Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-01
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


The Tacoma Water Company has foated
sl.70O.O00 in bonds with a Philadelphia trust
company.
"A colored woman of Madison county,
Fla, was sent to the chain gang last week for
one year for gambling.
The sealing schooner, E. 3. Marvin. of
Victoria. B. c., has so tar caught 366 seals, the
best record of the season.
The oyster is one of the strongest Great
ures on the earth. The force required to open
an oyster is more than ]. 800 times its weight
Three years ago, David Roys bought q
section Of land near Salt Lake City for sS4 900
Last week he refused an offer Of s448 900 cash.
DIR. Payne, of the State Insane Asylum
at Westboro. Mass, says that several of his
patients we're cured of their insanity by having
the ia Grippe"
Australian settlers complain that there
has been great increase in destructive insects
since the English sparrows arrived and drove
out the native birds.
"A Georgia lad, 10 years of age, has an
unusually large head. He wears No. 81 hat,
and it is difficult job to find one large enough
Tor him in any of the stores
Near Conyers, Ca, a carriage in which
were two young ladies broke down. and in order
to get to town in time to catch a train they
straddled bareback horse and rode in.
The basin of an extinct crater has been
turned into a storage reservoir on Honey Side
Valley. New. It is one and half miles long by
one mile wide and is fed by canal that taps
Susan river.
"A. Brady of LAGRANGE, Fla, recently
shipped box of oranges TO his uncle, who liVes
in Brussels, Belgium. They were on the way
n days, and were repacked at custom house,
and only six oranges were lost on the way.
"A decided majority of the stock of the
Boston Transcript is in feminine ownership,
Miss l. W. Dutton, Mrs. NJ. g. d. Eustis and
Miss N. u. Dutton holding l0O shares each. and
Mrs. A. F. Mandell SO. out Of a total Of 800.
The will of the late o. W. Childs, Of
Los Angeles, has been fled for probate. He
left 81, 100000 worth of real and personal prop
erty to his widow and six children. who are to
be free from bonds or the interference of any
court.
Judge Clough, of Plumas county. came
over the road from Quincy TO Oroville lrst
Monday. He says the snow is 20 feet deep on q
level for some miles. He is the second person
to get over the road with horses since Decem-
Der 6, 1889.
Mr.. Beckton, OF Plant City, Fla,
has been engaged in catching and selling rab-
ribts to Ybor City the past year. and during
that time within an area Of six miles square,
has caught l,9O0 rabbits. They sell readily as
"A 13-year-old boy while out hunting
few days ago near O'Brien, Fla, saw a herd Of
deer in range, and, excitedly Jumping from his
buggy with his gun in hand. he caused the load
Of buckshot to be discharged, and his arm was
shot almost OF.
The Piutes had big pow-wow near
Wadsworth, New, that lasted all Of last week.
The burden Of the speeches made by the old
men was IN favor of total abstinence from liq-
uors, and the rising generation were urged TO
go TO school at Carson.
There is q craze in London for queer
leather. Some shops are stocked with fancy
articles made from the skins of all sorts Of
beasts, reptiles and fishes, including pelican
skins. lion and panther skins, nsh skins, monkey
skins and snake skins, etc.
Mrs. Betz, living on farm in Arizona,
went to field where her husband was plowing.
She put her 3-month-old baby to sleep In a
box in the field Soon after the plow team ran
away and one of the horses smashed the box
and killed the child instantly.
For eight hours an infant of Stephen
Burleen, Of Bridgeport lay in a trance. and an
undertaken came and put the babe in a casket.
Everything was ready FOR the burial when the
child suddenly woke up and sang out Justify,
MAP 1t is all right now.
-FIllal piety in China does not die ou.
with the advance of Western ideas. A provir
cial Governor recently petitioned the Emperol
Tor leave TO retire on account Of the health OF
his grandmother, which required his person
attention during the rest Of her life.
w. H. H. Stewart & Son, of Barlow,
Ga, have exhibition at their pharmacy a
chicken with four well developed feet and leg
and four wings. The chicken has only o.
head This wonderful freak of nature wa
sent in to them by j. r. Perry from tb,
country.
"A large sewer In Portland, Ore, had to
be reopened recently. as it was badly choket
up. When the workmen dug it open the
found the roots Of a shade tree had forced
passage through the walls and formed q soil.
mass for so feet. The top of the sewer was
teet below the surface.
AS the Rev. Mr.. RohrIeough was goint
to an appointment in Phillips, W. Va. he was
met on the highway by Peter 7. Reed and Miss
Martha Mcdaniel on horseback. they were
eloping and irate parents were IN hot pursuit.
The minister was haired. the license handed
over. and in a twinkIing the knot was tieo-
The New York Coaching Club, which
has begun its trips, uses three different classes
of horses. the fancy city team. which prances
along to One Hundred and TwenIy-eighth
street; the 'igallopers" which will make up for
any lost time thence to UnionDort, and the
"busness" horses. which Will tackle the
rougber roads of the journey.
"A colored women called at the Bruins
wick. Ga. telegraph office. and had dictated
the following message to her son: "Are you
dead? Answer TO your loving mother. Susie
louisiana Thomas" That was a queer mes
sage, but it was sent. The next day the answer
came back. 1t said: Not dead, but alive.
VIII let you know when die"
"A saloon man has been found in Wash
ington who closes his place with prayer. His
application for a renewal of license HAVING
been rejected the ground that his place
bore bad name, he appeared before Commis-
sioner Robert in his own behalf. In reply to
the question, do you shut up promptly -
midnightH he answered: when ten minut
to IL comes, l kneel down, say my prayers Al
shut up"