Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-25
A Big Anin al.

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 When Cattle King Gillette drove his 2,2OO pound steer into the Exposition building yesterday morning he patted the beast on the back, illuminated his face with smile of satisfaction, and then declared in soft voice that the animal he was leading was about as large as steers grow in this city of big things and phenomenal freaks. Other farmers who had entered giants of the stock farm left their animals and came over to look at and admire the Gillette 1eviathan All agreed that the monster was without a rival. For several hours the great beast was the subject of agricultural comment and the biggest bovine feature of the show. The steer, too, seemed to be proud of his dimensions, for he seemed to survey ''the common herd" with a supercilious air. Once or twice he gave ut terance to below in keeping with his breadth of beam and shook his horns in a menacing way.
 Just about the time the clocks in the city were striking the eleventh hour there was loud noise at one of the entrances of the building. Three men, tugging away at something apparently very large and obsti- nate, were first to enter. Then the head and shoulders of a beast not unlike a steer, but closely resembling an elephant in size, crossed the threshold followed three minutes later by the rest of the body. The Gillette 1eviathan turned around in his stall, eyed the new conner in a dazed sort of way, and then rat ted the windows in the glass roof with a roar that came right from the neighborhood of his big, jealous Shorthorn heart. The late arrival numbered down the aisle back of the end of the building.
 "Tm merely farmer from Ohio," said J. K. McGregor, the owner of the beast, "but having heard so much talk about big steers l thought would trot out this little fellow and bring him up here just for fun. The Ohio farmers consider my seven year-old steer the eighth wonder of the world, and perhaps some other people will be of the same opinion before this show closes. The dimensions of the animal are these: Height, feet inches; girth, il feet 4 inches; be- tween hip points, feet inches; from tip to tip, IS feet. The steer is three quarters Shorthcrn and one-quarter old Patton stock. He enjoys excellent health and is still grow ing.
 Prudent Katie.
 From the Atlanta (Ga) Journal.l
 Katie Clark, a negro girl, has just been released from the penitentiary, after having served out three years sentence for larceny. Monday morning she was at the station house and began to tell the officers why she was sent up. She says that about three yea1s ago she stole about $450, gold watch and chain, and ring from MT. Harrison, who lives on Decatur street. and that before she was arrested she deposited the whole thing in the bank. She was arrested, tried and sentenced to three years imprisonment. MT. Harrison never recovered his money or iewelry, as he could not find out where she had placed them. ''Now, I am out," she continued, s'free once more, and rich negro, as have got $450 in hard money, and they can't take it from me, because I have served the time out and the money is mine, and am going to hold on to it."
 Katie says she did not learn the lock sstepn while in the pen, but had a good time generally, and hugged herself to think she had the stolen money safely laid away where no one could get it.