Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-24
CURIOUS coNDENsATIoNs.

Worlu Wneat crop. oVo,Vov,ovv D1S11.'s
-Bufalo has only six nou-union cigar
makers
"A new lens viii show 1-2o4, zoe, 900 Of
an inch.
English factory and shop girls areor-
| eznizing
Custer county, Mont, the largest county,
has u, $50. $40 acres
"A Saltwater tMinn.) Judge refused
Chinaman citizenship.
Irrigation has raised the value Of some
California land from 81 an acre TO over $500
Coal and oil are found in every county
Of Wyoming: The territorial gsoIoeist thinks
the coal nelds cover 5000 square miles.
AT railroad station near Birmingham.
Ala. as tramp was standing on a siding. be
was struck BY COW and hurled through the
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 Advertisements and
streamers win be put on exhibition in 'front.' Of
"A dilapidated safe stood outdoors in
Adrian, Mich. several years ago, and recently
1s was sold for old iron On breaking ft np
> LOOE WXLUu
were found inside, 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 C@ur, the Fort Of the the Broken
Heart. built BY Lasalle in the year 1850. His
sorlans @ nave long disputed as to the exact locs-
Ethan Streeter has awful queer luck
when he gets married. and queersr yet when he
don't get married. His first attempt resulted
in separation after three days Of married
bliss, and his second attempt resulted In a sem
aration three minutes before the ceremony. In
the presence of the wedding guests The last
affair occurred near Berlin, Micn., last week.
Two German athletes have arrived in
New York whose feats Of strength, it is said.
will be revelation to the strong men Of this
country, One can lift 545 pounds with his mid
die figure and can pass q weight Of 200 pounds
slowly over his head with one hand. The other
is credited with being able 70 force . six-inch
nail with his bare hand through = tHo-inch
plank.
"A Kingston woman Is the owner Of q
pet cat which formed the habit Of sleeping in
coal scuttle. One day someone threw piece
OF paper In the scuttle. covering the cat from
sight. The woman picked up the scuttls to
throw coal in the stove and dumped the cat on
the red Goals. There was an unearthly yoH1
and flaming body went flying through the
room. A pail Of water extinruished The frs
and saved the feline.
While some repairs were being made in
the fish preserves at Tuxedo Park recently,
about 1000 front, varying in size from young
fry to specimens weighing over pound, es-
caped into the Ramapo river. Many Of them.
bass and pickerel, or to the rapacious pot fish,
ermen, who despoll the streams By unsports-
manlike means and at unlawful seasons But
enough VIII undoubtedly escape these enemies
to make the Ramapo good trout stream for
several seasons to come.
Mr.. Jaeger, of Rochester, N. z, was
frequently puzzled by the absence Of his dog.
The animal was frequently absent half day
ut . 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. It was
Tor riding ON street cars. He win get aboard
Of any car he sees, and rides till he is put on
Mr.: Jaeger proposes now to get . season
ticket good on all the street railroads and at
tach IL 70 the dogs collar, 50 that the animal
may indulge his street car propenslties In =
proper and legal way.
Ernest A. Brown had startling adj
venture with rattlesnakes ON his farm, about
six miles from Sparta, Ga. Thursday He was
hunting and fired into . covey Of partridges,
bringing down two. One was easily found, but
in searching for the other he stepped on .
small bush, pressing it down, when large
rattlesnake struck at him, hitting the bush
He shot the head on the fierce reptile, which
had set up . vigorous rattle, and turning to
seek the bird kicked on the top Of pie Of
trash, when the head Of another was thrust M
about six inches from the hole his shoe had
made This one was also Immediately killed.
-E. L. Holdridge, of South Butler.
N. Y, il the owner Of toad which has devel-
oped remarkable degree Of tractability and
intelligeuce. In eating the toad has been
trained TO use small knife and fork, and it Is
said to handle these implements with the grace
and skill Of an epicure. At the conclusion OF
the meal the toad regularly uses q small napkin
to wipe its mouth, an act which it performs
present teaching the toad TO use a toothpick.
but 1t Is still very awkward in the use Of thaf
implement The toad readily walks upright
and apparently ignores the characteristic hop
Of its paternal ancestors In the act Of locomo-
tion. It Is also affirmed that the toad 10 devel-
oping degree Of conscience, as IL has been
known to shed tears Of remorse upon several
occasions when reprimanded BY Mr.. Holdridge
for some fmproprfety or breach Of etiquette &C
the table.
"A shoemaker who died at Scandara,
Pa, not long ago. started . fortune from maxi
ing shoes for President Lincoln. The President
had large, ungainly feet, and all he wanted was
to have easy shoes He could not get shoe
makers to make his shoes large enough. Soon
after he was elected IN 1850 Peter Kahler,
Scranton, Pa, shoemaker, obtained an outline
drawing of one OF the Presidents feet and sens
him pair Of shoes that suited him exactly.
Lincoln wrote letter Of thanks to Mr.. Kahler
which he was shrewd enough to have pub
lished. It brought him fame, and he removed
to New York, became ''doctor." ehiropodisE
and specialist. Carriage people patronized
him and he accumulated considerable for
tune. Lincoln continued TO buy shoes Of Kah-
Ter to the time Of his death. kahler had
visionary schemes for lgetting great wealth two
years or more before he died. He bought about
30 acres Of ground ON the border Of Harvey's
Lake, the largest lake in Pennsylvania, In 1888.
The Indian name Of the lake was Lake Scam
dara- Mr.. Kahler proposed TO build big W.
lage and establish q "Kahler's Sanitariumn
He sunk considerable money in the scheme.
but left large estate ueverrheless