The Arizona sentinel., 1879-11-08
I'm the Coils Of a Serpent.


I'm the Coils Of q serpent.
One of the most intrepid wild-beast
tanners in Europe, Karolyi, Magyar of
colossal stature and extraordinary physi-
cal strength, has recently fallen victim
TO a dread contingency of his perilous
profession. He was performing before a
crowded audience in Madrid the other day
one of his most sensational feats, which
consisted in allowing q huge boa construct
or, over 200 feet in length, to enfold his
body in its tremendous coils, when sud
denly piercing cry escaped him, which
was greeted by the public with round of
applause, under the supposition that its
Inference constituted part of the perform
ance 1t proved, however, to be the out
come of strong mans death agony. The
gigantic snake had frightened its coils, and
crushed poor Karolyi's life out of him
with one terrific squeeze. AS his head
fell back, and his eyes hecaine fixed in
CLASSY stare, the plaudits died away, and
were succeeded by the stiffness of utter
CONSERVATION. The snake and its lifeless
victim swayed for a second or two of mex
pressible horror, and then topPira over
on til boards of the stage; bat 'he boa
did not in the least relax his ip upon
the corpse. which remained f. mOre than
an hour imprisoned in its J. '-eous thrall-
dom, nobody daring to approach the
monster, of whose powers sGcA appalling
proofs had been given. At length it oc-
Cured to one of Karolyi's attendants to
place bowl of milk in a cage within
sight of the mighty serpent, which slowly
unwound itself from the dead body and
glided into its den, irresistibly tempted
thereto by its favorite dainty. A post
mortem examination of the unfortunate
athletes remains discovered no fewer than
eighty seven fractures of the bones, effect
ed by the construction of the serpent's
coils. His death must have been almost
instantaneous, as the spine was disarticu-
lated III several places London Telegraph.
Mr.. Escalante, the Mexican Consul at |
Tucson, in La Sonra of the 10Th calls the |
of Mexican owners of land in |
Arizona to the urgent necessity of laying
claim to their rights before the Surveyor
General of the Territory, setting forth the
existence and validity of their titles, the
occupation of the lands or cause of inter-
ruption in legal possession since the origi-
nal grant, through heirs and purchasers,
70 the present claimants. After twenty
'ix years of negligence of so importan. a
natter, the Government of the United
States has empowered the Surveyor Gen
.ral 10 fullu the prescriptions OF the law
which imposes upon it the dr+- # inres-
igatiug the validity of said titles, and
,resenting the results to Congress for its
iual settlement or them; and Zach days
elay augments the difficulties and OBJ
tacles to the issuing and assuring the
Iesired confirmation of titles
The United States Government exacls
lie presentation and survey OF these
rants in order to determine which are
'ublic lands that these may be surveyed
nd sold to applicants, and it is easy to
ee that the difficulties IN obtaining con- T
rmation of Mexican titles will increase
nth the contests that American colonists
Till make who may have acquired poses
ion.
1t is therefore important that Mexican
olders of titles to land within the con-
mes of this Territory should appear at
nee to prove their rights. !