Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
CURIOUS COEDENSATIOES

Of mineral water at one sitting on wager on
Sunday.
The Oldest cat in Massachusetts, is dead.
1t was owned by Colonel Richmond, OF Free
town, and was in It's 2Oth year.
DIR. j. 7. Chase, Of Hallowell, owns
Ine nrst tall clock ever brought to Maine. Il
sui runs and keeps good time.
AT the Paris Exhibition Of 1867 the
tneaters took in s2,lO0OOO at the Exhibition Of
100 S4oOV,OOO and in 1889 s3.050OO0
AT the recent election in Beverly, Mass,
one ballot was entirely blank, but on the back
Of u was written: Il want to vote the same as
There is a woman near Astoria. Ore.
who has 70 holdup her hand and get permission
from her husband before she can 90 out She
| Is gong to school to him.
The Society for Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals in Switzerland has resolved to ban
ish cats from the republic on the ground that
they are killing of the birds.
The artistic wealth of the Paris munich
pality in paintings. sculpture. engravines, ETC.,
is estimated at s2500OOO, outside Of the great
treasures owned by the nation.
"A G. A. r. post has been Organized at
juneau. The post has been named Seward No.
i 80, in honor Of William Seward the purchaser
Of Alaska for the United States,
All attempts to rear bufaloes in cap
tiYity Of late years have proved unsuccessful
| a baby buffalo. born recently in Central Park,
New York, died on Monday Of ricketts,
According to London daily there are
about 25OO building associations, with over CO.,
900 members, in the United Kingdom. Last
year the receipts were upward of SlO0,OO00O0.
Information from Keathlev. Tenn il In
the effect that a farmer named Newton was
attacked near that place on a mountain path-
way by panther and torn so badly that be
died soon after.
Mrs. Sanden, Of Artondale, Ore, sur
prised big bear in her back yard last week
She did not scream or fall in faint. but
stepped into the house and, getting rife, dis
patched the intruder.
Women have been admitted to the bar
in all the New England States except New
Hampshire and Vermont Mrs. Kicker, sue
cessful practitioner in Washington, has now
asked permission to practice law In New Hamp-
shire.
The greatest beer drinkers are those of
Munich They drink 1872 Iitres per head per
year, against Yienns's 296, London's 254, Ber-
Inns 240, and Paris's q This costs the Munich
inhabitants on an average Of $50 head an
nually.
Mrs. Ca1lie L. French, Cincinnati
lady, and wife Of Captain A. B. French, is the
only female steamboat pilot in America. She
is regularly licensed as pilot from Vieksburg
to New Orleans ana the Atchafalaya river and
its tributaries.
Samuel Morse, of Essex, Mass, has
been hungry all the time for 13 years. he
drinks three quarts Of water per day and eats
hearty meals every hour. HIS age is 81 years
and his weight lS5 pounds. His case is = puz-
zle to the physicians.
Il. G. Beeeher, of Woodbridge, Conn,
planted hill OF pumpkins last spring From
that hill he gathered II pumpkins aggrsgating
686 pounds. He has sold them all at cent a
anything the rich farming lands Of Kansas can
show.
e. D. Sloan, Of klamath Agency, found
recently in cremation mound on the Klamath
Indian reservation . Harrison badge OF the
campaign Of 1541. The 'log cabin" and profile
view Of Genred Harrison show quite plainly
Probably these Indians got the badge from
General John Q. Fremonfs party when they
travelled through that country.
while fishing near Slaughter Beach,
Del, . few days ago. several young men Of
Milford caught Yeritable sea devil It was
nearly i've feet in length, two feet SIX inches in
WILL anu u6u an Immense uo1Qs Large ms
grew from each side, while on its head grew
long, slender I'm The latter appendage was
used as bait TO entice smaller hsh when is
buried itself in the mud
"A somewhat famous ejectment suit for
piece OF ground inches wide and 30 feet long.
situated in the village Of Mfllersburg. Bsrks
county, Pa. has just been revived. The plant
ID Is Jacob Moyer and the defendants g. n +.
Rick. The land is worth perhaps So but several
hundred have already been spent Ia litigation.
There has been trial before arbltrators. ono
IN the courts OF the county and the case n11
been once 20 the Supreme Court. -
According to an official report Just Is
sued Of the IS. 478 people whose marriages were
registered in Massachusetts, last year, o9S were
men and 2l5 women who had reached their 6th
year; 10 men and women were over % years Of
age, and men and women were over so The
total number Of males under 20 years Of age
were s5S, and Of females ans. Two females
were II were Ia ~ were IA and 81 were IS
years Of age. One male was Is and there were
none under that age
The young men who are seeking homes
on the farms Of the West are warned to ex-
anime the possibilities OF Connecticut agricul-
ture before they buy their tickets Up at Rey-
nolds Bridge, Conn. not only beans but bean
poles grow from the same hill. George Bum
nell had pole from button ball which had
been cut for several years He used il for bis
bean vines to grow on, and now he finds that
Tue polb uA8 1eut Oub IOOt1 auu StALtou 1ofoLAa
sprouts from the top.
"A new gambling arrangement has come
into vogue in Cincinnati. It Is in the shape Of =
miniature race track with automatic horses
and jockey attachments-the outfit being the
same as you see At any race track with the ex-
ception that It is made Of TN instead Of flesh
and blood There are four horses. BY turning
4 crank the horses are made to 20 round and
round the race becomes exciting and the out
come is Of course, In doubt. One Of the ma
chimes Is in Vine street eating house. Ono
young man raked In so pot on the brown
horse the other evening.
Funny things sometimes happen on the
AIsaos-Lorrains frontier. The other day .
family in Lorraine, near the border. expected
a party Of relatives from over the line to lunch
with them. The French family didn't think is
necessary to get passport for such = short
visit, but the German officials refused to let
them cross without 1t. They therefore turned
back for few yards into France, and alighred-
In the meanwhile their Lorraine relatives. who
had seen their retreat, had gone home. and re-
turned with knives, forks, plates, glasses and .
hot dinner. The cloth was laid across the
frontier upon patch Of smooth grass, and
merry picnic was held. each party sitting on its
own soil. The German officials stood BY the
whole time ready to arrest the strangers IN
case they oVerstepped the imaginary line, nus
they were careful not 70 do 30.