Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

AN Eastern syndicate has bought the
street railroad system OF Pueblo, Col. for
s25O.00O.
France has half as many people as the
United States, but her national debt IS twice
as great as ours.
AN exhibition of 1 900 different sorts of
horseshoes including some made by the ancient
Romans, is now going on in London.
"A Kentucky colored jockey in revenge
gave his enemy pipe to smoke loaded with
powder. thus destroying his eye and possibly
his life.
For almost killing colored man named
Mckinley in Camden on New Years Day Al
fred Reed was yesterday fined $50 by Judge
Hugg. OF Camden, and discharged.
There is a brawny smith in the little
town of Brandenburg who has ten sons. En-
peror William l. was godfather to his seventh
boy Emperor Frederick to his eighth and the
present Emperor to his ninth.
-Ex-Governor AIger tried to induce a
night clerk in Milwaukee hotel to cash his
check for 500. but the latter hauShtily informed
him that though he were tie Punjaub of IRA
waddy his check would not be honored.
Wood river. Oregon, is quite alive with
deer Frequently they may be seen feeding
with cattle on the range The panther. in his
hunger, frightens the timid deer into compan-
ionshlp with the cattle for protection.
"A lady in Marlette claims the proud
distinction of being the possessor of the oldest
canary bird in that section. The bird Is nearly
"a and has lost nearly all its feathers, but when
1t comes to singing it gets there just the same
The supervisors of San Francisco have
passed an ordinance for the removal of China
town from the heart of the city. 1t provides
that after so days it shall be unlawful for the
Chinese to reside or do business In the locality
where they now have their quarters.
Julius Martin, of the town Of Hustis-
ford, Dodge county, Wis, after taking out sew
eral search warrants to recover a steer that he
supposed was stolen. found the animal on his
own premises imbedded in straw stack and
still alive. The animal was missing 80 days.
"A Lincolnville man, Mr.. James NJ.
Snow. who desplsed ''the weed" lately died,
and in his will he provided for the education of
his two grandchildren, James w. and Fred
Allen Snow. condition that they abstain
from the use of all Intoxicating liquors and also
from the use of tobacco.
Wolves are very thick on Beaver creek,
in the northwest part of Alpena county, Mich.
They have driven a woodsman into the river.
and if his cries had not brought help. they
probably would have eaten him. After night
fall they have followed the teams to the land
ings coming within few rods of the log woods
men.
AT the last drawing of the Panama
Canal lottery one of the prizes of 100000 francs
was drawn by the number of ticket held by
poor man living on the isthmus. Unfortunately,
however. owing to poverty and distrust. he bad
neglected to pay the remaining lnstallment due
on his ticket and consequently forfeited the
luck that had come to him.
The marriage certificate of two Digger
Indians in Butte county, Mont, was unearthed
the other day as follows: "Kanaka to Ginny: I
hereby certify that on Thursday, the 5th day of
March, 1857, at my office in Oregon township,
Kanaka and Ginny-a Shasta Indian squaw-
were by Inc lawfully joined in marriage in the
presence of many witnesses. Sam Glass, ]. p,
Oregon Tp."
One man knocked another down in the
postoffice at Port Huron, Mich, and was ar
rested for assault and battery. but the court
held that as the offense was committed on
United States ground the case must be tried in
the United States Court; but when the plaintiff
went to get United States Justice he found the
Federal courts do not recognize such petty
offense as assault and battery.
"A Finland wedding took place in White
Cloud, Wis., lately. A brass band from Lud-
ington was engaged, and beer cigars and all
kinds of liquors were furnished by the groom,
a bar set up in the hall and everybody invited
10 partake of any or all the drinks without
money and without price. Dancing continued
until Saturday morning. 1t is estimated that
The only animals that came over as part
of Barnum's show which showed any sickness
were the monkeys. Many of them were so
miserable that all felt sorry for them. Some of
them lay down as if about to die. Others
groaned and reeed to and fro like greenhorns
ship. Some felt no trouble at all and be-
haved like human beings making fun of their
less fortunate friends and fellow passengers.
Twenty years ago, Mr.. P r. Penny,
,Ia
caught in a shaft. and his arm was broken in I3
pieces. his right leg broken IN three pieces, and
three ribs fractured, injuries that crippled him
for life. Notwithstanding this fact. he has
cleared up 100 acres of land in Aroostook, Me-,
from the green woods and last year raised
l. lO0 bushels of potatoes from q acres first CROP
and eight acres of which was in standing trees
the 4th day of May.
Chief Engineer Martin, of the Brook
lyn Bridge, said that on average 10000 PeO-
pie passed over the bridge every day on the
cars and 10, 600 on foot; 5000 vehicles pass over
every day. On the last toggy day the cars car
ried 100 0O0 and the largest number they ever
carried 159,OO0. The greatest rush is be-
tween $50 and $50 z. NJ, when l2.000 an hour
are carried on the cars In the morning 1000
an hour are carried. The receipts Tor toll
amount to So 600 or more a day. During January
they averaged So, lOO
"A brother and sister took to the woods
uedE ALueuS, Ud- hutH Iu6lT IdLueE was re-
moved to an insane asylum. They suffer no
one to approach them. always running away.
They have an ak, pistols and vicious bulldog
with them, and it is said the dog is as venom
GUS in his onslaughts against mankind as
wild tiger. The negroes live upon parched
corn and such game as they can kill during the
day, and sleep i'll little shanty built in the re.
motest forest in the neighborhood. The negroes
are terrified almost to death.
"A Russian peasant in the Simperfool
district had two sons, of whom the younger was
his favorIte. The elder, not liking this, took
81 600 that the old man had secreted and hid it
in a corn stack. When the old man discovered
his loss few days later the elder son acknOwl-
edged having taken the money and offered to
give it up if the father would promise there
after to treat him the same as he did the
Younger son. The father agreed. and both
hurried off to the corn stack. But the mice
had been there before them and the money was
destroyed.