The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
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An octogenarinn vagrant was lodged at o O.. 10
ssph. No, police station one night
Gossip shout ono Of his family caused Q farmer
near owensboro. KY 70 20 crazy and hang himself.
Peas have brought such o low price isssoriy sha,
farmers On Petapaoo Neck. near Baltimore. hsvs
ploughed und or acres OF them rather than pick them
and haul them to market
"A negro who was killed b. q 1anroad train near
Swan Creek, Nd. and was noe known By any one I'm
that locality. was Identified By Q pocket Bibls. He
had come from Abingdon, Va
AN Orlando. Bla. cftissa. who b known LEGALLY a
Q successful inventor. has Devised IN spparss1s By
means Of which 10 ssys he can b s1ctioa sranspors
grain for several hundred miles from tlland aslds 70
river boats.
-Atnhison. Kan. society psopis ~1Atrs1lns Cor ns-ei.
~. gave an imitation ctrcus parade t trolley cars
which they had Decorated - h&sa WAGONS, cani1ca
Of e1o, 600 bsanttss, and tanD sna closed cages Of
aquatic and wild animals.
lin Kansas City. Kan, o1o dag this noafh Ben
johnson was oonyiotsd bsnors yuage Alden Of high
way robbery. end wa turned over 10 shsrtR Lonsfsl
low. In the penftsnttary h hAa Q eoufas with hi
5aner Cwho was not ths culprtt. Fay.
-robaoco was grown % suossssfuny IN Polk county,
Bla. during the spring thas large areas are under cul.
ttvaton for the fal crop. which 3 said TO b the bet
Ter Of the two. and tho county folk talk cheerfully Of
ths money returns Of whinh they feel confident
Tales OF menacing wnd animals Of tho West are
not frequent now. but their ravaSes arc occasionally
recorded. Mary Morris, . child. was killed by q black
bear the other day near Sargent. Ky and wolves have
killed q colt and several calves near Hyannis, Nsb.
STRAY bullets are still factors In the ever day life
OF Flortdians. One entered the jaw Of Q negro who
stood In the yard of Capt. ,. ". Krsnse's residence at
Tampa and another on the same afternoon went
through the window Of Ms J. c. Moore's house, Just
missing her.
AT indianapolis Q street car conductor was Just
about 20 take up Q fare when the trolley wheel
slipped. the pole sprung upward and q loop IN ths
rope caught the conductor under the arm and lifted
the pAvement
"A. W. windhorSt of senner, Fla. has great hopes
from . trio OF Belgian hares which he has received
from Pennsylvania. He feels justified in the assertion
that there Is distinctly q rabbit industry, and that the
multiplication of three will give him fatter returns
than the raising OF chickens.
st. Louis people were treated one day to the odd
sight OF . gang of brickiAyers walling in the tenth
story Of . new building when the brick work from
below had been carried up only to the eighth floor.
This was rendered possible by the modern skeleton
construction. and was done to utilize q double forcs
of men.
Prof. George PeArson died q few days ago At the
age OF So in 6 mithburs. Nd where for forty six years.
prior to fifteen year. ago. he taught school. Poor
sighr Obliged him to cease teaching In 1889. He used
to teach the alphabet and Mathematics, Latin and
Greek in the same room whore At one time there were
Il5 pupils.
I'm ~ciinching his contention that We shall know
one another in the hereafter. anyhow In the less Aiti.
tudinous hereafter. the Rev. Mr.. Fife of Fort Scott,
Kan, aaked his congregation how II would be punish.
ment without . recognition OF ones lost condition.
An irreVerent partshioner OF social nature took com,
fort in this, a. = guarantee against Loneliness.
The picnic conscience does not command absolute
confidence in Florida. even when the picuickeu arc
white. In the neighborhood OF watermelon patches.
When q st. Augustine organization. at San MAteo on
an outing. came upon q melon patch they found tho
owner. q woman. on guard with a gun. which she
allowed might 60 on II any stranger got among the
vines.
The segregation OF the races was attempted In
earnest. and with indications OF success. In the sur
vey and sale Of lots at West Palm Beach. Fla, but in
nuence OF tho almighty dollar WA left out of the
reckoning. A thrifty colored merchant who made
money in the dark confines has rented a store In tho
precincts OF the white people, and all that West Palm
Beach (white) can do is talk. and talk, and talk.
Charles Dyer OF Boston. who some years ago on .
visit to Little Allegash Lake, Caribou. Me-. was lost
for three days in the woods. and was found in an sN
hAusted condition by HIS fellow campers, has for SIX
months been marking tho blaIed trunks OF young
hardwood tire s there with peculiar symbols. within =
radius of some twenty miles, ana INTENDS 10 Issue q
map OF the wilderness. SO that unfamiliar persons
may enjoy those woods In safety.
One OF the Observer who should be qualified 90
pronounce judgment upon the state OF the times
about the country is the travelling circus man, ono
OF these men. belonging to = show the name OF which
is well known. has said In Topeka, Kan. that in =
journey Of half way over the continent the business
OF the circus has shown an improvement over last
year. and that In almost every town ne has noticed .
great deal of painting and fixing over OF build
inEs. He says the people have appeared almost ev'
erywhere to be happier and in easier financial ctr
cumstances than for the past few seasons.
The widening market for fruit and the action Of
the railroad companies In giving the growers farl,
ities for reaching the market In the great centres ~
population have led to more serious attention heins
given TO horticulture In many parts OF the country,
some OF which are more or less remote from the larg"
cities. The conditions In the central West, the south.
west, and on the Pacific slope have been reflected
from time 10 time in these paragraphs. just now
grape'growing. which for some time has Jagged m
Florida, has reached so prosperous 40 activity nuolI
Orlando that grapes are being shipped from ~