Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-23
CURIOUS CONDENSATION

| VI u DeaT.
Baltimore claims to have a boy
who can speak IL languages
"A deaf and dumb book agent j
latest successful novelty in New York.
In Amsterdam now it is said to J
fashion to announce q broken engag,
| of marriage.
1t is proposed, if permitted, to
duce into the London streets the steaT
| riages which have proved success in
The Humane Society, of Greene
Ind, has served notice on the fireme1
no more useless runs of horses will be
| ated.
"A Jersey City magistrate on Tu
| fined young man $40 and costs simp
cause the 'culprit'' was wearing T
| boots.
"A bill sticking machine, which
without ladder or paste pot, has made
pearance in the streets of Paris, and dc
| work well.
An astonishing case goes on recor
Chicago surgeon who actually touchC
heart of man through an opening
diaphragm.
"A tramp stole hive of bees at Go,
Mich, the other day, and after carryin
quarter of mile dropped it. The bees
him so badly that the mere mention of
makes him sick.
The colonists of TopolObampo,
ing to the statement of member
/ community, are troubled with taran
centipedeS, scorpions, mosquitoes,
buffalo dies, fleas and bedbugs.
"A Bethlehem, Pa, policeman who
| an unsuccessful attempt at suicide
time ago, celebrated his recovery by
| the bullet which failed to do its
mounted as q watch charm. He We
every day.
The New Jersey State Prison rec
received deaf mute convict who is ]
years old. He is dressed in cOnven
| stripes, and has to do the lOck-Step
hardened sinners:
Forsyth county, in Georgia, ha
veloped an infantile prodigy, who at
of age can read difficult music correC
sight. His voice is soft and tuneful,
bids fair to become famous.
An 1S-months-old Mississippi chi
sing "Annie Rooney" "Swcet BY anc
and several other popular melodie
ICCIll- ne huONS Illt SOIlAS Nv nIDi
will sing them, either when accompan
the piano or alone, when asked to do :
"A young man recently met "
peculiar accident on Park street, Ala
He was walking down the street wi
hands in his pockets. and when he re
Central avenue Il couple of dogs Ta
him and threw him on the sidewalk,
ing his right elbow.
"A Hebrew girl and a Chinamar
married in Chicago tIse other day.
CeieStiaHS business associates to the NJ
OF ~ were present and struggled fora c
TO salute the bride. \ feast was SpreGt
the ceremony, in which Chinese and
can dishes were about equally divided
"A meteor was seen passing over d
Conn.,, at 1l:3O the other evening.
sembled huge ball of fire and moved
ly from west and east, making a l.
noise. When passing from view owe
tant hills the aerOlite burst, thrOwins
lads OF blazing fragments III every dir,
-DafOdils numbering 1000, 600 a
hibited at famous gardens near L.
Among the daffOdils the most historic
men is the quaint double Queen Anne
fOdll, which has puzzled bOtaniStS tn
years, because it destroyed their theOr
Last Sunday the friction of the
an iron guard over one of the wheels
to a load of hay in Liberty, Pa, al
progress of the flames were sorapid tE
driver barely had time to detach the
and escape with his life. The wagon, :
bags of potatoes and two robes wei
consumed.
"A 12-year-Old girl of Indepen
Mo-, has been ill nearlya year, and
two months ago she lay down, clos
eyes and was perfectly helpless, tn,
evidence of life being q gentle respil
For % days she neither moved no
nourish1nent OF any kind. She;is now
recovering.
Corfu, where 10 Hebrews have
killed by rioters recently, is the
Corcyra, in the Ionian Sea, off the C.
Epirus. The city has about $1,000
tants, and the population of the whole
Is noted for its Incidence, the chief me
support being the olive trees whiC
found everywhere.
What is the most curious mate
which a pack of cards was ever made?
bones. The governor of a penitenti
the Far West has a pack of cards whit
made by one of the convicts out OF tt
bones collected from the cOnvict's sou
split to q delicate thinness. The pi
scratched with a pin and are quitei
cally executed.
From the results obtained bv the
cal analysis of numerous specimens
dredged up on the Challenger expe
and on the west coast of Scotland
the conclusion that marine animals p,
the same work in the communion
mineral matter found at the bottom
sea that earthwOrmS do in the rene
terrestrial soil.
There are numerous caves alOH
banks of Flatrock river, near st. Paul
and last week party of young meneN
one of them, remaining underneat
earth's surface for several hours.
found three large cavernS. the rock Of
stone formation, and the floor of one Oi
polished as smooth as marble. The eN
tiOns will be continued.
"A Mobile, Ala, man who was triI
q piece of seasoned hickory, was sur
on splitting it open to find Il hickoT
snugly imbedGed i'll the heart of the II
1t was several inches from the Out>I'
just above where the tree was cut fro
stump, or about two feet from the n
How it came there will always be a my
as ihe wood was solid all around it.
The following peculiar notice aPl
in a Green Cove, Fla, paper: "The /
Committee takes pleasure in annOU
that it has virtually bought carria,
the dead. 1t also announces that j
money sufficient to pay for the yehicl
So. and for which amount it now app
those of our citizens who have nos
scribed and to those who did subscril
who are willing to render further aiG
sure the speedy purchase of a hearse."
"A remarkable case of fright is rel
from Cincinnati, \ man from Col,
Pike, o., was to testify in a certain cas-
it was his first appearance in court.
he reached the entrance to the big bu
and the great stairway loomed up befC
startled gaze, his teeth ratified like cast
As he ascended on the elevator sever;
tons dropped from his clothes, so ha
he shiyer and shake. As he truvele'
long corridor leading to the cOurtrOo
poor man was completely ratified
series OF shrill shriekS issued from In
In order to prevent the man going
from fright he was excused, but was so
he had TO be assisted away.