The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-14
ODD SIORITS or NJ VIZ ANNALS.
Relating iiow The, inwIitlngl, Injured,
Their Owners.

4 Belfast woman amad Watkins WAS ,u,-
p"ctcd "i having stolen and hidden in her
hous" a quantity of Jrwelry valued al f?o0
Detectives called and made ~ thorough search
but failed 10 lind he missing property
Just A. they were leaving the last room
having given mp their task in despair, a cat
which had been sitting with her kittens in
a ba~kct in the corner got up, stretched her
self and mcw"d one OF the Officers turned
back, looked into the basket and there dis
covered the icwelry hidden In the hay which
formed he cat. bed Tn. cat's owner is now
rNpilting her crime in iuil
Another curious cas-" of an animal unwit-
tinnly delivering it, master up TO iust ice comes
from Wcdne-burv An ironworker of TINT
town wl~ cruel enough TO throw hi~ dog do wn
"A d~used coal pit 80 feet deep The Door
creature means were heard by pas~erS-hv.
and one OF them named William Jcayon-
pluCky went down and rescued the unfort
innate beast which was badly injured II
VA taken to the police station and well looked
after and shortly recovered But, "A, il wa,
not known TO whom il belonged. no steps
could be- taken to punish the person response
bile for the outrage
week or two later the dog was accom-
pnnying one ~. the policemen through tho
streets. when II suddenly ran INTO house and
began To play with the children. The ofllc.r
entered, and III" master of tn" house com
le--"d that tn" dog belonged 10 him, and that
once arrested and very heavily fined for his
brutal conduct
4 very peculiar case was recently recorded
of such a harmless crratur" a. COW INJECTING
very serious los upon it, owner 4 farmer
of lhnnrk county. near OTTAWA, in Canada.
| had go IN Lptc- OF the Bank OF Ottawa 1hc-.
h" placed in u pocket OF his coat which he
hung on % fence Will" h" worked When he
cam" hlcN Il" found that the wind had blown
! hi coat To the ground, the notes had fallen
out and COW wa quietly chewing up the last
va tn, no, ,,o. r,o,r,i,. I.,,,,, A. 49,
| tratcs ~ Nottingham on charge OF poAch-
NIX The keepers had SUSPECTED him for a
| long tlm" but invariably failed to catch
| him. on this occasion, however. they had
| secured bis dog, which WAS brought INTO
| court. tn" moment tn" poor faithful beast
saw Us master II sprnng on, OF the arms Of
the policeman and rushed toward him The
| evidence was held to b" complete and the
man was fined
az" done 10y m animal comes from Worcos-
I"r,h,% DURING a heavy thunderstorm
irirhtSncd and, ga!oping ~ IRON the hcld
| toward the farm, got Nedged IN ils blind
| panic between a wire fcnc. and q barn CON
| talnns,a Hu9ntity of hay and valuable ngr-
| cultural implrm"rts. lightning struck the
fence and; passing through ~" body of ~"
barn, which burned untn II was completely
Quilted and all ils contents destroyed beyond
| the possibility of recognition,
| upon human beings by domestic animals
was IN Patagonin four or lv" years ago. ,
hVllp'T OF Ncpl'h 'rolt"rs 'nilgrat"d to
| north Patagonia and began sheep farming.
at which they were very SuCccsafUl They
brought out with them several valuable
ro!i"s, ana these for n time did good work
But on" winter on" OF these farmers died
suddenly. HIS dogs. lett without food, be-
Kan to dnvour the sheep. They ran away
took to the hillS and became the rrogeni,
tois Of n race of wild dogs which come down
IN packs aud X III III" sheep by hundreds
80 serious have matters become that a
bounty Of G. head i offered for these Wild
Colles, II they are not soon eStermins ted,
II ~ said that the settlement must he given
up, OWING to the ravagcs OF these animals