The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-15
Miscellaneous Items.

A New York newsboy fired seven
shots at a mad dog, hitting three
citizens, two horses and. one baby
carriage, but he killed the dog.
Il bolt of lightning struck the
ground near East Thompson, Mass,
in front of a pair of horses. One
was killed and the other, bay, is
now coal black and much faster.
The Chicago Tribune predicts that
the next Republican National Con-
vention will, after a vain struggle
over prominent names, turn in and
nominate Robert Lincoln for Presi-
dent.
There is a man in Vermont whose
brains, according to one of the midi
cal journals, have dried up, so that
they rattle around like beans in a
bladder every time he shakes his
head.
4 young fellow loudly announced
in Southern hotel dining groom that
he intended Ito shoot the Colonel on
sight Before night every male
boarder had left, some In such a hur-
ry as not to pay their bills.
A traveller came across a grim rel
ic on Wyoming prairie recently.
There was a ring OF stones, three feet
in diameter, arranged as breast
work. Outside the circle We're the
skeletons OF two Indians, and inside
lay the bones of q Caucasian.
The most spiteful man in the
world has committed suicide in
Lower Silesia. He left a letter stat
ing that his purpose was to deprive
his heirs of thirty thalers which they
would receive from a benevolent So
ciety in case his death were natural.
A doctor in Stokes county, n. c.,
has been practicing on one OF his pa
tients for 40 years. The other local
physicians are talking OF having him
deprived of his diploma. A doctor
who lets his patient live for 40 years
they say, is unworthy of his pre-
fesslon.
Atlantic City has 4 curious law
that forbids boys under Is years age
to black boots In the streets. We
suppose that up to that age they are
expected to support themselves by
stealing or live off their parents
labor. Surely this is not Jersey
justicel
The New York Sun is making
Itself !, laughing stock for all sensi-
Dle people Its constant repetition
Of The Republican party must go"
and Turn the rascals out" is but
childish nonsense. But if the Sun
aud the Democrats can afford it, the
Republicans should not complain.
Two feeble old women, the last
descendants of Americas Vespucius,
petitioned the Italian Government
for a pension of sixty paoli-abOut
S6-a month, an allowance made by
the Republic of Florence in 1890.
The last male member of the family,
named Amerie. died seven years
ago.
Persons about to fight duels should
20 to Minnesota. BY an industrious
course OF blundering the Legislature
has got strip of land a mile and a
half wide and 60 miles long, between
Kitt.on and Marshall counties,
without any local government, and
in such complicated shape that it is
very doubtful whether any sheriff
could make an arrest there for even
the worst OF crimes.
A story of equine intelligence
comes from Kentucky A fine
blooded mare foaled in the midst of
other horses, and to get away from
the herd swan 4 stream thirty yards
wide. Her weakiing tried to follow,
but could not climb the opposite
bank. The mare gazed at the colt,
rushed away to the barnyard where
men were at work, and by furious
neighing and kicking attracted their
attention. She led them to the
stream. where they rescued the colt.
A PARTIALLY DEAD MAN.-The
Morning Herald. Baltimore, Nd,
states Major B. 5. White, of this
CITY, describes his miraculous cure rs
follows: Il have been a partially
dead man for ten years. Doctors at
tributed my sulierings the enlarge
ment OF certain glands. The guam
tity Of medicine | took without relief
would be sufficient to set up first
class spothecary shop. Finally st.
Jacobs Oil was recommended. |
had my spinal column thoroughly
rubbed with it. All those knots,
kinks and stiffness have passed
away, and | am myself again"
About eight months ago John Gou-
ton. of Everson, Westmoreland Co.,
while drinking water from q spring
at West Overton, swallowed small
lizard. 1t very often came up in his
mouth and gave him much trouble.
On Friday he concluded to try a
remedy to induce the unwelcome
occupant of his stomach to come
forth. He tasted for q hours, after
which he ate handful of salt, and
laid down beside a pail of water.
The lizsrd came up into his mouth.
He closed his teeth on it, grasped it
with his hand, and threw it to the
ground. 1t was over five inches in
length.
A passenger thus describes the
passage of a train on the Northern
Pacific between blazing piles OF wood
on either side of the tracks We
shut down the windows and closed
the door tight Just before We started,
but the ar inside the car was like
the breath from a furnace and the
whole train seemed TO be on fire.
The flames licked the window glass
savagely, and although it lasted only
a few moments, it was an expert
ence shall never forget, and never
again wish TO undergo. | can't