Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-09-25
CURIOUS THINGS


BY coincidence, while TROY ia n.
ne plus ultra of laundryism in this COW eue
try, there is 10 place in France 90 fsmon.
for perfection in the same art as Tron"u.s
GEO. LEcLERo, of Cooper CITY p
struck giant-powder cartridge into h.,
mouth, lit the fuse, and the expIos;o ,s
literally blew his head of. ''''0n
A PELICAN was shot down in Loo;s
lana the other day whose pouch had
capacity of five gallons, as ascertainsS
by actual test.
In the town of Marion, Va, there !.
a child living and growing whose nsoI
was broken several years ago and who's
head is supported by steel bars.
THERE is on exhibition at the Cincir
natl chamber of commerce mass of csr.
bonizsd corn, taken from the tomb ~
the mound-builders. The grain i
thought to be 500 years old.
A BLACK snake twelve feet long us
killed by dog at Forestburgh lstelv
Mrs. Burns, owner of the dog, was abont
to step over what she supposed to be
root, when the dog seized it, the blood
squirting over her clothing.
THERE are coal mines in Germany in
which the phenomenon OF subterranesn
waters having regular ebb and flow
has been observed. The scientific acada.
mics of Vienna and Berlin are STUDYING
it, and look for valuable additions to
our knowledge of the earth's interior,
A MAMMOTH sunfower has been
raised by Mr.. w. E. Fernald, at Brain.
tree 1t was propagsted from Californis
seed, measures twelve inches in diane.
ter and weighs four pounds. NOTHING
like it has ever before been produced in
this climate.
On Friday morning while gentleman
was playing water on the street in front
of an East Commerce street residence
little humming bird alighted upon the
hose pipe at the end near his hand and
drank of the spouting fluid as though
very thirsty for drink.-Bridystoun,
N. j., Daily.
"A MoON-BLIND man has been discover.
ed in Boston. He slept in the face of
the shining orb one night, and thereby
lost his night eyes. In the day time and
by the aid of artificial light, he can zee
as well as ever, but after dusk and in
the open air his sense of sight is wholly
lost.
A MAN with 5000 diamond in bis
shirt bosom leaned over hen.coop ma
Cincinnati market and hungry hen
picked off the jewel and swallowed it,
The thief was soon lost among the hun.
dreds, and there was no way of identity.
ing him. 80 the man bargained to have
them killed, one after another, until the
right one was found. To recover the
diamond cost him 1923.
THE forest near Dillon, Kan, has an
uncommon hermit in the person Of
young and not ugly woman, who lodges
in a rude hut, eats vegetables and game
of her own getting, and will not say
word to persons who intrude upon her,
1t is conjectured that she is insane; but
aside from her lonely mode of life, there
is nothing in her conduct to sustain that
| belief
The Clarksville Tobacco Leaf states
that, just after the big rain Tuesday, the
Hon. e. R. Henry discovered man in
his field who appeared intensely inter
ested in something, and going out to zee
what was the matter, found that the
man was gathering up little catfish,
which were lying so thick on the ground
as to be scraped up. bp the double hand
full.
AT post-mortem examination IN
lunstic asylum in Saxony needle WIS
found sticking in the heart. 1t hsG
been passed through the posterior wall
of the left ventricle. The patient,
man aged twenty five, had died Of
peritonitis; he had always felt well
previous to his last illness, and never
complained of any cardiac troubles IN
what way the needle entered his heart
remains unknown.
GEO IBER, brakeman employed Cd
the Collinsville branch of the Canai
railroad, Conn, is considered the stlong.
est man in the state. He can MI
heavy freighting truck simply oy Taxing
hold of the handles and is said to nave
lifted 200 pounds. Since he has peen
employed on the road he has proAen
three brake chains, and when ne pus
on" brake two men have all they WAN
to do to loosen it.
MRS. BELLE LAWSON, of Hagersto"n,
Md, has in her possession an aneisn'
breastpin containing three LOCKS Oh hsl.,
braided together very beautifully shJ Lis
from the head of the Father Oh nls
Country. 1t formerly belonged 70
Masonic lodge, and became the proPely
of Mr.. Lawson more than thirty, yea
ago. On the back of the pin is the ~,