Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-12
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes andThrilling Adven-
lures Which show that Truth is
Stranger than Fiction


MISS CYRESA ALICE BOYD, aged 10
years, whose parents reside in Yolo
County, Cal, died under peculiar cir
cumstances. A few weeks ago she was
visiting friends in San Francisco, and
while there had her ears pierced. She
was very particular to urge that white
silk beinserted in the puncture, but the
thread used contained some coloring
matter. A day or so after the operation
Miss Boyd returned to her parents home
in Yolo. Within few days she expe-
rienced soreness about the ears, but did
not regard the matter as of much conse-
quenco. One day she and her sister
happened to be out in shower and Miss
Boyd took cold. The effect of the expo
sure began to manifest itself in her ears,
already swollen and sore. Then she
became alarmed, and upon her fathers
advice, she came to Sacramento to secure
medical attention. Her ears sweIled
rapidly, the swelling extending to her
face. and finally one of her eyes was
closed completely. Erysipelas set in,
blood-poisoning followed, and then it
was evident that her life was beyond the
power of saving.
In the desert of Cobb, which divides
the mountainous snow-clad plateau of
Thibet from the milder regions of Asia
travellers assert that they have heard
sounds high up in the sky as of the clash
of arms or of musical martial instl uments
II travellers fall to the rear or get separa-
ted from the caravan, they hear them
selves called by name. If they go after
the voice. that summons them they lose
themselves in the desert. Sometimes
they hear the tramp of horses, and taking
it for that of their caravan, are drawn
away and wander from the right course
and become hopelessly lost. The old
Venetian traveller Marco Polo mentions
these mysterious sounds, and says that
they are produced by the spirits that
haunt the desert. They are, however,
otherwise explicable. On vast plain
the ear Loses the faculty of judging direc-
ton and distance of sounds; it fails to
possess, so to speak, acoustic.perspective.
When man has dropped away from the
caravan his comrades call to him; but he
cannot distinguish the direction whence
their voices come, and he goes astray after
them.
THE climax is soon to be reached in a
case so dramatic in its details as to seem
almost impossible. In Savanna, N. Y,
forty years ago boy named Hiram
Gregg, the eldest of very large family
of children, was stolen from his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gregg. The boy
was last seen on the banks of creek and
his parents supposed he was drowned.
After dragging the stream they gave him
up as lost. They moved to Rock Island,
ILL.,, and the father, who died there few
years ago, was one of the pioneers of the
community. The other day it was
learned indirectly that the missing mem
Der of the family is livingat Richardson,
Wis, under the name Of G. A. Gage
The name was given him by his abductor
an INSCRIPTIONS woman who kidnapped
him to avenge herself on his parents
with whom she had had trouble. She
brought the boy up In ignorance of biz
real name, and he only learned it few
weeks ago. He will reach Rock Island
a man forty three years of age and mar
ried. The woman who kidnapped him
left him when he married.
ABOUT 12 o'clock ON % recent nigh
James Clemens, prominent young
farmer; who lives just outside of Athens
Ga, swallowed silver dollar. Clemens
was lying across bed at his nome anG
had dollar in his mouth. Being very
tired, he suddenly dropped off to sleep
He awoke- very soon afterwards with ;
most excruciating pain and it was devel
oped that he had swallowed the money
He arose Immediately and went t.
| Athens. DR.. w. A. Carlton endeavoreC
to draw the dollar from, the throat b,
means OF am instrument, but owing tt
the nervous condition of the patient h
was forced to postpone the operation un
til next day, The money had passed
down the throat and lodged in the eso
phagus. Next morning the doctor re
turned to- his patient, accompanied b!
Dr.. John Gerdine. Clemens was PLACED
under the Influence of ether, and after
difficult and dangerous operation the dol
lar was brought up through the mouth.
/ A DAUGHTER of Edison Perkins, o
Litchfcld, Conn, narrowly escaped be
| ing bitten bya poisonous snake the oths
day. The snake was sissing, or flat
head adder, and was the largest eve
seen around here. 1t measured thre
feet in length and was five inches aroun'
at the largest part. Miss Perkins wa
charmed by the reptile, which had calgh
her eye, and she could dmove neither ham
nor foot. She went into the woodswit
her brother to gather arbutus. Tn
brother took gun with him and wa
Hooking out for woodchucks. He war
dered away from his sister and when b
returned saw the snake with its hea
erect creeping toward his sister, and h
shot the reptile Miss Perkins says sh
was bending over to pick flowers, and 3
she tried to rise she saw tie adder gaz
ing at her. She tried to run away, bu
could not turn her head. AS her brotht
came up, she says, she was GROWN
dizzy.
II A RATTLEsNAKE attacked litter (
kittens in the woods back of George v
Kimble's house at Deckerstown, N. J
and was deyouring one of them when Il
! mother, big Maltese, came alonl
Reused tomaternal fury, the cat spran
at the reptile, and fierce fight ensue'
The cat sank its teeth into the throat