The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-20
SOME SNAKE STORIES.

uEbWOIA ItAIVLENSAAE6s~@bI ~
the champion rattlcsnnkc county 0f
Georgia. NJ far. A few days ago. one
NJ the venomons reptiles was killed
there. which WAS six feet long. eighteen
inches around the body, aud sport
I'll fourteen fnttlcs. Sarannah fHa,1
NSrA,
A BiD HORNED HNaKE. On Thurs
day last. Messrs. George Johnson and
Dsvte Wills killed, on the formers
farm In Hall county, Ga. hinge horned
snskc which measured eight feet In
length. IT. horn, which II ON tho end
~ thu tail. and used ~ weapon ~ 10.
tense. wA~ over two inches III length. -
Gainesville tGa.) Eagle.
THAT CnAMrLAix BgnpssT. Lake
Chainpialn frcnchman gives the fol.
lowing solution III the rscently report
III w.ter monster; Il sec dat on Do
paper 'bont D Sarpint, snd / knows
somebody bin fooled. | see dat same
ting good many time. Sometime he i,e
crooked tree, old log. bometime see
big sturgeon jump, and soiae loon he
Try To hy, hs make Oiie big splash and
dive. Itig snake All one big liz. /
live more dan forty yesr oii de island.
hee MI done tings. De man who start
dat story hr drink too much. lie like
noe snake In his boot next time
SIringfeM Republican
| BNAkE, ON CALv2.-A COW belonging
- John II. McCTosksy, u Upton, Lows,
recently brought intn the world 4 calf
with what MA called snske heal. The
l,Ody aud legs were regularly formed
but tho ..eek wis perfectly round and
fully ~ large ~ tho heal. The nose
and upper jaw were split clear through,
and the tongue. which N. sharp Ike
tl,at " sn.kc, protrnded mp through
the opening. The eyes. large and nst
looked straight up, while tho top ii tl,e
heal aud rose were nearly on line
The under Jaw WAS apparently without
j0wles aud wss little more than . con.
iinnatiOn III tho mock. II waA unable
10 stand, but wOuId get nl,On In knecs
and wavn its head and dart iis tongue
ont like snake. II slso attempted Il
crawl, and, when lying down, showed
many characteristics VI the serpent.
| a BEA BEArkxr A. Bi0 A. 4 Jrxk',
MAST. The Toxic Japan Times nay.
capt. Davidson. Master u the MiiAt
Btshi steamship kiusIiu MaTn, give,
the following relation u what pAAsee
before his syes on his voyage from Kit
Kim " Kobe In tho earjy part Of ths
month. The statement II dnly Aignet
~ himself. and conatGfsiGuvd ~ Mr.
John Mckechni., the chief officer. Mnt
~ authenticity appears 10 bc beyons
question: Saturday, April q, II II III
:. m, Cspe 6stab0 dttsnt shout min,
miles, ths chief officer aud myself Oh
served whsle JUMP clear out ~ th'
~, shout ! quarter VI mile awsy
Shortly sttSS u Irspci out again. whei
! 40 there wax something attached 4
IL. 0M glasses. aud on thu nsStslesI
distinctly asw something holding on 4
the belly of the whale. The latter CAV
Ons more spring cIesr ri the water, ~,
: my. eli aud th. chief officer them u,
served Whist appeared ~ b. lAsg
creature 81 thu slske sf,ecies rear itSeI
about thirty lest ont u the water. ]
appeared ~ In sl,0nt tho thickness d
jubks mast, and, sltsr standing IN
. about len seconds lii m ersct position
! u descended into tho water, tia upls
end going trst, With my glaAs ns.4l
out the cOlOr 81 tho hesHt W ressmbl
that III pilot. nsh.'"
J llssrwsslxsilss " the Rnaslss Army
An imperial nkase inst issnsd lFot
~. Petersburg orders tI,At thu llua~is
army Ahal1 undergo IN important tram
formation. There ass In Russia II
regiments 81 infantry, raeh cOnsistin
Of three bsltaji0ns, sutnliyided Into Nv
companies. Nov each regiment II
! consist II losS Latsalions, sni,divtde
Into four companies. This measure h
cs~aS~s tho Russian army BY 10000 sn~
IN time n peace, snd ~ l3OtaO insf
Tins 0f wsr. Tho reorganization of VI
army u ~ begin II once. and must !
! pushed on rapidly, - aris S0ieH.
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