The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-03-31
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
ovser Facts and Thrilling Adventures
Which Show that Truth 10 Stranger
than EieNte~.


WHILE travelling from house TO
house in Charlton county last Janu-
ary," said well-known canvasser at
Waycross, Ga, II heard a strange
story about an alligator. A farmer
who lives i'm close proximity TO an
alligator pond was at work on the
plantation and his family was at a
-, ,Eseighbor's house. Returning home
about sundown, they heard a strange
noise in one OF the living rooms. The
farmer supposed that a burglar was
in the house and quickly opened the
front door and took down his shot
gun. He went in the room where the
noise was, and lying restlessly upon
the bed with his head on the pillow,
was medium-sizea alligator. The
man was surprised and frightened.
The alligator heard a noise, and look
ing around, saw the gun pointed to-
ward him. The man banged away
with his gun and dozen buckshot
entered the alligator's head. Another
load of shot was sent whizzing at the
reptile, causing death instantly. The
dishes and tables in the dining room
were broken and she pantry was
robbed Of it's victuals. Having salts
fed his appetite, the reptile crawled
upon the bed and prepared to take a
nap. The alligator was with diff
Guilty removed from the house.
A CURIOUS case of word blindness
is reported in the Occidental Medical
Times by DIR. A. w. Hoisholt. The
patient was musician, aged sixty
three, with confused memory but CO.
herent in language and free from hal
lucination. Speech was normal, with
no misapplication Of words. He
understood everything said TO him
and could spell correctly and write
properly at dictation, but when asked
TO read what he had written could
not do so, not even his own name.
Single letters of the alphabet he gem
orally read correctly. but he could
not put even .hree letters together
and pronounce them. This he attrib-
uted to poor sight, yet he recognized
objects at long distance. When
furnished with violin he could play
most difficult passages OF music
without fault, but when requested
to play by note hesitated and played
something not on the paper. His
vision could not be improved with
glasses. At the autopsy the cortical
surface around the posteriOr end Of
the first temporo-sphenoidal tissure
was found somewhat depressed below
the surrounding surface and present
ed several hemorrhagic spots about
the size of IL small pea.
THE Mayor and employees Of the
city hall OF Versailles, France, were
terribly frightened when bold en-
ploye the other day suddenly discov-
cred bomb in the building, plunged
it into bucket Of water to extinguish
the fuse, and then showed il TO them.
There was loud talk Of rewarding the
brave man with n better position,
until the police began TO investigate
the matter. They found that the
bomb had been made in the city
hall itself, as it was tied up with the
peculiar tape used by the officials,
and sealed with the sealing wax used
exclusively for official purposes.
They showed also that the bomb had
not been on fire when ii was picked
up, but that the fuse had been par
TALLY burnt, and afterward eXtin-
guished and inserted into the bomb.
A threatening letter, which accom-
panied the BON, was found TO be in
the same employees handwriting.
They drove the man into SO close "a
hot ha L I'm ha
bomb, that he might find it and get a
raise in his place for his supposed
bravery in extinguishing the danger
Gus thing.
THE following circumstance oc-
Cured at the Cape Of Good Hope ::
In one OF the violent storms that
often occur there a vessel was forced
on the rocks and beaten to pieces.
The greater part of the crew perished
miserably, as no boat could venture
to their assistance. Meanwhile a
planter came from his farm to see the
wreck, aud knowing the spirit Of his
horse and his excellence as swim
mer, he determined TO make des-
perate effort for their deliverance and
pushed into the laundering breakers.
At first both disappeared, but were
soon seen on the surface. Nearing
the wreck, he caused two Of the poor
seamen TO cling TO his boots, and so
brought them safe TO the shore.
Seven times did he repeat this peril.
Gus feat and saved fourteen lives
but alas the eighth time, the horse
being much fatigued and meeting
with a formidable wave, the gallant
fellow lost his balance and was over
whelmed in a moment. He was seen
no more, but the noble horse reached
the land in safety.
AT the aquarium in Berlin there is
big gorilla whose habits are a great
deal more correct than those Of most
Of his distant relatives. He gets up
at s O'Clock in the morning, takes n