The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-22
SUNBEAMS.

Tho street in Leavenworth Kansas. are to be
run by compressed air Tho citizens have raised the
money to raise the wind.
There will probably be another Bowdoin College
petition to Labrador next summer. when moro extern.
sive explorations will be made than tho first trip.
Thirty thousand dollars worth Of liquors were dis
pensed. for medical and mechanical purposes only"
by the Biddeford Me- city agency during the past
ut net profit of $2687.
-Trappers in the States OF Washington and Oregon
report that the urbearng animals very numerous
this winter the beaver especially Last week tapper
near Blaine caught = beaver that weighed nearly
hundred pounds
Five experienced miners from tho Comstock mines
will leave Virginia City. Nevada very shortly for Peru
to help develop the mines Of that country. All their
expenses to Peru to be paid aud they to receive
$l25 month each
Thomas Connolly. = woodsman Of Bells Mills For
est county. Pa, while splitting chestnut tree into
rails found shoe in the trunk Of tho tree foot
from tn. surface. The shoe evidently had been pound
ed into tho tree when it was saplinR.
"A Montana man has invented a ranch snow plough.
to be used scraping the on the ranges that
the cattle at the grass II 10 reported that
machine works very satisfactorily. Thousands Of cat.
tie perish every year. and tho number this year has
been more than usually large from starvation.
count Of the deep cutting on the food supply
Last October the schooner Jennie A. Cheney. lime
laden sprang aleak in Rockland No. harbor and took
fire. All efforts to smother the IRE unsuccessful.
and after smoulderng all winter anchor the vessel
to herdoom. Tho flames have now burst through tho
decks. and at night tho flaming wreck presents beau.
tful spectacle.
New Mexico has very wide range Of climate. The
temperatures registered In the territory during January
varied considerably over hundred degrees. The hot.
test place during the month was La Lus. DohA Ana
county, where the thermometer registered 76oone day
and the mean temperature for the month was so7'.
Al Duce, Rio Arriba county, tho mercury one chilly
January day crawed down to 800 below zero. and ito
RDot VI AN I
low
The Gulf OF Georgia Is reported to be almost chosed
with large schools OF herring The Washington and
British Columbian fishermen are catching the fish BIZ
the ton with no trouble whatever. and making
good money by packing them for shipment East A
remarkable and beautiful sight 1t Is said is to bs
seen at night from the deck Of STEAMBOAT. Tho ver
sci seems to be floating on herrings and the sh dart
away from the bows In thousands wing phosphoros
cent wakes like tho flashing Of countless meteors
Last fall in the height Of the ting season. C. j.
Lynch OF Bangor came into possession OF . maGue-
Gently antered moose head. q genuine monarch vita
triple pointed for which he refused large
offers. Recently Mr.. Lynch supplied
for the Manhattan Clubs dinner Senator Hill. and in
cidentaly mentioned that he had moose head which
would look well In tho club house. After
spondence tho subject the club purchased the head
At high price. and the rare trophy from the Maine
woods now ornaments its rooms.
Mr.. Samuel Butler Is lecturing in England he
question. WAS Homer Woman ~ lie believes the
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now thsr. "a M, cr,.c who vona M, w,s,h.
nroanc, y, n woman
'Tbs aiscoyerv or co,d ha. he.n . .,..t thing for
tho B0ni negroes tho Maron River in French Guiana
d,c,vorsd Il, 1894 strrs hcn ,h.v have been getting
.h e., ,hs ,,.n.ror, ..ryic, They carry all freight
rorrI tho ,.n;d n, ,nc nl,cer L,gvinvs at the enor.
mon. ch,rc. n, 90 frames barrel Owing to their
r,tor. n,.h,o ~ c,mnu,,nr barrels they greatly n.
1900 ,ha,. .o.rn rarh box * barrel Each man
AZ n.rro, n,miinhns and ,ndb bags arc barrels Thus
,h.y 90, anon, $40, ton for carrying freight dis.
go, 10 ,m.. v,rch ia much higher than the rate.
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In mo mas, two wear. in the shape of 1frsuc
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