Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-03
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

CUhlUUS CUNDENOAllV1o
"A London firm has contract with the
French Government, under which they annu-
ally supply France with thousands Of tons Of
dried fruits. The French Government require
tnls large suppy OF dried fruit 70 make the vine
"nicn they supply to the French army.
AT Leighton Buzzard, England, the
other day, chapel was burned down IN which
II mad previously been arranged to celebrate
Meqolng; The destruction Of the sacred edihce
!l nAd no erect IN postponine the ceremony, and
tne man and woman were made one amid the
smoking ruins.
"A correspondent Of New York paper
whites that there are probably 1000 head
OF oeer IN Maine This statement was shown
20 hon d. 0. Stanley. game commissioner,
ID fortland he shook his head. Too small,
TOO small, he said there are nearer 20 0O9i
they are everywhere
In Naples there exists race Of cats
which i've IN churches They are kept and fed
~ tne aatnorities on purpose to eat mice which
m1est all old buildings there. The animals
may oIIen De seen walking about among Ehs
during the time Of mass
"A Saeo. Me-, blacksmith is the latsst
convert to the belief that early rising Is noa
always in practice what it is in theory. He gos
mp dark and early, the other morning. and had
ms nre blazing BY O'Clock. The next thing he
Knew the Saco nre department. had the hose
turned on DIS plaze and the nei9hbor1 were
screaming IRE at the top Of their voices.
Brooklyn specialists for diseases ofths
eye, ear and nose are much interested In tbs
result OF an unusual Operation on = woman
that was performed in the Long Island College
doSpltat on Monday. Mrs Eva Hoffman sub.
m1tted 20 the experiment. Of having portion
y - sne Dre@ss Done OF chicken sswed 70 that
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William LOOfbOurow, pearl fisher 1t
Monroe, Wis, sold pearl for $50 which he
had taken from clam shell in the Pecatonica
II weighed III grains It is beauty. Of wine
color spherical in shape and depressed on the
bottom httls. This is bona hde sale. Louf.
bourow has one more Of 1ozenge-shape wine
color, which weighs "A or Is grains. It IS proba-
bly, worth 500.
-California engineers have accomplished
the difficult task of lifting the Feather river. =
fast flowing stream, 50 feet and carrying It Eor
more than half q mile in an artificial bed at
that height above its old channel. It has been
accomplished in little less than year The
object was to drain the river near OraYiIls in
order to reach the very rich gold deposits be.
lieYed to exist in its bed. The promoters Of
the great enterprise are chiefly Engiishmen.
The latest development Of the advertis-
ing art comes from Paris, where an sntsrprising
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wich men to advertise . book By walking down
the boulevards and reading it with rapt attsn-
ton An inquisitive gentleman. anxious 70
know how far this would have an educational
who seemed more rapt than ali the others. and
iouno-that he was reading the book upside
down.
"A contagious eye disease has made its
appearance in the public schools Of Chiffon,
Wis. Some 10 OF II scholars have been attacked,
and the disease IS rapidly spreading. As soon
as the disease is noticeable the pupil is sent
home. They generally recover in about four
days. The disease is Of such a nature as to in
flame the lids and under portions Of the eye.
The epidemic, it is thought, viii spread over
the entire schools. as nearly every scholar has
been exposed
Chicago policemen and detectives have
had more or less irrelevant fun poked at them,
but they are not nearly as ludicrous as certain
broke into the resI denes Of q wealthy citizen.
Seeing his image In . mirror the burglar
thought be was deteeted. He drew his re-
lowed q fusillade Of shots which smashed the
mirror, aroused the household and scared the
burglar on. It Is rumored that the burglar Is
now reading '.As In . Looking Glass"
The first white settler in the city OF ST.
Paul came in the year lS32 Today the popu.
lation Of the cepital of Minnesota is 10000,
4 :. " .tss Ios c9D1n NaS eLecIeo n 4oocs Today
sne c.sy 1oasss o. s2me o. me nness business
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capital in Ie5i ma frsf survev ,f he eirv va
made in 1851: the Chambar 81 Commercs -.
ganized in 1857. The original St Paul proper
1latteu in lS47 Contained about so ncra1 irIS1
present area OF tile city contains IS. 182 acre..
William s. Roberts, who IS . cripple,
aughf school In the country north OF Kealneys
Seb and at the same time won the hears Of
Mss Minnie Bears the result being an snrnre-
ner mind and married anofher man. For fhIa
breach of promise Roberts BROUGHT acf1on u
he court and obtained 4 iudQmenf for danare7
n the sum of 81 600 buf a Minnie a realrhvin
lffection only It Is probable that M. Robsrf1
win be compelled to continue school tsachinQ
Tor q livelihood =