Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS or
EVERYDAY LIFE.

ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS ol
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer faets and rheIiii0S Awe ntuss,
Which Show that Truth 10 Stranger
than FIetIen.
A TRAVELLER recently returned from
Central Africa tells OF a tribe OF ma
tives who are fond OF public speech
making, and when in debate are re-
jriired to stand on one leg until they
have finished speaking.
JOHN HrLER, a travelling man o.
Chicago, on recent Friday Afternoon
met Miss Grace Washburn for the
first time In Bloomington GILL;,
grocery. He was prese nted and wa,
invited to call that evening. He die
so, and before he took his departure
proposed marriage. The proposal
was accepted, and they were married
Saturday at noon at the parsonage o.
the Second Presbyterian Church
Hiler's home Is ut Grand Haven
Mich.
THE people OF Hunters Point, Fla.
failing to Kill or entrap a panther tina,
was carrying of their calves. pigs ant
poultry, offered a reward OF 800 for
the body Of the beast. An old hunter
fro m Michigan proved equal to the
emergency. Spring snares were set
for him In the hummocks near the
haunts Of the panther, and In
one Of them IL was soon found
suspended by the neck. It meas.
ured five feet and five inches from tip
to tip.
A CURIOSITY In the shape Of Del
hi, n. Y, town bond for $500 was
turned in to the Town Treasurer a few
days ago. 1t was punctured SO full
Of pinholes as to almost unreadable,
and 1t bore other evidences OF hard
usage. As soon as It's genuineness
was determined, however, the money
was paid on II, and county official
made an investigation. It's late owner
finally admitted that he had carried
the bond for years pinned fast to his
undershirt, and that, rs he changed
his shirt frequently, the bond had
become full Of pinholes.
THREE and a half miles west Of
Aide, Loudoun County, Va, Is the
locally famous "black swamp" and a
strange story has been current there.
abouts for the better part Of this
century. Jesse McVeigh lived long
ago In an old stone house On the edge
Of the swamp, and there came to him
once stranger asking shelter. The
stranger was taken In, and he lived
there for five years. He never went
beyond the swamp for exercise, and
he took elaborate precautions at
night to guard against surprise. When
he died u stranger from neighbor.
ing village came and claimed the
body, protesting to recognize the dead
man as an acquaintance. The
stranger who claimed the body was
the dead mans son, and he afterward
became Chief Justice Of the United
States Supreme Court. The father, u
wealthy and well.educated Mary.
lander, but man OF ungovernable
temper, had slain u guest ut his own
table by breaking his skull with u
decanter. The homicide's place Of
hiding was hardly more than fifty
miles from the scene Of his crime.
For MANY years u sandy mound on
the II. A. Maize farm, just south Of
Wooster, Ohio, has been known as
the hiding place OF the fox. The past
winter the animals have been unlisu-
ally numerous and created havoc In
the memories. The losses became so
great that the farmers held a meeting
and decided to blow up the mound
and rid themselves OF the pests. A
large quantity OF dynamite was pur-
chased and four large charges were
put into the ground. For some rea-
son the fuses failed to discharge the
explosive and the stuff Is now buried
in the mound. The mound Is one OF
the most productive spots on the
farm, and as the farmer does not
know just where the dynamite lies
he Is In u pickle to know what to do,
as he Is afraid to dig into the mound
for fear he may strike the stuff and
send himself to kingdom come. The
owner Of the farm insists that the
dynamite must be found, as he real
ICES the fact OF It being buried on the
farm Is going to hurt the sale OF the
farm or forever render several acres
OF his best land valueless.
An illustration OF the lengths to
which some will 60 In the carrying
out Of an idea Is given in the Buffalo
IN. W Express by John Smith, who
quotes u "poor. rich' man as saying:
II was improvident in my youth. I
tried several schemes for saving,
with no avail, until l happened on
one pay day to notice that had In
my possession several bills issued by
national banks In different parts OF
the country. Then thought would
try to get together as many different
issues as possible. Presently came
the desire to own specimen Of every
national bank note ever issued. !
have the best collection OF the kind
extant now, and l love it better than
my life. ] have been urged number
OF times to start in business for my
self, but all my wealth is contained
in that priceless collection, and !
cannot bear to turn these specimens
into ordinary money. scrimp my
self to add to the collection, and am
actually no better of than when !
began to save. I have an object in
living, though"