Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-24
SlNGULAiSlTIES.

A phenomenal case is reported from the
west Lightning struck and killed gentle
man who was carrying an umbrella, without
injuring the umbrella in the least.
Near Chambersburn, Penn. a five
weeks'-old baby was attacked BY rat and
so severely bitten on the mouth and gums
that it is feared the child will die,
An autopsy on the body of Nelson Lee,
who was killed in Charleston, W. Va, a few
days ago, showed that his heart was stu
ated on the right side of his breast.
Joseph Davis, of Wayne county, West
Virginia, has daughter aged six years who
weighs 230 pounds. This is believed to be
the largest child of its age in the United
States.
A Georgia man has plymouth Rock
chicken over month old and astonishingly
lively, which has but one wing, the other
side being as smooth as the beast of an or
binary bird.
A Georgia man has mule that is driven
to school of week days and to church on Sun
days, and is so intelligent that if given the
reins he will go straight to his destination
according to the day.
Henry jackson, a coored man working for
a Mr.. Livingston, in Selby county, Georgia,
recently cut ten acres of wheat, averaging
Az bushels TO the acre, and drank one gal
lon of whisky during the day
They have wild girl at Guilford, Conn.,
poor, crazy creature for whom nobody
cares, who lives all alone in the woods, and
SOUS anu ulOdllS IL SDJhGU W. very ldJcly
she has given birth to Il child.
A crazy farmer of Ohio named Ladd was
kicked on the head by no rse the other day
and knocked senseless. When he came to
he was as sane as anybody, but could re-
| member nothing of the last fifteen years.
Three statues of Roman art were discov-
cred at Athens on May 20; one of the EN-
peror Hadrian, another of Antonius and the
third small Bacchus. All three are well
preserved and of excellent workmanship.
A Hoop snake has been captured by far
| mer at Floris, Ia, where it is now on exhi-
| bition. 1t is described as being 10 inches in
| length, with spiked tail, while "between
the eyes is u small socket in which the end of
| the tail fits when colled up like hoop.
| The wife of Buffalo physician has re-
| Gently been adjudged insane because of
| strange mania for fans. She was accus-
toned when out shopping, to purchase every
fan she saw, regardless of cost, and accumu-
lated a magnificent collection.
A meteor, at least that's what it is pro-
nounced, has been unearthed in the yard of
| residence at Greensboro, Pa. 1t is sup
posed to be the one which fell about twenty
| years ago, and which then attracted the at
| tention of astronomers throughout the
| country.
| An Akron (O.) woman's house was entered
recently and among other things carried off
| were five thimbleS, presents to the owner.
| Afterwards the thief learned that his victim
was charitable, and therefore he returned
the thimbles, together with giving his reason
| for so doing
| A farmer while driving along a country
| road near Sulphur Springs Tex, saw an old
| pot which had been washed up by the hard
| rain of "A few days before. Picking it up to
| examine 1t, he was astonished to find that it
| contained $4,000 IN gold. The money is
supposed to have been hidden by guerillas in
| war times
A dog in Davenport, Ia, having seized a
young sparrow that had dropped to the
sidewalk, was instantly set upon by half a
| dozen of the grown birds with a ferocity
that not only made him drop his prey, but
sent him off bowling with the blood flowing
| from several places where their sharp bills
| had struck HIM.
| A Savannah lady went 10 another lady to
| leave some flowers TO be placed on the grave
| of friend who died few days before.
| While returning home she was frightened
by a severe shock of lightning, and was
| stepping into q store TO wait for the storm TO
| pass, when she fell dead The flowers which
she carried TO place upon the grave of her
| friend were placed upon her own.
| While wOrkmen were digging a trench
| across the Boston common their spades
| struck against some hard substance, and
| upon excayaing further human bone was
brought to light. Work was then continued
| more carefully until an entire skeleton OF a
| man was seen. 1t was in fairly good state
| of preservation, and was not badly disiointed.
The bones are supposed TO be those of an In
| dian,
held at salem, Mass, James Ray, a
thief, laughed out at the judge when he
was sentenced to sit on the gallows
with rope around his neck for an hour,
and to be whipped with thirty-nine
stripes. The judge had not finished his
sentence when he was interrupted by
Rays contempt. He concluded with
the sentence Of three years to Castle is
land boston harborl, when Ray grew
pale, his head dropped on his breast, and
he said he would rather die than work.