Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-11
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which show that Truth is
Stranger than Fiction.

Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which show that Truth is
Stranger than Fiction.
The Philadelphia Press has the follow
ing: Talking about thunder storms and
the freaks Of lightning" said a little
man at the Colonnade last night, 81 saw
something in the West that made my
hair curl. There was man in the town
who had been in trance for about two
weeks, aud the doctors could do nothing
to arouse him from the stupor. They
used all sorts Of galvanic batteries, but
without avail, so finally they hitched
telegraph wire around his body and con-
cluded that the shock from that would
either kill or cure him. Well, the man
got the shock, and the doctors decided
that it had killed him. All arrangements
for his burial were made. The day set
for the funeral was a nasty one. It was
raining hard, and the thunder and light
ming were playing havoc. AS the,funeral
procession Went down the road toward
the cemetery there wa, q terrific fash of
lightning. The hearse had been struck.
The mourners all jumped out of their
carriages and ran to the hearse. The
driver was stone dead on the box. But.
the shock brought the dead to life, and
the man who was to be buried rolled out
of the casket as sound as dollar. Nature
had succeeded where science had scored
failure. The supposed dead man took
off his funeral suit and traded clothes
with the driver. The latter was placed
in the heaise and the resurrected man
drove to the cemetery, where he helped
to bury the poor driver in the grave
which was intended for himself"
A COUPLE of British Columbia creek
fishermen report curious story in the
Victoria Standard They made trip
toward San Juan Island. Though there
was nice fresh breeze it wa, still mile
from the northwestern end of the island,
and the boat found herself at once in very
smooth water. There was absolutely not
breath of wind and there was scarcely
ripple on the water, while at distance
the sea was rough. Accustomed as they
ere to the sea they had never seen such a
phenomenon. When they were regarding
the smooth surface there rose at once, a
short distance ahead of the boat, an i'm
mense waterspout, and quickly ascending
to height of about eighty feet almost
Immediately began working toward the
boat. Injured to hardship, and almost
constantly facing danger in one form or
another, fishermen are not easily alarmed /;
but when the great pillar of swirling
water began to approach in a direct line
toward the boat, the hearts of the men
almost stood stin. As there was abso-
lutely not breath of wind nothing could
be done to avoid what appeared to be
almost certain death, and the two men
could only stand by and await their fate.
But again an unexpected thing happened.
The spout, instead of striking the boat,
suddenly began to retreat in the same di.
rection from which it came, and, when
apparently In the same place where ii
rose, suddenly collapsed with q great
splash. The fresh breeze arose immedi-
ately and the dead calm disappeared.
Mr.. Verify SMITH, living in the Elev-
enth Ward of that parish, went fishing
on Mud Creek, Terra Bonne, La, and
had the following strange experience
Mr.. Smith was using minnows for bait
and was fishing with rod and reel,
upon which there were some 400 feet oi
very strong line. The minnow upon the
hook being near the surface of the watel
attracted the notice Of passing king
fisher, who swooped down and at once
swallowed the minnow and the hook
Mr.. Smith proceeded to let out line and
the kingfisher was affording fine sport
{ when all at once large hawk concluded
to take part in the fun, and at onc'
caught the kingfisher in its claws, and at
the same time getting the line so entan
gled about its wings, as to cause botl
hawk and kingfsher to fall in the water
By this time some 800 feet of line has
been run off the reel, and when the bird
fell upon the water hey were quickl.
carried by the current around a bend il
the creek and hidden from the view o
the astonished Mr.. Smith. Attemptin,
to reel up his Lire, Mr. Smith discovered
that it was fast, and upon going dowl
the stream and around the bend of tn
creek, was astonished to find that sever
foot alligator had swallowed both bird
and was fast upon the hook. Procurin.
a heavy stick Mr.. Smith succeeded il
stunning the ''gatern and hauling hin
ashore.
AN affair that will materially retart
tho growth of the woman Suffrage ide
I in Nebraska has just occurred in Dakot'
County, Neb. County Clerk Twohi,
recently made q business trip East. ant
during his absence the robe Of officia
duties fell upon the shoulders Of Mis-
Lou Hirsch, his charming deputy. A da,
or two after his departure James Teller
an odd character in the county, drove Vi
to the clerks Office with lot Of grouni
squirrel scalps and cars, and represente,
to the innocent and confding lady tina
they were the ears of wolves which h
had slaughtered in the county. The un
suspecting lady official promptly pal,
into the honest appearing hunters hand
the legal bounty for wolf scalps So
head amounting in all to considerabl,
over 500. Teller Immediately immi
grated to South Dakota. 1t was not un
til the return of Clerk Twohig that th,
trick was discovered and Sheriff Rya
was sent after the willy hunter Telle
was arrested at Elk Point. Dakota, an
was brought back and lodged in th
county jail. As a result Of this affair
voters league is being organized tina
will require candidates to pledge then
selves not to employ women deputies uT