Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

! 1t is said that Lawrence Barrett's estate
I is.inventoried at s221, 900.
I Two men are searching for load of
| copper which is alleged to have been sunk
at Erie.
Two Indianapolis girls climbed a smoke
stack 120 feet high, winning box of gloves
and local fame.
An 1neorrigible yeungster in New
York stole the baby carriage from home, and
| sold 1t for so cents.
Boston policemen will hereafter carry
! their clubs in their pockets so they will not
/ use them too often.
"A cow owned by Parker Milliken, Of
Saco Me-, gave birth to four calves Wednes-
day. They didn't survive.
More than $1,000 gallons of brandy
were recently shipped in one lot from Sacra-
mento, Cal, to Bremen, Germany.
-Dieppe suddenly appears at the home
of the most marvellous ivory carvers ever
known, the Chinese and Swiss not excepted
in the recent Missouri cyclone horse
was carried over J. II. Lucher's farm house
and dashed to death in the field beyond, but
the house was untouched.
-Bicyclists flashed red lights in front Of
an engine on the Jersey Central the other
night. Engineer Mynahan was SO badly
frightened his hair turned white.
"A baby alligator, brought from Florida
five years ago and liberated in a Lincoln,
Me-, swamp, has grown to monster that
can eat a dog-so the noble Penobscot In
dians say.
"A cave-in on the farm of j. H. Miller,
Is miles from Sedalia, Mo-, at the head Of
Lake creek, revealed an underground river.
The water is % feet deep and the stream is
very rapid.
Fifteen feet in the solid ledge on Island
Garden, Me-, where the masons had been
blasting and eXcavating, they have found 2
spring OF pure cold water. 1t is to be saved
for. the people.
Next to America, France EMPLOYS more
women in clerical positions than any other
country. Their wages as bookkeepers and
accountants range between 1000 and 5000
francs year.
The case of Jonathan Jones, charged
with murder, is on trial in Council Bluffs.
This case has been the first on the trial list
for Ii years, and there have been various
reasons for a rehearing.
After the 23d of this month no person
OF firm doing business in South Carolina will
be permitted to sell pistol, or even a pistol
cartridge, in that State without first taking
out license and paying 500 for it.
F. V. Berry, of Portland, Me-, met with a
curiosity while on a recent visit to Bar Mills,
Buxton. He caught q turtle and on its back
was inscribed the dates 1867, 1870 and 1887.
Different initials were over each date.
John Mcmahon fell into a mine at
Anthracite, Western Territories of Canada.
on Wednesday falling $50 feet He was taken
to Calgary, and the doctors think he will
live, although he has several bones broken.
One gets some idea of the size of the moth
tribe by contemplating the fact that the late
Edu-a
tion of moths and butterflies containing more
than 300,0 600 specimens which were insured
for $1,000.
Divers in the clear waters of the tropi-
cal seas find that fish of different colors
when frightened do not all dart in the same
direction, but that each different kind takes
shelter In that portion of the submarine
growth nearest in color to that of the fish.
"A Cold Spring, R. L, cat was robbed of
her kittens and gray squirrels put in their
stead. She takes every care of them and
shows great affection. As they have grown
older she wears a suspicious look as she sits
by and watches some Of the antics of her
strange family.
The "old gray horse" owneds.by J. o.
Hayes & Co., is 25 years old. He has hauled
most of the lime used in Lewiston, Me-, the
last 20 years. Daniel Webster, man 20
pears old, drives him. The firm say they are
thinking of retiring both horse and driver on
a liberal pension.
The 52-ton new steel breech-loading
gun, the largest ever made in this country,
was landed at Sandy Hook. 1t was cast at
the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, is 361<
feet long, bore 81 feet, and will stand a
charge of 40 pounds of powder. 1t is said
the gun will throw a distance of 15 miles.
The old story about cats being afraid Of
water was upset last Thursday during the
freshet in Asotin, Wash. A mother cat
out kitten in her mouth to place of safety
and Immediately returned through flood
and debris to her bed and secured the re-
manning member of her family, which she
also landed in a safe place.
"A lobster recently caught in Belfast
Eay, Me- weighed 1S pounds and measured
81 inches from the end of his tail to the end
of the longest claw, 20 inches around the
body, and II inches around the large claw.
BaInacles adhered to the claws and body.
The monster was too large TO enter the trap,
but as the trap was drawn up became en-
tangled in the heading and was safely landed
in the boat.
The steamer Twilight, at Moosehead
Lake, is commanded by one of the youngest,
if not the youngest, captains in the State,
Captain Abner Coburn Robinson. 1t sur
prises q g cd many people to see H-years-old
Captain Robinson directing the movements
of the boat from the pilot house. No steam
boat man on the lake is said to know that
sheet of water more thoroughly and he is
very popular with the fishing parties
One of the interesting articles to be seen
at Waldoboro, Me-, is changeable silk
dress, 104 years old. 1t is made slfp-fashion,
lined about the waist with brown linen, and
has q silk belt about one inch wide, no fac1ng
about the bottom, made to trail. 1t was the
of Mrs. Betsey Shibles, of Thomas
ton. Her mother was sister to the
lamented Daniel Webster. The dress was
torn when she went to General KnOxis
funeral
Between 60, 900, 900, 900 and 100, 600, ,OOO,-
900 codfishes are taken from the sea around
the shores of Newfoundland every year. A
single cod yields something like 3.5OOO00
eggs each year, and over 5000, 100000. have
been found in the roe of a single cod. A
herring of six or seven ounces in weight is
provided with 100000 ova. After making
all reasonable allowances for the destruction
of eggs and of the young it has been calcu.
lated that in three years single pair OF
herrings will produce l5i,OO0O00.