Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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three feet wide at its narrow end.
There is wheat enough at Portland, Ore,
to load 81 ships and to give s2,OOO,OOO to the
| farmers.
Mrs. Robinson, of Fort Gratiot, Mich,
recently married her adopted son. She was As
years old and the young man 81
"A chair 12O years old is in use in an
office in Spring City, this State, and is said to
be just as good as the day it was bought.
Green Bay, Wis, policemen had pic
mic. The sale of beer realized s312 %, which
will go to the purchase of winter overcoats for
| the force.
Charles Faye, who died in BROOKLYN a
day or two ago, was feet 2 inches high, though
only IA years old. His death, physicians say,
was due to too rapid growth.
Daniel Stone, Fulton, Wis, farmer,
has horse and buggy with history. He Cthe
horse) is 81 years of age and fought in the
army, on the Confederate side.
"A small schooner, owned and sailed by
two Makah Indians. took 1000 cases of dyua-
mite from Port Townsend to Juneau Alaska
for the Treadwell Mining Company.
In nearly every foreign country may
be found colonies of old soldiers who are on
Uncle Sans pension list. Ger many alone has
569 OF them, Great Britain 475 nd Switzerland
so.
Michael Fitzgerald, Jr., while berrying
up Bates Run, near Tunesta, killed black
snake that measured 10 feet and 7Inches. This
IS no doubt the largest blacksnake that has
peen Killed in the county this year.
In the combined register of the First
Presbyterian Church of Morrisrown, N J.,
now being published, is recorded the death of
negro os servant OF DR.. John Johnes. aged 81
years, frightened to death by ghosts"
In Alpine county, Cal, near the Ne
Vada State line, according to the census-taker,
there is no church and no minister. tut four
nquor-sellers and nine professional gamblers.
1857. 'A"0'
-Artesian wells have developed such an
abundant supply of water in the Desert of
Sahara that French engineers are confident of
being able to extend their railroad to distance
OF weeks journey from Algeria right through
the desert.
Labor Is so scarce in Colorado that
railroad construction is impeded. The Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad is the greatest suf-
terer as work on three branches and a great
tunnel is almost at standstIlI From s 6OO to
oOOV men could be proitably employed.
Mrs. Miller, wife of the Governor Of
North Dakota, dropped into the office of
newspaper at Dryden, N. Y, recently, and set
couple of stickfuls of matter, as a reminder
OF the old days when she was a compositor in
that office and the Governor was making up"
to her.
An old bachelor named Canter died in
Loudoun county, Ind, supposed to have been
worth some 5000 or 81 0OO When his execu-
tors came to go through his effects, however.
they found stuffed in various corners of an
OLD desk s6. .OOO in cash that he had at odd times
stored there.
During thunderstorm a thunderbolt
came down out of the clouds into the back
yard Of Peter Shugarts. of ClayvilIe this Stare,
and struck his pump. 1t was new, wooden
pump, and the lightning knocked it into
splinters and ran down the sucker rod until
II tre2ched the water when it jumped of
There is a man at Old Orchard who
fully appreciates the folly of sending good
money after bad. He lost a valuable
ring while bathing. and. to ascertain where it
went, dropped another ring to watch and see
Hhere 1t would go. The wave was too quick
Tor him, and he mourns the loss of two rings
We have in this city a lady, Mrs. Chad
wick, of Gardiner, Me-, who is one of a family
of seven children, the names of every one of
whom. as well as that of the mother, ends with
the letter A. The mothers name was Anna,
and the names of the children are Martha,
Amelia, Maria, Julia, Georgiana, Henrietta and
Ella.
In an out-of-the-way corner of Boston
graveyard stands brown board showing the
marks of age and neglect. 1t bears the in
scription: sacred to the memory of Eben
Harvey, who departed this life suddenly and
by COW kicking him on the
the 18th of September. 1853. " ell done, thou
good and faithful servant"
Mrs. j. III. Patrick, of Clarion, rccei ed
a letter last week that was mailed at Bots
vile, Schuylkill county, in May. lSS7f The
letter was addressed to the maiden Hame OF
Mrs. Patrick, to a former poStOfiice in Arm
strong county called JefersopTlle, now Tenn
place to another and was, ,6nally delivered to
the right person.
"A hole ten fesS in circum ference ap-
peared in Oconee county, Ga, during the great
earthquake ip- 1856 1t is full of water, and
there has long been talk about its depth, but no
soundingsJ were taken until few days ago.
Then aITope 2OO feet long was put down, but it
failedtO touch bottom, and now there are per-
sons who declare that "the hole extends into
the bowels of the EARTH" 1t is proposed to
take second sounding in the near future
Mrs. Warren Hill, of Machias, Me-,
has in her possession an ancient chair once the
property of her great-grandfather, Maior-Gen-
eral David Cobb of the Revolutionary army.
" hiIe this chair was recently being uphoIs-
tered there was found on removing the leather
covering of the cushion an inner covering. an
original patchwork OF silk and velvet contain
ng about 200 pieces, IN. the center of which
we're the figures lI5l. This covering was fast
sned to the chair board with handmade copper
lacks.
AN artesian we'll was some years ago
sunk on the beach at San Bueuaventura Cal.
i've feet from high water mark. At depth of
lbout 143 feet strong flow of water was OBJ
aimed, spouting 3o feet above the ground,
some fish were observed in the waste water,
md an examination of the well revealed the
act that it was filled with young trout They
we're perfectly developed, eyes and all, and
measured about two inches in length. Thou
ands of them were thrown out by each Jet.
rhe temperature of the well water was about
40 Fahrenheit. 1t is believed that the fish
nay have come from the head waters of the
santa Clara river by some subterranean outlet.
That stream itself is several miles distant from
he well.