Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-02

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There is q man IN sehene7ns n 2,
getting rich from dog. He owns canine
returns home, 20 matter how Ia- is ls aar''ed-
Sarah Holland, vousn evangelist.
preaching among the negroes ~ Brunswick
Ga. distnbnfc< load Of V1terus|co@ nee -
the meetings. The crowds r14< 70 p bar ~
preach are enormous
"A musical clock o7er 100 years old
Furnished a pieces Of music for TO enferE1in-
fnent Of the guests At the golden wedding an.
niyersary Of Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Schneider. o[
HeIlertovn. Pa, on sunday.
"A New York woman was walking along
the street when block Of wood fen from ne
sixth story Of high building. II struck on
her umbrella. knocking II from her hand I13
shock also threw the lady down. she va nQ<
hurt; neither was the umbrella
"A Kingston horse, II is alleged, has ~
cord Of having gone 90 miles over country
road in one day. Then IL became frixbte1s1 -
10 kindling wood and came out OF Il al in
Comparatively fresh and healthy condIfion.
-Locomotives in England are not sup
Piled with headlights or bells. Headllxhts are
noz used'because guards are stationed along
the road 1t intervals Of one mile, and no living
/ thing is allowed to 20 upon the track Bei|5
are unnecessary, % there are no crossings -
track level.
-For the past few days John Clute. the
lo-year-old son Of Mrs. Marcellus Cute. Of sche-
nectady. has been complaining Of pains in his
left foot DR.. Duryea removed one-haf Of .
needle from the instep. II Is supposed that the
needle penetratsd the sole OF the foot and
worked its way up.
AT Belfast, Me-, Q sailboat capsized in
the harbcr the other day, and Mr. W. Il. Howe
went overheard. His Sysar-old daughter. stand
ing on tsla bank. exclaimed, naold on, papai
stand right on your feet. Pm coming 70 you
az soon e can get my shoes and stockings
on, anc she proceeded to prepare % 60 to the
rescue.
Prof Horsford, Of Cambridge, has, after
much study, located the site Of Norombega the
'lost city Of New England" supposed to be in
Maine, at the mouth Of Stony Brook. Waltham.
He has begun the erection there Of a round
stone field tower. TO be u feet in diameter at
base. and 40 feet high. and to contain fight Of
st,drs inside to the top for lookout.
The features Of the Poetess Sappho have
perhaps ibeen discovered in mosaic recently
unearthed at Sparta. The greater part Of
mosaic floor in a private house, IN fair preser.
=
labeled Sappho The head is crowned with .
wreath, and the face Is handsome. Other Dor
traits were in the same mosaic, but unf0rfu-
nately that which was labeled Alksiades lacks
the portrait itself.
These are some of the queer names Of
passengers who arrived in New York on the
Umbriaa a few days ago: Mr.. Olds and Mr.
Young, NJ. Gsise. Mr.. Lamb and Mr.. Fox; Mr..
Thon and Miss Tabb, Mr.. Day and Mr.. Knight,
Mr. Peacock and Mr.. Crow, Mr.. Stout Mr..
Long and Mr. Strong. Mr.. Rose and Mr.. Bush
Mr.. Whiteside. Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Lockwood,
Mr.. Todd and Mr. Beers Mr.. Brown, Mr. Gray,
Mr.. White and Mr.. Green; Mr.. Fish and Mr..
Cake, Mr.. Garrett and Mr.. Gates, Mr. Wise
and Mr. Witt Mr.. Hart and Mr.. Love.
-"An extraordinary statement" says
Japanese paper, twas made the other day BY
man from Miyagaiken. He stated that in
sendai since the 1lth and 18th ult., the people
have been much troubled with kind Of pois-
onous butterfly. To touch one of them causes
the flesh TO itch and, if scratched, to swell and
remain swollen for a very long time. In the
pearance, but at twilight they swarm into the
houses. With the approval Of the authorities
fires are now burned at the entrances OF houses
and yards to attract the insects and destroy
them"
"A clock that has been in the coach house
at Ellerslie, N Y, for more than Is years is re-
markable. 1t was made in Rondout by Ger
man long since dead. 1t was put in the coach
house during the ownership Of William Kelly,
and was used to regulate all the farm hands as
well as the movements of everybody on the
place. Its striking could be heard for three
miles around. Thomas Collyer, Of Rhineclif,
who was in Mr.. Kelly's employment for 30 years,
invented an apparatus to make strike on the
bell in the tower that stands a hundred yards
away. Mr.. Collyer owns the clock and the ap-
paratus. The two weights weigh 40 pounds
The clock is as bright now as 1t was when new.
Haunted houses in China must belde-
sirable places Of residence. The Tientsn Shfh-
pdo reports that not long ago q man named
Yang moved into haunted house which nobody
dared live in, he being ignorant of its char
acter. During the first two weeks ghost, ter
rible in appearance made himself visible in the
night. Yang. being young man OF bravery
ana having learned the professional ways Of
tanning devils. did not care for it, One night
when he saw the spirit unusually rampant and
he undertook to drive It out. the devil suddenly
ground. Yang was greatly surprised az this
and digging into the ground, found more than
10000 taels of silver in the place where the
spirit entered.
Near jackson, Mich, is said to be
lake of hair dye. A doctor who went there and
remained three weeks tells Of the marvellous
effect its waters had upon him. When he went
there his hair was as white as badger, but he
washed his head several times day at a cer-
tain place in the lake. and his hair commenced
to turn black and is now as black as a ravens
wing A RED haired Jackson girl had her locks
turned black by the same process A company
has been secretly formed to buy the right to
use the lake, build q hotel and start resort
for red-headed girls and white.haired men, but
the particular point the lake where the
water is taken which makes this wonderful
change in ones hirsute is kept secret.
Last Tuesday morning Warren Schell,
of Somerville. N. Y, noticed that the grass in
one of his fields looked as il some animal had
been eating it. About o'clock in the evening
he returned, armed with his Winchester re-
peater. and found~a whole family of bears in
the field. The two old ones were grazing; tie
cubs about months old, were playing arouna
their mother. Mr.. Sehell whistled, Which
caused her to raise her head, and he planted a
bullet in her breast Mr.. ScheL then turned
his attention to the cubs, one of which rose on
his launches and showed fight, while the other
climbed to the top of the fence and watched
their dying mother. A bullet apiece killed
them, and as the last one fell the he bear,
which had made no attemDt to defend his fams