Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-06

ODD STORIES From oUT o. TOWN.
A grated fruit tree in Holmes county,
Miss, last year bore peaches and this
year plums.
Only seven days elapsed after tho we'd
ding Of man ct Dubuque before he
el0ped with the brides cousin.
Mrs. Mary Austin, of Warrington,
Ga, who recently died, had been the
mother Of forty-fOur children. Among
her children we're nix sets Of triplsts.
A boy tell from . fourth story window
Of q mill in Lewiston, Me-, and was
caught BY his trousers ON high picket
fence. He. suffered no apparent injury.
A spring in 81. Tammany parish, La,
pours forth clear, cold water ali day
long, but at SUNSET goes suddenly dry,
discharRinG no water until tho sun again
vises.
Near the csnter Of Q white oak tree
recently out in Carter county, Ky., .
stone weighing ovef one pound was
found; Tho wood bad grown solidly
around il.
The SEVENTEEN anniversary Of the
wedding Of Mr.. and Ars. Josiah Hurd
OF Bennington, Vt. has Just been cele-
brated In the house whore they began
housekeeping. They are 81 and 81 years
Of age respectively.
The Rev. J. P. Jay Of Memphis 10
fused communion to an exoommunioat.
q member OF his church, and the latter
attempted to whip him. The dominic
i in the hospital.
At . Methodist camp meeting ct Ora
ham, N. O., boy IA year, Of ago, who
had been dumb from his birth, suddenly
spFang to tho peeaoher's platform, and
in . clear voice profeased religion and
became an exh0ftee.
An investigation a. 10 the cause Of the
failure Of . ohrOnomoteH clock in
Preeque Isle, Me-, to keep time revealed
large cord Of . epidoR'e Vob attaehod
to tho lower end Of the pendulum, thus
shortening The stroke.
A Connsllsville, Pa, Sportsman shot .
duck on the river, and Il wns quickly
dragged beneath the surface Of the
water. George Ellerd tfolled about the
spot the next day and captured . pike
weighing twenty y-one pounds, IN whose
stomach was the Stolen duck.
G ~ wN w s3y ~. AosSs
self and wife On . silver half dollar and
spsnt il IN Pittsburgh. In apaymsnt to
him lat week By his employers b. 10
osivsd baok the MARKED half dollar.
4 Toronto lady, in her hurry 10 staEt
for church, took from closet Q pair Of
her husbands tzoussre BY mistake for
her dolman, threw than aoross her arm
and did MOI discover her mistake until
ahe had thrown The trousers over the
back Of The pew In front Of her.
With only 100 population, Union
SPRINGS, n. T., ha0 oiQh1 churches. The
lat nov beinR built, haD only ooe male
and aix female memboE1 Is = tAo 10
sult Of leGAey requiring ~ erection
within staAo0 poG3od 70 prevent the
money from going IN another direc-
ton.
A man q Whsakland, Califurnia, ~
QusGted tho Rev. Mr.. 6fxobal 70 como
and pgay with q member u his family
Who vas 6ok. Aftoe the clergyman had
accompanied him . short diGfance the
man oompelled him, at tho muzxle Of .
pistol, 20 deliver over hio Watoh and
chain and what littls mooney - had
Thetvin dauehtogs6pf Biahop pAndruws
vssU wedded 20 Dr.. Lovstt and judge
MsERiveathse of Newton, OeoeRia, but
|'both bids oooo did. Tho Vidowefs
then married tWo mogo q the BhhoPs
dauQhterA For 3 second time they
veso bsroaSod and thsy hayo for IL
third time married Giaesn,
A family a Haaiion, Ohio, nineteen
yean 40 parahassd . papw of pima
Whan I'm ~ noeded 8 vag tskan
fro0 Aspap9, and aftee 4 had ssevsd
il puxpuoe WA0 Eopoaoed II . pin Wa0
lot gGn9h soa1oh vas made until il
uas foand- In thb Wsy IL one papse
of pins - kspe IL family supplisd 1os
nt1G1oa yoAn
HaRe = . s1sgy foe Temperance osa-
toes: 4 pagty e tx 1eamped ct n Wiz
oonGiA oaa 0nld night A1bse Gppse
tWo drank kQ1oe WodsEato1y, NO freely
and TOO - 8 a3onoI In tho m0gniml
~ RGhS dkinkoED voEo iii With on1d
I'D knndly ah1o 70 xiDo, and ~ to
vAo I'D drunk fsesly veso fJuoen -
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In SugoGtp anbo6 = o1i1pg. sPkWnt
= yniRRin 1ueo1 = 8 - Vnn1 .