Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-12
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


There ara IA Indians in the Kansas
penitendary.
"A cat 10 years old is 10 be seen in the
family of N. b. Shaw, AGRA, Green county,
NY.
"A farmer living near Attiea, Kan,
will cultivate 20 acres Of watermelons on ms
farm this year.
j. H. Bowman caught big eagle in
Oklahoma March 4 He picked out the iargess
quill Is inches long, fashioned It into pen
and sent it to the President
Peach stones find ready sale at 50 per
ton in Vaca Valley Cal. They are used ~
fuel burning as long as coal and giving more
heat" Apricot stones are also burned.
"A well 60 feet deep is not pleasant
place to spend ones time in. Vic Harris. OF
Federal Kan. will testify to this, having fallen
Into one last week, and remained there Hom
noon until midnight
The historic old town of Litchfeld,
Mass, intends to preserve its antique favor
| oy the Introduction of the old English custom
| OF market day once a week The first one
success.
| Miss Mildred Maddox, of BreWton,
Ala, dressed up as tramp and attempted TO
Irlgnten her mother. The disguise was per-
4 feet, and Mrs. Maddox emptied the contents OF
shotgun into her daughters body. The girl
will recover.
Trades people and shopkeepers in Rus
sian Poland are being compelled to sign an
agreement not to use the Polish language
among themselves or to customers. For the
| hrst breaking of the agreement they are fined,
and II they break it twice their shops are closed
/ by the police.
Mrs. I. w. Corbett went to the rescue
of young mOcking bird in cage upon her
back piazza at st. Augustine. Fla the other
| day. A small hawk had him by the wing en-
deavoring to pull lin through the wires while
| the young bird braced himself in opposition
and Justify squeaked.
I'm a store in Perry, Ca, there are some
young Irish potatoes, about the size of COM
| mon acorn, that have grown this season in the
| barrel in which the seed potatoes were
| shipped. There is no semblance OF bush, but
the young potatoes have simply grown out
from the old potatoes.
AT the sale Of Mrs. Jameson's collection
of colonial and revolutionary documents in
Boston day or SO ago the signatures of Ethan
Allen, John Quincy Adams and Benedict Ar
mold brought S25 each. A proclamation for
| Thanksgiving Day issued by President Wash
ington was sold for s109.
"A gentleman living at Marietta, Ca,
is thoroughly temperate as to ardent spirits,
but never drinks any water. He confines him
self to milk and coffee, and seems to enjoy as
much health as the usual run Of mankind. He
says he has no particular aversion to water,
but has no desire to drink it.
Two eolored men were seated in front Of
a colored saloon fronting the bay at St August
inc, Fla, recently. One held in his hand a re-
VolVer they had been examining. when by some
careless movement it was discharged. The ball
passed through the other hand of the owner
and Doth hands OF his companion.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
| road Company is about to adopt the Pennsyl-
vania Company's system of having one kind Of
whistle for passenger locomotives, and another
style for freight engines. This win enable sta
tion operators, switch tenders, and signal tower
men to know exactly what is approaching.
The electrical apparatus by which
doomed criminals will be put to death in New
York consists Of chair. probably of iron. The
current will be sent from arm to arm of the
subject, or from the head to the spine. The
exact location of the poles viii, no doubt, vary
with the subject and the opinion OF physicians.
AN old negro walked into one of the
stores at Vienna, La, last week and offered
some eggs for sale. The merchant profered
him Is cents per dozen for them in trade. The
negro scratched his head minute, and said:
"Boss, dem white folks dun tole me not
to take lessen 1214 cents fur desc yere eggs,
and 'spects better take 'em back home"
"A citizen of Marietta, Ca, who does
business in Atlanta, comes home nearly every
day and returns. He has dog that is great
pet During the week days that dog never at
tempts to follow him from the house. On Sum-
day the dog seems to know that the Sabbath
day has arrived, when its master will remain
at home, and he no sooner starts to the square
than the dog follows close at his heels, and re-
mains with him all day.
There's gander in Coweta county,
Georgia, that has recently been bereft Of its
mate. He has since taken up with rooster
and is trying to learn how to crow, but so far
without success When the rooster fans h1a
wings to crow the gander does likewise, and
| stretches his neck in vain effort to initiate
| the music of the chanticleer. He tries hard to
| fly up on the roost, and is very afectionate in
his attentions to the rooster.
AT Albany, Ga, the other night during
the prevalence of an unusually severe rain
storm, prominent gentleman had a most
thrilling experience. He was passing through
his dining room on the way to the pantry when
he saw a figure standing before him. He
thought it was his daughter, and spoke to her
The figure made no reply, but moved slowly
along. He could hear the rustling of her gar
ments, and feeling certain that it was his
daughter, he continued to converse with her,
calling her by name. The female went ahead
of him to the pantry. Surprised by her silence
as he reached the pantry, he put out his hand
the figure instantly vanished. There was no
way Of egress by which the strange visitor
could have escaped. The gentleman fell to the
floor with fright, and his hair literally stood
end. He is certain that he had a vision of q
visitor from the world of spirits. His daugh-
ter, who was in the parlor, hearing his voice,
called to kim to know if he had called her.