Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

"A four-lsgged chicken is Wymors,
Neb., curiosity.
Fish have been caught in the Gulf Of
California at depth OF !. 400 feet
1t is rumored that diamonds are being
found in the State Of Guerrero. Mexico.
"A Swiss cheese which was received By
an Atchison grocery firm the other day weighed
W pounds exclusive Of the holes.
Pat Brady, convict At Auburn, has
been pardoned BY Governor HiIl- He Is 1
years old, and has been in prison since he
1T is estimated that the amount Of gold
and silver coin on the bottom Of the Atlantic
Ocean Is about $4,000 0OO, aud it Is further ssti-
matedithat most Of it viii stay right Nhersit -
In one neighborhood in Dakota lest
week there were only two lucifer matches e
go around among Il families, and persons usro
detailed 70 build nres and keep them aiIrs
night and day until supply could be had
Under the laws Of Bulgaria if q pstsaf
medicine Is warranted to cure a certain di1-
ease and fails to do 1t the manufacturer can
be prosecuted and sent to prison. No cures
Tor consumption can be found in shat country
-Pensacola, Fla. has magistrate that
knows thing or two. In discharging gentle
man who was arrested for lighting he romarkeds
II you hadn't hit him you ought 70 have been
nung tsg Mayor Chipley viii stand in for another
-Cordele, one of Georgia's newest cities,
situated in Dooly county, Is placs with :
populston pop Of s,0Oo A year and half ago The
electric lights. y =
nile Mrs. Chambers, Of Frostburx.
NO. was absent In the kitchen her little bzbs
was attacked By large rat The crying OF The
DaDe attracted the mothers attention and on
solng 20 tne child she found ths animal had
u on the eyehds. which were bleeding
AT SandersvilIe, Ca, last week M. h.
Bird was engaged in placing spoke in the hab
OF q wheel when 1t broke from the tap Of \
hammer, and minnie ball fell out on the
Il oor. The spokes came from North Carolina
and II 10 imposed that the ball has remained In
the wood since the trying days Of 1851 and 1885
AS passenger train thundered along
near Alleyton. Newaygo County, Mich, the
other day large baldheaded eagle arose from
beside the track and tried TO iy across the rails
ahead Of the train, but it was struck by the
engine and was lodged against cylinderhead.
it The bird measured six feet from tip to tn
across its wings
The discovery Of the curious ice cave in
Ashley Valley. in the Rocky Mountains, con-
tnues to attract attention. Tom Mitchell, Who
has just returned to Salt Lake City from there,
says that In the latter parto August he found
IN the cave section of ice 25 feet high and %
feet thick at the base. A small lake was also
discovered. One Of the rooms In the cave was
over 200 feet long. The party who went in
with Mitchell were bound together much after
the fashion Of Alpine climbers
-Fihy-6ve years ago q Rockland, Me-.
7outh Of 20 wrote letter to one Of the girls in
'chooi. The sudden appearance Of the teacher
Up that way frightened him and he tucked the
nissive between the laths of the PARTITION be-
hind him The schoolhouse was torn down the
writer. No doubt be found it interesting, but
lot half 80 much SOFAS an instantaneous view Of
,he old gentleman's mind as he read It would
lave been, were such thing possible.
The most interesting exhibit at the
Qnd.) fair was the miniature loco
motive, made BY Tilbert Blue, Of Montezuma.
{ was not representation, but real, working
locomotive with all parts attached, and capa-
Every piece of this engine was made BY MT.
5lue during odd times at his home He made
ne models, did his own casting, in fact, 'sbuils
Ter from the ground up" The young gentle
nan has never been employed in any machine
hop, nor has he had any practical experience.
lie Is professional musician and plano tuner.
AT Ila, Ga, something was seen in the
lead hours Of the night near Mr.. il Borough's
nil few nights ago which resembled human
orm- While some Of the citizens were seining
'elow the mill this ghostlike form was seen By
hem, but before they approached it q young
ouple passed the road on their return from
reaching In few feet from the ghost which
tature, ,hazel-eyed and blsck-haired- The mule
riyen by the young couple took fright as the
range object and attempted 70 run, but was
od nv a mar lur1r
oubt as much surprised as frightened to see
lch an object at that time
Stage murders with guns and pistols are
ften ridiculous farces- The black-hearted
illain fires at the flies and the prosecuted hero
icing him drops dead" To escape the ridicu-
,us in this line Of stage effort new weapon
as been invented by M Philippe, Secretary
the Boufes Parisiennes, Paris. It contains
le end. The piece is loaded by comDrsssinS
he spring, which is retained by a simple
and inserting in the muzzle
,rk, which contains charge of Eliminating
ercury. On pulling the trigger the spring Is
,leased and the needle strikes the illuminate.
hich explodes. blowing the cork into dust. Il
said that these guns can be leveled directly
any person and discharged without risk.
Visitors to Daufuskie Island. off the
eorgia coast, during the summer, tell of the
osting and brood1ng places Of the cranes on
e island Storks, cranes and bitterns spend
o day along the estuarles OF the seacoast, and
lde and fly over the miles and miles of salt
arshes. A gentleman who was on the island
few days ago SAID that he was ignorant of the
bits of the sea fowl, and one evening near
Night he was returning to his quarters, and
hen passing near q dense thicket he heard
great chattering, and many Of the voices
unded like those of humans. Resting his gun
listened attentively. and finally came to the
Inclusion that 1t was colony Of cranes. He
rev stick into the thicket when with
Id shrek and screech, some 400 or 500 cranes
w out, circled about while. and, having re-
vered from their fright, settled down again
om sight, still keeping up their chatter eDd
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