St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-30
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Buffalo has only six non-union cigar
] makers.
A new lens will show 1904, zoe, 900 of
an inch.
English factory and shop girls are Or
ganiZing.
Custer county, Montana, the largest
county, has IL, 1853, $40 acres.
Irrigation has raised the value of
some California land from 81 an acre to
over $500.
Coal and oil are found in every county
In wyoming. The territorial geOlogiSt
thinks the coal fields cover $4,000 square
miles.
At railroad station near Birming-
ham, Ala, as tramp was standing on
a siding, he was struck by cow and
hurled through the air by a passing
locomotive. He was painfully, though
not seriously, wounded.
A st. Louis clothing dealer has hit
upon novel advertising scheme. He
has hired very large elephant, which,
after being decked with numerous adj
yertisements and streamers, will be put
on exhibition in front of his store.
A dilapidated safe stood outdoors in
Adrian, Mich. several years ago, and
recently it was sold for old iron. On
breaking it up set of account books
and good gold watch were found in
side, and no one knows who the watch
belongs to.
Opposite the city of Peoria, ILL.,, on
top of the bluff, has been discovered the
site of Fort Creve Cpur, the Fort Of the
Broken Heart, built by La Sale in the
year 1850. Historians have long dis
puted as to the exact location of the
fOrtlficatiOn.
Ethan Streeter has awful queer luck
when he gets married. and Queerer yet
when he doesn't get married. His first
attempt resulted in separation after
three days of married bliss, and his sec
ond attempt resulted in separation
three minutes before the ceremony, in
the presence of the wedding guests.
The last affair occurred near Berlin,
Mich, last week.
Two German athletes have arrived in
New York, whose feats of strength, it
is said, will be a revelation to the strong
men of this country. One can lift 545
pounds with his middle finger, and can
pass weight of 200 pounds slowly over
his head with one hand. The other is
credited with being able to force a six
inch nail with his bare hand through
two-inch plank.
A Kingston woman is the owner of a
pet cat which formed the habit of Sleep
ing in coal Scuttle. One day some one
threw piece OF paper in the scuttle,
covering the cat from sight. The wo-
man picked up the scuttle to throw coal
in the stove and dumped the cat on the
red Goals. There was an unearthly
yOwl, and flaming body went flying
through the room. A pail of water ex-
tinguiShed the fire and saved the feline.
While some repairs were being made
in the fish preserves at Tuxedo Park re-
Gently, about 10000 trout, varying in
size from young fry to specimens weigh
ing over pound, escaped into the
Ramapo river. Many of them, of
course, will fall prey to the. voracious
black bass and pickerel. or to the rapa->
clOuS pot fishermen, who despoil the
streams by nSportsmanlike means and
at unlawful seasons. But enough will
undoubtedly escape these enemies to
make the Ramapo good trout stream
for several seasons to come. .tc-
Mr.. Jaeger. of Rochester, n. Y, was
frequently puzzled by the absence of
his dog. The animal was frequently
absent half a day at a time, and last
week was missing for two days. His
owner advertised for him. and on the
following day he was returned by man
who had discovered his peculiar mania.
1t was for riding on street cars. He will
get aboard of any ear he sees, and rides
till he is put off. Mr.. Jaeger proposes
now to get season ticket. good on all
the street railroads, and attach it to the
dogs collar, SO that the animal may in
dulge his street car pTOpenSitieS In
proper and legal way.