National Republican., 1880-08-10

PIGEONS have been SO thick in northern
Michigan that they could be knocked down
with sh.poes. Fish at the same time have
been SO wild that they had to be killed with
shotguns.
ONE of the census cuumerators In Hancock
county, Georgia, came across family in
which there had been thirteen children born
at six births-twins five times and triplets
once.
THEY have q sleeping girl at Tarville
Bucks England. She has been in trance
for nine years, living on wine and milk. A
local physician thinks she is paralyGcd and
unconscious.
MRS HANNAH GREEN, over seventy years
old, who lives near Zauesyile, Ohio, has in
charge four grandchildren. Que Of whom is
about four years old. A few days ago she
missed the little fellow and at length found
him at the bottom Of the well clutching a
stone on tho side and trying to keep himself
up, but n0ver uttoring IA word. Mrs. Green
let down the well-buckct and told the boy TO
hold Oh and she would draw him up. Ho
took hold of the side of the bucket, but when
near the top his hold failed and he fell again
| 10 the bottom. The grandmother quickly let
down tho bucket second time and told the
| little fellow to climb inside of it. This ho did,
aud was soon safe in his gIandmothers arms.
| lie was not hurt the least
| THERE was held at the coroner's court in
| Holloway, London. July 26 an inquest on
tho body of Ellen Hathaway, aged twenty
| eight, the widow of Edward William Hatlia-
| way, who was lost at sea on II. NJ. 5. Atalnnta,
| of which he was quartermaster. She wrote
to the admiralty respecting her allowance,
and received an answer that IL was stopped
owing to the loss Of the vessel. The deceased
became much depressed, and early one morn
| ing her body was found in the Regents canal
Since the admiralty notice of the stoppage OF
her allowance the following has been written
by the deceased: Whoever shall mud this
| will know that | am Mrs Hathaway, whose
husband died in the Atalanta.' Her husband
had been in the navy since 1859, A verdict
of suicide while in state OF unsound mind
| was returned.
| A MONUMENT has just been erected over
| the murdered Spencer family OF five persons
| by the people OF Clark county, No. The monu-
ment is ef marble fourteen feet in height, on
ono side of which is inscribed the following
"The Spencer Family. We are all here,
murdered with an axe night OF August .,
| 1877 at our home. Their bodies lie beneath
this tomb, their virtues about it, The mar.
der was committed on the night Of August 8,
! 1877 The five members of the family had all
been killed by blunt axe. Willis James
was arrested for the murder aud acquitted.
| Finally, about March ], 1870, Frank Lane, q
detective, hWuie out WhIlHhJ LOT lNo uticSt
| of William j. Young, who was also tried for
the murder aud acquitted. The following day
he was married Intense dissatisfaction at
| tho result Of tho trial was expressed, aud on
! his return from his wedding trip a mob of SOC
men attacked his house aud met stout re
sistauce. AfCer being shot four times Young
was hanged hom the frame Of the barn.yard
! gate his last words being, 81 am as innocent
us the angels" Frank Lane, the detective
charged with organizing and heading th,
mob is held to answer for the murder o
/ Young, aud his trial will come Oh this fall.
SHORTLY after II o'clock, a few nights ago
! Il Philadelphia guest at one OF the large At
lautiG City hotels was awakened by nudge
from the sharpest of his wiie's sharp hnoekles
As he opened his eyes he saw by means of the
extremely faint light that penetrated from
the hall into the room the figure OF man
who stood silently by the bureau aud who, al
il appeared, was iumbling ior whatever yalua