Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-02
A PECULIAR phenomenon occurred at

the air was filed with snow that was as
black and dirty as though it had been
trampled into the earth. Six ounces of
snow and one-fourth ounce of dirt and
sand were found in the bottom of dish.
! The dirt is very fine, something like
emery, and contains particles that have
a metallic luster. This dirty snow fell
to the depth of half an inch. The at
mosphere at the time presented pecu-
] liar greenish tinge. There was little
wind blowing at the time from the
northwest, though there seemed to be
considerable wind higher in the air.
Solid chunks of ice and sand are report
ed to have been picked up in yBrious
places.
The corpse of white man was found
beside the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
near Brandywine Bridge, Maryland.
The face was mutilated, but the body
was not. 1t was first thought that the
body was that of William j. Patton.
The father recognized the body as that
of his son, and had it removed to his
home, where the corpse was washed to
prepare for burial. The family was
loudly mourning its loss, when Mr..
Patton's daughter gave the body a more
serutinizing look, and at once declared
that it was not her brother. The re-
mainder of the family came to the same
conclusion, although a tinge of doubt
still remained. The body was then
removed to the morgne. Patton had
been missing, and a search instituted for
him.
EXCUSES must be rare in China. At
ka Feng Flu a private soldier was on
guard over thirty boxes of bullets, which
it was the duty of a petty officer to in
spect twice day. The soldier skillfully
abstracted the bullets from the boxes,
and was finally found ont. Then the
punishment began. The soldier was
condemned to penal servitude for life
and II fogging Of a hundred blows. The
petty officer, who had failed to inspect
the boxes satisfactorily, was dismissed
the service and received eighty blows.
His Lieutenant has been cashiered in
order 10 be tried for connivance in the
theft, and he has disappeared. And the
military authorities in Peking are con-
sidering what punishment to inhict on
the General i'll command.
WILLIAM HUFFsTArrER, farmer and
sportsman living near the line of Bour-
bon and Nicholas Counties, KY, has
witnessed an aerial contest for supre-
macy between two eagles which proba-
bly, eclipsed anything in the way of
battle between birds ever witnessed ON
the continent. What he supposed were
two small birds were seen at a great
height and quarter of O mile away
fighting and descending and approach
ing nearer to him. They fought and
descended until they landed at his feet, I
where they continued the battle until
he killed one with a pistol and the other
with a club. One proved to be black /
eagle, which measured 6 feet, 6 inches
from tip to tip of wing.
A SHORT man is said to be quicker on
trigger than atall man, and man with
4 short name is said to came out best in
l duel. Col. Cash, the South Carolina
duollist, used to say that in every regu- /
lar duel fought III the United States the
man with the fewest syllables in his sur
name always killed his antagonist. He .
the cases Of Burrand Hamil-
ION, Barron and Decatur and others,
md said that it had been true ever since
David killed Goliah. A few months
later Col. Cash added to the record by
killing Shannon in a duel.
AN aged peasant at Klausenberg in
when he went to an or
Dhanage to ask aid for an adopted child,
stated that he was 103 years old and
hat he had walked two days journey
rom his native village. He rarely had
asted meat, and had lived all his life on
'at bread and corn porridge. He had
rot tasted wine for years, because he
lad never the money TO go to the village
avern. When he was taken to pho
he was frightened, and in
luired whether he would survive the
'peration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cassons, of Rock
and Me-, have a girl baby which
Weighed just two pounds at birth, Feb
uary 9th, and has not grown much
ince. She is, however, physically
,erfect, very bright and in excellent
lealth. She lies in cradle made from
grape basket about a foot long, and
upholstered in silk and satin
f bright colors.
The Oldest person in Brooklyn died
ately. The deceased was Mrs. Mary
Wilson McHaney, who was one hundred
nd two years IF age. Mrs McHaney
vas a devotee of The pipe, and nobody
njoyel the solace of ga good smoke"
With greater zest. Two hours before
he died the old lady arose from her bed
nd INDUCED in Il farewell puff. She
vas of an active temperament, and made
er own bed up to the day of her death.
w. B. GROVES, who resided in Brook
yn with his family, visited the Office of
)r. Cotton, and told the girl who opened
he door that he wished to see the doc
or about getting duplicate death GER
ificate of a daughter who had died.
lie was informed that the doctor was !
ut, and turned away, but before he j
ad taken two steps, fell dead.
THE highest price on record for a
ostagc stamp was realized recently