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Show i Ou Friday morning, a desperate battle was fought at the southeast I corner of the Tithing Office yard, I in the city of St. George, and the County Prosecuting attorney, the City Marshal, an ex-city marshal, the County Sheriff as also an ex-doputy ex-doputy sheriff, were all there qui-: qui-: etly looking on while many were killed in the conflict, and all they could do was to express their sur-; sur-; prise at what they saw. The facts are as follows: Two colonies of 1 red ants, one of the small species , and the other of the large variety were at war in earnest, the small ants being the victors, and they slaved the large ones by the thousands, thev had a trail ac-ross ac-ross the side walk which, a little way otf, looked as though some one had made a track of molases across the side walk and they packe ' and dragged the d sad ones off by wholesale. They attacked the huge ones on the legs and soon you could see the large ones weaken and then the small ones would mount on the backs of the large ones and they were booh dead. The ground was red with dead large ones and they continued until searcely a large ant was left. The small ones worked like beavers beav-ers packing them into the wall which appeared to be the home of the smaller ones. It was certainly a curious sight to behold. |