The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-24
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures which Show that Truth 10
Stranger Than Fiction.

VIA has bee known Tor half a
century as the old Freeland residence,
six miles from Jackson, Miss, was
recently torn down after having been
"A ruin for many years, says a corre-
spondent of the Philadelphia Times.
Beneath il was discovered what had
ing this out there was brought up a
small steel casket containing several
articles Of old-fashioned jewelry.
These numbered among them a watch
of the style worn during the last part
of the last century and a comb such
a. was affected by ladies of continent
tai times. These were set with large
pearls, which must have been valua-
BILE, but which are ruined by the
action of the water. A tiara of small
diamonds bore the device of ID in
small German characters, but beyond
this there is no clew as TO the owner
of the Jewels. The family to whom
the house belonged has long been
extinct and the place for some years
until recently has been inhabited by
negroes. Some of the older citizens
remember that this mansion replaced
another far handsomer, which was de-
stroyed by fire and which was one Of
the oldest places in the State. At
the time of the war the house was
rented to "A poor family named Lucey,
who would hardly have possessed
such jewels, SO their presence in the
well can scarcely be accounted for on
the theory that they were hidden
there then for safety. The present
value of the articles is not more than
800, but when new they must have
been worth something over 81 900,
according to the valuation OF a Jew
eler. They are now in the posses
sion of the gentleman who owns the
land on which the old place stood.
The watch is curious for its antique
workmanship, though most OF the
works have been eaten away by rust
IL many places in the tules lands
in the vicinity of Susan, Cal, wild
hogs, as ferocious and as tenacious of
life as the boar Of the German forests,
may be encountered by the sports
man who likes a spice Of danger in
his hunting. One Of these beasts,
shot recently, measured from the tip
of the tail more than six feet, and
had tusks fourteen inches in length.
Its weight, although it had no super
fious flesh, was 32O pounds. The skin
at the shoulders was three inches
thick and as tough as leather. II
was reported that hogs had been rum
p;ny ILL., thn p,ar.hag for "A lAnr
time, and that they were savage
enough to furnish better sport than
other animals that are supposed to be
dangerous. A party was formed to
kill n particular boar that had been
roaming the tules land for several
years, ~ spite Of the efforts of local
hunters to bring him to bay. The
tracks OF the boar were found and he
was traced to "a patch Of dense reed
grass. The hunters invaded it from
different points, and one Of them sud
denly came upon the animal. His
companions heard the report OF his
guns and the next instant saw the
mans body thrown into the air fully
ten feet. Going to his rescue, a sec
ond hunter was charged by the boar.
One shot brought him to his knees,
but even then he rose and rushed on
his assailant again. A second ball
penetrated the brain and he rolled
over dead. The mar who was thrown
into the air was not seriously injured,
but received bruises which laid him
up for a considerable time.
THE recent report that a citizen Of
the United States has discovered
among the mountains OF the Mexican
State of Sinola IA long forgotten city
tallies with a curious local tradition
Of that region. Adjoining the State
of Sinola on the south is the State Of
Jallisco, and OF this State Guadala-
lara is the capital. Living in the
mountains Of Jallrco, part OF the
same great Sierra Madre or Mother
Range" that exteds through Sinola
and thence northward, are the un-
conquered Yaquis, a brown-haired
people with light eyes and almost
fair compilations. Guadalajara is the
only civilized town that these Yaquis
visit, and it has long been believed
there that the Yaqui Businesses Of
the Sierra Madre range conceal not
only rich mines Of silver, but as well
the lost city of the Aztec race. No
one has hitherto pierced the noun
tain wilderness, because the naked
Yaquis have al effective system Of
passive resistance that has hitherto
successfully closed the sole line Of
approach. The only human beings
other than the Yaquis themselves
admitted to the mountains Of jail
lisco are a few renegade Apaches.
murderous wretches, vastly more
dangerous to would-be explorers than
the peaceful but persistent Yaquis.
THE immense herd OF cattle
branded y. Il. =" ranging in
Lyman County, South Dakota,
has been levied on by the Treasurer
OF that county for taxes. The owner