Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-18
CURRENT CONVERSATIONS.


"A rattlesnake bit fine horse owned at
Mariana, Fla, and in so minutes the poor
beast died.
There is talk aboCt one or two British
gun vessels being adapted for the use of cap
tive balloons at sea.
"A flock of blackbirds three miles long
and half a mile wide passed over Arlington,
Ia.' a day or two ago.
The raising of sisal hemp in the BAHIA
mas promises, it is said. to be one Of the chief
industries of these islands.
Quarter Sessions Court in st. Joseph
county Mich, was compelled TO adjourn on
stump.
1.-Two dockyards are about to be con-
structed in st. Petersburg for the building Of
men-of-War, In addition to the five already ex-
lsting in the capital
The frontier method of giving q fire
alarm still prevails at Crawford, Neb. Every.
body on the street fires his revolver and gives
Diood-eurdling cowboy whoop.
The names of all the White Star steam
ers end with 'ie," those of the Cunarders with
ia, " those of the German mostly with "land.n
and those of Dutch always with dam"
-Sophomores of Wooster University,
Ohio, are charged with having spiked some
cannon. the property of the Federal Govern
ment. The affair grew out of a row with the
juniors.
"A novel fight was witnessed on the main
street in Boscobel. Wis. A large rat ran out
from under the sidewalk. and mink followed
and overlook it in the middle of the street,
where furious fight took place. The rat was
wersLed.
Mrs. Sally Wood, of Union City, Mich,
has been blind for so years and her daughter
has not seen thing for quarter of century.
Y ct these two have done the household work in
faultless style for years. and cooked Yictuals fs
for An epicure.
In San Antonio, Tex, a few days ago,
there was great cattle lassoing contest of
cowboys" in which, it is claimed, the worlds
record was beaten, Will Capps tying down
wild steer in 431S seconds. Some of the con-
tesfants were seriously injured.
"A queer wedding occurred at Kirwin,
Kan, the other day. A couple who went
through the form of marriage u years ago
no license haa been issued to- them, and a
wedding In due form was the result.
The log cabin in Washington county,
KY, in which, il is said, Abraham Lincoln lived
as boy. and where his father was married, has
been bought by q committee from Chicago.
The structure will be torn down and removed
to the Worlds Fair grounds. where it will be
re-erected.
AT the cheese factory in East Otto,
N. j., the other day. there vas put in the hoop
the biggest cheese ever made in the region, and
probably the largest ever made in the United
States. 1t measured five feet in diameter and
IS 39 inches high. Its weight when cured will be
1000 pounds.
The Treadwell Mill, Alaska, is the
largest quartz mill in the world, says the
Mining and Scientific Press. 1t consists of 24O
stamps, 96 coucenrrators and II ore erushers.
All OF this machinery. covering several acres OF
ground is run,it Is said, by a single wheel seven
feet In diameter.
"A wellknown resident OF Bangor, Me-,
while hunting the other day, met with mishap
common enough to the inexperienced gunner.
Rushing forward to secure the antlers of a
mighry moose" into which he had put two
bullets. he found tAatithe stricken creature was
a neighbor'S steer.
In cutting big cypress tree near Astor,
Fla, living alligator seven feet long was
found therein. As the opening in the tree was
not half large enough for the gator to get
through, the presumption is that it crawled in
when quite young and lived on other animals
and reptiles that sought refuge there.
"A little girl in Lewiston. Me-, planted
some peanuts in box in her kitchen last
spring. They sDrouted and she transplated
them in the garden when it grew warm enough.
They hOuTished all summer. and Monday morn
ing vere placed on exhibition in a store window
"a full-grown plant with a number of well-de-
veloped and ripsned peanuts clinging to the
roots.
An old horse at Emmetsburg, Ia, had
been walking lame for several days. The other
lay the animal started out unattended, went to
he blacksmith shop and raised up his foot for
he smith to examine it. A horseshoe nail was
Iound inbedded in the hoof, which was re-
moved by the smith, when the knowing old
animal walked back home without the vestige
of limp.
In the city of Atlanta, Ga, is yeritabIe
rain tree, which, for the past ten days, has been
throwing off a slight shower and the ground
beneath IS kept IN a state of moisture equal to
that of a steady shower of considerable dura-
ion. Citizens eye IL curiously and many Of the
more ignorant, especially darkies in that neigh.
,orhood, affirm that the tree is visited with
ome uncanny potency.
Iva Howard, an Edgar, Neb., lad, was
howing off at school the other day. and while
urning a handspring. broke his arm. With
ut shedding tear or uttering a groan he
marched to the surgeons Office had him set
he arm. and was back at school again study.
ng his lesson within an hour, 1t took wonder
ul will power to keep up this appearance Of
don't care" but the boy had the eternal grit
o do it.
"A couple Of weeks ago the son OF Will
I'm Barton found a sum of money in the rear
f the Madison House at Madison, Wis The
roperty is owned by the First National Bank,
nd now that institution makes demand upon
fr. Barton for the surrender of the money.
'arton replies that he is willing to do so when
hey can prove the property and pay the costs
hus far incurred The money in question is
opposed to have been hidden by saloon-
eeper long since dead.
The New York World will move into
s new building on November 10. 1t is GU
ous fact in connection with the date of re-
lovaL Mr., Pulitzer was born on the 10th OF
.pr1I; he had his first good fortune IN st. Louis
q the 10th; be established his St. Louis paper
n the 10TH and removed twice into newer
uarters on the 10th; established the World on
le 10th: he established the Eueninq World on
re 10th; the corner stone of the new building
as laid on the 10th, and Mr.. Pulitzer lives IN a
ousa numberpd To-