probably long since gone by it had evidently fought some monster that had got the best of it, for the forefinger of the right hand, the little finger of the left thumb are missing entirely. Immediately under the right breast is a broad ugly looking scar, which looked a if some time in the past it had been inflicted by a swordfish.     The creature is now being preserved in ice at Seattle and will be shipped to the British Museum.     The Daily Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), 07 Nov. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.