Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-02-27
a COLLECTION OF cuRlos.

sHINGLE nail was found in perfectly
fresh egg recently by 9 farmer near Niles,
Mich.
A DEER weighing 30 pounds broke into
the Office of the Indiana Central railroad at
Cairo, Ill, recently. II was killed.
THE Baxter family. of Norwich, Conn.
found valuable diamond ring slowed away
IN the interior of their Thanksgiving turkey
The champion economist of the nineteenth
century lives in Fulton County, Ga. He
has his socks and gloves made from his
own hair.
LITTLE Lizzie Rollins, born in Marne, Cass
County, Ia, last week, has six grand
mothers, the oldest, her great-great-grand-
mother, being 90.
A cow broke into Brooklyn oyster deal
ers' establishment last Monday night, and
devoured eight quarts of raw oysters be-
fore she was discovered.
A WATCH lost by an Ohio farmer two
years ago was found in the throat of one of
his cows which had choked to death the
other morning. She had found it in straw
stack.
A CALF jumped on the pilot of rapidly
moving train on the Southern Pacific one
day recently and rode nine miles till the
car stopped. 1t then scampered on about its
business.
A KEY WEST fisherman captured turtle
weighing 1000 pounds, the largest ever
seen. The old fellow was broad enough on
the back for six men to stand on him, and
he could have floated OF with ton Of coal
A WOMAN living near Fort Worth, Tex,
recently gave birth TO male child who had
| on its back tie letters s T, formed of
growth of jet-black hair. The letters
were about two inches high and perfectly
made.
| SoME hens eggs that were accidentally
covered up by some men plowing at Petay-
| luna, Cal, last summer, were Matched by
the heat of the sun upon the earth, and the
noise made by the chicks led to their discov-
cry and release.
A CITIZEN of New Ulm, Minn., owns q
horse which he considers an unerring
weather prophet He can always tell when
a storm is coming by watching the animals
eyes, which change from very light color
| to dark blue twenty-four hours before Q
| change in the weather.
A POOH fisherman who piled his trade in q
canoe on the Chalapo Lake, La, caught q
big snake on his line, and on hauling it on
board, the reptile wound itself around the
mans neck and strangled him to death
! The canoe containing the corpse, with the
snake still wound about the mans neck,
| was found the next day.
A NOVEL wedding occurred on the bound
ary line between Virginia and West Vir-
| ginia, near Doe Hill, the other day. The
parties to be married belonged in West Vir-
ginia, and the minister, not having license
TO marry in that State, stood on the bor-
ders of his land" while the contracting
parties stood in West Virginia and were
made man and wife in the presence OF
many witnesses.
SKYE terrier in New York gave birth
lately to one pup and soon after died The
pup was too young to drink milk aud was in
danger of starving. The young dogs mas
ter owned cat that had seven kittens
when the dog was born. All attempts tc
have the cat nurse the unfortunate canine
with the kittens failed until the kittens
were taken away, when the old cat at once
took kindly to the pup and cared for it.
On Glade Mountain, West Virginia, re
sides perhaps the most peculiar family ir
the country. 1t is family of condolences
The father and mother were married on the
18th day of October; they have had nine
children, all of whom were born on the I4tl
of October; five of the children are dead
and all five of them ceased to breathe or
the 18th day of October. The name of the
head of the family is Joshua Franklin. He
says that he was q Con federate soldier; thai
he was captured twice by the Yankees, ano
that he lost two brothers in the war, anc
that all four of the mishaps or misfortunes
of war occurred on the memorable l4th Of
October. In the neighborhood the Frankir
family is regarded with superstition, ano
not a human being can be prevailed to stay
either in the house or on the premises on
either day or night on the 14th Of October