Show WITHOUT much ceremony and no the city were last session of the council unanimously reduced they are now low but with city warrants payable in caeli full face value as a republican publican Ee administration has made tho warrants the salaries are enough compared with the low wadea in all other pursuits DEMOCRATS were eo anxious to secure part of Maple tons democratic vete for springville Spring ville that the required fifteen days notice was not posted in conformity with th law this may invalidate that precincts precinct a returns A A kentucky man caught a bg rattlesnake five and a half feet long anil kept it in his store in a bo with a gluss cover as a curiosity not ago he put a a frog box to feed liis rattlesnake the next morning the frog was out of sight but the rat was there and appeared very indifferent to the snakes presence clr rat remained undisturbed all that day but the confidently expected the snake to make a meal off the rodent that night in this however he was mistaken the next morning when lie examined the box he found the snake dead and the rat perched upon its head A large place in the rattlesnakes tle hide showed that the rat had satisfied his hunger with a dish of rattlesnake the box gave evidence of a struggle between the snake and the rat and the marks upon the snakes body allowed that the rat had been quicker with liis teeth than the snake had been with his fangs the rat was uninjured and ani kept aa a curiosity |