Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Near the town of Snyder, N. Y, there
is a gander over 90 years old, and still strong
and vigorous.
Germany is the only civilized country
In the world wherein murderers are still be-
headed with an AK or sword
"A. s. Clough, of Prescott, Ariz., drives
team of mules that are 80 and 30 years old,
respectively. They are still GOOD workers.
"A very entertaining and rather pro-
fcisnt Philadelphia Grand Army man can sing
Down Went McGinty" to the tune OF March
ing Through Georgia"
There are two birds at the London Zoo
that have great regulations as ventriloquists-
One is crane-like bird called the rrumpeter
and the other is the emu.
1t is rarely, indeed, that nonogenarian
resides all his life in the one house, as did Ell
bridge Tilton. who has just died in Deerfeld,
N II. He was in his 92d year.
-Philadelphia has S72 retail shoe stores,
and 2S2 custom makers. most Of whom sell
ready-Inade work, and there is market there
Tor Z5OU,OOO pairs of shoes day.
New York State has become so alive to
the necessity of preserving her game that her
Representatives in the Legislature have intro
duced as many as 20 bills to that end.
"A man registering as William Slaugh-
ter, put his team up at West Chester, Pa,
appeared and has not been heard of since.
Miss Eliza Porter, a young lady of
West Virginia, owns a saw and grist mill on
Camp creek. Boone county, which She conducts
herself. and she is laying the foundations of
fortune.
An enormous growth of ivy has partial
Iy destroyed the wall of Christ Church, Water
loo. and few days ago brought section Of il
tumbling to the ground. The church had been
built 30 years.
A raid is being made upon Liverpool
clubs that are reported to be centers of betting.
Eleven hundred and eighty-four summonses
are being issued against the directors and fire.
quenters of % clubs.
"A law has been passed by the Ohio Leg
islature authorizing township trustees to de-
Duct SO from the road tax of any property
owner who erectS on his own land and supplies
properly public watering trough.
There is family in Gibson, Ga, the
head of which asserts that there are LOCO "Iady
finger peas eaten at their table each day for
dinner oy actual count Ihe head OF the
family claims that he devours 700 of this num-
ber.
The new hotel at Cordele, Ca, will oc-
cupy the site on which the old Joe Brown man.
sion now stands. The historic old structure
will not be torn down, but will be moved from
the spot and preserved as an historic relic Of
the past.
Calhoun, in Illinois, is the banner
county of the Union. There is not within it a
railroad. telegraph, bank or express Office. The
county Jail has not had inmate for five
years, and the courts rarely have any law suits
to settle.
An old couple were married at Mosher-
vile, Ga. recently, and the boys undertook to
serenade them. The groom is deaf. and the
racket didn't disturb him. but the bride got
wrathy and scattered the disturbers Of her
peace with boiling water.
In clearing way the debris of the burned
High School building at Coldwater, Mich, the
bell could not be found. The mystery is at last
solved. IL was melted, and pieces of the metal
are found scattered about, having assumed all
sorts OF fantastic shapes in cooling.
While Michael Hege, of near Marion,
was driving TO Mercersburg on Tuesday. the
4th inst, and when near Myers sawmill, at the
edge of town, his horse suddenly stopped, hav-
ing become scared at the smoke belching forth
from the stack of the engine, and fell over
dead in the road.
The news that the Atlantic City board
walk is to be 40 feet wide is hailed by Philadel-
phia marriageables with delight, and these fair
ones will petition the authorities of the Thirty
fifth ward" TO have the electric lights removed
about 200 feet from the great boulevard to fa-
cilitate hlrtatioDs.
David Kline, a farmer living near
Friedensburg. Ca, says that during the last
three years he has not slept on the average OF
2 hours out Of "a He never feels sleepy nor
does he seem to suffer from the loss of sleep.
He does not lie down when he sleeps, but takes
his nap in a chair.
"A. b. Chapman, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, thought he couldn't get along with his
mother-in-law, and instead of taking up his bed
and walking he took big dose OF strychnne.
A doctors prompt appearance saved his life,
and now he will have the DOCTORS bill as well
as his motherin-law on his mind.
An interesting aerial contest was wit
messed at St Augustine, Fla, between an eagle
and a fish hawk. The fish hawk was being
pursued by the eagle and in order to make its
escape had to drop its burden, which proved
TO be large founder. The fish fell In
yard, and was taken IN and meal made out
of it,
Captain Frank Cunningham, Collector
of Taxes at Richmond, Va, intends to sing at
his own funeral. He has sung at 3S5 funerals
during the last two years. He intends to sing
certain songs into a photograph and let the
instrument officiate at the ceremonies preced-
ing his burial He has chosen Home of the
Soup and Good Night as the songs to be de-
Hvered at that time.
AT Fluvanna, n. Y, the other night
there was an entertainment for the benefit Of
the village church. and dancing billiards and
card playing were among the amusements ia-
dulged in. One hundred dollars was the sum
realized. The church for the benefit of which
the entertainment was held Is known as the
Free Church. an eGifice in which adherents Of
all faiths may worship. 1t is non-sectarian.
"A Pole named Grabowski, who was
thought to be pauper. and has just died of
influenza at the Charity Hospital in Paris. has
left 500 900 for founding in Paris polyglot ga
zette. $4,000 for erecting monument in Paris
to testify the gratitude of the Poles TO France,
and a large sum for continuing the Polish dc
tionary begun by Lind. There are other lega-
oies amounting to $4,000, and more assets it
beQueEts.