Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-09
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.


Saturday evening.
"A church in New York is disfgured by
huge sign advertising it for sale.
The light seen through the new eve
piece of the Lick telescope will be 1000 timss
as bright as that seen by the unaided eye
Thunder Bay river, Mich. is one loe-iam
for distance of 30 miles. Many millions Of
feet are packed in an almost inseparable mass
Three Sheriffs from three Georgia coun-
ties met at the: depot in MilledgeviIle last
Thursday night each having in charge negro
woman destined for the lunatic asylum.
If all the persons whose names are in
the new Government blue book were to form a
line four abreast, it would take ten hours for
the profession to pass the White House.
Judge J. N. Lucas and wife, attorneys
at-law. is the way a new Lansing sign will read.
The Judge is an able Nebraska man and so is
his wife. They will practice henceforth in
Michigan.
Some relic hunter has cut out and car
ried away from the Union College building in
Schenectady, N. Y. a section OF window sill in
which ex-President Arthur cut his name years
ago when student there.
AN unusual electrical phenomenon was
witnessed on the Fourth of July night at AS
bury Park. Colored balls of fire were fire.
quently seen darting TO and fro over the city,
pNNOLHCunlC ulSplay.
-Manistique has an aqueous volcano, a
spring $50 feet wide and 400 feet long The
water and sand boil I'D from a depth of 65 feet
and throw the little lake up into conical shape
It supplies creek 20 feet wide and feet deep
the year around.
"A New York woman who had received
5000 was advised by her lawyer to deposit it in
bank, but preferred to put the money in a
bag ana pin it inside her corset. Now the bag
and money are missing and she is advertising
Tor their return.
"A locomotive for British Columbia was
being hoisted into vessel at San Francisco the
other day, when the rope broke and the ma
enlne fell into the bay. It weighed % tons and
sank so far in the mud that it could not be
found the next day.
-Poundkeeper Finn, of New York, esti-
mates the dog population of that city at from
5000 to $1,000. During the past year the dog
catchers caught 7.46S dogs 300 Of which we're
redeemed by their owners paying 50 fine, the
remainder being asphyxiated.
The Mexicans and Indians in Texas say
that every animal has brains enough to tan its
own skin, and so the latter in the case of the
wolf. panther, wildcat and some other animals
is mainly prepared by rubbing into the flesh
side of it the brains OF its former wearer.
"A veritable monstrosity was found in
an empty tenement house in Galena, ILL.,, in the
shape of a kitten having 4 distinct heads, 8
front feet and four hind feet, all attached to
one perfectly-formed body. The kitten was
apparently about a week old, and was one of
litter OF eight.
The two hoteles which Waldorf Astor
has decided to build IN New York are not in
rended for transient guests, but for rich fami-
ties. such as can afford to pay So 900 to S. 900
year for suite of rooms and board, and 1t is
believed that there are enough of this class to
I'LL both houses.
During dispute over calf at Camas
Prairie, Ore, recently, Ed Rinehardr hit Helm
Mcconnell on the head with a heavy plug Of
tobacco In order to prevent suit charging
him with assault with deadly weapon, Rine1
bardt paid $40. besides giving over the calf and
the plug Of tobacco,
"A curious fashion has come into vogue
in Paris. In all the cemeteries metal boxes
with slit in the lid are placed on the tomb
stones to receive the cards of visitors. The
relatives Of the deceased are thus enabled to
see who among the living still cherish the men,
ory Of their departed friends.
One woman has made the silk gowns OF
the Justices Of the United States Supreme
Court for the past 4C years, and she gets 800
for each one of them. They are all made alike,
the only difference being in the material, the
Chief Justice wearing black Chinese satin,
while his associates are robed in black silk.
Rev. r. n. Nassau, formerly of Phila-
delphla, has been living IN the Gaboon and
CorIsco Mission, the West coast of Africa
and for seven years has been the hunt for
gorilla brains for DR.. Morton, of Philadelphia
who wants them for scientific purposes. He
writes home Of the fruitlesSness of his long
search.
"A very practical suggestion has been
made for reducing the cost of transportation
on the Erie Canal. The idea is to apply to the
traction of the boats the overhead trolley sys-
tenn now used for street railways. on the ground
that there is no serious mechanical difficulty,
and that an economy of at least so per cent
would be effected.
"A lot of ten-year-olds were told by
teacher in a Presque Isle Me-. school, the other
day, to write names of five persons Of whom
they had read. The question was a poser for
most of them, but one rose to the occasion and
handed in a list. He was told to read it and
did so as follows: THE Lord, George Wash
lngton Buffalo Bill, DR.. Boone Mrs. Willard"
In answer to a question, he further explained
that DR.. Boone was a man who went out West
among the wild Indians.
Flower peddlers have adopted a new
wrinkle for gaining entrance to the big office
buildings down town in New York. They have
discovered by experience that the jan1tor's EN-
ployes will not let them ply their trade if the
flowers are carried IN baskets or on. trays, so
they now carry them in jaDanned tin boxes,
like those used for keeping valuable papers in
lawyers offices The boxes are kept closed
while the peddlers are in sight of the en-
ployes in the big buildings. The boxes have
another advantage-they keep the flowers cool
and fresh.
Andrew Jackson is a veteran express.
man who for quarter of century has carried
baggage from the Grand Central depot in New
York City at the modest rate of % cents per
piece For three years the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company has
been trying to enjoin him from carrying on his
business at the entrance of the station The
injunction suit has been in the courts three
years. but Jackson has beaten the company
every time and finally in the Court of Appeals.
The railroad company wished to prevent Jack
son from competing against the Accent price.
"A female dromedary was born in Cap
tain Casselps stable, Baltimore. The proud
mother is Druid The little lady stands about
three feet high, and has a slender body. but
very long legs. This is the fourth dromedary
born at the park. The first. Horace. died in
infancy. His hide hump and all, Captain
Cassell had mounted 1t is now in the Captains
parlor. The second. Kate, was sold to the
circus with the grandmother of the baby Just
arrived The third, another Horace, still