Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-24
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The steamship Ems, on her last trip
from bremen to New York. passed an iceberg
about 40 feet high and l5O feet long.
A land turtle, with ~. F.-W. L. L.
p. 1871 cut on its shell. was caught Sunday
on a farm at West Goshen, this State.
"A verv large shark of the hammer
head specie was caught Punta Rosa, Fla,
few days ago. He was 10 feet in length.
The old building at Charlotte, N. C.,
in which Lord Cornwallis transacted business
while in this country was burned by an incen-
diary the other morning.
The water supply of Ishpeming, Mich,
is so vile, that the citizens buy wafer from
peddlers at cents gallon, the peddlers get
ting the fluid at Rock Kilns.
"A physician says that the "spring OF the
year cranks." who fill themselves up at this sea-
son with herb teas and bitters and bl ood pur1n-
ers, are more numerous than usual
"A gentleman in Eustis, Fla, has an
alligator that he is going to train to drive in
harness. The-youthful saurian has had several
lessons and is proving very tractable.
IN. s. Bridges, OF Charlotte, Me-, a vet
eran bear hunter, S6 years old, caught and
killed his Seth bear recently. Bruin proved a
hard customer and tipped the scales at 400
pounds.
"A horse in Ansonia, Conn, got pebble
in his nose while drinking from shallow brook,
and now, whenever he crosses it, laps water
there like dog. though elsewhere he drinks in
the usual fashion.
The largest railway station in the world
is the terminus station of the Peninsular Rail-
way at Bombay. India, at which an army Of
workmen were at work for ten years at miser-
able wages 1t cost SIS, ,0O00O0
Major W. P. Smith, an aged druggist
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collecting tour He lost his way, and for nearly
q week wandered in the mountains. He was
nearly starved to death when found.
There arrived at Punta GOrda, Fla,
from Kansas, recently, an elderly woman with
two old hens setting on ducks eggs She had
taken them all the way in the car with her
each hen setting contentedly in basket.
The penny in the slot" machine must
have reached its elimination in that invented
by Mr.. Engelbert, which, after the prescribed
rule has been complied with, will take your
photograph, finish it. and drop it out already
framed.
The "most valuable catseye in the
world' has come to London from Ceylon. 1t
weighed originally when found by laborer 40
earats. He sold it for 80 rupees. 1t has been
cut and now weighs l70 earats, and is insured
for 1000 rupees
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patent in 1881, there has been immense industry
in the invention of high explosives, and there
are now more than 3O0 varieties. dynamite
cartridge one foot in length takes only l-24.OO0
OF second to explode.
Some people in Michigan made onions
pay this year. A girl up in Dorr raised $50
bushels which she traded for an organ. Her
father raised several thousand bushels. held
them for raise and then was tickled when he,
at last received s. for the lot.
Eight years ago John P. Davis, OF New
London, Conn, had s32 picked from his pocket.
Last week be received letter containing the
amount and a note which explained that the
money was that stolen from him in 1881. The
note had neither date nor signature.
The British Bible Society, of which the
Earl of Harrowby is President, reports an ex.
penditure for 1883 of E226. .l64, and receipts Of
E2l2,615, against s226,663 for 1887. The distri-
button of Bibles also fell 500, ,0O0 from 4,0O0OO0
to S,5O0OOO. They were in 2S7 languages.
The French papers announce the arrival
in Paris Of two lions and two lionesses tanned
by the celebrated American Colonel, Daniel
Boone" They are exhibited at the Folies-
Bergere and all Paris is focking to see the
moving spectacle provided by the gallant Col
oneL
One Of the most fashionable of Philadel-
phia physicians always kisses his hand when
waving farewell to his wealthiest lady patients;
but some of them were comparing notes the
other day, and found that for visits when he
kissed his hand he charged Sl0 while for others
he charged only S.
-Workmen digging for the new sewers at
Burlington, VT, came upon a group of three
skeletons. supposed to be the remains OF
soldiers buried during the war Of 1872 AFT,
the excavation had made further progress six
more skeletons were found, two iron buttons
with ~. s." on them, an old coin, D scarf pin,
and small green glass bottle.
The most grateful man in the world
has Just died in South African town. After
his death the following notice appeared in the
local papers: "Died-At the Albany Hospital,
March 8, 1889, Ebenezer Pike, aged 50 years. E.
Pike wishes to express his thanks to the super
intendent of the hospital and the many doctors
who attended him in his late Illness"
"A st. Louis tailor promised a customer
that he would have his new suit done in few
minutes. The young man said: "All right,
I'm going across the streetto take bath. Send
the clothes over there" The tailor agreed,
and the young man went to his bath. One Of
the attendants offered him S. for his old
clothes: the offer was accepted and the trans
fer made. The young man finished his bath,
but the new garments didn't come. He waited
and grew impatient. He was kept in the bath
room for five mortal hours before the suit
came. Then he took his departure, vowing
never to trust tailor's word again.
Albert Greiner, proprietor Of the big
hotel opposite the railroad depot at Bayside,
L. L. is thinking of joining bands with Barnum.
Mr.. Greiner has large and perfectly white
cat which has one blue eye and one yellow one.
Some time ago she gave birth to two pure white
kittens with yellow eyes, A few days ago one
of the kittens seemed In great distress over one
of its eyes. The eye began to bulge from its
socket and in order to relieve it of its misery
Mr.. Greiner removed the eye. On the follow
ing day it was discovered that the kitten had q
blue eye in place of the yellow one which had
been taken out. The Academy of Medicine
and Science of Bayside is about to investigate
the phenomenon