Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1891 — A Carrier Bat. [ARTICLE]

A Carrier Bat.

William Hester, of Spring Hill, Ha., has a large brown bat which he has trained to carry messages like a carrier pigeon. Mr. Hester took the uncanny bird to his place of business in New Castle, and having made arrangements at home to note the exact time of its arrival let it loose. The bat few r. mile in 27} seconds. The Siberian railway will be commenced this year, bfeginning at Obdivostook, the further end of the line. Our advices do not state whether or not the constructing engineers have determined to bridge over, or tunnel under such names as are given Russian settlements. '