Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A cluzen OF Grand Rapids named ~.
J. Doornink wears on his watch chain seal
which has record of over 300 years.
AT bear and bull fight in San Diego
county, California, the bear had everything its
own way, and three bulls were killed
Information gathered in London is said
to show that cats catch diphtherla from human
patients and carry the disease to healthy per-
sons.
John Charvous, Hindoo and caunibaI,
originally from the Fiji Islands, but more re-
Gently from Canada. is delivering lectures in
Georgia.
"A Crawford county, Pa, Jersey COW
took fancy to the fresh paint on the fence in
which the bovine was pastured and licked off a
sufficient quantity to kill her.
The lower part of Fifth avenue, New
York, is rapidly becoming undesirable as a
place of residence from the intrusion of club
houses, fashionable stores, hotels and fats.
Joe Wherry, convicted of horse steal
ing, jumped from the second story Of the
Cambria, Pa, Court House to the ground be-
low, distance of q feet. He was captured
after getting about four squares from the
Court House.
The District Attorney Of Saratoga, N.
Y, has secured pane Of glass recently taken
from house in BaIlston, near the old iron
spring where Washington Irving stopped in
lSO2 Upon the glass written with diamond 10
the famous authors signature: washington
Irving, 1902"
"A farmers wife living near Dover, N.
j., broke duck egg into a frying pan 3 few
days ago, when out rolled an egg of smaller
size. THE larger egg was of ordinary size and
contained perfect yolk. The inner egg was
about l76 inches long, with perfect shell and
normal in every way.
"A Waynssburg, Pa, man found hens
egg which measured l inch in circumference
one way and 81 inches the other. The In
equalities in its make up gave it the exact ap-
pearance of moccasin. showing the opening
tor a loot the broad heel. contraction at instep
and expansion at ball of foot.
Mt. Pleasant, the hub" of Michigan,
has fat mems club of 116 members. Alta
meeting held last week it was decided to have
uniforms consisting of high hats and linen
ulsters, and take an excursion TO Saginaw
Saginaw will be notified in due time The
combined weight of the jolly crowd is over Il
IUna
Costa Rica's latest scheme for raising
money and the purpose for which it is to be
raised are novel, to say the least. A new the
ater IS wanted at the capital and an export
duty has been placed by Congress on coffee in
order to raise the necessary money. However
as only 500. 600 is needad for the purpose, the
tax will not last long
John Lingard, of Mill Creek, Ind, was
taken suddenly i'll Saturday and a small lizard
was elected from his stomach. The animal
was dead and was partially encysted, and it is
supposed that he swallowed it about two years
ago with some cistern water. The long reten-
ton of the animal poisoned Mr.. Lngard's en-
tire system and his death ensued.
"A stone coffin in tomb in Canterbury
Cathedral on being opened was found to con-
tain the body of an ancient archbishop, fully
vested il Tn ba
stephen Langton, who sided with the barons
in extorting Magma Charta from King John.
Although buried six centuries ago, the features
were still perfect and the vestment quite
sound.
"A historian who is compiling the let
tiers. messages. speeches, etc., of President
Lincoln for publication has finished search
of the records of the Executive office of Ohio,
But one autograph letter was found 1t is
dated April q. 1884, and accepts the offer of
the Governors of Indiana Illinois, Iowa and
Wisconsin to furnish s., 900 troops for 100 days
service.
"A Saratoga man has in his possession
a monster fish somewhat resembling a stur-
geon, but having long. sword-shaped jaws,
which was taken from Lake Champlain. 1t is
called fresh water swordish. This specimen
weighs Is pounds. and is four feet three inches
long, Is inches around the body and six inches
across the back. 1t will be mounted by tax
idermist
While boring for water near Bowling
Green, KY. Ebenezer Cathcart struck a well Of
fragrant oil. It is clear as TO be nearly
of a beautiful pale-pink color and
while entirely odorless when cold, il heated
emits most delicious odor, embling some
what altar of roses. An experiment was tried
with small quantity to test its burning prop.
critics, when 1t was found TO burn slowly, but
steadily, giving SOFT clear flame, shedding
faint rOse-colored light, and filling the air with
a penetrating fragrance.
AT Parkersburg, W. Va, contractor
took part in frolic that ended in fight all
hands being drunk and man undertook to
assault him with hatchet. He rushed to a
third story window, and, suspending himself
by his hands from the sill. would have dropped
to the street, and no doubt been crushed to
death. but for the fact that his feet were caught
on the top of the sash in the second story and
gave way just as ne let go his hold on the SILL
he sank with the window and his feet slipped
inward, carrying him into the room below, and
allowing him to escape unhurt.
Miss Kelly, of New Westminster, B.
C., imagined that she had broken her leg by a
sudden movement of the limb. Doctors were
called in and could discover no break but de-
clded to open an abscesS which had DEVELOPED
made, large-sized darning needle was found,
the point of which penetrated the bone The
needle was removed and the young lady is
rapidly recovering. She has been lame since
and it is supposed the needle en-
tered her foot then and gradually worked up to
where it was found.
Charlie Julian, of Macon, Ca, has just
received from Captain F. A. Hervey relic Of
war times worthy of preservation. During the
terrible battle of Chickamauga cannon balls
swept through ranks of soldiers and severed
limbs from the large trees on the hills and IN
the valleys. A few days ago some woodcutterS
cut down large pine In one of the top limbs
a small iron cannon ball had been embedded
The limb was cut from the tree and presented
CAPTAIN Hervey and in turn sent to his son-in-