Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

"A stalk Of celery mas grown three feet
high In Mannheim Pa. garden.
"A woman 90 years old was arraigned in
. New York police court the other day on the
charge Of drunkenness.
John jackson. a coIored resident Of
Wiiliamsport who was Separated from his
mother during the slavery days. has gone 70
Canada to fnd her and bring her home
"A farmer living between Marceline and
Brookfeld. No.. found 81 bee trees during the
i summer and fail ana as consequences has on
hand more than barrel Of strained honey.
"A horse thief recently arrested at Mon
ticello, H., had map on his person with the
route marked out by which the stolen horses
| were run on TO Southern Illinois and Ken
tucky.
colonel Wilson, the Federal officer who
captured President DAVIS over 20 years ago. has
subscribed 800 to the Davis land fund, for the
relief Of the widow and daughters Of his f5fmeF
| captive.
AT Pittston there is q man who says he
was never IN minute. He explains his good
health by the fact that bis mother sewed q
/ rabbits paw in his clothing when he was =
pa By, and he has never been Withoutis on his
| person since.
The town Of Hanover, Oxford county, is
the banner town in Maine She has neither
year had money enough in the freasuary to
run the town without assessing the inhabisants
| for poll taxes.
--RoadmasLer MolloY, of the Central Pa
cifc Railroad, was attacked BY . wild cat near
Winnemurca recently. The cat had two kit
tens and Mr.. Molloy happened upon them un-
expectedly. The old she cat flew at him but
he covered his face with his ovsrccat and
caught her By the throat and strangIed her un-
til she appeared lifeless. His hands and arms
were badly scratched.
One day last week Doc Evans, Of the
Ord Ranch. near Girdley, Col. wanted to tie
hog There was neither rope nor wire at hand,
but Chinese boy connected with the place Of
fered his queue. The offer was accepted, the
queue cut of and the hogs legs tied together
with it. The little heather has been anxious
to have his hirsute caudal appendage removed,
50 be could be -al1 same Melican" for some
time Pasts and he is now the happiest young
celestial in the county.
Two Bangor (Me.) young men have re-
turned home from hunting trip about Whit
ney Ridge. bringing with them pair of locked
horns, which they obtained from hunter IN
thar region. The hunter, in proving through
the woods in search Of game, came upon the
carcases OF two hne bucks with their horns
firmly interlocked- They evidently had been
lighting. and in the struggle locked horns. Be
ing unable to get them separated, and. conse-
quently, unable to obtain any food. they had
starved TO death in that position. One set Of
horns has nine pfongs The horns are so firmly
locked together that it Is impossible to Separate
them without saving on one Of the prongs.
"A peculiar accident occurred at Rapid
City, Ia. une-horse wagon, heavily laden
with meat, while crossing Rapid creek got
stuck" and the horse. in his efforts to get out
Of the trouble, swung around and went over
the side of the bridge, which is 80 feet high.
Inc wagon vas heavy enough to keep its place
NJ 4nfa 1t k~.r.
weight Of the horse, so thatthe animal hunghead
downward over the creek. All efforts to pull
him back onto the bridge proving onsuccess-
1ul, the traces were cut, dropping the poor
beast head first into the water He was then
gotten ashore without much trouble, but not in
a very presentable condition, as he had struck
bottom and was covered with mud.
LIN the past week Connecticut woman
has been regularly licensed to do pharmacy
business, Miss Eleanor Bird. Of Waterbury. A
few years ago she was teacher in the Home
School, then she became y clerk in Callender's
drugstore, where she learned the druggist
trade, ana lately she passed q successful ex-
animation before the State Board of Pharmacy
at Hartford. She is now a competent druggist
according TO the State law, but she has not
opened q drugstore as yet There are few
female druggists in the United States, and
most Of them are in Connections. There is one
at Bridgeport, one at Mantle on the Sound.
third at Pennington, Miss Eleanor Bird at
Waterbury, and Mrs. Ellen l. Wilson at Rock
Vile. Mrs. Wilson, IL is asserted is the pioneer
female druggist in the State. She manages the
force Of clerks. Miss Bird is now the preserip-
ton clerk in Mr.. Callender's store There are
several girl clerks in the New Haven drug
stores.
The mountain people on Walden's
Ridge, within Is miles OF CHATTANOOGA are CON-
vinced that specter deer protects the LIVING
ones. There are still large number Of deer
to be found on the mountains, and parties fre-
quently 60 from the city on hunting exDedi-
tions. They seldom fail to get within sight OF
game, but very frequently return without any.
The reason for this Is explained by one Of the
natives of the ridge in a most singular way.
II know" he said, that there is speeter Geer
a great many other people. Now can hit
top Of . cap box at 100 yards, and / never
missed deer in my life when it was An actual
flesh and blood deer. But often, when 60
hunting ! jump half dozen deer at time;
one Of them will stop within few feet, with
its side to me. shoot at it and it never moves,
and load and IRE again. Then know that It
Is the specter deer and there is no use in my
hunting any more that days would never see
another deer"
Joseph Dormer is in Jail at Eau Claire,
Wis, because he put on q clean shirt on Christ
mas morning. The young farmer had long
promised his sweetheart that she should enjoy
q buggy ride in his company as soon as the
merry IuleLoe 8nOolu De usnereu H. ana bn0
occasion being an extraordinary one gallant
Mr.. Dormer must array himself in linen Of the
highest polish. His stock OF starched garments
being unfortunately at the lowest ebb. Dormer
in great tribulation, appropriated 10 his own
use for the event q brand-new and glossy white
bosom which he found in hfs uncle's upper
bureau drawer. At the same time and from
the same depository he extracted q $40 green
back This occurred at the village Of Fair
child. whence the darling Lothario procured
team and buggy and, calling for his sweetheart
started on the long awaited drive. Dorfner's
uncle was opposed to the young mans fiancee,
and sent an officer in pursuit with a warrant.
The couple were arrested and Dormer was
Jailed on q sentence Of 60 days for larceny Of
the shirt and money. The latter had been ex-
changed for the use of the vehicle and the
former was sent to a laundry at the uncle's ex-
peuge.