River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-08-30
STRANGE 10 RELATE.

AK alligator killed the other day at Dade
City, Fla, weighed six hundred pounds and
was fourteen feet long. Upon Ieing opened
the saurian was found to contain another
alligator six feet in length.
STRANGE and interesting petrefactions
were at a late date being taken from stone
quarries near Alton, Ill. Biologists have
determined some of them 10 be Of huge ba-
trachians Of . very remote date.
A PET doga Chico, Cal, was lately given
a forty-mile ride down a flume in the
mountains \ raft was made upon which
the dog was placed and in three hours
time was taken safe and sound from it at
his destination.
A CURIOUS disease Of the eye has devcl-
oped among cigarettN smokers which
yield only TO long and careful treatment
It IS called cigarette eye" and its symp-
toms are dimness and imperfect sight, over
which glasses have no control
WHTE huckleberries were recently gath
cred from East Knob, a mountain in Pike
County, Pa They were the size Of wild
cherries and were of a creamy whiteness.
Sussex County, y. J.. is also said to produce
small quantity of this strange fruit.
A SINGULAR case is reported from Bing
hamton, y. y. in which a man has
awakening from his cataleptie condition ho
remembered nothing that had transpircd
in the two years. Though very weak his
chances for recovery were good
AN Old negro living in Jouesboro. S. c,
said to be one hundred and eight years old,
has been married nine times and is the
father Of one hundred and seventeen chill
dren. He has been preaching eighty-six
years, is still in possession OF all his facul-
ties and Is almost as active as boy.
MANY huge turtles frequent the coasts Of
lower California, it being not uncommon
sight to see those Of three or four hundred
pounds weight. A traveller from the East
lately saw u man rush into the water aud
mount one Of these monsters for a ride,
which he obtained without any trouble.
A YOUNG couple were married by a min
lister IN MiddiCt0wn, Ky. who after the
ceremony was asked BY the groom if he
would take his pay in something besides
money. He said he would and in a few
days thereafter. was made the recipient of
a stack Of hay, load Of wheat straw and a
jug Of lOlasscs
a ST LOUIS young lady with a wealth Of
rcd hair conceived novel idea to show that
she stands 70 her colOrs. She gave party
TO which none but red-headed people were
invited, and these were 10 be drawn to the
party by none but white horses. The serv-
ants were red-headcd. and the table-linen
was Of a corresponding color.
SOME time ago the book-keeper Of an Es-
canada (Mich.l iron company started out
with fifteen thousand dollars IN gold To pay
OF employees. While en- route his horse
ran away upsetting him and ms cash and
scattering the coin along the streets as he
ran. After a long search thirteen thousar 1
dollars were recovered. The balance being
irretrievably lost
CHISAMEN in this country are strongly
opposed to having the bodies Of their dead
~friend5 taken to the mOrgue. There is q
peculiar belief among them that the cor
Oner pours a magic lotion over the bodies
taken 10 the IIorgue, which causes the fatty
matter Of the corpse TO run OF in oil, which
is bottled and sold 10 American doctors who
use it as "a medicine.
San FRANCISCO has a citizen said to DO
constructed npon the dual principle Of DR.
JclIyil and Mr.. Hyde. For whole weeks, it
is sand, his complexion is of light yellow,
resembliT g that Of an ordinary SpanIard.
Then suddenly his skin Will turn TO an
Ethiopian black, so that his friends can not
recognize him except by lbs clothes. II has
been noticed that when wearing tire light
complexion he IS jOvial and fond of society,
but when black he pulls his hat down over
his eyes, becomes m0rose and seeks to
avoid recognition by his friends.