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

III
"A big horned owl perches nightly II
the trees near the Norwich, Conn, city hail
Eight thousand pounds of lead ore in
one chunk we're taken from the De Graz nine
at Aincite, Mo-, the other day.
John J. Zuille, a noted anti-slaYery
| man, who helped jig slaves 70 eafn thsif Hb-
erty. is still living in New York CitT..
j. L. Crane, of Saticoy. Cal. has raised
pumpkin that weighs zg7 hounds .ra u,sos-
ufes lees III inches in circumference
"A bear encountered locomotive on the
track near Cold Springs, Pa. He refused 10
yield the right Of way and was killed. Hs
weighed 800 pounds
"A magnificent golden owl was caught
In the chapel Of the Pacific Methodist Colle1s
% santa Rosa, Cal, recently The ianftor n
tends to keep It for exhibition.
"A live lobster. half red and half green.
the dividing color line running leugthwise his
whole body, Is now on exhibition h Portland,
are very rare.
william Neal, in Cravford sountv.
Ind. stole chicken valued at 20 cents md ,-as
sentenced to PRISON for one year. TavIor Bayles
was found guilty OF attempted mrrder and re-
ceivsd the same sentence.
Paris, KY, hunters drove into a hollow
log peculiar looking animal. and then killed
IT. 1t was q creature that none IN, Ehat re0i6u
knew the name OF. It resembles eatamounf,
but is thought not to be one
The expression that man feels fat hits
the case Of James Jordan, of Nawbnr0- Ife
waited 70 years to lick John Shook, and when
ne nnally pitched in he got such 4 bounding
tnas ne mad 70 De carried on in an ambulanee.
There is one Democratic postmaster in
Pennsylvania who contemplates possible Re-.
moval with complete satisfaction. The reeeiuts
of his office have been g So while the exDenses
have aggregated IS " leaving him d % out q
pocket.
Old Jimmy CransHaW, who resides in 1
lonely and thinly-psopled district in Iaks
county, Cal. has what be terms a ''varmint
coons. skunks, coyotes and other fur-bearing
animalA
Peter Skif, veteran hunter Of North
Kent, Conn.,, recently shot wildcat fVe feet
long that weighed 40 pounds. It was the big
gest wildcat that has been shot in the State.
skih killed the animal In the air as IL was
springing At him.
"A Russian paper notes the termination
recently Of law suit begun in 14g0. or four
centuries ago. The litigation was over 4Oacrs
tract Of uneultiVated land, has been handed
down through numberless generations, ana
euriously enough has been finally settled BY
peaceful arbitration.
Peter Laing, who has probably only
one senior in years In this country, and Who Is
certainly the most remarkable eentenarian in
~. ees "aS sng osaeL ~ aem.s-9d I
ls ~ ~ s1Tn o. Elsin member Oh tneAoe
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the press A writer in an English journal ex-
presses the conviction that ''it Is nothing bus
an enlarged form Of hsrr lsignifying repld
movement), and Is Of purely Teufonle originn
Also that the word hurry" is Its Anghcized
Iorm.
The famous Leaning Tower Of Pisa has
has been put up for sale By lottery. The mu-
nicipality Of Pisa, having become greatly
straitened for money on account Of expensive
mprovem enls, onsIs ne r1a5, tol eo s1ls N
sszs a and ~ adonted The method Of S'Io 4 iots
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another man were waiting to be married IS
soon As 1t could legally be done.
The family of William Seymour, Of
Burnside. III. had been ANNOYED for many
weeIa nv Sfysngs noises a,,l Siis5ectad that
some noxious animal was IN the nouse. me
other night they discovered the intruder in the
shape Of q huge rattlesnak6 which had been
aroused to fury By cat There vas intense
excitement especially among the ladies of the
until the reptile vas dl9pAtcheG
-Tbe aaent of Berlin eoneefn has bee6
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q which he dunned them for small bin and
lfter their names wrote the letters ID. 3"