Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-16
STRANGE TO RELATE.

An alligator killed the other day at Dade
City, Fla, weighed six hundred pounds and
was fourteen feet long Upon being opened
the saurian was found to contain another
alligator six feet in length.
STRANGE and interesting petrefactions
were at late date being taken froEl stone
iuarrics near Alton, H. Biologists have
determined some of them to he Of huge E;.-
trachians of very remote date.
A PET dog at Chico. Cal. was lately given
q forty-mile ride down o fiumc in the
mountains. A raft was made upon which
the dog was placed ard in three hours
time was taken safe and sound from it at
his destination.
y CURIOUS disease OF the eye has devel-
opcd among cigarette smokers which
yield only to long and careful treatment.
1t IS called cigarette eye" and its symp-
toms are dinness and imperfect sight, over
which glasses have no control.
WHITE huckleberries were recently gath
cred from East Knob, mountain in Pike
County, Pa. They were the size of wild
cherries and were of creamy wilderness.
Sussex County, It J., is also said to produce
small quantity of this strange fruit.
A SINGULAR case is reported from Bing-
hamton, N. Y. in which man has
awakened from a two years. sleep. Upon
awakening from his cataleptic condition he
remembered nothing that had TRANSFERRED
in the two years. Though very weak his
chances for recovery were good.
An old negro LIVING in Joncsboro, S. G.,
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 cighty-six
years, is still in possession Of all his facul-
ties and is almost as active IS a boy.
MANY huge turtles frequent the coasts Of
lower California, it being q not uncommon
sight to see those of three or four hundred
pounds weight. A traveller from the East
lately saw q man rush into the water and
mount one of these monsters for q ride,
which he obtained without any trouble.
A YOUNG couple were married by a min
lister in Middletown, 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. 4 load of wheat straw and a
jug Of Elolasses.
A ST. LOUIS young lady with wealth of
red hair conceived q novel idea to show that
she stands to her colors. She gave party
to which none but rcd-headed people were
invited, and these were to be drawn to the
party by none but white horses. The serv-
ants were red-hcaded, and the table-ilnep
was of a corresponding color.
SOME time ago the book-lSeeper Of an Es-
canada (Mich.) iron company started out
with fifteen thousand dollars III gold to pay
Off employees. While en- route his horse
ran away upsetting him and his cash and
scattering tho coin along the streets as he
ran. After q long search thirteen thousand
dollars were recovered. The balance being
irretrievabiy lost
CHINAs.ES in this country are strongly
opposed to having the bodies of their dead
friends taken to the Elorguc There is q
peculiar belief among them that the cor.
oncr pours u magic lotion over the bodies
taken to the Eorguc, which causes the fatty
matter Of the corpse to run of in oil, which
is bottled and sold to American doctors who
use it as q medicine.
SAN Francisco has q citizen said to be
constructed. ncon tho dual principle OF Dr.
Jckyll and Mr.. Iyde. For whole weeks, it
is sald, his complexion is of q light yellow,
resembling that of an ordinary Spanlard.
Then suddenly his skin will turn to an
Ethiopian black, SO that his friends can not
recognize him except by his clothes. It has
been noticed that when wearing the light
complexion he is joviai and fond Of society,
but wh.n bl,.cl, he pulls his hat down over
his eyes. becomes E1orose and seeks to
avoid recognition by his friends.