Telegram-herald., 1888-04-03
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psUnds.
A LADr q Esexxille. Tsnn., was some
wnst oTerco1s hy be-ng iazae thirdly
gr1nGzzothsr. a1d al OF the sane day, by
szcl of her thres dzp stters.
A rouSs lAdy whose pocket had been
picked f0.sAd tAere-n . valuable c1af2ond
ring Sbe supposed he rag . have been
dropped By lbs tAlsf IA the aeg Of rlalng her
pocket
PAkxs FzRgY. y Y. has al infant prod
igy II tie gers0n Of Waliaoe Parks, Jr., who
Is four years ClG, weighs sixty two pounds
zad has the pbysic&l Development cf
Twelve Fo6T-od b0y.
THr voungest smoker IA the country Is
an infnntiie ClzciuDEt "a, about three years
q age, Who COOKS with disdain upon tse
common herd while he serenely puts the
fumes q an able-bodiod cigar.
A PIsLADELrHA lSdy of fashion Is 40
conpauied ia heg travels By singular pet
l. Is a. automatic peg-ccg, which, when
wound Up. goes tETough many Of the move
uents 81 a LIVING dog. The lady calls her
novel pet Brook, because she expects u
10 60 on forever.
4 SMALL trout with two heads has been
discovered recently IN the fish hatchery a.
Ionia, Mich- The heads are each perfectly
formed and the bodies unite az the back ha-
The little fellow is described as looking like
an animated boot jack, and as lively . wrlg-
gler as any fish ia the poad.
A NOVEL mcde Of amusement is in vogue
among tho Washoe and Pinto Indians Of
Nevada. IL il 70 pit their squaws against
| each other in a regular go-as-y -you-p.case
"scrapping' match. While tho squaws are
tearing each other 70 pieces, their noble
lords squat around smoking and betting.
I GRASS VALLEY, Cal, rcioices in native
I born Chinese American belle She - about
| fourteen years old, and dresses and con-
| duets herself ia the most approved Aincr.-
/ can manner She is the daughter of Tin
/ Icy, a wealthy ChinaI3an, ws-o is very
! proud Of his daughters many accomplish
ments
| GuBEEr HEAL of Weston Ne, is q very
! oil mau for one who has had but twcaty-six
! birthdays, for he was born in Gergctown,
Ne, in 17ss Bat the fact that he was born
Oh the 18th OF February easily accounts for
| his poverty in birthdays. Ho Is In fairly
good health, and seems likely to see another
birthday.
| THERE is curious well in Williamsburgh
| County, 5. G. II IS about twenty feet deep,
and the water on ono sids OF 1t is all the
time bubbling up as if boiling. On the other
side the water IS continually Sizing and
popping as though confined in hot vessel.
The noise can DO heard some distance from
the well The water is cold and fine.
4 NOVEL mode Of capturing wo0dchuclrs
! is prac,ised by man in webster County,
I " Va He attaches a ball OF wicking 10
the shell Of a snail terrapin, and setting
fire 10 the ball, starts the reptile into tho
wcodchuclss burrow. This sends the ami
NAL out at the other hole where the hunter
is ready to receive him. The terrapin soon
follows and is rccaptured.
AT Ithaca, " ", the other day a run
| away horse entered the room OF house in
| which were hot stove and a bed upon
| which lay sick girl After knocking the
stove over the plunging animal attempted
to get on the bed, but it gave way beneath
his fore feet, and the invalid had narrow
escape from being crushed. The horse was
finally secured, but LETT the house looking
as If hurricane had effected an entrance.
A BoAr-LoAD of Chinese women were re-
Gently landed at San Francisco, as was
learned, fer immoral purposes, whereupon
the police set about relOading them FOR an
Immediate return trip TO their native
shores. The women being unwilling TO re-
turn, there ensued such battle as is rarely,
If ever, witnessed. After rluch trouble
they wore reshipped and sailed away, hurl-
| ing frayrRents - broken china at the re-
| treating '.homo tho brave"