Milford chronicle., 1888-07-27
BIS oE GOOD READING.


Tramps were uever so numerous in Cali
fornia ss now.
The latest Maxim gun fires three-pound
shots at the rate Of sixty 10 the minute
a jubilee statue Of tho queen, to be erected
in Bristol, weighs four tons It is by Mr.
Boehm
The latest arrangement in Paris for
wedding at homo is a floral umbrella, under
which the happy pair stand.
Fonr flss taken from tree in Cherokee,
Cal, weighed one pound seven ounces, one
OF them weighing eight ounces
According to The Critic, riding by moon
light atop OF a her,iic is the hot weather di-
version m,st in favor with Washington
swelldom.
The coins struck at the Berlin mint during
the reign Of the late Emperor Frederick are
already scarce and at "A big premium.
\ Cincinnati druggist has killed patient
by making mistake in putting up pre-
scription, the first mistake in eight years
and in 200000 prescriptions
/ The National Telephone company, Of Scot
( land, has several submarine cables OF seven,
eight and nine miles in length which give
perfect satisfaction.
/ The prize of 10000 francs offered by the
I city of Paris for the best musical compost
/ tion was kept back for the reason that none
Of the compositions was considered worthy
( of it.
1 Chattanooga, Tenn, is prospecting quietly
/ for oil and natural gas and ii either is dis
covered hugs herself IN the conviction Of
beeOmiig a new and greater Pttsburs.
/ a bale Of Egyptian cotton weighing 6Ss
pounds and one Of East Indian growth weigh
! ing 400 pounds have attracted attention ut
! the doorway Of the New York Cotton Ex
change.
A brigade was divided into two hattalions
for a sham fight at Aldershot Just before
operations were to begin it was discovered
4 that one Of the battalions had been supplied
with ball ammunition instead OF blank
A Providence, r. l., foundry is engaged in
casting the largest mining pump in the world
for the Calumet and Hecla, of Michigan. A
single section Of it has been completed and
weighs twerty tons. The unwatermg Of the
mine will be done sooner than was expected.
A workman named Garin, convicted Of
stealing five Tebel cartridges, has been SEN
fenced to five years IMPRISONMENT and five
years surveillance. much heavier seu-
tence would have been imposed if there had
been evidence that he meant to sell them TO a
foreign power.
Prizes are offered by the American Mete-
geological Journal, Ann Arbor, Mich, for
the best original essays ON tornadOes, or the
best description OF tornado The first prize
is 500; the second $50 Among the writers
whose works deserve special mention $50
more will be divided
The bad luck Of the English navy never
stops. The Benbow. the most powerful ship
yet built, has just been commissioned. The
coal bunkers were closed during thunder
storm 70 prevent the ignition of any foul gas
After it was over two stokers went to the
bunkers with lights. The gas which had
been accommodating exploded, and both were
seriously injured, one Of them fatally.
The Novosti publishes startling account
Of systematical piracy along the Russian
coast This is confirmed by the experience
Of a Finland steamer, which ran aground
this spring at Dago The inhabitants along
the coast tried all they could to make use Of
tho opportunity for robbng the vessel The
Novosti says that proper harbors have been
built, with false lighthouses to lead vessels
aground 1t is only quite lately that light
house was discovered only a few miles from
Revel
If the alligator hunters keep up the Wig
orous warfare they have lately inaugurated
in the vicinity of PanasotIkce, Fla, against
the reptiles the streams thereabout will be
bereft of them. When the business first com
menced some time ago, they were only two
or three at it, but now their name is legion,
and they find it no longer profitable to hunt
on the lake and outlet and are going gradu-
ally farther down the river. The business is
paying, as two men get on an average fifteen
to twenty gators night and the hide bring
from fifty cents to S1.25 each, according to
length.