Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-02
CURIOUS CONDENSATI0ss


"A 6O-pound skats was caught with
hook and line at the Santa Cruz wharf few
days since.
"A 9-year-old girl Of Spring Lake town
shin, Kngsbury county, s. D.. plowed 90 acres
OF land this fall with . three-horss sulk7
Eighteen years ago a Kansas City man
paid 5000 for lot and was laughed At. The
laughing.
"A Louisville couple who we're divorced
: montn ago now ask to have the decree an
nulIed that they may live torstbsr aeaIn a.
man and wife.
"A Byron, Mich. woman wanted 10 nat
sl0O where burglars wOuldn't fnd It. 50 she put
to tell the sad story.
-Hundredsof sparrows fivine south were
attracted by the Kalamazoo electric lI1hfs and
dashed themselves against Iamns wIres and
buildings and were killed.
"A Fresno, Cal. woman threw . esllu-
have TO pay $50 to repair damzre % he
Kitchen and 70 get new stove.
u. J. Banta, Of DeLand. Fla. ha1 :
Dutch Bible nearly 300 years old that bis family
carried to the State of New York when frss
settled, Q. G. Codrington has ! Bible printed
Dy :. Moxon. In London in 1879.
"A cat belonging to Eugene Weber, Of
New York, set house on fire. Il uusat an al
stove, and the oil was scattered over he oat
enTeloping Il in mass Of flames II ran down
the stairs, and the flames set fire to ne carDef1
Charles Baker has vegetable garden
near Anaheim, CAL Last SATURDAY. he brourht
in . pumpkin that weighed 2O8 pounds and I've
beets raised from seed that weighed i5 uounda
each. The big pumpkin was bought By 4 New
York man, Who shipped It TO his own 5fatg fair
"A dancing master and musician Of Rich
mOnd Ind. has won some notoristy By ordering
his tombstone. although IN perfect health. Hin
scure men 70 notify other people Of their exist.
ence.
The prize offered By the New South
Wales Government for the extermination Of
the rabbit pest has been Withdrawn. No new
modes Of determination had been suggested,
The rabbits are also terrible nuisance ID New
Zealand, but are there kept under By ne
hawks.
Martin FothsrgiIl, Of Macon, Ca, s6s
drunk last week and tried 10 whip an Indiad
cigar sign. After the mill was ended It Wa
cigars and three eagle feathers Ind that Martin
had broken his finger bones. The Indian took
the purse.
"A fossil forest has been discovered near
FrAnsnt IN Scotland. Forty Or 30 fossil trss
trunks have been already laid hare. and the
full dimensions Of the forest are as ret un-
known. One Of the trunks Is about thrss fese
IN diameter, and they are for the most part Of
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walking for man, but there Is one In Morgan
county. Ca, who can beat this He walked all
the way from Duluth IN 0winnefE county 70
within few miles OF Madison. distance of
over SO miles, in less than ten hours. His name
Is w. T. Young.
The recent discovery BY . New England
chemist Of cheap plan for disso1TinE nnc By
combining il with hydrogen, turns out 70 Be :
very valuable one. The product is solution
making wood, to which It has been applied, ab-
solutely hrepfoof
The importati0n Of American game into
Austria has proved big success. On the Dan
ubian meadow forests Of Count Brenner 100
wild turkeys and 80 Wapfkf are marked for de-
strhction at the next big batt1e. On Prince
HuniadI's estates the American game has IN
CREASED 30 per cent.
John W. MeolelIAnd. Of Lineanore,
Frederick county. Nd. has succeeded IN carT-
ing . wagon out OF walnut block 3 inches
long and s3io square. he cut the running
gear, tongue. chains. sngle-trees' donbIe-tre6'
stay-ohaib4 fnbborB and wheels al c0mpl8t8'
and tho whole works as any other wagon ard
ca3not 5 Pc taken apart Hs sel. Be values i1 IS
-Captain 7. B. Psarcs, Of the Bar Head
IN - Life Sewing Btafion, has caught . car.
rief pigeon, which dew 10 from the "a and IL
on one Of the station boats. The bind VA con-
pletely exhausted There was 4 silver band
on each leg That on the right leg bore the 1g-
ures S55 and the inillals = H, and that on the
Is Of . choeolate color.
The spawned, faw-bonsd white horse,
used By Richard Golden In the play Of Hold
Jed Prouty," got his mzsle. into much fronhle
in Chicago. The BEASTS royalty fed and cared
for. but his starved appearances stiIl remains.
Every night be was led by . man 70 the theatef,
and on two occasions the eadaver0us animal
pOos sss ssrsssS sassS he man oTSs % g
and the horse had 70 be Struggled BY devious
routes to the theafer. At last every street. Wa1
guarded by limbs p q the Law. and tne heEse bad
as property" horse.
Thirteen years ago benjamin Gobls, .
fireman on the Erie Railroad. living ns Port
JsrYis, n Y, took drink from the Mississippi
river, and last week he expelled from his lton-
ach live MissiBslppi doeh8h which measured
Is inches in length, and had head as large -
an egg and fms four inches long. He believes
be swallowed an infant doe18h at the time
mentionsd, and that Il has been alive in his
stomach ever SINCE. Certain Il - that for many
years be has had cI1trs1s in ni1 stomach
which at times was 50 acute g 70 render the
services Of physician necessary. He ua9un-
der the care OF physician when the 14h ru1
expelled
"A -sak non Chariaa Rset 49,.
hand. went 10 Denver for his wages and rt.
NAMED over night Next day he related 3
dream to some friends and remarked that Il
was a warning Of sudden death. No attention
was paid to the remark. as Beck vas lhc very
picture Of health. He went back 70 t1e ranch
and remained two Or three days. then felnrned
q Denver and won't to the county hospital.
where he was admitted, though tue 16ctor1
Could discover no ailmc1t He kept n1 bed
from the time of entering and yesterday
faldiled his prophecy By dying An eramIna-
lion was made, but no trace ot disease could b
discovered. and Il va entered On the records
mat he died Of fright
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