Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-18
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS


| the army when only II years old.
| "A Buckley, Ca, man has handsav
which. was bought in III, which has been in
use constantly ever since.
! "A gold nugget, found in the Neal plac-
| ers on Block creek. Idaho recently is said tn
perfectly resemble the figure Of woman.
"A Colorado veteran has outdone the
needle act by taking from his heel bullet
| which was shot into his hip at the battle Of
AntieIam.
"A Philadelphia saloon keeper refused
to pay an additional $50 per month for his $50
mouse. Another man secured the property and
nad the luck of getting license
Returns show that 80 Presbyteries have
voted in favor of revision. 40 against revision.
and four have refused to vote. There are yet
o6presb"teries to be heard from.
About 1000 wild ducks rested in and
about the Franklin street bridge. at Lansing,
Sunday night. They we're on their way North,
and were oVertaken by the heavy storm.
The Detroit W. c. T. o. will send to the
Gar of Russia a remonstrance against the
cruelties practieed upon the Siberian exiles,
also resolutions of sympathy with the unfortun-
ate prisoners.
Clarence loot, the Grand Rauids. Mich,
thief, sent to Ionia for II months for punish
ment and not for his health, has been appointed
clerk in the deputy warden's office and will
have to worry through in some way,
Miss Alice Elliott, of Ottawa Ont.
aged % years, while suffering from dementia,
swallowed small penknife with the blases
open. So far she has experienced no uppIeas.
ant results, but ber physician is Watching the
case with great anxiety.
The false teeth swallowed bv Lorenzo
Hinkley, OF Madrid, Me-, few days ago, were
taken from the esopbagus through the stomach
at Portland, at the State General Hospital
The operation was difficult and trying one,
and the patient survived,
"A history OF all the wars in which Rus
sia has been engaged since the time of Peter
the Great, is soon to be issued. 1t will be
edited by General Leer, who will be assisted
by some of the best known Russian authorities
in military matters. Three volumes are nearly
ready.
Mrs. John Soudts, German woman re-
siding on Water street. Pottstown, was fright.
ened into convulsions and died yesterday Two
of her children were playing on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad track, and the mother succeeded
IN rescuing them from being run over by pas
senger train.
"A Sault Ste. Marie young man fell In
love with girl, but her mother objected. One
night last week the young man took the girl
and her mother to show, but got the seats,
widely apart. While the play was in progress
the lovers slipped out and were married before
the curtain dropped.
I'm Madrid when an actor has benefit
his admirers send to the theater little gifts
such as canes, slippers, game and such trifes,
just as if it were donation party. and the en-
ployes hand these gifts around among the au-
dience for inspection, while next day COM
plete list of them is printed in the papers.
The Monterey and Mexican Gulf Rail-
way is using ebony and mahogany in the con-
strucrion of its bridges. and the stations are
being built of black marble. The country
through which this road runs abounds in those
kinds of woods, whereas the commoner kinds
usually used in constructing bridges are wholly
wanting.
According to the laws of Italy fathers
are responsible for their sons return when they
leave the country, and, should they not return
to do the military duty required of them. are
put in prison. A young Italian, who had been
living in Waldoboro, Me, e.,returned to his native
land last week to save bis father from term Of
imprisonment.
In upward of 100 districts in the north
ern and western parts of Victoria simultaneous
action is to be taken for the destruction of the
rabbits, In accordance with the rabbit sup
preston act recently adopted by the Legisla-
ture. Poisoned grain is to be largely used, and
1t is estimated that fully 70 per cent of the rab-
bits will be killed
The old story of Richard III OF England
having been born with teeth has been revived
by the recent birth of child to parents Of
German origin in Quitman, Ca, which pos
sesses a complete set. They are well formed,
milk white teeth, but show signs of softening
already and early decay, and so closely
crowded together as to make the childs mouth
almost a deformIty and only to be shut with
difficulty.
A remarkable story of a railroad acci-
dent comes from Japan. The Japan Gazette
states that. On January "a, soldier committed
suicide by throwing himself in front of a train
on the Tokaido Railway. When the body was
found one of the arms was missing, and, on ar
rival of the train at Kobe the missing limb
found attached to one of the engine wheels
The distance between the spot where the sui
eide took place and Kobe is about 200 miles.
Not long ago Moses Short, of Wood
stock, N. j., aged 81, while working in saw
mill was thrown against the saw and part of
his shoulder sawed off. Recently his daughter
fell from the hay NOW while hunting eggs and
broke her leg. Then his wife fell down cellar
and broke her arm and received other serious
injuries. Finally. a few days ago, old Mr.. Short
went to the hay NOV himself to hunt eggs,
when he fell to the barn floor and broke TWO
ribs.
"A Kingston, N. Y, man left by will
life interest to his widow in little estate val.
ued at $1,000. the property after her death to be
mortgage on this property, foreclosure pro-
ceedings followed. and the costs of court, law
yers' fees, etc., made the judgment foot up to
8. $3.50. During her life the widow will be en-
titled to the interest of the remaining dollar,
and at her death two of the heirs will receive
20 cents each, five of them will be given four
cents each, four of them will be entitled to
five cents each, and one will receive the annual
interest on 25 cents during life.
in East Java, China, band of CONTRA
band opium dealers passing through a jungle
saw two tigers following them. They lost not
! moment in Fastening their steps, but the
east nimble of them found the beasts of prey
1t his heels. when he spied a tiger trap. He
,rept into it with the forbidden freight on his
back. The trap shut the closer for the heavy
weight, and when danger no longer threatened
The dealer he attempted to lift up the door Of
he trap, but all his efforts proved unavailing.
Next day the settlers came to nave look at the
rap and rejoiced to see II closed. thinking
pounds when the prize proved to be smuggler