Show V VUmt It It 1 Iho residents of a certain blork m tho iglilh I vv ird of this city ire in a slato of oxcitcmcnt over the discover in several ihirerenl coops ot over nmel dead chickens On Mondav niht uoinotttno bctucen II ind U I clock u noiso was heard in several lof tho hen coops on tho block in question Dili n seirui lor mo cause failed to discover the nature of tho intruder in-truder esterdaj morning tlio chickens m several of tho coops were all found dead with no murk on the hoc except a bile or punch of some kind which hid broken tho back bono of Iho birds Tricks resembling those of a Iule clog wero found in tho Yiclnlt of some of the coops but these could not bo found about the others One coon was strongly built and tho door fastened with i i wooden button = but-ton which had been torn clear off and tho door left w idu i open Another i nop is il 1r nafJ lrt f tOl f l built I of strong slats fourteen feet lifuh ind the door was firmly locki Him hid beui entered anil ho door was found just as U had been oft Nuno of tho slats wero broken ind vet thirtj lll ffj ciht thickens wero found dead with nothing to show for it except the pceuh mark ibovo mentioned One of till other coops was surrounded by a Iitli fence and several of these had been broken to mako the entrance and exit One of tho peculiar itures of Iho occurrence oc-currence is tho fact that over chicken was killed in each coop not a Hlnje one having i Bcu > ed and though all the birds had tho Hiinu mark on them each coop Iliad lioeii entered in n dillcient manner It was at Ihat supjiosed that it was n wcificl but us that animal alwavs sucks the blood and UN tho tracks discovered werocntircl too larco for a weasel the theory was ien up Among tlio principal losers were Mrs Clumbers Mrs Mines and Mrs Smith and till total number of chlcKcnn lost is 1111 anovciuiinct All tho neighbors iru busy trying to gucsH what it vvas but ho far nothing pliuslblo has lxcn Hiitgcsled Lvcr thing has been guessed from tho gliost of Chicken Charho down to in Ogdcn miisqulto |