Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-27
ODDS AND ENDS.

At OwOssO, Mich, wOrkmen engaged
In eXcavating for water works re-
seryoir dug up what is undoubtedly the
tusk OF mastOdon. Ii was eight feet
long, eight inches through at the butt
end, and was found buried under seven
feet Of ground The land therea bouts
is OF a marshy nature. Late in the eve
ming parties who had been drawn by
curiosity 70 the place and were digging
about discovered a second tusk, which
measured nine feet ten inches The
last was dug up and taken out in better
condition than the first
Antoine Joseph. cook of the Cornheld
hshtship, Essex. Conn, hooked the boss
shark OF the season on Wednesday OF
last week. The monster measured
from nose TO tip of tail IA feet inches,
and weighed about 500 pounds. When
Ar Joseph noticed the shark under the
ilghtship quarter. be got out the shark
fishing tackle and baited the hook with
q round OF mess pork. which Mr. Shark
very quickly made d meal OF and was
towed alongside OF the ship.
Henry W. Mason. of New Bedford,
Mass, has invented a double thread
COP or bObbin, which fl is claimed VIII
produce cotton cloth al double the rate
OF speed now produced. Experiments
have proved successful with the lnven-
ton and il is probable that the whole
system of weaving may be revolution
lied
An important international exhibit
ton of works of fine art viii De held IN
i. al rHI 10
making elaborate preparations. and II
is expected that the exhibition VIII be
on larger and more magnificent scale
than any hitherto held i'm that city.
A new train on the London * North
western railway has made fresh rec
ord far beyond anything attained IN
this country tt made the run from
London % Aberdeen, $40 miles, i'm 75o
minutes. an average on this long run
of more than q mile a minute
A clam shell containing fourteen
handsome pearls was found I'm the st.
Joseph river near 81. Joseph, Mich. Be
sides This many have been found in
smaller quantities and large numbers
of searching parties are out on the
river
Seth Smith. of Hillslale. Mich. is a
genius A few years since he patented
q machine for cutting out seamless oval
wooden dishes and now be is out with
a machine for cutting perfect wooden
spoons, handle and ALL IN one piece.
North Adams Mich. has q real san
dow in Henry Taylor blacksmith.
The other day he shOUldered 500
pounds of iron and carried it from the
depot To- his shop, distance OF forty
rods.
Arctic explorers who have found
themselves i'm the midst of an aurora
describe it as producing cooling,
prickly sensation and very eXhiliarat-
Ing effect
One good effect of the recent busi-
ness depression I'M tine mill towns
throughout New England has been the
repopulation OF the farming districts.
The Wilmington DELI w. c.. T. IT,.
has received the gilt OF a lot worth
$1,000 upon which to erect an indus
trial school for girls
A Westmoreland Kau) man Will try
q shipment OF twenty horses TO the
Scotland market as an experiment
A party OF observers saw one hundred
and dfty-one stars fall at Kansas City
on the night of August 10.
A Norwalk Conn woman. in fit OF
hysteria. swallowed her engagement
ring the other day.
The BURBERRY crop in Maine is phe-
nomenaHy large this year. Michigan.
too. has q big crop.
The people of North Georgia are
making large quantities of apple ana
peach brandy.
There are $4,000 children i'm New
York for which there are no school &C
cOmmodatiOns.