Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-02
REGENT EVENTS.

tZeO W1Lu 1nCen6 IO pipe naUural gas Ioih the Indiana field to that city, dists nee of 12O miles.
 STArUARY wrought in Italy after a model of an American artist may not be brought hero free of duty as the pro- duction of an American artist. So has decided tho Treasury Department.
 Two BEATRICE (Neb.) men have pat ented portable corn husker, which is drawn through the fields ard husks the corn as clean as could be desired. It is claimed it will husk twelve acres day.
 A YOUNG man blowing on ranch rear Galt, Cal, found over sixteen hun dred dollars. His employer kept all but twenty dollars of it, and left the plowman to plod his weary way in the field.
 MARY who had the little lamb died lately. Her namo was Mary F. Sawyer and she was born eighty-eight years ago in Sterling, Mass. What became of the lamb history sayeth not, but likely it is dead, too.
 A CALIFORNIA paper relates that after tho recent rain-stcrm many people of Angels Camp, Calaveras County, got money enough for their Thanksgiving dinners by picking up gold in the streets and in the shallow streams. WHILE sitting at his desk in the li brary of the White House few days ago the President was surprised at the in trusion of big gray rat, who deliber- ately crawled upon a side table and dragged off a piece of fruit which had tempted him from his hiding-place.
 A FIELD of asbestos, which is pro- nounced the largest in the world, has been found and located in Wyoming, about forty miles south of Fort Steele. The field covers 12O acres, and the as- bestos is pronounced by experts as of good quality, with very little serpentine | in it.
 | AT the recent fire in Boston one firm was entirely cleaned out, not even pen | holder left, and added to this the papers | in their safe were also destroyed. Since the great Boston fire many firms have duplicate of their monthly trial balance | kept at the residence of some member of the firm.
 TIE fast mail time between oceans is now four days, twelve hours and three quarters. Twenty-Five tons of mail mat ter from New York City recently ar rived at San Francisco in that time. Denver, Omaha, Cheyenne, Portland, all feel the influence of being nearer the East.
 A CARLOAD of buffaloes for Austin Corbin's game forest on Croydon mount ain lately passed through Claremont, N. H., en route to Newport, N. H. They came from Buffalo Jones'" who herds them at Winnipeg, Man, were worth S13,O00 and were twelve days on the road. The man in charge reports they came peaceably and stood the journey well.
 NATURAL gas has been discovered in Sonoma County, Cal, and in view of this cheap fuel the people of San Francisco sec Gin their minds eye' that city de- veloping into great manufacturing center. The San Francisco Chronicle says that if there is abundance of tho gas the fact means moro to San Fran cisco than half a dozen new transccnti- mental railroads"
 AN artesian we'll flowing 4,000 gallons per minute was completed at Yanl1 ton recently. It Is tho largest in the North west, discharging nearly 16,O0O barrels every twenty-four hours. There arc now twenty-five artesian wells in that coun- ty whose combined capacity is nearly 5O,OoO barrels per day. The force of the water is so great that it is being used for motive power,
 THE geological survey, through Prof. w. H. Holmes, recently made some most important discoveries of Indian relics west of Washington on what is known as Piney Branch Hill. The find appears to be tho remains of an Indian work shop for the manufacture of imple- ments, weapons, etc. The spot has been excavated and implements have been found clear to the bed rock. The discovery is considered to be of tho greatest importance to arch@ologists.
 THREE Australians who are walking across the American continent reached St. Paul, Minn., from Tacoma few days since. They are on a tour of tho world from Melbourne on a wager that the tour can not be made in eight months. The conditions of the bot are that every appliance may be used for travelling after reaching New York, but the journey across North America must be made on foot. The bet is for e3, ,000, and the pedestrians are due at the Auckland Club in Melbourne just eight months from the date of their departure. The travellers are in good health and conf
 lent of success.