The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-25
RNHnEAMS.

There are three ex.Mayors Of tho town in ths
newly elected City Council OF bath, Me.
"A minister OF Ceresco, Mich, has bought a ster.
~coptlcon with which he will in future illustrate his
sunday night sermons.
A farmer and his two sons were instantly
killed by lightning near orange, Cal, a few days
ago while seated at table eating supper.
"A woman has Just been appointed nssistane
professor OF English In the University OF Michigan.
She IA Miss Gertrude Buck, a daughter ~ Judge
Buck ~ Michigan.
--rrlpicts were born to the wife OF Christnno
Marine Of Centredaic, r. l., a few days ago. They
are oil girls and each weighed i've pounds at birth.
At last accounts oil were doing well.
Prisoners IN the Bangor, Me-, jail are to b
supplied with pottol plants TO care for in their cells.
II IL believed the cnrc of the plants will have an
"%clcvatlng and reforming influence"
John uiiilS Of Troy, VI, Is the father OF thirty.
four children 10y one wife. The children arrived In
steady sequence u, the rate of one a year for thir.
ty four years. He has now 100 descendants living
In Troy.
Alaska experienced during the winter Just end.
ing the coolest weather known there In twenty
years. During January and February the tempers-
turc was never above ger at Juneau or Sitka, aud
snow fell almost continuously.
In the middle OF an onion she was pcclins q
few days ago a woman In Bath, Me-, found n gold
ring. The story IL vouched for. Tho explanation
offered is that some one dropped the ring In the
onion bed. and the onion grew around It.
A story of a feat OF mechanical sklh OF won.
derful delicacy Is told In Iron Age. An eSpers
mechanic Is said TO have taken q common sewing
needle OF medium size. Ias inches long, and drilled
a hole through its entire length, from eye to point,
the hole being Just large enough to admit OF the
passage OF a very fine hair.
An unusual spell OF warm weather during inc
early part or this month hatched out millions OF
grasshoppers, prematurely. In oregon. Ihen cams
nlanp M tpngtra nnII unnn xghinh ktIlaI nraNtICal.
~ every one or the insects consequently the tarn'.
ors Whereabouts are doing tho remarkaole thlnB on
rejoicing over unreasonable weather.
-ohe OF SIX graduating s'uuehts OF the "e"
Penn Medical College blew out the gas In a hotel
bedroom In Pittsburgh, Pa, the other night. All
six students were sleeping In the room. ana all
came very near being aSphyxiated. Ihis item may
be interesting 10 hayseeus "a showing that oven
college graduate doesn't Know everything.
II Is CLAIMED Tor Mr. ana MIS- FRANK Shade OF
Kendalvnle, Ind, that they are the smallest mar
rled couple In Indiana. Each ~ more than ntty
years old. Mrs. Shade Is exactly three feet In
height, and her husband is a trine smaller. Mr..
Shade has an unusually luNuriant growth or hair
on his face, his beard reaching to his waist.
THE arch span OF the new briuse soon TO 20
built across the Niagara gorge VIII be so feet long,
and the centre OF the arch Will be 40 feet above
low water. The floor OF the bridge Will he forty.six
feet Wide, anording room for two trolley tracks
In the middle, an eight foot roadway on either side
OF these tracks, and n sidewalk three feet nine
Inches wide on each outer side NJ the bridge.
California shipped out OF the state 4S,S71 car
loads OF fruit, nuts, wine, brandy, and vegetables
In 1898, an increase over 1894 OF b,346 car loads.
or fruit alone the shipments were 3I,16O carloads.
In 1890 the shipments Of fruit were only 1898
car loads. II all the orchards In California now in
bearing were to put out a full crop this year the
exports OF fruit should. 1t Is estimated. reach 3d..
900 car loads.
-FlocEs of blackblrds and swallows and some
robins und bluebirds appeared In Delaware county,