Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-17
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

t'c L t'souIS NItHh.p puoiC scHoois
during October was 24o
IN handful. of clover p.u:kcd i'll his
yard. Edward Il chler of Bethlehem,
i, Penn, found SO four leaf stalks.
An eastern Ohio man has been mar
ried three times. Each time there was
opposition, and he Lad to elope with
tie girl.
In Clear water harb 7. Fla, there is u
spring OF delicious drinking water,
bubh!.rg through the mass Of salt
water which envelopes ii.
Lorcuzo d. Tc:cr AMI Gertrude s.
Harp, s:ulcatS Of the Das Moline:
Gowi) CO IL have been expelled bc-
cause thcy clorcd and got married.
Benjamin Harrison Wa, in n polio.
court in Washington for an assault, and
! Ley: Merton III; 'am, day was found &c
lc insane. They were both colorcd
mon.
A woman residing near Tubes Hill,
N. y. has PC, snake. TIE reptile is
very tame, and spends hours in play ing
with the Cal, with which it is on the
bcs; OF terms.
The Lancaster PENN police, unable
to fix any Grim. on suspicious char
ac,er arrested there, Dough: n railroad
ticket with the money fcu,d on him
aad shipped him cut of town.
Near Siivc:ton. Oregon, i, quarry
Of what is called fire place stone.
il IS soft when minel, and can be
sawed or chopped in any desired shape
and when subjected TO intense heat
docs not seem to be affected.
A few days ago workmcn at Morris.
vile, n. j., uncar;hcd fine paleolith
of argi!litc, ten feet below the surface
which is pronounced relic Of prcgla-
cial man. 1t had jagged clsc, evil
IDENTITY having ben fashioned for e
weapon.
An English scientist says that if we
were TO visi: the moon we SHOULD find
the days and nights fortnight in
length, and if we survived the scorch
ing during the dag we should certainly
be frozen to death during the ensuing
night"
Three men being unable to drive or
drag 4o0-pouud pig from its pen ut
Reinhoid, Penn, they called in the as
distance of John Berkeley, a giant in
strength. lie deliberately picked tic
kicking porker up mud carried it out
unaided
George Jennings of New Portage. O.,
was fishing in Wolf Creek and had set
line and went further up the stream.
When nc returned he found duck hal
swallowed the minnow and SWAN away
with the pole and linz. II, followed it
up and cap.u cd it. This is anew way
TO get ducks.
In the Cascade Mountains, about sew.
en.y-iive mics from Jacksonville. Ore.
gon, is to he found the Great Sunken
Lake, the deepest lake in the world.
1t is said to average 1000 feet down to
the water on all siic'. The depth Of
the water is unknown. 1t is about ff-
teen miles long by four and half
wide.
A sign that is attracting hundreds of
people to where it hangs, on carpenter
shop, in Patterson, n. j., reads:
"Coffins made and repaired. Extra
strong ores for country people" The
old man who owns the establishment
has his own coffin on hand. 1t is made
Of pine wood. and is covered with
neat pattern OF Wallpaper
While remodc.ing chimney in an
old homestead in Cherry field, Me-, for
the purpose of attaching hot air fur
mace, an interesting relic in the form of
lite brown jug Of unusual shape wa,
found in an arch of the chimney, which
certainly had not seen the light for 100
years. 1t was empty, but smelled Of
other days.
Millions Of gallons of rich brine, de-
rived from the action of the infiitrated
rainfall on the rock salt beneath, run
TO waste in Pennsylvania AMI Wallachia
because prices are too low to render the
manufacture profitable. Yet the salt is
so pure that, merely crushed into pow
der, it is fit for use without undergoing
eny etining process.
CIIrilSities of thn Pastnnn Ctcmn