Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-09
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


Arthur Blackford, of Chattanooga, was
arrested and jailed for stealing two silver dol
lars covering the eyes of 3 dead BABY.
AN English paper says the largest flags
in the world were made for the war .hoss oTse E1
giishmen have.
-Of the street accidents in Chicago caused
by reckless driving. the ice wagons are respon-
sible for the greater share. while the butcher
cart plays second to even the baker wagons
Joseph Smith ate onions and cheese and
drank glass of beer and boarded a street car
in B. ooklyn. A disgusted citizen threw him on,
and when Joseph went into court for redress
the jury wouldn't give him any.
The colored people of Tiptonville, Tenn,
don't know the rules Of poker. The other day,
when one Of their number won IS at the game
and proposed to keep it, they ran him OF to the
woods and sought TO hang him.
"A Chicago paper which runs story
daily, or which did run one, made inquiries Of
over 400 readers before 1t found one who had
read ten lines of the serial. Most people look
upon them rs something 20 I'LL mp space
with"
Cairo has grocer named Tyler, and the
first question he asks of would-be purchaser
is: do you snorer' If the fact is admitted
that ends the matter right then and there-no
purchase can be made. He has taken a vow
not to sell even q strawberry to man who
snores.
Francis Wake, son of Rear Admiral
Wake, is enjoying his honeymoon at Asbury
Park His marriage recalls the fact that two
years ago he was engaged to two girls at the
same time, but they found it out. One of them
still mas Tour trunks Of the bridal trossean she
prepared at that time. Wake represented
himself to her father as rich wholesale mer-
chant when he was but s12-a-week clerk A
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screen painted for him by the other.
1.-THE Alstons, sir, die with their boots
on" That was the constant boast of the late
Colonel Bob Alston, famous throughout Geor-
gia as an editor and politician. His grandfather
and his father had died that way, and one day
after he had made this boast he was shot to
death. Next day one Of his boys committed
suicide in Washington, d. Z. To-day another
son was jailed at Lthonia, Ga, with charge of
murder to his credit. A young Scotchman
named Wilson was killed in Fourth-of-July
brawl there, and Alston Is accused Of the crime.
The prominence of Alston and his family make
the case Of particular interest.
Seth Stevens, a Brookfeld halter,
noticed that one of his hens was hardly able to
walk. He shut her in coop and doctored
her. As she continued to grow more feeble,
yet showed no signs of sickness, he determined
to kill her In dressing her for the table he
found inside Of her six perfectly formed eggs,
soft shells. Henry Hofer, of Orange. of the same
State, had q hen which walked as though over
loaded. and, lifting her, he was surprised at her
weight. Being Of a curious turn Of mind he
killed her, performed an autopsy and found
% egg yolks enclosed in one soft she'll covering.
Each yolk was full size, and lacked only the
was as large as cocoanut and weighed 81
pounds.
Jack Simpson, who runs O lodging
house and restaurant in that delectable quar-
ter of Bangor, Me-, known as THE DEVILS
Half-Acre," owns a bicycle which he declares
is the largest in the world. This wheel is SO
inches in diameter. simpson is an English
man, and for many years travelled with cir
cuses and other shows, having been one of the
three "Dacoma Brothers," famous a dozen
years ago for their aerial bicycle performances.
They gave exhibitions at the Crystal Palace,
London, at the Cirque Fernando, Paris, and at
other amusement centers in Europe and the
United States. On one occasion Simpson gave
pended 50 feet % apoye the ss water an at ROcky riyer
Ohio. and IL was called a very daring perform
ance. The big wheel, which has been around
the world, was built at Birming ham, England,
at a cost Of $3.50, and, although its diameter is
so great, double system Of pedal cranks en-
ables common cycler to ride it.
An interesting Pennsylvania is DIR.
Miller Stewart, of Moshannon, Pa His right
hand is crippled Otherwise he is hale and
hearty at TO- DR.. Stewart is q native of
Pennsv,vania Ha was horn in Hnntin0ton
-, 80 $500 r-,.h re-a,,.s -. 80
ioounsy VI ooosoHn peien'ss "non SnAs
section OF the state was wilderness.
II often killed bears, panthers and deer in
nv Young days." said the doctor last night,
.sTo nae a colioouial exnression .the woods
vers fnl, of them; remember TYRONE when
it was only log hut and Altoona when 1t was
town and the great Western cities ware a narr
nj the unknown and unciyilIzed wilderness- I
studied medicine in Phiiadelphia SO years ago.
NV famiIv nnrcbased their homestead from
William Psnn' mart of this ORIGINAL hold
inc + have deeds to S000 acres of land in Center
co,ntv a large norfion Of which is underIaid
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