Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-31
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| spent 80 years of her life in the one house.
Mrs. L. Schank, of Shawano, Wis, gave
birth to twin boys, weighing II pounds each.
"A collection of postage stamps belong
ing to one of the Rothschilds was recently sold
| for S60,000
The largest individual taxpayer in Bos-
ton is John NJ. sears, who pays 5000 on $751;
| of S125O00.
There are dozen factories in Amster-
% oam Kept busy night and day making genuine
oIo spoons, knives and forks for Idiot1c Amer1-
can tourists.
AN observing Georgia man claims that
the crow digs hole and buries in it the corn
winch it secures in the field, holding the sup
ply until necessity compels its use.
Mrs. W. S. Twedell, of Bowden, Ca,
VINO Is now in her 9lst year. spun the thread
ana Knit her husband nice pair of long
Wr1sted, fingered woOlen gloves last week.
1t is alleged that in back district in
Manitoba there is in the tax books this entry,
referring to some crown lands: .'Owner. Vic
torla; occupation, Queen; residence England"
The list of potables provided for the
Union League Club of New York includes 5
kinds of brandy, 13 of whisky 7 of oin and of
rum. There are also Al different kinds of fancy
drinks on the list.
"A prize of $500 has been offered bv the
British Sunday School Union for the best tale
on gambling, ITO be drawn az far as possible
from actual life" and ito vividIy depict the
evils of gambling"
The waters of the Oehtahatchee lake in
Florida ran off through its underground chan
mel few days ago and an immense number Of
the finest kind of fish were secured by the citi.
zens of the vicinity.
The Gar of Russia has ordered that all
clothes made for himself and family shall be of
Russian material and made by Russian hands.
Her MaJesty's best dresses have always come
direct from Paris.
The prisoners in the jail at Mooltan, In
dia. celebrated their New Years by cutting off
the nose of their jailer. 1t was from this same
Jail that several prisoners recently escaped, but
soon came back voluntarily.
"A dispatch from Newburg, n. Y, says:
"John Lawrence and Mary Demarest were mar
ried in Warwick in 1881. During late years
they have often expressed the wish that they
might die together. On Tuesday this wish was
granted"
An Englishman has invented means
OF utilizing the principle of stills with wheels,
The wheels are fastened to the feet as stills are
and each acts as sort of Independent bicycle.
They go very fast when one has learned how to
walk on them.
AN exhibition of toys is about to be
opened in st. Petersburg. 1t is intended to il
lustrate the history of toys from the earliest
ages. Particular attention IS to be given to
As1atie TOYS which are said to be marvels of
taste and fine workmanship.
Chicago papers mention nomin ating
convention held there few days ago. at West
Town, where ticket was made up by nomi-
mating an Irishman for Assessor Dane for
Collector, Bohemian for Supervisor and an
Italian for Town Clerk. If an American had
strayed on the ticket its International features
would have been improved
The Belfast brig Stagshaw, from Ro-
sario, with cargo of bones. has arrived at
Queenstown after voyage lasting 104 days.
Provisions, with the exception of 13 biscuits,
were all gone on March ], after which the cap
tain and nine men had been living on one bis
cult day. They had to keep at the pumps
and we're worn out with hunger and fatigue.
While prospecting in the Okefeeno-
kee swamp, Georgia, man killed an animal in
the swamp of which natural history gives no
account. 1t resembles a turtle in some re-
spects, but was A feet long and "a inches
across. The back was covered with a hard
scaly substance somewhat like an alligator'5
hide. and the animal had long, hooked beak-
"A saloon keeper of Richmond, Va, was
convicted on novel evidence of selling liquor
on Sunday. A policeman testified that he was
passing the defendants place on Sunday morn
ing at 215 O'Clock and saw it lighted up. He
peeped through the window and saw reflected
in the mirror, which was back of the bar a man
putting two glasses Of beer on the bar counter.
Benjamin Ellis Martin relates how he
visited Edmonton churchyard in order to visit
Charles Lambs grave. Service going on
in the church, and he waited till the close and
asked the officiating clergyman the location of
the grave. The clergyman didn't know. He
had heard that Charles Lamb was buried in his
churchyard. but he had never seen the grave,
nor asked about it.
"A new mineral has been discovered in
the vicinity of the little town of Homer KY,
and the inhabitants of that place expect to
realize millions. The substance discovered is a
black, pitchy formation, and is of a loamy ap-
pearance. When placed in the fire it burns
with clear, steady flame, and makes brilliant
white light. 1t is entirely consumed by burn
ing, leaving no ashes or clinkers.
English thieves are using a contrivance
looking like an ordinary walking stick, but
which is so arranged that by pressing spring
at the handle the ferrule will Spread apart and
form a sort of spring clip that will take hold of
anything that is within reach. The thing is
called 'the Continental lifting stick" and is
used to take goods from behind counters when
the shopman's back Is turned.
There is dog in St. Louis that is a reg
ular funeral goer. While driving out the road
to Bellefontaine with funeral he was seen to
get up and trot along beside the hearse. No
more was thought of him until the grave was
reached, and there the big brindle was seen
banging on the outskirts of the crowd lust as
much interested as anyone. From that time on
he has been regular mourner and he GOES to
every funeral that takes place.
The town of Dexter, Me-, at its annual
meeting voted to instruct the Selectmen to buy
liquors for the town liquor agency at some
other place besides the State Liquor Commis-
sioner's shop; but the Revised Statutes of
Maine direct all town officers to buy such intox-
icating liquors as they may keep on sale for the
purpose specified herein, of such commissioner
or of such 'other municipal officers as have
bought liquors of him and of no other person.
The penalty is fine of from so to 500.