Show A eid kid gloved samson A correspondent oe of the chicago journal ct ot the april relates the following feat of strength to which he was witness on sunday last about nine am as the train westward was within three or four 0 ur miles of chicago on the fort wayne road a horse was discovered on the stilt work and between the rails the train was stopped and workmen were sent to clear the frack frick it was then discovered that the body of the horse was resting resting on the sleepers his ie les leg ies legg t s having passed the open spaces were too short to reach the ground boards and rails were brought and the open space in front of the horse filled up making a plank road for him in case he should be got up and by means of ropes one of his fore feet was raised and there matters came to a halt it seemed that no strength or stratagem could avail to release the animal levers of boards were splintered and the men tugged at the poles in vain when a passenger who was looking looking quietly on stepped forward leisurely slipped off a pair of tinted kids seized the horse by the tail and with tremendous force hurled him forward upon the plank road no one assisted and indeed the whole thing was done BO so quickly that assistance was impossible the horse walked away looking foolish and casting suspicious side glances towards his caudal extremity the lookers on laughed and shouted while the stranger resumed his kids muttered something about the inconvenience of railway delays lit a cigar and walked slowly into the smoking car he ile was finely formed forme cly olp of muscular appearance was very fashio nab v y dressed wore a moustache and whiskers of f an auburn color and to all questions as to who he was only answered that he was a pennsylvanian traveling westward for his hh health the horse would certainly weigh at least twelve hundred dudley late of the dragoon corps serving under col johnston in utah has been before the haskin harkin committee on public expenditures tures and testified that a large number of mules and other property belong ng to the government were sold at auction in utah where a few persons were the purchasers when if the same property had been forwarded to california as it mih mig might have been it would have bromy browl brought hta a handsome advance on the original cost G gat gmt the best remedy for rheumatism halls Sars sarsaparilla avarilla arilla yellow tellow dock dork and iodide of 8 6 som din gin |