Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-12-19
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.

A0AL w liza OlKANGE
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERY Jay LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Ad.
ventures Which Show that Truth
10 Stranger than Fiction.
A New YORK Cry bank was rec .ntl1
ewindled out Of $4,000 in novel ans
ingenious way. Some time ago a mar
dressed IN overalls, q check jumper ant
cow-hide boots, entered the bank ant
advanced to the receiving teller's win
dow In hesitating way. He said h
was cattle dealer and had purchased
lot OF stock from Western man. n,
was to have paid him sc 900 that do-
put mad Just received telegram sayinii
the cattle dealer had been detained ant
would not arrive until the following day
ne wanted the bank in the meantime i,
lake care OF his money. Two certificate
q deposit were given him, one fo
$o,UU0, and the other for 81, 900. Mex
DAY the depcsitor and his friend arrived
he produced deposit slip for So. 0O(
and received cash therefor. The al .00(
slip he said he would use elsewhere
Last Saturday another deposit slip 70,
$o,O0O was presented for payment. An
investigation followed and it was dis.
covered that the first slip which had
been cashed for $1,000 was the 81. 0OO
one ingenously raised. The real slip
Tor the same amount had been negoti-
eted elsewhere, so the bank was out lust
four thousand cold American dollars.
MACON, Ga, has queer freak in an
English sparrow. Every morning this
sparrow flies into the office Of the city
clerk through the window, tarries awhile
on top OF the inner blind, chirps merry
good morning, and then makes itself at
home. 1t does not seem at all frighten-
Cd at the people coming in and going
out, but fits about the room from win
dow to window, from the top of the
bookcase to the maps on the walls. as
unconcerned as if sporting amid the
branches OF tree. The chill of the
morning causes the flies to remain dor
mant for some time, and it has been no.
ticed that the bird makes meal on
these limp flies. After gathering them
IN and making hearty meal the spar
row perches on the window through
which it came, chirps its profuse thanks.
and then skips out to join its less fortu-
nate companions; 1t happened several
days ago, when the morning was chillier
than usual, that the porter at the city
hall. did not lower the window at the top
as usual. That morning the bird was
seen to fly against the window pane and
kick up considerable fuss at not being
allowed to come in. And it was not I'M
til the window was lowered that it SEEM
ed to be satisfied
@. W. HAMMOND, Of Cowan Station.
Ky, turned fine-blooded mare, valued
ct $500, and large OK into the same
enclosure. The two animals ha | been
together several times before, but as
soon as they entered the lot on this par
ticular occasion, they rushed at each
other. Two or three farm hands were
present and attempted to separate them,
but narrowly escaped serious injury
and failed in the endeayor. The mare
~ "a - NY QUO WIN Doca 1885,
neariy summing MN, pat the latter re-
covered ana gored the mare two or three
lines pom fought with the greatest
.ury ne mare potn kicked ana blt,
learing ne lesn rom the OK with her
Iee.n, wnlle she IN turn was raked again
knd again by the ox's sharp horns. At
last the OK plunged his horn almost
Dntirely through the thick part of the
ns5es neck. Inc blow was ia.ai, but
4 tne mare staggered her weight broke
- g = morn snort On, ana she fell and
Z a.sA WIN Wy ~ = ner nody. me OK was
49, mas neen discovered In the
i ~ q 1ndla Q strange plant, which
$50 i, g very nigh degree astonish-
Is 4laR1et.c power. Inc nand which
'a IS E aeaA nom itreceaves immediately
!. 49,, " 81 VA g cnst wnicn is produced
In9 onopctor q an lnducton coll.
E uas1anee q SIX metres Q magnetic
sue g enecsea ~ It, and 1T wall be
~ oe5sn q = brought near. The
cey q snis angular innuence varies
tne nouxs q tne Gay: All powerful
II e. oiock " me AFTERNOON, It is
oiuseiy alinuaiea during the night.
! gmee q storm Il: intensity augments
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