Wichita eagle., 1889-05-23
STORIES OF ANIMALS.

Union Springs, Ala.
IL cities In India pigeons are often numer-
Gus enough To darlsen the air.
SQUIRRELS are so numerous and tame in
the woods of Concordia, La, that they can
be killed with sticks.
HENRY :. CARPESrEz. Of Osceola, \. V,
says he has caught y, 800 brook trout dur
ing the past twenty years.
AN oyster weighing three ard one-quar-
ter pounds and measuring ten inches by six
inches was taken al Huntington, l. l.
A HEN at Hampden, Conn, was placed on
dozen quail eggs, and Matched out
eight quail. which she afterward reared
with care.
Mics carried off sos in paper money be-
longing 70 Mrs. Lucy Cain, Of Hannibal,
Mo, and after tearing Il into small pieces
made nest Of IL
WHILE "a man named Bonlcin was lately
fishing in a Duchess County N " pond
wild duck few down, Owed, swallowed
the hook, and was caught.
THE six hundred French army cats,
whose duty it is to catch mice in the cloth.
ing store-houses, are TO have their rations
reduced, since they have become too fat
and lazy TO capture the offending rodents.
TRAINED dogs were employed 10 convey
messages along the outposts at the German
military mauuevers this fall The dogs
also did duty with the sentinels, and were
so prompt in giving alarms that their use
is 90 be extended.
A LARGE black eagle, measuring six feet
from tip to tip Of wings, was caught on the
farm of John Raddy, Of Byron, Wis, in the
act of trying 10 kill calf cow had
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the eagles wings. Thus disabled the bird
was easily captured.
A SHASGHAI rooster on the farm Of Will
lam II. Arnold in " oodstock, Conn, has
adopted four maltese kittens whose mother
was mangled in a trap and had to be killed
The rooster gathers the orphans under his
shelterinc wings every night. and the bit-
tens appear well satisfied with their new
hoene.
A. b. BELCHER. If Decatur County. Ga,
owns ten-year-old OK having and wearing
three fully developed horns two at their
proper places, and the third growing out Of
his shoulder, near the withers. aad prob
ably fourteen inches in length Mr. Belcher
has owned him all his life, and this third
horn made It's appearance several years
ago.
A NAPA (Cal) man thought he saw sea
serpent III the river there, but it was only
a solid mass Of little fishes, each about al
inch and half long. The school was aboSt
dfty yards long and a yard wide and headed
up stream: The commotion they made was
caused by hundreds Of large fishes that
we're continually throwing themselves
among and eating UP the little ones
MICHAEL FREisMurn- Of Wheeling. ".
To T.ff ont b.s~.
birds TO Wichita Kan, u test their qual-
ties They were released, and one arrived
IN Wheeling In % hours aud 81 minutes
from the time OF release. The distance 10 an
air line il estimated 10 be 1870 miles. Tho
actual flying time il supposed 10 De- about
a hours, the bird having done 50 niles per
hour while on the wing. This record is
one Of the bsst ever made. An offer OF
800 for the bird has been refused
As freight train on the Enc railway
was approaching Pond Eddy, ia Pike C0un-
", v Y, the engineer saw a buck deer
leap from one u the highest points n ths
lofty wall of rock thu; runs along the road
In the Delaware valley The deer alghted
at the side OF the track and did not rLse.
The engineer stopped his train and found
that two OF the deer's legs aud several Of
its ribs were broken. He cut is throat,
loaded the unfortunate animal on his en-
gibe. and took il T. Port Jcryis As ne
started hrs train two dogs appeared ~ tha
point where the deer had taken is fassi
leap
"IsDrAv Jos," z Saybrook fC0un)
worthy. recently killed two foxes AZ one
shot HIS dog got on the trail u fox. and
joe. making up ms mind thai The quarry
would travel over a certain rDuts. stretched
himself out behind a Uush, iigat@d h4s prpe
and awaited Developments HIS cslculss-
tons proved correct, and wsssn the dog
csr.ue Il g. 2ht a fine fox was little absasd
% him There was another tox running
close beside TIE first. ard a. tie two passed
q pair q bars almost neck aad neck. jos
blazsd away When be raj Up % the feooo
be found two foxes lying dad 81 tas
ground
The late joan Brigh:'s fayori,s arruvs-
-aeuts consisted n playing billiards and
sshiog for salmon. For many years -
played billiards every afternoon 3. the Pc
form Cub, Lonfon. with hls frser1 II.
Ar. Bright was al e.. gsi2sfso
.ud accomplished ~ gier- He regularly
lshed tas Stanley water. on ths Tay, al
acce9 fToio = many good salzsot. re
.lso ashed tEs Tweed. AID t1ycs q lie 0sos
, yeSr snto Tie CTea.
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re freazezt railway journeys between ffl4-
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.sts- rpo1l, snztoa from sts rssi Il rs car.
!. sstchei fall Il z al u 5rosgAt A-o1z visa
hey leave or Saturday atisTSoDn, ssf oar
~ The three hoErs' FDn 70 Piz4Sesssais -
,iaes are cicSasnd Hsa1 10y st-Ft bacx
r Monday morning Ar. Wznszaa<sr
per.6s soEae tire .oocsz over ies nsS~-
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