Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-07-11
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS or
EVERYDAY LIFE.
FUNNY Episodes and Thrilling Ad-
ventures Which Show That Truth
is Stranger Than Fiction.


ventures Which Show That Truth
is Stranger Than Fiction.
HE Connecticut lad has momentarilv
turned hrs attention from sbootin q
woodchucks and digging ont vnnn :
foxes Tor bounties to hunting bio snon'
ping turtles. He has had great luck "a
the chase within the past ten DAYS. AZ
Plainville recently two Youngsters stole
up behind lazy fat, and ugly az.
FOUNDER, that was summing himself near
brook, and the first thing the turtle
knew, after awaking from his bright
dream, was that he was on his hack md
the boys were Juggling him away to
Hartford to put him into stew. 4 dav
OF two later three Tolland county lads
got bigger turtle than the Plainville
one, and Clarence Merrill and Rex and
hiley Kuran of the same neighborhood
tumbled 2S-pound snapper over on his
back III a swamp. That snapper was
such a wonderfully big one that he was
put on exhibition in the county house at
Holland. Still later box turtle was
caught in moving lot on Main street
IN Newlngton, and he was exhibited.
On his back was the carved inscription.
-. >. K, 1852" Box turtles are
somewhat rare. There are quaint bright
blotches on their shells, they are shv
and retiring in temperament, and are
not fond OF the busy walk in life. Their
most distinctive characteristics is the
ability to draw up movable shell shut
ter IN front that is like the draw-bridpe
OF castle, after doing which they are
"boxed."
RESIDENTS near Mount Eve and in the
vicinity OF the granite quarry at Mount
Adam, N. Y, lately, have noticed re-
hglous revival among the members of
gang OF Italians who have been put at
work IN the quarry referred to. The
beautiful monument erected over the
grave of q daughter of the late Col.
A. e. Kerr, on the Kerr place, near the
mountain, has been mistaken by these
foreigners for e shrine, such ais are to be
seen by the roadside in their native
country. At an early hour every morn
ing these devout Italians PROSTATE
themselves before the chaste marble nil
lar In worship. The other evening.
when new lot of Italians arrived by a
train and started from the station to
walk to the quarry they saw the monu-
ment IN the twilight, and in accordance
with some superstition, they would not
pass it after sunset The ladies at the
Kerr homestead were greeted by them
with what was undoubtedly the request
that they be allowed to sleep in the barn.
Not understanding the matter fully, the
ladies' declined to give the ne sessary
permission. They were greatly sur
prised the following morning, however,
to find that the entire company of Ital.
ians had laid down and spent the night
IN the open field near the house. In the
morning the visitors, after worshipping
at tho ssshrine," passed on and com
menced work in the quarry.
On the Trinity River, in Leon coun-
~, Texas, is ferry known as Alabama
Crossing, and in early days as Al
bright's. In the days of the republic
man named Albright owned the ferry
and kept tavern there. 1t was noted
place IN that then thinly settled coun-
Try. Albright was at one time assessor
and collector for Houston county. and
claimed to have been robbed Of $50, 900
I IN public funds, accusing two citizens
OF Leon county of the theft, but it could
not be proven, and in course of time
was forgotten, but an occurrence of the
past few days revives these old memoir
les. On the Houston county side of the
ferry lay stone, and the present owner
of the ferry, Gid Webb, wishing to get
this stone out of his way, pried it up,
and hidden underneath found $4,000
IN gold. There are several legends in
that non f.vy oil 10 kka oil
Antonio road of immense treasure hid
\ den by the Mexicans, as that road was
the only one from Nacogdoches to San
Antonio before the settlement of the in
terror Of Texas, and many bloody bat
ties between Mexicans and Indians
were fought. Many people fully believe
in the truth of these treasures being
hidden in some of the lakes or lagoons.
A few years ago negro cutting wood in
Robipson county cut down hollow tree
and found 81, 800 in gold in the cavity.
The men who went on the pioneer
train on new line through the Maine
wilderness had a novel experience. The
train was brought to dead stop in the
woods by millions of caterpillars, who
had crawled on the rails and We're abso-
44kVd4y 4lilliONupl0 iubll dAObucI cuSluc
was sent to the rescue Of the pioneer.
The caterpillar advance guard was re-
ported by timekeepcr who rode over
the line on his velocipede the night be-
fore. He was obliged to push his ma
chine by hand for half mile owing to
the number of small gray caterpillars
lying on the rails. A large engine an d
eleven fiat cars loaded with 1000 ship
knees, the first business train of the
Canadian Pacific, started from Seboin
for Brownville, and came to a standstill
owing to these same caterpillars, which
acted as complete check to the further
progress of the train. A force OF men
rs was sent for to Seboin, aud after scrap
ing and sanding, with an engine to push
y and another to pull, the train was at
4 last started on its journey.
THERE has just died at Patterdale, in
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