Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-21
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


The Government telegraph service of
Great Britain transmits, it is said, on the aver
age I,5SS, go words day to newspapers alone.
A natural curiosity in the shape of a
hip bone of a mastodon, weighing perhaps 50
pounds was found at Alachua, Fla, few days
ago.
Five thousand punches Of bananas were
tossed over to the mermaids from Mica
Iauguan steamer the other day TO Hghten the
snip IN a severe storm.
Two Russian climbers of Mount Ararat
found in perfect preservation minimum ther.
mometer which was left there last year. It
registered 500 below zero.
"A new word, "semiquintcentennial,
has been coined by the Brooklyn Times to de-
scribe the celebration which 5outhold and
southampton, l.. l., are preparing TO mold.
"A couple of ladies from Eldred, Pa,
were seen sitting in passenger coach with an
umbrella raised to protect themselves from the
out
"A Kent Island, Nd, farmer placed
twin orphan lambs in the care OF a female New
foundland, whose pups he had sold. she took
kindly to the lambs, and treated them with q
motherly care.
While on the way to fire the horses
attached to Creole steamer No. of the New
Orleans Fire Department. ran away and
crashed into grocery, damaging the machine
but hurting no one-
Some workmen excavating at Nauyoo,
ILL.,, discovered an old well 1000 feet deem. IL
will be explored, as it is believed to be a relic
OF the Mormon regime and to be Connected
with subterranean passages
Pho Pico, the last Mexican Governor of
California, now nearly 80 years of age, is a
pauper. and has been notified to leave his old
homestead. Nothing remains of the great
wealth this old man once possessed.
Rev. DIR. Bridgman, pastor of one Of
New York's fashionable Baptist churches. has
adopted the Geneva gown as a pulpit dress and
says he will expect whoever may hereafter oc-
cupy his pulpit in exchanging shall do the
same.
On leaving car at Bradford an Olean
man noticed small object on the floor near
the door which proved to be the end of mans
finger. 1t was about an inch long and the
huger nail was perfect. How it came there is
a mystery.
William Grizzard, a well-known citizen
of GreensVille county, Va, had been plowing,
and growing thirsty went for drink of water
While drinking from the spring he had ft,
his head fell into the water, and he was
drowned.
Nancy Luce, who erected marble tomb
stones over the graves of two pet chickens, at
West Tesbury, Martha's Vineyard, is dead.
Aunt Nancy had her photograph taken with
her bantams in her lap and wrote verses in eu-
logy of them.
Mr.. j. II. Lewis, of Frederick, Nd,
while clearing the rubbish from his garden, ac-
found gold ring, with the name Of
Roger Motter inscribed thereon. This ring was
lost about nine years ago, and Is now in good
state OF preservation.
Dan Cavanagh, sergeant in charge of
the Chene street police station, has a rose
gsranium five feet high, nearly as broad and OF
very dense foliage, trained on a afan-shaped sup
port. kayanagh has been offered SO for the
and fragrant plant.
"A victim to epilepsy was found dead
with his face in little pool scarcely two inches
deep. at Bellefontaine, o., on Wednesday. Il
is supposed that he fell in fit, with his mouth
and nose beneath the surface and was drowned
before recovering consciousness.
Jacob Edwards, of Hume, Fauquier
county, Va, was playing with his brothers when
one of them threw a grain of corn into his
doctors were summoned. but not in time to
save his life, as he died in two hours.
"A 14-year-old boy living near Eastport,
Me-, started from his home at o'clock in the
walked to Eastport, had three large
teeth extracted, one filled attended to several
small errands in town. and walked home COM
oleting the journey of % miles at S:3C P. NJ.
The method employed in initiating the
census in Lyons county was quite ingenious. It
consisted in raising the figures reported by
he Assessors by placing the figure before the
rue numbers. For instance, family of 8 was
made to show up on the rolls as 13, family Of
as l5 and so on.
"A family living near La Grange, 40
niles from Louisville, KY, are sick with what
he doctors call Tornado poisoning" and one
If the victims died and two are in a precarious
condition. The physicians claim that the germs
# the disease were borne on the late tornado
rom some infected district, probably hundreds
II miles away.
Just before the hanging of Ben Elsey,
It Birmingham, Ala, on Friday, the Rev.
Iharles Peterson, a colored preacher who had
,een ministering to the spiritual wants OF the
man. addressed the crowd, saying
lie was poor man and would be thankful for
ny contributions the crowd might make him.
lie passed round his hat and collected q small
um.
The negroes of Macon are preparing to
ttend large excursion to MilIedgeVills
his week. The object of this Is to hold a re-
gious meeting. and number of colored min
,ters will be present to preach, collectively
be funerals of all the negro inmates of the in
ane asylum who have died during the past
ear. 1t is expected that at least LOCO negroes
Till attend from Macon.
An old negro, living in Dalton, named
lection Barksdale, claims to be l60 years old.
lie says he remembers distinctly events con-
ected with the revolutionary war, and other
romnent historical occurrences of more than
century ago. The old man is still in very good
ealth. and seems hale and hearty. If the old
arky tells the truth about his age he is cer-
linly the Oldest man now living In the State Of
eorgia.
The Irish bark Countess of Duferin
1T Londonderry in ballast for ApalachicolA,
Ia. November 2, 1889, and arrived there on
pril 5. 1890, requiring 135 days to make the
in. At the end of three months she was not
miles off the coast of Ireland. This three
onths was a series of gales and calms. AT
ne time she was as far north as Iceland
Then she did get fair wind she came through
| 35 DAYS. Long ago this vessel was given up
lost.
Residing within six miles of each other
70 Atlanta women have long been friends and
eighbors, but only the other day in converse
on was it developed that they were exactly
le same age and Furthermore were born on
Ionday night, on the same day of the month
I'd about the same hour. Mrs, Stroud was
,rp in North Carolina on Monday night, the
st of February, 1903 and Mrs. Mullins first
w the light in South Carolina on Monday
ght, February q. 1903
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