The morning news., 1892-02-08
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THE importation of frozen meat into England
is increasing year by year. From IS to 20 per
cent. of all mutton consumed in the British
Isles comes from New Zealand and the River
Plate, to say nothing of other sources of sup
ply. Last year New Zealand sent nearly two
millions and the Plate more than one million
carcasses Australia is coming to the front,
In three years its exports of carcasses have
risen from 10000 TO 100000, and there is no
doubt that the business in a very few years will
assume vast proportions Sheep raising has
also been begun in the Falkland Islands which
exported 10000 carcasses last year as begin
ming. The whole of this trade has sprung up in
less than ten years. What it may be ten years
hence can scarcely be guessed.
THERE is great excitement at Alpana, Mich,
over well that has just been drilled for water
When the drill reached a depth of !, 1,O78 feet a
most remarkable and extraordinary thing took
place. A strong flow of water came gushing
upward and nearly deluged the drillers. Upon
an examination of their pumping machinery it
was found that the water had a magnetic in
nuence upon the pump and drill Small pieces
of iron would be drawn against the pump with
considerable force. The people have docked to
tire vicinity in large numbers and they are
carrying the magnetic water away in pals
and jugs to cure their various d seases-rheuma-
tlsm, etc. So far no one has been able to solve
the phenomena. The drillers announce that
they will continue to work with the hopes that
larger flow will be secured.
SAYS the Boston Courier: zone of the ways
of doing business in Boston which astonishes
visitors who come IN contact with it is the man
nsr in which errald boys aud cash girls are
sent about on important errands by certain
houses. A commission broker relates that "a
C ash girl OF perhaps II years of age came into
lis office recently and gave him what she sa d
was bill of ladng. He took the paper, looked
at il, ana said: This is another bill of lading
The girl nothing daunted, thrust her hand into
her pocket ard produced a varied assortment
Of soiled hacdkerchiefs, bits of ribbon rolls of
cheWlng-gum, and crumpled paper, which
proved % be the bill of lading required She
explained that The first enc she was to take
somewhere else The amount of goods covered
by tho bill of laling was over $4,000"
A CORRESPONDENT at Calgary writes to the
Toronto hdii as follows: 'On Wednesday
night Jan. 90 this part of Canada witnessed
one of those peculiar phenomsna called a chi
nook The day was ordinary winter day
clear, bright and frosty. About s p. m, with
out sign or warning, gale sprang up in an in
suant. Those inside rushed out 10 see a bliz
zard. but instead they were met by clear sky
and hot, soft wind. In a few minutes the
Thermometer jumped from few degrees above
zero to 49, above. The wind was from
punt or two north of vest. A cnange so
sudden, thonRh unusual, has occurred before
But wha. seem d St angs is tnat during all of
this time the thermometer was 400 below zero
at La gan. a little over 100 miles west of here,
and IN the mountains. difference of 800 of
heat in 100 miles must be something wondarfrl.
4etthe wind which was blowing gale and at
times almost hurricane, was blowing directly
maintained during the greater part of the night,
AM the cold was intense at tne 9th n point for
all that time, Now, the question l would like
% ask the learned mel of the east is: Where
does the chioock wind come fromY'
THE finding of the will of Abram Moshar
by TWO hunters in Dark Hollow, near Hamburg,
Conn, while trying TO get at G nest OF gray
squirrels in the trunk Of hollow tree has
averted lawsuit. The hunters found among
/ the leaves and pieces of bark of which the nest
| was composed some scraps Of paper with writ
ing on them, several handkerohiefs. bits Of rib
! bon, and many bits of twine. The bits Of paper
/ proved to be the holographic will of Abram
| Mosber, farmer.iving near Dark Hollow. who
| died in the early part OF last summer. Mosher
| through Inheritance and thrift, was worth at
| the time of his death more than S75. go
A young man ramed George Apple
| bee operated his farm and cared for him
| Appebee attended to the wants of Mosher
| faithfully until he died. few days before the
old man passed away he told Applebee that he
had made will in which be had given him bis
entire estate. When Applebee went to look for
the Will It was gone. He searched every nook
and Granny, but could get no trace of it, AS
soon as Mosher was dead children of a second
/, cousin laid claim to the estate. Appebee told
the story of the viii and refused to vacate The
farm. He was finally elected and the cousins
TOOK possession. There were persons who had
heard Mosher say that he intended to give his
property 10 Applebee. and on the strength of
ther testimony AppIebee was preparing to
make fight, when the viii was found
WIEN news OF the discovery of a wonderful
| nickel mine in Oregon reached the officers of
the geological survey 10 Washington a short
| time ago they disbelieved it, The specimens of
| ore sent IN by the p. ospector who made the dis
covery were in the shape of pebbles about the
size OF hazelnuts. He reported that they were
found in great quantities over a considerable
extent OF country Experts examined the first
| OF the samples and promptly declared them
meteorites Instead of finding a mine of nickel
the prospector had simply picked up a few bits
| OF star dust. Since then, however, a competent
| mining engineer has been over the field the
precise location of which is not yet disclosed
| lie has found it thickly strewu with such peb
bles as those offered for examination, so much
| so as TO entirely explode the theory that thew
are meteorites. Stones from the stars are not
precipitated like hail. DR.. w. H. Melville. a
chemist for the geological survey, analyzed a
few of them. They contained 80 per cent of
nickel, 10 per cent. of stony matter and some
iron. Meteorites are ordinarily composed of
iron with a small amount of nickel, but none
have ever been picked up with ANYTHING like
such proportion of the latter metal. The oh
jects are not meteorites. They were Originally
fragments OF rocks washed down by streams
and rounded In tbs process as other pebbles
are. Where is the rock mass which formed
the matri8 whence these fragments were de-
rived? And who finds it will have discovered
one of the richest mines in the world-almost a
solid lump of nickel. Perhaps there is a whole