Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| The Jury in a breach-ofpromise case at
Champaign, H., awarded cent damages, and
advised the plaintiff to beware OF oook
| agents"
Some thing was thought to be wrong
with hydrant in an indianapolis house. An
investigation showed that a dead snake 1ouk
feet long was in the water pipe.
An intelligent canine that spends much
OF It's time around a railroad crossing in Boston
takes position near the safety gates when
traln approaches. and refuses to allow persons
TO pass until all danger is over.
West Main street, Gainesville, Ga, in
the vicinity of }. s. Twomey's store, is known
to some by the startling name of Dead Mans
Row." In the past II years four men have
been Killed In almost the same spot.
AT Seymour, Ind, James GALLON,
aged 10 years, engaged with other boys
In persmmon-eatng contest Sunday after
noon: He won, but early Monday morning he
his stomach.
John McCree, the third Oldest citizen
of Pike county, Missouri. n years old. married
the first white child born in Pike county,
shipped the first boatload of apples to Galena
from Pike county and made the first barrel
ever manufactured in the county He has
been very successful business man.
John Garnett, British sailor, died in
the Seattle hospital last week. He told his at
tendants that there was a cache on Apple
Island, lying between Vancouver Island and
the mainland, that contained sI6O 900 in gold
dust that came from Fraser river He had no
map to give the exact location, but the island
is a small one.
More remnants of the famous old bridge
Of the Romans at Mayence have been discov-
cred recently In digging for the foundation
OF factory short time ago laborers found a
massive pillar of put Sfopas rybiob 4 oo0
years ago helped to support the bridge The
pillar was without seam or crack After dig
g1ng down 10 feet the workingmen gave up try
ing to find the pillars base.
Belgium is an uncomfortable country
for embezzlers. A cashier employed by the
city of Ghent, who embezzled l63, 900 francs of
the municipal cash, has Just caught it very hot
indeed He has been sentenced to 40 years
imprisonment and five years police super
vision to follow, has been fined 8. $50 francs or
dered to restore the entire sum he has EN-.
bezzled, and will in addition lose ali his civil
rights.
Mr.. Funnel's well at Whiteville, Mich,
was visited by a bear the other day. The bear
came to drink. Mr.. Funnel shot him, but not
fatally, and as the bear was jumping the fence
boy hit him with an ak. but that did not stop
him, and he made for the woods. Mr.. Funnel
pursued and got the bear between two logs and
shot him again, but failed to kill him. and then
rushed at him with the AK In the ssle that
followed the bear obtained possession of the
az and gave Mr. Funnel a scratch on his hand
with its claws. Eventually the bear died.
The biggest flight of pigeons that has
ever taken place in the world will come of at
an early date, the time to be announced in due
season, in front of the Philadelphia postoffice,
at which time ], 900 birds will be flown stimuli
taneOusly. On the same day there will also be
exhibited the champion prize winner of Amer
lea, Albright, whose record of ], ,464 yards
minute was beaten this year by Eagle Bell and
PicKwick in a flight of ], ,476 yards minute,
thereby winning the Inquirer cup, which will
on exhibition.
John Rogers, the veteran coon hunter
Of Moodus, bagged the three biggest coons the
other morning that probably ever were taken
at one time in the history of the sport in Con-
neeticut. Rogers was alone, except that his
champion dog True was with him. The cOons
together weighed 78 pounds good back load
for one man to take home through woods and
swamps. The largest one weighed 2g1< pounds.
and John was rather regretful that he didn't
wait another week. when the fat fellow might
have touched the 3Qpound notch.
"A candidate for postmaster at Manis-
tique, Mich, sent the following open letter 70
President Harrison: "Of course we are one
of the many aspirants for the, to be, to-wit.:
new postmastership. Quite a number are
around loose in the city, and the woods are full
OF them. We can all show scars received in
the service of the grand old party. We cannot
all De posLInaSters. puG DO come and let US down
from the nigh and dangerous qui vive of ex-
peetancy. Let us down easy like, or as easy as
you can. from the giddy height, unless you
have US pointed for the pOstmastership. In
that case Let 'ergo, Gallagher"
The Rev. Thomas j. Keith, d. D., pas
tor of the Baptist Church, one of the flourish
ing congregations or Vincennes, Ind. has
established himself as a preacher who, for
novel utterances and peculiar doctrine, has few
equals. and at the same time has won nOto-
rity for sensationalism that Is scattered far and
wide. His methods of religious work are as
novel and peculiar as his sermons. He labo rs
constantly in his own vineyard. and does not
hesitate to depart whenever he likes from the
the set creed of the Baptists and espouse his
own religious convictions. For instance he is
deyoGt believer in faith prayer. faith in God
curing disease, amounting, conservation and
sanctifcatiOn.