The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-16
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling. Adven-
lures which show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.


Soar was used by some Nanceburg.
Ky, criminals recently. They rubbed
il on their skins to make them slippery,
and then squeezed out of Jail between
the bars.
OK the Union Pacific, near Echo, Utah.
Conductor James McE ltee lassoed fine
fat buck with beh cord. The animal
had become entangled in a wire fence
and showed fight with horns and fore
feet. The train men killed it with
coal pick.
A SMALL capitalist in St. Louis drew
$i,735 from savings bank and con
cealed il that night in the back part of
the kitchen stove. intending 20 remove
it in the morning. The servant girl
arose first and had a beautiful fire blaz-
ing when her master came down.
FOREIGN papers say that the Emperor
of Germany, while hunting on the es-
tates of Count Zichnowski recently, used
four guns and 20C0 cartridges, and
killed 730 pheasants. After the dinner,
which closed the days entertainment,
the Emperor took the baton of the
leader of the land which furnished the
music and directed the men.
elijah ]. Pence, of Oakland, H., is
preparing to go into the business of rails
ing skunks for their hides. He says that
they breed % rapidly that with stock
of l l,C00 animals he would have 1900 in
nine weeks. The hides are worth half
dollar apiece, and he says that he cx
poets his new industry to pay him some
Sl5,0 year. His ncighbors are con
siderably stirred up over his operations.
and say that his farm will be Il menace
to the public safety.
A FARMER living near Perth, Ala,
helped steal his own hog he other night
He was awakened from his sleep in the
middle of the night and asked by two
men TO assist them in loading "A hog
which had tumblcd out of the crate in
their wagon. He willingly gave help
ing hand, and then returned to quiet
slumbers The next morning he went te
feed his porker, but there was no porker
to feed 1t then dawned on him that he
had helped load his own hog in the
wagon the night before.
The famous strike of the Lawyers
Corporation of the city of Riom, in
Auvergne, France, Is ended. One of these
lawyers, or advocates, having been i'm
properly treated by n Judge, his col
legacs sided with him, and for five months
they have refused to plead before the
court, which was practically closed. At
last due satisfaction has been given to
the lawyers corporation by VI. Oudoul
the president of the Court District of
Riom, and the advocates have resolved
IN Il meeting, TO resume again their
avocation aud pleadings in that
court.
In Maine the other days certain land
lady and her cook made remarkable
wager. A mill near the boarding house
was being fitteGt out with a new chimney
which had been built to a height of lO3
feet. The cook bet that she coald climb
the staging around the chimney. The
landlady bet that she couldn't. The
cook agreed TO try it, and If she sue
ceeded the landlady was to cook the
Sunday dinner. 1t was a peculiar way
OF earning a holiday, but it was success
full, for in the dawn Of the Sabbath the
cook climbed boldly to the very top.
WHEN the Sultan Of Turkey desired to
be invested with the Order of the Garter,
peculiar difficulty arose-not the OPP
position of English dignitaries, but a
Mohammedan law, which forbade the
person of that ruler to be touched, where
as the garter must be buckled on below
the LETT knee of each recipient. The
Sultan's long robes further complicated
the situation. At last, after weighty
deliberations, it was settled that verti-
cal slit should be made through the
Sultan's draperies. through which his
knee could be thrust, and in this way by
executing due care the garter was safely
and lawfully fastened.
ONE of the many curious incidents
which happen at sea was reported By a
steamship which arrived at Tacoma re-
Gently. When about six days sail from
the American coast, an eagle, spent with
flying, alighted on the ship. having
probably flown from some American
whaling vessel. The eagle was caught
rs it was resting on the ships rail, ana
kept in a cage until the vessel was pass
ing into the Straits of Juan de FuCa.
The American coat of arms was scratched
on Its bill, which had been coated with
vermilion. The bird injured its wings
in the cage and was released. On see
ing land it attempted to fly but could
not, and was swept into the sea and
drowned.
A FEW days ago fellow named Eli
Adams was arrested in Cincinnati and
taken TO Louisville on the charge of
stealing a bicycle in the latter city.
Adams admits having taken the bicycle
and sold it. but says that he has no idea
how or where he got it. He said that he
was somnambuiist, and when he woke
UP one morning he found that he had the
bicycle, and conc udcd TO keep it. 1t is
said that three years ago Adams lost an
eye through his sleep walking habits.
His brother in-law discovered him in his
saloon, and taking him for burglar
shot at him, putting out his eye. Adams
claimed to be asleep at the time, and
was discharged BIZ the Court.