The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
HASH,
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MANY PLACES.

liEAir VI lNIEith'i fitoh MANI llsfAN iaas
Conrad Bolte, young Hamstead (Md)
farmer, was breaking colt, when the
bride broke, and the colt threw him so
violently that his skull was fractured, and
he died in three hours.
A horse attached to delivery wagon
ran away in Minneapolis and struck
man on bicycle, who was thrown square
ly into the wagon. He made no delay
in crawling out of the hind end, quite
unframed.
A big turtle was caught near Lincoln
Parish, La, and its head was cut off.
Three days later chicken found the
head at it when the jaws snapped, caught
the chicken, and killed it outright.
Roderic Fatty, little Apache, pupil
in the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa, re-
Gently said to his teacher 81 don't like
'Roderic Fatty want new name"
what name do you want ?' Il would
like 'Roderic Reconciliation said the
little redssin.
An uncle ola young man in Pough-
keepsie the other day offered to transfer
all his property to her if she would give
up her fast life and take care of him in
his old age. She agreed to it and law
yer has drawn up the necessary papers,
which have been properly signed, sealed
and delivered.
A rattlesnake got in front of moving
machine in st. Joseph county, Ind, and
was cut into three pieces When Mrs
Ronch, who was raking hay, came up
where it was the head still had life
enough to bite her, and the jaws had to
be torn apart to remove the flngs. Mrs
Ronck came near dying.
A horse of Otis Nelson, of Milford
Mass, kicked over a hive of been, which
attacked him furiously. Mr.. Felson went
to the rescue and they pitched into him 4;
then Mrs. Nelson, bare-headed and bare
armed, rushed out and the bees attacked
her. So badly was she stung that at
last accounts it was feared that she would
die of blood poisoning
A man who several years ago clerked
for firm in Bath, Me-, stepped into their
office the other day and handed them
$50. you didn't steal this from U.S. did
you?" asked one of the partners ooh,
no" said the ex-clerk, "but l think ] was
a little careless in weighing, and didn't
work for your interests as ought. This
will help make us square"
Elnora Talbot, young woman of Le-
campte, La, was standing by window
a thunder storm when she was struck by
lightning. Her right side was burned
from the shoulder to the foot, and her
clothes were set on fire. Other persons
in the house were so stunned by the
shock that for some time they were not
able to aid the girl who was so badly
burned that her life was despaired of.
She recovered.
A Utica naturalist says that song birds
in that region are fast disappearing. The
wren is almost unknown, the bobolink,
that firmerly abounded on the Mohawk
meadows, is disappearing rapidly, while
blue BIRDS yellow birds, orioles, and
even woodpeckers, highhoes, crows are
becoming scarce. As q consequence, he
says, fruit trees and all sorts of vegeta-
ton are suffering from the ravages of in
sects. Pot hunters and bird-nesting boys
are said to account for the disappearance
of the birds.
Dora Schroeder, twelve-year-old girl
in South Holyoke, was playing on the
roof of a three-story building, and
thought it would be fine to walk on the
brick wall which surrounds the roof. Sc
she climbed up and fearlessly walked UNI
til she came to chimney, which she en-
deavored to pass by drawing herself
around it on the outside. This was
tempting fate little too much. A brcl
in the chimney gave way and Dora went
whirling down sixty feet. Mortified
passers-by ran to her aid and she smiled
, at them. She had only broken her an
J kle.