Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-23
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A prisofer in Cincinnati station house
attempted suicide with an ordinary brass pin
by opening arteries in his wrist.
"A celIuloid penholder exploded in the
pocket OF Portsmouth, N. H., man, burning
hole in his coat and shirt, and tearing out the
| pocket.
"A devil fish, 20 feet in length, attacked
boats crew off Victoria. B. G., the other day.
and almost succeededin throwing the men Into
the water
king George III. of England had
Wateh not larger than scent piece, which had
10 parts, the whole not weighing quite sOmuch
as lucent piece,
Wedding rings were used by the an
clients and put upon the third finger, because OF
supposed connection of a vein in that mem
Der with the heart.
-Anglomaniacs ought to be very happy.
They can now import a London tandem cart
free of duty, provided the cart has not been
used over one year.
In the great museum at London is
small watch, 100 years old or more, in the shape
of an apple. The golden outside is adorned
with grains of pearl.
"A big Brahma hen belonging to a Bal
timore man has distinguished herself by laying
an egg that was almost the size of a cherry and
weighed only II grains.
There is man in Los Angeles, CAL,
whose business it is to travel East with the
corpses of people who go to Southern Califor-
MIA to hnd health, and who die instead.
"A New Haven, Conn.,, justice has just
had an unusual suit brought before him. Miles
Whitcomb, of Hamden, sues his uncle, Herman
Skif, to recover $500 for attending the funeral
of the latter'S wife. By the itemIzed account
Whitcomb's claim covers railroad fares, ser
vices rendered in selecting coffin and arrang-
ing for the funeral, and also for the time lost.
Monsieur Jolly, of Paris, has recently
published pamphlet in which he describes
famous black Hamburg grapevine which
grows on the estate of the Marquis of Breadal-
bane in England, and is believed to have been
planted in 1892 Its stem at one foot from the
ground, measures two feet in circumference,
while it's branches cover an area of some 425
feet and during the year 1888 yielded about
3,UOO punches OF grapes.
Speaking of strong men, New Limerick,
Me-. has one, Mr.. Alex. Willette, who downs
them all. Last week while chopping trees, one
of the crew felled q fir 46 feet in length and
inches at the top, and wager was made with
Mr., Willette that he couldn't lift and carry it
certain distance. At the first attempt, howev-
er, he picked it up and walked of with it. The
combined strength of two other men was not
sufficient to raise it from the snow.
The insidious character of the danger
lurking in electric light wires in the street was
further exemplified the other dayin Baltimore.
Two individuals conversing close by an iron
awning post were observed to fall suddenly to
the ground. A broken telephone wire had
established communication between the cleo
trlc light wire and the framework Of the avn
ing. The strength of the current was doubtless
divided, and the victims eventually recovered
their senses.
The exact number of persons who cross
London bridge in day on foot has been ascer-
tanned. In order to decide guessing compet1-
tion, in which $1,000 persons participated, the
editors of the London Ans1Cers made arrange
ments with the Commissionaire Corps, and q
large staff of men was drafted on to the bridge
for the whole "A hours of the 23d ult. The re-
suit proved that Ill. .S73 foot passengers were
checked, and that in addition 5000 vehicles,
containing an average of Spersons each, crossed.
In one of the great eanons out West
there is an iciele loo feet long. A local paper
thus describes it: A volume Of water unusual
ly large for this season of the year Is falling
over the perpendicular wall at the head Of this
canon, about an even thousand feet in height.
The falls are encased in a great tube Of ice,
gigantic column of crystal standing upright
against the precipice. Within the torrent
fumes and boi1s with deafening roar akin to
thunder.
"A halfbreed Sioux boy at the Hampton
Institute philosophers thus: when do any
thing white man dom like he call me 1njun;
when do anything Injun dom like he call me
white man. Then" he went on, "they say
Injun dom know so much as white man; not
SO much sense. White boy he go to school, six,
seven, maybe ten years; he know good deal
Injun go to school three years; everybody think
he ought to know as much as white boy What
that mean? That mean, ] think, 1njun great
deal smarter than white boyP'
Many years ago, when the red men
over the forests of Georgia, there was
in the piney woods above Tazewen silver
mine. The location of this mine was known
only to the Indians They worked it for some
time and brought the silver to Buena Vista to
sell to a man who was in the mercantile busi-
ness, but whose name has been forgotten.
After time they ceased to bring it, and the
merchant, upon inquiry. learned that the water
had inundated the mine IN such way as to
prevent further work. He furnished them
with pumps of some kind, when they again
brought him silver. After the Indians left this
country for the West, the merchant offered
81, 900 to any one who would discover the mine.
After many fruitless attempts, the search was
the location of the mine several years after
ward by the dirt work and the old pieces OF
pump. The gentleman, from some cause or
other, was unable to purchase the property at
the time, and 1T is owned by an estate, the heirs
Of which have moved away and left the prop
srty uncared for, nor do they know anything OF
there having been silver found on the place.
The location is known to few persons. 1t also
,orroborates everything that has been said