The sun., 1895-12-27
SUNBEA Ms.

.-Sfaine,s leo crop this year will be full and f1ne
from all present indications. There was eight inches
| Of clear leo the Kennobec fields week ago The
frost coming before heavy snow made excellent Ice.
| -" Mirth" and Music" have been banished from
the prosccnium arch of the new opera house at Bid.
deford, Me. They were painted thore. OF Voluptuous
figure and cshiy tint by the decorator but when tho
| town folk them they blushed, and committee
succeeded in having the two goddesscs painted over
md out, and conventional nlagreo designs sub
| stituted In their place.
| After studying for time the problem OF how
to get the people into his church. and after trying
| number OF old schemes. n Methodist minister Of
Thompsonvlc. Mich. hit on the not altogether novel
| idea OF going to tho people who would not come
| him. He into the principal saloon In the town
and preached eloquent sermon to the crowd about
the bar and has since been following up this practice
undistrbcd by the owners OF the places in which he
pitches his pulpit.
The odeet white man In Sonoma county. Cal, Will
liam Blackmnn, uied In Henldsburs last week at the
age OF 100 years and three months He especially
anxious that should bo known that no did dio OF
old age. Pneumonia cut his life short. and there 10
little doubt lie would have Lived some years longer In
the natural course of events lie active and
healthy up to the time he took cold. lie smoked and
drank intoxicants in his early life, but abandoned
both habits half century before his death.
-AdistinguIshed Russian engineer, c. A. Monkovsky,
Chief Government Engineer OF the Department OF
Eastern Siberia arrived In San Francisco few days
ago with tho object OF studying certain features of
American ra!lroadlnR He Is first TO make compre-
hensivo study of the system In the Sierra
Nevada mountains and then make q general tour Of
the main railroad systems OF the Continent. His mis-
sion Is said to bo in connection with the proposed
construction OF number OF lines OF railroad in East
Siberia.
Although the Sehlers' Association OF Vancouver
passed an unanimous resolution few weeks ago noe
TO send out any sealing schooners until next August
nearly all the vessels now fitting out TO start on
cruise soon after Christmas. as usual Only one
schooner made expenses last year but all are going
70 try 1t again this year 1t stated some weeks
that most OF tho San Francisco sealing schooners
had actually gone into other business, some being at
that time outward bound with general oargoes for
Southern ports while others were ntting out to 60
otter hunting,
Electric street car companies in Tacoma. Wash,
to be required TO repair all damage pipes
caused by electrolysis In repavng OF the prnct
pal avenues the city along which runs electric
car line, lt found that than onehaf OF tho
surface and connection pipes running from the water
main TO buildings had been eaten away by the
electric current grounded through tho rails bo
useless The pipes replaced by the city at
OF more than 1000 All franchises hereafter granted
will contain clause that the company shall repair
damage thus caused.
"A borough election that was illegal and void for
at least six reasons was held at Stafford Springs,
Conn., last week. Because OF the cold the ballot box
was moved front of the stove. in violation OF the
secret ballo law: the ballots were not in proper
form; the required number OF election officers had
not been chosen; several of tho officers chosen were
not sworn; ne moderator was improperly chosen,
and the law as to ballotng was violated in several
minor ways To cap ALL 1t was finally discovered
that the only ticket in the field incorrectly made
The electors will try It again In a few days.
Tho recently discovered sulphur deposits in tho
southern Cocopah range of mountains. the eastern
side of Lower California. said to consist Of
OF almost pure sulphur. A. Goodbe.
O banker OF Ensenada, who returned to San Diego
from visit to the deposits says the sulphur is 81 per
cent pure, and in Its natural state it ordinary
use. especially for the manufacture Of
sulphurc acid. At one place there 10 blum OF prac
tically pure sulphur Is feet high and $50 feet wide
and at the foot of this blum o shaft has been sunk
80 feet deep into pure sulphur. The sulphur can bo
shovelled into sacks and put on tho market in It's
natural state.
Some remarkable records in big gun firing were
Arthur on the Pacific coast week ago. At tho
battle Of the alu River In the war;
IN averageo shot in fifteen found its mark and
even at this ate the havoc among the ships was
terrible. In the Royal Arthur's practice eight Shells
with bursting charge. were fired from the twenty.
woton gun, at 800 yards at target in the water
en feet high and twelve feet square. every shot
burst within radius OF nifty feet of the target Tho
of such firing in the OF o
var ship so goo feet long may be imagined. OF
,ourse such arksmanshp might not be possible in
Ice trip recently one gunner with o 6-inch quick.
irtng gun, put eleven out OF twelve shots through
anvas target ten feet square at 1900 yards.