Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-22
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

u. w. Branch, of st. Louis, received
letter the other day that was written to him u
years ago.
Henry Drum, Of Tacoma, will be lone
some when he gets to the Legislature He ID
the only Democrat in the State Senate.
AN eccentric Detroit millionaire got
into an argument with q woman, one Of his
tenants. and she slapped his mouth with dish
CLOTH
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. E. W.
Dunning, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, has nine grand
parents and great grandparents living The
other day the baby was photographed. with i've
Of its grandmothers and great grandmothers, in
one group.
A recent clever invention is the tax-
anum, q little lantern-like apparatus which, IN
geniously placed az the back Of can, meas
ures the exact distance traversed by it. It Is
now being tried at Berlin. under police insp &C.
tion. and is said to answer exceedingly we'll
The other evening an Atlanta clergy
man received call from acouple who desired
to be married. The young people declined to
enter the house and be performed the cere-
mony while they were standing on the porch
In the pale light coming from an electric street
lamp.
The magnificent Romanesque Cathedral
Of Worms, which dates from the eleventh CEN
tury. is to be entirely restored, under the su-
perintendency of Baron Won Schmidt, OF
Munich. This church is built of red sandstone,
and the interior 10 remarkable for some very
tne sculptures and carvings
Lucille Fountain, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, is only 80 years Of age but has been
married IL times In almost as many States.
Not one Of her lords and masters think enough
OF her tolook her up, now that she is out in the
cold world again She says she will get married
nh ANITA
her.
AT the Paris Hippodrome the chief at
traction for the season has been the spectacle Of
lion taking equestrian exercise-the animal
really mounting on the back Of = horse and be-
ing carried several times round an inclosure.
The receipts accruing from this novel perform
ance are stated 20 amount up TO the present TO
more than $4,000.
"A big brown horse got out of q stable in
jackson, Mich, Sunday evening. and walked
across the long Lake Shore railroad bridge
over the mill pond, crossed several cuIverts,
and was found quietly grazing near the Fort
Wayne track, beyond the crossing. The target
tender saw the strange performances, and says
That the horse crossed the bridge like tight
rope walker. never once missing bis footing.
AN srtesian well flowing 4. 700 gallons
per minute was completed at Yankton recently.
It is the largest in the Northwest, discharging
nearly 1o.OOV DaffeiS eFerF "A 0Ouf1 1uef6 are
now 25 artesian wells in that county, whose
combined capacity is nearly 5000 barrels per
day. The force Of the water Is so great that it
is being used for motive power, and Is attract
vino ind in these wells a never-ceasing power.
-"Grandma'' Brown, of Winsted, Conn.,,
was 100 years old Thursday. and her friends
made up purse for her of 81 for each year in
her life. Last week Mrs. Brown fell and broke
her collar bone. Her condition from the in
Jury and shock was so serious that her death
was expected, but she has rallied and passed
the day in safety. rounding out the full century
OF her life. She was born in the year that
George Washington began his first term as
President, and was young woman OF q when
the War Of 1872 broke out
Through inadvertently kissing . pretty
customer, George Winch, butcher at Sydney,
New South Wales, has come into fortune.
The girl objected to the attention, and had
Winch taken up before the magistrates who
nned nim. Inc local newspapers improved the
on human deDravity In general. and the mis-
conduct Of George Winch In particular He
woke next morning and found himself famous,
and 1t was then discovered, owing to the pub
licity given to his name, that he was missing
heir.
Boylan, Of Battle Creek, got his tail covered
with burdocks. then in some manner It took
fire from q burning brush heap and the animal
rushed to straw stack, which he set on are.
From the straw stack the fire spread to Mr..
BoyIan's wheat and cat stacks, containing 1.50O
bushels OF wheat and 20 acres Of oats From
there the IRE spread to three large barns con-
tanning over so tons Of hay farming imple-
ments etc, and to the dwelling house. wind
min and outhouses Evsrythingwas consumed
with the exception Of . small portion Of the
5000 : 80 ''''-'
-One Of the most ostremarkable instances Of
patient toll in ornamsnting the pages Of book
was separating the columns OF the London Poly
glot Bible, completed in 1857 By ruling red lines
between the columns of print on each page-
Five red lines were necessary on each page
These were made by hand. Of course, and called
for the exercise Of the greatest skill and care,
for q single blot ruined &C least four printed
pages. This is the famous bible which was at
first dedicated to the Lord High Protector
Cromwell, but who In substituted dedication
to Charles IL. after CromWelPs death, Is pleas
antly styled "Draco nle Magnus," That Great
DragonT
"A gentleman employed at collisr7
few miles from Glasgow had q dog called
Jimmy. which he parted with to friend at .
colliery some miles distant The two Offices
are connected by telephone. and the other
morning INC kcuktuldu rang I'D DIS lrlenU and
asked how Jimmy was doing. eOh, he's fne,v
was the answer; hes At my feet Just now; I'll
hold him up and see II he knows your voice"
This was done, and the former owner shouted
over the wire, "Hillo. Jimmyr' Jimmy made
no sign Of recognition but on being set down
again he at once made for the door, and when
his old master went home to dinner, the dog
was there to welcome him.
R. G. Mcconnell, Of the Canadian
Geological Survey, has returned from his in
spection Of the region between the Psacs and
Athabaska rivers. He commenced about 800
miles north OF Calgary and extended his opera
tions for some 800 miles further north to the
vicinity Of Vermillion. This region embraces
an area Of 5000 or 40, 900 square miles. Little
OF this tract was ever explored before BY white
men. A great deal Of it is good farming land.
but swamps abound and make It unit tor set
tlement The trees are principally spruce and
poplar. Speaking Of the deposits Of oil re-
ported to be there Mr. Mcconnell said be GER
tainly found Quantities Of tar, indicating the
presence OF oil. but just in what quantities. it
existed he was not prepared to say before
making his reports.