Omaha daily bee., 1889-12-08
S. P. MORSE & co.

Mrs. Sophia Bennington of Xenia, O., aged
forty, has given birth 70 her twenty-ifth
child.
There is a mission grape vine at Carpen-
terra, Cal, which has b girth of six feet at
the base, branches out in every direction for
a hundred feet, and this year produced four
tons of fruit.
Harry Bates of East Saginaw OWNS an ac-
tive and able-bodied steer which has only
three legs, one of its front legs being the alb
sentee. The animal was born that way and
moves about as readily as anybody's steer.
The terrible storm that overlook the prov.
ince of Catania, Sicily, early last month, was
marked by q curious phenomenon. Near
San Matteo a rent was formed in the earth
from north to south nearly a mile long, nine
feet wide and from six to thirty feet deep.
MIR. w. 4. McCarty, part of whose jugular
vein was removed recently by DIR. Willis
Westmoreland, returned with his wife to his
home at Dalton. DR.. Westmoreland states
that the operation he performed on Mr.. Nc
Carthy is the only one of the kind on record.
A watch for blind people has been invented
In Switzerland. In the middle of every figure
Is a small peg, which drops when tho hour
hand reaches the figure. The owner feels
that the peg is down and counts back to
twelve to determine the hour.
In the Cascade noun tains, about seventy
ive miles from Jacksonville, Ore, is to be
found the Great Sunken lake, tho DEEPEST
lake in the world. 1t is said to average 1000
feet down to the water on all sides. The
depth OF the water is unknown. 1t is about
fifteen miles long by four and one-half wide.
News has been received at ST. Louis from
the government expedition for the survey Of
Alaska. The letter is dated August 81 and
says there are luxuriant forests, the grass
was green, flowers in bloom and the weather
very warm, but ten inches below the surface
the ground is frozen hard, even as deep az
twenty-five feet.
A queer circumstance has Just been
brought to light in the MaryvIiIa n nnat-
Office. A large rat was discovered BY the
postmaster which was in the habit of making
one meal a day out of the adhesive portion
of postage stamps and another out of postal
cards. After being deprived OF this diet the
animal soon died.
On the 500 line. near the Menominee river.
a train struck q deer and broke its leg the
other day, and the entire train crew abau.
doned business on the spot and set about
catching the game, which was finally accom-.
plished by the parlor car porter, who spranR
upon the deer's back and cut its throat after
riding it through the woods for half a mile.
z. l.. Alexander has on exhibition at his
store in Madison, N. d., a very perfect little
specimen of the inny tribe, presented him
by his friend, Willard Laughlin. 1t came
forth from a l90.foot artesian well twenty
miles southwest Of Toward. This we'll, 1t IS
said, flows with a wonderful force, and
throws out small fish freely during the spring
and summer.
About two years ago the frost burst the
bark of an orange tree at Auburn, Cal, ali
around near the ground, and it subsequently,
fell OF, leaving a space OF from eight 70
twelve inches on the tree without any bark.
Still the upper part of the tree lived and ID
alive and thrifty today, bearing fruit. The
fact of a tree living after being completely
girdled is probably unprecedented.
Something curious happened in Kent's
meat market at Walla Walla, the other day.
which seems unexplainable. The butcher,
while cutting a hog in two, had his knife
strike some hard substance, and on 10
tion, found that his knife had struck q 10
cent piece, which was firmly imbedded in the
back bone. How the coin got into such .
place Is somewhat Of a conundrum.
What is considered one of the most unao-
c0unted-f0rs sights In Utah Is q mountain
about thirty-6ve miles northeast Of Salt
City, occupying an area OF about thirty
acres and completely and thickly covered
with oyster shells. The mountain 10 be-
tween three aud four hundred feet high and
situated over four thousand feet high or than
Salt Lake CITY, which is 800 feet above the
level of the sea-.
The other day at Jackson, Mich, o dog
chased q mouse, and the frightened little
animal ran up a telegraph pole and then
started out on a wire for the next pole, 100
feet distant. The wire swung gaily In the
breeze, but the trembling traveller hung on
and reached the next station In about an
hour. lie descended the pole, and when h0
reached the base he was 80 tired that he al.
lowed himself TO DO picked up by . spectator.