.
The Italian Government has Just
published an official report of the chol