News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-09

Sunke Story--Au Anaiert Pavement
The Cork Leg In the Walls of Con-
vent, &c, &c.
OVER thirty-five years ago James
Starns, young farmer, his wife, and
two little boys resided near Chattan
ga, Tenn. In 1854 Starns concluded TO
try his fortune in the West, and went
to California. A month later, having
found pleasant settlement, he sent his
wife oney with which to join him
Mrs. Starns wrote that she would start
in two months, but at the end of that
time she had received no reply. Starns
wrote letter after letter to his wife and
relatives, and she wro,e to him, but
neither ever received word from the
other. Ten years afterward Starns sent
his wife $500, but the money went back
to him, as no one called for it. BY this
time both husband and wife supposed
each other dead. Mr.. Starns went to
Michigan and thence to Wisconsin,
where six years ago he married the
daughter of a wealthy farmer. He came
to Chattanooga last week, and yesterday
he learned that family named Starns
resided near the city. He and his wife
iI1C anu vas nv
r1fed 10 find that the white haired lady
who received him was no other than his
first wife. An explanation followed, !
and the two wives were introduced, but
they exhibited marked GOODNESS toward
each other. All refuse to talk, and it
is not known what they will do.
AMONG the fourteen people killed in
the frightful accident on the Georgia
Pacific railroad in December, 1884. was
a traveller who was identified as ]. P.
Weaver, a hotel keeper and cattle trad
er from Texas His widow promptly
came and laid claim to his effects. Out
at Indianapolis is another woman who
for year previous had been mourning
the unaccountable disappearance of her
husband, ]. w. Pierce. She read the
newspaper descriptions of the men killed
at the disaster, and it occurred to her
that that of J. P. Weaver tailed pc
ciSely with the personal appearance of
j. W. Pierce. She made the journey to
Atlanta. had the corpse exhumed and
at once decided that it was that of her
husband. The two widows compared /
notes and figured out perfectly reason
able theory that when the man had left
indianapolis he had located in Texas,
rlarried there for the second time and
was on a business trip when he met his
death. This supposition is now ex-
ploded by the fact that Pierce or Weav
er has turned up since the accident,
which brought the story of this bigamy
into notorlety. He has been in hiding
for fear of criminal prosecution. The
conundrum may now be indefinitely pro
Ionged by asking who was the man who
was killed2
Mr. RoNILLY, her Majesty's Commits
sicner for the Western Pacific, tells a
good story of the early days of the FIJI
settlements. A white man while wan
dering over one of the islands was taken
prisoner by an inland tribe He had
co.. leg. He didn't like the looks of
his captors and he was greatly exercised
when he noticed that they were fixing
up neighboring oven. Trying hard
not to show his agitation, he called for
something to eat. Food was set before
him, and he used his large iackknife to
cut it up. Every mouthful or two he
stuck the jackknife into his cork leg
with such force that it stood erect. The
natives looked on in great establishment
and evident alarm. After the meal was
over he began to unscrew his leg. That
was too much for the poor savages
They hadn't the slightest curiosity to
see what he would do next, but opened
a passage for him and let him walk +,
away unmolested. When he reached
his horse, some little distance away. the ,
natives began to gather around but
after mounting he made motion as if to |
unscrew his head, and the spectators !
fed in dismay.
TEN years ago, when but eight years I
of age, Mrs. Henry Jameson, of Detroit, I
Mich, swallowed tiny water snake. ]
From that date to the present she has !
been in poor health. She was treated
for dyspepsia up to a couple of months
ago, when Detroit physician who was
consulted decided that something more
than dyspepsia was troubling the young
woman. His treatment was in conform
ity with his suspicious, and yesterday
Mrs. Jameson was relieved of a green
water snake about two feet long and
half an inch in diameter Mrs. jameson
says that for years she has been forced
to eat ravenously in oder to satisfy the
demands of her strange boarder. She
experienced constant gnawing in the
stomach, and while drinking water the
snake invariably rose to her throat. On
several occas ons she almost choked to /
death. While the reptile was dying it I
would coil itself up and then uncoil I
with great force, causing the patient {
intense agony.
A PARTY of land prospectors recently
came upon some ancient works near
Shawano, Wis. They first found what
appeared to be the ruins of an old well,
walled up with stones. in which a mo l.
crate supply of cold water was found.
They removed the stones. which had
caved In, to a depth of about three feet.
Further examination revealed the fact :
that the ground around was regularly
paved wi stones for at least an acre, !
varying from three feet deep in the cen
tire to foot at the outer edges. The
stones are covered with moss, which
may he rolled up like blanket, dis
closing the stone as clean as if water
washed. The country about is timbercd
and trees two feet in diameter are grow
ing above the ruins, while the forms of
a prior generation of trees even larger
lie in moss and decay at their feet and
above the ruins also.
THEY are ere ting a new theatre in
L L LC bul - 10 be on INC
site of the Los Monjas Convent, the out
er walls OF which are very massive and
will be kept Standing. The work now
going on is the pulling down of the
inner partition walls, which are about
twenty six inches thick. In the course
of this work on Friday last there was
discovered within the masonary, in an
erect position, a perfect male skeleton,
to which was attached Cross made of
wood on which had been an inscription,
but it was not legibIe now. Almost i'm
mediately after the discovery the skele-
ton fell TO pieces, and the skull and s
bones can be seen lying on the ground. I
The skeleton was found in the wall
which was very near the altar.
THE W4tcrville, Me-, Light Infantry, '
24 strong, were going through their reg +
ular drill while two teams from Fairfield q
wern racing down below. one contain 6
ing Two young men and the other car
ryinC q couple of girls, all from the
village. In their wild course they charged
right upon The ranks and burst through, I
sire ching 10 out of the "a fiat on the
earth. Seven or eight received miscel-
laneous injuries, not serious, and one, s
Charles Cavenaugh, was dangerously
hurt. Loud censure is freely visited on
the raiders or the cOwardly manner of
their assault. Had they come up in 6
front of their ~ictims, instead of their '
rear, and given them n chance to turn, {
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