Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-15
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

ministers who died last year Is given at u
years.
1t is said that syndicate has been
formed in Brazil for the purpose OF cornering
the rubber market.
There is a rumor in Berlin that Emperor
William is engaged upon negotiations for
proposition for a general European disarma-
ment.
An immense shoal of porpoises, num-
| bering thousands, has been cast upon the
| northern shores OF Zanzibar Island in dying
condition.
Seals are not often seen in New York
| waters, but several, it is declared, have made
| their appearance in the harbor near Ellis ISL
and this winter.
The Russian Government Is eager to
see Servia well armed. After presenting the
| little kingdom with $1,000 Berdan rifles, it is
now making rapid deliveries of field cannon,
mountain batteries, ammunition, and cavalry
| sabers.
Prof. Shaw, of the Guelph Agricultural
! College, calculates that Canadian farmers will
suffer by the Mckinley tariff to the extent of
$500 900 on the egg trade, and 81, 100000 on bar
\ ley. Prof. Shaw has not much latin In the
| English market.
DIR. Bors, of Kaschau, Hungary, claims
| to have found remedy for diphtheria- There
has recently been an epidemic of diphtheria in
Kaschau, and of those treated with DR.. Bors'
| remedy there died only 2% per cent while 70 per
cent died OF those treated by other methods.
The plow is one OF the most ancient and
valuable of mans inventions, but long before
| he existed the land was, in fact, regularly
plowed. and still continues to be thus plowed,
| by earthworms. Few other animals have
played parts SO important in the history OF the
| world.
George Estes and Fannie Hogan were
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| Ala, last Friday night. Just as the ceremony
| was concluded shot was fired through a
| window and the bride fell dead. A discarded
| lover is suspected of the murder. but has not
| been arrested.
| The decree for the enlargement of
Vienna having now been signed, the arduous
| work of recognizing the city's administration
| is about to begin. The new Vienna will cover
| III square kilometers. have circumference OF
| 63 kilometers. and include a population Of
| $1,000 inhabitants.
The enormous extent of emigration from
| Italy is causing much anxiety to the Italian
| Government. The statistics for 1890 show that
| 2l3000 persons left the country in that year.
| The great majority of the emigrants go to the
| United States, the next largest contingent 60
| ing to South America
"A singular religious sect has become
prominent in and around Zewackau, Saxony.
Its members predict the speedy coming of the
end of the world. They so confident of the
correctness of their faith that they decline to
| work or engage in any business. They spend
their time in watching and prayer.
The Hungarian Government is going to
try an interesting experiment. in vine culture.
| AS the phyloxera does not attack vines grow
ing in a sandy soil. it has been decided to plant
| with vines the so-called Deliblat sand region
between Delliblat and the Danube. and to es-
tablisq there 5000 families of vine dressers.
In one American city, at least, the
Pa:isan funeral fashion obtains. In New
Orleans, when funeral procession passes,
persons in the streets remove their hats. In
| New Orleans, also, the deaths of prominent
| persons are announced by small black-bOrdered
posters attached to the street lamps or tele-
| graph poles. The house fronts also are often
hung in black and silver, as is the fashion in
| France.
John Cronin, 14year-old boy who was
arrested at New York on board the steamer
Newport as a stowaway, was identified by a
newspaper man as the young desperate who
two years ago set fire to st. Vincent's Orphan
Asylum, near San Francisco. The asylum was
burned to the ground and three persons were
killed. Cronin is held in the boys department
of the Tombs to await the action of the Chill
drens Society. He is described being not
only depraved. but also proud Of his depravity.
The new century had just dawned when
the foundations OF little two-story house were
laid on the campus of the Georgia University.
at Athens. II is now standing and the SHOWS
| of 90 winters have fallen silently upon Its roof.
| 1t is the building used as the reception room of
the Latin and Greek classes a few years since,
and stands just back of the old dormitory build
ing. It is now dedicated to religious services of
the Young Mems Christian Association of the
University.
Simon Douglas, farmer of Appling
county, Ca. had a remarkable experience the
day before Christmas. He was passing through
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gagged in fighting, as he supposed, but as he ap-
| preached them he discovered that they were
hung together, their horns being completely
locked. He had nothing but an ak with him,
but with that he succeeded in killing both the
bucks. They were large ones, weighing over
100 pounds each.
The young King Alexander of Servia
received the other day letter from little
Swiss boy who is passionate collector of
| stamps and who sent the sovereign a quantity
of Swiss ferns and grasses, and asked in ex.
change to send him a complete collection of
| Servian stamps. King Alexander gave orders
to have every kind OF Seryian stamp brought
him, SO that he might be able to satisfy the de-
| mand of the little citizen OF free Switzerland,
and the young monarch has busted himself in
| classifying the stamps which he is sending.
There is wonderful spring in Her
nando county, Fla. from which rises the stream
known as the Wekowechee river, the waters OF
which will float a small steamer. The spring is
about so feet deep and go feet in diameter
| Chemists who have analysed the water say that
| there is not a trace of organic matter Its
composition, and that it is the most pure and
fresh of any spring in America. The steamer
" which makes regular trips up and down the
| Wekowechee is often foated into the cavity OF
the spring. but cannot be made to stay in the
center as the force of the rising water forces
it to the sides of the basin.
The unusual sight of man with three
full sized arms and hands may be daily seen
upon the streets of Marbette. British Columbia.
He is a Russian by birth. and first came TO
America in 1877 as an attache of the Greek
Church at Sitka, Alaska. where he resided
about lSs4e He is large powerfully-built man,
but seems to have no control of this extra bodily
member which hangs down his back from a
| point almost exactly between his shoulders.
. | and rolls from side to side unsightly man.
ner. as though parayzed Besides being well
| eoninped in the way of arms, he has set of
| teeth that are BILE all the way around. 1t is
| hardly necessary to add that the deformity of
| his teeth does not detract from naturally fero-
| cions-looking countenance- Notwithstanding
| his wicked appearance he is a mild-mannered,
Christian gentleman.