Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Astoria. L. l., has several Chinese
farmers.
There are 100000 milch cows in New
York, kept on nearly 10000 farms.
There are now over $4,000 telephone
subscribers in Germany, it is stated.
"A Baltimore Woman dreamed Of finding
a pot of gold in the cellar. and next day she
went down and nosed around and found Jug
OF rum which her old man was keeping shy.
Six deaf people have been killed on
one of the railroads running out Of Chicago,
within distance of half mile Of each other,
and with only 13 days between the first and the
last.
"A South Carolina convict who made
break and knew that the dogs would take his
trail used two pounds of strong snuff to
sprinkle IN his tracks, and the dogs let go and
returned in disgust.
-Of 80 men in Boston who studied al.
zebra and we're proficient in mathematics not
one became a surveyor or engineer, and not
five have ever had any use for anything beyond
the plain tables of arithmetic.
The Sheriff of San Miguel county, New
Mexico, has alone and unaided arrested six
horse thieves and recovered $50 horses since
January /. He has been wounded three times
-Four young men who were sailing In
the North Shrewsbury from Red Bank. N. J..
were chased by the sea serpent. The young
men are teetotalers, but had aboard a number
of pies of which they had freely partaken.
Italian BARRIERS are crowding out their
German rivals in New York City. Their prices
are extremely low, cents for q shave and Is
cents for hair cut. Some of them are expert
operators, having learned their trade In Italy.
"A tramp entered boarding house in
Exeter. N. A., on sunday, and attempted to
carry off some clothing. The servant girl
knocked him down with q broomstick, and
then chased him from the house with re-
volver. He was afterward arrested.
Officer Smith, of Macon, Ca, arrested
Eugene johnson, negro lad. for throwing
rocks His mother interfered. Then the
father stepped up, and then an uncle and aunt
stepped in to help the prisoner. The officer
arrested the entire party and lodged charges
against all Of them.
John W. Butler, Of Atlanta, had his
foot amputated the other day, and had it buried
in his family lot in the cemetery. In this ceme-
terry there have been three such interments be-
side that of Mr.. Buffers: DIR. Wilson. A O.
Hummond and Will Wilson. All 90 around
with one foot or a leg in the grave.
, The steamer J. B. Schuyler made her
first trip of the season from New York to the
Cholera Banks the other day, with good num-
ber of passengers. and large quantities Of fish
were caught. A passenger caught ling weigh
ing four pounds, and on cleaning him discov-
cred an American flag in his intestines.
John Aitken, of Falkirk, claims to have
succeeded in counting the dust notes in the
air. He says that he has detected $4,000 such
particles in the thousandth of a cubic inch Of
the air of room. In the outside atmosphere
in dry weather the same measurement yielded
21l9; after heavy rainfall the number was
only 52l.
The whales are reported unusually
numerous along the Maine shore. A Boston
steamer captain says that on late trip it
looked as if the boat were running into a bed
OF rocks over which the sea was breaking.
The rocks were whales and the monsters were
resting on the water apparently unconscious Of
the nearness OF the boat.
"A lightning flash did freaky things at
the house of W. P. Graham. in Juniata, Fa.,
during the last storm. Passing basket full Of
eggs ready to be sent to the store, it accom-
plished the almost incredible feat of breaking
every shell without spilling the contents of a
single egg. The house has twice been struck
by lightning within five years.
N. Y, by his attorney, has fled suit against
the city and county of San Francisco, by which
be asks for $500, 100000 the value of the Alta
California grant, which plaintiff claims was
decided to Ferdinand Machlna by Governor
of Alta California in l843 The
land in question includes many acres thickly
covered with buildings.1
"A curious exhibition of portraits, more
than 1000 years old, has just been opened in
Paris. These are paintings which once orna-
nented Egyptian burial places, and which have
been admirably preserved by the dry sand.
They date from the Greek epoch In Egypt.
There are more than 100 of these portraits,
which give an accurate idea of all the types,
The costumes, hair dressing. etc.. of the time. -
AN interesting experiment is about to
be made by Miss Sellers a lady who has been
well known as a teacher and lecturer in classics
Ind French for the last few years in London.
She is going to start a day school for girls on
Campden Hill on university lines, and with ex-
limitations to be held by outside examiners of
high university standing. Among The features
galleries and museums of London
for educational purposes, En-
.lish history and literature being illustrated by
essons at Westminster Abbey, the Tower, ETC.,
Ineient history and art at the National Gal.
cry and British Museum, natural science az
he Natural History Museum, and SO on.
"A Hartford lady tells,a story of an an
estor of hers, a direct descendant,of John
eliot, the great missionary. The ancestor was
woman, the head of a family in New Haven,
md about the year 1855. she ordered a lot Of
rails from Boston. The kegs came in due time,
md when they were opened one of them was
ound to be filed with Spanish dollars. She
Vrote to the Boston merchant telling him of
he contents of one of the kegs. He answered
hat he had bought 1t for nails and had no fur
her responsibility in the matter. The money
7as kept among the family treasures untouched
nd unclaimed until the death of the head Of
he house. who, in her will, ordered that the
ollars be melted and cast into communion
ct for the New Haven church. This was done.