Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1890 — A TRAMP'S LITTLE PLEASANTRY. [ARTICLE]

A TRAMP'S LITTLE PLEASANTRY.

'While the work pang of the Milwaukee road at’Earlyville, la., were eating their {breakfast at a boarding house near the railway track, on Monday, a tramp entered •the cab of the locomotive attached to the work train standing at the depot, and opened the throttle. The train pulled out with lightning speed, and although the railroad men saw it start, they were unable ,to overtake 1L Ten minutes later the engine of an incoming freight train was .detached and pursuit was made. The work train was found standing on the track seven miles west, but no trace was discovered of the thief. Steam was up in the engine, but the tramp was evidently afraid to run by the town, and so deserted bis stolen property. —«ni . m ■ A Mussulman woman has just died in Meeaa Meer, India, credited with 150 years of age. She was blind, deaf, and dumb, and nearly inanimate. Sbe died In the bouse of a grandson who Is over 80.