Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


! Queen Victoria now weighs 1893 pounds.
| -Siesfried Knoepfmaeher, Of Chicago,
aas bad his name changed by order Of court 70
sieefried Buttonmaker.
AN old bear and her two cubs took q
nsiIsurely stroll through the streets Of EdenYlle
'--'i'-nu county Mich, the other day.
"A letter landed in Ann Arbor the other
oay which was labeled, Look outl This letter
Mas written at the top Of the EiffeI Tower The
soose 'hat wrote 1t bangs high"
Two climbers Of Mt. Ararat, Russians,
FOUND In perfect preservation minimum ther-
mometer which was lett there last year Il
-Ss'''o1eu " uesrees below zero, centigrade.
| f. L. Parker, of Ann Arbor, wishes to
gracious he had torn that old sidewalk up him
| Ing him new sidewalk found a so eold niece
ana some silver money under the old walk.
1t is reported that a Fremont. Neb..
lady. recently deceased, had become 90
strongly attached to her two Jersey cows.
which had supplied her stock Of milk for some-
time before her death, that she insisted that AZ
her death they should both be killed
"A man never appreciates the value Of Z
newspaper so thoroughly as when he cannot
get It. The first copy of newspaper that
enssp ior " o. The regular price was cents.
The idea that one can really love but
once stands corrected in the case Of John
" aes, Newburg man. He has been married
sa seFs1 ainerent times. and he says he truly
loyeu IN each and every case, and he never
wen went sparklng without carrying package Of
sum-urops along for his ideal.
-Ine latest excitement at Jacksonville,
Ind, comes from the claim that the city iafi IL
haunted Dy the ghost Of Tim Sullivan, who
hanged himself while prisoner in September.
1885. Nightly at II O'Clock a sound il heard az
II neavy body had swung against an IRON
door, and this is followed BY a gureiing sound
very suggestive TO the affrighted iaiier.
"A Miss Chauncy. of Columbus. %. has
had fright chat will doubtless teach her les
son. She used for her complexion a mixture Of
arsenic and nitrate OF silver Then she went 70
the White Sulphur Springs and took the baths.
The sulphur decomposed the silver salts in her
skin and turned her so black that she has gone
into retirement and viii not be seen again for
year.
AN old trick has been played in New
York on prominent actor. He received letters
asking for autographs and inclosing cards and
stamps and directed envelopes. He wrote his
name on the cards and thought no more Of
WHEN ts uns vards ns managsr snowsa them % nm
one above the name. They had been found in
the doorkeepers box.
-Charles Mead passed through Colum-
bus, Ind, the other day having in his charge
remarkable family of rattlesnakes, which he
captured In Brown county, 20 miles west Of
that place. The largest Of the reptiles meas
ured y feet inches in length Its cIrcumfer-
ence was nine inches. When discovered BY
Mr.. Mead this monster snake had with it nine
young rarrlers, all Of which were captured. An
exciting time was had in taking them alive.
The Prince of Monaco, who has Just
died, reigned over a trifis less than eight and
half square miles of territory, with popula-
tion Of 5000 persons, all titled mobiles in their
own right. His principality is defended by an
people, besides enjoying aristocratic titles are
exempt from taxation, the expenses Of the
empire being paid by gambling house fran
chises.
-Four years ago last Fourth of July Miss
Nelly Noyes Captain Noyes' daughtes, Of
Portland, Ore, after eating peach planted
the pit. 1t grew and fourished, and is now
handsome. thrifty tree about 15 feet high. and
has on 1t some 200 peaches of remarkably fine
flavor, equal if not superior in size to the lar
gest ever seen here, many Of them measuring
l0z to II inches in circumference. The stem Of
the tree is between three and four inches in
and the spreading limbs with their
load OF magnificent fruit are q perfect marvel
"A Saratoga reporter espied couple Of
young ladies and two men. one a policeman,
with a lamp along a street there late
the other evening. One of the ladies, with
voice, stated that she had visited
the Hathorn Spring during the evening and
,se naa LOST pair Of diamond earrings. valued as
,2oe from case which she held IN her hand
sne thought she had dropped them on the way. =.
she had Strengthened mp from her srooping
position while speaking, and was about to COM
nence the search again. AS she pushed pack
he hair above her ear, she gave little cry Of
oy and exclaimed: "Pve found them-in my
,arsl Really, had forgotten that had placed
hem therer'
Noah Maragrum and William and
Tohn Lewis, while out hunting Wednesday,
lad an experience with bigger game than they
we're looking for. They were ranging the
woods in Sussex county, N. Y, when their
logs treed a large wildcat Before the hunters
cached the spot the beast had whipped the
logs and taken refuge in a cave. Alter vainly
rying to smoke her our Maragrum started
nto the cave with his shotgun. He had hardly
ntered when he saw the green blazing eyes OF
he cat sprang upon him. and began claHing
is face and shoulders in a terrible manner
iaragrum staggered ont of the cave with the
owing cat on his shoulders, and his comDan-
)ns. not daring to shoot beat the animal to
cath with clubs. Maragrum tainted from
hook and loss of blood when released. He
as 1rlgntIully olsngured, and may loose the
ght of one eye. The catamount measured
yer five feet in length
"A case of interest to stock-owners is now
n trial before the Circuit Court for Baltimore
,unty at Towsontown. It grew out of judg.
ent given by a county magistrate in favor Of
lillian Tunney against DR.. Francis W. Pat
rson, United States Veterinary Inspector, for
o. Tunney, who lives at Cross Keys, on the
alls road. about four miles from Baltimore
nd sued the inspector for injuries alleged to
ave been inflicted on one of his cows Dy at
ching numbered tag to the animals ear
e claims that the fright caused by the tag
ng operation injured the cow to AN extent
at she will not revover for . year OF two
be opening statement Of the other side was
at the tag was attached as directed by the
i've Stock Sanitary Board, which passed res
ution that all cattle within . radius of six
lies Of the City Hall should be marked with
lmbered tags, the object being TO stamp out
from that locality. 1t was
ated that the sum Of $4,000 had been ex-
'nded by the United States in attempting to
adicate this disease.