Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
SINGULARlTIES.

Mrs. Philo Lynch, of Crawford county,
Ind, is the mother of seven children, a IL un
der two years of age. Eighteen months ago
she gave birth to triplets, and "a few days
she gave birth two boys and two girls.
A lemon was picked at Los Angeles, Cal,
the other day that weighed three apd three
fourths pounds, was six and one-hs4lf inches
long and five inches in diameter. The tree
on which it grew had but half q dozen lemons
A farmer near Chebanse, ILL.,, having an
OK that did not obey orders, concluded that
the animal was deaf, and bought an ear
trumpet, which worked with great success
The animal had lost its appetite but with its
return of hearing ate heartily. The ear
trumpet is fastened in place by wires around
one of the horns.
While Daniel Lowry, negro laborer, IN
Marlboro county, S. c., was cutting log in
the woods, he struck the rim of q hollow, out
of which suddenly jumped rain frog, which
was perfectly transparent and apparently in
good health. The frog survived but a few
moments after reaching the open air. 1t is
estimated from the state of the log that the
frog had been in it for the last thirty years.
A devilfsh or ocean vampire was accden-
tally caught near Vera Cruz, Mexico, in a
fishing seine recently. Ropes were thrown
around the monster, and by the aid of horses
it was drawn to the shore. 1t weighed two
tons, and when spread out on the beach dead
presented every appearance of an enormous
bat or vampire. 1t measured fifteen feet
long and seventeen feet wide from the edges
of the pectoral fins, and it's mouth was five
feet across. number of them had been
seen for some time, but all efforts to catch
one had proved futile.
Hassan Toolidge, of Ward City, A. T., will
probably soon be seen in a circus. He has
devoted his spare time to educating a black
snake, and has taught 1t number of remark
able tricks At the word of command the
snake will tie itself up into Turks head
| knot and remain in that position until re-
| leased. Then it will stand straight up on the
end ofts tail and hiss an accompaniment TO
violin which it's master plays. The intelli-
gent reptile sees to putting the chickens in
their coop at night, and If one happens to be
| missing it will thresh and hiss in a most
| alarming manner until Mr.. Toolidge's atten-
| tion is attracted. Its favorte resting place
| at night is in one of MIR. Toolldge's long
| boots.
| Liberty Hill, Ga, Is the scene of a peculiar
| phenomenon. A well on the premises of H.
| Lee went dry just after the earthquake of
| 1886, and had to be sunk eight feet deeper
| before the flow of water was resumed. A
| few days ago the family of Lee was much
! alarmed by loud reports from the we'll,
sounding like powder blasts or the firing of
| cannon. On Saturday night another detona-
| tion was heard, and the water suddenly shot
| like geyser nearly to the top of the well
| with rise and fall like the drawing in and
| expelling of the breath in human respiration
| The water thus expelled is boiling hot. Peo-
| pie for miles around are flocking to the scene
| and the scientists are much excited over it.
An animal, different from any ever before
seen in that part of the country has been
| destroying sheep, swine and calves IN Barlow
| county, Georgia. The animals were found
| dead with a wound in the throat resembling
| the stab of stilletto. A farmer who sur
| prised the beast in the act of trying to kill a
sleeping calf the other night, says the crea-
| ture resembled coyote in it's movements,
but was unlike any other animal that he
| ever saw. 1t was of a dark copper color,
with possum-shaped head and small bead
| like eyes, the tail bushy and erect, and the
| body long and smooth. Men have banded
| together and searched for it day and night,
but have been unable to kill or capture it..
| On one occasion pack of hounds pursued it,
when suddenly the leading dog came whin-
| ing back with stream of blood oozing from
| the throat, and in half an hour died. A
scientist by the name of Gredulet has offered
| 500 for the animal dead or alive.