The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
NOTES OF INTEREST.

NOTES OF INTEREST.
Charles Reilly of Gnattstown, Pa,
thinks he has discovered the stay-at-
home chickens III five freak peeps which
he is carefully raising in the hope that
he can encourage the production Of more
like them. The peeps, now about .
weeks old, are great curiosity IN the
neighborhood. Each is perfectly formed
i'll every particular except that each
lacks n left wing. The right wing on
each is quite natural in appearance, but
where the left shoulder should be Is
merely II tiny wart. Reilly says he can
guarantee that his one-wingcd chickens
will not fly over fences as some others
do even with wings clipped. The only
drawbacks he fOrcSceS are that persons
who prefer the wing at the table may
not take kindly TO the abbrevation, and
that the oue-wuged clucks will not be
able 10 shelter as many chicks as 9th
crs TO remedy this he hopes to see
the right wings ct his chicks grow TO
twice the size of ordinary chicken wings.
Vessels arriving in port at Calves
ton report the sudden extension of the
oil pond in the gulf from Il very small
area to about Il mile in diameter. As
if by some subtcrrauean upheaval or eX-
ploSlUn, the lake is now thlckenlnE anG
in some places the oil is several inches
thick. So heavy is the petroleum that
the speed Of vessels is greatly retarded,
II is said, and the oil appears TO be com
ing to the surface from the bed OF the
gulf i'll immense quantities. The on
lake is south by east of Galveston island
about 10 miles and about ON line with
the oil fields of east Texas Experts de
clare the oil lakes from which the fields
get their supply extend into the gulf
and that submarine disturbance has
aroused the VEIN
The spectacle of vault wherein lay
the owners dead, being disposed of at
forced public sale was witnessed III
Grccnsburg, Pa, at the old Unity Gene
terry. The sale was nccessitatcd by the
usiStcnce Of creditors of the owner, once
a wealthy land owner of LatrObc. Then
it was decided that no legal course was
open for the auctioner, but TO cry the
sale in the plot where lie scores of pl-
Onecr dead, and the bidding was started
ut 500. Others raised 1t to 5000. Then
from the crowd emerged an old woman,
whose only grandson lay in the vault.
In a broken voice she bid 5000. few
more bids raising the figure 50 We're
offered by her and each was met by the
other bidders. With an agonizcd glance
at the receptacle of her dead she turned
and left the cemetery. The vault was
finally sold to j. j. Peppary for STD.
but notice was promptly given ON the
part of the owner that the sale would
be contested.
That n small, handmade cannon, not
much longer than mans arm, will tire
a prOjeCtilc through seyen-lnch steer
plate was successfully demonstrated III
Pittsburg. Pa, by Carl SchmelZ, who
manufactured the gun with crude tools
mt his home. Mounted on wheels, its
height is not more than two feet, but by
an arrangement of the breach and an
odd construction of the ritled barrel
Schmelz has proved that the cannon
can withstand high explosives. He made
clean hole through the plate in his
demonstration, and claims the gun can
be fired 100 times in rapid succession
without becoming heated, He is ar
ranging for demonstration before army
experts.
That the members of the Methodist
church in BridgeviIle, Del, do not be
lieye in the old saying that lightning
never strikes twice in the same place
was demonstrated when they deserted
the church at the approach of an cleo
trio storm. The church steepe has been
struck by lightning three times this
summer and it was only on Saturday
that workmen finished repairing damage
caused by the last bolt.
Ten-year-old Anna Stinberger, it is
feared, will die, due to fright aud shock,
brought ON when she found the dead
body of her grandfather in the field near
Fremont, .. The girl went into hystcr-
les aud has since been unconscious, Ply
sicians have but slight hopes for her re
coycry.
A freak in the swine family is rather
an uncommon thing, but X. :. Goodc, a
farmer living near CARRIER, Okla, has Il
hog with five legs, all developed perfect
ly The fifth leg grows out behind the
left furcIeg and is the same size rs the
others The hog is very healthy am
/ nal and weighs nearly 800 pounds.
| Going to the home of Mrs Tiuyille
/ Dclliugpr, in Iiellam township, Pa. to
attend her funeral. John w GrccuaWUlt,
! the womau's brother. found her at the
| door to welcome him. She was IN the
] best Of health. but was quite prepared
/ for the look OF ustouishment in his eyes,
| because friends ana relatives had been
| arriving all morning on the same errmd.
! Another Mrs. Dellinger. not even Il reIa.
| tive Of Grecnawat's sister, had died.
Although struck by an express train
! and tossed into the air like n ball, An
thony cerrates of t'reeland. Pa, lives to
tell the story. Cerrates, % years old
was on his way to work. and stepped of
the track at Dead Mans Curve" on
the Lehigh Valley railroad, to avoid 4
coal train, when he was struck by the
Philadelphia express going in the oppo
site direction. When the crew went
back 10 pick up the body they were sur
prised 60 find Cerrates alive and able t.
talk He suffers from gaping wounc
on the head and fracture of the skull
but will recover.