The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-12
81 oENERAL INTEREsr.

AZ Q pig cattlo s4t0 IN Kansas City
recently, said to Be- the largest 10 that
city since the boom times 81 fSs2 and
iss3 tho Wadding Bell Ranch Cat
lie Co. Of New Mexico. sold AoOo two
year.old steers At SIS head and 3, 600
three-year-old steers 1t $40 hend
The ranch company oyns 700, 900 acres
Harrisburg. Conn.,. has = grove Of
trees from which musical sounds come
during wind. In September, during
what Is known a. the equinoctial
storm, this strange grove is heard.
Then, above the bowling Of the wind,
the roar rises and IA i like the moan.
ing Of ten thousand lcviathans In tho
agonies OF death.
"A dispatch states that silversnith
in Monterey, Mex, IS engaged on =
work In silver which when completed
will be an exnct reproduction Of the
agricultural building now being built
on the exposition grounds, Chicago II
will be eight feet wide, will contain .
quantity Of silver aHued rs =bnf tfsflaat
$4,000. and when finished will be
valued at $4,000
"A peculiar and extraordinary phe-
nomenon was worked on the snow
covered campus OF a New York theo-
logical seminary recently. One morn
ing passers-by were astonished to see
the immaculate field Of over Ave acres
covered with white cruptions varying
In size from mnrblc to pumpkin.
Investigation showed that the snow-
balls had been formed by tho high
wind of the previous night
The stand taken by women against
the slaughter OF birds is making itself
felt in practical way. The Birds
Protection society of England has just
published its first annual report. In
it the statement is made that profess
sional wild-fowler declared he had not
shot single Kittiwale gull or sea
swallow this year, because there was
no demand for them, though the year
before he had filed an order for eight
thousand of them to one dealer alone.
Two strange fish were taken in q
trawl net off the coast Of Maine recent
". One, the lampris, Is the only speci-
men of the kind ever taken ia eastern
waters. In shape 1t is like very large
sunfish, and its weight was about 800
pounds 1t back was Of beautiful
sky blue, the sides were snowy white,
and the fins scarlet The other fish,
the ecolar Of the Canary Islands, is
common in warm ATTITUDES, but has
never before been taken so far north
as in this case. Both were taken at q
depth Of 1000 feet
Vermont has become famous for
her spruce gum, the gathering and sell
ing Of which have grown to be more
than an infant industry. The chanpi-
on gum picker of the state is said to be
Alinzah Bishop, Of Woodford. Bishop
is Yankee notion peddler in summer
time, but when the cold weather sets
In he starts out with bag and pole and
roams the mountain forest in search Of
gum. When the deep snow comes he
goes about on snowshoes The product
of his lonely hunting trips he disposes
of for cash at BenIington, and makes
q good living thereby.
About two hundred and Fifty years
ago, Jonathan Mcigs fell in love with
a beautiful young Quakeress.- He was
repeatedly refused but he persevered'
in his suit, riding seventy miles every
Saturday across a country Infested
with hostile Indians in order to pass
the Sunday near the lady at meet
ing" On the last visit, as he slowly
mounted his horse to ride away, the
sight Of his detected face touched the
young lady; and, lifting her hand, she
beckoned to him, crying, Return.
Jonathan" The phrase was adopted
as Christian name in the family that
sprang from the subsequent union, and
O man named Return Jonathan Meigs"
has just died in Washington.
"A motor is running at the patent
office in Washington which seems to
fulfill the conditions Of perpetual mo-
ton. Perpetual motion is said to exist
in machine that when once started
will continue to run until worn ont p
This machine operates by the power
given ont in different expansion Of
metals under varying conditions, and
is so small and carefully constructed
that If there was absolutely no change
in the temperature Of the room 1t
would run when once started thirty
eight days before stopping. If 1t were
possible to put 1t in some place for this
length Of time, at the center of the
earth, where the temperature would
be constant it would stop, so it does
not fulfill the condition Of perpetual
motion; but that cannot be done where
the machine now IL, so It has run for q
great many years without stopping,
and probably will continue to run un-
ill it wears out The Industrial World.
AT seven o'clock of the evening Of
January 0, Charles Winniger. who Is
employed in furniture factory at
Louisville, KY, wss single man and
had no idea of getting married. Two
hours later he was husband and was
on his way homo with his wife. He
had finished his work In the factory
rather early in the afternoon, and,
after eating supper, concluded to take
q trip up town He stopped at the
house Of an acquaintance. where he
met Mary Wrinlxs It was case Of
love at first sight, and Winniger lost
no time in proposing. The woman waA
equally well pleased with her strange
admirer. aud she readily gave her con-
sent No time waslost in making ar
engagements. A carriage was called
and the couple drove over to Jefferson
vile, Ind. where Esquire Keigwin per-
formed tho ceremony. Two friends
accompanied them. and upon their re-
turn the certificate was exhibited to
the people In the neighborhood Tho
marriage was one of the quickest on
record. = 2
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