Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25

heard through the darkness and the
storm recently what they Thought was
human voice crying for help. The neigh.
borhood turned out and searched for the
supposed wanderer, but without avail,
and the relief party were forced to give
up the hunt, believing the unfortunate
TO have persisted in the snow. Not I'M
til several days afterwards, when the
cry was repeated, did they discover that
the sound was caused by a creaking
windmill.
\ CLUB with a curious purpose has re-
Gently been organized in Philadelphia.
1t has membership of five and viii
meet but once a year, at an annual ban
quet, except when member dies Then
the remaining four will act as his pail
bearers. This is the Clubs sole object,
except the annual banquet. As soon as
one member shall have been borne to the
grave by his four fellow members another
will be chosen to take his place aud its
membership always kept complete.
An ordinary kettle lid engaged the
attention of Judge OF the United
States Circuit Court and jury for two
days at Chicago. The plaintiff had been
arrested for the alleged larcency of the
kettle-lid while he was shopping. He
declared that he did not steal it and sued
the proprietor of the store to recover
$25, 600 damages The case was in the
nature of a tempest in teapot, and the
evidence revealed tendency on the part
of the pot to call the kettle black. The
verdict was for the plaintiff.
ONE of the curiosities of the recent
cold weather at Allentown, Penn, was
the freezing fast TO the wet rails of three
long and heavy coal trains One of them
suffered an accident, compelling it 10
stop and when it was ready to move its
125 cars were frozen fast and could not
be moved. One train after another came
along on the same track and, ON stopping
for those in front to move, suffered the
same fate. 1t was several hours before
the blockade was raised.
THERE is wonderful grapevine at
} Gaillac, a town in Southern France
Although the plant is only ten years
, from the cutting it has yielded as msny
| =
year There is but one other vine II
cultivation that is known to excel this
prolific shrub, and that is the historical
vine at Hampton Court, England, which
was planted in 1868. In one year this
noted vine has borne $500 punches.
An Alamosa Coli newspaper in (
birth notice printed in its columns th'
, other day, affords an interesting notion
r of the composite character of the groa
p American people in the West. The
= child, whose advent in the Holland
colony was announced is the first Dutcl
& child born in the San Luis Valley. ThC
! birth notice was written by Dane, pu
f in type by Mormon, the proof read b.
? an American, the type placed in thu
@ form by German, and the pape
s printed by a Mexican.
a TIE sale of intoxicating liquors il
, Scandinavia is controlled by municipa
:, communicable towns, etc. Al
/ the profits derived belong to the com
+ munity, and are applied to the supper
r of schools, hospitals and other public in
stitutions. Only hotels are permitted t.
& GcldI liquors, anu INC III uOIo SOlu II
them must be purchased from the com
munity In Christiania alone the profit
!, from the sale of liquors amount to man
= thousands of dollars annually.
n AMONG the Laos, a people inhabitin
G u district of Siam, the chewing Oft prep
e aration called "meng" is almost uni
r versal, the practice being especial
@ esteemed by those whose labor bring
g great bodily fatigue Recent inquir
it shows that this delcacy is prepared froI
. the Assam tea plant of commerce.
i A CURIOUS incident has occurred q
l. Enrol. A telephone wire had bee
e broken or fused by lightning, and on a
u employee seeking to repair the break
Il be found on one of the white insulatoi
a picture of the roof Of a neighbour
e house. The picture had probably bee
h flashed on the porcelain by the ligh
ming.
e A RANcHER near Spanglc, Wash, WI
:, freed by large pack Of coyotes Il
a other day These animals have hereto
.e fore been considered too cowardly
y attack a man
n TIE youngest convict ever sent u
IS from Kentucky is now serving a scntenc
q of one year in the penitentiary. II
d name is Sam Dodd, eight years old, an
r the charge against him is grand larceny