St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-11-25
SOMEWHAT STRANGE,
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction,


Stranger Than Fiction.
THE only golden eagle ever seen in thi
part Of the country, says dispatch froI
Toledo, Ohio, is captive at the residcnc
Of Joseph Maynes, in this city. Nj
Maynes and Peter Barquin went fishin
in the marshes along Ottawa River
Maynes got after monster frog in tn
edge Of the marsh, along a bluff which
denseIy wooded. He was about to re
ms frog when mOnstIous eagle swoope,
down upon him. 1t seized him betwee,
the shoulder blades, its talons picrcin.
through his overcOat, an undcrcOat, anC
cutting into the flesh. The bird beat it
wings and lifted Mayncs from his feet
Maynes weighs Isl pounds, and is 2;
years OLD. lie says he was terribly fright
ened, and more SO when the bird lifted
him from his feet a second time. Will,
attempting the third time to get Mayne
into the air he struck the eagle on tn.
head with his frog spear lie then go
one are around the birds neck anG
poundea it on the head with his club
lie got the bird to the bank and Law
across 1t while Bar4uin kicked it into in.
senSibility. A rope was then procured
and the bird was tied to tree. The eagle
has been brought to this city, and was
seen this afternoon by newspaper men.
1t measures seven feet six inches across
the wings, weighs thirty five pounds, and
stands three feet two inches high. 1t is
evidently young, there being many pin
feathers around the neck and on the
breast. Old citizens who have lived in the
west say that the bird is young noun
tain eagle of the golden variety. The
plumaSe is of dark russell color. almost
seal brown. The eagle has a monstrous
head, with beak four and half inches
long. It's mouth, when stretched wide
open, is five inches across. 1t swallowed
hlteen sparrows for supper, taking each
one DOWN whole.
THERE is four-year-old boy at Cadiz,
ONO, who has somewhat staggered his
elders and the wise men of that section.
The lad has never attended school, nor
has he ever learned to read. Still, he
can name and point out on the map all
the countries and states, giving their
capitols, their situation, tho principal
cltles IN each section, railroads, rivers
straits, lakes, mountains and other geo
graphical points. In fact, he has the
worlds atlas firmly impressed on his
wonderful mind. His knowledge is
thorough, as he gives the population Of
the cities, the source and course of each
river, the termini of the railroads, and
the cities through which they pass.
There is absolutely nothing in the geo.
graphical way that he does not know or
understand in the fullest degree. The
boy wonder is the son of w. II. Bovles.
well known citizen of Cadiz. It is
probable that the lad has one of those pre-
coclously retcntive memories which are
often met with in mental freaks. The
parents of the little fellow do not en-
courage the talent he displays, fearing
for the baneful physical defect it may
have upon him.
}. Ii. FRANK, of Ligonier, Penn, has
In his possession queer horseshoe which |
he found on the banks of the LOYAL !
hanna Creek. There are three holes |
for nails on each side of the shoe. the
metal having been extended outward to
receive the holes. The bottom of the
shoe is followed out from end to end.
the hollow being three quarters of an
lnch wide and half an inch deep. In
the hollow lies three-quartcr inch rope.
Which was put in place before the metal
was cold, and held there by few taps
With the hammer on the soft iron. The
'ope is now as hard as bone, and was
dipped in wax to harden it.
The object seems to have been to afford
sure footing for the horse On the stony
mountain roads, or to make his footstep
loiseless, u desirable quality in the DAYS
when Indians were numerous. I'm
PRESSED in the iron is the inscription,
'Patented May "a, 1888" AS this date
prior to the first American patent
aw, it must have been patented in Eng
and.
A FEW days ago a young farmer
AIMED Edwards. while blowing near
sutherland Springs, Cal, struck an
ron pot whose top projected a half-inch
Dove the surface. 1t was apparently =,
He'd with earth, but the great weight .
"a to an investigation. Under an inch =
I dirt were many doubloons of gold. q
he leather in which they were wrapped
as rotten, but aave for greenish
lould. the coins were uninjured. Ed )
ards loaded his treasure in wagon,
rove to San Antonio and deposited it in :
bank, saying nothing of the find until =
is return. The amount is $1,000. !,
here has long been tradition in II
Springs neighborhood that v
anta Anna buried treasure there on his .
treat after his defeat at the battle of .
IN Jacinto in the war o. independence, !,
I'd various searchers have hunted for it.
be pot was originally sunk deep, but :.
e rains of more than half a century -
ID denuded it of its covering u
A MOST extraordinary incident recent t.
occurred in the mouse of well-known is
ember of Parliament in London. His N
n went into the dining-room in the lc
ddle of the afternoon, and saw on the CT
or something dark, which he took in OF
3 hall light-the blinds being drawn e,
be footstool. He kicked it, where re
on, to his intense amazement and d.
rror, large snake uncoiled itself, to
red up, and Kissed at him. He sprang
on Il table to escape from it, and
led loudly for help. The servants
srd, came to his assistance, and killed
reptile, which showed the most active 40
at. The snake was eventually ex- oa
ined by an authority, who pronounced 6e e
o be of very deadly species. How tn
got into the house and where it came of
m remain mystery. tn
APPLICATION has been made to the th
rotary of the Treasury for life-saver's pc
lal for ] Luke Hunter an editor Of az