Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-27
CURIOUS CONDENSATONS.

Nashua, N. H.. telegraph office
"A mailing clerk in the Orlando, Fla,
postofice found live 'possum in the waste
basket.
Mr.. M. L. Durgin, of Milo, Me-, is hale
| and hearty at four score, and for 50 years he
has not tasted of tea OF coffee.
A man, his wife and ten children are
living in Athens, Ga, on SIS a month. Out Of
this they have to pay house rent.
"A lady in Apoka, Fla, has used the
same needle for seven years. She says she
would sooner lose dress than the needle.
The stock inspector Of Crook county,
| Ore, reports that out of 100000 sheep on hand
at the beginning of winter 81, 900 were lost.
AN Astoria man is 73 years Of age and
capitalist and is willing to run mile race
with any man Of his age for purse of $4,000
-Four weeks ago Samuel johnson, of
South Lyon, Mich, died aged IS years. Last
week his widow followed, dying Of a broken
heart.
Quill toothpicks, as a rule, are imported
from France. The largest factory in the world
is near Paris, where ~ 600 900 are annually pro-
duced.
"A Jackson county, W. Va, school
teacher of 30 the other day eloped with and
age OF IL years.
last week Chinese bank note issued from the
Imperial mint 800 years before the first use OF
paper money in England.
The influenza is raging in Australia,
New Zealand and Tasmania. Two British war
vessels that arrived at Melbourne in April had
had over 200 cases on board. &
"A fine ledge of lithographic stone has
been discovered near City Creek, Salt Lake. 1t
mas been tested in New York, and pronounced
equal to the stone of Bavaria.
"A Maine young woman who was asked
the place of her nativity replied that she wasn't
born anywhere in particular, as she was the
daughter of q Methodist minister.
"A Western Massachusetts dentist is
said to have small boy sit in his office and veil
at the top Of his lungs occasionally. It lends
an air of business to the establishment
-Locusts are so numerous in some parts
Of South Australia that they cause continual
roar while flying, and the country is being
stripped Of everything green by the scourge.
"A still-born calf at Pensacola had a
head and face. including the nose and mouth,
similar to those of bull dog, and the legs were
short and similar in shape to those of that
species of dog.
"A Dayton, Me-, man says his town
doesn't owe a cent and has 5000 in the treas
ury and that neither a lawyer, doctor or minis.
ter resides within its limits, neither is there
any church in the town.
"A farmer at Ipswich, Mass. while plow-
ing turned up an Indian idol of solid stone, I'M
the shape Of a serpent. 1t is 30 inches in length
and Of dark color. 1t is to be deposited in
the Essex Institute collection at Salem, Mass
While intoxicated a Cusetta, Ga. man
drove into and through a clump Of bee gums,
de and his mule were stung nearly TO death.
grave fears being entertained as to their re-.
eovery. 1t is estimated that the man received
1000 stings.
AN Ironwood minister married coupIe
and baptized baby, all under the same roof
and during the same evening. Just as he left
the house he was called to preach funeral
sermon, thus running the gamut of his pro4
fessional duties.
Among queer fads of collectors are those
Of collecting circus posters and portraits of
riders, coins. bindings. artists proofs and all
kinds of bric-a-brac. There is said to be an en-
thuslast who has begun to gather voices on pho+
nosraphic cylinders.
The coolest region in the United States
IS the stretch of country on the northern
border of the Minnesota lakes to the western
line OF Dakota. AT Pembina the lowest tenn.
perature recorded was So degrees below zero.
and this was reached in the winter of 1873
AT children's party in New York the
table was entirely strewn with cabbage leaves.
on which were mechanical rabbits of every i'm
lginable kind some playing the drum, some
md others wheeled perambulators The little
people were delighted.
Experiments have been made near
with tree Telling with dynamite.
Trees Of three feet in diameter were brought
down in some twenty to twenty-five minutes
whereas the time occupied by ordinary Telling
would probably have been ten times as much.
The experiments were made for military pur-
poses.
The Prince of Wales wears bell-shaped
silk hats. He pays 25 shillings each for them.
He has remarkably even-shaped head the
hatters say. and his size is ~. Prince Albert
Victor only takes 81. The brims of his hats
are enormously arched to take off the effect Of
his long face. His brother, Prince George,
takes 6s4 The Emperor of Germany who
has very uneven head, takes 61s. So does the
Duke of Teck.
The people of Bucksport gave a great
reception to ''Old Jed Prouty' and his COM
oany. A committee, consisting of leading
,itizens. welcomed them on their arrival, and
1ine guns representing the nine letters in the
word Bucksport, were fired from Fort KnJx
Across Main street was stretched banner Of
Welcome to Old Jed, and Emery Hall was
decorated with bunting. Many of the princi-
pal streets were illuminated.
"A gentleman who has recently returned
rom extensive travels in India says that in one
If their cities he delivered an address upon
christianity to an audience of 300 Brahmins
who spoke English better than he did and who
lfterward came in large numbers to his bunea1
ow, asking him to answer the arguments
Lgainst christianity in a tract they handed him,
which he found to be one Of Colonel IngersolPs
peeches.
Two Americus (Ga) ice men visited
he storeroom to ascertain the amount of ice
N hand. They entered the room. and pulled
he door shut behind them. The thermometer
egistered $50. After the inspection they start
d to return, but to their dismay discovered
hat the hoop the lock had fallen
nd that it was impossible to get out. They
allied in vain for two hours for help. At
he end of that time the attention of
passer-by was attracted by the noise and he
eleased them. The two gentlemen were al
1ost frozen stiff, being clad only in the lightest
lothing.