The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-27
SUNDRIES.

Dakota is $50 miles one way and $50
the other. But this is nothing to Texas,
which is S25 miles one way by TAO the
other; while New York is 412 miles long
and 312 miles wide, and Georgia is $40
miles long and 245 miles wide.
A florist in England claims that a rose
bush, which has been bearing white roses
for more tuan 30 years, has suddenly
changed, and now puts out only red roses.
The only cause assigned for this is the
enrichment of the surrounding earth.
The present orange crop in Florida is
the largest within the history of the
State. The golden fruit hangs there ON
the trees in rich abundance. The esti-
mate is that the yield will be fully 1000
Oo0,0U boxes. Yet the price of oranges
does not decline.
woman deaf mute who goes among
down town offices in New York selling
deaf and dumb alphabt is has printed
on her cards this peculiar request: "If
any person thinks / am not what I rep
resent to be, please have me arrested
once"
The editor of the Daily Astorian il
moved to rise and remark Maiden ladies
on the beach justly object to have their
clothes stolen when they happen to leave
OF their Bathing suits. It being embar-
rassing in the absence OF a barrel.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
At Denson, Tex, last week negro tosk
laughing gas before having a tooth pull
cd, and sssonished the dentist by leaping
from the chair through the window, car
rying cash -and all to the pavement, 20
feet below, yet strange to say, was only q
little shaken when he came to himself.
According to the Louisville Courier
Journal, Kentucky, has six counties
Harlan, Knott, Perry, Letcher, Bell and
Leslie-that have never had a church
within their borders during the 60 or 20
years of their existence as counties. This
fact is referred to the Home Missionary
Society.
DR.. w. l.. Candee, OF Milwaukee, Wis.
who is nearing the century mark in life
saw the first steamboat ascend the Hud-
son, and rode upon the first railroad built
in the United States-between Albany and
Schenectady. He was intimately ao-
quainted with Robert Fulton, the lnven
tor of steamboats,.
The old cabin in which John w. Mac
kay, the California millionaire, lived
from 1856 to 1860, willis he carried
Prospector's pick and washed gravel for
the shining grains, was recently discover
ed near Allegheny, Sierra county, Cal. Il
will be conveyed to San Francisco and
set up in public park.
Since il has been made public that
James ID. Baboock will inherit $2sC, 900 IL
he marries within the next fve years he
has been overwhelmed with letters, pho
tographs, circulars from matrimonial
yureas locks of hair, etc. He finds il uu
pleasant to jump into prominence in lea
bar.
new launch, driven by a motor work.
ed by naptha, has been Introduced in
London. An alcohol lamp 10 ussd to
warm vapor;zer where the naptha la va
porized and used in lieu of steam. The
arrangement it very light--an eighteen
foot launch, requiring two horse power
engine, weighing about 200 pounds. An
eight horse power engine weighs COO
pounds, or about one fifth the weight of
steam engine and boiler giving the
same power. Moreover, in about two
minutes the launch can be got under way,
and when running at full speed can, it is
stated, be stopped in is own length, as
the sorrow, which is three bladed can be
reversed Instantly. A two horse power
motcr consumes less than a gallon of
neptha per hour.
prominent citizen of Burlington, w.,
recently had a visitor from tho bluegrass
region of Kentucky who was easily en-
tor sufy al lam h. a.