Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The bear which Squire Schlogg snos
near Bridgeport, N. j., few days ago gave
about 60Eamilies their first taste Of bear meat,
and furnished nice rug for the 'Squires
daughter Susie.
in New York there is already .
Worlds Fair Cigar Store" on the West Side,
and = Bowery establishment has for some time
bad the sign, in letters two feet long "WorldS
Fair Of 1892 Temporary Site.
-AneWspaper in California relates thar,
after the recent rain storm, many people Of
Angles Camp, Calaveras county got money
enough for teetr Thanksgiving dinners by
picking up gold in the streets and in the shallow
streams.
Brown, the mind reader, is TO be used as
witness at Ashland, Wis, in defense OF a
cashier who Is charged with being fmplieated m
. robbery, the speciality Of Brown being TO
prove that any mind reader could secure tha
coordination" Of the safe.
Alfred N. Hazard, 70 years old. turned
up in New Haven recently, much TO the sur
prise of his son. Alfred n. Hazard. Mr.. Haz-
zard deserted his family in Western York
State 40 years ago, and after wandering about
In the West has become wealthy and returned
to his son. As he put II, he has come home TO
AT the Indian cemetery on Indian Hill,
near Portland, Conn, the other day. John r.
Lewis dug up q redman whose grave was Hber-
ally provided with culinary utensils. There
were several bottles, an iron kettle with con
par l2dle, brass kettle and two Dutch muRs
The human remains, which were a skull and =
dozen very fine teeth, were evidently those OF
great chief; but what business the Dutch
mugs had In the grave is q mystery to every
one.
"A rustic couple from Waldoboro CMe.l.
visited Justice Of the Peace in an adjoining
town for the purpose Of being united in the
bonds Of matrimony. The bride being some
what bashful objected to going into the pres
enee Of the justice unannounced and was con-
eealed in the bushes by the roadside while the
groom called at the house and arranged TO give
the justice bushel of po tatoes to marry them.
Then he went to the door and called: Come
out de alders. trades all nader and the bride
stood forth in all her fnery.
The friends of Mrs ALE. Rose gave
her surprise party at her home, in Cincinnati
the other evening. They intended to have
jolly time, but the result was unfortunately
serious The occasion was the birthday of Mrs.
Rose. She was In q back room when her friends
were admitted to the parlor by theserTant girl
Ihe latter called Mrs Rose to 20 to the pafior.
She did so. As she opened the door the band
o1 music with her friends suddenly struck up
White Wings" The lady was so completely
surprised that she gave shrek and fell over
IN q fafnting dt and was unconscious for about
two hours.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has de-
eided that the courts Of the State shall not be
regulated by standard time. A verdict was
rendered in the Superior Court Of Cobb county
Just tefore u o'clock Saturday night accord
ing 60 railroad standard time, by which time
the Judge at the beginning OF court announced
tnat ne would be guided. By the sun It was
some time after II o'clock. The Judge Of the
superior Court received the verdict and held
that it was proper. The Supreme Court holds
that the sun time is the proper guide for
courts, but the fact that the verdict was
brought in on Sunday does not reuderft Illegal.
Stephen Eigabroadt, Of DepauYille, N.
Y, is the owner Of q fine maltese cat that is un-
usually intelligent, and has developed to re-
markable degree traits that are seldom found
in the cat family. The most popular thing
about this particular Thomas Is his love for q
gun, love which began TO manifest itself
about three years ago. The cat first began to
follow his owner to the woods and fields in
search OF birds, and Mr. Eigabroadt, noticing
his liking for the SPORT took some pains to de-
Telop the hunting instinct and make Tommy
useful The car was easily taught. and few
Lessons sutneed TO make him trustworthy re-
trieVer
Even the much-despised tramp has often
more honor than he's given credit for, as wit
ness the following from New Jersey: -Four
teen years ago a tramp knocked at the door Of
Daniel Palmer, m South Orange township.
Essex county, and asked for hat. BY mistake
one of the daughters gave him her fathers best
silk hat discovering the mistake Just as the
tramp started away with 1t. An exclamation by
her sister apprised the tramp OF the prize he had
received Little thought was afterward given TO
the matter until few mornings ago, when a
clean, new hat box was found on the front
porch. 1t teontained new silk hat and this ex-
Dlanation within on a slip OF paper: To replace
TouT fathers best silk hat. taken by me "a years
ago."
Every newspaper in Rochester, N. Y,
was an unconscious party to unique, if not
clever, sWindle perpetrated Wednesday. A
narrowing story was printed giving tie partieu-
lars of a fatal railway accident, alleged to have
occurred at the Platt street crossing Of the
New York Central Railway, by which man
named st. Clair, having a wife and several
young children dependent upon him, had lost
bis life. 1t has now been clearly demonstrated
that no such accident occurred, no such man as
st. Clair, with wife and family lived at the
address given, and that the story had been cir
sulated by one John W Walsh, who had announced
himself as a personal friend Of st. Clair, and
lad taken in over 500 as subscriptions to aid
st. Clair's starving widow and children"
One of the best shooting territories in
his country east Of the Rocky Mountains il
,ound in and near the Okifnokee Swamp,
which covers q large area in Charlton, Ware
Ind Clineh counties. Gfeorgia, and Baker
county, Florida. 1t includes numerous lakes,
he haunt Of wild fowl, and forests Of timber,
he abode Of large and small game in great
)rofusion. The sportsmen who 60 there should
,quip themselves with heavy leather thigh
)oots as a protection against the attacks Of
noecasins and rattlesnakes. From the abund-
Ince of game found in the Okihnokee, these
{ would appear, are the most effective form Of
.ame warden A point so easily accessible by
all has retained its prollhcness as a game
reserve only through the terror with which
he average man regards Venomous snake.
Among recent United States runaways
here has arrived at Montreal a verdaut farmer
rom near Hartford, Conn.,, who was frightened
way from his home by the statement of
ortune teller that he had enemies who were
eeking his ruin. The farmer, who was at one
ime q hard drinker, broOded over this state
nent until he imagined he was being shadoWed
" an enemy who wanted 70 murder him. Put
ing a few things into hand bag he bought a
ieket for Montreal, and arrived here a few
avs ago with few cents IN his pockets and
latch The latter article was valuable, but an
blig1ng stranger let him have S. on it, and gave
either receipt nor address. The farmer, after
good nights sleep At hotel called on Mr..
Y. s. Walker, advocate, for advice Mr. Wal
er notified the farmers Hartford friends and
,arned that his strange clients account Of
imseh was strictly true. The farmer is still
Montreal.