Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-03
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Mrs. Charles Kimls, Of Trenton, Wis,
recently presented her husband with three ane
girl babies, their combined weight being n
The English postofice does all the ex.
press business in Great Britain. carries parcels
At an average cost Of II cents each. and makes
apront OF s22Q,0o0 year.
TO the Lower Wabash annual confer
ence OF United Brethren in Christ. whose thirty
second session recently closed in CLAY CITY
Ind. belongs the honor of 0iv,ng IN tha cbnrcb
lts 1rst lady circuit rider in Miss AIva Buttcn.
| OF Greenups Ill The act authoriz1nr The limo.
ftnEon mas passed oy the session Of general con-
Mrs. Fannie Holm, p years of age.
residing In London township near vandalia.
LII, started Tor neighbor's distance Of two
miles, and got lost. She wandered around In
the woods four days without food or d-inF
and finally found her way back home Alone,
though the neighbors had been searcnfng To-
her during this time
Passengers on the steamship Aleisrs.
from Galveston. Tex, were treated on SUNDAY
afternoon to nautical spectacle not usually
observed BY coast slirting travellers. About 50
mnes on Hatteras the ship took them through
pig school OF frolicsome sperm whales, which
sent luO fountains In the air Just before the
rush OF the ship drove them below the surfacs.
In one Maine town is very heavy girl.
Sne Is quite sensitive about her weight and IL
Is not generally kn own, but two mlschieTous
youn men, wanting to know it, one Of them per-
susuea ner to stop and speak with him on the
nsy SCALES: The owner Of the scales was In
n:n wlsn tne plot and quickly weighed them. The
amount OF Sol pounds for the girl.
Henry Tilford, Of Somers, N. Y. can
tured young hawk during the breeding season
last spring. It was kept in his yard with /.
string tied to its leg. and had become quite
civilizec- A few days ago THford went 20 pick
II up, when the bird turned upon him without
warning. 1t buried its talons in the hack Of Ma
rgn5 hand. lacerating the flesh terribly. The
hawk will never know what it Is to hunt chick.
ems, and Tilford has sworn on trying to tame
the poultry snatchers.
"A Buenos Ayres paper afirms that there
Is now In Bolivia a surgeon, Luca Silva bv
name, whose age Is not less than 129 years. He
was born in Cochabamba in I760, and deyoted
himself, after graduating in medicine. to the
practice Of surgery. Lately he was taken to
the house Of Senior Jose Ramallo, Presidents Of
the Dramatic College OF La Paz and gave
lucid account Of the revolution in 1so9 which
resulted IN the emancipation Of his country
rom the Spanish yoke.
There was very large owl on exhibi-
ton at store In Carrollton, Ga, the other
day. 1t measured feet inches from
tip to tap. The bird has history. Some six
weeks ago, while preying on John NJ Bonnsr's
chicken coop, he was caught In q steel trap and
new on with 1t hanging 70 one Of his legs But
he kept up his thieving. Frequently Of nights
the steel trap was heard tineling through the
moving OF with a fine chicken, and he at once
got bis gun and shot him.
There was a romantic wedding the
other day on top Of the Allegheny Mountain,
The bride was truly fair TO behold, being one
of the rosy mountain girls, Miss Honard The
groom was a splendid specimen Of manhood
The mountain selected is directly upon the
border between the Virginias The bride and
groom rode up and dimounred. They were met
there by Rev Mr.. Suerren, Methodist minis
ter from White Sulphur Springs. The welded
couple stood upon the Virginia side, while the
clergyman stood over the line in West Virginia,
as he could not perform the ceremony in Vir-
ginia.
"A year and q half ago Rev. John G.
Fagg. young clergyman. and at that time
pastor Of the Dutch Reformed Church at Cob
bleskill, N. Y, went to China a. missionary,
and was stationed at Annoy. Wednesday
cable dispatch announced his marriage to Miss
Margaret W. Gillespie, OF Jersey City. Mr.
Fagg and Miss Gillespie were schoolmates, and
afterward became lovers. They were betrothed
Just before Mr.. Fagg's departure for China.
On August l9 last Miss Gillespie started for
Yokohama, Japan, where Mr.. Fagg was to meet
her. and the journey Of 5000 miles was travelled
in safety.
"A vellknown woman Of Racine, Wis,
recently underwent two surgical operations
with peculiar result. She has been troubled
with severe pains in her left arm and right leg
for long time. and treatments By various
physicians afforded her relief Some days
ago she consulted Dr. Sem, Of Milwaukee, who
opened the arm. he discovered needle em-
bedded In the tissues and muscles Of the arm,
which he removed. The operation afforded
the patient temporary relief, but pains contin-
called and operated on the leg. finding second
needle embedded in the tissues Of that limb.
The doctor says the case is q most peculiar one,
especially 80 as the patient cannot imagine
when or how the needles entered her body
The other day Messrs. Frank and Clark,
two Wyoming hunters, were passing along .
thick growth Of willows on the Sybille, when
they heard q noise in the brush. They started
to investigate, when suddenly i've bears
rushed out and confronted them. They acted
as quickly as possible, and used their Win
chesters with deadly effect upon three. Five
was too many for them, however, and before
they could even fire at the remaining two the
beasts were upon them. They were three miles
from camp. and literally in the embrace Of two
bears. One bear threw its arms around Frank,
who succeeded in slipping his head under one
of the bears forelegs. so that the brute could
not attack it. and, 6beying the instinct Of self
reached round to his hip pocket
FOR his knife. The act was quickly intercepted,
for the bear buried his teeth in his hand and
Dit it through. Meanwhile Clark had succeeded
in freeing himself from the bear which mad at
tackled him, and had dispatchsdit He promptly
came to Franks assistance, and shot in the back
the bear which clutched the latter. This so en-
ragged the beast that 1t immedihtely released
Frank and atracked Clark. Frank now turned
rescuer, and. notwithstanding the severe injury
to his hand, succeeded in getting in q very good
shot, which struck the bear in tie shoulder,
and brought 1t to the ground. Both men were
badly scratched and bruised, and their clothing
was torn.