The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-21
sUNBEAMa.

There are l6e sawmiiis running in the sts,s -
Washington. with . total daily outing capacity a
e.S2I 900 feet.
There were 143 divorce cases Scotland iass y..,
A. against 10 the year previous si1tythree OF ths
actions brourht by husbands and eighty By viva.
"A Lewiston. Ne. frencbman while iAudins the
rabbit article OF food delivered himself a. FOL
lows: You take rabbes, and skin Rim. and Iu,,
rs lief have chicken"
"A daiiy ne wspap-r published In south Africa IN IN.
English language has iu,t entered the fortyssv.nth
year OF Its existence. tue paper 10 the Natal Wu,,u
published in Pietcrmarlizburg,
Non. resident hunters are informed that hsrsars,
they must pay fee OF $40 into the county ,r..sp,,
and take out license from Justice OF the Peac. b.
fore they lawfully shoot game within tho bounds .,
Yates county. That unusual provision Of the count,
game laws was enacted at special meeting OF thu
Board Of Supervisors at Penn Van Last week.
During the year 1891 there were surveyed a, IN.
mort of Bangor I5.g45'3 feet Of dry pine 7les sos
feet OF green pine 1ls co5 al feet OF sprue. Ana
20 6s4 s44 feet hemlock Juniper. cedar. Ac-a to
OF 1et as5 $50 feet This Is lAOOoooO less than 4,
1890 and 600 900 less than In 1880. The rreA,,,,
falling on was spruce and PINE. and the decn. VA,
chiefly due to the Decentralization OF the New Yarr
market
stain and Cromwell. who were sentenced to the
Maine State prison for life for the murder Of C..h.
Barron OF the Dexter Bank have not lost days wott
since they entered tho prison. Lowell, the Lewiston
murderer receives liberal pension which he spends
tor xures that are allowed lie ha, special brand
of cigars manufactured In Rockiand. Chandler Who
is serving sentences for forgery is the prison orgAt
and he has com posed stack OF music OF which
he intends to publish after hts release.
About thirty years ago Moses Startling and ohsp
pu. small Hocks Of sheep MonheRan bleak ana
rocky island on tho entrance to Penobscot Bay te.v
ing that sheep could take care OF themselves almost
nywhere Since then the focks have increased to an
aggregate Of $50 head running wild and receiving n,
attention whatever once year men have gone to the
island driven the sheep into pen. and shesr.d them
and mark ell he lambs. Tho sheep are owned ~
half a dozen persons some Of whom have not see n the
stock for twenty wears.
ono o, the most persistent besgars in Portland
Me-. is a collie dog which ia very fond Of doucantt,
The collie in company with his mistress visited bas
cry day last fail and perceving some donshnu,s Ia
a show case. he sat down and pleaded. by means Of
short sharp harks. for treat. The clerk generous
fed the smart dog hut now he wishes that he hadn't
for day since tn" "oe has appeared TO beg for
more doughnuts II the shop door 10 closed will wal,
outside until some opens It, and then dodge in to
get his regular free lunch
Some great hunting done In he closing DAYS ~
the late hunting season in Maine. party of Boston
sportsmen. with A II. Douglass Of Eustis as guide
chased ten. old moose for eighteen days when
one OF the party shot him. The animal weighed ahou,
700 pounds and carried splendid nn,ers monster
bull were brought INTO Sebec station f- dss
after Christmas. having been killed near Nahmakan.A
Lake by Benjamin Woodward and Horace Dore OF A..
Enson. One OF the heads. With antiers weighed sag
pounds the other SItc pounds. and tho larger
had a spread OF 1 feet inch.
Fourteen years ago Benjamin Simpson and family
passed through Bangor their way from Bidefo.! TO
Aroostook county. Ther travelled in a big covered
wagon draw By pair Of horses. hch had PRO
vid.d for them by the citizens of Biddeord for tue
family were in reduced circumstanccs On either side
OF the appeared the lege nd. Aroosook Bust.
and the outfit attracted much attention along routa
simpson ditnt hus," but is now prosperous farmer
in Gicnwood OF the richest sections OF garden
county. ami is about to receive pension from the
Government for DISABILITIES resulting from long service
before the mast IN the navy.
Some OF tn, Maine coast dwellers no better OF
in respect to school and church privileges the
pie OF the AroostooE Wilderness who never
anything much except trees and bears A man who
lives on Great Diamond Island. Portland lower har
Dor. has three children OF school age. but there
school Great Diamond and therefore he appealed to
the Mayor OF Forth nd assistance in the matter
has been arranged that the children shall DO transport
ed daily at the citys expense to Peaks Island where
there is school isn't every poor family who have
private steamboat at their disposal daily as In this
and tho children enjoy the distinction about -
much as they do the trip.
There wasquite heavy fall Of snow in Mobile Ala
last Thursday All event OF great rarity and Of equally
great interest to the inhabitanta 1t the snow
IN nve years. and the nth in seventy years About
half inch OF fell and the landscape had An sp
pearance which the Mobile people are mainly familiar
with only in pictures The last there In
1885. when three quarters OF an inch fell On Dec 20
1879 81 inches of snow fell the heaviest snow storm
ever known there The pre- TO that was
In January. 1851 and the before that on Feb IS
1929 when the mercury got Sc above zero and
there was good sleghng in the streets of Mobile There
have been three seet or hail storms IN addition
wintry vsitations mentioned above.
A short tim, ago leading Scotch Newspaper
printed letter from spondent no sought for
information and advice in regard to emigratng to
Australia The expectation was that tho inquirer
would get some advice from some Australian reader OF
the paper He did. A man writing from sydney offers
the following advice to the eager emigrant: First
change your mind Second take a course OF lessons
from an acrobat in lightning changes. We have no
climate. only samples. and show = great many IN
t~enty'four hours. Third take a life belt. FOURTH
let yo1r clothes he mud color They viii assume thu.
hue very soon anyhow Fifth. take few hosshe ais
OF carboc acid The people have their WAY
to knock ten per cent dividend out of q drainage
scheme. hence they do without one, and ask Won
What do you think of our tramwaysr SIXTH buys
return ticket"