Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1878 — An Alligator in a Street Car. [ARTICLE]

An Alligator in a Street Car.

A gentleman enters with a WoOden box 2}-feet long and takes his seat, carefully placing the package across his knees. His rlght-nand neighbor rises to give place to a man with a pet of crimson paint, and clinging to a hand-strap and standing on one foot, •enjoys a chat with a vivacious lady on the opposite side of the car. An ab,niut application of the brake causes to describe a half circle and to o with considerable force one end cos ic ntrange box, displacing its light r and tilting it to an angle of fortydegrees. Forthwith a promising ig alligator Hops over on the floor. ac . man of paint shot upward like an th*, w from Hiawatha’s bow, upsetting 7-T-- trimson paint on the young gentleman's pantaloons. The sudden jar given to the alligator, with the gratuitous bath of a foreign element, seems to render the sleepy emigrant from the bayou frantic for a moment. At this moment the driver and horses catch the infection, one dropping his brake and the others plunging forward, while the conductor at the rear is violently jerking his bell and vainly trying to open the door. Under the impression that he is already bitten, the young gentleman hops on one foot and groans, and the young lady, who is standing on the seat, attacks the amphibious strauger with her sun-umbrella, until the box lid is closed upon him.- Cleveland Leader.

The Deutsche Lnlung guarantees the accuracy of the following particulars respecting the new situation in the Balkan Peninsula: Servia is to get 164 geographical square miles, containing 216,000 inhabitants, of whom 92,000 are Mussulmans. Montenegro is increased by fifty-eight square miles, containing 45,000 inhabitants, including 15,000 Mussulmans. The Dobrudscha, comprising 199 square miles, and 194,000 inhabitants, of whom 100,000 arc Mussulmans, is destined for Roumania. The new Bulgarian State extends over 2,562 square miles, with 3,822,000 inhabitants, of whom 1,430,000 are Mussulmans. Turkey thus loses 2,938,000 square miles and 4.457,000 inhabitants.