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Rats Killed Prize Pigeons.

Therefore they Cannot be Entered in Show Next Week. One of the tragedies of Fowlland took place night before last when rats entered the Hutton-Totterdale coops, attacked two valuable blue magpies, killed them and ate their heads off. The magpies were registered and were to have been entered in the poultry show, hence the grief […]

Canine Justice.

Eskimo Dogs Seem to Have Laws of Their Own. In his voyage of polar exploration Commander Fiala observed among his dogs a sort of government quite independent of that of their keepers. They were of the Eskimo variety and were trained to work in teams. In their general conduct, however, they acted as a community, […]

A Terrible Fish.

Among the inhabitants of the sea which, from their size or strength, have been termed “monarchs of the ocean,” are the saw-fish and the swordfish, which are formidable enemies to the whale; but it is not merely on their fellow-inhabitants of the deep that these powerful fishes exercise their terrible strength. Some singular instances are […]

Horses.

A very brilliant entertainment has lately come off in Paris, at the Grand Hotel, on which occasion the meat supplied to the guests consisted principally of horse-flesh served in various styles. There was nearly a hundred persons present, including many distinguished ladies. Several English noblemen, as well as titled Frenchmen, professors and savants sat down, […]

Native Boy’s Daring Feat.

Kills a Venomous Black Snake for a Small Reward. A road party, comprising the usual gang of natives were employed on the construction of a road in the Tugela valley, Natal, about 30 or more years ago. In the course of their work they came on a huge stone which it was necessary to remove, […]

Students Chase Of Cats Rouses Town.

Because the students of the Kansas University, at Lawrence, are stealing all the cats they find loose in the town for dissection in the zoology classes the people of the city have applied to the state authorities for assistance. They demand that the state furnish the cats to the university and that cats be sent […]

Fight With A Swordfish.

Fisherman Anthony Dexter is knocked Out of Boat by Monster. Lucky Blow on the Head Kills it When Man is Almost Exhausted by Battle. Anthony Dexter, a member of the crew of the fishing schooner Eva and Mildred, and a 300 pound swordfish engaged in a battle for life in a twelve foot dory, and […]

Show Train Wreck.

Over Score Of People Killed And Fifty Hurt. Circus Trains Collide at Durand, Mich., and Men and Animals Perish-Wallace Brothers Show in Terrible Accident-Air Breaks Fail. Twenty-two persons were killed and about fifty injured in a wreck on the Grand Trunk road a mile from Durand, Mich., Friday. One section of Wallace Brothers circus train […]

Funny Things Will Happen. Dog Chases Cat Between Two Buildings, Both Wedged There.

You see it was this way. The dog saw the cat and chased it. The cat naturally ran. It sought refuge between a blacksmith shop and a private dwelling on Washington street and there it stuck. The dog pursued and it stuck between the walls also. A crowd gathered, clothes poles and broom sticks were […]

Dog Bit Her Fifty Times.

Chicago, Sept. 28.-Mrs. Elizabeth Bowles, 243 West Twelfth street, was attacked by a Newfoundland dog which bit her a least fifty times when she went to the aid of her three-year-old daughter, who had fallen down a flight of stairs. The dog thought it was defending its little companion. Mrs. Bowles’ condition is serious. The […]