The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-27
abort STORIES OF ANIMALS.

I 49, soss ucstfoyeQ the wood WOY X
OF Q house IN New South Wales. and il
cost over $1,000 70 repair it.
"A Gscrgis farmer removed TO Ala
bsms and took bis COW with him: but
the animal turned up st her old home.
ninety miles of. Q lew days sftsrvard.
A three-legged kitten is Q curiosity
belonging to DR. A q Emory. Of Ops-
ike. Als. Il Is perfect IN every other
respect. and the shoulder blade 10 per
feet and natural.
/ The parent of Q mecking bird CAD
tured 1t Queen Greek. Arizona, after
failing In every effort to liberats him.
brought relief in the shape of poisou-
ous berry. and the little prisoner died.
Crows are ths natural enemies of the
singing bird. They pounce upon the
nesss Of the lark and plover and rob
them Of their young. They ere said to
DO extssmiaating these birds in New
England.
A Colombo horse bslonging to II C
Gill walked into lake. and after wsd-
Ing IN the shallow water 100 yards
from shore, lay down and drowned
himself IN water bat two feet deep. A
clear case OF suicide.
A bald eagle was caught near the
Delaware Western Railroad Bridge ct
Wilmington. Del. At the time of cap
ture II vas engaged in oomb.t with Q
large Newfoundland dog. which il war
sndea voring TO carry of.
A Reading. Ps., eagle lives exe.o-
sively on rats. bot they panst r. in
prime condition or be will not touch
them. The rats are thrown into the
cage alive; he grabs them by the back
and pieroes them through the vitsls.
The dog Of q farmer ss Kickspoo,
ILL.,. dug into gravel and saad bank
for skunk throwing the dirt behind
him. After he hsd caught snd killed
the skunk he found himsslf imprison-
cd. When he emerged. sixteen day.
afterwsrd. he vas very lean dog.
james Finch. Of Camden, N j., util-
ines his dog - means OF oonmunica-
tion with his daughter. Who lives more
thso Q naile away. a letter - tied TO
the dogs collar. and hs 10 told TO take
il 10 Emma II 10 promptly delivered,
and the answer 10 as faithfully re-
turned.
A Bolinas (Cal. man says that he
put two hens in bag TO prevent them
from setting, and hung it across the
ciothesline. He thought no more of it
and the bag was left there. When It
WAS taken down. both hens we're found
alive, but ~ destitute OF feathers as il
they had been boiled. snd in the bag
were nineteen eggs.
The experiment OF introducing mi
gratory quail from Europe appears TO
be succeeding. A flock of these quail
were recently seen ut West Brighton.
N. Y, and seven pairs Of them are
known to have bred last season and
raised good-sized families. Several
thousand were liberated in Maine last
year, and they have returned from the
South this spring.
A mare belonging to Mr. Muncy, who
resides on the Touchet, Washington
Territory. attracted the attention of the
family by her strange actions. Ske
would run up to them. rub them with
her nose. whiuny, and them run toward
the river. Curiosity prompted them
TO follow her. They discovered her
colt entsnglsd in drift in the river.
only its head being visible.
Herman Juzger Of Lawrence, Mass,
lost bis only daughter recently. Short
ly after her funeral her Newfoundland
dog insisted on visiting different rooms
In the house. after which he would sp-
peal to those present for sympathy,
and, receiving Q oaress, would 60 TO the
street and howl dismslly. This be con-
tinued to do at short intervals daily.
scarcely eating or sleeping for some
days Then he was found dead In tho
corner of the yard.
A we'll trained newfoundland dog.
belonging 10 . millines Of Norwich.
Conn. carries bis mistrsss's dinner to
ber daily. A strange dog recently at
tempted 10 impose on him while he was
loaded down with the commisssry
stores. He hung 10 t.s bssket. but
stopped long enough to get good look
ct the cur. Then he started of On
run to the store. who're he deposited the
basket. and returned 10 the street and
began the search for his assailant. He
found him. asd proceeded 70 chsstise
hmm In flns styls.
An engineer on the Illinois Central
Railroad tails this seogy Al . dogs race
With en express train: He would stand
with his mouth open. ears hoppinR.
asd tail pointing south until the cow-
catcher vas abreast; then hc would
gather his legs undes him Aad of he
would 90. Il was jolly good run %
long - BE- could keep up, and. u ! did
lay myself liable 10 being side.tfscked.
be had . fair show. How fast did he
runi Oh. we'll. my time card 10 IS
miles IN hour. ia slow up 10 about
"a, and tAs old DOG woald loll his
tongue and laugh and bark and keep
mp tor twenty or thirty telegraph poles.
Then he'd quit
In the neishborhood Of TurkAkina.
New Zealand. IN army Of caterpillars
several hundreds Of shousAnds strong
vas marching scsoss The railway line.
bound for new field of oats, when the
train rumblcd along. Suddenly Il
came 10 dead stop. On examination
u was fousd that the wheels OF the en-
gine had become % greasy that they
kept O revolving without advsncing-
thsy could nos grip the rsils The