Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-09
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

"A calf without the sign Of tail dis
ports in the fields at Flsmington.
"A rattlesnaks shaking IA rattles was
killed In a swamp near AIlegan. Mich. the
other day.
John Thompson, of Williamsport, suf-
fered from an attack of hiecoughs which lasted
for week.
The fashion Of powdering the hair is re-
establishing itself with the Paris beaux. and Is
expected to show itself again in London.
While digging in his ear with a pin,
Charles Mowers, of shIppensburg. did himself
an injury which has resulted in lOekjaw.
An eagle sitting on the cornice Of the
Southern Hotel was sight that astonishsd
the people Of St Louis the other evening.
1t is said of a Hudsondale, Carbon
county, Pa, man that he has worn the sans
hat for % years, and he says that it has come
into style 10 times.
Antrim, N. A., with a population Of
about ], SEQ boasts of nonogenarians and 25
octogenarians. Twenty-one Of these q old
people are women.
Separation from his wife is sought for
by Chester man, and be backs his claim for ft
by the statement that she danced for Joy when
he chopped his fingers OF.
"A hen at Chambersburg began the new
year by laying an egg Weighing four and half
ounces with sort Of bay-windoW attach
ment on either side.
Captain Elisha Cakes, of Vinalhaven,
Me-, has $1,000 live HOLSTERS in his pond from
which he is shipping from Boston. Two or
three men like Mr.. Oakes would be able to get
up quite corner on the salad marker.
"A Bellaire, Mich, tailor has made a
pair Of pants out of 300 different kinds Of cloth
for fortune-hunting youth, who wants to
croate the impression that he is the most
economical man on earth. The pants cost
1t is claimed that phosphate is found in
only three places throughout the United States
South Carolina, New Mexico, and Florida.
In New Mexico it Is about exhausted, while IN
Florida It is more extensive than in South Car
olina, and assays S per cent more.
I'm his speech at the opening of the
Legislature of the Province of Quebec, the
Lieutenant Governor announced, among other
things that during its session, the Legislature
viii be asked to pass an act granting 100 acres
OF land TO the father and mother of every
family Of u or more living children, born in
lawful wedloek.
Jerry Givens, young man Of Martins
vile, Ind, while hunting on islands formed by
the swollen river, came upon q large ball of
snakes. which had been driven from their
winter quarters by the water and the pleasant
weather. He killed all at single shot, ana on
disengaging them, found monster blacksnakes
and rVe gartersDakes.
1t is related of Traverse City, Mich,
girl that she has made her best fellow promise
to come around at noon for an answer to his
proposal OF marriage. The girl says she has
seen him several times. but always in the even
ing, and she will marry no man unless she
knows how he looks by daylight
"A Mortified, o., farmer named Abner
Greenleaf. having premonition that the sum
mer weather would extend far into the winter,
tried little experiment. He planted q num-
ber Of hills Of potatoes late in September Tne
tubers throve well, and on Christmas Day the
farmers table was supplied with new potatoes
from his own garden.
The incessant barking Of his dog in
duced John Brown, Of Lorimer Pa, to investi-
gate, and as he emerged from the kitchen door
and passed into the yard he was seized by big
bear with which he had a tussle. He
finally escaped from the animals clutches. As
Bruin wore muzzle, it is thought he escaped
from travelling Italians.
Since the establishment Of the Vienna
free kitchens the number Of drunkards is said
to have greatly diminished. The medical pro-
fession testify to enormous Improvements in the
health of the lower classes. Derangements Of
the stomach, formerly the most frequent cases
in Vienna hospitals. have decreased to one
third of the number Of ten years ago.
As an illustration Of the queer blunders
sometimes made by compositors the following
is noted: A country correspondent in giving
an account of certain pastors able address to "a
Meadville paper, wrote that no was "full Of FIRE
the somewhat startling information the minis
ter was full of pie and vinegar"
The oldest living criminal in the United
states is John Mount. of CoVington, Ky. He
was good one in his days. He is now nearly
30 years of age and 56 years Of his life have
heen spent in various penitenriaries in the
every crime excent thar OF murder. He is liV.
ing very secluded life at present. and seldom
goes on the streets.
"A Spiritualist proceeding out of the or
dinary run took place at the Metropolitan
Temple in San Francisco the other evening, in
which A. s. Cleveland and Mrs. Louise Beatty
were married. as the medium said, by the
spirit Of Thomas Starr King. Two thousand
people gathered to witness the ceremony and
listene d attentively to Mrs. ]. j. Whitney, who,
arrayed in costly costume decked with dia-
mOnds, proclaimed herself minister invested
with all necessary authority to tie a binding
knot. She claimed to speak only
as Starr Kings spirit dictated, and, after re-
peating the usual Unitarian service, pro-
nounced the couple man and wife.
-Ab OdluI-Od1lJ OWll1Srlduus al OlQ
Colonel named Martignoni has just died at the
age Of so. He had abundant opportunity for
acquiring a practical knowledge of men and
No romance writer would dare to
give to his hero a career so varied as that Of
Did Martignoni. He began life as a lawyer.
Then he turned a soldier and fought in the
war of the SondeTbund. At the close of that
struggle he rose to the bench and served as a
Judge. Then fortune deserted him, and he
vent down hill until he became a street sweep
n In New York, and afterward q waiter in
coffee and cake saloon. Soon afterWard he
managed to get to California, where he became
miner. Having been cured Of the gold fever,
le went to England, joined the army, aud
erVed under the English colors in the Crimean
var. At the end OF that difficulty he went to
he Argentine Republic. There again fortune
deserted him. and in a few years he returned to
Europe. He labored as a railroad conductor a
policeman and town clerk, and at last settled
lOwn to quiet life IN his native country. His
inal request was original and easily granted.
L was that nobody, except the undertaken and
lis assistants. should attend his funeral