Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

There are 275 women preachers in the
United States.
-Silas Wilson, cripple who sold soap
for a living died in New York the otner day.
It is said he looked enough like Jay could 70
have been his twin brother.
The multiplication Of 9S7, So, ,321 by 40
gives A, ~, LAS Reversing the order and
multiplying l23 456 7s9 by IS result equally odd
IL oetained-5. SO. .555,506
"A bear tried to deyour Misses Susie
Feney and Jennie Martin in Butte county, Cali
fornia, the other day, but Miss Feneys brother
arrived on the scene just in time to keep bruin
from taking his first bite.
George W. Eaton. of Torrington, Conn.,,
with the assistance of his hired men, slaugh-
tered 81 blacksnakes in few minutes the other
day. The largest was over nine feet long The
reptiles had their nest under an old barn IN .
sheep pasture.
Father Ryan, of Kalamazoo, is one OF
the most expert electricians in the country. In
one corner of his room he has a skull so ar
ranged that it chatters its teeth when the
priestly scientist slyly touches an electric but
ton concealed about his desk.
Charleston, it is said, leads the other
cities OF the country in respect to miniature
painting. For 100 years this has been pecu-
lar distinction of the city. Thomas Coram. an
English artist, was the Instructor who intro
duced the art in South Carolina.
Mrs. Stivers, who lives near the Hill
man colliery, in the vicinity of Wilkesbarre, was
in her yard stringing beans a couple of days
since. when the ground suddenly caved in. and
she, the beans and the chair on which she had
rushed to the spot and fonnd \ eTeat hole tsn
feet across She got help and ladder. and the
scaSed was so''en ous unnur'' Ou' OaoAs
"A who woman OF the mountains, VINO
nves on biue Mountain, Nd, was arrested the
other day after giving the daughter of Senator
Butler of South Carolina, severe fright. The
old woman is a well-known character in those
parts She is Described as being bnr thrae Fees
taIl and her face the acme Of ngIiness Sbahss
and her name Is a terror 20 All tha cbiId:an in
that region.
A dead oak tree was taken up on
wraggmali, Charleston. s. c.. last week. and
under the roots about four feet deem. was found
an Is-pounder solid sbot apnarentIv from n
eieso VI snip gun Inc tree was oo OF ~ years
old. and, besides, no such shot fell in the city
during the last war. Ii is. therefore. relic Of
tne IN heyolutloi, nred PROBABLY during the siege
OF Charleston by Sir Henry Clinton, and from
battery near Haddrelfs Point
After a separation of 40 years Jacob
Haverstraw. of Salem, N. j., has met his sister,
Mrs. Rebecca johnson, of Pavonia, N. J. Al
though they have been living within 20 miles Of
one another for years past they did not know
each others whereabouts until recently. Mrs.
Johnson, being in Camden on a visit. heard a
young man called by the name Haverstraw.
Ininking she saw family resemblance, she
jacob was told of the discovery by his son, and
the family are again united.
-Jobr Crorsa Sr-.o,,o ,,;1I;o..;..
grocer. who died recently. was laid in what IN
probably the most costly tomb in the country
The structure is of solid granite. every stone
being perfect. The stones run through and
through the walls and each has been fitted to
its place with mathematical precision The
masonry outside as well as in is as delicate as
Joiner work in the strictest sense Nowhere in
the roof Is there a vertical Joint exposed to the
sky thus preventing any possibility of leak
SO often found in such work
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-1ne Journey around the congo cataracts,
which now takes between three and four weeks,
will be made in two days by the trains of the
Congo Railroad which is now in course Of con-
sso, on, th @ nocono.isss W Will & Wslgn ~ IONS
miles ner bonr Trains will he run onIv dnrin1
dayIipht Thare will he three intermadiate
stations on the 225 miles of track The railroad
is expected TO nav EXPENSES from the start as
the outlay for carrier service over its route AL
ready exceeds s45O OO0 a wear
-1oung ladies' OF COLUMBIA, Pa., have
this summer taken a great interest in rowing
and NEARLY averv girl Of Ioisrra in the +o,vr is
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