Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERY DAY LIFE

EVERY DAY LIFE
Queer Episodes aui Thrillin, Adyen
3 lures Which Show that Truth T
t Stranger tDan Fiction
AMONG the tales of tae roundup o
cattle west of the Missouri river tina
{ have drifted into the border towns is ON
with flavor of romance. When tn
cattle men had cleaned up the reservation
and closed the Cheyenne the camp wa
visited one evening by party from
? noighboring ranch, one of whom was
charming young girl from the East, Mis-
Lcttie Barton. She was delighted at th
novelty of the scenes at camp, an,
readily accepted an invitation from Ale.
Kenyon, one OF tho outfit, to take. n can
ter over the bluffs to the river The,
were nearing the bluffs when suddenly ,
black steer rushed out from clump o.
bushes. The horse which the young lad,
rode took fright, became unmanag e;b hi,
and bounded away toward the river
Kenyon tried in vain to overtake her ant
grasp the rein of her horse. His horse.
best efforts could not bring him nca,
enough to accomplish the feat AS til,
two horses rushed up the bluff shcr,
precipice fringed with trcc-tops appeared
n few rod; ahead. 1t looked us if hors,
and rider were doomed, but Kenyon. who
had anticipated the danger, suddenl,
refined in his horse and swung his rope
lariat about his head and sent it coilins
i'll the air. The loop fell about the
shoulders of the frightened girl The
cowboys horse reared back, tho rope
frightened and the girlwa lifted from the
saddle and drawn to the heavily tufted
prairie sod. The girl, half unconscious.
was borne back to camp by her cavalier.
who was prouder of his exploit than the
cowboy who beat the stecr-roping record
last year. The ridcrlcss horse plunged
over the precipicc and was killed.
The swift swordfsh schooner, Matte
and Lena, Edward Clark, captain, of
Stonington, Conn, returned on a recent
Saturday after a three days cruise with
seventeen huge swordfsh, and Captain
Ed. reports that Joshua Clark, a member
OF his crew, had thrilling adventure
with one of the fierce, big fish. A mon
ster that weighed 500 pounds had been
harpooncd, the buoy which is attached to
to the "lily' iron was thrown overheard,
and the game made n terrific dash seward
kicking up q big tunult in the waves
After brief struggle the fish became
quiet, and the fishermen lowered the
small boat and rowed to it's side. Then
two men seized the lily iron line, but
they had no sooner frightened the cord
than the big fellow, which had been play
ing possum, suddenly made tremend-
Gus plunge and dashed straight at the
boat. His long. sharp sword crashed
through the stout bottom Of the boat as
easily as if it was Of paper went through
the seat on which Joshua Clark was
sitting, close to his leg, cut long,
ugly cash through the Heshy part Of
his thigh. His wound is bud and
painful one, his leg is swollen, and Nc
| will not be ready to hunt swordtish again
for q week or more. The swonltish could
not withdraw his sword, and died with it
protruding through the boat. The fish
erman pulled back to the Matte and
Lena with their prize trailing under the
boat.
FRASc1s TAMMASY was supposed to
have been drowned in the Ohio River
twenty-eight years ago by fall
Cincinnati and Cairo. p Several weeks
later body supposed to be his was re-
coverd, among those identifying it being
his brothers. He left wife and one
child, a daughter, now married. Three
years later Mrs. Tammany married again.
Of the nine children by her second hus-
band eight are still living with her on the
old farm. The second husband died in
1885. A few days ago Tammany reap
peared. When he fell from the steamer
he swan to the Kentucky shore. Why
he did not return is not stated. He en-
listed in the Confederate army observed
until the close of the war Then he went
to Texas and became cowboy. Eleven
years ago, having acquired competence;
he quit business and went to Nevada and
Dakota. Recently he concluded to re-
visit the scenes Of his early manhood in
Indiana. He had no trouble in convinc-
ing his wife and friends Of his identity,
aud he will spend the remainder Of his
days with his newly found family.
THE bark, Guy c. Goss, with a cargo
of $500, 900 worth of tea, dropped anchor
at San Francisco not long ago, forty-four
days from Yokohama. The voyage was
very rough. She has 14.575 packages
Of tea for Chicago. Captain William
Mallette tells story Of one of the most
remarkable occurrences since the time
of Jonah, the prophet. When fifteen
days out, Tom Hiskaiski, Il japanese
sailor, during a gale, mounted to the
topsail to reef it. A lurch of the vessel
threw him headlong into the sea, and he
was seen to suddenly disappear. The
lifeboat was put out, but when it was
returning to the vessel whale was
seen to rise to the surface They then
suspected what had become Of the sailor,
and the whale seemed to be in great
distress. Suddenly. after a violent con-
vulsion, Hiskaiski was thrown from the
whales mouth. and Il crest Of wave
landed him upon the deck Of the Goss.
He was unconscious and badly injured
Careful nursing brought him around, and
he is now in IL normal condition. Cap
tain Mallette vouches for the truth of