Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-01
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.

Incidents of a Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.
MAX WINTERHoLDER, the Southside junk
dealer, charged before Magistrate Brokaw with
buying stolen rope, gave $500 bail for court B.
Harty, ]. Welsh and L. Fork, accused of steal.
ing the rope from W. W. O'Neill. were com,
mitted in default of bail. A commitment was
also lodged by Alderman Lohrman against
Fork, charged with stealing skiH from Will
lam Woodford.
ALDERMAN SCHAFFER denied that the case
of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank against
Assistant Cashier John s. McMasJers has been
fixed, though he says the case may be settled.
The story that McMasters paid $500 to the
assgnees of the bank is also denied. ]. II.
Sorg says nothing has been done in the case,
and cannot be unless sanctioned by the Court.
A CONSIDERABLE number of ladies, while in
Arch Street NJ. E. Church, Rev. Connor's, Alle-
gheny, wished on Saturday night they wore
pantaloons and top boots. They didn't scream,
but are supposed to have come near it. A tiny
mouse made the trouble. 1t was annoying to
the pastor as well as the ladies, until he under
stood what was wrong.
THE raid on the speak-easy at Oyster Paddy's
old stand, Water and Market streets, panned
out but s6S. James Brown contributed sS,
Richard McCabe. William Wilkinson and ]. r.
Oliver, S. each, Thomas Williams, George
Nesbitt William Brown and James Ferguson
forfeited $40 each.
IN the Orphans Court on Saturday Michael
Comisky endeavored to obtain possession of
his child, which was born while he was an
inmate of Dixmont. He recovered his reason,
and for a long time he was unable to discover
it. tits kept by his sister-in-law, as the mother
is dead.
HEAVY rains on the headwaters of the Mo-
nongahela and Youghiogheny rivers were re-
ported yesterday River and coal men are all
in readiness to take advantage of rise in the
river to-day. The mark last evening above the
dam was about six feet.
THE Allegheny City police report for Sep
tember shows 2s4 arrests; fines and costs,
S2z2 81: q people sent to Jail, and 20 to the
workhouse: 80 people paid So each for violating
city ordinances. and 3 were committed for rum
ming speak-easies.
AT yesterday mornings levee at the Central
station, Michael Carey got 80 days for insulting
Officer Alex Sharp. and c. A. Bolan got the
same doseon suspicion of having stolen s4 so
from man named Hawkins, while asleep in
Arnheim's stable.
HARRY CAMPBELL and Dorsey White,
charged with attempt to rob George W. Fisher,
of scottdale, on Second avenue. were not sent
to Claremont. Campbell paid fine, and White
was discharged. as also Frank Kemple arrested
at the same time.
THE house of Annie Robinson, on the
Twenty-elghth street hill was raided, and nine
guests and the proprietress were captured.
Annie paid $40 and COSTS, and the rest paid
Sc 40 to Magistrate McKenna yesterday.
JOHN BUNDsHUP, an employe of Howe,
Brown & Co., was shot in the second finger of
his hand as he was passing the lumber yard on
Washington street yesterday morning. He
could not find the shooter.
MARY SULLIVAN takes lots of pleasure in
playing tricks on the Central Station matron
She hid herself in clothes basket Sunday
night and gave the poor woman big fright
before she was found.
THE Department of Awards yesterday let
the contract for IL fat loads of manure to W.
P. Bigler for 1896. Half goes to City Farm
and the remainder to the Negley's run pump.
ing works lot
MARK LEWIS, Assistant Secretary of the
Central Board of Education. yesterday paid
school teachers SS6,2g7 rs. Next months paw
will be larger. as all the teachers will be at
work.
INSPECTOR McKELvEY charged Clinton
Cochran, of the Southside, with selling llquor
on Sunday and without a license. He occupies
cell in the Twenty-eighth ward lookup.
ONE Irelgnt ran INTO tne rear END OF another
freight on the Panhandle near Bowerstown
yesterday morning. Three cars were smashed.
and all trains delayed about six hours.
SUPERINTENDENT STEINMETz, of the Car.
negie Library, denies that he said that the
building would not be ready by January l. He
says it will be finished In month.
JOHN KENNEDY. employed at the Allegheny
Locomotive Works, had his ankle broken by
fall from ladder yesterday. He was removed
to his home on Stockton avenue.
NETTIE HOLMES was sent up for 30 days to
the workhouse by Mayor Pearson yesterday at
her own request, as She said she had no place
to go and she was sick.
THE Society forsthe Improvement of the
Poor distributed large quantity of provisions
within the past two weeks, and secured situa.
tions for II persons
THERE were 25 deaths in ALLEGHENY last
week, 16 of the people being under 80 years of
age. Six were infants under 1year of age.
HARRY BADGER was killed yesterday morn.
ing in the Grafton oil field, having been caught
in the machinery. F-
THERE are now over 700 convicts In the
Western Penitentiary.
The most eficacious stimulant to excite
the appetite is Angostura Bitters