Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

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English syndieates invaded the Aus
tran Empire, and are buyfoe nm brewerfes in
bonemla, and printing Offices in Vienna.
An oak tree on the Potter farm, sir
miles from Visalia. Cal. measures 40 feet
1nenes around two feet from the ground.
-One OF the chief industries of Sicily il
the mining Of sulphur. There are 5s7 mines IN
the country, and birthstone is one Of the most
important exports.
-Abbotsford is still 50 pouular a resort
that the fees paid by tourists usuaIIy exceed
E40O year. SO that il is twice "a prodtabie 20
SHOW tne place ~ % let It. for the rent paid Dy
is only f20O year.
Last summer hen belonoin0 10 Robert
Mosley, eolored, of Crawfordsvills. Ind,
hatched brood Of u chickens ont in ths
woods. When she brought them to the house
2 an hna6y guaIi followed Il has grown up wifha
| goes to roost with them at night
"A magnificent royal STAG which has
been well knowDin North Uist. Scotland. Tor
more than 20 years, and which has 80 often
been stalked and shot at withour sueeess that
1t had come to be regarded as a Charmed beast
was recently killed, after very long and dim
the head was superb.
ON-n OoSACso' VI layton, Tenn, ana
Nettie King both prominent young peopla-
eloped and were married. Baskett carried =
ladder for two miles and stole his brida fro,,
an upstairs window at o'clock in the morning.
They left the town at once to escape fhe
wrath Of the brides father, who opposed the
match.
AN advertisement appeared in New
York paper the other day calling for informa-
tion regarding los persons, whose residences at
| 1ofa
were last heard from in 1885 On inquiry it was
learned that all were dep0sitors In the BOWery
Savings Bank. and that there was money In
that institution which they or their heirs. had
neglected to remove.
dennis McCarty, one Of the Oldest men
in the United States, died at his home, near
Fort Dodge, Ia, aged Ill years. The Old man
was hale and hearty to within q few hours Of
his death. and retained full possession Of his
mental faculties TO the lasf. He was q strong
Democrat and took great interest in the lats
elections. When informed Of the result he ex-
claimed: Thank God; / can now die In peace"
and died in few hours afterward.
The smallest town in the world to sup
port a newspaper is orlando. in the Big Bend
country, Oregon There are three houses in
town and eight inhabitants. four men, three
women and little girl, yet the Net1s Is pub
llsned every week. The composit0r on the
Nelrs keeps batch IN the little room occu-
press. A kitchen table e used for an imposing
stone" and the cook stove serves TO warm the
of1ce and Try the bacon for both editor and
printer.
in Cape May county, N. j.. the election
has given to the people a new county clerk for
the first time in 50 years. and by singular in
stance the new clerk is Just the same age that
the retiring one was when arst chosen. Jona-
than Hand, who Is known by every grown person
in the country and to a great majority Of the
legal fraternity in that State, has been retired
only thing that could be brought against him
by his opponents. He is known eYerywhere a.
Honest Jonathan Hand"
"A Rochester lady, who was q guest last
summer at the Grove Spring House. on Lake
Keuka, Pennsylvania. had pet Maltese kit
ten, only few weeks old. It wore ribbon
around its neck, to which was attached gold
locket, on which was engraved the word
"Flossie," the kittens name. One day the lady
was out rowing on the lake with her little
daughter. who mad the pet kitten in her lap.
The kitten, in a playful manner. sprang at
something that attracted its attention, and
landed in the lake. It SANG, and its reappear-
ance was anxiously awaited by is mistress, 80
came TO the surface, fact that caused no little
wonder and puzzled comment Last Saturday
a fisherman named Bailey, Of Penn Yam. was
fishing for black bass on Blur Point uaing =
gang baited with q dead golden sinner. IN 90
feet OF water. Responding 20 = tr8msndou1-
strike. he succeeded IN landing. after long
and lively struggle, a seven-pound. glasseyed
pike. In the stomach OF the fish was found the
missing locKet, with Flossie's name upon IL
Miss Bsckie johnson, q very pleasing
and attractive school teacher, living near St
Thomas. Pa, went to Carlisle few days ago,
and at the railroad station met man whom
she had never seen before In an hour they
were husband and wife. The groom Is John
n .-RD IN -.
way to wed his unknown bride, and the we'd
ding involves an interesting story Of eOurtship
az long range. Some time ago Miss Johnson
made the aequaintance Of Miss Maggie jenkins,
who was visiting near the home Of the school
marin. A strong friendship sprang up, and
when Miss jenkins left for her Western home
she carried with her Miss Johnson's sincere az
fections and one Of her photographs but i vas
to the latter that Miss johnson is indebted for
her present husband. Mr.. Demaree ehanced
to see the picture, and was there and then smlr-
ten. A correspondence was arranged By Miss
jenkins and the marriage was finally brOnghf
at Carlisle, away from the Drying eyes Of curl
Gus Deighbors who had heard Of the remarka-
bic AFFAIR.
Ivan Dzarschky-OrloG, from Buda
Pesth, has arrived in New York, and win be
exhibited in museum He is known as the
transparent man." and his case has interested
some Of the greatest medical authorities Of
Germany, among whom are Drs. Virckow and
Bergman, Of Berlin, physicians to the royal
family. The peculIarity Of Herr Orloffs case
is that the bones Of his legs. which are very
small and thin and greatly deformed, are 50
soft and cartiIagiBous that with the aid Of
candle OF other light IN darkened room one
can look right through the limbs and observe
the workings Of the blood vessels, both veins
and arteries which run through the oony
tissue. He is not exactly transparent. but be
is certainly translucent. and number Of ply
sicians who met the little fellow were very
much astonlshed at what they saw. According
to the medical authorities this s0ftening OF the
bones which seemed to begin when he was
about year old, IS extending over his whole
system, and in few years be will be perfectly
limp and helpless. They say It Is due TO the
loss OF the chalky substance in the bony tissue.
and il has already more or less anected the
whole skelefOn.