Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-20
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Twins were born in Cotton, Col. The
boy weighs pound and IA ounces, while the
girl scales pounds and IA ounces
Miss Flora Woodward Tibbits, of Ann
Arbor. is the first woman in Michigan to apply
Ior admission to the bar of the Supreme Court
| "A brakeman who lost an arm in the dis
charge Of his duty was awarded $4,000 from the
boSton and Albany Railroad by q recent verdict
| in Boston.
pr. Mary Walker is this spring wearing
tall hat with wide curling brim, double
Dreasted 1rock coat and pantaloons Oh ner
favorite width.
An insane woman attracted attention
in Irving place, New York, the other day by
betting on losing horse
Samuel Gagnon, of Northport, Mich,
has had two wives and Is children. His brother
George, of the anne town. has also been mar
ried twice and is the father of 26 children.
Two California fishermen met with great
luck. Their first catch was man-eating
shark. Is feet long. that weighed 1000 ponnds.
followed by landing stlngaree that scaled l25
pounds
The English Government has been re.
deeming at their nominal value the old gold
coins that have become short weight through
much use, with the idea of getting them out Of
circulation.
The King of Ashantee has 1888 wives.
They all live on one street on Coomassie, and
when they go out for a walk in a body, pre-
ceded by the eunuchs everybody else has to
walk in the gutter.
There is fashion in canes as we'll as
ever ythlng else. Big canes and crooked handles
ha We gone out, and the present fancy is for
canes tolerably slender and with knob or
other finish at the top.
According to recent figures. the people
of this country are longer lived than those Of
Europe In this country IS persons out of every
aOOO die each year. In England the average ID
20. and in Germany 26.
Mrs. Lewis Wint, of Williamson,
Mich, had the grip last winter. and it left her
blind Tuesday, without warning, medicine or
even faith, her sight was restored, and she's the
happiest woman in the village.
"A man recently hanged in a Sou thern
State was born on Friday, was married on
Friday, presented with twins on FRIDAY COM
mitted his crime on Friday and was hanged on
Friday. And his name wasn't Friday.
"A beautiful girl in Boscobel, Wis, was
Tilted on her wedding night and instantly dis
appeared. The whole town turned out ut mid
night in search of her. but failed TO find her
The recreantlbridegroom was arrested.
The sum of S55, 900 in gold coin was sent
from San Bernardino to San Francisco by mail
few days ago as second-class matter at cent
an ounce. An insurance company took a risk
on the coin and the bank saved $50 by using
the mail.
Two brothers na med Larsen, residing at
Milbank, 8. D., hearing a noise outside their
home, armed themselves and one went out the
back door and the other out the front door
They met and one brother mstaking the other
FOR burglar, nred and killed him instantly.
While man was cleaning out a well at
Truax Prairie, Wis, he was overcome by the
impure air and fell backwards, and one foot
became entangled IN the rope. and he was
hoisted nearly TO the top when the rope broke
He fell to the bottom and was instantly killed
General Fremont wore his hair falling
over his shoulders until within five or six years
ago when some friends induced him to have it
cut quite short. This changed his appearance
so greatly that he declared he could hardly
recognize his own reflection in the mirror.
Three years ago st. Clair county,
Mich, clergyman preached sermon over the
body of good citizen. 1t was a good sermon,
and the preacher charged the estate $50 Tor 1t.
The bill hasn't been paid. and it is now in the
Probate Court, with sll interest attached.
-"Ples geve pa 700" written upon the
back of an envelope was a check presented to
Cashier Hart of the Lenawee county, Mich,
Savings Bank, the other day, and IL was as
good. The cashier filed 1t away as the most
unique thing Of the kind ever offered over that
counter.
Seven of the supposed- -be-sbarpest and
v;s,st Ia Ivvers IN the ,,onntrv b.ra - riIIs
go, -, - .,,o 80 - 1 80
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and ten lawyers.
The old elm at the corner of Churcb
and Chanel streets Nav Haven ceIabratod ita
1arrI Iaof Nol- t.
BY Thaddeus Beecher, according to an iron
tablet nailed to it, and has long been an object
of interest to visitors Nearly all its bo1ghs
and branches were decorated with bunting
"A wen developed cali having SIX dis
tinct lepS horn on a farm naar Piffahur1