The Helena independent., 1889-05-04
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

The results of glass engraving by cleo
tricity are said to be ef marvellous deiicacy.
The sale of the San Jose electric railroad
TO the Southern Pacific men is reported.
San BernardinO county, Cal, emplOvs
fourteen more school teachers this than Isst
year. -'-''
There is now every prospect of an electric
being carried out.
Port TowRsend is likely soon TO have eas
works, as much complaint Is being made
with the electric light service.
1t il estimated that there is stiIl more
than SOO,OOO bushels OF wheat stored in the
granaries Of Walls Walla county.
The Oregon Rail way & Navigation co,n-
pany has force of men engaged in fenc-
ing their track between Pendleton and
Walla WalIa. ~A'u
The Yakima farmers are going To deter-
mine by actual experiment whether eaOe-
sugar beets or not "a
The electricians 70 the Paris exhibition
have devised method by which the elec-
tric light will be thrown upon waters from,
fountains from some hidden source with
very elaborate and artistic eOlOring effects.
Ihe postal authorities have adopted Ven
tura as the name of the postoffice At San
Buenaventura, and the Democrat saws the
next legislature will be asked n chanos
the name Of the old town 70 the abbreyiat
IL is never too late to learn. savs ,ha
Nashville Banner. Old man Head. ~ CiIss.
ton, Staten Island, aged 81 years bo1obt
hddle month or so ago and began frv
ing 70 learn 70 play on IL He can now
play AUD Lang Syne5s with tbrfITtr,,
variations, and can make the '.Arkansa1
traveller fairly shake In his boots. I
The ex-king OF Milan is reported 10 he In
serious pecunlary difficulties Before ne
abdieation he had borrowed large sums
q
these obligations have been brou.sht m ~
queen Natalie Milan is being pressed Tor
payment and Is utterly unable 10 meet his
engagements. What the outcome will Ia
can, of course, be only a matter Of con5acfo
ure.
The Port Townsend Call saws that Ca
tie Rock man procured q bushel OF the he~f
English coal at Seattle and sent IL 10 e.
perts In Portland as q sample from his own
mine. NINE After some time the reply came:
ne sample OF COwlitz river coal you sent
as IS worthless, and we would not adviss
you 70 ask much for your mIne.0 Wber
Informed that the worthless" coal Vas
good imported article the ''experts'' had
very little to say.
M. Ungerer believes that flowers ana tba
perfumes distilled from them have a ssIn-
tary influence on the constitutfon He -.
tnat residence IN a Derfumed atmosphere
forms a protection from pulmonary arc,
tiOns and arrests the deyeIonmsnf -
phthisfs he adds that In the town az II
Grasse, where the making of perfnmas a1s 5s
largely carried on, phthisfs is rare. thsnfs
% the odorous Vapors exhaled from the
A new system Of electric alarms has h.a-.
htted up IN the British Museum PnIts -
so arranged throughout the bqflding tbaf
.lii.al uPsn any sistm I'm OF danger by fire or dyna-
livels, nits., 60 Oelng given, not only are the
police and nremen informed OF the sitnse
tiOn from which the alarm is given h,t -.
an AUTOMATIC relay an alarm IL also sS,s12,
81 All the entrances and in the princinai
loIarlans mouse, so that precaution cO1id
oe Al once taken by the police 10 DreVeaf
the escape OF any s1spicious visitors.
An electric "lead'' or shallow vvatsr -
dleator, has been devised by two Mexieans
IL IS strong cylindrical vessel. vveiobfs,;
50 As 70 remain upright in the vvattr ShfIe
hanging freely on the line from fire shf-'
IN " centre Is a glass OF vulcaufte fnhs
hslI Iull o. mercury, the ends being ciosed
oy metallic plates connected IL ,1<s yv1-s.
Wnlch are In the circuit OF a baffarr 80
Dell. When the Indicator tonebss eto .sa
ground it begins 70 drag, and heinz th-s
Tilted on ITS side the mercury comnistss ~.
circuit and the bell on deck or IN fbe es, sl-o
tAin's cabin instantly rings. VIC SoP-