, 1879-07-19
SNAKES AND "SICI1.n

Htnrfcs t,f t,te Animal 1st,r1
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l1"t "'' '.'"e men "es on ''le Hooker praric
Iu'" eo"ht', tlof1t'at ler tic ptirpoBo 0f killing
alliVat0ra, With EsaR, guns, An nx, ono grut,
bing-t,ua, mil ono hook ,i1,o party killed n,
| a,llgatnrs, 90 of which wcru from thrco "
@ s"elso 'ro' ~ ,ohAl"' Tue nsofase lei'etl bclna
| se9e'' leet' All wefo kll'ed within tho space oi
| l,nlf Mtlo.
The wife OF Horace Jonos. n farmcr ,tvtnr air
teen m',p, south ot urccsharE, Ind, wont Oh Oh,
'he o'hef evening 10 cnsen chicken shc ila'i
elnt III l,Ox. Wlon sic thrust her llnlld Into
thu box It was seized ty iargo rat, which held
her hand ,,ntt, rhnttcd ia t1roit he hor liz,
nFu,, Il ',u,I, f,.t g',,"t",, ,!,, WV" t.
rrI,, G,tson - ..' Ii'ns u's@a't. @ Mno'a M aet
lnntly iii mi n.s st,.,a tia " e''o o'e""" WIZ
.>' "''>' $50 9"'ee a''u' ......
~ post-mortcsn examination Of Tho fcn,nle
elephant which dEct at thu Philadelphia Xoo1og.
tGas tiarslsn few days ago revealed The fact
ttlat death WIS cn,tscd ny the fnlu|gcnce al-
loved TO Y!stnrs 10 feed the animals with wllat-
over they cflonte. In the beasts stomach wero
Inuna [ut of+lmblltcs, ilstl.o0nes, and stlc1a,
whte. It IL believed. wGro nut ip PAPER bags md
thrown to her by snno ol tic visitors to tho
garden on The Fourth.
Oxford. Ga,. Ina ro,no .ron,,.na ,. -
taltos ccht r., rairu, I sUan.s Ua. sent'oman Wno
pjocps then, In bnr nt,fi wmtrf. ~, .aa,,,+ ~ ~
tr fgh ID fur th,, rats lnv, ",tn" ~, .1s't nst "
oud bust. On ,nst rroy tInt mi n,+ ~ tf'is
teen could h. fo,n,1ai hn ,crn nrs,ro5 ns " 5"a IT,.
again o fouutt njn,. snakes rhssI ~ ~ 'o.si' u'&
and univ lvn Itur unni." Il, ti,o ,s'r Ill.,.
king snake was opcne s,,l tf,rtccn "n rfa MY
tllrue iarrc snkrs tnten fran, jss stnna.I, nN'
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"A A aaG1t'ter u slra. Timothy Basdwin, Of NIL
10TH G9n''.. rot!lfnea ir1nl Central Anlcrica
laht week bringing with ler aYo nonkcya,
r1'a tir"s L. oh"nt t,, ,'.i .t',' pasuuGts.
lew no,,,nla hn h"r ",n"1," ~ ,,.u III
inrurr a,n, IT, All y 1,ni. .'. 'tg eyes M" 5nsa
E.., ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ u ha plaYttll III
"nyart "w S.t, s.s ~ ianui.9 u y sumo
itv ~ tts n ,hn,,uI, ,..,, w u ,n s.u iesoe r.
ahow ha,.oa IN n l., atts s"ee' IL pfooao'S WILL
'"'" eiauRo Ill ''8 1ca'les'
., .ff"ctnnan con1n'trctal.
T.. CAnAHgs, W, duty Ids my Sons wore CO.
Ill., ~ ind v" m tsH lnk" HWY iy hoass ea 'ca tue foa
s.ke , eo',eu aroAiu ileapY enuG'ers'end sneak,
Will tlle i!cad o[ tl'e Venosnous rentltc In his
mouth Oheo tllt boSs got forked stick mil
vnrs i1,unut u sGrpe4 IT.. ~, y p the Moac ap'lt @
!ooso tne ntll l'po1' t'lc leGd VI .ta victim. The
tWo WcFo plnrtd ttrar The window ,y.leru was
ah!,ttn'e, h,e a,ia Waselica ttlettl nearly nn hnut.
fMcy ss!aolh hlo'en llis was nt,out s''sldown.
Culioua 10 SIC now fhef would make 1t, null
tearing tlG eopfgrea!t would get a"ny, Ind a
1ofH ri@I tnfolEh its body uini fastened to thu
1foa'lu; No~ ~ loukett as II tlIc king snake
!'au suekptl cVerYthEti. nut uf the copporhcnu's
body. Alter taaFk, by the light U! ln,np wu
faw that me H'lE: s1lhkn hui unr0lletl md wns
lust 'sa!N%ElI!. tht otlcr. At tie expiration Ut
fIali hlI 1ntr We tssk mt ttc iorls, and The klg
snake ftArlcd D1t with It's prey. We put In thG
FORK agatsl atiA ts'csl tnrtIed q box uyrr tLrm
lilittI AuruiI. There thcn Appeared but ono
snako---tic King snake, and whln released 1t
gs!dcd uvny.
~, RH'ls jeact f4rk.} Gazette.
Near Told Creek, Fau.Ncr County, md about
seven miles from the raifroatl. LIVES u mar,
t'atnc! jsI'ca, n fartncr Last Mondny evening,
wlli!o Rlca am! Ills wife wcra sitting In front Of
Their door, twn dogs Jumped over Lie fence nul
ran under tho lsorke. Presently d tcrrlflc
towlnE as'l aeht!nA beuans mud 'cont!nuc1. ! lhr
sot1'g tno; wi'rn at lust otc Of thu dogs dsrtdl:
oat, lenped over tho ie"cc,, and ran AWAY. 'Itlu.
n'!lcf un;s, 'arge bF'ntila OF ucrtdetl)y ugtT
tyim, tGlls'wa az far ~ tl,u fe.co, hut stopprt,
snrnsd a.ot' @ atH' stlrtod toward lslra with
rs 1houth tlllf opc11. ltllen picked up an oil
chslr1itlashcr, hlH!, ~ silt ds,. srnny At hitl,
struck the tcnat osl. tic llcuh. 5tunnud fDr
n,1nleht, tic !Iatlhhl rccoet, hut only fora
1!omcnt, Tor 1t sprang again before Rhea hui
titue to prcpnrc l!nArif. Rhcn g:nppled tile dog
by in tsIroat and hull ts mouth AZ far away ~
posssblc, ''nl desperate struggle bega.l Tho
itNN1H fT1nrnH urtt