Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-08
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Aw.rEn famine is threatened in Western
Massachusetts,
COTTON, wheat and corn promise less 'laAa
an average yield.
THE crop of oysters this year Is said to be
large and of fine quality
Tur cholera epidemic continues to spread
rapidly throughout Russia
THE Gould estate lost Sc, OO0, 900 during
the late fluctuation In stock.
THE Manufacturers Record reports twenty
n4y cotton mills under construction in the
South.
YACHTING experts agree that the ViCilant
Is the fastest boat ofthe cup defenders IN fair
weather.
ton fields of the Arkansas and Mississippi
River bottoms.
THE water in the Connecticut River is so
low that much inconvenience Is caused to
ferries at various points.
THREE rail roads have gone into the hands
or receivers this year. having aggregate liza
bilities OF about $3.50, ZOO, 900.
In several counties In Illinois the deadly
anthrax ts spreading rapidly among the ca
tie. The situation is serious.
IN smoking out wasps John B. Perrin,
farmer of New Brunswick. \. J.. destroyed
all his buildings, worth 80, OO0.-
The common tobacco worm is said to be
infesting the California vineyards, devour-
ing not the grapes but the foliage.
THE German Secretary of State for Naval
Affairs, it is said. has obtained consent to
spend SO, 000, 900 on new warships.
The Russian peasantry, who have hal only
one good harvest in three years, find their
prospect of recuperation blasted by the
tariff war.
DEER have recently been seen quite often
in the town of Orange, n. H., this year.
They are so tame that they run only when
closely approached.
AN army officer connected with the recruit
ing service says that the prevailing hard
times have driven large number OF men into
the army as a means Of livelihood.
J. +. ARMSTRONG and his son. Treasurer
and Deputy Treasurer of Upton County. In
diana, were put in Jail tor embezzling S4O.-
600 of public funds when their terms of office
expired.
A STRANGE mania of self-destruction is
Selling many victims almost daily both in
London and Paris. Every issue Of the
papers contains columns about this sudden
epidemic.
THE currency famine has induced many
interior banks to issue Clearing House
certificates. In numerous instances, also.
factories and business concerns have paid
their hands in small checks which temporarily
serve the purposes OF currency.
CoNDY MCGRoARTY, a mine boy, thirteen
years old, fell $50 feet down mine shaft.
His dog aroused the neighborhood. The
boy was found at the bottom of the shaft,
badly bruised, but he was still alive. At
daylight he was brought to the surface.
THE next international exposition will be
held at San Francisco. Cal, from January
to June 80, 1894. The fair will be held in
Golden Gate Park and will cover an area OF
about 100 acres. The chief buildings will
have the titles, Manufactures and Liberal
Arts" agricultural and Horticultural
Hail." mechanical Arts" 'Fine Arts and
Decorative Art and administration
Building"
The members of a gang of men have been
arrested in Biskupitz, Croatia, because they
mutiated young children. They have for
years made a trade of crippling children
and then sending them out to beg, or selling
them to others for the same purpose. Chill
dren were stolen or were misled with prom
ises to visit the house kept by the gang on
the outskirts of the town. Once there, they
were bound and tortured.