The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
TuE pride of Ventura County, Cali
fornia, is field OF 5000 acres in beans.
4 HERD ofswine got drunk eating grape
pomance on ranch in Marin County,
California.
THE highest point at which regular
meteorological observations are made
appears to be in the Andes in Perm, at
Il height of 1880 feet. Harvard Col
Lcge has a weather observatory on Nj.
Lincoln, in Colorado, at height OF H.
Z97 feet.
JOE THOMSON, OF Orlando, Fla, tells
of q coach whip snake that danced Lack
and forth before linn TO get good posi-
ton 10 strike, but which lie shot and
killed before it got the chance. lie
SAYS it measured IL feet inches ia
length and WAS inches across the mead.
TnAT was a queer verdict produced by
a corCner's jury in MIs,our the other
day, after an inquest had been held
over the body OF Wardell, the muir
dered mine owner. 1t was to the elect
that the deceased WIS killed by an un-
known person while the latter was act
ing III self defense.
WHILE d circus train was standing on
the uack at ChesteTtoWn, Md, q loco
motive halted opposite the car IN which
he elephants were COntint Il. six OF
the elephants thereupon thrust their
runks into the water tank on the loco
motives tender, and in a few minutes
had drained it dry.
\ PHILADELPHIA man has invented a
machine that, with the help of six
hands. Will turn out as many barrels in
a dag DIS sixty men can make. The ma
chine has been successfully operated
and coopers are king good deal OF
interest IN 1t. If 1t proves financially
successful it will probably reyolutionizs
the cooper's trade.
TIE reference to a whisky flask as a
pocket pistol may now have some
foundation in fact. Some of the down
town liquor stores have recently put on
sale glass whisky holders made in size
and shape like an ordinary revolver
and closed by a screw cap at the muzzle
They are hollow clear down to tie butt.
aad hold nearly half pint.
ERAsTCs eoURwINE, a miller, of Re
public was caught on a sha ting making
200 revolutions per minute and Whlrlea
around until every stitch OF clothing ex-
cept his shoes and a celuloid collar was
torn off his body and then dropped on
his head. His body was drawn through
a space llxl5 inches, yet he was not IN
jured beyond several bruises.
a New ORLEANS lady sent half dozen
designs TO one Of the liz cotton PRINT
mills at Fall River for approval, and
some weeks later they were sent back to
her as refused. Shortly aterward she
saw the Identical designs on some calico
Just received In New Orleans from the
mill, and wrote an indignant letter TO
the mill owners demanding an eXplana-
ton. In return she received a hand
some check for her work.
THEattention of visitors to Nj Repose
Cemetery, at Havefstraw, y. y, is at
tracted by a novel grave in a secluded
spot. 1t is the grave OF a pet canary
bird which belonged to a wealthy fam
lily in Brooklyn. The pet short time
ago became quite i'll and was attended
by persons skilled in bird doctoring
All their treatment was useless, how
ever. and the bird died. So strong was
the attachment OF the family for the
bird that ii was given an aristocratic
burial, with all the honors that could be
bestowed.
Coz. WHITTENMoRE, the commandant
of the Watervliet arsenal, at West Troy,
is quoted as saving that the gun foundry
Will De ready tor the work on the heavy
cannon called for the fortification bill a
year from next summer. Five hundred
men Will be employed in making y
S-Inch, lO-inch and Pinch guns.
At present % men are employed IN the
foundry, and in a year make , heavy
sea-coast guns and - field pieces. Be
fore the foundry can make the new guns
in numbers buildings must he enlarged
and new machinery put in.
WITH a short cay pipe stuck in the
side of his mouth and seated in a boat
swain gig, which was attached by pull
ley TO a telegraph wire, John II. Lewis,
in the emplOye of a telephone company,
the other Gay rode from the building,
South and Baltimore Streets to the
Chamber of Commerce building, over
heads of people and tops of houses.
The wire between the two buildings
was ont of order and Lewis proceeded
to repair il. The chair was attached to
a rope, to the end of which a pulley was
attached, which slid over the wire
When he sat in midair over South
Street a number OF persons stood watch
ing him.
A DOG shot a negro at Sesrcy Station,
on the Mobile and Montgomery Rail
road, recently Frank Whitlock went
out hunting, his pet gun was on his
shoulder and a plantation pointer lit
tie IN the lead. Frank was well pro-
vided with whisky, and went to sleep.
The gun was placed with cooked ham
mer toward the sleeper. Old Tray, the
dog, was wide awake, and, used TO sport,
tried to wake up the unsuspectIng Frank
in rather noisy way. He struck his
paw on the trigger and the gun went off,
discharging its contents IL Franks body,
intiicting serious if not fatal wounds.
The report of the gun brought assistance
to Frank.