Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

-mapletOn, Me-, polnA5 Will pr1ue 20 ,
local E<-pound Irish potato.
1t Is estimated that g, ,000, 900 has been
paid to hotel keepers in the White Mountains
this summer.
"A woman in wadley, Ga, has become
grandmother at the age of 30 She married
"nen only IA. and her daughter did likewise.
Frederick Livingstone, aged S8 years,
and the oldest man in Petsrboro. N. h, is Prssi-
dent OF the First National Bank in that town,
and Is found daily at his post Of duty.
Mrs. Cynthia McPheeters, living near
Greencastie. Ind, IL 90 years old. On her last
birthday she entertained party Of friends and
baked the cake that formed portion Of the
repast.
Aunt" Belle Crawford, aged 90 years.
who has lited in Kansas since 1855, took her
first ride on railroad train the other day. GO
ing from Atchison to Wyandotte with the fami-
ly Of her niece.
"A letter was received at the State House
in Boston the other day addressed to Governor
John A. ANDREW It came from veteran Of the
Civil War In New Zealand, and made inquiries
about certain back pay.
"A magnificent English tree, known as
the "Winfarthing oak" which measured 38
feet inches in girth in 1744, has just been re-
measured and found to have grown but II
-Horatio N. Waldo and wife, of Arcade,
celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary
recently. Mr.. Waldo is "a years old. was an ar
dent Abolitionist, and his house was station
In the famous underground railway"
Very few people are aware how many
more people have visited the Paris Exposition
than were admitted TO the Centennial at Phila-
deiphia In 1876. This had 9,s57, ,625 visitors and
the Paris Exposition is in a fair Wav 70 have
35,O00,0 600
The Russian clergy have set up mas
sive clock to commemorate the Borki railway
accident in which the Gar and his family mar
rowIy escaped death. The clock faces thescens
OF the accident. and once = year, at the exact
hour, heavy silver bell tolls for i've minutes.
"A unique triple anniversary occurred
Sunday in St. Marks Church. corner of Bed
ford avenue and south Fifth street. Brooklyn.
It was the celebration Of the completion Of the
first 50 years of the history of the church, Of 50
years service By the rector, Rev. Dr.. Samuel
M. Haskins, and of 50 years service BY the SEX
ton, David LongWorth.
The colony Of Victoria, Australia, WITH
100 900 inhabitants, Is said to muster I50 '.re-
ligious sects," easily beating the record Of our
country, Of which it was once said that we had
"a hundred religions but only one gravy" But
torians are set down as secret worshipers.D
one as 'fatalist,r and six profess ssreligionE
sd"
There are between 500 and 900 China
men in Sunday schools and missions In New
York. They are there chiefly to learn to talk
English, for there are only 50 Of the number
who are our-and-ous Christians; that Is. MEM
bers OF the churches A religious worker
have GOT 70 realize ffaf the Chinaman "a :
pretty hard subject to Christianize.
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TO bis nature, though, that be has now climbed
back to ls5 and his weight Is still growing Few
SitioS h,S MN ~ nus shAhseo con-
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sno I1nel.l - - -saAo ". SneI-
man nh,en wa soiemnl1eu lAss wees AZ View
porh n l., the nlSe carnage contained tne De-
reaved husband, TWO OF MS Drotners and SIS
tel. the combined ages Of whom was SQs years,an
average OF ~ years. The longevity OF this
family = really remarkable. MI sherman has
sI sn % DTosners ana @ ss.ers Nv E55ying ana tns com
OF 70 years
A Kissimme Fla oaner savstb.tg w
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mound unearthed an indescribsbIs gold some
thing. supposed to be = trinket or ornament be-
longing to the long-ago era OF the mound build
ers. II was found only q foot below the sur
face. is very bright and smooth and somewhat
resembles the old flint skinning knives used by
the Indians before the Introduction of steel. Il
weighs ten pennyWeight about the value Of .
SO gold piece.
A Moscov bunfsr Iost !. mail tbs otho~
A.nssl .os' 4us-A s.,s o.-o-
day, even after he had snot and Killed II The
bird feH on the opposite side Of . rfvulet, In
uIaiu sight OF ne shooter and he leaned across
the broolr aftsr n boving ~, soo vviti, bir, ne
had his eye on the dead bird. but just then .
mina CARED 10 eu. o. Us noie 10 sne 9enA seizso
its burrov % befors the snortsma, had time n
hle his objections He poksd in the hole with
. stick, but the mink was beyond his reach.
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Calvin III. lnman, OF Hampton, N. T., has been
found not guilty Of the murder Of Patrick Sem
not at Poultney. October L 1883 The iurv-
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