Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-09
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A Pennsylvania druggist, rummaging
| about among accumulated rubbish in his
| garret, found an old iron oven that once
| belonged to Martha Washington. With it
were letters proving authenticity and an un-
| broken chain of ownership up to the finders
| mother.
Chicago glories in a cat 10 years old that
| has eaten $1,000 worth of cooked turkey
| meats since TON" Major adopted 1t and
gave 1t his name. The cat will eat nothing
| but turkey meat, save an occasional bit of
| calfs liver fried in butter, and is generally
considered the feline aristocrat of the west.
Four noiseless switching engines have been
| ordered by the New York Central for it's
| large freight yard on West Sixtieth street
in New York City. These are two cylinder
compound engines; they have neither whis-
ties nor bells and they burn coke. Both
noise and smoke are done away with.
In the case Of the State against Brown,
B Harr. (Del) $685. Isaac Nathans, a negro
witness. testified that he was father. He
said: II have a family; wife and chill
dren. have had fifty-one children by three
wives; fourteen by the first, fifteen by the
second and twenty-one by the third, all
born alive"
Mrs. Elizabeth McCulloh Of Waverly, Md,
owns drum that was used in the War of
the Revolution, in that of 1S12-14, and in the
CIVIL war. The owner wanted 1t taken to
the front In the Cuban war. but it was too
| antique to suit military notions of the pres
ent day and that is the only reason Why
1t remained in Maryland.
Collars worn by members Of the Order of
the Golden Fleece are at the death of such
persons returned to the crown of Spain or
Austria, to be held until some new knight
is invested The name of the wearer is
engraved on one of the links and 1t now
turns out that the collar given to President
Faure was last worn by Prince Bismarck
and bears the name OF the most bitter and
triumphat foe Of France.
Thomas Foster, an authority ON such mat
ters, writes to the Philadelphia Public Ledger
in protest against the Chickamauga Creek
being referred to as "the river Of DEATH"
as II that was the meaning of the Indian
name. He says the Indian word Chicka-
mauga means boiling pot, and was the
name given the place because of q whirl-
pool that once existed where the Chicka-
mauga Creek empted into the Tennessee
river. The rocks which caused the whirl-
pool were removed by the government some
years ago.
Bob Lyons, a half-breed Indian Of the
Rainy Lake country in northwestern Min
nesota, is very proud of the fact that he
took in" President Hill of the Great
Northern railroad on a coal mining deal,
According to Lyons story he salted the bot
tom of lake, took some samples OF the coal
to Duluth and exhibited them, where they
attracted a great deal Of attention. Among
others who become interested was ]. ]. Hill,
1t is said, who had Lyons come to St. Paul
with his coal samples. The upshot Of the
matter was that experts were sent and made
a favorable report, the railroad In the mean
time advancing Lyons money and food for
his family sufficient to last for two years.
President Hill and his companions for a
while were verv enthusiastic over their coal
fields, but they have since realized they were
fooled by half-breed Indian.