Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

"A Michigan mathematician calculates
that Il. 100000 people In the United States have
had the grip.
&C. s. Chapman, of Waterbury, Conn.,,
has a cIock.which has ticked of the time with
out stopping since 1888
Will January 1, A. d. 1900, be the be-
ginning of the twentieth century. or will Jan
uary /. 1901? is question that is now bothering
the college professors in the East
-Twenty-one Eramps met in Decatur,
Neb., Sunday. and ordered meals at a restaur-
ant. After they had eaten they compelled the
proprietor to accept ten cents as payment in
full.
In Peterboro, Ont, two men watching
a corpse were terribly surprised by the appear
ance of a ghostly figure at the window. 1t
proved to be woman who was walking in her
sleep. She was half dead from the colo.
"A man in Saratoga, N. Y, who fought
in the war without being regularly enlisted
now finds his name on the list of deserTers
The Congressman from his district has intro
duced bill to relieve him Of the stigma.
The vicinity of the Kennebec river is
said to be swarming with icemen from New
York and the South. The poor prospects for
satisfactory Ice crop from the Hudson have
crowded the Maine hotels with buyers. The
l,25O,000 tons.
The Essex Institute, at Salem, Mass,
has received from Robert c. Winthrop, Jr., two
original deeds from MasconOmet sycamore Of
Agawam, to John Winthrop, Jr., of lands as
1psWleh and Chebaeeo. The instruments are in
the handwriting of John Winthrop, Jr., and are
dated June %, 1888.
Henry Stratford, of Kingston, Ont, has
received letter from England which went
into the sea when the steamship Oregon was
wrecked and sunk in 1886. The letter in cues
tiOn was found buried in the sands of the beach
near Cape Hatteras North Carolina. The mail
bag containing the missiVe drifted 400 miles
from the scene of the wreck.
Just before the Circuit Court adjourned
on Friday in Clinton, Mo-, decree of di.
Vorce was granted Mrs. Sarah Brown, wife Of
Major Brown on the ground Of desertion. In
less than half an hour after the decree had
been granted the Wronged and forsaken plaint.
in found solace for her blighted affections by
wedding ]. Gier. This case probably beats the
record.
oliver Outcalt, an old soldier residing
in Cincinnati, had what he considered great
stroke Of luck last week. Through some mis-
take Oliver was subpenaed as a witness in the
ballot-bOX investigation it being intended to
summon Judge Miller Outcalt instead. The re-
suit has been that Oliver has been spending
nice vacation in the city Of beautiful distances,
the Government paying his expenses there.
Mr.. W. X. MOorshead, of the Smith.
sonian, spent last summer, with a staff of as
sistants, in surveying and exploring Fort
Ancient, the prehistoric earthwork of Warren
county, O., and is about to bring out an illus
trated volume on his discoveries In the course
of his explorations Mr.. Moorehead has found
evidences Of two distinct races of aborigines;
and has, moreover discovered large village
site in the Miami River bottoms, five feet be-
low the present surface.
The Bay of Fundy forms cul-de-sac at
which the Atlantic ocean seems to have taken
spite. and at regular intervals pours in its
waters vieiously, and with intent to do all pos
sible harm. Take, for instance, the harbor of
st. John. In most parts Of the world tide Of
from six to ten feet is quite sufficient to satisfy
all reasonable demands. In st. John haFbOr
the tide rises q feet on an ordinary day. and oc-
casionally varies the mouotony by pushing the
mark up three or four feet, as the humor
seizes it.
james Collins, who lives near Gales
burg ILL.,, while searching for hogs in the
woods Tuesday noticed bees flying around a
large sycamore tree. Securing help, he chopped
the tree down. AS surmised it turned out to
Se bee tree of the richest kind. 1t was a
mere shell. and when it struck the frozen
ground split ODen, showing a section of honey
~ feet long. In all he secured l. 100 pounds of
honey Mr.. Collins thought the bees would
would have filed large barrel, but he had no
way of hiVing them.
There are now living in Washington a
married couple, Paul and Albina Hellmuth,
who were born at Baden, Germany. February
], l847. within four miles of each other. Even
through their childhood. playing in the streets
of the same town, they were strangers to each
other.N In the course Of events they came
horO Nrk La I.E-
different times and by different paths they
drifted to Washington, where they met and
loved and welded. Upon comparing notes to
take out their marriage license they discovered,
to their mutual surprise and qualification, that
they were not only natives of the same place,
but rejoiced in exactly the same ages TO a day
"A special dispatch from Canajoharie.
n. Y, says: "While at Stone Arabia few days
ago q citizen of Palestine Bridge found a be-
grimed and badly battered metallic box It
was opened with much difficulty and its con-
tents consisted of locket a bundle of pArch-
ment letters and piece of faded blue ribbon.
The locket is of gold and OF fine workmanship.
On one side in monogram are the letters "a. H.
D., ;" and on the other a curIously wrought
hunting scene. The letters were all written in
l71S-19 DY lady Of evident royalty residing in
London. They were to her betrothed, and
couched in the most tender language.
Amherst College is making a move
which will be watched with great interest by
The other colleges The students have placed
their athletics in the hands Of an advisory
board, consisting Of ten members, made up Of
The professors of physical education; the presi-
tents of the baseball football and athletic as
lOcarions: three alumni not members of the
faculty., and Frederick B. Pratt The two
members of the faculty and three alumni
members will be appointed by the college Sem
lte. The athletic policy of the college and the
lnances connected Herewith Will be complete
y controlled by the new board.
"A correspondent of a New York paper
ellis this story: In Camden. N. J., on Taylor
venue, above Fourth street. a house in which
was born is haunted. There is a ghost who
las beard on one side of his face and on the
'ther nothing. Every night when you lock the
Ioors the Dext morning you will find them
pen. Dishes rattle the front cellar window
.oes up and down. and you can hear the rat
ling of chains in the house. One night when
ny mother was sick in bed this ghost appeared
o her and told her to follow him and nothing
would harm her. He then went to the door
nd disappeared like wind. Every night there
a knock on the doors. and you can see no one
Then you answer the call"