The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-08
:, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1869
Wonderful and Curious.


was found 10 be warm, and she finally
came hack to life.
A Portland steamer was found to be
going astray, on recent trip from Bos.
ton, owing to deviations of her com.
pass. The deviation it was also found,
was caused by the steel hoop skirt Of a
young lady who was in the pilot house.
and on her retiring the compass resumed
its proper position.
An English farmer has newly.born
lamb with seven perfect legs, upon any
four of which it can walk with case.
A CHALK MINE IN NORTH CARoLt.
NA.-Mr. Marberry, Of Davidson Coun.
ty, North Carolina, has discovered
chalk mine, very rich, on his land near
the. Mineral Springs.
NJ. G. Robin announces, in a paper
read before the French Academy of
Sciences, that, after surrounding great
difficulties, he has discovered that the
ray is an electric fish, although less so
than the several species of the torpedo.
A Miss Adams, Of Danville, Va, a
mature damsel Of sixty eight, is cutting
her fourth set Of teeth.
Near Reese River. in California, there
is All isolated Mountain, about 500 feet
high, whose surface on all sides, from
summit to base, is covered with gates.
Upon digging into the soil they are
found like potatoes in hill They are
oval in shape, and from one to four in.
ches in diameter.
The Santa Cruz CAL, Sentinal reports
that there was recently discovered IN
the forest which lies some seven miles
north of the town, largo board box,
six feet long and four wide, lined with
tin. On opening the box it was found
to be closely packed with fine clothes,
axes, picks, pans, kettles, &c. The
shirts had gold buttons with brass set.
tings, so corroded that the gold rims
came off at the slightest touch, and the
clothes turned to dust after few hours
exposure to the air, so long had they
been deposited. There were also Span.
sh spurs, gold.plated, which were so
rusted as to destroy much of the plat
ing.
ENORMOUS SpIDER.-A sudden pan.
lc fell upon the worshippers, on Easter
Sunday, in a)arge church at Lisbon.
An enormous spider was suddenly seeu
to descend to an ancient web that is said
to have existed for many years. The
creature was so formidable that the wo.
men began to scream, and scene of
general terror and excitement followed.
When Arachne was captured she was
found to lie with legs extended nearly
live feet long. She weighed six pounds.
A recent issue Of the Aontana Radta.
tor has all account of an important dis.
covery made in that section. 1t SAYS:
''The evidence adduced two weeks ago
as to the eXistance, at same far off peri
cd OF the past, of an antediluvian beast
ofmonstrons proportions, by the discove.
ry of molar or jaw tooth in the claim
of DR.. Fales in Last Chance Gulch, op
posite the end Of Broad street, has re-
ceived further confirmation by the dis.
covery ofan ivory tusk, in somewhat
docomposed state. about Is feet in
lenght. At the point of discovery it
measures l9 inches and in distance Of
6inches it increases to 223 inches, and
in distance of 46 inches it increases to
279 inches in circumference
j. p. BENJAMIN.-We learn that
judah p. Benjamin is in Montreal-let.
tiers having been received from him by
Louis Lyon, This half brother residing in
Worrenton, } as late as the 18th instant.
--Culpeper Observer, 9Th.
DIR. HAMLIN's CHoLERA REMEDIES.
There is o serious mistake in the formula
Of Dr. Hamlin's cholera specifics as pub
lshed in several religious and other Jour.
nails. The first prescription is stated thus
!, laudanum and spirits of camphor; 2,
tincture of rhuberb, equal parts; in conse.
quenee Of which apothecaries have made
the mistake of putting up one-half rhubarb.
whereas there should be equal parts each Of
laudannm, rhubarb aid camphor--- mate