Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

-SmaA1po1 Is saiu 70 pc raging among the
okanagon Indians on the Pacific coast
European steamers carried over SS,5OO,.
900 in gold out of New York on day last week
"A rich vein of gold ore Is reported to
have been found on farm near Gainesville,
The cable cars on State street, Chicago,
are driven at the rate Of 101S to "A miles an
hour.
Thirty divorces were granted in one day
during the recent sessi on Of the SupremeCourt
at Manchester, n. II.
sponded to parrots cry of fire" and discov-
cred that house across the way was in flames
Several citizens of Greensboro, Ca, are
deYoting much time to tanning crows. The
birds are very in tel1igent and can be easily
taught.
Charlie Robi nson, of LawreneevilIe,
Ga, the other evening. by means Of sticks
stones, ETC., kille d coachwhip that measured
8 feet and 9 inch es.
I'm hollow in tree cut down near At
lanta last week were found eight muskets and
two bayonets It is supposed that they were
placed there by soldiers during the Rebellion.
-Terre Haute permits hogs torun at large
in the public streets. Mr.. Jason removed the
fences aroun his house, the hogs came upon
his grounds. and he has begun 1l9 lawsuits to
recover damages.
Long Island has some very swell beg
gars. Around Bellmore the beggars go around
with horse and wagons, and il is not an un
usual thing to get as much as a horse can draw
IN one days travel.
AN effort is to be made in Iowa to strip
the law of its nonsense. Lawyers declare that
deeds. warrants and all other legal papers can
be cut down one-half in the amount Of where
ases and wherefores.
"A citizen of South Chester, Pa, ab-
sorbed in a street fakir's jests few nights ago.
and unheedful of passing drum corps. was
struck on the nose by baton which the
drum major was twirling. and had to be taken
to a drugstore and fixed up with court plaster.
Paris has taken the lead in bringing to
time one Of the greatest oppressors of the
travelling public-the cabnan. Recently in
that city 30 drivers were arrested and sentenced
to one months imprisonment for nl-treatment
Of passengers. Some Of them had assaulted
foreigners who objected to being imposed
upon.
-Intemperanee has spead to such an ex
tent among boys and girls in Austria that the
Vienna School Board is again moving to have
law enacted prohibiting the sale of intoxicants
to children under 10 years Of age. The appear
ance of boy at school in a state of drunken
ness Is SalQ TO De Dy no MEANS q rare 5l2uB IN
Vienna.
AN old Indian squaw went into dry
goods store in Bangor, Me-, the other day and
bought some dress pattern, together with
needles, thread and thimble. She asked to be
allowed to go into back room to sew a little.
About an hour afterward she came from the
room wearing dress made of the material she
had Just bought, and went out of the store evil
IDENTIFY well satisfied with her purchase.
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is reported from Greshamville, Ga. The mother
of little Belle Bart saw her child standing,
with stick in hand, steadfastly gazing at a
large coachwhip snake, both snake and child
looking intently at each other. and neither
moving an inch. The child was pulled away by
her mother. when Belle, trembling from head
TO 1907, began TO violently cry sne explained
caught her eye." Try as she wOuld-And hor-
ror stricken as she was she tried haTd-she
could not with draw her eyes from the snake,
and she feels that if she had not been taken
away from the spot by her mother she could
not much longer have resisted an influence
which seemed to urge her to advance to where
the snake lay on the ground.
i'm Prussia the State railroads make
special concessions in favor of poor persons in
i'll health. On receipt of proper credentials
such persons are conveyed to hospitals, baths
and other sanitariums in third-class carriages
at the military" rate Of L5 pfening per kilo-
meter (about six-tenths of L cent per mile.)
The same privilege is extended to scrofulous
children of the lower classes and their attend
ants. The inmates of asyluns for the blind,
deaf and dumb, and orphans, with their attend
ants, are carried at the same rate on vacation
trips to the houses of relatives. One attendant
is allowed to each unfortunate, and the reduc-
ton in fare is given to the attendants when thzl
go for their charges or return home after Ieavf
ing them at the asylum. Poor children Wild
are sent to the country in summer by societies or
are also conveyed at the military
rate. Furthermore, all officers of benevolent
societies and institutions, whether sectarian or
secular, when travelling in the interest of char
ity, are allowed the use Of second-elass car
riages at third-class rates.
Recently a colo-ed swain of Jackson
vile, Fla, was in the gall Of bitterness because
he had set the time, got the consent of the idol
of his heart, and all was ready for the mar
rage feast except one thing 1t was the
license, which required 81 to obtain. The
spent the entire day endeavoring
to raise the necessary amount to pay for the
license, but toward the shades of night he was
still without the required sum. He then made
a last and pitiful appeal to the County Judge
to help him in this hour of distress. The man
who wanted to be married counted out few
nickels, and declared that it was all that he
had left after preparing for the marriage
FEAST and the time was short for the eonsum-
nation Of the contract. He next began to beg
for few days grace. and the Justice, wanting
his supper very much, ended the mans an
guish by drawing a note for the amount which
clared he would pay the note with the first
money he got hold of. His mourning was at
once changed into shouts Of Joy, and Sambo
left the Court House amid shouts of triumph
and laughter, as the night of jubilee had
,ome and he would soon be the happiest man
On earth.