Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

AN Indiana woman has had no less
than five husbands and is now ready 1or
sixth, having been divorced from her last ono
a few days ago.
Fire Company No. 10, of Cincinnati,
owns dog which is said to have saved the
lives of several tiremen. The animal is descrloeo
as large, handsome Newfoundiand. anu sas -
credited with being able to climb ladder three
stories high.
Legally, there is no such city as Mem
phis. Some years ago the State Legislature
took away its charter and named it "The Tax.
ing District of Shelby County," The eltlzenS
are now tired of this cumbrous name and vans
the right to use their old name.
Five condemned murderers are now
awaiting execution in the New York city
prisons. They are men and will travel BY the
electric route. Eleven other men and 1our
women are held to answer charges OF murder,
the evidence against them being very strong.
"A bulldog with a wonderful history il
owned by j. Cram, New York millionaire.
With his master he has travelled throughout the
world, and three years ago was lost on tiger
hunt in the jungles of India. Three days and
much money were spent to find him. He was
$500
There are now more prisoners in the
Missouri Penitentiary than in any other State
prison in the United States. The number is
1881. This is 1876 more than there were two
years ago. In two years there have been $50
criminals incarcerated and 1895 discharged
OF those discharged only l3 served full sem
fences. Fifty-two were pardoned and l,lyI
freed under the three-fourths rule.
"A loving pair (each aged Is years) out
in Comstock, ILL.,, ran away from iome because
the girls teacher reprimanded her. and walked
35 miles to East st. Louis. The lad dressed
himself in some of the girls clothes in order to
avoid detection. He expected to procure work
in East st. Louis for himself and sweetheart,
but before he had opportunity to carry out his
plans the girls ia her put in an appearance
and took her home.
Texas has its own idea of the marriage
ceremony. Judge Pruitt, of Centerville, re-
Gently performed a marriage ceremony, which
was in substance as follows: do you and each
of you solemnly swear that you are in earnest
about this business, and that you Will stand by
each other as husband and wife through thick
and thin, sink or SWIM live or die, survive or
perish?' Both parties nodding their assent
they were pronounced man and wife.
The pleasant weather which has pre-
vailed for many weeks past has developed
many freaks of nature on Staten Island. On
several farms branches of cherry trees put
forth buds several days ago, and are now in
blossom. Yellow dandelions peep forth from
the green turf along the country roads. In
sheltered hooks in the woods pretty little wild
flowers are in bloom, while in almost every
part of Richmond county trees OF several
varieties have budded.
"A singular accident occurred at Albany,
n. Y, the other afternoon to little 9-year-old
girl named Nellie Bradley The child was
playing with toy balloon, with whistle at
tached to it, when it suddenly slipped down her
throat and lodged in the larnyx. Efforts were
made to remove the balloon by a doctor who
was called in soon after the accident occurred,
but it was found impossible to do so, the oat-
loon having become inflated by the child's
breathing, and the victim was literally choked
to death.
The Maharajah of Baroda is the pos
SCISSOR of Jewels valued at f3,000,000 sterling.
His regalia for state occasions consists OF
gorgeous collar of 500 diamonds, some of them
as big as walnuts, arranged in nve rows. sur
rounded by top and bottom row Of emeralds
the same size: the pendant is famous d1a-
mond called ''The Star of the Deccan." An
aigrette to match is worn in the turban; then
follow strings of pearls of perfect roundness,
graduated from the size of pea to large
marble; wondrous rings, necklaces, clusters OF
sapphires and rubies as big as grapes.
"A pigeon fancier of Hamme, Prussia,
made bet that a dozen bees liberated three
miles from their hive would reach it in better
time than dozen pigeons would reach their
cote from the same distance. The competitors
were given wing at Rhynhern, village nearly
a league from Hamme, and the trSt bee nm
ished a quarter of a minute in advance of the
first pigeon, three other bees reached the goal
before the second pigeon, the main body OF
both detachments finishing almost slmul-
taneously an instant or two later. The bees,
too had been handicapped in the race, having
been rolled in -four before starting, for pur-
poses of Identification.
A marriage that was attended with
numerous difficulties because of the scarcity Of
money, came off in Cincinnati a day or two ago.
After paying for the license as cents) the groom
had but 25 cents left. He collected enough
from spectators to pay the magistrates fee. but
then another obstacle arose. The young man
man said that if he did not have a certificate to
prove his marriage the parents of his bride
would not believe the ceremony had taken
place. and there would be trouble. Another
collection was taken and the certificate was
provided. Then the couple went away happy.
They were from Hamilton, KY, and had eloped
to avoid the opposition of the brides parents.
John A. Finlayson, of New York, is the
owner of famous Iat-killing terrier, which he
imported from Paisley, Scotland. Jess, as she
is called, is said to have record of killing 70
rodents in 30 seconds, and her owner, feeling
confident that she was capable of doing still
better, wagered $50 even that she could kill 80
rats in two minutes. Tuesday morning at
Carlsbad, N. j.. the bet was decided. AT mid
emptied into the pit, and Jess was dropped
from her owners arms among them She be-
gan business ar once. There was a snarl, a
snap, crunching of teeth and show of ag-
gression the part of the rats, but their efforts
for self-preservation availed them nothing In
exactly two minutes there was not a sign Of
life in the pit excepting that displayed by Jess.
M Cow, an italian savant, has pre-
sented paper to the French Academy Of Sci-
ences, in which he claims for Calico the dis.
tinction of having discovered the microscope,
as well as the telescope. He has found book
printed In 1870 according to which Calico had
already directed his tube fitted with lenses to
the observation of small near objects. The
philosopher himself stated, shortly after this
date, that he had been able to observe through
a lens the movements of minute animals and
their organs of sense. In letter, written in
1914 he states that he has with his microscope
s,seen and observed flies as large as sheep, and
how their bodies were covered with hairs, and
they had sharp claws" The discovery OF the
microscope is usually assigned to the year 162l,
and the invention Is attributed to Drebbel, q