Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-28
CURIOUS CONDEESATIOKS


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about ten days.
"A proud mother in Mereed, CsI.s owns
four,months.old baby that weighs Is pounds
and has cut four teeth.
Only Is 66S squirrels were killed in San
LUIS Obispo county last month, for which the
county palo bounty Of S1,066 "
"A colored woman who said her age was
iOl years wasarrested and put IN the Birming-
nam. Ala, lookup the other day She had been
e. A. Taylor. who lives about three
miles from smithVille. Ga, caught in a trap in
night. ], 200 pounds Of fish One eatfisf, -ef1bed
over 45 pounds. '''''',' "a 80
Ill you would gaze on an example Of
superb disgust, fnd the, Maine huatsr who
thought ne tred at the shining orbs Of feroc-
ious wild cat and afterward discovered that ho
had nlied tomato can with shotholes.
"A Seattle contractor tried to ret 25 men
to work one daY last week police ofHcsr
took him to saloon where over 40 idle men
tsa nste LVu11glng aooaE out OF the entire num-
Der only four expressed . willingness 70 labor
Eight cotton factories, 16 banks and
various other enterprises have been started IN
south Carolina within year. Corporations
chartered between October, 1889. and 'October.
icy, number 81 with an aggregate capital Il
over s4l, 100000.
"A large tract Of swamp land on the line
Of the jacksonville Southeastern Ha5Iroad
near Manito. III. has been recently drainsd.
The result Of the tiling has been peculiar. n
some places the roadbed of the Southeastern
sunk four feet, and the road was conpeIled 70
spend large amount Of money IN maxim nee.
essary repairs. ----s ~
"A gentleman from Hartford, Conn. Of
fered the Springfield, Mass, Water Com
missioners on Saturday to furnish the city with
300 600 gallons Of pure water per diem. agree
ing not to charge cent for bis plant maehin-
cry, etc, until be had satisfactorily accom-
plished this and his plan proved thorough
Of. driven wells
The tramp steamship Marlborough,
from the Philippine Islands, vessel Of many
misfortunes. was seized by United States Dep
uty Marshal Myers st Philadelphia on claim
1or ~, go preferred By Ira Bursley, Of New
aork- IL IS claimed that the master Of the
neient fuel on board. necessitating the burning
OF q part Of the cargo OF sugar.
With team composed Of black and q
roam. and top buggy, p Moyett q resident Of
San francisco, lett that city last September en-
route for New York. One hundred and twenty
days Of steady travel, at an average Of 30 niles
day. brought him to st. Louis From that
EAtACo ne went on 6loWers taxing more time At
each stopping place. Mr.. Moyett viii winter in
Fong nghkeepsies and come TO New York early
next spring.
The other day at jackson, Mich, dog
chased mouse. and the frightened little ami
mai ran up . telegraph pole, and then started
out on wire for the next pole. l60 feet distant.
The wire swung gaily in the breeze, but the
trembling traveller hung on and reached the
next Is ! , ssatlon IN about an hour he descended
50 tired that he allowed himself to be picked up
By spectator.
The Secretary Of the Bath, Me-, Board
OF Trade, Mr.. E. Greenleaf gives, in comDrs-
hensiTe way. an idea Of the extent OF the ship
building industry In his city for over 100 years,
and also the estimate for the present year.
From l1el to 1889 there were built in Bath 3s28
vessels of all kinds, with total tonnage Of
126l. 4s6 So This list embraces s. steamers. SEQ
ships, 83 barks, 673 brigs. 262 schooneFs. l55
sloops and barges. The estimate for 1883 is
ships steamers. bark, q schooners. barge
and sloops-S5 in all. with an aggregate ton
mage Of 3484l
Signs are multiplying OF a coming cold
winter, but Ridgeheld, Conn, has one Of il
own, which is worth noting in the person Of
George Washington Gilbert, a genuine hermit.
who lives on the outskirts Of the town. Gilbert,
though well on, never wore shoes except in the
coldesr weather, and his feet have become 50
sensitive that he claims to be abla to forstell
the weather three months ahead. An Ridge
held is watching intently his pedal implements
ll.' 5rom IN sne enc o. septsm per every year u he
thai the winter VIII be early and severe. II ha
goes barefooted until November / the uin1rr
vii be e Florida one. Well. George. W4s1-
ngton put his shoes on last October, and . feel--
ng Of dread has settled down upon RridEedeld-
Moreover, the StratfOrd fishermen say that the
sels were coming M the Housatonic river as
rT1fr
sign OF some singing cold weather.
"A Bostonian, who has q very accom-
plished p arrot, was lately presented with an
Dwl. The parrot has habit Of asking. do
you want to hehtf' and propounded this
question as soon as he saw the intruder. Poll
wanted to fight certainly. He was chained and
sould not get near enough 10 the owl to do any
llama ge, only being able to touch his enemy By
pushing ont one claw as far as possible Every
lime the claw touched the owl It would cry out
- that husky tone peculiar 70 those birds The
Il course. Finally Poll gave a vicious lab with
bis foot and screeched out. do you want %
iEhtf. at the top Of hls voice. to which the owl
ightfs scresched Poll. again iabbing Mr.. owl
with bis foot, and Mr.. Owl responded with
lnother hoarse ~Whoo.n By this time the
people who had assembled we're in roars Of
aughter. The parrot a. last drew himself up
N the perch, and stretching ont bis neck,
Icreeched- ''Who3 Who27 Who7ffn in imita-
ion Of the owl. and followed it up with, why
Tou, you wall-eyed old blockhead"
The insect house at the London Zoologi-
al Gardens contains an interesting little bird
which might be easily passed over bg the visitor
N account ofits resemblance % an ordinary
igeon. This resemblance is n no way dscop-
i've. for it Is pigeon which has acquired :
ertain amount Of fame on rather notoriefy, on
ccount Of Its near relationship 70 he Dodo
his <inship mas not, however. been admitted
y recent authorities and SO the name Didun-
ulus has been got BY false prefenseg. although
be alliance claimed Tor the bird Is by no means
noble one. But this little pigeon Is interest
lg for the ingenious way IN which Il has de-
sated the machiDations Of that enemy Of the
ird tribe, the cat. Didnnculu3liTos in Samoa.
here there were originally. OF course no cats.
hese were introduced, aud made short work
1th the Manumea. IS the natives cal the bird,
il1ng not only the adult. but the chicks in the
est Owing to It's habit Of nesting upon the
round the bird nearly became extinct; sud-
emily. however, 1f took 70 buildineits nest upon
he tree tops, whore Il could BRING up its young
mes in peace, and since that time the bird has
gain become fairly plentiful.
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