Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-02
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Cheyenne, Wyo., has military COM
pany composed of girls.
The saltwater, Mimi, penitentiary
will manufacture binding twine.
Heavy frosts have injured the tobacco
crop in some parts of Washington.
Congressional appropriations this sea-
son aggregate nearly half billion.
"A farmer at Northeast, Pa, claims
that he cleared $500 on two acres of grapes.
"A sunfower stalk IA feet high, with 161
flowers on it, is the pride of Versailles. Mo.
AN Emporia, Kan, man exhibits per-
feet apple which was formed from July bud.
-Four millions of money are spent in
London In three months in search of pleasure
BY digging we'll near Pullman, WASH,
recently. farmer discovered a rich bed Of
opals.
"A new gun has been perfected by Sig.
Guidolli, of Lucca, which will fire "a shots
minute.
Montana claims to have the largest and
finest jasper quarries in the world, recently
discovered.
Strange vegetable growths resembling
two stones caused the death Of a horse near
Franklin. Pa.
Over 5000 bolts. eight inches long, were
used in the construction of the st. Clair tunnel
every "a hours.
Luce county, Mich, has an expert
mental farT conducted for immigration adver-
tising purposes.
"A Dakota farmer this season raised by
irrigation 400 bushels of potatoes per acre OF
the best quality.
"A well-to-do farmer Of Brooks county,
Ga. 50 years of age, took his first ride on
railroad last week.
The old leaves on horse chestnut tree
at Harrisburg have disappeared and new bios
SONS have appeared.
AN italian savant claims that injecting
a current of electricity through milk delays its
souring for several days.
In the recent Wyoming election a
woman was elected superintendent Of schools
IN every county in the State.
The Mayor of Boston receives from a
horse railway company in that city. it is stated,
500 free tickets weekly for charitable uses.
The population of France has been
steadily decreasing, or, at least, its rate of in
crease has been steadily diminishing Of late
years.
"A covev OF partridges took shelter in
Norristown outshed and the weather prophets
are predicting cold winter on the strength OF
the visitation.
"A couple in Ravenswood, Ill, cele-
brated their silver wedding last week by being
remarked, with their five little granddaugh-
ters as bridemaids.
Portland has taken the Oregon export
salmon trade away from Astoria, with the re-
suit that Americans, instead Of Canadians. get
the carryin trade.
Artificial coffee is now manufactured to
an alarming extent, the spurious article con-
sisting of the roasted meal of different cereals,
worked up with dextrine.
Moscow, Idaho, believes it has discoy-
cred genuine Gre opals in the pocket Of an old
porous lava formation. Hitherto, on this con.
tinent, they have been found only in Mexico.
"A novel theater will be the Partisan
Theater de la Plume ct Pensee in which all
dialogue will be carried on by means of the
symbols of speech used by the deaf and dumb
Some time ago the 4year-old son of
Sherman Yager, of San Berns rdino, Cal.'
swallowed a needle. and the other day tho
needle came out of the calf of the boys leg.
AT the French penal colony of New
Caledonia convicts are permitted to wed each
other. The matron of the prison pronounces
the experiment failure as reformatory
move.
There is famine IN the rubber market
this season. owing to the failure of the South
American CROP The newly explored Congo
country is future source of supply, az present.
not easily accessible.
1t is theiopinion of noted specialists on
diseases of the nose throat and lungs that one
baby in every three has q growth in the nose
that obstructs nasal respiration. 1t is due to
covering up the head.
A law recently passed in Denmark pro-
vides that all drunken persons shall be taken
home IN carriages at the expense Of the land
lord who sold them the last glass.
"A Kansas man buried his wife, put up
a headstone, repainted his house, married a
second wife and dug five acres of potatoes
within II days, and yet he says he can't begin
to hustle as his father used to do.
A woman 65 wears old gave birth to
twins at Mltchellville, Pa recently, and on the
same evening the homes of her daughter in an
adjoining township, and her granddaughter, in
Bradford, were also blessed with twins.
Grand Rapids, Mich, has gaiaed vic
tory over the Western Union. The company
refused to obey an order to remove its wires
from the principal business streets, and the
city simply chopped the poles down and carted
away the refuse.
Two young men in Moberly, Mo-, went
10 a fortune teller to learn what their fate
would be if they proposed. Their sweethearts
learned of it and refused to have anything more
to do with men who had not nerve enough to go
to headquarters for information
Mrs. Joseph Douet:e, pure-blood Puy-
allup widow, is worth s250,000 Her ranch OF
100 acres on Browns Point is the most valuable
property on the reservation. There are scores
of Indians on the Puyallup Reservation that
are worth from $50, 900 to $4,000 each.
"A farmer in Dickinson county, Kan,
went into the bank last week and drew ous
81 900 for wheat he had delivered to the mills.
He had previously drawn another check for
ST. 500 and will soon draw another Tor Sl,oOU
and will have considerable wheat left.
Some years ago James Matthews mar
ried shasta Indian, and had one child by her.
He died recently in Butte, Mont, leaving prop
erty worth slOO 900 TO his sisters children, but
the daughter of the Shasta woman sued for the
property, and jury decided in her favor.
A Stevensville (Mich. man was struck
By lightning. and although he knew the house
was burning up and he would be roasted he
mated, however, because his condition was
discovered by his friends in the last nick Of
time.
Two chemists are experimenting at
Freeport, Pa, with the view of producing
carbon points for electric lighting from natural
gas. It is said that by burning the gas in a
Specially prepared furnace pure carbon is OBJ
tanned, but as yet at cost too great for prac-
tical purposes.
Iron Mountain, Mich, has cow club.
On Joining each COW owner pays into the treas
urer 75 cents for each COW in his possession,
Is made and $40 is paid to the loser. After the
imitation fee the assessments are all the mem.
bers pay into the club.