The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.


A water-snake recently killed in
Alloway-towu, n. j., was found to con-
tain sixty-tiye young snakes averaging
ten inches in length.
"A mother sparrow tumbled little
one out of its nest in tree in Hartford
and cat started foc it. Two birds at
tackled the cat with so much vigor that
she was compelled to retreat.
The owner was asleep under a seat
of the wagon which, with the horses at
tached, was stolen near Columbus, 0.
He remained quiet until the thieves
drove into village, when he made an
outcry, and they were arrested.
Helen +. Argus, eight years of age.
attempted 10 rescue a younger child
from the wheels of an ice-cart at Provi-
dence. r. /. She succeeded in doing
so, but lost her own life, falling under
the wheels, which crushed her head.
An Englishman arrived at a Swiss
inn and ordered an old bottle OF wine
OF a better quality than the wine of the
country. The landlord produced bot
tie whose label certified to fourteen
years. When the bottle was uncorked
the first thing to appear was live fly.
Peter Bogart and wife. of Downs
vile, Pa, have just celebrated their
diamond wedding, or seventy-hfth an
nIversary of marriages. Mr.. Bogart was
| born May IL, 1856, and his wife is only
three months his junior. They were
married on September 13, 1906, and
both are in excellent health, bidding
| fair to celebrate their one hundredth
birthday. Dir. and Mrs. Bogart are
probably the oldest married couple in
| Pennsylvania, and have large family
| living.
The two-years sold child of S. j.
Drinkwater. of White Plains, n. Y,
while playing in the streets was sup
posed by his dog to be in danger of be-
ing run over. He jumped into the
street and threw his front legs about
the child and endeavored to pull it to
| the sidewalk. Finding that he WAS un-
able to accomplish this, he pushed the
child down and spread himself over it.
with his forelegs outside, in which po-
sition he remained until the horse and
carriage passed. II, p.
Mr.. Rossom, followingup the work
of, Layard and Smith at Babylon, has
found an entire history of that empire
from the seventh year of Nabonitius to
the capture of the city by Cyrus; also
fragments of inscriptions of Nebuchad-
nezzar and a proclamation by Alexan-
der the Great. Parts of the hanging
gardens have been unearthed at the
Babel Mound. Various extremely
ancient cities around Babylon have also
been unearthed and traces of races ant
nations that reach back nearly to Noah
Here is about the most strictly loca
work of whirlwind ON record. A shiI
with S300,000 of British goods is pass
ing Rio Janeiro on her way to China
She is sailing nine knots, with no clouds
in sight. Tha Captain in his cabi1
mainmast lying over the starboard side
with mizzentopmast. foretopsail yard
and foretopgallantmast- mainmas
twisted oil near the deck. The mate
said he had heard q rushing sound; tn,
whirlwind struck the sails on the main
mast with a thud-those on other mast
being untouched-and, away went th'
: masts and spars mentioned. The shil
was otherwise all right, the wreck wa
cut away and she sailed safely into Rio
The most recent reported victim o
The dime novel is Charlie Elwell,
Boston lad. He became such an arden
admirer of William the Kid, and gen
tlemen of his stamp, that he longed TO
life of freedom on the rolling prairies
10 such an extent did he thus long tina
he forged check for $3.50. With thJ
,, money thus secured he laid in stool
of suitable weapons, and then, heavil
armed, went to the depot. Fortunate
, ly for the poor Indian, the lad was al
rested. Charlie will now have leisur
! to reflect that the lie of even Bosto
clerk, uneveatful as it may be, is prefer
: able to that of an inmate of reforms
? tory or State prison. If the boys wouf
. drop these crazy dime novels, fewer O
: them would be caught in such sill
e scrapes. .-' ~ .....1s