Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-30
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Light to Lishten sewickley by Nisht-A Man
Who Could Not steer His Mind-A Law.

Light 70 Lighten sewickley by Night-A Man
Who Could Not steer His Mind-A Law.
yer's Hopes.
ACCORDING to the latest obtainable infor-
nation the WestinghouseElect Lighting Com
pany. of Sewickley, will be in a position to
make that Pretty suburban place of radiance
by night as well as day about September ID A
good many of the poles are already up, and the
power house has been commenced. The dyna-
mos and engines win be sheltered in an iron
building at Fife street and Centennial avenue.
Although Sewickley has been lit of late by
gas, the streets. nearly all of which are pfen-
teously endowed with shade trees, have been
little darker than is agreeable to anyone whose
perambulations are not undertaken in pursuit
of Irritation. With hundred arc lights the
likeness of Sewickley street after night-tall
to the interior of q whale will be shattered. 1t
will be an act of great grace to those who can
not always get home petimes to let the silvery
electric globes shine on till the midnight train
from town arrives. The large and beautiful
collection of dogs which Sewickiey boasts may
regard this extra illumination as an infringe
ment of their rights to bark at and occasionally
bite strangers. but on this occasion the nation
will expect Sewic kley to rise superior to her
canine attachments.
THE few lines which appeared in this column
some days ago anent the distribution OF flowers
in the stores and which were penned IN an
honest desire TO benefit women who work pretty
hard for living, and also to show what
pleasure some women find in doing kindly
deeds for their fellow-women, have been SO
woefully misunderstood by some of the readers
of THE DIsPATc H that despair of bringing
any good ous of further discussion of the sub
ject
The ladies who have written taking one side
or the other of what they insist shall be con-
trovarsy, will be good enough, feel sure, to
consider their letters read and digested, with
out seeing them in print
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THE man who cannot keep his mind and will
tied to any res elution more than an hour is to
be pitied and now and then he is superb
source of entertainment to his friends.
Thefe used to be at the head of a mercantile
establishment in a nearby town man who
was famous for his irresolution and his weak
memory. One morning when 1 entered his
office ne was talking apg7ily in a loud voice
about his chief clerk. The latter, man
named Causton, who is dead now, was hard
worker, but unfortunately hard drinker also.
he had failed to put in an appearance on this
morning, and his employer was summing up
the case when entered.
"Causton off again." he said. "This Is too
muchi won: have such a worthless scamp
in this office a day longer. Pve stood his
drum ken habits too long. This day he goes.
Mr.. Breton, you can tell him if he comes in to-
DAY that he's discharged. Give him any pay
there 10 due to him, and tell him not to ask me
to give him a character. The blanked hound!
I'll teach him he can't impose upon me any
longer"
As he paused for breath he caught sight of
me and added: snow, you are q witness to
what say. won't have that Causton inside
this place again. If he tries to enter, call a
policeman and have him locked up, Mr.. Bre-
ton. I'll send him to jail and be rid Of him.
Blank his picture"
/ may say Just here that 1 had heard pre-
cisely the same denunciation of the luckless
Causton from the same lips perhaps half
dozen times before, but had never heard of
the consequences being serious for the defend
ant.
In the afternoon of that day when 1 entered
the merchants Office found Causton sitting
in o comfortable armchair smoking one of his
employers cigars. He retired soon after en-
tered and gave me chance to ask whether he
had been discharged.
discharge CaustonY" was the reply. "well,
really think if he does not mend his ways I
shall have to be very severe with him, very
severe indeed It's the only way to make him
behave-treat him firmly anc let him under
stand he can't do as he likes with me-"
The scene of the morning and his determine.
ton to have done with his erratic employe had
slipped out of the mind or under the will of
this funny old man.
REFERRING to the prosecution of the private
detectives and aldermen for blackmailing and
conspiracy a leading attorney said yesterday:
~ hope and believe that this revelation OF
rascality will be the entering wedge for a
movement which large majority OF citizens in
Pittsburg approve, namely the abolition of the
Aldermanic system entirely. 1t cannot come
too soon for the sake of justice. 1 have met in
the course of my practice few Aldermen who
were tolerably competen. to discharge their
duties, and who were certainly honest. As to
how many of the other sort have known
personally, or by trustworthy evidence. Iwould
not care to say. The necessity for a stipeudary
magistracy of educated and upright men
grows with the growth of the city. 1t cannot
be long before Pittsburg demands the reform.
may be sanguine, but believe I shall live to
see the grand jury, acumbrous institution. and,
unhappily. only too often an absolute hindrance