Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-09-11

Ills aim was well taken, and the conse-
quences were disastrous. The melon
struck the conductor squarely on the face
and arm, knocking out three teeth, cut
his face open, and almost broke his arm
The joker's melon almost finished the
conductor. The speed at which the train
was running was responsible for the I'M
usual force of the blow.
The family of Mrs Mary cartwright,
who resides in Omaha, were much sur
prised few evenings ago by the appear
ance in their parlor of an unexpected
guest. This was their Durham COW.
Mollie, that, escaping from hsr pen,
deliberately walked up the low steps
leading to the porch, thence into the
hall, through which she marched until
she reached the parlor door This she
entered with an inquiring moo, and adj
vanced into the room, while the family
sat watching her, afraid to move lest
they startle and cause her to do some
damage. But after quiet inspection of
the apartment, the incongruity of her
presence there seemed to strike her, and
turning about as quietly, walked out
again.
For some time Florean McFeely,. d
twelve-year-old boy, of Charlottesville,
Ind, has been complaining of pain in
his side, but continued to run about as
u.ual and play with other boys. The
other morning his father examined his
side and found dark, hard substance
just under the skin. Making slight
lnclsion, he was surprised to find fish
hook firmly imbedded in the flesh How
1T got there is mystery, but it must have
been working around in the boys body
for quite while, as he has felt pains in
that part of his anatomy for several
months. 1t required the services of
surgeon to cut the fish hook out
AN act of cruel torture of prisoner
by the local magistrate of Reczkeve, in
hungary, has just been brought to light,
the victim being a journeyman Joiner,
who was charged with the theft of 100
forins. The man refusing to admit his
guilt, the magistrate had him hung up
by the legs, in which position he was
subjected to brutal treatment He was
then kept in prison for six months, dur
ing the whole of which time he was
cruelty maltreated, until the case acct
dentally came to the knowledge of the
Public Prosecutor, who was on tour of
inspection in the district He at once
instituted an inquiry, when it was con-
clusiyely proved that the man was inno-
cent of the charge brought against him.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Indian Daily
News has furnished the details of an
extraordinary case of polygamy. A
Brahmin of Bengal gave away his six
aunts, eight sisters, and four daughters
In a batch in marriage to a boy less than
ten years old. The ages of the brides of
three generations varied from fifty years
to three months, and the baby bride was
brought to the marriage ceremoney on
brass plate. Among the Kulin Brahmins,
it is said, the man who receives in mar
rage the majority of the daughters of a
family is also bound to have the rest,
otherwise the minority must suffer life
long celibacy. The correspondent con-
cludes: Hundreds of instances like the
above might be given if needed"
A North PENNINGTON (Me.) man
claims to have discovered something
strange about this year aside from its
rains. He says his house faces the
northeast and the L sets back, forming
an angle. In this angle he placed his
thermometer when he moved into the
house thirty-one years ago. During this
long period, he says, the sun has never
shone on his thermometer till this sum-
mer. The buildings have not been
changed, yet the sun now shines upon it
at a certain time in the day. The easiest
explanation of this phenomenon is that
the sunshine is SO rare gift this year
that its brightness in certain spots is no.
ticed and remembered as never before.
A YOUNG man who has lived for several
years as lod2er in Detroit boarding
house, was recently approached by an
insurance agent who had taken rooms
with the same family, and bored to death
to take a policy. He found that his
life would be burden unless he
either surrendered OF scared off the
agent, and SO, inviting the latter to take
a walk one evening, staggered in an
faint, into the arms of the
man of risks, and explained the episode
by saying that he was subject to attacks
OF heart disease. He may have ruined
his physical credit, but the man has not
talked insurance to him since.
AWR1ous calculation of the amount of
food consumed in lifetime of seventy
years has recently been made by NJ. Soyer,
a French savant, now chef of the Reform
Club of London. Among other things,
M. Soyer says that the average epicure of
three score and ten will have consumed
80 oxen, 200 sheep, 100 calves. 200 lambs,
so pigs, 1900 fowls, 1000 fish of differ
ent kinds, 10000 oysters, 5,475 pounds
of vegetables, 24S pounds of butter, a.
900 eggs. and four tons of bread, besides
several hogsheads of wine, tea, coffee,
&c. This enormous amount of food will
weigh but little short of forty tons.
A SURGICAL operation was performed
on child, Gertrude jackson, for ''knock-
knees" in Avondalc, Cincinnati. The
nature of the child's affection was such
that she could neither walk nor even
stand unless she was propped up The
bones were cut with chisel, and then
the limbs were Strengthened out and in
cased in a coat OF plaster of paris to heal
The operation has never been performed