Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-04
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A subscriber has presented the editor Of
the Dawson (Ga.) NelUs with beet weighing
20 pounds.
Israel Gregory, who died last week at
Spruce Head, Me-, lacked only few months Of
being l07 years DID,
"A parrot, owned by Kansas City bar
ber, hangs in a cage in front Of the establish
ment and occasionally advises passersby to get
their hair cut.
The owners of a travelling show which,
included in its animals a number of bears, have
been arrested at Trentschin, Hungary. on the
charge of numbering tramp and throwing his
body to the bears, who deVoured It
"A sign displayed by Boston firm
reads: This store will be closed from Thurs
day. July g. until Monday. July :, 10 allow the
boss and the boys to gambol on the green and
to dip their feet in the salt sea spray.
"A diver who was working at the foun-
dation of a railroad bridge near Bois City
Idaho, gave a signal to be boisted quickly
When he got TO the surface he held fast a g.
pound salmon that he had caught BY the gills.
Lord Aberdeen created a great deal of
excitement in London recently by driving up
to the door of his club in milk wagon He
| had been unable to obtain carriage and
rather than walk he had chartered that modest
| vehicle.
"A bear story from Idaho is to the effect
that a hunter chased large black fellow for
sevsral miles, when, becoming tired, it laid
| down close to,a rock TO rest. He then crept up
| to the animal and plunged big knife into
vital part.
"A South Carolina darkey recently
hitched his mule, with bale Of hay on his
back, near q neighbor's beehive, which he
| knew was about to swarm. As he supposed,
| the swarm settled on the bale Of hay. after
| which he led the mule home and hiVed the
| swarm.
There is a negro at Perry by the name
| of Alfred Swift who was struck by lightning
on the 18th. The bolt struck MIN at the elbow
on the right arm, ran up his arm. around his
| body down both legs, tearing both of his shoes
| to pieces. The marks of the lightning are as
plain as on pine tree.
| The fact that the waves in the North
| Sea differ in shape when caused by northeast
wind under high pressure from those caused by
a southwest wind with low barometer is con-
sidered as proof that the air in an ant-cy-
| clone Is descending current and the air IN a
| cyclone an ascending current.
"A new shell has lately been invented by
| an Austrian for the purpose of scattering oil
| over the waves during Storm II is wooden
| cylinder lined with shellac to keep the oil from
| penetrating the wood, and it carries in addi-
| tion a calcium light, which illuminates the
| water for considerable distance.
A statistical enthusiast has calculated
that pianist, in playing a certain presto,
| played 5,595 notes in four minutes. The strik-
| ing Of each noteinvolved two movements Of the
| finger and one movement each Of the elbow,
| wrist and arm. From this it is calculated that
| 72 voluntary movements were made per second.
| Colonel Sir Edward Bradford, the newly
| appointed Chief Commissioner of the London
| police force. is one of the most celebrated
sportsmen of the English army. His fame ss
f5
| length and breadth of India and it was during
| one of his Jungle expeditions that his left arm
was bitten clean off by an lnfuriated tigress.
London has q boy cartoonist. He is
only 10 years old, but is said to do remarkable
work. He lately made sketch of NJ. Glad
stone, and, sending it to him, by return mail
| received letter in the "Grand Old Mans"
own handwriting thanking the little artist and
wishing him every success in his future oper-
ations
Patsy Mitchell, of Thompsonville,
Mass promised that he would never drink an
other drop of liquor "as long as he had hair
on his head" When his thirst became ungoV-
| goVeruable he sold his bushy head of hair to
Bob Grumpy. barber, for pint OF gin. and
| when his hair was removed with razor and
the gin in his possession, he went off and got
drunk.
"A Southern colored Farmers Alliance
indorses the nomination of Captain b. r. Till
|
| lowing dubious resolutions: I'm union there is
| strength. We all children OF Eve and
Adam, why not act so in prineiPle2 There is
one God, one heaven, one he'll. and we nuss
| stay together in one of the places. NEk not
| vote together for Tillman"
| The youngest great-grandmother 4I.~s
/ near Pomona, Cal. Her name is Francesca
Cordoba, and her age is but so years. She was
| married when but 15 years old, and her eldest
daughter married when she was a little over II
| years old. Mrs. Cordoba was but 50 years old
when she was grandmother. Her eldest
| granddaughter was married in April, 1882 at
| the age of Is years, and now great-grand-
| daughter Is born
| w. h. Crabb, State Agriculture Com
missioner OF California, has asked the Worlds
Fair directors for the privilege of having a
fountain of pure native wine at the fair. Mr..
Crabb wants to erect a perpendicular cone 30
feet high and keep 1t flowing thr0ughOut the
period of the fair. He proposes to change the
varieties every week. Mr.. CTabb produces
100000 gallons every year from his vineyard az
OakVille, Napa Valley.
An athletic Cuban negro, about 80
years Of age. escaped the other night in Boston
from a strong cell in police headquarters.
Reaching between the bars of his door he pried
off the face of a huge paddock with a case
knife and the wire handle Of a bucket, pushed
back the bolt and opened the door. He got
through corridor window to the top OF a shed,
and was of for parts unknown.
"A citizen of Belfast, Me-, was awakened
about o'clock tho other morning by strange
noise and, going to the window, saw about thirty
robins fighting crow, which was trying 10 get
at robins nest. in a nearby tree. containing
some young birds. The robins finally drove on
the crow. The man went down to the tree and
found one young robin on the ground dead,
while two others were safe in the nest. Tho
crow was on a piratical expedition, and but Tor
| ArrI,f - rhn n
doubtedly killed all the young.
"A hotel in Rome, anxious to secure Eng
Iish patronage, has set forth its advantages in
| the following advertisement. which is placarded
| about Paris: 1.-THE Hotel de -, the very
most favorite resort by English and American
travellers, as during the winter presents all
! kinds of comforts for what concerns the gem
| eral heating, during the summer is Just ht to
| afford the freshest and most the wholesome
| temperature on account of its special position,
| breadth and ventilation. The largest and most
monumental table dhote there IS 10 De found