Show dick s catfish two weeks agu amii living ft few miles from callhoun Cal lioun ga on the river lost a heifer about three years old ami as il was fine stock madu diligent search but cougil not find it A few anys ago a patty of young men fishing on alie river were attract cil by the smell of carcass and upon examining thu lo 10 and beli old they found n monster cattish which had swallowed the calf ami the horns of alm calf becoming entangled in the gill gilli i of the lish had drowned the lish tho feih measured exactly twenty three feet and seven incho and was five feet eight and one inches across the head andi from the length of alic whiskers was to be years ow calhoun Cal fOun fai bics A reporter on thursday lust read the foregoing extract to capt ain the celebrated mild cat fisli arm in of this city for the purpose of learning whether in lib opinion the story was worthy of credence captain H listened attentively to lie reading and stated that ani cadic alio biad swallowed me heifer as related anil cited several instances coming within his own ance to demonstrate tho ity gaminess lie captain termed it ot the mud callish in 1859 mid tho captain 1 I was fishing at booso island in the wabash with tom and jay mix when tom accidentally lost his footing and wai immersed in twenty feet of water As lie was a good swimmer homar hoM cr I 1 had no acari for liis safety when suddenly to my horror 1 observed a terrible commotion in alio water and instantly saw tom disappear within the jaws of an immense knowing eliat this spec kis of liah hid no lacerating 1 calmed myself with the thought that if I 1 could manage to capture tho monster the of tom would still bo as 1 should faud him alive and well in the belly jay and I 1 therefore captured one of john sheep which was feeding on the ailand through which we run longitudinally a bobit hook to which we attached our painter or boat ropo with this bait and tackle we commenced fishing for the catfish and in less thin ten minutes had him landed high and dry and foaud tom safely inside as safi iid and sound as if in a featherbed feather bed we measured his finny s und found him to be nineteen feel long one of tho largest I 1 over chught 0 yea said tho captain in conclusion you may efly upon the georgia catfish story ai being lafayette ind times there is something appalling in tho statement that and it half million false arc made year in philadelphia and thit gigantic total is still more when considered in with tho fact that the tamo city annually ive tons of powder designed to prevent alic necessity of folsa teeth utah road agents camp in full view of tho road tho united states authorities do not molest them because they do not disturb the mail and tho local authorities do not because tho stage company daru not make formal complaint against them sympathy for persons robbed in utah is wasted chawgo herald western A person unknown threw a quantity of i aun into the well of tho building where tho denver exposition is being held and rendering the water lor cd the visitors tho bec tanila or co boston post |