Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-24
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading,


A FREE fight occurred last night about II 3
| o'clock at the corner of Fourth avenue ant
Market street. Beer glasses and stones wer,
used and several badly cut and bruised head
were the result John Harrison, James Tracey
| Charles McGurdy, John Mclaughlin anl
| James Sheridan were arrested.
IT takes about 365OOO cubic feet of natura
gas to supply Lindsey & McCutcheon's iror
| and steel works in Allegheny. That is when i
is on double turn. This gives an idea of tn,
enormous drain on the natural gas companies
from all the mills of the two cities
THE Ladies' Aid Society of st. Johns Epis
copal Church, Lawrenceville, will give an en-
tertainment Thursday night at the residence o.
| the pastor, Rev. W. N. Webbe, No. 44O4 Butlel
street. The proceeds will be expended for tht
| benefit of the church.
OFFICER PHILIP DoNoGH, of Woods Run
complained to Mayor Pearson that when ht
called on Robert Cunningham and William
| Jefferson to help him to arrest man on Satur
| day evening, they only laughed at him. The
| Mayor will investigate.
DENNIS FREIL, of Temperanceville, wal
| caught between two trains on the Lake Erie
road near Browns Landing. In order to escape
| he jumped over stone wall Is feet high and
broke both his legs, one of them near the
| ankle.
CHIEF KIRscHLER. of Allegheny, proved
| himself the best shot at a meeting of the
Northside Gun Club and he now wears hand.
some badge as a proof of his prowess. He is
entitled to wear il till the next meeting of the
club.
G. c. IsHAM, brakeman on the Pittsburp
and Western Railroad, had his hand crushed
while coupling cars, near sharpsburg; yester-
General Hospital, where his injury was dressed.
PHILIP sPIELER was arrested yesterday on
charge of assault and battery, preferred by
his wife before Alderman Gripp. She alleges
he choked her. Spieler was committed to iail
in default of bail for hearing on Thursday
THE remains Of Henry Carter, who died last
Friday at Denver, will arrive in the city this
morning. The funeral will take place from the
home Of F. P. Bell, No. 6S55 Penn avenue. on
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
PrrrsBURG AND WESTERN officials claim
that the freight blockade is due to a sudden ac-
cumulation of business, and to the lack of
sufficient motive power to haul cars. Other
roads are similarly hampered.
HIRAM PooLER, the Ohio river steward who
died last Monday, was not a widower as stated.
but his widow lives at present on Second ave-
nue.. He also leaves a second daughter who
resides on Tustin street.
TEN tramps we're taken in by raid on some
Fort Wayne box cars last night near North
avenue, Allegheny. One of them had quite
roll of money, and paid the costs for himself
and five of his friends.
THE Law and Order Society made II infor.
nations before Alderman Carlisle yesterday.
Five for Sunday selling and six against speak
easies. They are also shadowing some places
on the Southside.
ABOUT o'clock yesterday morning two men
attempted to rob Squire Lindsay, at the corner
of Garrison alley and Fayette street. but he
knocked one of them down and escaped from
the other.
ADDITIONAL evidence has been obtained
that the butchers of Allegheny are dumpinp
offal into the sewers in violation of all the
ordinances OF Allegheny concerning the
matter.
THERE is movement on foot in ALLEGHENY
at present to have the Perrysville road wild
ened for the distance of three miles to oiva
the electric road chance TO lay double tracks
OFFICER MICHAEL HARRISON, of the Union
station, received telegram last evening to ar
rest Hungarian named John Tocket who ia
wanted in Johnstown tor larceny.
THOMAS GRANT was placed in jail yesterday
on charge of larceny made by George Starker
before Alderman Gripp. The prosecutor Al.
leges Grant stole So from him.
JOSEPH CAMP and Frank Noland, two bovs
were arrested yesterday on suspicion of being
implicated in the robbery of A. G. seidle,s
jewelry store last week.
HANoE DUNLAP was held in $500 bal, for
court yesterday by Alderman McMasters ON a
charge of desertion made by Mrs. Dunlap.
EDDIE THOMAS, "a 9-year-old boy, was knocked
down by horse and buggy, at the corner of
Sarah and Eleventh streets, last night.
ONE of the pocketbooks stolen by Maggie
Connolly in Fleishman's store has been recov.
cred. 1t contained a railroad ticket.
THE police Of the Second district were in.
spected BY Police Inspector Whitehouse yester.
day.