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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
AIn,t snxin, n Word.

From the Chicago Inter-ocean.l
II the Hon. James q. Blaine would only sass
back few words tired Democrats would be
exceedingly happy. Democratic organs have
literally worn &hemselves out on the Cabinet
and have nothing to show for it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
A New Kind of Fire.

From the Boston Globe.I
The freight steamer Hindoo has arrived In
this port with q fire In her hold. which had
been burning for ten days. 1t must have been
very conservative kind Of fire. Insurance.
companies would like to obtain some fire Of
that slowgoing variety. and introduce 1t to
general use
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
ATTACKED BY A COPPERHEAD.

A Farmer Likely TO Die From the Effects
of Snake Bite.
SHELBYvILLE. Ind.. August N.-Rooert
Rosencrantz, of Washington township, was at
tracted to the barn, last night, by the noise OF
his dogs While cropping his way around he
was attacked by q large copperhead snake,
which bit him severely on the arm. The arm
began to swell and gave him terrible pain. His
condition to-day was of critical nature, the
doctors fearing that he could not survive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28

A CONTEMPORARY remarks: "Most Of
the large failures this year are traceable TO
debts" True enough. IT there were no
debts there could be no failures; but
there would also be remarkably decreased
amount of business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOU
SAND laborers out on strike in London,
affords our free trade friends an evidence
that their favorite pattern is not wholly
exempt from that trouble.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
Caught an Oid.Timer.

Thomas Collins, the fashionably- dressed man
who was captured by Detective Mallan, Of
Captain CastIn's steamboat squad. after he had
stolen Mrs. Ennis purse at the Cunard pier,
Saturday, was shown to the 60 Central office de-
tectives at police headquarters to-day, to ascer-
tain if any one knew him. Detective Sergeant
Lyman identified him as a Philadelphia crook
who goes under the alias of Long g-faced Kel-
ly," alias Coffin. He has served several terms
in Pennsylvania prisons. After his photo was
taken fos the rogue's gallery he was arr Aligned
before Judge O'Keilly at the Tombs, where
Mrs Ennis was. Judge O'Reilly held the pris-
oner in $500 bail for the grand jury, and told
the detective it was good arrest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28

lockwood justice. of hanging man first and
holding the trial afterward. The Senator
gets the pension allowance and then calls
for a medical examination to demonstrate
that he is entitled to it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
VIEWS on LIQUOR QUESTIONS.

Decidedly divergent views on the liquor
legislation are cropping up in various
quarters at present. One of the most notice
able is that presented BY Mr.. Bradley, the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
Died .t Her Bu.ba nd's FunernL

CARLISLE, August H.-Jacob Nickel, who
died a few days ago of typhoid fever. was
buried this afternoon at Mt. Holly While the
funeral was on its way to the graveyard Mrs
Meixel wife Of the dead husband, died from
grief Grear excitement prevailed at the
graveyard
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28

IT must be conceded that Senator Man
derson's course with regard to that pension
allowance has favor about it of the old
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
yo.,r swedish Mormon Converts.

The steamship Moravia brought l2s Mormon
converts here to-day. More than half Of them
were young Swedish peasant women. They
were in charge of the elders who persuaded
them to come to America
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
Fcha An.wers. yyhns

Echo Answers, Wh0s
From the Chicago Tfmes.l
An American minister is needed at Hayti
Who wants the jobf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
No Time to Exchange Compliments.

DR.. Lewis A. Sayre, It is alleged, has spoken
slightingly of DR.. William A. Hammond's ex-
periments with DR.. Brown-Sequard's elixir. DR..
Hammond. in reply, called DR.. Sayre liar and
no gentleman. DR.. Sayre was asked to-day
what he had to say to that. He did not seem to
worry over the matter He laughed after read
ing the charges, and said: 'I am not going to
discuss this matter with blackguard. His let
ter answers itself. never saw a representa-
tive of the San Francisco Examiner, as he
charges; but no matter, simply deny all his
charges.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
Lost His Last Friend.

George NJ Storrs. son of late Emory E.
Storrs, of Chicago, passed last night in jail be-
cause he had stolen several hundred dollars
worth OF bric-a-brac from his roommate, Rob-
ert W. Place. He was arralgned this morning
in police court. on the specific charge of car
rying of and pawning several bronze vases
worth $780, He wept, confessed, and pleaded
for mercy in the courtroom till, out of pity for
his miserable condition, young Place withdrew
his complaint. As he left the courtroom Storrs
exclaimed: This winds me up. am ruined
and disgraced forever, and haven't friend in
the world" Storrs' troubles began with his
acquaintance with Aline LIE Huray, in q West
Side boarding house. His intimacy with her
led to his divorce from his first wife in 1884.
He married Miss LIE Huray, ana lived un-
happily with her till 1885, when she, with her
1Smonths-old child. deserted him. He fol-
lowed and stole the child, but was subsequently
arrested and had to give bonds to keep the
peace. Finally Mrs. Storrs commenced suit
for divorce against him, and Place, the man
he has just robbed, went on his bond.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
Brought to nm Abrupt Halt.

A few days ago Mrs. Thomas Solo abandoned
her Italian husband to live with John Clark,
on one of Senator Plunkett's garbage scows, of
which Clark was captain. Solo discovered her
whereabouts, and got q summons which ordered
Captain Clark to produce Mrs. Solo in court
After dark last night. Solo. with the summons
in his pocket, rowed down the bay to the scow
on which Mrs. Solo was enjoying her peculiar
honeymoon. Clark did not recognize him in
the dark, and helped him to climb aboard As
soon as Solos feet touched the deck. Clark
recognized him, seized an ak, and with it
knocked him down and cut several chunks Of
flesh from his shoulders. Then he tried to
throw Solo overheard. The commander Of a
passing Governments tug interfered, rescued
Solo, and caused Clark's arrest. Clark is in
Jail.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
Irvins's Lonely Grave.

Surrounding the old Dutch church, made
historic by Irving's romance, is graveyard
Here our great American author is buried. his
grave marked by simple white slab with no
inscription but his name and the date OF his
death upon it. A trodden path. which bears
more enduring testimony to his work and life
than any written praise, leads to the grave.
With all the changes that have been brought
about by the growth of the country. the old
graveyard still retains that same repose and
quiet that Irving describes In his Legend Of
Sleepy Hollow" and this, his burial spot, har-
monizes with the associations that gather
about his name. M. M.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
WASHINGTON IRVING's HOME.

Where the Gifted Author Lived and Wrote
"A Neighberhood That Abouuds In Ro.
mantle Lore-sleepy Hollow and the
Donner Berg-Anecdofes of the Famous
Writer.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,
About the valley Of the hudson hovers many
tradition. To Washington Irving do we owe
the charm of the quaint legendary lore that Is
thrown around the lower river. Sunnyslde
itself is romance. Originally it was little,
old-fashioned stone mansion, all made up OF
gable ends and las full of angles as an old
cooked hat" The scene of some Of his best
romances is laid in the vicinity of this, Irvings
home. Here are "Wolferts Roost' and
SLEEPY Hollow" 1t was in this home that
Irving was always accessible. Here old friends,
his Dutch neighbors and little children all
found him genial and ready for talk. At one
time an English newspaper reporter came and
introduced himself, accepted the cha racteristic
hospitality and remained for luncheon. After
ward, when the host fell into little doze,
as was his custom, the wary Englishman took
arapld inventory Of everything in the house
and served up the description through the
British press. idcluding the nap of his enter
tainer. AT another time, Irving good naturedly
says: Two persons came to me and one held
me IN conversation while the other miscreant
took my picture"
Irving and His Contemporaries.
Irving stands alone in the field of literature.
Few have attempted his style-ncne have sue
ceeded in it. Every literary man of his time
had nothing but affectionate praise for his
wonderful good nature and his exquisite
literary art He is less read, however, by the
present generation than in former years, and
literary critics maintain varying views of his
genius. But when he won the praise Of such
writer's as Thackeray, Byron. Scott and Dickens,
his position in literature was assured.
Thackeray named him the Goldsmith of our
time, while Charles Dickens. in referring to
him, said: There Is no living writer, and few
among the dead, whose appreciation 1
should feel SO proud to earn. In my thoughts
and in my heart of hearts, may honestly and
truly say so. "Diedrich Knickerbocker" Ihave
worn to death in my pocket And again in his
American Notes." descriptive of a reception
given to Washington Irving Just before leaving
for the Court of Spain. says: ~ scarcely be-
heve in all the madness of American politics,
few public men would have been so earnestly
devotedly and atfectionately caressed as this
most charming writer. Ihave seldom respected
a public assembly more than did this eager
throng when saw them turning with one mind
from the noisy orators and officers of State and
focking with genuine impulse around that man
OF quiet pursuits. grateful to HIM with their
whole hearts for the store of graceful fancies
he had poured out among them"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
Icbabod and the Goblin.

Ichabod once across the bridge, thinking
himself safe and probably not remembering
the fate of Lots wife, ventured to look
back. At this moment the goblin rose
in his saddle ana threw his head
at Ichabod. In another moment the Connecti-
cut schoolmaster lay spawling in the dust
while the horse, the goblin and missile all
passed like whirlwind. - A broken
pumpkin was found next morning at the spot
and Ichabod was never heard Of again. Brom
married Katrina, and wise people guessed (?)
who was the headless horseman.
Irving has given to New York fanciful
early history based on fabled traditions Of
Van Twiller, Stuyvesant and dull Dutch Gus
toms. But contrasted with the metropolitan
and cosmopolitan life of New Workers to-day
it makes the early history as fabulous and as
neurological as that of the Greeks or Trojans.
Every part of this region abounds in romantic
associations. Each mountain, hill and valley
has some tradition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
In the Rural Districts,


In the descendants of these early Dutch we
meet with a primitive, frugal people.
who, in their characteristic vernacular,
tell Us countless legions, some beauti-
full, some historical. some ghostly. The
tragical story of Major Andres capture makes
that point haunted spot. The Donner Berg
(Thunder Mountain) that rises SO grandly at
the turn of the Hudson. opposite Peeksville.
was SO named because Of the frequent storms
that gather around its summit in summer. Irv-
ing in his legend says: "The captains Of the
river craft ialk of . little Dutch goblin. in a
trunk hose and sugar loaf hat with speaking
trumpet in his hand, which they say keeps the
Donner Berg. They declare that they had
heard him in stormy weather giving orders in
Low Dutch for the piping up Of fresh gust Of
wind or the rattling OFF of another thunder clap.
Sometimes he has been surrounded by crew
of little imps tumbling head over heels and
playing thousand gambols in the air and buz-
zing like swarm of bees about st. Anthony's
nose and that. at such time the hurry-scurry
of the storm was always greatest"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28
GISY OF GoYHAM's GOSSIP.
Accompanied by Samples.
NEW YORK BUREAU SPECIALS. !


NEW YORK, August N.-Mrs. Switzer, of
Harlem. complained at sanitary headquarters
that since the dumping of sand in a vacant lot
near her house all of her rooms had been in
tested by heas. This complaint was Investi-
gated, and formal official report. tied with
red string and sealed and stamped, was fled to-
DAY for the information of the Board Of
Health concerning Mrs. switzer's feas. Ac
companying the report and duly stamped and
folded with the report as an official exhibit is
slip of paper with four dead feas stuck on,
squeezed fiat, and the following comments
The above specimen of feas is in reference to
citizens complaint No. II, 792 and is very common
at present in many places in Harlem, where there
is no sand rear, as mentioned in said complaint
The specimen Is from No. 47s East One Hundred
and Fifteenth street (next door to Mrs. Switzer).
as the complainant was not at home, and Mrs.
Beck, next door, said that the heas in her house
are the same as in No. Az.
MATTHEW SMITH, Sanitary Police Inspector.
Work nt the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Fourteen hundred men are now at work in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard The riveters and
iron-plate men are rapidly pushing forward the
work on the Boston's damaged bottom. The
Chicago's engines are still working well, and
she will be ready in two or three weeks time.
The Brooklyn will be taken to the Norfolk
1t is probable that many months will roll by
before she will be ready for commission. The
Yantic will participate in the Baltimore cele-
bration next month, and will then 60 to Norfolk
for repairs. The construction of the steel
cruiser Maine is progressing slowly. The
Lancaster. which is to be dismantled, will go
into Rotten Row.
WouIdn'f Leave Without Her Mother.
About rs persons escaped on fire ladders from
the upper stories CT a burning tenement house
on the Eastside, early to-day. A young girl in
her nightdress stood crying at third story
window. Everyone before the building was
shouting to her to come down, but she only
wept harder and shrank mp to the window case
ment, to avoid the smoke and sparks. finally
the firemen climbed up to the window. When
they reached her she said: my mother is in
side. will not go down without her" The
firemen entered the rooms, but found nobody.
They told the girl so, and bade her 60 down.
She refused, and held to the railing, still crying
that her mother was inside. An immense
crowd had gathered and the excitement be-
came intense. The hremen had to exercise all
their strength in getting the girl down, for she
struggled like q maniac, They succeeded,
however, in reaching the first story Of the
next building with her. There the girl met her
mother and fell unconscious at her feet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-28

THIS afternoon sleep deserves chapter to
itself some other time. An expert practicer
promises me the fullest access to her expert.
ence and knowledge of others habits.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

A very curious number is II a,S57,which
multiplied by !, ,, 3, 4, 5 or 6 gives the
same figures In the same order, beginning
at different point !; but II multiplied hy 7
gives all mines. Multiplied by I 1t equals
r42,Ss7, multiplied by lit equals aSs,7I4,
multiplied BY 3 equals 4aS,7sT, multiplied
By 4 equals s7i 4sS, multiplied by equals
7i4,aS5, multiplied by 6 equals Ss5i42
multiplied by equals 10000. Multiply
r4a,Ss7 by s and you have r,I47,ss6. Then
add the first figure to :he last and you have
I4a,Ss7, the original number, the figures
exactly the same as at the star. Another
mathematical wonder Is the following It
is discovered that the multiplication of 9 s
76s432I by IS gives 444,444,444.44s.
Reversing the order of the digets and null
tiplying a34s67So by As we get re
suit equally curious, ssss,s5ssos. If we
take Ia34s67So as the multiplicand,
and interchanging the figures of IS take
81 as the multiplicr, 6,666, ,666,6o6. Return
ing to the multiplican,l, o876s43a !,
and 81 as the multiplier again, we get s3,-
333,333,34 SIS except the first and last
figures, which together read 81, the multi
plier Take the same multiplicand and a7,
the half of 81, as the multiplier. we get a
product of a6, ,666. .666, ,667--all 6s except the
| first and last figures, which together read
AZ, the multiplier. Now interchanging the
order of the figures ~ and using "a as the
multiplier and oS 6s43aI as the mul
tiplicand.we get product of 7r,IIr,riI,Ir1
all rs except the first and last figures
which read together 7a,the multiplier.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

The reign ot terror In some parts OF the
East, caused BY White Cap outrages, has
Effective measures are AZ last being taken
to bring tho offenders 10 justice. II Is high
time. Whatever good may At frsi have
been done by the cowardiy miscreants who
go abroad at nights to whip and abuse those
suspected of immoraiities, was soon more
than Offset by greater evils. The failure
OF justice in civilized courts does not just
fy return to the methods OF barbarisni OF
semi-savagery. Evils that law cannot cure
are best reached by the education OF an
enlightened public sentiment.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04
Look Here.

We ar. closing c"t our stock of boots and
shoes, and to show you that VIC mean whas
we say quote you few of our prices
Ladies' best French kid button shoes at
$4.3s, regular price, $3.50. none better in
town; ladies' extra quality French kid, but.
ton, at So rs, regular price, $500; ladies,
good French kid, button, at $3, regular
price, So; ladies' bright Dongola, button, at
Sa.75, regular price, $3.50; ladies' bright
Dongola, button, neat and good, So, regu-
lar price So; ladies' American kid, So, reg
ular price, So; ladies' American kid, 81. 2s
regular price, So; child's oil grain button
school shoes, from 81 TO ST.. 20; few pairs
of ladies' rubb>4.. - cents to 40 cents
mems rIbbcrs, so cents; also large as
sortment OF mems boots. Come and see.
BRowNELL g. STANARD.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

There are some hopeful signs that Mr..
Harrison will enforce the civil service and
tenure of Office laws almost as rigidIy as
President Cleveland has. Shouldh he do so
the principles OF true civil service reform
will begin 10 take such root In the minds
of the people by the time of the close Of
his term that the people thereafter will be
unwilling TO return TO the old spells sys-
sAsu
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

The total immigration of foreigners into
our states from and during the year 1870 TO
and including the year 1857 amounts 10
f3,63a.77f. How such a mass of foreign
population can be assimiiated with our own
people Is ono of the wonders of the century
There Is danger that this free country be
come an asylum for foreign criminals and
paupers, without the exercise of the mos,
rigid scrutiny on the part of our Govern
ment officials.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

John Wanamaker Is at the head of a
movement to organize great Presbyterian
club at Philadelphia.--Ex
IfJohn Is as successful In raising funds
for that club as he was In raising funds TO
buy votes at the late election, the under
taking will be eminently successful and the
great merchant will have earned seat In
The cabinet of the cIub,a he Is said TO have
done In Harrison's cabinet.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

Senator ingalls, regards Government Office a
existing for the purpose Of paying his debts. |
the men who work, ''spend money and get up
in the night for Ingalls, have claim on the Coy.
ernment, why shoald he no, discharge bis butch.
ers and tailor bills by getting them a fat APP
pointmentl The theory Of personal proprietor
ship in the Government patronage is danger
ous one both at the muzzle and the breech.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

Replying to the question, "Shouid women
propose marriage ?" the Rev. De Witt Tai
mage answered "Why,you are centuries
too late In asking that question. Women
always have Proposed,and always will pro-
pose. Words are very weak things COM
pared with womanly affability and lowell
ness. The most splendid being on earth is
a good woman, and when, with all her at
tractiveness, she makes up her mind that It
would be we'll for her to be the wife of
some good man, and that 1t would be
equally we'll for him, she captures him as
easily as a regiment captures the corporal.
II does not make any difference whether
her tongue proposes or not, her eyes pro
pose, her smile proposes. her mode Of ent-
ering room proposes. Until man gets
from woman proposition of thai style
he had better not make q proposition of his
own unless he wants to be made TO feel
| ridiculous the rest of his lifetime"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

Some Albany republicans are scheming
TO secure the Office of U. S. Marshal for
Oregon for II. p. Mays. Of The Dalles.
This u said to be . move TO antagonizc the
claims Of n. D. Humphrey for that Office.
Ifthere l. TO be "clean sweep" under
Harrison. which many believe, then party
service Is to be the chief recommendation
for Office, and In this sense we think the
Capt. has fairly won the Office. Let any ono
who knows reflect upon the party service
rendered BY the Captain during the June
and November campaigns, and especially
the valuable services rendered his part y
in the late city eiectlon,and he win say the
Captain has earned the U. s. MarshalshIp.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

Democrats Of the House are preparing
to make vigorous fight on the tariff ques.
ton II the Senate bill should pass and come
before that body. This Is right. Let the
educational work 60 on. The democratic
position Is right on this question and time
will prove IL
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

AS emperor Of Germany, young William re.
ceives no salary, but as king Of Prussia he has
s., 500, 900 year, 80 he continues to keep house
and get along fairly well.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04

The inventor Of the roller skates made over
100000 Notwithstanding the fac, that his pat.
lent had nearly expired before It's value was
ascertained.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04
MARRIED

KNox-wALLACE.-Tn this city, on
December a6th, 1883, Mr.. Layton Knox
and Miss Wallace, of near Lebanon, Rev
II. p. Webb officiating.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-04
DIED.

RICE.-on Dec. a6, at Harrisburg, Miss
Retta, daughter of Thos. Rice.
LONG.-On Thursday, Dec. a7th, 1885,
at his home between IIalsey and Shcdd,
Mr.. James Long.