Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-01-09
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS .,
EVERYDAY LIFE "

n1-DAY LIFE.
Sueer Episodes and Thrill,re -
ventures Which Show that Trn.,,
10 Stranger than Fiction
FOR real, old-fashioned Dn.oh -
sutton OF hundred years 400 Co on super ha-
only to go to the little village Of I Graa aas
cnap, IN Allegan County, Micb wh;ns
Is entirely inhabited by Dutch no ~nlch
quiet, and religious, the silliest l sunsr'
SUTTON OF ancient times troubles tban,
mucn az present, and the whole ne;nb
9oInooo Is In a state of excitemant
Lately several cases OF severe and at,I
born sickness have been attribute Iu ~
some unknown witch, and for tho .. =
reason pillows aud feather beds waral
Cpened and carefully examined. The
punches which are formed inside in
course OF time are called crowns: wreatbs
chlckens, OF any imaginable thing.
case q lew days ago, Of the above d scrin-
uon, happened, and the neighbors were
caiied IN, and sure enough the s'featherv
devils, as they are called, were discoy-
cred. A hot file was made. and tbe
crowns, etc., put in the fire, but would
aot burn even the feathers would NOT
oe scorched but while wondering and
taking about it they had suddenly dis
appeared. In some cases live chickens
have been put in kettles and slowly
boiled to death in order to counteract
Dr. srel the evil one. One day a
farmers wife was unable to cburn but
Ter. She tried time and agein, but in
vain. The churn OF milk was bewitched.
The husband, coming in, made the
poker red hot and stuck it in the churn.
when butter came Immediately. After
wards it was reported that near neigh
Dor had been mysterionsly burned. The
many stories atioat in that little village.
among old and young, are so strange and
weird as to keep all in state of excite
ment. On recent Sunday the village
minister preached rebuking sermon on
the subject.
INFORMATION from the Island of Sandy
states that two men in the north end Of
the island went off in small yawl- boat,
about ~ feet Of keel, to the fishing in
the Bay of Newark. They had got out
in the middle of the bay, had anchored
their boat by means of rope and stone,
and were in the act Of shooting their
lines when they were astonished to see
a large herd of whales in close proximity
to them Of a species which appear on the
northern coasts at all seasons of the
year, being twenty to twenty -four feet
in length, and considered very mis-
chievous and voracious. The large
boats in the summer time are some
times annoyed with them, and use all
manner Of devices to brighten them
away, such as throwing burning fuel at
them, as they brighten all the cod away.
They came very near the boat, when
they all went down, and one seems to
have got entangled with the anchor rope,
it having got round his fin and head
when coming to the surface. Away
went the whale with boat in tow, the
rapidity at which they we're going
making the sea stand in burrows on each
aide. They were lowed in this style
fer over two miles, when the rope broke,
and the monster joined it's companions,
which were keeping close at hand.
ALBERT LIMoNEAUx, little seven year
old Acadian boy, has created sensa-
hon among certain classes in New Or
leans on account of reports of the won
derful healing abilities he possesses.
He first attracted attention in Donald
sonville, La, where he lived with his
parents. A few weeks ago a Mrs. Kamm
submitted to his treatment, and when
she found herself cured of neuralgia she
begged permission from his parents to
bring the child to New Orleans. They
consented, and the boy was taken to
The Crescent City. The house where he
is living is taken care of by his mother
and Mrs. Kamm. 1t is besieged by a
small army of the lame, the halt and the
blind, and when reporter visited the
place he found nearly seyenty-tve per
sons standing outside the house in a
branching rain awaiting admission.
Mrs. Limoneaux said that they first dis
covered the child's peculiar power Of
healing when he was but two and a hall
years old. He had since cured hun
dreds of people in and about Donald.
sonville, and she yielded to Mrs.
Kamm's request to bring the boy to
New Orleans.
The belle of Deadwood is young and
dashing girl who turned her nineteenth
year o few days ago. Her name is Mar
yarot Sanford aud she is an orphan
Who her mother was no one seems tc
know. Her father entered mining
camp about twelve years ago, foot-sore
ragged and almost starved, having
walked across the canons from Nevada
The miners gave him food and clothing
and began to constitute themselves littl'
Margaret body guard. One night thu
old man was found dead before his door
which the drifting snow had fastened 81
he could not enter. The child wal
asleep inside. After the funeral she be
,ame a sort of wande,er, going and com
ing at will, and making many valuable
discoveries of ore. She learned to us
The rife and revolver. A year ago sh
struck an ore-bed richer than the mos
in that vicinity, and again led the miner
10 the spot. This time they made
voluntary contract to ri-e her ono
3 rth Of the yield. They ko.,t It'd
wr,. and she is now a itch womon
yhe is tall. slender and good-looklng
and wears long golden hair streaming
down her back.
THERE is . young lady by the name