The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-06
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Oregon has 100 newspaper. an average Of tour -
each county In the state.
"A salmon Weighing nifty and . half pounds wss
caught In the solway. Scotland couple Of weeks 40
Sara Bernhardt lamen lost opportunities for paine
Ing Indiana She considers them picturesque in every
respect and says that they are splendid subjsota
Tho banging Of Ben Bostio negro murderer. In o..
thaRe, Co.. witnessed by about 900 persona O
the scanod he attributed his crime to bad raising"
Tho like Of the weather of the past month in this
part Of tho country been recorded since lsAA
In New England number OF springs and wells are dsy
that were never dry before.
1t 10 proposed to construct public wagon roaA
across the State Of Warrington, from the Strata 4
Fuca TO the Columbia River. This would BE- . ooAsA
highway nearly 800 miles long
"A rum smugger bound for Lewiston. No. was d.
tscted when his horse ran away In Auburn and sca<
tered I'VE and tengaon kegs OF liquor along the roAA
Three residents picked up free supplies.
-A8ysarold child In Lewiston, Me-. batbles In three
languages-French. Swedish. and English. Her father
10 French and her mother 10 swede. She picked ~
Engiish from customers In her fathers fruit store
lin returning thanks for favors received 81. Pasl
man takes space In card to "our sfacisnt Hirs
Department" Tor is prompt and ehcient work In e.
ngushng the nre set to his woodshed BY spsrka
Rose Coghlan's experience with attire In her
play has not encouraged her to adopt the drsss
reformers bloomor costume. sho says that she likes
pretty too much to renquish them. Soft
and embroidered silks and velves and all the dainty
possibilities Of . womans wardrobe please her.
LUCKY Baldwin, the California millionaire says thas
hs got his nickname he successful In re-
sistins the enorts OF Flood. Mackay and oBrien 70
down him In the Ophir mine deal by forming oombL
nation. HIS victory Vas 20 complete that he was
ferred TO a. Lucky Baldwin. and the name stuck
Gov Boes squarsly faces the prohibitory liquor law
In his canvass through Iowa He says that the has
been fully and fairly tried and that 1t must b pro
nounced ineffective. Its application L. not felt at all In
many places and tho efforts enforce II Are
farcicaL He believes that the people are tired Of the
buriesque business.
ALBERT Cusick. fullblooded onondagA Indian. has
been ordained deacon Of tho Episcopal Church He
has lay reader in the mission at the onondsga
and he 10 the nrst Indian received into the
Episcopal Church in this State He IL the interpreter
OF the tribe and no Is learned IN the traditions sza d
lects OF tho Six Nations
"A bcycnst who was leading . party Of ramblsrs,
while coastng down . steep. smooth hill at Aanitou,
going too fast to make the turn TO reach bridge
and he plunged OF the embankment. In falling he
elutched railing and the machine went over him,
but he could not maintain his hold and no fell TO the
rocks below and was severely injured.
Aluminium has been substituted for cast iron In the
specifications for the dome Of the tower Of Phiads
phiA's now City Hall It will save the constant En-
psnse Of painting and reduce the weight OF the tower
about 400 TONS The bronze statue OF Penn that II 70
surmount the to DO thirtyssven feet In height
and about 10000 pounds In weight The clock fAos V
to be twenty three feet In diameter
Tho ordinance prohibiting the display Of meat %
racks front Of butchers stores In Brooklyn 10 the out
come Of . quarrel between . furniture dealer and
butcher occupying adjoining stores The former pro-
tested against the latters display and 90 annoyed
BY the aggravatinG methods employed 10 silence him
that appealed to the Board Of Aldermen. The rssf
granted Il broad that Affects every butcher in
one Of tho most picturesque bits in Brooklyn u 70 b
found Just within the Navy Yard gates and below the
terrace upon which stands tho commandant's house.
ne base Of the terrace II stout curved wall painted
warm yellow. and bordersd BY the creamery Of the
Navy Yard lawn. Above are the Commandants gar.
dsns with flowers and fruit trees. and browning al 10
the odfashioned house With Its broad porch and spin
dc pillars
in the order Of their construction and Just the
wooden bridge No. 9. 1854 street. and 81 the In
tsrsection OF two important west side drtvsA 70 IN
process Of rebuilding with stone The new structure
to Of the best Of it, kind In the Park which 70
saying good deal as several Of the Park bridges are
models of ingenious engineering The bridge Of dry
stone archng equestrian road On the west side u
one of the best.
Ono Of Philadelph,as bright young women who
with two other ercan girls took the
lectures marvellousy complete and never dull
and that tho lecturss voices were delightfully."- refined
and Tho work was divided into three psriods
for lectures the second for tranaon from
study and the third for pure class work In the
nrst period thu Middle Ages covering
literature. and history and the other WAS on mixed
subjects. chiefly scientific
with the growth Of the navy there begins to b. .
difficulty In ofcering the ships. When Of the
white ships was recently in need Of junior watch
ofcer. half dozen ensigns were suggested for the
place. but the Navy Department, looking the young
over. found that for various reasons not one Of
them was available for the duty The same difficulty
h.u, do thaIP NJ
duty twothrds nnished should be sent to distant
stations policy usually avoided by the department.
since II necessitates the expense OF long return
journey by merchant steamer.
Several members Of . surveying party Of the Bur.
lingtou and Missouri River Railroad are thought 10
have persisted in the Big Horn Canon In the Roekss.
Tho whole party has been surveying through the
Sinking Water country. near the Yellowstone Park,
and the missing men started two months ago to run
line through the Big Horn and have not since been
heard Of 1t considered most perous undertak'
ing except when the river has been frozen over.
there IL not an instance recorded Of any one passng
alive through this terrific cleft in the mountains One
or two men who have gone partly through the canon
say It 10 more awfuly grand md infinitely more dan
gerous than the Grand Canon Of the Colorado.
old Jupiter Pluvius had great laugh last week on
the Government expermenters who have been shoot
Ing OF arecrackers and wrinzng from him few tears
of compassion and mirth aud then Boosting they had
enslaved him. The rain went TO Corpus Christie
make rain for the people Of that region but while they
were making preparations to IRE their bombs AMI hold
ing on for fuller supplies the heavens opensd and the
foods descended and the experimenters were nearly
washed sea. The rainfall altogether uncon'
PEELED and unprecedented an the country got quite all
the rain 1t wanted. The rain makers however decided
to 60 ahead and have more moisture but at last reports
there fear that the natural rain would spoil their
fireworks
Tho recent spell OF hot weather has brought out
abundant blossoms Of the red water lily OF India and
the blue Zanzibar lily Union square fountain. and
has rponed seeds OF the Indian lotus These seeds
resemble large black bean. and lo n the bottom OF
the big brown disks that nled with holes like apep
per Noxt the roots OF the South American
floating plant will DO covered with wire netting in order
protect them from the Of the Dsh who. while
taking crackers steady diet, vegctarians ~
nature and prefer succuent root to leaves budding
artists have discovered that the tropical plants In our