Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Hop vines in Puyalleep, WASH, re-
centlv grew l3 inches in IA hours.
- Mayor Of Cheyenne guarantees the
gift of lot 1872 feet square to any one who will
build 100000 hotel in that city.
The eighth woman to be admitted to the
bar of the United States Supreme Court is
Kate Kane. of Chicago.
! Miss Joanna Baker, who was tutor of
Greek in an Iowa college at the age Of 16, now
occupies the chair her father filed II yearsago.
| that of the Greek professorship.
All. Nicholson, a 7-year-old coIored
boy. living at Millview seven miles from Pen.
sacola, Fla, has eyes as red as beet and is
| said to be an infallible weather prophet
Wing Lee and his cousin, Joe Lee.
Flint, Mich, laundrymen, were converted to
Christians recently, and they feel so good that
| they have placed $50 memorial window in the
| Baptist Chursh there.
1t is officially estimated that no fewer
than 10000 wolves are roaming at large in
Russia, and that the inhabitants of the Vologda
| last year killed no fewer than 40 600 and of the
Casan district 2, 600.
AN Indian living near Port Discovery
Bay caught salmon in that bay on Wednes-
day which weighed 20 pounds This is one
| of the largest salmon ever captured In these
water, and strange to say was hauled safely to
shore.
"A Japanese editor, for writing disre-
spectfuly of Jim mu Tenno, has been con-
demned to four years imprisonment, fine Of
loo yen and two years police surveillance.
Jlmmu Tenno was an ancestor OF the present
Emperor.
AS the result of weighing 203 newly
born children to determine the weight Of
| brain, the male infants brain weighed 1l9
ounces and the female lis ounces, the weight
OF the brain being to the body as one to eight
or thereabout.
"A Berlin restaurant and cafe is cooled
| in summer and heated in winter by electricity,
and the food of light from the electric lamps
| IS tinted delicate pink, which ls so becoming
to the complexion Of the lady visitors that the
| place Is thronged.
"A new Indian battlefield has just been
discovered. 1t is the farm of A. ]. Phillips,
| near Bridgeport, and many relics are being
secured, A mamm 9th pipe, supposed to have
| been used by Captain Burt, of Saginaw, after
the last campaign, has just been dug up.
Two negro women had to dig q grave
and bury a negro child that died at Crawford
ville Ga. day or two ago. none Of the negro
men being willing to perform the service. The
two women carried the coffin containing the
corpse in their arms to the place of burial.
DIR. ELISA st. Paul dentist. recently put
gold crown on the dec aged tooth of an
actress, and inserted a small diamond in the
gold. The stone IS not con spicuous and might
escape notice altogether, although ray Of
artificial light makes it sparkle in a way likely
to arouse curiosity.
Before the Louisiana Lottery Company
can secure what it wants it must control the
votes of tWo-thirds of both branches of the
Legislature, and majority of the people vot-
ing at the State election in 1892 when the
necessary amendment to the Constitution
would be submitted.
P,b Il =. IL l..
part of the earth. no water can be obtained
from digging wells to a depth of 500 feet in
many cases, but, thanks to copious springs
which break forth in the waters of the Persian
Gulf, over a mile from shore, fresh water is OBJ
tanned by divers, who fill goatskin bags with
the cooling liquid and sell It to the inhabitants.
The lions of India are going like the
buffalo Of this country. Within the memory
Of many persons lions were common enough in
Rajputana, and even now a roar may be heard
occasionally in the widest parts Of Central
India; but the new railway from Nagpur is now
being built through this country and that will
drive out the few remaining lions in the CEN
tral provinces.
"A grand jury in New Jersey recently
tried to subpoena a Judge who had sharply
criticised the conduct of the jurors, but he
would not go. He wrote to them that he deemed
it improper for a Judge to be witness in a case
before grand jury which he may afterward be
called to try. The grand jury will now endeavor
to present him for contempt to Judge of the
Supreme Court
"A romantic young woman named Bar
bara, who gets her mail at Oketo, Kan, wrote
her address on egg. and in due course of
time postal card arrived at the Oketo Office
from James Miller of 521 Flushing avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y. saying that in q lot OF eggs re-
ceived at his store this one was found. and II
the young lady was SO inclined he would be
pleased TO hear further from her: also that he
was single and alone, but that it was by no
means certain that he would always remain so.
Further developments are awaited
Henry Willis, farmer at Batting Hol-
low, Suffolk county ILL.,, is veteran Of the late
war. He lost one of his limbs on the battlefield,
and carries in its place wooden leg. A fire
broke out recently in the woods near Willis
home, and he turned out with his neighbors to
fight the flames. While doing SO his wooden
leg caught fire. and the flames communicated
with his clothes He was severely burned
before his blazing clothing and wooden leg
were wrapped in a blanket and the flames ex-
tinguished-
Admiral William Hunsaker, of Anna,
ILL.,, who has just returned from Pulaski, in
Pulaski county, reports that eolored farmer
who has lived in that vicinity for years is turn
ing white. The first indication of the change
was the appearance of white spots on his face.
These have grown until some of them are as
large as a silver dollar and they are still get
ting bigger. AS the rest of the mans face is
coal-black color these white spots give him
odd piebald appearance. His health is not
affected by the color of his skin. and be Is en-
rirely unconcerned about it.
I'm a quiet farm house by the banks of
the Kennebec, near Fairfield Me-, dwells an
aged couple whose only son runs on the Maine
Central between Bangor and Portland. and
each night the rattle of his train rocks the
humble abode of his parents. To assure them
that he is all right whenever the engine reaches
the cottage he touches the bell single stroke.
They signal to him by having the light burning
brightly in particular window to tell hun that
they are not only in their usual health but bear
him in mind. Every other night the signals
are exchanged at A. NJ. and 10 P. N. respect
yely.