Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

"A 4O-pound lake trout was caught q
az Tonaca fsw days ago. Il was embalme4
In ice and sent to New York.
The curSev horn Is still blown every
night az 9 o'clock BY man in uniform At the
market Cross in the old Yorkshire toWn OF
Ripon.
The principal instructor IN Baltimore
commercial school has committed suicide De-
cause his recently published book was NOT
success.
jackson. Mich. Presbyterians held
church banquet few nights ago. N nnicn
men cooks, walters, dishwashers. ETC., dno Al
the work.
The remains of an unknown prehiStorie
monster haze been dug up near Livingston,
Neb., by well-diggers. One Of the teeth OF Lne
animal measured II inches long BY IN nreaoIn.
Testimony in a recent suit brought oy
Harris. Of Philadelphia, to obtain wages dus
him. revealed the fact that he had been en-
ployed to mako trousers for 30 cents dozen, or
"a cents pair.
The rising generation in Australls Is
developing peculiar nasal twang in the voice
that promises to become as distinctive IS 10 the
iankee twang in this country. The school
suppress the tWang.
"A duck was killed in Spottslyvanis
county, Virginia, which had q nail two inches
long Protruding through the gizzard into the
entralls. 1t seemed to cause the duck no in
lore 1t was killed.
"A Canadian paper wants to know why
100000 Canadians should pay more to be gov
erned than 100000 Americans pay. The u
Cabinet officers Of Ottawa receive SOS, 900
year, while the eight Cabinet officers of the
United States receive $4,000.
Thirteen miles from Cheyenne is what
is said to be the largest horse farm In the
world. There are 10000 acres of land, where
roam 600 horses, which require the constant
attention Of 65 men. One hundred miles Of
wire fence keeps the animals in bounds.
In Connecticut last week a man who
pleaded guilty to killing another man was SEN
fenced to three months to jail and fined ST. In
Boston last week man who was convicted Of
murilating . book belonging to the public
library was sentenced to hve months in jail.
"A young woman, of Ridgewsy, Canada,
has had the banns of matrimony between her
self and two of her lovers read in the parish
church, the clergyman having decided that she
is free to choose between them at the altar.
This Is new and startling departure In wed
dings.
"A mineral that resembles coal has been
found on farm at Southwest Harbor, Me. It
burns briskly till nearly half reduced, and when
burning Is as soft and dnctile as putty. When
burned out the substance is black as Jet and as
hard as flint Rubbed with . WOODEN cloth it
VIII give brilliant polish.
Mrs. Frank O'Grady, while playing in
Eviction" in a theater at Maccfesheld. En-
gland, as she waited in the wings, stopped to
let another actor pass upon the stage, and in
SO doing ran into her chest knitting needle
that she was holding in her hand. She died
from the wound a few hours later.
"A man astonished the Circuit Court at
Marshall, Mich, the other day by heatedly sx-
claiming that he'd be hanged if he'd have any
case Of his tried before such q tough-looking
jury as that. But when he was informed that
the men he kicked on were lot of prisoners
awaiting sentence the kicker cooled OF and the
Court smiled.
The Rev. G. A. Tewksbury, pastor of
the Pilgrim Church az Cambridgeport Mass,
fell In love with a young woman in his choir,
and they became engaged. The trouble in tho
nation of Mr.. Tewksbury. A church council
has commended him to the Consideration Of
other churches as faithful minister.
There has been revival Of religion at
Moberly, Mo-, and among the conversions was
that of a man who had been a very hard case.
When he went forward in the church to make
profession OF his faith he surprised the par
son and people by handing to the former a
bottle half full of whisky and slung shot. He
said that he proposed to renounce all his evils.
Proceedings have been begun before the
Ohio Supreme Court to set aside the verdict by
which one William Gaines was sentenced to
life imprisonment for the murder of one Pat
rick Hughes. The claim upon which the pro-
eeedings are based is that the jury which con-
victed Gaines. being equally divided as to his
guilt or innocence, settled the question by flip
ping up a coin.
1t is said that love for pets and love Of
travelling are the two ruling passions of the
nj
unmarried, and in her many journeyings is at
tended by a maid and a chamberlain. She
always takes her pets with her, and the cham
berlain has to look after them. His place Is no
sinecure, for she has IA animals Of one sort
and other, including several dogs two magpies,
an enormous rat, and diEninutiVe bear.
"A resident of Martins Ferry, o., has
two small boys and one big dog, a Newfound-
land, their constant companion. The other
day the boys got to fighting, and the smaller
was getting the worst of It. when the dog. who
had been an uneasy observer OF the proceed
ings, rushed between the lads, separated them
by main force. and then dragged the larger boy
away, without hurting him in the least or
showing particle of i'll temper.
"A speaker before farmers institute in
Massachusetts, the other day argued that farm
ing had more bright sides than any any other
business If the farmer only knew it. Unfor-
tunately, the farmer didn't always know it.
Then he used this illustrations: do you hear
that delightful music?" said a traveller to his
comrade as he heard the soft baying of
hound mo" was the reply; that deVilish
dog makes such . racket 1 can't hear any
thing"
I'm regard to the recent discovery that
the glass bottles in which wine is kept some
times affect its quality, NJ. Pelligot, the chem
ist says that such changes are due to the ac-
tion of the ingredients employed in the pre-
0f q n dTniw wfnr
of lime and magnesia, which are often substi-
tuted for soda and potash, being cheaper, acts
injuriously upon wine, while it improves when
per cent.