A Great Meteor.
Mb. L. G. Yalh, of Norwood, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., writes to the News of tbat place describing a remarkable meteor which he saw there at B. SO p.m. It moved slowlj frota enst to west, had a long tail, a nucleus like a globe, as large as the moon, surrounded by a bright ring, two dark lines crossing the nucleus in a vertical direction, the lines larger in middle, straight on inside, curved on outside, tapering both waya to points. The tail was 39 degrees in length. The general appearance was that of a gigantic sword of fire, moving handle first through space.
Bricks made of cork now constitute one of the new German industries.
RrrEnniUD, L. 1., has a horse that captures chickens whenever he can find them, and eats them, feathers and all.
In Philadelphia electric lighting costs the city four times as much as gas lighting.
A muter in the Baltimore »nd Potomao station at Washington aays many people kneel ami pray on the little silver star which denotes the spot where Garfield fell.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1973, 28 February 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)
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181A Great Meteor. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1973, 28 February 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)
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