Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23
SINGUIiARITIES,

A. n. Meals, of Moberly, Mo-, recently sold
n circus nan q COW weighing over $500
pounds.
Three hundred swapping turtles were taken
out of YELLOW Breaches creek, Cumberland
county, Pa, in one day, recently.
There is a peach tree in an orchard near
Tulare, Cal, on which are growing about a
peaches.
Solomon Marsh's farm, near Norton, Kansas.
The curiosity is a calf born without eyes. The
calf is perfectly formed, active and all right,
with the exception that 1t has no sign of an
eyeball.
Iowa takes the lead in the matter of twins.
Nine hundred and fifty Iowa mothers per-
formed double duty last year, adding l 800 to
the population of that thriving state. 1t is
said to be the easiest state in the Union to &C.
cumulate a family in.
While examining the waterworks of Rock
Island a few days ago, Mr.. Holly found in the
pumps masses Of accumulated dead fish, tur.
ties, chunks and other trash. A sucker" was
found In one of the pipes that measured three
feet nine inches long and weighed over fifty
one pounds.
A Calveras (Cal. man asserts that he killed
the largest rattlesnake on record last week. 1t
was nine fect in length and twelve inches
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be counted, besides some that were worn of,
and the rattles were three inches across. He
was killed only after being shot three times.
John Fleshen, of Money Creek, Illinois, has
an old rooster that has recently adopted a
brook of young chickens that were deserted by
their maternity. He constantly guards them,
scratches for them, and at night covers them
with his protecting wings.
w. r. Polston, of Nashville, Tenn, has a
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old, and of which The American says: Except
ing the fact that he possesses one leg less than
other members of his species, is II perfectly
formed animal.
A young man writes to The Courier-J ourna
that he knows of q Kentucky gentleman
"who has hair on his chest about eight inches
long, which appears about every two weeks
remains one week, and then disappears, only
to reappear again. This hair is of a light
shade of green"
On McDonough street, Atlanta, there is 4
cat with six legs. The sextipede is the prop
erty of n Mr., johnson. The additional tw,
legs are Just behind the cats front legs, ant
are joined to them by a thin skin. The cal
moves with ease and is not at all awkward.
The Calcutta Exhibition, which will oper
December 9TH Of this year, will be wonderful
for the notable collection of precious stones
which are to he shown. The great majority
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to lend their finest jewels, and among thes,
are some OF the ~costliest in the world. Tn,
collection viii be especially rich in diamonds
and pearls,
\ Baltimorean has u cage of monkeys. by
way of variety he put a cat in with them
much to their delight. On taking it out thu
other day there was terrible bowling on boil
sides. TIL cat refused TO eat, and the mon
keys sat l%ickingthe tears out of each others eye
for days. Finally the cat was put back, anC
then there was great joy. II licked all tn
little monkeys, andtLebig ones took turns hug
ging it until its tongue stuck out.
The big trees Of California are supposed h
be hoary with age that must be counted b,
centuries, but they are mere babies in thu
stretch Of eternity beside the venerable relic
of ancient forests that still thrive vigorously Il