Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-16
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Last year 10000 persimmon trees were
exported from Japan to the United States
Men at work on the Eifel tower in
Paris begin at a. NJ. and have sunlight long
before 1t reaches the city.
An orange grower at Lake Coma, Fla,
exhibits a navel orange that weighs 25 ounces,
and says there are several more OF the same
size on his trees.
John c. Ropes, the lecturer Of Cam
bridge, possesses the finest portrait OF NaPol-
con now in existence. 1t represents the En-
peror at the battle of Arcola.
"A giant ice making machine was ship
ped Friday from Cincinnati to Denver. Col lt
weighed about 800, 900 pounds, and IL cars were
required to carry it. It cost $4,000
"A shrewd citizen of Montezuma, Ga,
swapped horses ten times in one day and made
Sl2o, and galloped home that night possessor OF
family.
The richest man in Berlin reioiees in an
annual income of 2,7GOOOO marks Isl, O.OO0).
There are, beside this Crpsus, 1852 millionaires
In thalers (at marks) and 926 millionaires in
marks.
-Fernandina, Fla, was visited by 4
good freeze Wednesday night, ieicles fully an
inch in length forming in the most exposed
places. Thursday night the weather was still
cold, covering housetops, trees and grouud
with snow-white frost
"A lady residing in Elberton has pet
hen that laid % eggs during the month of Janu-
ary. She has kept strict count of the eggs,
and is sure that they were all laid by one hen,
She confidently expects to get as large or larger
number of eggs during this month.
The rats have become so numerous and
mischievous at theresidence of W. B. Mitchell,
No . A..
drawers, get she money that is stored away in
them and carry it OFF. 1t is known that they
have carried away several silver quarters.
old Boxem Brown, of New Mexico, is q
coffin peddler. He travels with big wagon,
team of mules and about 20 assorted cofins.
He says he knows 100 men who already have
thci- collins in their houses. Boxem well
knows the tendency of the frontier West to
die with its boots on.
Rev. Robert Collier has presented Cor
nell College with an old factory bell which has
an interesting history. It was the bell that
rang him to work every morning in his young
days and fixed the time the DAYS toll was over,
The bell will be used at Cornell for summoning
the students to their classes.
"A 14-year-old girl who lives in High
land, town near Harrisburg was converted
lately at religious revival. Soon afterward
she fell into q trance and much of the time
last from five minutes to half an hour, and
don't leave her in the least exhausted.
The apple market has some queer
phases up in Maine this winter Recently q
man started from Kent's Hill with a load Of
dried apples to sell. At Mt Vernon he was
offered cents pound; several miles further
along he could have got cents, but when he
reached Augusta nobody would give him over
3 cents. The apples went back.
"A remarkably cool-headed man is James
Pur1ess. of Sacramento Cal. Last week, by the
breaking of scaffolding around building he
was tearing down, he was thrown into the eel
lar. Several of his bones were broken and pro-
truded from the flesh, but Notwithstanding he
continued smoking. and quietly directed the
men in their work of clearing away the rubbish
which held him a prisoner.
The Mexicans have queer way of bury
ing the dead. The corpse is tightly wrapped in
century plant mating and placed in coffin,
rented for about 25 cents. One or two natives,
as the case may be. place the coffin on their
heads and 90 in a trot to the grave, where the
body is inferred. and the coffin is then returned.
hearses, and the friends follow beside the car on
foot.
"A Paris correspondent saws that it has
generally been supposed that the highest fall of
water used for industrial purposes was the one
utilized for generating electric power at the
Nevada mines, in the United States, which has
a fall of about 500 meters; but it appears that
water power is employed near Greenole, with q
fall of 800 meters, which serves TO drive tur-
bine developing 1,500 horse power. The diam
eter of the turbine is three meters. aud the
Bregnet firm had to construct manometer for
{ indicating q pressure of so atmospheres-
hat is, to say, over 735 pounds to the square
nch.
Delegate Carey, of Wyoming Territory,
,ao
that a herd of native American buffalo have es-
,aped the advancing march Of civilization and
ire roaming the wilds of Wyoming. 1t has
been generally believed that the buffalo in
heir free state had practically become ex-
;inct, except in the Yellowstone Park, where
The National Government has taken steps for
heir preservation; but this seems to have been
IN error. The herd numbers 26 finely devel-
,ped animals-four bulls and p cows. At Mr.,
Jareys request the Indian Bureau has issued
,rders which, it is hoped will save the animals
Captain James Meredith, of Clearwater,
Fla. came near losing his life at DeSoto few
nights since, under circumstances the like of
which has perhaps never been recorded. He
vas shot for a jack-'o-lantern. The other night,
ust after dark, Captain Meredith fixed hunt
ng lantern on his head and came ashore to
hoot raccoons, alligators, or any such game as
lie might find along the beach. His light was
cen from nearby house, and was construed
o be something unaccountable, no one being
Ible to account for the peculiar light, which
would be suddenly very brilliant and then as
uddenly gone, the result of Meredith turning
lis head in different directions. One of the
occupants determined to capture that jackJo-
antern set out with 32-caliber revolver. He
fastened along the beach in the direction it
lad been last seen, hoping to be in its neigh
,orhood when it should again show itself. It
ppears that Meredith had seen him coming
'ut he didn't see him. When he walked up
within about 10 feet, Meredith turned his face
oward him, when the lantern startled him by
lazing in his eyes. He had seen nothing,
nd this sudden fash so excited him, that be-
ore Meredith had time to speak Harm fred at
he ghost The ball entered the cheek an inch
r so below the eye, and now lies buried about
hree inches deep in Meredith's head. A doc
or was sent for but could not get the bullet
ut the patient is on the road to a rapid re-
overy. OF course, great regret is felt over the
fair, but Meredith appears to be the most