Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-24
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

-Montezums, Ga, boasts Of dog "with
dve well-developed feet"
Trolling ar5utus blossoms were gathered
In Camden, ke, few days ago.
Two inmates of the Milwaukee aims
house, the man aged p and the woman aged 70,
were married one day last week.
"A large snowy owl perehed on the spire
Of Catholic church in Philadelphia the other
day and sat there until nearly night
There is young giantess feet 8 inches
high, said absolutely to be only Il years old, on
exhibition in London. She is . Don Cossack.
%. s. Lower. of Auburn, went out hunt
ing last week and bagged s00pound wild
| boar. Its tusks measured IL inches long and
were as white as ivory.
! "A Cincinnati paper, in speaking Of
Wood arrested the other day for connection
with the ballotbox forgery case. says: Wood
Is Short decidedly fat man, dressed in Times
Star and Evening Post" An error in the
makeup.
"A railroad dog, who travels steadily
with his master in the cab of Denver and Rio
Grande locomotive, is said to be highly valu-
able in many ways. He can scent cattle on the
track when they cannot be seen and drives
them on when they are indisposed to get on.
The Bishop of st. Asaph's in Wales ap-
peals to English churchmen to help the clergy
Of the diocese whose resources have been
nearly cut OF by the 1.-THE agitation. ''starva-
tlon," be says, lis an ugly word, but it repre-
sents the condition to which several Of the
Welsh clergy have been reduced"
Dog stories are on fair road to rival
those told by fishermen. The latest candidate
for popular recognition is that Fred Stencil was
out shooting near Milton, Ore, the other day,
when he shot his dog. For a moment he was
too much overcome to see what he had done
and before he had recovered himself the ami.
NAL, black retriever, had come up to him.
bringing in his mouth his own tail, which had
been shot clean OF.
--An almost miraculous escape from
death is reported from Jackson county, Ga.
Last Saturday two men were working in front
Of circular saw, when one Of them reached
over to remove a chip from behind it. The saw
caught his sleeve and dragged him over the
shafting. Round and round he went until his
fellow workman could run and stop the ma
chinery. When he was taken out not a scratch
or bruise was found upon his body, but the
saw had torn every thread Of clothing of him.
Whether the Norsemen really discoY-
cred and settled New England IN the eleventh
century or not Prof Eben Norton Horsford.
Of Cambridge, will have it so. He has Just
erected at his own expense q massive tower at
Waltham, Mass, to mark what be believes is
without doubt the site OF the ancient city Of
Norumbega- This old stronghold the professor
stayed for a long time before they abandoned
it on account of the hostility Of the "Skrsel-
ings," as the natives Of the region are called in
the old Sagas.
"A question having been raised as to the
oldest living member of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, the honor seems to belong to Elisha
Mills, ST., who served in the FiftY-ssYenfh
Indiana Regiment He was born October 5
1904 enlisted at Richmond, Ind, in August
1851 and lives at Farmland RqndOlnh
county, and belongs to Moses Heron Post, g.
A. R., No. 26l. This veteran, now ia his Soth
year. participated in the battles Of Shiloh and
Corinth, was under FIRE in all for Is days, and
took part in the marches and hardships Of his
regiment until September 1853 when, from
sickness and age, he was compelled TO leave the
service.
"A donkey shot q man in Bridgeport,
Conn, the other night. The donkey belonged
to BarthOlOmew's Equine Aggregation. and his
business was to fire pistol by pulling a trig-
ger with his teeth. In this instance the donkey
fred a cannon, which it was intended that one
of the trained horses should discharge The
stage manager had his back toward the
ordnance, and, the charge and Wadding strik-
ing him, hustled him over the fOOtlightS and
upon the head Of Herr Strut. of the orchestra
The stage manager was severely hurt, and the
performance temporarily paralyZed. The dom
key, after Oombarding the manager, trotted to
the footlights and looked complacently down
on the confusion.
The marriage Of Alexander O. Lanier,
ofthe banking firm Of -winsIow. Lanier & Co.,
to Mrs. Stella Sering, Of indianapolis, which
was celebrated on Thursday, brings to public
notice an unusually romantic story. The bride
groom was suitor Of Mrs. sering 40 years ago
but when he proposed marriage she told him
that she had already promised herself 70 his
rival, Samuel sering. Fin0dgn' al that tins
Mr.. LAnier was the devoted friend Of the
couple and remained q bachelor. Both men
became prominent When Sering died. about
bedside, and his farewell words to the former
were: 81 have no fears for Stella, for know
you will take care of herr The wedding has
proved the truth Of his opinion.
Victor Poissant young electrician Of
Omaha, has q very ingenious way Of killing
rats. AS he has been praetieing this method Of
sIectrocution at intervals for the past three
years he may be fairly credited with having an
ticipated the New York scientists whs are now
Duzziing themselves and the rest of mankind
IS to the propriety Of sending Nh. KemmleF
1ut Of the world by the overhead wire system
The prying rodent is caughtin an ordinaryova
rap, the bottom Of which Is covered with tin.
Mr.. Poissant has q small dynamo Of his own
One wire eonnectsd with the
iynamo is fastened to the tin lining Of the trap,
md another Is thrust into the prisoners cell.
Inc WeLl-knoWu propensity OF caReu rat bOQ
)attle asserts ITSELF and he seizes the wire be-
Ween his teeth. In so doing he makes the mis-
AXE Of his life. The circuit is completed h18
avs close on the wire with a death grip, and
Without squeak and almost without = quiVer
le passes into state Of eternal desuetude.
Very few persons can truthfnlly say
hat their destiny has been decided By the
raWing Of straw. Edward spangenbsrE one
f the most successful Of the younger attor-
eys Of Cincinnati, owes much Of the good
hings that have come to him 10 such an ap-
arentIy trivial circumstance The time was
ust at the close Of the war. Mr.. spangenberg
nd his brother had done service under the
tars and stripes and with their father found
themselves IN Denver, then small place. A
ood opening was found for one Of the boys,
ut which was to stay there was question
Teither had profession. So the good father
repaired two straws and, covering Them in his
myers, bade each son TO pull one. Young
,dward drew the short one and was obliged TO
sturn to Cincinnati He lef. the West with
eavy heart, arrived in Cincinnati, procured
mployment without trouble, gained the fancy
the late W. 7. Forrest. began to study Law,
nd in few years has, By diligent work and
onest methods, builded practice that many
n older attorney would be proud to possess.
[r. Spangenberg says the short end Of the
raw turned after all to be the long end.