Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-13
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Canine.
Wild roses are in bloom BY the vsysids
at Edgartown, Mass.
the second degree at Trenton, Mo-, was sem
fenced to % years in the penitentiary.
South African farmers are greatly an
noyed by baboons. The animals kill their
sneep' ROD their beehiVes and tear down fruit
-Jonn Hanson, q mighty hunter, Of
fOeateno. Idaho has a deer's horn with a
river one year ago.
1t IS said that large hotel is to be es-
fablisned on the first platform of the EifeI
t,.. s.sn oonesrt and bathrooms and 2 res
taurant open TO the public
"A young woman, Of Crescent City, Cal.
picked up pebble on the beach and sent it 70
alapidary in San Francisco. He pronounced
II true emerald, worth q COO
A wooden leg is about the last thing
one would suppose thief woulS .t.al hut ons
stoien IN topeka has been found in Kansas
City and returned to the owner.
"A strange animal, supposed 10 be a
spotted leopard that has eseaped from a sfovr.
Is committing many depre dations in the yicin
~. ~ Sl Seosedsle, Ind, and making night hideous
"A dog owned BY the postmaster at Mud
LAKE, Mich. had one puppy, and in order 70
make the family one worth bringipgup she has
adopted motherless family Of kittens and "a
making success OF the venture
The tallest chimney in the world ism
building ear Freiberg in Saxony. II win be
400 feet high, with an inside diameter Of q fa.t
at the bottom. and Is feet 6 inches at the ssT,
is y vii take 10000 bricks and the cost 4
The German naval authorities are said
to have been making experiments lately with a
torpedo baat built Of compressed paper. Fhe
vessel is II feet long, and was found to show
great strength and more elasticity WIhen
rammed by another boat
-Halsey Burdiek drove through Lottery
vile, Conn.,, the other day with a barrel of eelz
in the wagon. BY an inexplicAble accident the
wagon suddenly collapsed, the eel barrel was
the population Of LOtteFyville was about double
She namher reported at the last census.
The most fashionable hen In Maine Is
said 10 live at WinsIow's Mills, in the town Of
WaldbOTo. She started in life plain, dark
brown pullet, but soon exchanged this for :
black and white suit. The next time she she'd
and this fah she appears IN black, white and
tan dress.
"A Presbyterian Church in Mslbourne
has introduced some innovations into ita ssFF.
ices, which, although happily blending patriot
Ism and piety, would startle the sobeF-minded
Seotchman at home. The choir, composed Of
gentlemen wearing the Highland kilt and giFla
sing their hymns of praise TO the music or the
bagpipes. The ingenious parson who contri4sd
tnese enects has his reward in greatly enlarged
congregations.
Truman Barnes. Of Three Oaks, Mich,
was in the attic Of his house the other dag. ~un-
hah-a
through the plastering 30 that hls legs-liks
those Of the good fat duclz' IN the nursery
Thyme-"hung dangling d0Wn.n Mrs Barnes
thought the legs belonged 70 burglar and she
grabbed them and held on, meantime lifting up
neighboFs came in, inspected the upstairs end
of the supposed burglar, and all fs serene ID
that household once more.
Memo Fuller came into Canadsns,
Pa, the other day. from the headwaters Of
Buekhfn creek With this story: On November
he was hunting rabbits on the barrens with
beagle hound. The beagle routed up the little
animals for Mr.. Fuller to shoot and was out OF
his sight good deal Of the time. An at once
ne heard the dog yelping over the knoll as
though he was IN pain. He hurried to the sDot
and found that the BEAGLE had been tackled by
q large eagle. In his efforts to escape from the
savage birds huge claws he had eFaWled under
the top Of fallen tree, where he was struo-
Cling hard and yelping at the top Of his lungs.
the Htrle dog, and Mr. Fuller captured il by
lashing It's wings to pola. He had confned
ne eagle IN . wooden coop, be said, and wanted
Two hundred thousand rraY trout kava
been eanght IN deep water near Bsanfork III
=. with hook and line in two weeks Tha
Genes there are unprecedented, and remind
travellers of those on the banks on NeWfound-
and. The boats are out day and night and
hundreds Of them have gathered thsra. some
rom distant points Everybody nshes-Eieh
average weight Of the nsh is three pounds, and
he water where they are caught Is some e0feet
1eep. The hshing, 30 unprecedented has pTac-
and these are 1hush times" athofh
Morehead City and Beaufort. Money is more
abundant than atany time since 1866
Not long since Dong Claypole, Of Web
ter county, W. Va, and friend went hunt
ne, etc., taking With them q couple Of hounds.
{ was not long tin the hounds scented fox
md gave chase. They ran him TIL aboufSP.
e. when he went 20 hola. OneOf the dogs 70
ulned the same dAys the other was unheArd
rom for more than q week Hazel CowgaE,
Who lives near where the fox was holed, heard
he suppressed barking Of dog for several
,owgeF found the dog unable to free himself
laVing filed the loose earth behind him IS be
lug after the fox, and being sxhausted from
way the obstruction and given refrsshmenf
be dog was able % come forth from his dark
nd solitary abode. the fox being dead having
'een con1ned there without food or water and
ot much air for nine days
AN Augusta, Me-, stOreksepar was for.
1erly possessed with an overwhelming desire
D examine the contents Of every package
Ihieh friends deposited IN his store for safs.
eeping. His propensities In this direction
ave bean edaetually stopped. and this Is how
happened: A man who suspected the weak
ess Of the proprietor dropped into the store
ne morning, and left bag. asking that no
ne disturb tt The proprietor walked round
while resflessly and then stopped near the
~. he nervously fingered the string that tied
1e top together. There was no one looking
I'd he carefully united It. He was hardly pre-
ared for the result A thousand Of about a.
lad hornets as were ever let loose lit on all the
xposed portions Of the mans anatomy per-
Ieated bis elothing quite thoroughly, and the