The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-13

pounds. He was arrested recently
and incarcerated in the Jail at Cen
tire, charged with burglarizing a store
at L~eesburg, Ala. As soon as they
put him in Jail he broke the door open
and came out. They then chained
him, supposedly, fast 10 the floor and
"A powerful chain was locked close
about his neck and fastened TO the
floor, but before the jailer could arise
to survey the Job the prisoner had
bursted the chains asunder and stood
erect also. Some of his feats Of skill
and strength are bursting dungeon
locks, pulling chains apart, drawing
iron spikes from the walls, and break
ing bars. 1t is said he can break the
bars 'ofsthe dungeon windows as easily
as IL they were toothpicks, and can
pull a heavy chain in twain with the
ease that an ordinary man can a
silken cord.
LADY HENRY SoMERsEr's son, Mr..
III. Somers Somerset, has had some
exciting experiences during his shoot
ing expedition in the Rocky Noun
tains. While north of the Canadian
line the party lost themselves for two
weeks, and had to subsist mainly on
horsefesh. Being driven to the
starvation point" writes N of the
party, 1--WE killed one of our horses
and roasted the meat before the fire.
1t didn't taste bad under the circum-
stances. During the twelve days that
We had horsefesh straight and moth
ing else we travelled a couple of
hundred miles. By that time
horse meat was all gone, and we had
to decide upon killing a dog. We
didn't are to kill another horse, as
We couldn't spare one. We were
about TO kill the dog when We dis
covered one of the Hudson Bay posts,
Fort Mcleod, and IL hardships
ended"
THE Mayor of a small village in
Germany has discovered an effectual
way of stopping duelling among the
hot-headed citizens of that place. A
few weeks ago two physicians quar-
relied at a public dinner and chal-
lenged ore another to fight with
pistols. The village chief magistrate
heard of the quarrel. He informed
the village firemen, and together,
drawing a machine, they proceeded to
the lonely spot in the woods where
the encounter was TO take place.
Just as the seconds had stepped of
the distance n heavy stream of water
struck one Of the physicians in the
nnu1 nn,,nnt lntnr thn GnnnnH
doctor was drenched TO the skin also.
The would-be fighters, in their drip
ping clothes, looked so ridiculous that
they both burst out laughing, shook
hands and returned to their homes,
thanking the Mayor for his interven-
ton.
A YOUNG man named John Rudy,
living at Cammack, Ind, who has
been an idiot since he was 6 years
old, was caught by a couple of boys
and scared for the fun of it, IA few
days ago, and when released he ran
home, a distance OF about two miles.
Rudy, who had before been harmless,
then became "a dangerous maniac.
The physicians who were called to ex-
anime Rudy said he might possibly
survive the crisis and afterward not
only regain his senses, but the shock
which had been produced by his be-
ing scared was likely to restore him
to a reasonably sound mind. This
has now proven TO be the case, as
parative intelligence, and he is also
harmless, as before, which is now
looked upon by all as n wonderful
restoration of the mind after an mae
ton of twenty-five years.
COLONEL A. T. FRASER has sent to
London Nature an interesting note
from Bellary with regard TO two Hin
du dwarfs which he photographed IN
the Kurnoul district of the Madras
Presidency, not far south of the River
Kistna. In speech and intelligence
the dwarfs were indistinguishable
from ordinary natives of India. From
an interrogation Of one Of them it APP
peared that he belonged TO n family
all the male members of which have
been dwarfs for several generations.
They marry ordinary native girls and
the female children grow up like those
of other people. The males, however,
though they develop at the normal
rate until they reach the age of six,
then cease to grow and become dwarfs.
These stunted specimens Of humanity
are almost helpless, and are unable
to walk more than a few yards.
THE San Francisco Chronicle issues
a sixty-four page paper devoted to
accounts of the progress of the city
and State during the past year. Cali
fornia mines yielded $50, 600 in
1893, Of which $4,000 900 was gold.
The wheat crop was 30, 900, 900 bush
els; grape brandy, 100000 gallons;
canned fruit, 1000 600 cases; barley,
IA, SOC, 900 bushels; beans, 10000 600
pounds; r~aisins, 63, 100000 pounds;
dried fruits. l54. 600. 600 pounds