Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

is said, 2OO,OOO.OOC bottles OF pickles annually
AN Ottawa, No., man is the proud
! possessor of two Chinese rats. They steal and
| gnaw holes ''alle same like Mclean lats-"
There has not been prisoner in the
Armstrong Mo-, Jail for five years, excepting
an occasional tramp who is permitted TO lodge
there.
"A Caledonia, Wis, corouer's Jury in
the case of Mrs. Catherine Aplichel returned a
verdict of accidental drowning with the in
tention of suicide"
-Scotchmen banqueting In London are
now entertained with music of real northern
bagpipes, PLAYED into phonograph and sent to
London by express.
The Salt Lake Herald saws one marked
result of Mormon rule is that that city of
so, 900 had no debt and the smallest tax rate of
any city in the United States-5 mills year.
"A Kansas City woman, Mrs. Mary
Martin, failed in meeting the last payment on
her bed. and constable lifted her sick, emaci-
ated body upon a cot, and carried away the
bed.
james Mountner, of the Omaha mine.
Grass Valley, was saving through a log the
other day that was thirteen inches through
In the center was large frog. that was cut
in two pieces.
An English naval officer has invented
pneumatic line-throwing gun, very light and
portable, which fires hollow shell bearing the
cord to wrecked vessel or into burning
building on dry land
The slooD-of-war Enterprise has a record
of a thoroughly discontented lot OF officers and
crew. general courts martial % summary
courts artial, 63 deserters. and several score
OF alleged illegal punishments of enlisted men.
"A farmer at Ipswich, Mass, while
plowing turned up an Indian idol of solid
stone in the shape of a serpent. 1t is 30 inches
in length and of dark color. 1t is to be de-
posted in the Essex Institute collection at
Salem, Mass.
"A tramp piled a lot of ties on the
Northern Pacific track, near Portland Ore.
the other night. and then gave warning to an
approaching train He succeeded in being
made hero and in living high until close ques-
tlonins ELECTED confession.
"A sheep owned by a New York State
farmer gave birth to a lamb last week with
two heads. Every feature of each head was
perfectly formed and complete, the heads be-
ginning to unite just back of the ears. Unfor-
tunately the queer freak did not live.
"A new disinfectant has made its ap-
pearance under the name of thiocamph. 1t is
a combination of camphor with sulphurous
acid. containing over go times its volume of
sulphurous acid gas, which, upon its exposure
In warm room, is gradually evolved.
The grapple plant of the Kalahart
Desert is said 70 be real vegetable curiosity
In its general appearance it looks more like
starfsh than plant, and each ray or arm is
tipped with barbs. which. when fastened to the
wool of sheep, have to be cut out that being
the only way OF removing them.
Henry Willard, the eminent fnancier,
is writing his autobiography for the use OF his
children alone. He was born in Germany, and
the story of his early years is written in Ger
Nuhi i1o haxy hanr, al,
his schooldays are described in French. His
bvsiness ard social life in America win be re-
corded in English.
The other night, at late hour, Saco
officers found two youngsters of French ex-
traction, belonging to Biddeford, Me-, con-
cealed in capaclous drygoods box. They had
stolen money of their father, bought peanuts,
chocolate drops and two harmonicas and were
enjoying life hugely. They were taken to jail,
and delivered over to Biddeford authorities.
"A wild horse, or what appears to be one,
was recently captured at Horse Landing Fla.
A stockman was herding cattle and drove the
pony among them and so got it into a pen. A
faint brand mark is visible, but otherwise the
animal appears to be perfectly wild, as much
so as a deer. ana it is probable that it has been
herdIng with the cattle for d number Of years.
"A Saratoga man has in his possession
monster fish somewhat resembling a sturgeon,
but having long. sword-shaped Jaws which was
taken from Lake Champlain. IL is called a
fresh water swordfsb This specimen weighs
Is pounds, and is four feet three inches long,
Is inches around the body and six inches across
the back. It will be mounted by a taxidermisI.
According to a Portland, Ore, dis
patch, the body of Matt Caruthers. of Water
vile, WASH, who perished in storm last win
ter, has been found in little ravine about
three-quarters of mile from his ranch. The
corpse was in reclining position, as though he
had sat down to rest. In one of his clenched
hands was his hat and in the other his handker-
chief.
Edgar Bergen, 12-year-old lad of In
dianapols, had his foot hurt by train and in
the afternoon it was amputated just below the
knee. In placing the foot i'll the box for burial.
it became necessary to bend the toes, and in
this cramped position 1t was buried. Since
then the boy has complained constantly of the
cramped condition in which his toes were
placed, and says that they give him great pain.
On going to bed at the Palace Hotel, in
San francisco, A. D. Westfeld a wealthy resi-
dent of New York. placed $4,000 in bills under
the mattress Of his bed, and when he arose the
next morning shortly before the departure Of
the overland train by the southern route, he
forgot his money in the haste of his prepara-
tionS for leaving. Reaching the ferry he
thought of it. returned to the hotel in a
fustered state and got It.
Galveston doctors have a patient on
exhibition, colored man who is afflicted with
flaria. In other words. there was a little
animal in his blood usually found in the blood
of dogs The blood was placed under the
MICROSCOPE, where the little animals could be
plainly seen. They were about l5O of an inch
long and 1900 of an inch thick and trans
parent They are said TO be transplanted from
dogs to men through mosquito bites and even
flea bites
"A woman just returned from Rochester
tells New York Evening Sun reporter of a
letter which had just passed through the Roch-
ester postoffice. ''Now, 1 saw the letter with
NV own eyes" said she ''and the address was
as follows: To the Widow Mulrooney's SON
ip-law who goes much into society on Throop
street," And such is the perfection of the
postal service in Rochester that the Widow
son-in-law received the letter with
out much delay.
Two elephants OF a circus were being
driven on board steamer at Seattle, Wash,
for 4 trip to Ferndale, when they refused to
step on the gang-plank, and both made break
up street. The largest named Queen, was
pursued by a crowd of men and boys into a
ium ber-yard where she made a stand and
trumpeted several times. The crowd pressed
her with clubs, and in q moment she charged
them. In the scramble a big pile of lumber
was upset. and four men were buried. After
an hours chase Queen was captured.
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