Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01
SlNGULARlTIES

a mass of copper weighing about twenty
tons has been found at Copper Falls, Mich,
and is being cut up into northumberland
chunks.
DIR. Dye, OF Jessup, Ga, has a cow that is
perfectly hairless throughout spring and
summer, and only puts her coat on at the
beginning of the fail.
A Lebanon Comm man who committed
suicidcd lately during an attack of hereditary
mclanchOlia is the third of his family who
persisted in the same way.
Down at Anderson, S. c., they have two
boss curiosities-a gOurd that holds three
and onc-half gallons and "A grass that eXudes
a gum which will hold any furred or feath-
cred thing that tries to get over it.
Some hens eggs that were accidentally
covered up by some men blowing at Petal
una, Cal, last summer, were Matched by the
heat of the sun upon the earth, and the
noise made by the chicks led TO their discov-
cry and release.
William Owens, a laborer employed on a
farm near SariOXle, Mo, died suddenly last
week, and an examination developed the fact
that IA needle, which had run into his back
some months ago, had worked in until it
reached his heart.
A sparrow has built a nest on one of the
trucks of a Delaware, Lackawanna 81 West
ern passenger coach, and makes regular
trips to Syracuse and return. The bird is
sitting on two eggs, and seems to be undis-
turbcd by the noise and confusion.
A moccasin having been killed near Smith
vile, Ga, some boys, out of curiosity, made
n post-mortem examination of its body. To
their amazement they discovered that ii had
swallowed a snake of length nearly equal to
to its own, less the head, which had been
chewe of.
The residence of A. Schooley, in Blooms
burg, Pa, was struck by lightning last Fri
day. The current took away IA chimney and
passed through Il room where children were
sleeping without harming them. The Chin
ney was shattered by lightning, and the same
room was damaged last summer.
Mr.. Wall, of Napa, Cal, who claims that
he drove a swarm of bees across the plains
in 1919, SAID some days ago that he had the
queen" OF the swarm, and that he intended
to take good care of her in her old agc, as
7 she led the attacks on bands of Indians in
crossing the plains which might have scaiped
him.
DR.. Walter Cheatlam, of Dawson. Ga, has
a young shepherd dog which makes "A practice
OF catching and eating the common little grass
sparrow. These birds rarely ever fly high
when frightened up, and this dog simply out
runs and catches them before they light. He
not only eats the birds, but seems TO enjoy
the sport.
This from the New York Herald ranks
with the oldest of the odd: OF ali the strange
'CrOwner's quests that have recently come
to light the one held by Coroner Hughes this
week on the arm of an infant which was
picked up on the beach at Clifton, l.. l., is
certainly the strangest. The jury, after an
hours deliberation, reached this conclusion:
The arm came TO its death from causes un-
known to the jury"
On opening IA package at the dead letter
Office in Washington this week it was found
TO contain the scalp of n white woman
stretched out on a bent willow frame, and
from the marks on the package the conclu-
sion was reached that the scalp was the
trophy of some Indian warrior. The hair
was long and dark, and the scalp had evil
IDENTIFY been removed hastily, judging from
the jagged edges. An effort Will be made TO
find the owner of the relic"