The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-05

thera,,la,s Il ,pstl In hull dress threw himself
in the water tlld Hiluepeaeh III Saving Tie
dogs llfe
A Yankue and Mexican disputed at blg
Eprinxs, Nab., Al to thsit skill ~ mHfkstlslll;
what can YOU do with That life IS On yoMsa i,
tbs atotin uilt Ill tint pin OH your hraast, the
Muxteni1 retuftetl. aud did H., Incidentally lti-
IltrtinR n mortal wound.
Az a recent meeting Of the Academy oil
Natural Seenuea DR. Leldy called attention
III Il BROKEN ryan diamond sat III n sleeve butt
I'M While tho wpArar wns recently sitting
III the run the diamond exploded witt, snt-
iluieut fufre III drive one fragment Into his
hand and another into hls forehead.
An Willlamsnort, Ia, N .sonnE man named
White. u performer Iii Jpla's circus. attempted
TIA The pr5aenoe oil u large audiences tu turn
punefsault from ii spring hnnrd. but Slipping
fell unun his head. Hs was carried from the
ring spnaeblpss, never returning to conscious.
mess and died the next day.
Tho three Policemen at Miamiebulg
tDniul picnic tried IN snln 70 prevhnt iiRlltllE
polyui. inaslnneL ne the assembly seemed to
ho divided into two nearly equal iaatlohs. ~
lpava them I'll themselves. Two nnn were
killed within nh hour and seven wounded.
A young girl Hi Nova SCOTIA wap ~ shocked
by Il charge Ut theft nnde against her ny her
mistress thnl ahh lnok W mn hnu aua dlah'
t,eut. The inuuaat showed. according 10 the
ayidenre before tho coroner. that death was
pauapa NV paralysis III the heart, apparently
Induced by etreng excitement.
Kav. q. Il. ltnrtranft, one of themoaf pro.ml-
mont and eloquent melnhets OF tho new der
sey conferences. and formerly pastor ,of Tho
Third Street Nj II. Church, Camden. uied ~
hls home III long Branch ut Wednesday, lle
lind been ii preacher In the M. u. Church Tor
tweaty.one yaats. .ni,d ono w Lilo niusu elao-
tive and successful lii that congregation.
Tho roll III the "priast'a Association ~ tho
body Of extreme English ritualiets, show q
membership III 40 alatHymnn N the diocese
Of London alone. Oxford has aeysnty.tWp
memhera, Salisbury fnrty-nife, bttahiield
forty-Hnvun. Exeter fnrty-ax and Canterbury
forty@une The list attracts ia,ich attention
lin England.
rwpnty-Aevcn years nEo Mrs. Davis, III
Knox county, o.. GOLD ber two dvarfad sons to
Il ahuwmun Sha did not aea them again fpr
some years. and when she ala shs, wanted
to eat them buck again. aud went with u
sheriff torncovnr them. Tut when tho show
man saw the party coming he tucked QUO
dwarf under eaeb arm and took TO the woods,
some property haa teen loft them new, and II
Ia quite Likely they Will hru np at home,
though they haven't heen seon for some ttine.
dreadful story ~ reported fron Francs:
A young sportsman went shooting. IN wool
nn fAAL IA Nt1tAllIllUM lNhHk Ailt Ah1 NfssAAapIt
ii Il neghboging farmer. Failing into CON
versatinn with her he set hla gun up nganat
N trHr, and safe down hlmaalf un knoll with
tho tair enehantreaa. The girls father going
by that way saw the loving .eoaple,.ctept ~
softly through the wnnl behind lhnn, seihatl
The levers gun.-.nnd Disappeared with IL
Moral /, lover aud shotgun cannot both re-
main LII ono place.
The drouth la becoming very serious IN
Pennsylvania Trains on The Pennsylvania
railroad have been delayed through the fall
,ire OF tho atatluns to supply water to the ell
Einea. Tho principal water station on thls
road for wpatern-hanDd freight trains IL To-
patetl at New Florence. The water In tho
tank In 40 low. owing tn tho continued drontb,
that IL requires not less than forty minutes to
fill the anarine tank. THIS caused u tnaaainH
uf freight traita. aud biurlSRdnd the tracks fnr
messenger trains. which could only be rained
hy uainu tho enatshuund single tracks for
trains Iii both directions. At QUO time on taet
Friday night tho freight trans were stretched
along tho track from New Florence ten miles
eaat The Ohio river NJ pttsburg III seven
Inches lower than tho record OF tts lowest stage
last yaAr. Hut four Inches Of water ripple
over ihe pipes 81 tho htle9hany river, from
which pittsburg gets ita water.
uDlcr tho heading, IA Novel Deer Hunt, I"
tho piumns tNevl NutioHtt saya: quite IN
exciting deer hunt WAS had In Granite Basin
the either night, and d correspondent gives US
the following particulars: A hunter dewn
there haa maele an artificial deer tick On tho
mountain IL short distance from Mr. Swan "
cabins, aud on the night in question no took
Mia station In Ii tree tn watch Tor deer. One
came along duriug tho night ind he shot IT,
orinpinx IL some, and calling the dog from
the house hs Havs chase. MIR, Swan got M
and Joined him. leaving two ladies alone In
the house. After time the dog started the
deer out pf the bushes and he ran directly W
the cabins. Tho ladias sailed out IN their
niaht-clothea. armed with a gun, but before
they could shoot. the deer ran almost directly
over them. Instead OF fetreattnK. as would
have been expected, ono 81 them caught MIN
by The hind legs and with the aid " the other
held him until the men arrived and dispatched
him. They have been feastlng on ventson
for several days, and have right to, for they
earned It,"
"A very curious and melancholy Incident
happened on one occasion In church during
service. Tho winaows and doors were, Of
course, oil wide open, aud through one OF
these open doors q cobra glided into the
church. Several OF the congregation noticed
III and were not unreasonahly much alarmed.
The beaale, q native. was fortunately on the
alert, and AZ managed g procure Q tulwar,
fore II had time to do any mischief. Tran
Qutlity was restored, and the service proceed
eli to It's close, when many or the congregation
went to look Ut the dead snake as IL lay head
less on the ground. Among them was q man
nut his foot on the head and rolled 1t toward
him when he Instantly uttered loud exclama-
tion and drew his foot away. BY some means
or ether he had contrived TO set In action the
muscular apparatus attached TO the poison.
fanxs, which had darted violently forward
and struck him on tho foot. All remedies were
useless; ID half an hour the poor fellow was
corpse; proving with vengeance the awful
virnlence Of the poison Of the cobra da ca
pello.
They had dime supper In tho neighbor-
hood III pawtucket, conceived and carried out
by the ladies. The conditions Of this novel
supper were these: For every word spoken BY
the gentlemen at the supper table forfeit OF
ten cents was imposed; but, on the other
hand las duties are always compensated with
rights and restrictions with privileges), 1t was
agreed that whoever could weather the whole
supper. submitting to all queries. surprises
and Ingenious questions without replying,
should be entitled to it gratuitousiy. Many
and frequent we're the artinces and subter-
fuges resorted to by the ladies Ia attendance
TO entrap the unguarded. and one after an
other stout and discreet men went down be-
fore the constant volley OF artful interroga-