Widnes Examiner. — 1887-06-04 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

MILLIONAIRE DINING ON SNARS.—Jay Gould has brought it out with me until Wednesday. When I went on Monday moroing.—George Owen, 38, Cyril-street, said set New Yorkers to eating snails. Nearly every afterei to dinner I brought it back with me, and I had it in my , the two men each gave a man earned Fidler or Harrison 25 noon since his return from his Far Western trip their pocket all the time. I went and spoke to her, and asked as stakes, and beheld the money. Both men were willing great financier has stopped at the office of a Transatlan-1 her if she was going to be all right. Sho said No, and I to wrestle, and so far as he (leafless) could see it was a per, tic steamer company, stayed a few seconds in the agent's! fired at her." fectly fair match. After Hill had gone, no one had an idea sanctum, and emerged with a brown paper parcel, which A Same "RUNNING Asrucx."—A shocking tragedy that he was seriously hurt.—Henry Owen, the last witness's he carries home with the air of posseseing something? occurred at Kurrachee on the 20th inst. A sepoy of the tee" atated that after the match was arranged Eccleston very precious. These packages contained each about al 26th Native Infantry, having got possession of 40 rounds said he would give Hill the first bold. Hill accordinely quart of snails, of the species eaten in some parts of of ammunition, ran amuck through the lines at one took Eccleston by the neck with boih ham/a, and Eccleston France, and specially imported by some of the steam-i o'clock in the morning. He first shot two sepoys who took hold of Hilt by the legs and pulled him on to his back, ship men as a favour to friends. Mr. Gould got his were asleep in the bai•rack verandah. The alarm was Hill then threw Eceleston tight over bites, but Eccleston appetite for 'snails in New Mexico, however, ands sounded, and the regiment turned out, but nothing got hack on to him and asked if he was not the winner. Hill "got it bad," as one close observer declares. He, .could be done till daylight, when detachments were sent' admitted Eccleston had won, and then get up and said, "I has the things cooked under stringent orders) in varibus directions to search for him. Meanwhile the have hurt myself with throwing him."—By a .Juryman: to boil them first in their shells, then submerge them irei murderer proceeded to the soldiers' bazaar, and shot four When tbe men bed hold of each other they said they were a highly-flavoured sauce, and finally roast them. Theyt shopkeepers who were sleeping outside their houses. He ready. Witness did not see Eccleston butt with his bead.— are served hi the shells, which by this tame are' then went to the plain behind the infantry lines and shot By Mr. Swift : They were wrestling good-temperedly, and thoroughly browned. When eaten they are piled hot on: heve cartmen. When he found that the regiment had both tried their best.— John Harrison said he held a plate, after the manner of roasted clams, and the eater, turned out he took refuge in a stone enclosure, whence the stakes. They were deposited after the men extracts them by holding a shell in his left hand, while: he fired many rounds. The colonel called for volunteers bad bad two or tile° tries. Witness forgot to turn with a fork in his right he gets the curious morsel out.' to rush upon him, and two sepoys responded. When up the stakes after it was over, and Hill had gone home.— The taste is pleasant, if ono isn't, squeamish, and a liking they got within six yards of him he shot himself through Dr. Edward Casey said he was celled to see Hill the day is easily acquired for the "escargots," as they are called' the heart. The eleven men whom he had shot were killed after the occurrence. He was suffering intense pain in the in the restaurants, where they have been this week sud-' on the spat, or died in a few hours. • abdomen. Witness suspected that the bladder was rup- denly introduced. Some are brought from France, but' • lured, and ordered him to the hospital where he died on the bulk are gathered by boys in the outlying districts '