Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-31
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


There are IA PAT policemen in London,
and IA, 267 hacks
AT Villa Ridge, near Cairo, Ill, one
firm has Just made purchase OF s4O,VOo worm
of grapes at cents pound.
AT the Schuylkill United States Arsenal,
near Philadelphia, there is manufactured eacn
year 5000 900 rounds of ammunition and lo,OOu-
900 of Iife balls.
"A rattlesnake kept by an Orlando (Fla.)
jeweler lived Is months without eating. Hls
owner then put an end to the snakes misery Dy
chloroforming him.
"A persevering parrot in Atlanta prac-
ticed new tune every night for a week till he
mastered it,, to the great annoyance OF the
occupants of the house, who were kept awake
BY the noise.
"A new story from Rome: At a WELL
known book shop acopy of Max ORelPs tray-
els in America was asked for. and the response
was in German English that Marcus Aurelius
vos neffer in the Unided Staates?'
The most resplendent reputation ever
earned by Maine man is that of a horse jockey
have SO much confidence in him that they buy
by telephone or telegraph without looking &C
the horse.
There has been a decrease in immigra-
ton during the last year. The total arrivals in
June were only 46O59, as compared with 6S,47S
July was 4SS6ls which is l0l, 20l less than for
the preceding II months.
The ice cream terror is reported to have
given place to a new and even more formidable
obstacle to the happiness of young men at the
summer resorts. It is all the style now for
young gallants to buy little balloons to match
their young ladies' dresses.
Mrs. Mary E. Hanchett, who died re-
Gently at Chittenango N. Y, was the second
woman graduate of an American medical col
lege. She received the degree of Doctor Of
Medicine from the Albany Medical College in
1S48 She was woman OF great intelligence
and force of character.
Hiram Case, of Three Rivers, Mich, is
tough old case. This year he went twice
around a ten-acre field, and after raking and
binding the two swaths, he put the bundles up
| in shock. He is 92 years old and has cut wheat
with a cradle and bound it for 70 years past DE
| is exceedingly proud OF his record.
Probably the oldest pair of twins in
| Michigan are Mrs Betsey Wood, of Grand
Ledge, and Mrs Lucy wixom, of wixom, Oak
land county. If they live until October next
| they will be 80 years of age, and both are re-
markably active physically and mentally, their
hearing and eyesight being very good.
The Hague Museum has recently ac-
quired the tongue of Jan de Witt and the great
| toe of his brother, Cornelius de Witt, two
statesmen who were torn to pieces by an an
| gered people in 1872. M. Cockhuyt Of Leyden,
| who has presented them to the museum,
vouches for their genuineness. as 'they have
| both been in our family since 1917"
| The Austrian Archbishops are proba-
bly, the most highly paid in the world. The
| Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna has only about
| $1,000 a year. but the Cardinal Archbishop of
1 Olmutz has E40,0 the Cardinal Archbishop OF
Prague has f35. 900, and the Archbishop OF
| Erlru has f60,OOO And the primate OF Hun
gary, the Cardinal Archbishop of Grau, has
fSO,OOO
Snakes are trying hard to astonish the
Connecticut natives this year. In Chaplin,
rocky hill town southwest of Norwich, there Is
an old dry well that is quarter full OF snakes.
Mr.. Augustus Evans owns the well, and when,
ever he wants to have fun he visits the well and
kills snakes. His best record at the sport was
made few days ago when he bagged 81 black
snakes and four adders.
1t is not generally known that news
paper in classical Latin is published fortnight
ly in Italy. 1t editor is Carlo Arrigo Ulrichs, a
young scholar of Italian parentage on one side
and of German parentage on the other, and he
has the assistance of several learned contribu-
tors in both nations. 1t is full Of anecdotes,
jokes and verses In classical dress The only
thing as yet wanting to its perfect consistency
is the translation Of the advertisements into
the tongue of Cicero.
Miss Bole, the pretty girl blacksmith
who is said to be making quite pile Of money
in Frisco. has already rival in Aide Wilder.
a tall and not unattractive brunette, who max es
creditable horseshoes in a little shop under an
elm tree in the suburbs of Brooklyn. Miss
Wilder is 26 years old and has dark, Oriental
looking eyes, and short. curly dark hair Her
form is slender but well knit, and she has been
accustomed to help her father in the smithy
ever since she was a child.
Seven years ago Bridget Miller, of Sar-
atoga, obtained divorce from her husband
She paid Saratoga lawyer S75 for his services
in connection with the case. One day last
week she called upon the lawyer at his office
with the divorce papers, requesting him to take
them back and refund the money which they
cost her. She even offered to return them at
! half price. as she had no further use for them
/, When asked for her reason she said her hus-
band, from whom she had been divorced, was
dead. The lawyer refused to buy them
Last Tuesday afternoon Miss Annie
Sanford, who is visiting at Greensboro, Ga,
was IN the parlor playing on a piano. She
played for some time, and upon stopping to go
into another portion of the house, she saw lying
coiled on the doormat an enormous snake. The
snake was lying with its head on its coil watch
ing the piano, and there can be no doubt it had
been drawn into the room by the music. Miss
Sanford has no idea how long it had been there,
| for she had been playing for some time. The
hired man was called in and the snake killed.
Oregon has a woman mail carrier. Her
name is Miss Minnie Westman, and she carries
Uncle Sans mail from the head of navigation
on Sinslaw river over the coast range mount
aims. following up the river to Hale's postofhce
station, within Is miles of Eugene City. Her
route is 20 miles long, and is situated right in
| the heart of the mountains, where all the dan
gers and adventures incident TO such an occu-
patton abound. She carries the mail right and
| left and fears nothing. She rides horseback
and carrles a trusty revolver.
On July 21 the Last Mans Club, "
composed of survivors of Company B Of the
First Regiment Of Minnesota, celebrated the
18th anniversary of the battle of Bull Run.
! When the club was organized there were 2
members, and now there are 81 But q plates
are laid at each banquet and will continue to
be until the last man is seated alone at the
table. who will partake of bottle of wine
which was presented to the club at its forma-
ton. This is pla ced on the table at each ban
quet, but will remain untouched and untasted
{ | until the last man dimes alone.