The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
STRANGE TO RELATE.

AN alligator killed tho other day at Dade City, Fla, weighed six hundred pounds and was fourteen feet long. Upon being opened the saurian was found to c0ntan another alligator six feet in length.
 STRANGE and interesting petrefactions were at late date being taken from stone quarrics near Alton, Ill. Geologists have determined some of them to be of huge pa- trachians of a very remote date:
 A PET dog at Chico, Cal; was lately given forty-milc ride down a Hume ID the mountains. A raft was made upon which the dog was placed and in three hours time was taken safe and sound from 1t 1t his destination.
 A CURIOUS disease of the eye has devel oped among cigarette smokers which yield only to long and careful treatment. It is called cigarette eyc," and its symp- toms are dimness and imperfect sight, over which glasses have no control.
 WHITE hucklebcrries were recently gath cred from East Knob, a mountain in Pike County, Pa. They were the size of wild cherries and were of creamy whiteness. Sussex County, N. J., is also said to produce a small quantity of this strange fruit. A SINGULAR case is reported from Blng- hamton, N: Y; in which a man has awakened from two years sleep: Upon awakening from his cataleptic condition he remembered nothing that had transpired in the two years. Though very weak his chances for recovery were good.
 AN old negro living in Jonesboro; 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 chil- 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 tho East lately saw man rush into the water and mount one of these monsters for ride which he obtained without any trouble A YOUNG couple were married by min. ister 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 ot stack of hay, a load of wheat straw and a | jug of molasses.
 A ST. LOUIS young lady with a wealth ol red hair conceived novel idea to show that l ouS oIduuo OO uCE COtOIo. OuC StNO O pdi OJ to which none but red-headed people were invited, and these were to be drawn to the party by none but white horses. The serv ants were redheaded, and the table-liner was of corresponding color.
 SOME time ago the bool=keeper of an Els canaba (A1ich.) iron company started 0st with fifteen thousand dollars i'll gold to pay off employees. While en route his horse ran away upsetting him and hls cash anG scattering the coin along the streets as hC ran. After long search thirteen thousand dollars were recovered. The balance being irretrievably lost.
 | CHINAAIEN in this country are strongly opposed to having the bodies of their dcat friends taken to the m3rgue. There is { peculiar belief aniong thetn that tho COT oner pours magic lotion over the bodies taken to the morguc, which causes the fatty matter Of the corpse to run off in oil, whict use it as medicine.
 SAN FRANCISCO has a citizen said to bt constructed upon the dual principle of Dr Jekyil and MT. Hyde. For whole weeks, i is sad, his complexion is of light yellow resembling that of an ordinary Spanlard Then suddenly his skin will turn to aI Ethiopian black so that his friends can no recognize him except by his clothes. It ha: been noticed that when wearinS the hgh complexion he is jovial and fond Of society but when black he pulls hIs hat down orel his eyes, becomes moro6c and seeks t avold recognition by his friends.