Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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Harvest hands in Oregon demand %
day and board.
Southern California is figuring on
honey crop of 1000 900 pounds this season.
"A company is about to engage IN the
%Wanufacturs manu- Of bagging from pine hOre AZ
Mrs. Elizabeth Lang, the wife Of
Brooklyn tailor, is the mother Of Is children,
all OF whom are living.
Pasadena, Cal, has a Democratic post
master who is so popular that over 400 Repub-
be retained until the expiration OF his term.s
Mrs. R. L. Henry walked into her yard
at the Rutherford place, near Macon. Ga, and
found her child charmed by snake. She
killed the reptile just as 1t was about to strike
the child.
while her husband attends the fire Mrs.
Moulton runs the engine Of the Ocean City.
boat that conveys passengers from Longport to
Somers Point and Ocean City, N. ]. Mrs.
Moulton is pretty brunette.
Daniel Copperthite. Meriden. Conn.,.
veteran. walked from his home to Baltimore,
whence he was given transportation to WASH
fngton. His object in making the journey was
to see II he could not get his pension increased.
The Pstosksy Methodist Indian Mis-
sion, embracing in its limits the Indians Of
Charlevoix county Mich, has as its native pas
tor Rev. John 8. KewaygashiK, q full-blood
Ojibway Indian. He has been on this work
two years, and has shown remarkable ability
and zeal.
The largest fish ever caught in Indiana
waters was captured in the White river Just
south Of Colum bus, the other day. The mon
ster was a shoye-head cat and weighed 104
pounds, 1t was landed by Arty Monroe and
Nick Herod with trout line. It brought s1
In the market.
AN Adrian, Mich, boy props a wide
and heavy plank on a stick, to which a string is
attached, so he can drop the plank while hid
ing behind distant rose bush. He then
lures 100 English sparrows at one fell swoop.
Michigan pays bounty on dead sparrows.
About week ago Ordinary Herring
ton, of Clarke county, Ga. issued a marriage
license. the prospective groom being about so
years of age and the intended bride about 40.
The lady was the sister OF the gentleman's sons
wife. Two days after the license had been Sc
cured the old gentleman concluded to back
out.
Nearly a month ago three young men,
Of Jacksonville, Ill, ]. B. johnson. Irwin
Woods and Arthur H. Woods-all expert bicy-
clers, mounted their wheels in their native
city and set out for run across the country.
On Thursday they reached Washington. after
being % days on the road and having travelled
1000 miles. They say they've had glorious
time in spite of the rains.
"A man in ignorance Of the fact that his
hand was off was found by q policeman walk
ing on the railroad track at Lynn, Mass, early
one morning this week. 1t was afterward
learned that shortly before daylight, while
he was asleep under shed with his hand on
the track, afreight train backed and severed the
member. The amputation was as cleanly done
as if a knife had been used. though it numbed
all the nerves of the arm. He admitted having
been drinking, and didn't look unlike tramp
-Laborers around new building In Bos-
ton were amazed the other DAY to find that
they could not release their hold on a guy rope
of the derrick. The foreman shouted to them
to go to work. and they replied that they
couldn't He became angry at the answer and,
rushing to the spot. grasped the guy. He then
understood the situation perfectly. but he was
unable to remove the cause OF the trouble-a
live electric wire that had crossed the guy.
Soon the connection was unaccountably broken
and all the men were released, little the worse
for their experience.
DIR. Williams, of Waycross, Ga, who Is
tenting with his family on st. Simon's, has .
natural curiosity In the shape Of a minnow with
two distinct heads. The doctor was walking on
the beach when he came to pool of water. He
naturally desired to see something of the in
of the water out he noticed this strange-look1ng
fish. Picking it up he conveyed it to the paVll-
ion, where it excited considerable surprise II
being of usual shape and size The two
heads branch out from the body. and peculiar
thing is that tho ish has four eyes. ---,-
The blood orange is a mere variety Of
the sweet orange, obtained by cultivation, and
appears first to have been raised by the Spanish
gardeners in the Philippine Islands, from the
"a n,taI of which fManilal it, together with the
well.known cigars formed at one time one Of
the chief articles of export. On its tlrst ap-
pearance in Europe it excited considerable
sensation: and in the last century very high
prices were demanded for the trees which bore
the wonderful fruit None, however, nov war. are
derived almost entirely from Malta. where
great pains and attention are bestowed upon
their cultivation. 1t was for long time sup
posed and the idea is not yet quite extinct,
that the blood oranges were produced by the
prafting of the orange with the pomegranate,
but there Is not the slightest foundation for
this belief.
The bees have literally taken possession
s,t Rufus Kinney's residence, at Reno, New,
traAsforming It into vast apiary and compell-
ing the e.sfsmily to vacate portions Of the house.
Every accessible part of the house is filled with
bees; the walsh are transformed into hi'ss. At
least dozen colonies issge lodged themselves
under the building. and the Pugnacious little
rascals dispute with the owners every part Of
the house from cellar to garret. And still from
every quarter new swarms are daily coming;
some days as many as three or four different
colonies arrive. and despite the fact that Mr..
Kinney has killed as many as IL swarms al
ready this season. they are gaining rapidly on
him and he is seriously contemplating the ne
cessity Of moving out and leaving the bees in
possession of the premises. Reports from other
quarters show similar but not so serious condi-
tlonS.