The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-24
CURIOUS CATCH.

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Deeaon DlAyeao Wns Recovered from the
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Among, the residents of Bermuda are
two brothers, one Of whom. besides be-
ing an enthusiastic yachtsman, is also,
. swift and. slillf4l rider of the bicycle.
Some time ago, shortly before the date
set for . bicycle race in which he was to
be one OF the contestants, his wheel
mysteriously disappeared, and all ef-
forts to find a trace Of it proved fruit
less.
One day, about IA months after ths'
bicycle had been presumably stolen.
. fisherman, who was angling out
In the middle of st. Georges harbor for
floating Aah, hooked large one, whicli
Instantly plunged into the depths Gf,
the harbor. in q vain endeavor to escape.
The angler played with him for awhile
and then. feeling the line tighten in
his hand and the strain become steady.
began to haul up. He soon realized that
he had at the end of his line one Of tho
heaviest catches which he had ever
made, and (what he could not UNDER
stand about it) that it was apparently
almost dead weight. He hauled away,
however, until there appeared above
the water not only the fish that he had
hooked. but bicycle, round tn,
handles Of which the fish, in it's efforrs
to escape, had wound the line number
Of times. 40
When the astonished fisherman had
sufficiently recovered from his amaze
ment at his curious catch he took tire
bicycle ashore. There it was soon identi-
fed AZ the one which had SO inexplica-
bly, disappeared. Strange to say, tine
machine, in spite of the fact that it had
been at the bottom of the harbor for
II months, was but little damaged, and
was easily put in running order again.
For some time no clew as to how it
found it's way to its watery hiding
place could be discovered. Eventually.
however, several circumstances came
to light that pointed to man with
whom the bicycle rider had once had
trouble. AT one time whenever he rode
past this mans place the dogs which
were kept there would run out ard
bark and snap at the rider, causing him
considerable annoyance and trouble.
At first he contented himself with SIM
ply driving off the brutes as best he
could, but when he found that they
were set upon him by their master, he
took prompt measures to have the man
arrested, brought into court and fined.
From various circumstances that were
found out regarding the disappearance
Of, the bicycle, there seems to be no
doubt that the owner of the ugly dogs
was responsible for it, and that he stole
the machine and sunk it in the harbor
In order to be revenged on its owner.
Boston Transcript. q
Railway Accident Caused b. Hssts -
A passenger train on the North Brit
ish railway met with a curious accident
which engineers attribute to the intense
heat which prevailed on TINT day. The
train when rounding q curve left the
rails and ran on the ballast for nearly
400 feet before It could be stopped. This
state Of thing was brought about by tho
spreading of the rails from expansion
caused by the heat. According to the
report the thermometer on that day
and at that point registered 1913 degrees.
The derailing occurred at noon while
the track was exposed to the full rays
of the sun. The expansion took place
within few hours, a. an inspector had
passed over the road during the fore
noon, and everything appeared to he
in the usual condition. AS the train
approached the spot the engineer saw
the rails were badly warped, and al
though he at once applied the brake, It
was too late to stop. The curious feature
Of the mishap was that the engine re-
mAined on the track. having gone safe
~ over the spreadra In connection
with this account comes the statement
that the road had not been kept in the
very best condition.-N. Y. Ledger.
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