Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

straw hat that he bought in 1859
-Ex-Representatiye w. III. SWEET, Of
York, now in his SD year, has planted with
| his own hands 8, 900 hills of corn and potatoes
| this spring.
Light through the new Lick telescope
is nearly 1900 times as bright as that seen by
the naked eye.
Santa Barbara, Cal, boasts of hotel
waiter who can take an order for dinner in
seven different languages.
The effort to make tobacco a staple crop
in Florida is being continued ON q larger
acreage and with apparent success"
"A large fat woodchuek made his way
into the dining room of Mrs. Foster on Front
street, Richmond, Me-, the other day, where
he was captured, and he is now in cage.
"A tornado at Trenton, Ca, carried off
the roof of house, leaving a sick man in his
bed, unharmed but shelterless The neigh
bors at once built temporary shelter over
him.
1t is said that of 101 men who left
skowhegan for the war in Company +. Third
Maine Infantry, only two are left in the
town to greet the old Third at its reunion In
Skowhegan next August.
"A woman who was killed in runaway
accident at Waterville, Me-, in life had rcd
hair, but when her body was taken up it was
found that her hair had turned to o very
dark brown, probably through fright.
George Phillips, aged 80 years, farmer
of Columbus s. c., had gray hair and beard
for 20 years. About ten days ago it began TO
turn black, and is now as dark as when he
was q young man. He has been confined to
his home several years on account of par
alysis.
AN engineer on the r. f. & B. the
other day, while leaning out the cab window,
near Canton, Me-, sneezed his teeth out. The
run was completed without delay, and after
q return to the scene of the accident and a
search of several hours the lost teeth were
recovered.
Famine prices are said to be prevailing
at Iquique, the seat of the 'insurgent gov
ernmeRt in Chile. Meat is selling at 70
$50 bag respectively. With food supplies
at that price square meals must be few and
far between.
The sloop Lou has left for a three
months fishing trip on the Pacific An
electric plant was put on board and the fish
ing is to be done by the aid of incandescent
lights and q net. The fish are attracted by
the glare and thousands can be taken with
little trouble.
I'm the town of Rallies, Pomerania, a
great potato country, the entire population,
of between 5000 and 1900, shut up their
houses, leave the keys with the Mayor, and
scatter all over Pomerania to the potato
harvest, leaving the Mayor and bellringer
alone in charge of the town.
Thomas B. Allen recently celebrated
his Tooth birthday at Clarksburg, W. Va. He
was soldier under Wellington and was
present at the burial of Sir John More.
Aliens grandfather died at l35, and his
father was living 20 years ago at the age of
2fran khar. hah has OF hoe h,nr.
"A controversy upon the cruelty Of firing
horses has received an interesting contribu-
ton from Bombay. Horses and bullocks are
| fired there, it seems, but the practice is ex.
| tended to the firing Of babies as a cure for
stomach ache In certain village, the
writer says, 1t was difficult to find man,
woman or child whose stomach was not
SCARED with fire marks.
When the grave of Miss Alice Wood
ward, at Douds, Ia, was opened, for the pur-
pose of removing the body to another GENE
terry, friends of the dead girl had the coffin
opened, and to their horror It was discovered
that the girl had been buried alive. The
body was found lying face down, and 1t was
evident there had been o terrible struggle
with death. 1t Is believed she was In
trance when she was buried.
The Agent General for the Cape of Good
Hope is officially informed that the results
| of the recent census, expressed in thousands,
| are as follows; European, or white, $1,000;
aboriginal (blacks), 5000; all other colored
races, 2g9, 900; total, 1,524 600 Total census Of
1875, 10000 exclusive Of the Transksi dis
| tricts, the population of which in 1874 was
| 157, 900, and which now numbers 10, 900 Eu-
ropeans and 600 natives); increase S04, 900.
Father Won der Heydsn, Of the Catholic
Church Of Bois City, took q bag Of gold to the
assay Office with view of obtaining the
cash. 1t, was valued at s923, was as-
sayed Is years ago. and the stamp with the
date was legibly to be seen thereon. 1t had
belonged to party in Idaho City, who had
kept 1t all of the long years. Mr.. Cunning
ham, the assayer in charge, paid the cash on
the bar yesterday. The interest on its value
| at 10 per cent for l5 years would have
amounted to sl,se4 so, or if placed at COM
little more than 1900.
The widow of church beadle died in
| village in the Government Of Penze, Russia,
having expressed the desire that her re-
mains be put by those of her husband. When
the grave of the latter was opened the comm
was not found. On Investigation It was dis
covered that the peasants of the village had
stolen the body of the dead beadle and sunk
1t In O swamp. There had been q drought in
that district last year, and the peasants be-
lieved that IL they sunk the body of
The superstition is prevalent among the
common people in that region.
Mary Ann Grier disappeared from her
fathers home, two miles south of Navatak,
Ind, nearly 40 years ago. A few days ago
her body was recovered in an abandoned
bog iron-ore pit, without one vestfge of
change from the appearance 1t had known
in life. Not only is the contour Of the form
perfect as in health, but even the color has
remained unchanged The arms and shout
ders are as white as marble, the hands arc
brown, and one of them still bears the stains
of the berries with which she was working
the afternoon of her disappearance. The
cheeks are slightly brown, but suffused with
a ruddy flush which old settlers remember
as one of the girls chief charms.
-Wellsville, o., has a wonderful mon-
strocity. 1t is a female pig, about eight
inches in length, entirely devoid OF hair, has
a double set of eyes, feet like the hands of a
human, distinct finger nails, large ears and
the lower part of the face like a human. The
most peculiar part of the freak is the upper
mart of the face which looks like an elephant.
1t has a long trunk projecting, from the
middle of the head, which turns back ward
and laws between the two ears, and IN the
end of which are two large holes, through
which the air or breathing take place. The
nose proper has no holes on either side, and
resembles O human nose. The chin is as
perfect as child at birth possesses.