Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-02
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

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tub of the San Jose Jail.
An Eastern capitalist at Los Angeles
has no heirs. He has promised to give Slj0,OOO
toward a fund for building the great telescope
for the Wilson's Peak Observatory
Nearly all the bricks OF the church
building in Visalia were bought by a liquor
dealer to make vault to keep his compounds
cool in the coming summer months.
| The bill giving married women absolute
control of their wages has passed both houses
OF the Kentucky Legislature and the Cover
nor has sgnifed his intention OF signing 1t.
The tornado which swept through Louis
! vile on Thursday last was almost identical ii.
lts course and in the direction from which it
came, with one that played havoc IN the same
CITY III the year 1885.
-Ihe Government of Denmark has
erected 90 telephone stations, chiefly on the
west coast of Jutland, for the use of fisher
men VINO are thus able to communicate with
Inc nsn uealers at distance.
while examining titles for right of way
at the Recorders Office in Salinas, Ariz., last
week, W. V. GIffey came across deeds recorded
1or lots IN the city of st. Paul, dated 1852. The
CITY was Duilt on paper, and has long since been
forgotten.
The Southbury, Conn.,, oil we'll, which
has already been sunk to a distance of 1, 500
feet feet wit without producing either oil or natural
gas, VIII be bo-ed l, 800 feet more and then II
nothing is found the projectors are willing 10
abandon the scheme.
AT Paris, Tex, Miss Annie BavIess was
about to marry Edgar Bruton, rich Young
man whose suit her parents favored. At the
the last moment she Tilted him and within an
hour married James r. Bradbury. a poor black
smith, whom she loved.
The porter at the Union depot at Atch-
ison picks up so cents worth of whisky TASKS
about the waiting room every week, which he
sells at drugstore for cent apiece. He fire.
quently runs across the same bottle as often "a
nall dozen times week.
Seven thousand pounds Of mail matter
is now lying at the break in the railroad at Cow
Creek Canyon. Cal, without any means of for
wardlng. The contractors have given up the
job, while no teamster will touch the mail
unless he is paid cents pound cash.
-Panabokke Samastawikrama Karumati-
laka Abhaywardhana Bhuwanasekara Jayasun-
dara Mudiyanselage Tikiri Bandara Ratema-
hatmeya is the name of CingaIese gentleman
who has been appointed by Queen Victoria to
seat in the Legislative Council in the Island of
Ceylon.
"A singular case of ''mind blindness
recently occurred the subject being man of
50, who had complained for a month of inabil-
1ty to find his way about. 10 tell his own posi-
ton in room. and to recognize objects
although his perception of light was scarcely
impaired.
The latest and most trustworthy statis-
tics show that there are in operation in this
country, and in the course of construction at
the present time, no fewer than I79 electric
railways, operating 1.SS4 cars with l. 26O miles
of track. The number of passengers carried it
would be difficult to estimate, but it cannot be
far from 100,OO0,O00
One of the Los Angeles Judges is an ar
dent lover of baseball, Last Friday he was
calling his law and motion calendar when
prominent lawyer rose to begin an argument.
He hesitated moment to consult an authority
when the Judge said: Take your base Mr.
-" Everyone in court exploded, and it
TOOK some moments to restore order.
w, W. Hanworth, a trackman on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and residing at
Paw Paw, W. Va, was robbed of 81, 500 short
time ago. Mrs. Hanworth confesseS to having
stolen the money for the purpose of elOping
with yonng railroad workman. She turned
over S6O to her husband and it is supposed that
her lover has the remainder of the Doodle.
Mrs. r. A. Weston, of Alameda, CAL,
had narrow escape from suffocation. She
was playing with pet canary and pushed the
birds head into her mouth. Just then she
grew hysterical and shut her teeth together so
as to stTangle the bird. Her daughter pulled
the canary and severed its head which got into
Mrs. Weston's gullet. She was black in the
face when the obstruction was removed.
The three locomotives that went over a
b0-foot bank near Cape Horn Mills, on the
Central Pacific road some weeks ago, have not
been recovered. Carloads of coal cinders are
being brought up from the shops at Sacra-
mento to be used as a bedding to support the
necessary apparatus for handling the engines,
rs the ground is so full of water that no other
IN ~ he Dht 1IDn hat rrin Tha
purpose so well
Mrs. Torbert, of Madison, Ga, was the
owner of a pet parrot. The bird was a good
talker, and was much petted by the family.
During the illness of Mr.. Torbert it seemed to
understand that something was wrong, and
ceased to talk. Since his death it would pay no
attention TO anything around the place. and on
last Friday died. The parrot was particularly
petted by TOTbert, and its death was un-
doubtedly caused from grief.
-Swains5oro Pine Forest: David Davis,
living three or four miles south of this place.
has an infant about or months old that
has tooth nearly or quite grown. Mr.. DAVIS
says the tooth was in the babys mouth when 1t
was born, but was covered over with thin
skin, which dropped off when the child was
about month old, leaving the tooth bare, and
says that if the tooth has grown any since then
he has not been able to discover it,
"A kindly faced man at n Kansas Citv
street-crossing tapped passing gentleman and
asked him If he had lost $40 gold piece. The
gentleman looked at the coin and SAID he had.
The old man drew out notebook and took
the name and address of the loser, and turned
away. We'll" said the other, do you want it
all as a reward?' ''Oh. l did not find one" said
the benevolent old man, but it struck me that
in large city like this there must be a great
deal of money lost. and upon inquiry find that
you are the thirty-frst man who has lost a SO
gold piece this morning.
"A New Haven ice dealer who went to
bed bewailing the short ice crop dreamed that
the pond where he usually secures his supply
had suddenly frozen over. Being anxious to
tind out how thick the ice really was, and sup
posing that he was throwing a stone upon it, he
jumped out of bed. grabbed a costly vase from
the mantel, and threw it with all his might
through French plate mirror before he was
aware of what he was doing. The racket
awoke his wife and he was suddenly brought to
his senses. His customers are pretty sure that
they will have to pay for that mirror next sum-
mer.