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A strange and sanguinary report comes from Webster. It goes to the effect that on the night of July 4th, at an hour when every truly patriotic son of a Revolutionary tather should have had snakes in his boots, some sneak stole away to the house of Mrs. Mary Jane Bell, rapjed at the door and when Mrs. Bell n her night clothes answered the rap with her presence and inquired before opening, "Who is there and what is wanted?" answered that he was a neighbor's hired man who had a letter for her. Mrs. Bell thereupon opened the door a little way and thrust out her hand for the letter, when the skunk grabbed it and tried to pull lts owner out doors. To this Mrs. Bell immediately objected in the most practical and vigorous ma'nner. Some ladies would have asked to be excused till they could arrange a more presentable toilet and tie their back hair into a French knot, but Mrs. Bell didn't. She sailed into her antagonist in a lively fashion and the folds of her ghostly garb, which the twilight half concealed, half disclosed, fluttered in the breezes as she surrounded the enemy with both arms and began chewing his thumb. As soon as the news of this reached the scamp's brain he begged in the most humble manner to be released. After some difficulty Mrs. Bell choked hersel off and the uneaten portion of the man took to flight. Sheriff Brenner and Deputy Pe terson drove out to Webster to fine a clew to the fellow, if possible but all they found was one of Mrs. Bell's teeth on the front stoop. Several other teeth were loosened in the fight, but she has enough left for another "scrap" or two of the same sort, and the are not set in Goodyear rubber plate. Hurrah for Webster's lady man-eater!