Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-11

was shown handled II lolglnglv, ana
begged of the owner that If he ever gave
il away il should be TO herr
The Newcastle England Journal re-
ports pathetic story of dog, given in
evidence before the Gateshead magis-
trates. A man over eighty, charged with
keeping dog without license. did not
appear, but the chief constable informed
the Bench THAT the old man had been at
the court ia terrible state of distress,
and that he lived with his wife in con-
dition of abject poverty. On inquiries
being made, it appeared that the dog
must be destroyed If the summons was
pressed. as the old couple had no money
to pay for a license, but that the wife
had begged for the dogs life because il
/ had more than once saved her from be-
+ ing burned to death. She had fallen
into the fire in fit, and :" the dog had
seized her, dragged her from the flames,
and burying his nose in her lighted
clothes, had eXtinguished the fire. To
prove the truth of the woman's state
ment, the chief constable got some old
newspapers and set fire to them, this be-
ing done in the presence OF other con-
stables. On each occasion the news
paper was lighted in the middle of the
! floor. The dog rushed at it and extin-
| puished the flame" The magistrates, of
couse, subscribed to pay for what the
local reporter, with pardonab(e elusive
/ ness, calls the "noble creatures license. !"
1t is a pity that the dogs breed, or, at
anv rate size and locks are not men,
toned.
Mr.. MArTox, of Mississippi, was nous
ing his hens. The night was somewhat
cloudy. He had visited his barns and
was on the point of returning to his
house when all at once he heard pecu-
liar Kissing sound overhead, and at the
same instant luminous glow fell all
around him, as if the moon had suddenly
emerged from behind cloud, chronicles
the Chicago Post He looked up and
was almost parayzed at the sight of a
brilliant, fiery globe descending through
the air with the speed of lightning, and
Shooting a comet like tail far up into the
heavens. So rapid was the descent that
it was only visible for second, but in
that brief space, be says, he suffered an
eternity of unspeakable terror. The fire
ball struck the earth with a dull report,
, scarcely 300 yards from where he stood.
1t was some minutes before he could re-
cover the use of his limbs, when, run.
ming hastily to his house, he aroused the
family and several laborers about the
place, telling them comet had struck
the earth, and they had only few min
utes to pray. In short time the whole
plantation was up and women and chill
, dren were heard crying and supplicating
heaven for mercy. They could not get
closer than about thirty yards on account
of the heat and noxious fumes
of sulphur and gas which the
stone emitted. The stone sizzRed
and steamed and shot out jets OF
steam or vapor from a thousand pores.
By daylight it showed up dull, dingy
black, and was full of pores, which still
shot out jets of vapor of an offensive
smell which almost stified. The stone is
evidently imbedded in the ground fol
some distance, and shows only about a
foot above the surface. Mr.. MattoX es-
Inmates it to be about the size of hogs
head.
A DIFFICULT mechanical feat Just &C.
complished at Porta Costa, Cal, is
described substantially as follows by
eye-witnesses: On August 10, loco
motive went through the big ferry-boat
and plunged pilot first into the waters OF
Carquinez Straits, the tender and car,
remaining on the ferry boat. The water
was deep enough to cover the cab, but
not enough to let the boat out of the
slip. The locomotive stood practically
/, vertical and its nose was deep in the
mud. On the night of the 10Th a large
pair of shears made of 12X12inch tim
} bers crossed at the top was built up on
the end of the boat and some large pulleys
hung where the pulleys crossed Then
diver spent several hours in fastening 8
numter of cables on either side OF the
frame under the boiler. Four engines
were attached to the ropes, but could not
start the locomotive, although the strair
was so great that cable nearly thret
inches in diameter was broken. Finding
the appliances of insufficient strength
the shears were doubled in size, and {
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another trial was made. 1t was hard t.
get the engines to pull exactly together
and, as their wheels would slip and re
volve, the cables would snap and the
tackle generally would be badly strained
Finally a simultaneous pull started the
mass, and the cab slowly appeared above
the water and the engine was gradually
lifted until somewhat higher than the
floor of the ferry-boat. Tackle from
steam dredger stationed in the front Of
the slip was then attached to the forward
end of the locomotive, which was pulled
out in this way. The shears were ther
swung slowly backward over the deck Of
the ferry-boat and the engine gradually
lowered to the tracks it had left. Wher
it was hauled to the neighboring round
house and the mud washed off it was
found that but little damage had beer
done beyond the splintering of the cat
by the cables.