Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-20

A pet CROW belonging TO II. G. Heidi,
OF Columbia, 8. c., jumped upon q shelf
where Its master 8 revolver Law. and be-
gan playing With it. The revolver vas
discharged, killing the crow.
While walking in the woods, Mr..
Catherine ]. Suell, of Green township.
Eris county, Pa, fell and was seriously
injured. A pet dog that accompanied
her ran back 70 the house, and led Mr..
Smell to tho spot where his wife lay.
Mr.. AlOnzo Hayes, of Kittery, Me-,
forgot to sprinkle meal on his horses
MONDAY fodder. Presently he heard
great noise in the stable, and found the
horse with the pail Of meal in his mouth
Just lifting it into the manRer.
| A spaniel belonging te William H.
Bayliss, Of Providence, saw horse that
had broken loose from a hitchinQ poet
fall into London Pond. The horss
vas too bewildered to find its way out.
The spaniel plunged in, swan to the
horse, seized the bride with its teeth
| and gradually pulled the horse around
and guided him TO the shore.
A dozen COWS and lame horse feed
ing in pasture, near Gloucester, Mass,
we're attacked by Newfoundland dog.
The lameness Of the horse left him at
the mercy Of the dog. The COWS hud-
died together and seemed to consult.
They then advanced in a body and cov-
ere1 the retreat Of the horse, keeping
their heads lowered and their horns
presented TO the dog until IL gave up the
pursuit.
DandeliOn, horse belonging to ex-
Mayor BoOkstayer of Syracuse. and dog
Juno we're firm friends. One day when
the dog ran ahead the horse followed
her zigza9 tracks on the street, and
started TO 90 upon the sidewalk. Juno
went up stairs with her master to his
Office in the Wieting Block, and Dan
delion was left in the street at one end
Of a weighted halter. He did not stay
there long. His master, summoned by
An alarm soon afterward, rushed down
stairs. not waiting for the elevator, to
6nd Dandelion in the vestibuie, and
trying to drag the carriage up stairs.
A remarkable bird story is related BY
Thomas Prince Of Carson River, New.
A pair of robins built q nest ON fence
near his house, and in bush not far
away pair Of oatbirds had their home.
The young in both neass we're hatched
At0ut the same timc but after several
days the oatbirds we're seen no more,
having probably been shot by boys.
The young catbirds we're evidently
| starving. When the robins came With
. worm or beetle for their young they
always aliRhted On the top rail OF the
fenoe before hopping down to their
nest. Every time robin thus alighted
the little oatbirds opened their mouths,
thrust no their heads, and made an out
cry. They we're begging their best
for food. The robins appeared TO un
derstand the appeal, and began feeding
the hungry little catbirds. They did
not do what they had undertaken by
halves. Every evening the female rob-
in sat on her own nest and warmed her
young, while the male robin took the
nest Of the catbirds. In this way both
broods were reared, the little orphans
growing mp as strong aud lively az
though they had been reared by their
own parents.
An American eagle. trapped on one
| Of the islands opposite Santa Barbara,
put il in his chicken park. Suddenly
one Of the fowls flew at the eagle and
struck il upon the wings. The eagle
mert ~ looked at the little chanticleer
with q curious, inquisitive glance.
Then another game fowl struck him in
the breast, while the first one hit him on
the neck. The eagle now opened his
wings with lsisurely swing and ex-
tended his chest feathers, and his eyes
seemed 70 blaze. Again one of the
fowls dashed recklessly at the eagle,
RraspinR bunch Of feathers in its at
| tack. Before it recovered from its
charge, tho eagle extended one Of it's
talons and seized the cock by the neck,
and, with dexter0us swing, laid 1t
fluttsring and quiverinR beneath its left
foot. The second cock nov charged
upon the huge stranger, whose wings
were half opened and lazily rising and
falling. Az the cock struck it vas met
with blow from the eagles wing, and
a. Il fell was caught in bis tal0ns and
laid dying upon the ground. The vic
tor did not appear 70 be excited, and af
ter thus disposing of its troublesou 9
adversaries lazily stepped to one side
and seemed to relapse into reflection.
every once in while locking down in
differently upon the dead fowls lying at
its feet.
Henry Flynn of Inskip, CAL, let his 3
year old daughter ride Upon \ horse
that he Was taking to pasture. and after
she had ridden about forty rods from
home he lifted her of the horse and
told her TO run home. On returning he
found that the child had not reached
home. Gsing TO the spot where be last
saw her. he saw bear tracks in the sand.
Search was made all night in the forest
for the lost child. In the morning. as
the searchers were passing . swAmpy
spot where the underground was thick,
they heard her voice. They called to
the little girl, and told her 70 come 0at
Of the buahes. She replied that the
bear would not let her. The men then
orept through the brush, and when near
the spot heard splash In the water,
which the child s.id was the bear. They
found her stansing on log extsuding
. about half way across swamp. The
bear had undertaken 70 cross the swamp
on the log. and, being pursued, left the
child and got away ~ rapidly a. poesi-
ble. She had rcoeived e0ne scratches
, about the face, arms and legs, and her
!. olothes we're almoat torn from her body;
bus the bear had not bitten her 10 hurt
her, only the marks Of his teeth being
! found on her back. whore he had taken
, hold sf her clothes to Garry her. The
, child says The bear put her down occa-
: aionally 10 rest, and v0nld pas his nose
D up to her face, vhersopon she would
slap him, and the bear would hang his
head BY her side. and purr and rub
; her IL she Vaa cold in the night, and che
. put his "Arms" around hex. and kept
, her warm, though she did not like hia
long hair.
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