Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-18
TALKS ON BUSINESS.
Views of Representative Men on
Many of the Leading Interests.
STORY OF A JOHNSTOWN DOG.
The American Churn Laid in the Shade
by South American Invention.
BROKERS PUT Up On THE ELECTION.

The day upon which general elections are
held are legal holidays in New York and
some other States, but not in Pennsylvania.
An attempt was made in the Legislature
last winter to enact sucha law, but it failed.
The Exchange and banks will transact busi-
ness as usual to-day.
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Pittsburg is again below st. Louis and
San Francisco in the matter of bank clear
ings. I called the attention Of Wood
street cashier to this circumstance yester-
day. He said: 'I am not surprised. The
calamity through which we are passing ac-
counts for it. They have had nothing to
interrupt their prosperity. They will not
remain above us very long. We have been
gaining on them for several years. and the time
has about arrived when we will take prece-
dence of them permanently. We would have
passed ST. Louis long ago had it not been for
her large speculative interest"
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Mr. Hampton Houghton, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, told me of an incident that occurred
at Johnstown on Tuesday. which is worth re-
peating. The big dynamite explosion there in
the afternoon of that day, forced open the door
of one of the wrecked houses, releasing large
black dog, which had been imprisoned for near
ly two weeks. He at once scampered of to the
hills but was pursued and captured by two
boys. Alively competition for his possession
as a relic of the flood Immediately sprung up.
One man bid S. another $40 and another $50
all of which the youngsters refused. Pitts
burg man named Burns then offered $50. which
was accepted and the dog was turned over to
him. He was very thin, as a result of his long
fast but soon demonstrated his ability and
willingness to make up for lost time.
Saw woman manipulating an old.fashioned
churn in one of the suburbs few days ago.
1t was hard work, and she frequently stopped
to note the result of her labor and to ascertain
if the butter had ''come." This reminded me
of the statement of traveller in South Amer
lea, to the effect that the dairyman of that
country pours the milk, warm from the COW,
into an inflated pig or goat skin, hitches it to
his saddle by long lasso and gallops five or
six miles into town with the milk sack pound
ing along on the road behind him. When be
reaches the city his churning is over, the butter
is made and he peddles it from door to door,
dipping out the quantity desired by each family
with long wooden spoon. This is labor
saving invention worthy of Yankee.
, In the absence of business at the Stock Ex-
change yesterday, there was considerable talk
regarding the outcome of to-day's election.
Both sides were represented among the brokers
and each faction seemed willing to back up
their opinions with hard cash. AS result of
the disputation several wagers were made,
the largest being $50 on 10000 against the
amendment l was told that a prominent Pro.
hibitionist in the city had several hundred dol
Iars that he was willing to risk on the same
terms.
1 noticed yesterday that work on the four
new bank buildings-those of the National
Bank of Commerce, the German National, the
Keystone and the Marine-is progressing as
fast as possible, considering the heavy work
and the unfavorable state of the weather. The
foundations of the two first named are well un-
der way. Each will be of stone. eight stories
high and highly finished inside and out The
other two will be scarcely less imposing and
ornate. All of them will be creditable to the
city and add materially to its architectural
beauty in the eyes of citizens and strangers
see that Sheriff McCandless has made con-
tribution to the business literature of the day.
1t is plain statement of legal involvements,
of special interest only to the characters intro
sion upon the reading public. The rapid sub
sidence of the popularity of literary produc-
tions of this kind is conclusive proof of an i'm
provement in the taste and circumstances of
the people. EXPLORER.