The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 25, 1906, Image 4
NARROW ESCAPE. 1
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The Thrilling Story of Miss
Ruth Porter's Rescue From
A HUGE DEVIL FISH
And the Capture of a Real Two Ton
Monster, After It Had Towed
Thirtei n Boats About the
Oulf of Mexico for
Four Hours.
Reports of the existence of gigantic
and ferocious devil-liahin the Gulf
of Mexico have long excited the curiosity
of those living upon and visit
itiK the Texan coast and h&vo frightened
bathers from Its be&chca.
It was realized that the devil-fish
was a rare and retiring creature,
which only attacked those who invaded
its retreats. Persons who
came in contact with the devil-fish,
if they escaped alive, wore so upset
by the hideous spectacle and their
own fears that their accounts of tte
appearance were oonllioting and unreliable.
Therefore, the truth aoout
the Gulf devil-fish has hitherto been
wrapped in mystery.
The mystery has at last been cleared
up by Colonel W. G. Sterett, a
distinguished naturalist and sports
man, of Austin, Tex. lie has proved
tbat the devil-fish really exists and is
a creature far lar#br aud stronger
than popular report has ever asserted
it to be.
(Jolonel Sterett, like most other
persons, assumed that the Gulf dovilfish
was a member of the octopus
iamny, or vrnioii mere aro undoubtedly
several sp?oies In these waters.
TUB DKVIL.-FI81I KOUT1C8 A I'AltTY.
Tils assumption of the Colonel wrvs
contlrmod by a very circumstantial
report printed in & local newspaper of
au encounter near Rockport, Tex.,
between a devil- ilsh and a gasoline
launch containing Mr. ITerbert Blge1
>w, of Boston; his tiancec, Miss Ruth
Porter, and an engineer. The launch
was running past a rook In a rarely
visited spot near the entrance of
Aransas Bay, when Miss Porter's
attention was attracted by an extraordinary
objeot lying near thesurfaoe,
looking like a long snake with knobs
all over It. She asked the engineer
to run in near It. lie did so, and
thrust at the strange object with a
boat-hook.
luaii? ilately they realized they had
attacked a savage lighter. The long
snake-like object raised Itself out of
the ws,ter and flung Itself over the
side of the boat, lta free end lashed
furiously around In searoh of soms>
living object to lay hold of.
Then the body to which the tenta
olo was att&ohod came In sight. It
war huge, shapeless, warty. Its most
appalling feature consisted of a pair
of round, tlixed, immovable, staring
eves. The head and body were apparently
one. Around it were at
least ten long arms similar to the
one which had llrst attraoed the at
tentlon of the party.
Miss Pvirter, who was leaning over
the side of the boat, was the first
person Belzid by the tentacle. She
afterward told an Inquirer that It
was an indcsorlb&bly sickening sensatlon
to feel the innumerable damp
sticky suckers of the octopus attaching
themselves, one after another, to
her person. She was powerless to release
hcnelf from the thing, which
was dragging her slowly over the side
of the boat. She oould pull one or
two of the suckers away with her
hands, hut this wm useless, for at
the same time a dozen others fastened
upon her. j
The engineer thrust fleroely at the
oreature with the boat hook and an 1
arm was thrown at him, but fortun- 1
ately it only caught the boat-hook
and he leaped back out of reach.
"Get the axe," yelled the engineer 1
with great presence of mind.
At this very moment he was caught
by one of the tentacles and struggled 1
vainly to escape.
Mr. Blgelow selz?.d the axe and
aimed a terrific blow at the tentacle 1
holding Miss Porter, who was making
a last despairing effort to save herself
from te rg dragged ovorooard. The
blow cut through the tentacle where
it lay on the gunwale of the boat and 1
the girl, released, fell back uncon?cl
ous.
Mr. Jhtfelow then used the same
method to free the engineer, but
* -a Ir.n/.lunH In a (inflii. I
IOULitl lilUiDDll uw in nuuviici
tentaole. The engineer took the ax*
and fre* d Mr. Hlgelow. lie then get
the botG under way and the devll-flsh,
weakened by the loss of blood and
three arms, Rave up the attack.
All the persona concerned in this
adventure h d scattered to various
parts of the cDuntry when Colonel
Sterett determined to go in pursuit i
of the devil-tish, and he was unable
to question any of them. i
The result of his search proved that I
the true devil-fish of the Qulf was not 1
an octopus, but a giant ray or skate, i
The report of the adventure of Miss <
Porter and her party must have I
arisen from some confusion of Ideas. 1
Colonel Sterett was at Tarpon, (n 1
Aransas Bay, ieoently when fisher- n
men brought In word that there was 1
a devil fish in the bay. Colonel 1
Steerett Induced the sportsmen who t
had oome there for tarpoon fishing c
to go in pursuit of the monster. They 1
oame upon it bashing in the sun, and %
i man In the leading boat aimed at It e
with a new harpoon of great power. 8
rhe following account of the astoundog
events that resulted la taken from f
Jolonol Sterott'3 own report: t
When the two men had reached 1
within a few feet of the tish, which u
evinced not the least fear, Klein got
up on the seat and with all his might
?for he Is a man of six feet and over,
rod of powerful build?hurled the t
harpoon at tho monster. With a
holt of steel about the length of a
railroad spike with the weight of
eight feet of balMnoh iron rod be- c
hind it and with a man of marvel- .
lous strength Impellng It the harpoon
sank Into the mass of meat several 1
inches. Thera was a boiling of water, i
The bow of tho boat sank deep and j
away It went for the Gulf.
General Cleary and his boat were
oloser to the tish than any other per {
sons at the time the harpoon was 1
thrown. Ills boatman started in
pursuit, and when the tish made its |
tlrst swerve he threw a line to the
boat of Klein and Farley. Now it
had two boats to pull with four men.
Soon It ^rade another deviation and 1
another boat threw its anchor In the
Cleary boat. Ail the other boats,
seeing the success of Cleary, wem
rushing as fast as they could to do ah 1
be bad done. The result was that In !
half an hour the beast was towing 1
thirteen boats, in eeoh of which were 1
two men. The most of these boats 1
wore heavy sixteen-foot boats used for
tarpoon and sea fishing, while some 1
of thera were gasoline launches
It was about 10:.'10 o'clock when 1
Kline threw the harpoon. Eleven 1
o'clock came and the monster was ;
sourrylug around with apparent ut- 1
most ease. Out to tho ocean buoy, 1
haunni"! tho Doaa I-nw**? hn I
- m-wj uujumu uuv; i Qoa uuujr ui3 vfI'llt
with ills string of boats, and around it '
aga'n. Odoo he went so close to it. *
that wo thought he would foul or foul :
uh on the chain of the boaoon, but '
there was no trouble. Then out in the
Gulf he went until the land had al- '
most faded.
Twice, when he was ciroling, he 1
took short cuts and went under the J
boats. In each case it was all the
vorld like a mad beast surrounded,
that had resolved to break through 1
A8 he made these moves there was a
scurrying In the boats, an untying of 1
towlines and a breaking away each '
boat for itself. 5
At about half past twelve It was 1
agreed to hoist a signal of distress,
and call out the life-saving cr^w. So '
we hoisted a red and a white hand
kerchief on a tishing pole and stuck it 1
as high as possible toward the sky. At '
this season of the year the life saving '
service has a man at each station in
the cupola on the top of the building.
The watoh at the pass saw the signal 1
with his glasses he ascertained our 1
trouble. lie notified Mr. Gutter, who, 1
mlhli onnfhai" 1
n ivli miuuiioi IIM< 11 aim U
rltlo, shooting a 80 30 soft nosed bul- '
let, came out to where we were with
what was onoe our prize, but which
now had about roversed conditions and
made us its prize.
Then Klein, Farley, Crow and Cot <
ter used their supreme efforts to pull i
the ilsh to the top. For a time their
efforts were unavailing- But after a i
while the line slackened a little and j
the bulky thing began to rise. Up, up
it came, th? personification of stubbornessand
weight. When within two ]
foet of the surface Cotter with all hi* i
force, throw his harpoon. The mon
ster, stung again, threw one of its i
flippers in the air, sank in a Hash and \
was gone again. Men who had been i
standing up In their boats to witness <
what they hoped would be the coup de ]
maltre, fell back In their seats with a i
back dislocating jolt. Again the ;
monotonous travel around the Oulf \
began. It was about 2 o'clock. Two ]
ropes were attached to the tlsli now, r
and the two could be used by two \
orews to stop him and get him to the l
surface.
A 81IOWKU OF BXI'LOSIVK HULLF/rS.
Then it stopped. Now was the time
for strength. On the bott om the orcat- t
ure lay, fully eighteen hundred i
pounds in wotght. The two crows h
bent over to get hold of the ropes as i
near the water as possible. They t
heaved. From every throat came a
a# -A i
onccuo ui cuuuurttKQlIiquii. JL'uey Q6&V- V
ed again, and there was slack in the y
ropes. Again the cheers arose and I
the monster weigut gradua'ly came o
up to the surfaoe Cot/.er st!z3d his y
rifle. lUngl There was a splash, c
Awsy vt2Du the boats rgaln. Again r
the oresdure slowed up. Again s\i "
pr9rr.e?t effsrt lifted It to tho top. 11
Again, bang! Th"D, baog bang! The p
[veature sank. But there was no u
tighter lug of iho ropes en the bor.ts p
lb had sunk, undor nr.ortr.l, paralyzing 'u
wounds, blowly again it w:\a brought r
to tha top. The bioou from It. reddened
the sea all around. Ropes were at
tachcd to It, and then fastened to the
big launch, and back toward the ho- ,]
tei It was towed. a
The floh measured twelve feot aoross f]
and somewhere about suveu cr eight i
faet In length. There were no series r
to weigh it on, but the taxidermist
located at the P*?s, who preserves y
tarpon and other fish and birds lor Lthose
who desire to decorate hom^s, \
estimated the weight at between 1,500 i
and 2,000 pounds. Two boatmen est! d
mated It at that weight from the t
strength required to get it on the t
beach and to swing it up by biGOk e
and tackle. Its skin was like that of
a shark, though courser, and felt
like sandpaper. Its mouth resembled
a covered road soraDer, and It is evi ,
lent that It was used as a scraper on j1
the bottom of the sea, the flippers attacked
to eaoh side of the orlfloe, for 6
t oould hardly be oalled a mouth, 8
ilnce it was fixed and immovable, be- *
ng used to fan food Into the orlfloe. *
Fho Inside of the mouth appeared to p
>e large enough In this specimen to ?'
lontaln the contents or a barrel. The
ower part looked like the cooking ap J
euratus of a gas stove. It was gridiron
d throughout and these gridirons or
eines were movable.
The vitality ot things was wonder*
ul. It towed thirteen boats and twenysix
men for miles, and from about
0 o'olook In the mortilDg till 10 minilea
past 2 In the afternoon.
RICH UUT FOR8AKKN.
(on of Millionaire Arrested In New
York for Forftory,
Bmil lleresford PLokhardt, the son
>! a mult-millionaire, brother of a
jaroness, ?nd at onetime wealthy In
lis own right, but now unable to furilsh
even $1,000 oasb ball, was arralgned
In the West Side polloe court,
jharged with circulating a number
)f chocks that he knew to be worthless.
Not a relative or a friend was by
Ills side as he faced the magistrate.
Even his lawyer deserted him at the
last moment so that be was forced to
auk for an adjournment. And that
little was granted to him, his oase be*
Ing hold over.
Dressed In an Ill-fitting "pepper and
j<' suit, P.ckhardt presented a
Htrlking co:itia<t to the straight,
3lr.au cut, fashionably clad man of
ivo yoars ago At thv.c time ha was
wfalthy and lived in luxury at Hemp
tead, L. I lie was a captain In the
linth regiment, but of his military
;areer he makeu no boasts, for when
oo resigned in the thrilling days ef
18U8. ho was dubbed "The Coward
Japtaln," and in camp his tent one
light was pulled down upon him us
le slept. Then when he took refuse
n his house at Hempstead, men of
jit company Rought him out and
itormed tho place with stones and
g*'s. It was said that he did not
lare go to tho front.
Piokhardt Is the son of the late Sid
ley Beresford Plckhardt, who made
mllllonn In tho whosesale drug husl
aess. and lived In a mansion at Fifth
ivenue and Seventy-fourth street.
Pick hard t's sister mairied the Baron
Loefelz von (Joberg. Ills mother Is
oow living in Frankfort, Germany.
Piokhardt Is charged wlt-h circulating
checks of the Dominion Fire Iniu
ranee company, drawn on tho CltlsenB
Trust and Safe Deposit company
of Tacoma, Wash. It Is declared
that the latter concern exists only in
tils Imagination. Five oomplaintants
appeared in court. One of them, Harry
W. Shattuck, of No. 20. Maiden
lane, a j weller, said Plckhardt had
ohtained a diamend ring worth $850
from him without gayment. Piokhardt
admitted to this and said he
rwd given the ring to an actress now
playing in Boston. He gave Shattuck
a letter to her asking for the
return of the ring, and the Jeweller
left Immediately for Boston.
Want Thorn Looked After.
Gov. (Jobb, of Maine, received a let
tor last week from N. H. Ilarrlman,
of Uoston, formerly connected with
the Holy Ghost and Us Colony at Shlloh,
af^klng that execut Ion action be
taken to eliminate sufferings in tlio
Shlloh Colony. Tae communication
was accompanied by a letter from Mrs.
Fred Gallatt, whoso husband sold &
prospering plumbing business at Ta?oba
and gave tbe proceeds to Shlloh.
Mrs. Gallatt, who has just left Shlloh,
says It was nothing lost than a
prison for her, and that for the last
month of her live years' stay the
jhlef article of food was mush, made
from musty meal. Governor Cobb
says he is not empowered to take any
aotlon, the courts being the only
means of dealing with the matter.
VI rs. Galllatt's husband Is with &u
ixpeditlon bound for the Holy Land
leaded by tbe Rev. F, W. Sandford,
eader of Shlloh.
MuHt l*?y or i^uit.
There has been much trouble at
ihi 3 Florence colored graded oohool.
According to toe law of the ell y
ohools a supplementary fee of 12.00
s required of every child upon his enranee
at> the beginning of tbe neslon.
It seems that the negro pupils
vere so derolict in this matter last
'ear that the superintendent, Dr. J
j. Manu, dccldtd he wou'd not tolrate
the tioubleand delay aga'n this
ear. Dr. Manr.LcoordtntflyanucuL.o(1
to the negroes that unlets tiie mr.t
loulatlon fee was paid ou c ue time he
vould te oonr pelled to cvpel the deloquents.
Tiue to his w,.rni?.tf, ne
nooeeded to txpel Dior?* than oneall
of the- solMiars, ai d notified tiie
irlncipal and teac hers to alio v noie 1
o reenter without llrst p~yln# the
cqulred fee.
A tloodo Curve.
The Columbia Ujcord says the
core superstitious local railroad men
,re batflnnlntf to think tlioro's a hcoloo
aoout McMasccr's All. the sharp
Ittle rever.ite curve two miles north
if Winnsboro, where the disastrous
yreck of Sunday occurred. The cier- i
low repair ntf the damage turned turle
and hurt two men Timuriav ?nH
? ?I w ?U
Yodnesd&y It turned over again.
Cms time It blocked the track and
lelayed trains for several hours. With
he death last night of Henry Gates,
he oolored fireman, the wreck olalmd
Its fourth victim. 1
Twelve IiOHt In Flvo.
At Birmingham, Ala., early Thursay
morning at least twelve persons
jst their 11 yes In a fire whloh destroy- .
d a boarding house at Twenty eighth
treet and Third avenue. The bous? |
ras filled with lodgers, manycf whom
re re in bed when the blaze started. A j
snlo followed when they were awakned
and some were killed by Jumping
rom windows, while others were un
bit to esoape and were burned to j
sath. ]
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
Ban Salvador Devastated and Many
Litvos lleported Lost.
A dispatch from San Salvador uder
date Oat- 10 sayB a tempest has t
raged incessantly for ten days
throughout the Republlo, flooding
the rtoh valleys, principally that of
Mtjada, and resulting in great loss of
life, and the destruotlon of cattle
andorops. The Salvadoren man-ofwar
lzaloo was lost at Aoajutla.
I The topography of various departments
has been changed, buildings i
have fallen, burying their tenants in
the ruins and the iron bridges over
the prlnolpal rivers h we been oarried
away. The aqueduots and eleotrlo
light plants at Sonsonate and Salvador
have suffered heavy losses.
The railroads, telegraphs and commerce
are paralyzed, but tratllo is being
restored in some towns of the Republic.
The rivers are bringing down the
bodies of persons drowned in the
storm, and the oarcasses of cattle,
and the sight of these tend to increase
the terror of the people.
The 1 sues are Incalculable. Guatemala
and Honduras also have suffered
severely. It is said the losseo
there will amcu it to many millions
of dollars.
MIAMI I1AKD IIIT.
Miami, Fla-, has been vlsltod by
the must destructive storm in years.
H, struck die town about three o'olock
Thursday morning. The damage
wrought throughout the olty will
amount to many thcuiand dollars,
it belug impossible now to give anything
like accurate tlgures. Many
houses wore blown down.
Steamkr Wkkckkd.
The loss of the steamer St. Luce
has been continued# She sailed from
Miami on Wennesday morning and
w?u> c&ugus in Ltie storm. Another
steamer arrived In pori, bringing six
ty wounded, which were taken to the
hospital. It is said there were 28 dead
bodies that could not be brought to
Miami on the steamer.
AN I8LAN 1) KFFULl'KD.
Caot. Bravo, of the steamer St.
I Luce, said he anchored on the leo side
of Elliotts Key, twenty live miles
south of Miami Wednesday morning
and that soon after a tidal wave engulfed
the Island. He says there
^vero 2f)0 residents on the Island, all of
whom were loat. The St. Lucie was
crushed by the same wave, and of the
one hundred persons on board twenty
five were killed. C&pt. Bravo was
seriously Injured
FIFTY DllOWNKD.
A barge containing one hundred
people is said to have been torn away
from its moorings at Elliot's lv3y
and afterwards picked up near the
Bahama Islands, fifty of her passen >
gers having besn drowned.
It Is belelved that a portion of the
Florida Fish and Pro.iuoe Company's
llaet were drov. ucc!. Manager Adams
sent out one of their boats Thursday (
morning to look for the men and boats
and on their return thev r?nnn,Ari r??
* - - ??I
sign of the tl>et. The fishing nets
were found stsewn upo the shore. .
SAILED DESPITE WARNINGS.
The steamer St. Luoie belongs to '
the fleet of the Florida Eist Coast ]
Railway and is employed iu oarrying i
workmen to and from the extension 1
work on tho Keys. Deipite the storm f
warning, Capt Bravo sailed for Key '
Sargo with a large number of work \
men aboard. The steamer was oaught I
In the storm and was driven ashore
with the awful loss of life reported in 1
the foregoing. 1
IIAVANNA SUFFERS. '
A dispatch from Havanna says the *
cyclone which oommenoed there on .
Wedrisday afternoon reached its full
fury t a Thursday morning. A num- 1
ber of smaller oraft and lighters were <
sunk, and some houses were blown w
down. The total number of deaths [
was 20, all Cubans of the poorer class. :
The a.e a number of sailors among the
dead. Sev?r?J ur>r>rc\ nt
?..... \jl luugauuroiuoD
and sailors were Injured.
HOUSES KILLED, 0
Quartermaster General Humphrey, o
tf be army Friday-nlirht reoelved a
nlspatob from Quartermaster Baker,
at H ivanna, as follows: "Oubana
arrive 1 this marnlng at 7 o'clock and
mcoimtered heavy weather. Her J
.'or coast oomepletely Rone: malnma.t
top gone. No men injured. Con- ^
uidora >le number of animals killed and 1
Injured. Will report exact number 81
with full particulates soon as can be *
ascertained." Standard
Oil Guilty.
At Flndlay, Ohio, the jury in the
Standard Oil case oame into court at
4:35 Friday moruing with a verdict
KUlloy. The jury retired at 8:30 Wednesday
nlirht and remained nlnaoio
w ?VtVOWi/
gu udod uatll the vordiot was announced
Friday morning. The Standard
Oil Company was charged with
violating the anti-trust law in combining
in restraint of trade. The penalty
Is a 11. e from $500 to $1,000,
which may be renewed for each day
that c flense, or imprisonment not exceeding
12 months. The Standard
Oil Company has given notice it will
apply for new trial.'
Oivon Forty Years.
Robert Braham, the Atlanta negro s
who made the attempt to assault
Misses Mabel and Kiith Lawrence In r
the suburbs of that oity the 20 of ,
August, has been convicted and given K
forty years in the penitentiary. ft
Fearful ilatlroad Accident. p
A hundred lives are reported killed 0
n an accident Friday on the railway ^
ine from Moscow to Krusk Russia.
THEY ABE ALLIES.
rHE UEPUBLI0AN9 HKL1* ALONG
WALL 8THEET,
And In Return WaJI Street Help the
Republicans With Campaign
Funds. K
The extraordinary measures of the
United States Treasury to aid the
frenzied financiers of Wall Street,
will only give temporarily relief. The
gold foroed from abroad by paying a
premium for it there, will return to
Europe if the balance of trado demand
it in settlement. The $159,000
000 loaned to the seleoted and therefore
favored banks, will have to be re
turned to the Treasury, or more
bonds will have to be sold to replenish
the balance in the Treasury and so
help out Wall Street. A sound financial
policy would not have required
the late sale of Panama bondB and
thus saddle the people with an interest
bearing debt, when millions 'were
on desposlt in the banks not dratfTg
any Interest.
A business man who would issue
his notes while he had a large balanoc
at his banker's which was earning no
return, would be thought non compos
mentis and his friends would ask that
a guardian be appointed to prevent
him from Ki'iandariug his pre party.
Why dees Secretary Suaw. President
Rooevelt consenting, take this loose
and uribuslncss like course? The only
answer can be that the Wall
Street influence In Republican Councils
Is more influential than the interests
of the people. The Rockefeller
influence ha? been all powerful, while
the people have had no friend at
court. V> '
The accredited agent of the Rockefeller
Joankinir interests oau be seen
dally at the United States Treasury
consulting ana advising with the ofll
cials and even ordering them what to
do and all that is done favors the
Rockefeller Interests. The division of
the. $56 000,000 just loaned to the
baukH all ovor the country, is really,
loaned to Wall Street institutions,
for high rates for mouey there will
foroe the money there to that oeuter
or the banks reoelvlug it will
not draw the money that they have
on deposit in the Wall Street banks
or loaned on call, which will virtually
allow the Wall Street speculators to
use the money just deposited with
the banks.
The United States Treasury was
never intended to become an adjunct
of Wall Street to bolster up its ndost
disreputable speculators, but under
Republican management tbat is what
ithasoome to and yet the present
Administration professes to be reformers
of abusts.
Wn ck on CoAHt Litno.
A terrible wreck occurred near
Dutin, N. 0.. on the Short-cut dlvls
Ion of the Atlantic CJoast Line Il\ll
way, about 10.30 o'clock Thursday
eight In which two members of the
brain crew were killed and three others
seriously Injured.
The dead are: Conductor Walker J.
Purbevllle, of Florenoc; Brakeman
Kills Covington, colored, of Florence.
The injured are: Engineer W. G. McLiuchllu,
of Fayettevllle, N. C., leg
ind body bruised, and Fireman Judge
Jratg, oolortd, of Florence, seriously
icalded. Flagman Charles E. M. nu,
white, of Florencer was seriously injured
by being thrown against end of
blie caboose,
The train that was wreoked was
the tirst section of No. 210, the northDound
fast frc ight, from Florence to 1
South Rocky Mount, N. C. It was '
ipeeding along at the rate of about 1
Shirty miles an hour. The wheels of ,
she mouster looomotive mounted the
rail between the switch and the frog
)f the side track that leads to the
Southern Cotton Oil Mill plant, about 1
me mile north of Dun, N. C., and
then fell on the ties and burled Itself
)roadside In tbe dltoh on the drernan's t
tide, about two cars' len ths from
vhore it left the rails, and ten box i
ars piled themselves high in the atfe <
n top of the looomotive. The cause* ,
f tbe wreok oannot be ascertained. r
President's Sympathy,
President Roosevelt sent out the
allowing telegram himself over the
rath of Mrs. Jefferson Davis:
'Pray accept the most sincere sympa- [
hyof Mrs. Roosevelt and mysalf." j
'be president and Mrs. Roosevelt al* j
o sent flowers for the funeral of i
irs. Davis.
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PRACTICAL JOKBR 8H0T.
A Fat mer Trie* to Hoore One or HU
Tenant*.
Near Paducah, Ky., as the result
a praotloal J )ke attempted on a colored
tenant on his farm on the Mayfield
aoad, Rlohard Bell, a dairyman, is
oontlned to his bed with a load of
squirrel shot In his back.
The Southern limits of the city on
the May held road have been terrified
for a week with stories of wolfe, and
Spenoer Young, a negro tenant employed
by Bell, who goes to work at 4
o'clock every morning, became greatly
concerned because he did not have a
gun with which to proteot himself on
his way to work.
Bell loves a Joke, and after thoroughly
frightening Young with stories of
the animal's alleged depredlatlons
Tuesday night he hid along the road
Thursday morning and as Young approached
In the gloom, crawled out
on his hands and kness and growled.
Young, however, had become so
completely terrified that he night
before ho had walked to the house of
a neighbor a mile away and borrowed
a shotgun, which he charged with
squirrel shot. As he saw the figure
and heard the grow^ of the supposed
animal, he let go with both barrels
and then ran.
The shot took effect in B H'b bfok
and side YouDg ran X.rf the farmhouse
and told of meeting the wolf and shoot- '
lDg at it. The others wore In on the
joke, and, fearing lest toe negro had
shot too well, returned with him to
the scene, where they found Bell
writhing in pain.
Doctors have been engaged most of
the day in picking hquirrol Rhot out of
lull's skin, but he is not sorlously
wounded.
Linttlo With Koblitirs.
At Auxvasse, Mo., Paris Bartley,
candor and F. C. Stokes, assistant
cashier, suprised two r.;bocrg at work
in the Auxvasse State Bank to day.
Armed with shotguns, the bank officials
tired thirty shots at the robbers,
wbo after tiring tifteon revolver shots
in return, escaped on horseback, getting
away with two hundred dollars
In cash. One of the robbers was
wounded, leaving a trail of blood behind.
Flominh WoftvorH Coining.
Two hundred and lifty-elght Flemish
weavers, with their families, left
Ghent for Bremen whence thoy will
sail on a steamer of the North German
Lloyd Lino direct for Charleston,
S. C. They form the first Instalment
of a considerable immigration movearranged
under the auspices of the
Government of Rdgum and til? authorities
of South Carolina.
Nino litvos 1 jOHt.
Nine lives were loss in the hurricane
which swept the eastern coast
of Nicaragua last Saturday, accoming
;o advices received. The loss of life
was in the village of Pearl Lagoon,
which is reported to have been entirely
destroyed. The full extent of
the damage 13 not yet known. The
hurricane covered an area of several
hundred fquare milea
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