Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-19
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A spring near Bagtown, Col, throws q
stream of scalding water to height of 30 feet.
walter Crocker, an Allen county (Kas.)
man. has recovered g, 654 80 from the Southern
Kansas Railroad as damages for the loss of one
of his eyes.
There are five girls in one Of the Hum
phries families Of Fleming county, KY. and
their names are Arkansas. LOUISIANA, Iennes-
see, Florida and Virginia
"A Bostonian still suffers from a blow
on the head received ID years ago from base
ball while he was crossing the common; He
was obliged to give up business on account Of
the injury.
"A resident of Newark, N. j., is in pos
session of letter written by him to his wife in
Dresden, in 1881, which failed to reach her
there owing to her sudden departure, and
which has, for the last eight years, been travel
ling about Western Europe.
John Daniel, butcher, died in New
York the other day from erysipelas contracted
in peculiar way. He was carrying some de-
cayed animal matter il a slaughter house and
accidentally scratched himself with piece OF
bone. The animal poison got into bis blood
and caused his death.
-Housekeepers complain that there is an
unusual plague of moths this year. They are
not only more abundant than ever but they
seem to defy all the ordinary remedies. They
while the numerous patent sure-deaths for
them merely give them better appetites.
The news of the last race for the Derby
was telegraphed to New Y ork in the unpre-
cedented time of two seconds, and within two
more seconds Boston and intermediate points,
Buffalo and intermediate points, Chicago and
st. Louis points, and the offices of the various
newspapers in New York were in possession Of
the news.
Tba foIInu;n1 pof;oa an1ao-. :,
Tekonska Mich paper: ITO owners of cats
have again commenced my annual cat slaugh-
ter and will keep it up during the season Of
breeding small chicks. All our chicks have
cash value of so cents each when first from the
shell. Have lost a number of chicks on account
of cats, and number of cats have been lost on
account OF chicks. Yours for chickens and
death to cats W. l. ROBINSON"
I'm the Office window of a Luther
Mich paper hangs saber captured in the
Mexican war. It hangs so that just the point
touches the glass. A saw mill is over 800 feet
distant, but the minute the gang saw starts the
point of the saber begins to TATTOO on the glass.
An increase Of hve pounds OF steam is notice
sble IN the increased noise on the glass. When
the saw has passed through a log the saber
titles the people in the office instantly by keep
ing quiet
They have a new way of catching fish
down in Georgia From four to six men 90
into the water with log in front of them, and
a sheet with one edge on the log and the other
edge held up by the men so that the fish can't
jump over, hut fall on the sheet The log is
pushed along to the land, and when near it the
fish begin to try to make their escape back to
the deep water by jumping. If they fail to
make good leap they lodge on the cloth,
thereby becoming victims of their own de-
struetion.
AT Havkinsyille, La, the other day a
ha1o go n had
bitten off by his horse. The horse and cow
were in adjoining stalls. There was an opening
between the planks and it is supposed that the
COW licked her tongue through the opening.
and the end-a piece about two inches long
was bitten off. HughTaylor found the piece
of tongue lying in the stall, and he has it in
alcohol. The cows MANNED tongue was
treated, and she seems to be getting along well,
with a good prospect OF recovery
"A London paper prints the following
stories illustrating the value of stops: poor
woman, whose husband was sailor and about
to take long voyage, desired the prayers Of
her fellow worshipers on his behalf. The old
clerk read this out without a pause, "A sailor
going to sea his wife desires the prayers of the
congregation" A shoemaker named Adam
Strong wanted his sign repainted. This wasthe
result:
A DAN STRONG SHOEMAKER,
and it is said that he had plenty of customers
thereafter.
1t is we'll known that ships boats
suffer from being slung up at the daVits and
kept there for long periods exposed to the
weather. 1t not infrequently happens that
when in harbor-and sometimes at sea in a
case Of emergency-a boat which has been for
some time exposed to such deteriorating in
huence is lowered into the water, it is found to
be leaky. Ships boats hanging at the davits
are also in danger of being smashed by seas
breaking on board. In order to meet the fogs
and danger arising from such conditions, it is
proposed to construct boats of steel, and what
Is still more novel, out of single plates
company is being formed to carry on the man
ufacture.
Men generally wear their scarf pins in
their neckties, but California boasts Of a man
who has carried such an article of jewelry in his
throat. When pulling tramp OFF the cars at
MADEIRA Fresno county, in April last, Daniel
Anseon a brakeman. was shot in the neck by
the tramp. The wounded brakeman was sent
to the railroad hospital at Oakland, where the
bullet was extracted. He was discharged as
cured three weeks ago The man, however,
always felt an unpleasant sensation in his
throat Recently he returned to the hospital
for relief. The doctor reopened the wound,
and found therein q section of the silk necktie
worn by Anseon at the time of the shooting,
and fragments of his scarf pin. These were re-
moved, and it is expected that in few days
The man will be twisting brakes again.