Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-30
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

| line grounu on winch helena, Mont, is
built yielded s30,OOO,0O0 in gold when it was
mined.
"A herd of At elephants was recently
captured in single drive in the Caro- Hills in
India
There are six counties in Kansas which
are without regularly organlz ed Sunday school
associations.
The table upon which Oliver Cromwell
signed the death warrant of Charles L was sold
recently to London antiquary for S7lO
The aggregate weight of the family of
Isaac Gloer, of Bowman. Ca. consisting of
himself, wife and four children, is $50 pounds
| "A father and son. of Williamsport, Pa,
have walked 81, 900 miles together. They are
umbrella members and have travelled all over
| the State.
Moses Wasser, of Schwenksyille, Pa,
ate AZ oranges and half pound of sugar, drank
two tumblers of water and smoked three cigars
in about two hours.
An educated, accomplished young lady
in Petoskey. Mich, has split 20 cords of wood
with her own hands, and has it piled neatly to
/ season for summer use.
"A fine specimen of an Indian arrow
head was unearthed recently on DR.. butchers
farm, near Tulars City, Cal He had it
| mounted as shawl pin for his wife.
| -OeOrSe OIeS, a Vlollnlst In MuSkeg0n,
played Nearer, My God, to Thee" on fade
| in the Methodist Church Sunday night unit
the audience went wild with enthusiasm.
"A cat in MillvilIe, N. j., finds pleasure
| in swimming and often catches fish in shallow
water with it's paws. 1t has been known to
swim, in pursuit of dock rat, clear across the
river.
"A man and woman left American Hill,
Sierra county CAL, last Wednesd ay for Down.
ievilIe to get married. They went on snow
shoes ana packed their wedding clothes IN a
gripsack.
Thomas Lloyd, of Richmond. No., took
his spade and dug under the rotten sills OF an
old smokehouse, where he discovered glass
jars filled with money aggr egating 81, 800 in
gold and $50 in silver.
"A man named Hogue, living near Tina,
Mo-, attempted to descend into a well 200 feet
deep with a lighted torch. Gas in the we'll
ignited and Hogue was buried to death before
assistance could reach him.
"A we'll that James Mackem bored near
Flint. Mich. tapped an almost fathomless SUBJ
terraDean cavern from which there is great
How of natural gas, and Flint people will have
some gas experts examine the place.
"A rat which attacked brood of chick
ems at Pottstown was killed by the hen. and
after the battle the barnyard rooster. who had
viewed the battle from a safe perch the
fence, celebrated the victory by growing Justify.
"A family In Whatcom. Wash, not lik-
ing the taste of the water they were drawing
from their 90-f0ot deem WELL sent a man down
to inspect its depth. The well was in tolerably
good condition, but dead Indian was hoisted
out
"A general suspension of payments for
one year has been found necessary in the Ar
| gentiIe Republic to allow the commercial and
| financial men to get over the results of the
! wild speculation in which they have been in
| dulgins OF late
AT a newspaper office day or two ago
a machinist. wanting to reach some shafting
| jumped up a barrel OF printers ink standing
close by. He didn't notice that an old paper
| was serving as a cover, and he sank up to his
| waist in the ink.
The other day a Minnesota clergyman
| travelled 80 miles. made six calls, visited two
| schools gave an afternoon lecture and shot
| seven jack rabbits. all between sunrise and
| sunset, and he said it wasn't good day for
pastoral work either.
1t is a curious fact that the Curragh of
Kildare, which is a common Just outside of the
village. is the only piece of real estate in Ire
| land for which no rent is paid. 1t is used by
| all the residents of the locality as a feeding
ground for cattle and goats.
The table upon which Prince Bismarck
signed the prelimnaries of peace with Theirs
| at Versailles in February, 1871, was the only
souvenir of the campaign which the Iron Chan
| cellOr bore back to Germany with him. He
| paid his Versailles laDdlady "a francs for it.
| Dudley Foster, of BilIerica, Mass hale,
hearty and in his Slst year, elected for his
thirty-sxth year Clerk and forty-first year as
| Treasurer at the town meeting in that place
| few days ago. He declined to be a candidate
| but was elected to both offices by a handsome
| majority.
Charles McRoberts and wife, who lived
J two miles south of Worthwhile were born on
| Saturday, married Saturday, celebrated
| their golden wedding anniversary on Saturday,
\ took their last sickness on Saturday and died
| last Saturday. Sunday they were buried in
| one grave.
On February II, James Barton, of
| Springport, Jackson county, died, leaving a
widow and seven children. Saturday the ad-
| minIstrator, while looking through Barton's
| safe, found 5000 in moldy bills, which had
| been secreted years ago. The bills are good
and will go.
Queen Victoria, who has started on a
continental tour, has taken along 8 coachmen,
9grooms. horses, l donkey, 8 carriages, q
| trunks, special BEDS q special cooking stove,
wine, doctors, surgeon, L surgeon accouch-
eur for the Princess Beatrice, 8 ladies-in-wait-
ing, women servants, l lord, 2 equerries,
dogs.
"A 1+year-old boy confined in a Paris
| prison for attempted murder, being put into a
straight jacket as punishment for violation
of the rules, managed to free himself by
rubbing off the fastenings against a corner of
his cell door frame, and then made out of his
clothes rope with which he strangled himself
from the bars of his CELL
"A curious phenomenon is reported from
Batoum, on the shores of the Black Sea. Dur
ing a complete calm the sea is said to have sud-
denly receded from the shore. leaving 1t bare
to a depth of ten fathoms. The water of the
port rushed out to sea, tearing many of the
ships from their anchorage, and causing
great amount of damage. After short time
the sea resumed its usual level
The will of prominent attorney in
Cincinnati is peculiar document, and two of
the provisions have attracted considerable
comment. Il desire that bar meeting be
held for me- for such occasions are utilized by
lawyers to explode their eloquence without
cause. 1 desire that no Grape be worn by my
family for me. but if any member chooses to do
so the same shall be charged to his account"
The mourning costumes in different
countries are very curious. In England a
widow walks looking like noun tain of Grape.
In America she is less oppressive; in France
she soon becomes coquettish. The most elabo-
rate mourning cloak heard of has lately been
made for the Duchess dAosta. 1t IS of heavy
silk, trimmed with fat bands of ostrich plumes
and having all its edges finished with frfnges OF
plumes that have jet band as their heading.
An exceedingly cheeky thief made his
appearance in Bostonone day last week. He
was dressed in overalls. He went into the office
OF life Insurance company, and, while whist
ling one Of the latest tunes, began to unscrew
from the walls of toilet room on the fourth
occupants of the building saw the man at work,
and everybody thought he had been hired