Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29

World, telling of twins Mrs. Brace and
Mrs. Rider) at Richmondville, N. ", who
celebrated tho ninety-ninth anniversary oi
Their birth on August 30. "Both are hale
and bid fair to more than span n century,,
Hamilton Maffett, who resides north OF
Lawrenceville, Ga, has been almost at
deaths door since camp-meeting, caused
from a spider bite inflicted on the left shout
der n year or two ago. MIR. Maffett IS now
in his seventy-second year, and the family
Is fearful that should he recover he would
lose his eyesight.
= hard maple tree In s. G.. SCOTS yard at
Plainwell, Mich, is an object of great curl
osity. 1t is Just now shedding its foliage.
Soon new leaves will appear, and after the
fall frosts it will again denude itself OF
leaves. This it has done regularly for sew.
eral seasons. The tree differs only in she'd
ding Its leaves twice a year from other ma
Piles standing within a few feet of It.
According TO q French paper, o sea
monster, such as no fisherman has ever seen
before, has been stranded on Bancais rock,
situated to the west Of the Island of st.
Honorat, near Cannes. The creature meas
ures five and n half meters IN length and is
five meters round the thickest part OF its
body. 1t has a beak resembling that of a
parrot, and two horns on Its head; its eyes
are at assistance of one meter from the ex-
tremity of the beak.
A Kingston, N. Y, woman is the owner of
a pet cat which formed the habit of sleeping
In n coal scuttle. One day some ono threw
a piece OF paper in the scuttlo, covering the
cat from sight. The woman picked up the
scuttle to throw coal in the stove and dumped
the cat on the red Goals. There was an I'M
earthly yo'vl, and q flaming body went flying
through the room. A pail of water extin-
guished the fro and saved the feline.
There are alleged to have been many iu-
stances of colored persons turning white, but
the case of q Yamacraw, Ga, woman IS
most remarkable from the fact that her niece
a few years ago also became a Caucasian to
all appearances, and that her skin drops oft
in big flakes. She is almost entirely help
less. her limbs being %paralyzed. Her illness
began with her change of color.
A large cave sparkling with gold, silver
and sapphlres was discovered the other day
in the Lincoln nine at San Pedro, near
Albuquerque, N. M, which has long pro-
duced ore of great valne. The cave is about
one hundred feet long by fifty wide, and the
sides are thickly studded with the precious
metals and stones, while powders of car
Donate were found scattered upon the floor.
The company only recently refused $3.50, 900
for tins mine, which has since been leased
to j.. King. The camp is greatly excited.
One OF the Oldest houses in America is the
stone mansion on the Stats farm, about
four miles below the village of Greenbush,
n. Y, on the river bank. The building was
erected of blue stone and brick in 1850, and
at present is occupied by Lawrence and
Philip Stats, and IS in a splendid state of
preservation. The house faces south and
west and commands an extended view of the
Hudson river and surrounding country.
Hard by the ancient dwelling, on a pleasant
knoll, is the family burial ground which con-
tains the remains of generation after genera
tion of the Stats family, who came to this
country when New York was settled by the
Hollanders. about 1914. The Stats farm
aud the three farms adjoining to the north
were occupied when the Van Rensselaer,
PATRON received his grant for twenty-four
miles square each side of the river from the
king OF holland, but the owners of these
farms were exempt from paying him any
rent,