Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-24
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

/ "A OulUdndn Is nfedcl1Q2
through Georgia towns in an imposing suit Of
/ native vestments.
Miss Jennie Fox, aged IS years, of
Clark county. Ill. has received a check for
| 81, ,O00. 200 left her by an uncle who died in
Texas.
| "A barber in Wellington, Kan, has put
out his sign as follows: "We are here to stay.
No favoritism shown; clean towels used on
every customer"
"A Sumter county, Ca, man recently
killed seven wild turkeys IN three shots. Three
birds were killed at the first shot and two at the
second and third shots.
"A pair of robins have built nest on a
shelf in schoolroom at Boscastle, England.
The shelf is only four feet from the ground and
In full view of the pupils.
"A Congressman who was passing through
the White Hou Sc grounds a few nights ago was
attacked by footpads and relieved of his gold
watch and several hundred dollars.
"A tree in Clay county, Fla, measures
40 feet in circumference. and from the ground
to the first limb it is ITO feet. So far as can be
ascertained the tree is perfectly sound.
"A number of fishing vessels are tied up
at New London, Conn.,, because, as reported,
the present cost of ice to preserve their
catches is too great to allow for profits on
cruise.
"A Pennsylvania drove a lot of boys
who were teasing his mule out of his field. He
then returned to condole with the mule, when
the animal kicked him once, killing him in
stantly.
An Americus man picked up his beaver
hat from a closet shelf day or two ago and
was Mortified to find litter Of six young kiE-
tens in it about four days old. He now wears
his last summers straw.
The Limbless League is the latest politi-
cal organization 1t hourishes in SchuylkiIl
county, Pa, and according to its founder,
Arthur Jones, has Zoo members who have
lost either an arm or leg.
The Cable Street Railway Company, Of
Kansas City, reports that over 1000 articles
have be en- carelessly left on the cars by passen-
gers sin ce January ], and that taking care Of
such pac kages has grown into business.
lightning hit the residence of an Ameri-
Gus, Ga, man. A gold watch was hanging on
the wall and it received full charge of elect
tricity. A portion of the lid and the entire
chain were melted. The watch was knocked to
the floor but never stopped running.
-Four Portuguese miners, while driving
fromCherokee to Oroville, Cal. lost barleysack,
containing a large sum of money. They hur-
ried back and recovered their treasure, which
was lying in the middle of the street at Chero-
kee. The old sack saved it from any suspicion
of value.
"A 1O-year-old Florida boy ran away
from home and went a-ishing. In throwing his
line he stuck the hook through his nose, when
he ran to a doctors office and had the hook filed
in two and taken out, asking the doctor to say
nothing about it. The boy did not mention the
incident at home till questioned.
A Greenville, s. c., woman dug hole
in cotton field, and pitching her babe in,
covered it over with dirt. Another woman,
working near by suspecting the crime, forced
the lnhuman mother to reveal the spot where
she had buried the babe. The dirt was pulled
away and the child rescued alive.
Miss Winnie Davis will receive novel
bridal present from Atlanta. Major Sidney
Root is having an old-fashioned country gourd
trimmed and braced with silver and will for
ward it to be used as a wall ornament a
drinking cup. Major Root regards gourd as
a fiIting emblem of the "Old South"
"A migrating flock of birds which was
passing over Cedar Rapids, Ia, one night last
week encountered a terrible rain and thunder
storm, and, attracted by the electric lights,
gathered about them OF the streets and at
tempted to fly into the stores. Over ], 900 birds
fell dead In the streets from coming in contact
with the wires.
People who pass along State street in
the city Of Bangor will see the national flag
floating from a staff on the beautiful lawn az
the residence of General Charles W. Roberts.
Whether it be summer or winter, night or day,
rain or shine, the old flag is still there and has
been ever since 1869, when the General built
and moved into the house.
"A Mexican shepherd made a bet with
his employer that his dog would stay alone on
the ranch for five days, taking the sheep out TO
pasture in the morning and penning them up
at night. The dog was instructed BY his mas
ter, plenty of meat was hung up within reach.
the shepherd went Off the dog faithfully dis
charged his duties, and the bet was won.
AT the beginning of the year it was esti-
mated that about $500, 100000 was invested in
the electrical industries. The telegraph COM
panies had Sl20, 1000; telephone, $50 100000:
electric lighting and power companies, $500 0O0-
900; electrical supply companies, 800, ,000OO0.
There is no donbt that another year will show
81, 100 600 COO invested in electrical industries
"A spiritualistic and slatewriter arrived
in Atlanta recently. A person who was con-
vinced that she could not do what she claimed
paid her 81 for a seance in order to make case
against her for fraud Judge Van Epps has
Just decided that the claimant cannot recover
the money because he knew when he paid it
that the woman's representations were false.
"A few days ago three families of Fin
landers settled on farms in the northern part Of
Beadle county, 8. Oak. In one of the families
there are 10 children, in another II, and in the
third nine, the parents of the last family haV-
ing been married but ten years. These families
will soon be joined by four others. all relatives
numbering 46 persons, making a total of 81
persons in nine families.
George 7. Angel, the Boston humani-
tartan, suggests drowning as the most painless
disposition of kittens He believes that putting
kittens in an ordinary flower pot and then
it upside down in pail or tub Of
water Is about as humane a method as can be
found. The air escapes through the hole in the
bottom (Or rather the top) of the flower pot
and it instantly fills with water.
"A South Carolina man "pared" a corn
between his toes and on the next day took q
violent pain in his leg. On the following morn
ing his toe was black and gangrene set in and
rapidly spread until it reached above the knee
where the leg was amputated. 1t is said that
the main artery did not bleed, indicating that
the disease had progressed above the place OF
amputation, and there is little hope of his re-
covery.
In the summer of 1854 the Galena and
St. Paul Packet Company's passenger steamer
Menoninee sank below La Crosse, Wis. Her
upper works were saved, but her hull and ma
chinery struck a vein of quicksand, and all
efforts to recover them were Intellectual. A
nav or two ago the Government steamer Gen.
sral Barnard aud dredges struck an obstruc-
ton and upon examination brought to the
surface the engines shafts, steam drums and
other machinery OF the old steamer, which
have reposed in the bed of the Mississippi for
,8 years.