The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-12
SINCULARITIES,

A pelican killed in California lately had
seven grain bags rolled into a stiff wad in
its pouch.
An observing Georgia man claims that
the crow digs a hole and buries in it the
corn which il secures i'm the field, holding
the supply until necessity cornpels its use.
There is a guinea rooster at New Mar
tinsville, w. Va, that objects to red
headed people who look at him and
f~lercely attacks all red-headed children
who come g him.
Philadelphia shoemaker's dog didn't
know b difference between q piece of
steak and q piece of leather, and, swal-
lowing the latter, was soon a lead canine.
A piece Of pink coral 10 feet long and
nine inches in diameter at one end, with
branches projecting about four feet on all
sides, was recently obtained on the coast
of Japan. Its value In a prepared state
would be about $4,000.
Orlando, Florida, phosphate hunters
found a piece of petriled red cedar in a
creek. The grain Of the wood is SO nat,I-
rally preserved thai it looks as il il could
be cut with a knife, but il is solid s,one,
and the red color of the wood has been
precipitated in bright carminc spots.
y. :. tilre VI ~ otit Ibrt a. hUIllbtE
of chickens recently, among them a roos-
ter whose crow Mr.. Allison knew with his
eyes shut. He made "a detour of the city,
heard the rooster. insisted upon an exam
i~nation, and found every chicken.
A heater goer, having recently fallen
asleep during IA performance at one of the
81. Petersburg theaters, was brought TO
trial and sentenced to the payment Of a
fine for disturbing his neighbors.
Considerable excitement exists in the
neighborhood around Souls Chapel,
Lumpkin county, Georgia, over the flnd-
ing by John Chapman of q c~rystallized
stone, believed to he n diamond. 1t
weighs two and a half ounces, and is said
TO be a beauty OF the crystallized quartz
family. Large topazes "a been found
In that locality.
Hirman Barnell, OF Jasper, Ca, has
Just had a bullet cut out of his back which
had been there 70 years. II first went
through his hand, then struck him on the
cheek. cutting the flesh and coursing It's
way 10 the back of the neck, then down
the backbone TO a point nearly even with
the lower part of the shoulder blade,
where Il lodged.
Two and a half miles from Louisville,
i'm O southwesterly direction and In the
neiRhborhood OF the Louisville almshouse,
there is TO be seen q rare object in the
shape OF q pure-white crow. II has been
in the neighborhood for several days and
is with "A iiock of black crows. The crow
is not subject 10 varying In color, and to
vary suddenly from n pure black toa pure
white color is remarkable.
A strange battle OF frogs is reported to
have taken place in a stream which runs
through the grounds of a temple at Toxic,
i'm Japan. Some hundreds OF bull frogs
gathered on either bank. Then n terrific
battle ensued. lasting from . n. m. till 4 p.
m.. and It is stated that when the combat
finished the brook was blocked to such an
extent with the bodies of the slain that
the course of the water was almost totally
impeded.
A wonderful pin To he stuck In an even
ing bodice is the fac-simile of a band mir
ror. The glass part is formed OF that very
unusual stone, n Hat diamond. II is
framed In tiny diamonds, and the handle
is of diamonds a little larger. So clear Is
the large one that forms the glass that
one could, with perfect success, put a
miniature photograph under IL, and IL
would De exactly AS 10 a face were repre-
scented.
While prospecting In the O~kefeenokee
swamp. Georgia, a man killed an animal
i'm the swamp Of which natural history
gives no ccount. IL rcsembled n turtle
in some respects, but was ~ feet long and
"a inches across. The back was covered
with a hard, scaly substance, somewhat
like an alligator's hide. and the animal
had a long hooked hoax.
Rtncrai notices neatly printed at the
STANDARD" Office.