Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

CURlUUS CUNDEnoATIUhO.
"A little girl in Dayton, Ore, found
pocketbook containing 5000 and restored it to
its owner.
Upward of % large bales of human hair
were brought to France in the last steamer
that arrived from the Orient
"A pure white tarantuls was caught in
Los Vegas, Ariz., last week. Its venom is said to
De equal to that of rattlesnake.
"A young couple from Monticello were
married in the Senate chamber of the Capitol
at Springfield, Ill, the other day.
AN Oregon bunter reports that while
camping out at Craig Mountain, L T., he was
attacked In the night by owls, and he killed
seven with club.
An aged gentleman, of Cincinnati, who
is sick and not likely to recover has been
| greatly annoyed by the receipt of circulars and
cards sent out Dy an enterprising crematory
company
The Victoria and Albert, the Queens
| yacht, was built at Pembroke in 1854 She is
constructed Of wood, sheathed with copper and
cost f136,4l at the outset, and about f3l0OO0
| has since been expended on her.
w. W. Lawson and a party of six
others, all of Madison, Fla, last week made an
exploration of San Pedro Bay They were out
gators, "a rattIesnakes, deer and a bear
or two.
"A supposed imbeeile made his escape
from an English prison in a remarkable man.
ner Being i'll, he was allowed to sit near a
fire, at which was a clOtheshorse of three folds.
Watching his opportunity, he took the clothes
morse into the yard and converted it into lad
der, by means of which he scaled the wall,
which was between 30 and 40 feet high.
Three fishermen off the Florida coast in
small boat were attacked by gray eagle the
other DAY. They were watching the majestic
flight Of the proud bird of freedom, when it
suddenly scared high above them and then
came down with tremendous swoOp, just
missing the head of one of the men, 1t made
vigorous use Of hshpoles.
The library Of a Manchester collector
contains copy of what is probably the small
est volume ever engraved, printed and bound.
1t measures IL inch in height by rs inch in
width, contains 80 leaves or "a plates is covered
in crimson and gilt roam, and has gilt edges. 1t
was published in "Paris, at the Black Cat 50
Saint Denis street." The contents of the book
are entirely in French, and consists of eight
chansonettes, each illustrated by vignette.
Two spiritual mediums, Mrs. Rich, of
Boston, and the wife of Dr. ]. W. Fletcher, q
popular speaker on the spiritual platform,
utilized their spirit controls very advantage.
ously last race day at Saratoga. They claim to
have been directed to go to the races that day
and pet on certain horses, which they were as
sured would be the winners. They did as they
were directed and each of the ladies' was the
lucky winner Of more than s., ,0O0
The residents in the vicinity of the city
dock at Brunswick, Ga. have witnessed some
very strange sights and heard unearthly noises
there lately. One gentleman is responsible for
the statement that the form Of a woman clad IN
white has been seen lowering over the streets,
and when approached would retreat and dis
appear among the lumber piles. Another has
heard gates slam, stones rattle on housetops,
and various other noises that sounded queer.
They attribute these sights to the ghost of
woman who died there recently.
"A somewhat remarkable case recently
came before the Postofice Department relating
to matters in a Waldo county CMe.) postofice.
The postmaster had best girl and the latter
subsequently transferred her affections to
another party. The girl sent her new lover pa
pers through the Office The seller Of stamps
thought all was not right and upon investiga-
ton discovered that within the paper was
letter written to his fortunate rival. The post
master reportedsthe case and the girl was fined
slO The fine was subsequently remitted.
The O'Sullivans are coming. There
are n of them in the family-father, mother
and 25 sons and daughters. Nora O'Sullivan,
the youngest member of the family, fiaxen-
haired miss Of Is years, was at the Mission of
Our Lady of the Rosary at Castle Garden the
other day. She informed Rev. Father Callahan
that she had left her father mother, I3 sisters
and II brothers in County Kerry, Ireland. Nora
said further that two of her brothers were
twins and three of the sisters triplets. She
hopes to see the whole family in the United
States early next spring. She is the advance
AGENT as 1t were, OF the great attraction.
chinatown, San francisco, had a big
do fbo ofb dax IL -
Charity. One thousand Chinese all richly
dressed, took part. The main feature was az
enormous dragon, 100 feet long, which was
borne by 40 men. Its jaws were constantly
opening and exhibiting fiery tongue: Horse ,
and foot soldiers preceded it, and in many
wagons were Chinese children gOrgeously ar
rayed as allegorical figures. 1t was the great
est show Chinatown ever produced. and it
marched through streets densely packed with
Mongolians and Americans
"A novel proposition has been made to
the municipal authorities of Joliet by firm in
that city. 1t proposes to buy the privilege of
running all the saloons in town. If given iti
will pay $4,000 year and will agree to locate
the saloons SO they will not interfere with any
church. school, or legitimate business; to close
them at 10 o'clock at night on week days and
al day Sundays; to allow no gambling or sell.
ing of liquor to intoxicated persons or minors;
md to give bonds in the sum of $780, 600 for the
faithful performance OF these requirements.
The offer is under consideration.
There is a man in Denver who has an
dea that the country ought to give up the
present method OF disposing of dead bodies
md adopt one which he suggests. He does not
Idvocate cremation, nor anything else which.
10 far as Is known, appears to have been sug-
rested by any other person. his scheme Is TO
reeze the dead body in water, take the block
If ice in which the body has been frozen and
AIRY it to the North and deposit it on the shores
4 one of the Arctic seas. He says that he has
lready made some favorable PROGRESS and
hat an English syndicate is considering the
Of an international cemetery on
he shores Of Baffin's Bay, where he says that
uture generations may go to hnd the faces of
heir ancestors of the nineteenth century a.
atural as life.