Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

/ NEW YORK elevated ROADS carfIeo At0i-
100000 passengers during the past Il months
"A Baltimore man has been convicted Of
stealing lot OF gold filed teeth from the mu-
scum Oh the University.
-Redheadville is the name Of . flourish
ing settlement in Otsego county, Mich. A
| appellation.
AT the Baptist fair in Flint, Mich,
which is now over. the shade with which ground
sold for S210 ~
some hunters near Bowen, Ill, wound
ca Dlg bald eagle Saturday and captured t.
Inc oird is very vicious, and measures feet
from tip to tip.
"A company interested in the propaea-
ton OF the buffalo has secured 4 large tract Of
land IN Utan, where herd Of bison win soon
-Four wolf scalps were taken to the
County Clerk At Carthage, Ill, Monday, each
scalp ofiing1ng ~ Wolves have been very nu-
"A few days ago wOrkmen at MorrisviIIe,
opposite Trenton, N. j., unearthed . nne
paleolith Of argllite, ten feet below the surfncs
which ts pronounced relic Of preeIaefaI man,
y neo Jagged edge, evidently having been
rash1oned for weapon.
"A queer decision by New Jersey ms
ttce Of the peace is reported. Iobn vVoIf mt /.
stuffed wolf at the door to represent his aarne-
a dog destroyed the sign. and the inside holds
Wolf fba do,, - ,,ss1. VOL represented John
ms owner must pay s25 damages
While remodeling a chimney in an old
homestead in CheTyheld, Ne. for the nnrnoae
OF attaching hot air furnace, an interestina
relic IN the form Of little brown me ~ ~
usual shape was found IN an. arch Of the CHM
ny. Iny nnlen certainly mad not seen the light for
days. '--'- "a e1''0-
"A duck recently killed near Jamestown
N. z, has caused great excitement in thas
region. In its crop was found piece of gold
quartz. The bird had been feeding on the
borders Of Chautauqua Lake nearby and il Is
clalmed that an examination of the locality
revealed many more specimens Of rich gold
bearing quartz
Miss Way, an elderly lady, living
alone at Salem, Conn, cIeverly baffied a gang
Of thieves who invaded her house q few nights
ago She was writing near q window, when
shotgun was thrust through the pane Of glass,
and voices demanded her money She seized
the gun, Dut 1t was soon taken from her. She
tnen blew out the light fastened to the room
where her money WAS kept, in an old Valisa,
carried 1t TO the cellar, and. quietly escaping
through hatchway, hurried across the fe1ds.
while the robbers we're vainly searching the
in Spain farming is conducted in very
primitive way. Grain is cut with small reap
ing hook and threshed as in the time Of the
C4sars. that Is, by tramping about with asses
h1tched TO stone boat The plow Is 4 crooked
stick. pointed with iron. In the towns are 70
pc seen heavy wooden carts drawn by oxen.
Most Of the carrying. transferring. etc, is done
by donkeys. Sand, brick. lumber-in fact al
most everything that has to be moved-is car
ried on their backs. These animals are used
All through Spain, and for every purpose, in
me same way in which We use them in the ale
most impossible canyons Of the Rocky Noun
tains.
Captain Charles Johansen, Of Tacoma,
is building small boat IN which he proposes to
sail around the Horn to London and then re-
turn to the States and exhibit the boat at the
Worlds Fair. The boat viii be 20 feet long,
built Of native fr cedar and oak, and viii be :
model Of strength for 50 small ship. Johansen
has invented drag which viii be thrown out
in dangerous storms, and it Is claimed By this
means the most terrific hurricane can be-
weathered By the little craft. She wiz be pro-
YlBioned Tor go days, and viii start about De-
cember l, stopping At San Francisco. After
rounding Cape Horn she will take the usua1
course Of sailing vessels for London, where
Johansen expects to arrive in April or Nay.
Five hundred million feet Of logs are
cut in the State Of Maine annually. The
name Pine Tree State was acquired years ago.
but Spruce Tree State would now be more ap-
propriate. Although there are millions Of
pine yet standing, the palmy days o7 that tree,
in . commercial sense, long since departed.
and the spruce. prolific and hardy fs the main
stay Of the lumber trade. Whatever me case
fear from the denudatfon of her upland8. ne
spruce Is . prolific tree, renewing It's growth
in 3 few years, thus filing up the gaps made
by the lumberman'8 AZ, and soon producing =
second growth OF aftermath. Many townships
on the Penobscot have been numbered over
twice and some three times. while in Hancock
county there is more timber standing to-day
than there was 20 years ago.
"A Convention Of Heavenly Recruits's
is being held in PhTadelphia. The following
report Of meeting is contained in q paper Of
that city: The object Of the convention is the
healing Of the sick and curing Of diseases, con-
version Of sinners and to contend for the faith
once delivered to the saints. Evangelist O. M.
Ruth, Of Indianapolis, was on the platform,
surrounded By number Of preachers and
elders shouting at the tops Of their voices.
Near the platform were = number Of men and
women crying and yelling. A strange sighe
was a woman Of middle ace PROSTATE on her
back In one Of the aisles while around the
chapel were q number Of men and women
clapping their hands and kissing the new re-
cruifs. All manner Of diseases are guaranteed
TO be cured, provided the person joins the
army Of the saints. Each visitor as Be enters
the hall Is accosted By an elder who asks him II
be Is seeking salvation. One elder said last
night that he believed there was no salvation
for reporters"
Samuel Chavez, very bright boy Of IS
years, eldest son Of Carpio Chavez, . wealthy
Mexican, residing at PaFaje, N. NJ, vas out
With his fathers sheep IN the San Matso
Mountains and on Saturday the pack burros
strayed away, and the man in charge Of the
herd went 70 look for them. He returned
without them, and Sunday the boy started
after the burros while the man changed the
camp. He continued the search Monday morn
ing, and when it commenced showing the boy
started for the new camp, but became ex-
hausted and bewildered. and was compelled to
lie down. When the searching party found
him Wednesday morning he was more dead
than alive from cold ana hunger, having eaten
nothing for four days. The boy 3 now at his
fathers house. He was accompanied By =
large Mexican dog. who led him over the bes8
path as long as the boy could travel then lay
close to him until the storm abated some. and
then struck out in search Of someone 70 res.
cue the boy. When the dog sighted the men
be was almost Wild with delight, and led them