The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-08-30

| taste mat no one here ever saw deyeloped
In horse before.
| ;. WE are constantly hearing of extraor.
| binary surgical operations, but the most
astounding that has been performed. saws
the London Daily News. is that of de.
y'u'Ssdye, or the removal of fat from the
nody. DrS. Marx and Demars have car
ried out the operation upon literary
man, NJ; Hiroguelle They raised the
SKIN and cut away four and quarter
pounds OF the adipose tissue. The patient
was under chlOroform while being thus
pared away. The skin was then stitched
up. More than Il week has passed since
the operation, and NJ Hiroguelle now
ieclS quite well and is overjoyed at the
Improvement in his figure. He saws he
suffered only from headache, the effect
OF the chloroform. 1t is arranged that
he IS to undergo further parings or de.
gTdtssdges in other parts of the body.
OUT in the wild West mail BAG was
einptled OF valuable contents BY parties
unknown, and filled with stones. The
loss was not discovered until the bag
reached Its destination, and no one had
any notion where the theft was COM
mltted within 900 miles of the Journey.
But petrologist was shown the rocks.
and he said at once that there was only
one place in the United States here such
were to be found. He told where the
place was, and a detective going there
1t was 40 miles away-fOund two China
men at work in an isolated spot, where,
1t was subsequently remembered, the
robbed train had stopped for water. He
promptly charged them with the crime,
and they were so taken by surprise that
they confessed it.
A PECULIAR account of a man being
Killed by cat comes from Rockingham
County, y. {. David Stokes (colored
tried to drive a pet cat cut of his house.
but, the animal refusing to 90, he struck
1t with piece of wood The cat, which
had heretofore been very gentle, at once
became cnraged and sprang at Stokes.
fastening its teeth in his wrist. He tried
10 shake the animal OFT, but was unable
to do SO, and others who came to his as
sistancc were equally unsuccessful. 1t
flnally became necessary to cut the cats
head oil before its grip could be relaxed.
Stokes was soon taken sick, and although
no symptoms of hydrophobia developed
he grew gradually worse until he died.
THERE is a dog in Chester, Penn. that
will never walk when there is chance to
jump on a street car and ride. He is u
black Newfoundland. Much of his time
Is spent at the stables. Although his
home is only two squares away, he never
walks to it. but waits for car going that
way, on which he jumps. He often goes
off on pleasure trip, riding to the diff
ferent sections of the city On different
cars, always sitting on the curbstone until
the car he wants comes along, showing
remarkable intelligence in allowing to
pass him those cars which branch off in
directions contrary to the one he wishes
to take.
THE millions of gold that lie in the
hold of the English warship De Braak,
sunk mile off Cape Henlopen, Del, will
not long remain undisturbed, as the Mer.
rift Wrecking Company of Philadelphia
have contracted to begin work for the
treasure. 1t is said that the Merritt Com
pany located the exact spot last summer
where the sunken vessel now lies. All
previous attempts have been made bv
noviccs. but it is the first time that a
regular wrecking organization has
searched for the treasure ship. 1t is
guaranteed, says the Philadelphia Record,
that the treasure will be landed ia two
months.
AN engine driver on the Central Asian
Railway, who sustained conclusion of the
brain in a serious accident on General
Annenkoffs line some time ago, has Just
sued the railway officials for damages in
Il court at Samarcand, and obtained very
satisfactory and somewhat original com
pensation The court decreed that he
should be paid $3, 500 down at once, and
in addition should receive SIS a month.
with an extra s. for every child which
might be born to him.
A WEALTHY convict was discharged
from the Joliet Gll.) prison the other az
ternOon, and left at once for New York
and Switzerland. He carried a roll of
bills amounting to 81 900. having previ-
ously given away several hundred dollars
to other convicts The man has recently
fallen heir to over half a million dollars
in Switzerland. The authorities say that
he was sent up from Rock Island for one
year for forgery. but there is mystery
surrounding his record.
WHILE John Deutsch. - years of age.
living in Baltimore, was eating dinner.
his tongue became fastened to the mouth
of "A flask from which he was drinking
coffee. Efforts to release his tongue were
in vain, and half dozen persons at
tempted to pull the flask away, but hal
to desist from fear of tearing out the boys
tongue. He was finally taken to the
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