Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

There are 532 widows in Youngstown,
and very few of them are engaged.
Bradley county, Kansas, has produced
a colored baby that weighed Is pounds at birth.
"A ton of rope made from the hair Of de-
vout women of Japan has been used in build
ing So 600, 600 temple TO Buddna At Kloso.
AT Nevada, No., E. Williams, aged so,
was married to Miss Bette Baker. aged 10. The
groom is a farmer in good circumstances, while
the bride is the daughter Of man who lost his
all in trip to Kansas and is now camping on
the edge of that city. This Is Williams Iourtn
matrimonial venture.
Squire Beans, of Warminster, Bucks
county, sitting by his door at dusk the other
evening heard whirring noise above him, and
found lodged in his tree tops a cloud OF June
bugs heading north. The trees, which are very
tall, had apparently nipped their flight he
'caught one. fuzzy yellow bug.
MIR. Soundstrom, an intelligent young
Swede, was in Atlanta short time ago organ
izing stock company to manufacture per-
fumes from flowers by distillation. He met
with considerable encouragement and VIII
probably start his factory. He already has
such an establishment in Florida.
The poorest memory on record is that OF
the fellow tried for burglary in Brooklyn the
other day. He testified that he had never been
arrested before. but when his memory was
logged by certain evidence, admitted that he
had dim recollection of beng convicted OF
murder once and 20 years sentence.
The French poodle belonging to ex-
Mayor Irwin, of Steubenville. o., committed
suicide few days ago. He ran on the track
in front of the approaching electric car several
times, but was driven OF. Finally he made
daah and wa hU ha mho OH roH
with enough electricity to kill an elephant. He
gave one yelp and died.
while couple of Easton sisters were
eating breakfast alone few mornings ago,
their mother being absent in New York, they
were startled at hearing heavy footballs on the
stairs. Next instant tramp, who had got in
unobserved and slept all night in the attic,
stalked into the room, gave them glance and
then passed out without word.
Israel Stoops, who few days ago fell
from roof died, at Los Angeles. Shortly be-
fore his dissolution the man said to his wife:
"When my soul leaves my body and enters the
other world will let you know by crossing my
hands upon my breast" He kept his word and
died Immediately after giving the sign.
II. G. Mitchell, Of Townsville, Ca,
caught mother fox and three little foxes
few mornings ago while out hunting. Mr..
Mitchell carried one of the foxes home and
placed him among litter of newly born pups.
The mother of the pups gives him the same at
tention that she gives her own offspring, and
the little stranger bids fair to be raised BY its
foster mother.
"A bear hard pressed by pursuers ran
into Monn's saw mill at Quincy Franklin
county, Pa, last Sunday. Mr.. Nom, who is a
Seventhday Baptist, was at work, and thinking
it was boy that had come bustling in, warned
him to look out for the saw. His panic on dis
covering his visitor was bear was promptly
allayed by horse pistol shot from the pursu-
ing party which killed the animal
Dawson, Ca, has developed 'thy
eater" who, for singularity of taste and
strength of digestive organs, takes the cake,
flies and all. The negro boy, John Wheel, can
eat anything and, according to physician, is
the only person known that can retain fly on
his stomach. A few days ago John ate three
flies and took big chew of tobacco on top of
them, all for the sum of scents.
Miss Clara Davis, boarding with Prof.
W. Parnbam, while in attendance upon the
Female College at Millersburg, KY, placed a
pet squirrel IN her trunk, where there was q
box of parior matches. The squirrel ignited
the matches, causing a combustion, which de-
worth of fine clothing and jewelry. The carpet
was burned off the floor, but the building was
saved with great difficulty.
Benjamin L. Hurst, of the Pennsy1va-
mia Railroad celebrated Sunday the close OF
his so years. active service as locomotive engi-
neer, and he is not ready, by long way to re-
tire. He is called Uncle Ben by all who know
him, and he is still at work running first-elass
passenger train. His eye is as clear as ever,
and he stands as erect as a cadet. He runs
from Jersey City to Railway twice daily and
makes one trip to WaVerly.
A unique Fourth of July illumination
will take place in Washington Tsrrttery A.
G. Warner, D. W. Bass, H. T. Mcclure and H
of Seattle, and W. g. Steele, of Port
land, will ascend and illuminate Mount Rainier
on the night of July 4 The party will take
along 70 pounds of red fire and burn it at IL
O'clock at night: It is proposed to spend ra al
night before will have been passed at an alti-
tude of 10000 feet.
"A copy of the Mazarin Bible, which was
the first printed by Gutenberg with movable
metal types, and should be more properly
called the Gutenberg Bible, formerly in the IL
brary Of Lord Hopetoun, was recently sold for
the large sum OF e., 600. As everyone knows, it
is Latin Bible, printed by Gutenberg and
Faust, about l450 to 1855, at Mainz. This is the
fourth copy of this extremely rare and most in
teresting Bible which has been sold within the
last Is years, for prices varying from SIC, 900 TO
s14, ,000
George Gooderl, the proprietor of
meat market at GAINESVILLE, o., tells this story
Of a thimble and chicken. Some time since
mis- wife was engaged in feeding the chickens,
when thimble she wore on her finger at the
lime mysteriousy disappeared Quite time
elapsed, when the other day Mrs. G. requested
ler husband to behead . chicken, which was
lone. In dissecting the fowl the missing thin.
Die was found firmly imbedded in the chickens
yizzard. the process Of digestion having almost
worm the thimb1e smooth. The hole of the
;himble was found 20 be completely plugged
With indigested grain which the hen with
,strich proclivities had swallowed.