The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-11
SUNBEAM,

| The Penobscot River leo dealers will secure aboat
| twothirds Of u full crop this year. They ~
| fusing offers of 81 a ton.
The Rev. John N. Small Of wellington. Me-. tips the
scales at 3l pounds and nobody attempts die
his meetings lie Is also the best collector thss
tho town has ever had.
-Rabbits becoming pest in California. well
ms in the northern States of the West. and rabbit
drives similar to tho wolf drives in Kansas are resort
ed to asa means Of abatnv tho nuisance drive near
Traver resulted In the destruction OF several thousand
rabbits.
The French Canadians OF Lewiston. Me. have an
election trick TINT throws most Yankee devices IN the
shade 1t has been discovered that several OF the astuts
CanucEs voted In one ward under their French names
and In another under the English equivalents thus In
Ward Ano!n Btisyerte; in Ward 2 Antoine Green
wood.
Ms Louls Martin. a fulLb CODED Chippewa Indian.
who died at her home In Aouez. Brown county Wis.
recently made sworn statement IN n p-!est before
her death that she Jos years old She gave cor
roborattve evidence She was born In a wiswam near
Green bay. DR. Jrssup of Mackinnc. certified that
eight years Mrs Martin cut her third set OF teeth
When HerLe.t sprague OF Bangor went to bed the
other night he carried his bull terrier pup At
midnight Spra2uo sn0red ana the dog scratched his
face 10 Axe him. spraRuc cnfed the dog whsrsupon
the anms with true terrier instinct seized his maser
by the and shook him as he would rat. The dog
Is d.ad now. aud spraKues has lost much OF iss
beauty.
"A truthful down East fisherman tells Of startling
adventure that he had with II whale near Grand
Mnnan recently lie and his dory were about to bO
swallow ed by the whale when with great presence q
mind and steadine's Of nerve. no threw . quid OF
tobacco striking tho monster full in the eye. while
the Whale was wondering what struck him the nshse-
escaped,
-Sme are running up some Of the rivers Of Washing.
ton IN extraordinary numbers and he much the
ms the phenomenal salmon Of las, fall. Thou
sands Of pounds NJ eli have and IN many
places where the fish are u fisherman can stand on
the bank and with small 5000? net dip out moro nsh
IN few minutes than he can carry away. lis said
that the rivers In some parts of their course are
choked Great quantities Of nsh have been cured In dS
ferent ways but fresh nsh is drug on the market.
The American three.masted schooner Wyer q. ssr'
gent. which Was abandoned on Haieras On March 81.
1891 has drifted than 1880 mies since that date.
and has become famous among North Atlantic ders'
!icts. She sighted last an Feb rs by the steam
ship ". l. Radclin. She was then about LOCO miles
Of the Cape verd. Islands IN fairly good CONDITION.
and wth the stump Of her nainnsst standing When
abandoned In q water'lovssd condition tbs schooner
had s!uooO worth of mshoxny under her hstches and
weckes have .ought IN vain 10 bring this rich prise
into port.
REPORTS from Nrbrasks, Iowa Kansas, Dakota, OF.
sgoI Wash!ps and California are that all the indL
cations point TO u phenou.enally early spring. and Il
Is remarked that the farmers are making great prep
arati"ns the strength nj III. indications In North
thev sowing wheat AMI barley and poughing
10 b. pg IN many paris Of Kansas. II the present
weather continues all crops in North DAKOTA will bs In
the gro und nea ly month earlier than usual In the
waa Wal u Valley. Washington. and In western Ore
gon crocuses and hyaciuths have been bloom for
couple Of weeks iilAcs were in bud = week ago,
aud cherry peach trees will be In full blossom soon
In central California almond trees In full bloom
and the aprieo. and peach trees full Of blossom
An incident IN the village OF Pretty Prairie. Ksn-
. few days ago, when eight couples stood up to-
gssher and were married at one ceremony. might sss
BE- taken import spring according TO the posts
representations - 70 tbs indications Of yssag sssS
fApciss, d, -