Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-15
sEasokaBlE SNAKE STORIES
Several Additions to ihs Ssasa-
tionai Series,
Ground OF This Year by imaginative
West Virgins EIitocs -. Rep
tiles Of Mammoth Pro-
portions,

Wrfs6 the following in che locsl columns
Of the Fpol er County Pioneer. We sugges
that Nj Eas than be awarded the belt:
"R. w. Eastman arrived Sunday from
DAVIS, IN the upper psrt Of this comfy, and
reported The capture Gf Q wonderful animal
pt ar that place, few'days ago. We are
not giving bis to the public for the sake oil
sensation. but because we believe it is a
fact
The animal was canglt in a steel-tysp,
and was dead when found. 1t hsithe head
Of bulldog, and the boGyof snake, ex.
sspt that it was very THO K for its length, aad
iJs body was covered with desprred for. Its
entire length was about i've feet. sad the
circumference Of its body some twenty
inches.
. Its teeth were partly like a,dog 's--part-
" Eke snakes. Mr.. Eastman. had with
hiEn the lower tusk. 1t was about two and
one half inches long, protruding from the
animals mouth, and was cIrled like a
sheeSs horn. The tusks of the upper Jaw
bent backward like snakes teeth, aud
were about one inch long.
The animal had no legs. II vas SIP.
posed to be water animal like an otter.
There Is nothing to indicate that it sver had
legs.
Mr.. Parsons, chief civil engines, of the
W. Va, C. & P. railroad, has gone to Paris
to examine the dead beast and no doubt he
will do something toward unraveliSg. the
mystery of what it is.
SMALLER SNAKE STORY.
The Charlestown papers say copper
colorsd snake FIVE and a half feet long and
as thick as a mans arm, was killed on
Tuesday last, in the run which passes
through the foundry Of Messrs. Weirick Il
WelleS by Michael Kahn. 1t had swal-
lowed q bunch of small fish which were tied
in the water and was held fast, being una
bic to get the fish up or down. No one
could tell to what species OF snake his snake.
ship belonged. One said it was a Beacon
stricto,, another an Anaconda, another q
Hor, era Ger, &c. Certain it is his career
was cut short by his attempt to swallow q
string of fish all at once.
THREE BIG ONES.
The Weston Democrat says that one day
last week while Dock" Hopkins was en-.
gagged in cutting brisrs near Washburn's
Run, two or three miles above town, he dis
cove,ed three black snakes lying close to
gether, their snakeships discovering him at
he same time The doctor fled, and the
snakes pursued him so rapidly that he was
forced to turn and fight. He succeeded in
laying EN- out with his scythe, and upon
examination they were found to be of the
species known as the black racer" 1t is
said they can overtake the swiftest runner
The three were placed at full length, touch.
ing each other and measured AZ feet.
FIFTEEN FOOT REPTILE.
The Cabin Run correspondent Of the
Mountain Echo says:
From Ash Cabin Run Wa see an account
of very large snake killed. there recently.
The reporter asked for larger one. John
VIM. Taylor gives US ap account Of a COW
snake that he killed in his father barn be-
fore he was married, that was much larger
John s. Rogers will vouch for Mr.. Taylor as
to the veracity OF this story. de says he
saw a snake of the same description in the
brush by an old fence near the barn that
was so large that he would not attack it.
The snake was pa,tly under some straw and
Mr.. 4. killed it with fork before he discoy.
cred its full size. After he had killed it he
measured it with long pitch fork and found
the snake to be about three feet longer.
These forks are usually II feet long, which
would make the snake Is feet He says he
would be safe to do so, and is willing TO
make oath it was l3 feet, and thick accord.
ingly,