Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-06

cordlng to their story she had been be
witched by her neighbor, Mrs. Rich
ert, and a cure could be effected in onl,
one way. A small quantity of the BLOOD
of the woman who had worked the spell
must by some means be secured. The
husband of the sick woman, securing /,
wagon, proceeded to the field wher
Mrs. Richert was at work, and forcibly
placing her in the conveyance drove a.
rapidly as possible to his home. Their
they found the sick woman surrounded
by several friends. On seeing Mrs
Richcrt they carefully closed all tn,
doors and windows to prevent the fligh
of the witch, as they called her. Thu
accomplished, they struck her a fearful
blow in the face, causing the blood tt
flow freely. The mother of the be
witched woman caught some of the
blood in spoon and poured it down he1
daughters throat. Naturally such q
remedy would prove useless, and the
woman died.
GEORGE BELL, keeper of the Picnic
Island, in the lower harbor at Tampa,
Fla, has two little girls. to whom pet
w
ner & Co., on the island, is very much
attached. The little fawn follows one
child wherever it goes. One day re-
Gently the children stole away from
home to place on the wharf, when the
youngest one accidentally fell overheard.
The deer at once jumped in after the
child. which soon sank out of sight. The
deer then swan to the beach and ran at
lightning speed to the keepers house
where the mother of the child was 1t
reared up its hind feet, blew and snorted
and cut queer antics SO as to attract Mrs.
Bells attention. 1t then started down
the beach on an excited run and jumped
into the water again. Mrs. Bell missed
her children; and dropping everything
she followed the sayacious animal, which
she saw plunge from the wharf into the
bay. One leg Of her little girl was
sticking out of the water, and when res
cucd she was unconscious. BY rolling
and rubbing the child was finally re-
suscitated. Capt. Bob Warner was so
proud of his fawn that he has ordered q
handsome collar and silver bell. He says
a thousand dollars could not buy it.
A CURIOUS and unusual sight has Just
been witnessed by the inhabitants of
Bjclgorod, in the south of Russia. An
enormous flight of eagles were seen to fly
past the town and settle in an adjacent
forest. Tho woodmen who were in the
forest at the time fled in dismay from
the place. 1t is we'll they did, for when
these unwclcome visitors had taken their
departure it was found that they had
devoured ten horses, several sheep and a
vast number of smaller animals. The
ground where they had aligh.cd was
strewn with feathers and all the birds OF
the neighborhood have been so terrified
that they have flown away. Only one of
the eagles was caught-a bird of i'm.
mense size and belonging to Siberian
species. The eagles, which were several
hundreds in number, flew away in
southwesterly direction. The peasants
who saw this remarkable sight state that
there were so many of them that for the
space Of several seconds their wings hid
the sun from their sight.
MIR. FRANK Work, says the New York
Press, tells remarkable story about
ruby that he once owned. When young
man he invested 5000 in ruby IN this
city. He had it set in a bird claw by
the son OF o well-known jeweler. Shortly
afterward he attended Tammany Hall
ball, and the ruby disappeared from its
setting. A week or two ago the jewcler,
happening to meet him, said Come
down to my place and I'll show you an
old friend" Mr.. Work dropped in at
the jewelers. place last week, and was
there shown his identical ruby of fifty
years ago. 1t had been left to be set,
and the jeweler had recognized it. Mr..
Work also recognized it. All that he
said was: GLOW much is that ruby worth
now" ''Between $4,000 and $1,000"
said the jewcler. Besides the remark
able episode itself, one can learn from
this paragraph how much rubies have
appreciated in value in the past half cen
fury. .
THE best paying property in Nevada is
mine, whose history is thus told by the
Central Nevadan: ':Simeon Wenban
had run the Garrison tunnel ut great ex-
pense and was left poor man, owing his
creditors $15O,O0O. There was not a
pound of ore in sight whereby the debt
might be paid. AS last resort, with a
forlorn hope, after the mine had been
closed, Simeon Wenban drilled q hole in
the hanging wall and blasted cut huge
piece Of rock, which he found to be al
most solid block of metal and part of
an immense vein which had been paral-
lelled hundreds of feet. This fortunate
last effort marked sudden change that
seldom falls to the lot of man. 1t was
Wenban. the poor man, the lshorer, be-
fore that blast was fired; it was Simeon
Wenban, the millionaire, but second
thereafter. The first mouths run of the
little mill gave him $780,, 200, and ever
since he has grown more wealthy"
On the farm of John Rodabaugh, nea,
Moulton, Ohio. is strange bird which
has attracted the attention of hundreds.
The bird was captured several weeks
ago while the family was coming home
from church one Sunday, and not until
it had received load of shot did it allow
itself to be taken captive, and then its
captor was fearfully lacerated by its
sharp claws. The bird is Gagged up, and
somewhat resembles an owl in shape, but
having face shaped like heart and ex.
thu r,f q ,p1nl,o1, ,,,;<b n g.