Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


has driven in town hundreds of jack rabbirs
that are killed in the street.
The advent of triplets in a North Da-
kota family the other day absorbed the appeIIa-
tions of Faith, Hope and Charity, as the
nomenclature.
With snow five feet deep at Schome.
Wash, the people are still obliged to fight
forest fire that has been raging near town for
several weeks.
The largest pelican ever shot in the
vicinity of st. Augustine was killed by Theo-
dore Thomas. The pelican measured S14 feet
from tip to tip.
Juan Morio, aged 10 years, died at the
San Diego Indian Mission last Wednesday. He
came TO California with the first party led by
j. e. Fremont.
On March 1, 1890, the Treasurer of
Humboldt County, Cal. had in the vaults s3l9.-
S32 42, the largest amount ever in the treasury
at any one time.
"A Chinese leper was employed in pick
ing fruit near Florin, last summer, for a white
man. A few days ago he died and was buried
on one Of the ranches.
AN insane man is roaming around loose
in Kalamazoo, Mich He appears at houses,
smashes the windows, lays some orange peel on
the sill and then departs.
Astoria last Friday by some salmon fishers.
They are more numerous in the Columbia river
this season than for many years.
"A farmer dug open hole in the ground
near Buchanan, Mich. a few days ago, and
found five skunks. a rabbit and three snakes
living together in peace and plenty.
The curious discovery has been made
that every Governor of Iowa since 1859 is alive
and hale and hearty and the only Democrat
among them is the present executive.
"A prospector in the San Bernardino
Mountains killed mountain sheep few days
ago that weighed dressed 400 pounds Its horns
measured lG15 inches round at the base.
Not Friday passes but what some ship
sails from some port for some other port. Yet
thousands of intelligent people prefer to be-
lieve that no sailor goes to sea on Friday. Why
Columbus sailed on Friday.
Sweden probably enjoys the distinction
of being the only Maine town this year where
the people do not have to pay taxes. No tax is
to be assessed, there being surplus hand,
which the town voted to use to defray its ex-
penses.
"A grocer at Lynehburg, Va, who had
been in business for 10 years without making
cent couldn't figure ont how it was until his
head clerk was taken sick, thought be was 90
ing to die. and owned up to having embezzled
ABOUT eli ,UUU-
w. S. Rawles, Of Peru, has a silver
spoon which was among the plumber taken
from British gunboat by party of American
soldiers, among whom was his grandfather. in
l7Sl, and the spoon has been in the possession
Of the family ever since.
The famous mountain fortress of
Asirgarh, which was formerly regarded as one
of the principal defenses of Central India is
about to be dismantled. 1t stands on the sum-
nit of an almost inaccessible mountain and
has many interesting historical associations.
AT the residence of Colonel A Bass, at
Rome, Ga, Wednesday, a partridge found its
way into the home and was captured by Miss
Hattie and safely put in 4 cage. A little while
later another partridge, perhaps the mate of
the first, walked boldly in and started upstairs
and was also captured.
AT Americus, Ca. last week, two men
had dispute over the number of hard boiled
eggs they could eat in a minute, and after
much discussion a stake was put up. Sixteen
eggs were placed in front of each of the contes-
tants. AT the end of the minute the successful
man had downed nine of his
Fred HAYNES was left IN charge of
Kirby's drug store at Leslie. Mich, one night
recently. and some lady friends calling, he
treated them to what he thought was wine. Il
turned out to be tincture of opium, and ply
sician took three hours to save the life of the
From the wallet OF a murderer, robber
and burgler recently captured in New York
was taken a slip of paper, on which was writ
is the best policy" Drink leads to ruin"
Honor thy father and thy mother" "CiVility
costs nothing" DO not mock at sacred
things"
-Tamagno, the great tenor, who gets
100000 for so performances, and has other VAL
liable perquisites. including eight seats every
night he sings, has brother who sings in the
chorus for the affiuent income of sl7 per week.
The brothers do not travel together. neither do
they have any associations save when the stage
business demands.
While a man was digging a well in Flor
ida he struck hickory nut firmly imbedded in
a clay soil about Q feet below the surface. and
it was as dry and crisp as If it had been
kiln dried. When bis hoe struck the nut it
broke the shell. when he and two or three others
divided up the kernel and ate it, all pronounc-
ing 1t sweet and fresh.
Charles E. Cross, formerly President of
the State National Bank at Raleigh. was re-
Gently sentenced to seven years imprisonment
for forgery and embezzlement. An old colored
man, who was servant of Cross father, has
turned up and perststently demands that he
shall be allowed to serve out his young masters
term. He will not be permitted to do SO.
Two Englishmen have just reached Lon
don who have made the trip around Europe on
foot. Starting from Calais. they walked
through France, Spain. Portugal, back to Italy,
passing by Trieste, Vienna, Cracow. Moscow,
st. Petersburg and Riga, whence they en-
barked for Stockholm. They went over Nor
way and Sweden and returned to Calais by way
of Holland Ostende-
MIR. Watkins, of Tarpon Springs, Fla,
caught sturgeon that weighed at least 100
pounds and was clad in a coat of mail. Mr..
Watkins caught it under peculiar circum-
stances While fishing he discovered a large
shark attacking the sturgeon. The fish was
much lacerared about the head ana throat
and so weak from its wounds that MIR. Watkins
had no difficulty in securing it.
There was great excitement along the
edge of Battery Park, New York, when the
steamboat Providence, bound for Newport,
stopped and blew her whistle for assistance.
The tug that responded brought ashore man
and two women. who had been made unwilling
passengers. They were so interested talking
with friends on board that they did not notice
when the steamboat left her pier.
"A novel wedding took place in Wilkes
Barre few days since. The combined ages Of
the bridal party was 26g years. the bridegroom
being 81. the bride 81. the groom's best man So,
the bridesmaid 81. The bride was dressed in
her first wedding trosseau, which was made a
wears ago. The bride was as frisky as young
girl of II. and the bridegroom climbed three