Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-12
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Athens, Ga, has cat that weighs 16
pounds
"A Milford, N. j., farmer wears a pair
OF spectacles that he claims are l50 years old
Within the last two days Springfield,
Mass. has become infested with swarms Of
black feas.
1t IS curious that there are no direct
descendants of Napoleon, Wellington, Wash
| lnston or Walter Scott.
| -One hundred swallows, by actual count,
LOOK up nights lodging in chimney at Way.
croSS' Ga., a few nights ago.
/ "A lad Of T. in Morristown, N. j., was
cnoked to death Sunday by peanut shell
Wnich lodged in his windpipe.
-One police court in New York in three
nours on Monday disposed of l2O cases-an aY.
erage o. minute and half to each case.
Crews from five different vessels at
tended prayer meeting on the deck Of mack.
erel schooner at Portland, Me-, on Sunday.
Locks were used BY the Eeyutians.
Greeks, Romans and Chinese. Du Gangs
mentions locks and padlocks as early as 1881.
1t is not generally known-in fact.
popular prejudice rather points the other way
that the last carriage In railway train is the
safest.
Mrs. f. P. Richardson, of South
Branch, Mich, left tub of boiling water
standing on two chairs She returned to find
the tub overturned and her 2-year-old son
scalded so terribly that he died.
On the occasion of the recent fete at the
country seat of wealthy woman all the COWS
on the estate wore necklaces Of wide yellow
satin ribbon, and had their horns tied with
narrower ribbon of the same color.
"A. E. Scranton, the West Branch,
Mich. trapper, during the last season killed 4
deer. otter 2 beaver. "a red foxes, II gray
1oxes cross foxes 40 minks, 80 coons, 20
skunks, 90 muskrats and 8 bears.
"A bride from Flint, Mich. visited Libby
prison in Chicago, and found her fathers name
cut in window sill of the place. G. B. Ford
was the prisoner who thus left his mark in the
vie place, where he spent ten months.
"A Boston iceman said that usually it
cost the producer to cut, haul and house ice
about II cents ton. 20 cents a ton ice may
be cut and housed in new icehouse, the cost
OF the ice included. Some difference between
this and the sl4 which Ice now costs at re-
tail.
Mr.. E. L. Brigham, of Worcester,
Mass, who has made reputation for himself
as whittier, has nearly completed his master.
house. stands about II inches high and is about
six inches square. 1t was all cut from block
Of white wood nine inches high.
The latest scheme for a charitable iusti.
tuition in New York is hospital for itinerans
cats and harmless dogs. The scheme is fos-
tered by several charitably inclined women
who have witnessed the persecution to which
these animals have been subjected and it has
at last assumed definite shape and will now
In all probability he carrfad t0 hair urT
satisfaction.
The Indians near Elk Rapids, Mich,
cannot be persuaded to cross Bass Lake in win
ter or summer. and although it is full of the
best fish they never will cast in its waters. They
have legend that many moons ago, while
hshing in the lake, one Of their number was
seized and borne beneath its dark waters by
great, big. horrid monster, Just like the one
claimed TO have been seen this season by sew
eral parties.
"A Toccoa, Ca, man is totally blind,
and has been so from babe few weeks old.
Although he received no education he pos
sesses unusual intelligence and can solve diff
cult mathematical problems, giving the month
and year in which 4 person was born. tell the
day of the week: can tell day from night by the
atmosphere. and when travelling can tell when
he is passing objects some distance from the
roadside. such as house or a tree.
-Archduchess Valerie, the recently mar
ried daughter of the Emperor and Empress Of
Austria. is staying with her husband at the
Hotel Victoria, at InterlaKen. Switzerland.
Though their rank is known among the guests
they dine at the table d'hote and spend their
evenings in the reading room. The Arch
duchess gains many admirers by her gentle
ness and simplicity. The young people take
long walks on the mountains every day.
One of the soldiers at Fort Preble, Me-,
who has nearly completed his term of service,
a he oth thard
had an alteration with a man and blacked his
eye, and then took the ferry boat for the
Cape. On the way he began to throw silver
overheard and followed 1t up, with bills until
he had thrown some $40 overheard. Then he
flung over his coat and about to follow
with bis other garments when he was arrested.
y F. Holsten, of New York, enjoyed an
unusual experience Monday night. He is an
agent of the Retail Grocers' Union, and at a
meeting of that body a motion was made to
raise his salary from SIS to 500 month Then
Mr.. Holsten arose and declared that he had no
knowledge that such a motion was to be made
and that he was satisfied with his present paw
and that he didn't want increase The
union. thereupon with great, unanimity re-
solved to respect Mr.. Holsten's wishes.
Among the interesting visitors at Bar
Harbor this summer has been a Bulgarian Mr.
Stoyan K Vatralsky. He was converted to
Christianity through the efforts of missionary
who visited his Eastern home, and came
to America to complete his education, giving
lectures on Bulgaria to defray his expenses.
He will return to endeayor TO raise his county,
men in civilization by means of articles in the
local press on American institutions. Several
of his articles have already appeared, with en-
cOuraging results.
Indians, about 300 of them, have been in
camp for ten days at Athens, Mich, trying to
get converted according to the civilized way.
Wakazoo, daughter of Chief Petoskey, led the
singing. and an interpreter put the words into
the red mans dialect. The day services are
quiet and subdued, and nothing differs ma
terially from quiet Methodist meeting. But
when darkness gathers round, the natives
the forest as their native home,
are again in their original state, and their wor-
ship is Of the widest kind Women scream,
dance, swing their arms and work themselves
into such state of excitement that they fre-
Quently fall into semi-consciOusness.