Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-06
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents Of a Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Read ading.


CHARLES ARNOLD was committed TO jail
yesterday by Alderman Warner, being charged
with selling liquor without license.
ALBERT DENNIsoN, a laborer employed at
the Keystone mill, had his right foot crushed
by large bar of iron falling on it yesterday.
THE Board of Viewers yesterday received
valuations for assessments for sewers on Ann
and Marion streets, Howard, Spring and Mui-
berry alleys.
Mrs. MARY REESE yesterday sued Mrs.
Catharine Blackamore for damages for SANDER
A capias was issued for the arrest Oh MIS-
Blackamore.
Mrs. JENNY KINNEY was yesterday held for
court by Judge Brokaw in $500 bail for selling
liquor without license. and in $500 bail Tor
keeping disorderly house.
CHARLES REED, colored, and Fred Monroe,
white, were arrested in Allegheny last night.
1t is alleged that they were trying to rob a man
at the Fort Wayne station.
THOMAS EVANS charges Henry and Miriam
Marsden with conspiracy and blackma1 before
Alderman Warner. The prosecutor alleges he
has been vtctimized to the extent Of $40.
WILLIAM SCAPPEL, who was working at
Finch's distillery on the Southside, hadh cash
cut IN bis head last night by piece OF scaTold-
ing, and had to be taken to the Southside Hos
pital
WILLIAM STEADER, an employe in Dill
worth Porter Co.'s mill, Souths}de, had his
hand crushed in the machinery yesterday af-
ternoon. Two Of his fingers had to be ampu-
tated.
In the last two weeks the Society for the I'm
provement of the Poor visited 3O6 families,
aided 164 and distributed among them 547
loaves of bread, 200 bars of soap and l25 gar
ments.
THOMAS WNrERBAcH charged Joseph
Smith before Alderman Schaefer with perjury
last night. alleging that he had been wrongly
accused of larceny by Smith. The latter gave
bail FOR a hearing.
Maloney was attacked on the river bank near
the Fort Wayne Railroad bridge and relieved
of s. Later he caused the arrest of John
Flaherty on a charge of highway robbery.
AN ordinance was before the Allegheny
Councils Finance Committee last evening pro-
vidIng for the granting of an additional salary
OF 81, 500 to the Delinquent Tax Collector, the
allowance of per cent on his collections not
being considered sufficient.
ALLEGHENY's deaths last week numbered
As; q children under 10 and II infants being in
cluded Five deaths were from typhoid fever
four being from the Second ward-princi-
pally from jefferson and Tullis streets, and one
at the General Hospital. Fever is said to be
rapidly subsiding.
WHEN Clerk Sheppard called the roll in
Select Councils special meeting yesterday
afternoon only eight members responded to
their names, although dozen or more were
lounging about the Hobbies and halls in the
building. Chairman Ford, with well-concealed
disgust adjourned the meeting without having
the indolent members called in.
THE hearing before Alderman McKenna in
the case of Mark Wishart, Edward B. Hesson
and ]. P. Young, alleged Law and Order detec-
tives who are charged by J. A. Martin with
acting as detectives without license, was post
poned yesterday until o'clock this afternoon.
The postponement was at the request of Mark
Wishart, who is fireman on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and could not get into the
city until to-day.