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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
LITTLE VICTIMS OF A FIRE.
Two Children Dead and Three Dying as n
Result of an Accident.

Two Children Dead and Three Dying as n
Result of an Accident.
DETROIT, December 20.-Five children
were fatally burned during the fire at the re-
hearsal in the Tilden school last evening.
Jennie Lankshear, aged Is, who was burned
about the body, died at midnight. Bertha
Moody, aged 12, burned about the hips,
head, arms and face, died this morning
Bessie Bamford, aged IA, was burned about
the body from the waist up and will die
Nellie Westgate, aged 13, had her hair
burned off, inhaled flame, and is given up
by the doctors. Lucy Renshaw, aged 15, was
burned in a similar manner. A number of
others were also terribly bnrned.
The children who were rehearsing q
Christmas cantata, which was to have been
produced this afternoon for their mates and
friends, were costumed in gauzy stuff and
cotton batting. About 20 of them remained
until o'clock, when they were making the
final rehearsal of a chorus One of them
held candle close to the accompanist that
she might the more easily read her notes,
when one of the-children, who was swinging
wand, accidentally knocked the candle
out of its holders hand against the dresses
ofthe children nearest and into pile of in
fammable stuff near by, and the costumes of
the children took fire instantly.
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Austin bowed and thanked him for the

Austin bowed and thanked him for the
compliment.
''In the first place." said Mr.. Mixer,
where is No. 8 GOodwOod street?"
Il am going home, " said Austin, "and
will show you"
They proceeded down the street side by
side, Austin glancing at his companion hall
suspiciously, as though not quite sure OF has
real character. Mr.. Mixer was a short man,
not over so years of age, with a keen, gray
eye, which was evidently busy in taking a
mental photograph of every step OF the way:
''This, !" said Austin at last, ''is Goodwood
street. and there is No. 5. !"
Mr.. Mixer stopped in front Of the gate
and looking long and earnestly at the house.
Then he opened the gate and walked slowly
ND the path toward the steps, at the foot Of
which be halted. From this position be
surveyed the building from roof to basement
with the air of one who thought of building
house precisely like it.
t'The body" said Austin, twas found
here where we now stand"
Mr.. Mixer made no reply, but continued
to gaze toward the upper windows and along
the fronts of the three-Story verandas to the
end of the street. The blinds of No. 3 were
closed, the widow and her child having
found a temporary home with her parents,
and Eliza Fleming having been dismissed.
"Hsve you any theory in regard to the
murder" asked Austin.
''Yes," f" said Mr. Mixer.
MAY ask what it is?"
mo-" said Mr.. Mixer.
SIT would seem," said Austin, little
vexed, 'as if the blow must have fallen
from the clouds"
''Or from the upper veranda," said the
detective, grimly.
Austin started. "Surely," he exclaimed,
''you do not suspect any Of the Davis
family?'
"No," replied Mr.. Mixer.
The detective mounted the steps and,
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RssuIt Of Home treatment.

Some time ago Mr.. Harry Phillips, oil
Hutton, Allegheny county, Pa, COM
menced course of home treatment for his
catarrhal trouble, under the care of Drs. Cope
land & Blair.
At that time his trouble had assumed very
aggravated form. He stated to the writer as
follows:
''My nostrils would clog up. My head ached
constantly l had severe pains in my chest.
There was dropping of mucus from my head
to my throat l had night sweats. Ny heart
would palpitate rapidly, and be followed by a
slow, irregular beating and feeling of faintness.
/ was daily growing weaker. The slightest ex-
ertion tired me, and was unfit for work"
How do you feel now"
Like another being. All the symptoms 1
have described to you have disappeared and
feel as well as ever was in my life.
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mo. I73.1


A CE-AUTHORIZING THE
IA construction Of a sewer on Carey alley,
from crown OF alley between South Twenty.
third street and South TWenty-fourth street to
South TWenty-fOurth street.
Section l-Be it ordained and enacted By the
city OF Pittsburg, in Select and Common C0un-
ellis assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That the
Chief OF the Department of Public Works be
and is hereby authorized and directed to ad-
vertise in accordance with the acts
of Assembly of the Commonwaalth OF
Pennsylvania, and the ordinances Of the said
city Of Pittsburg relating thereto and regula-
ting the same, for proposals for the construc-
tion of a pipe sewer 10 inches in diameter on
Carey alley from crown of alley be-
tween South Twenty-third and South
Twenty-fourth streets to connection
with sewer on South Twentv-fourth
street, the contract therefore 10 be les
in the manner directed by the saic acts Of AS.
sembIy and ordinances. The cost and expense
Of the same to be assessed and collected in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of an act Of As
sembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsvlyania.
entitled IAN act relating to streets and sewers
in cities of the second class" :" approved the 10Th
day of May. A. ID. 1889.
Section 2-That any ordinance or mart Of
ordinance conflicting with the provisions Of
this ordinance, be and the same is hereby re.
pealed SO far the same affects this Ordinance
Ordained and enacted into law in Councils
this 18th day of Noven Der. A. D. 1889.
H. P. FORD. President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD Clerk Of Select
Council. W. A. MAGEE, President of Com.
mon Council pro TEN. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayors Office. November N 1889. Approved.
WIN. MCCALLIN, Mayor. Attest: W. b.
MCCLEARY, Mayors Clerk.
Recorded IN Ordinance Book, vol. Z, page 2l3,
Hth day of December. A. d. 1889. delS
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mo 1G4I

AN ORDINANCE-INCR THE
IN pay of the Fire Alarm Telegraph opera
tors In the employment Of the city and pre-
scribing the time at which the payment of the
increased salary shall begin
Section 1-Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg. in Select and Common Coun-
ellis assembled. and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same, That from
and after the date of the passage OF this ordi-
nance the salary of the Fire Alarm Telegraph
operators in the employment of the city Is
fixed at the sum Of eleven hundred and fifty
dollars per annum and the said Fire Alarm
Telegraph operators shall receive compensa-
ton for their services at the rate of eleven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum from and
after the date Of the approval passage hereof.
ordinance conflicting with the provisions Of
this ordinance be and the same is hereby re-
pealed 90 far as the same affects this ordinance.
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THEIR ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
A Successor to be Chosen to the Late Hon.
Welty Mccullough.

Welty Mccullough.
The Mount Pleasant and Broadford, the
Wheeling, Pittsburg and Baltimore and the
Sharpsville Railroads will hold their annual
meetings in this city Jan uary13. The lines
are operated and leased by the Baltimore
and Ohio, but still retain their original or
CARNATIONS.
The former road runs from Broadford to
Mount Pleasant, a distance of ten miles.
The Wheeling, Pittsburg and Baltimore is
the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and
Ohio, and the Sharpsville runs from Will
mington junction to Sbarpsville, about 20
miles. The only change to be made will be
in the Secretary and Treasurership of the
Mount Pleasant road. Hon. Welty Nc
Cullough, of Greensburg, who died in Au-
gust, was the last one to be elected. His
successor will be chosen at the meeting next
month.
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She wouIdn,r Go Back.

Camille Demauil and Mrs. Dumont, the
Cochran station elopers, were arraigned at
Central station yesterday morning before
Magistrate Gripp. Arthur Dumont the
deserted husband, refused to make tech
nical information against them. Demauil
was sent to the workhouse, as vsgrant for
four months, and the woman was discharged.
She refused to yield to her husbands en-
treaties to return home with him, and she
left the city for Marietta. O.
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M. Wi,hhrauinr Nnu.

Sherwood Council, J. Q. o. A. NJ, has 0
late been considering the advisability Of
Withdrawing from the Funeral Benefit Asso-
citation connected with the order. Some OF
the members claimed that as the lodge has
sustained no death losses since its inception.
the insurance was costing too much. The
motion to withdraw from the association was
defeated on Thursday night, and the lodge
will remain in it.
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0nr snecinI Wntnh.

We have been surprised at the demand
for them. All admit our claim that we
have the neatest, thinnest and best watch in
the market. Guaranteed absolutely salts
factory as regards time.
HARDY & HAYES,
jewelers.. Silversmiths and Art Dealers,
529 Smithfeld ST. New Building.
IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

IT is the business of everyone having a
cold to treat it promptly and properly until
it is got rid of-intelligent experience for
tunately presenting curative in DR.:
Jayne's Expectorant, thoroughly adapted
to remove speedily all coughs and colds
allay any exciting Inflammation of the
throat or lungs, and remove the distressing
symptoms of asthma or pleurisy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
Fifth Avenue.
RAIN!

RAM RAIN! RAM
Umbrella department booming these days
Plenty to pick from; hundreds of nice um.
brellss for ladies and gentlemen in silk and
gloria and with nobby handles; all spread
out on two counters just on your lett as You
enter the store. The prices are right. You
can buy them from 70 cents to 81 90, and all
equally good for the money.
CAMPBELL, & DICE.
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sterling silver umhrslIn..

A large and new collection, all prices,
from the modest one for an elderly person to
the swell one for the SNOWY young man or
woman. at HARDY & HAYES
Jewellers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers, 529
Smithfeld st. New Building.
Open every evening. IT'S
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1889,
1855.
Holmes' Best,

The holiday season-is time Of festivity
and reunion. The board should be supplied
with good cheer. Add some Of the above
brand. w. II. HOLMES & SoE,
120 Water street and 158 First avenue.
TTSsu
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VERY PLAIN 1ALK.
Showing the Outline of Route Which il
Often Followed.

showing the outline OF Route Which is
Often Followed.
When person with a delicate constitu-
ton has tendency to catarrh or consump-
tion-whether this tendency is inherited or
results from taking cold easily-lt is notice.
able that that person invariably loses flesh
and loses strength, showing that the nutrition
is interfered with.
In such case the sufferer should at once pe
placed under influences that will restore the
defective nutrition and tend to inVigorate the
constitution.
1t is to be remembered in every case the
presence of catarrh is an evidence of predispo-
sition to consumption, and no matter how
slight the attack may be, it should be treated
with the greatest care, and the treatment
should be continued until all traces of the ca
tArrh have disappeared.
If the catarrh is allowed to reach the small
est tubes in the lungs-which condition is indi-
Gated by the splitting up of yellow material
then immediate attention to the malady is de-
manded, or serious lung trouble will result.
Catarrh is nine times out of ten, the cause
that produces consumption, and hence no one
can afford to neglect case of eatarrh how
ever slight. 1t is easily cured. if taken in
time and treated regularly ana correctly by
specialist. If left to itself 1t is rarely cured
without a change of climate, but with each
new cold it gets more and more troublesome,
extending always a little deeper into the lungs
until a cure becomes difficult and sometimes
impossible.
81 should like to be treated" a lady re-
marked the other day, "but would not like to
have my name in the paper" Let it be stated
that Drs. Copeland & Blair never publish
name or statement without the full and free
consent of the patient, nor do they publish
one-hundredth part OF the testimonials, letters
and statements received by them from grateful
patients. As observed, the statements given
are entirely voluntary, and are given by the
patients for publication. Drs. Copeland &
Blair would never publish the most emphatic
testimonial unless the patient giving it under
stood that it was TO be printed and gave willing
consent.
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THE TWO EAGLE BOYS
is the title of an ingenious fairy
story in to-morrow's DISPATCH
by Ernest H. Heinrichs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

wCLARA BELLE in 'to-mor-
rows DISPATCH gives some inter-
ing New York gossip.
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Ordained and enacted into law in Councils
this 18th dayof November, A. d. 1852.
II. P. FORD. President Of Select Coun.
Select Council. w. Al. MAGEE. President Of
Common Council pro tenn. Attest: GEO.
BOOTH, Clerk of Common Council
Mayors Office, NovemberZ7, 1882 Approved:
WIN. MoCALLIN, Mayor. Attest: W. II. Nc
CLEARY. MAYORS Clerk.
Recorded IN Ordinance Book vol. ., page 20,
14th day of December A ID. 1889 de18
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THE PEOPLES STORE.

BEECHAM's Pills cure bilious and nervousIlls
PEARS Soap secures beautiful complexion
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

The main object nowadays in viewing
eclipses is to obtain new light on the subject
of the nature and extent OF the corona, the
bright effulgence which is seen surrounding
the suns disk at the moment of totality. As
soon as the binding rays are shut off by the
medium OF the moon this halo appears. 1t
is an uncertain quantity in size as we'll as
character, for it varies tremendously in diff
ferent eclipses. There is first very bright
rim of light lying close to the dark edge of
the moon, then tine flames take definite
shape and shoot off into space to enormous
distances.
These things are Doted by means of an or
binary Photographic camera attached to a
strong telescopic lens. A clockwork keeps
the apparatus moving in unison with the
motion of the earth, so that the obscured
sun is kept in the field of the lens through
out the period of totality. Successive pho
tographs are taken, each instrument thus
producing q series of plates.
''You have, of course, noted, said q
Washington astronomer to Star reporter,
''that when you 60 from a light room into
a dark one you are temporarily blinded,
and it takes an sppreciable time to recover
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-11
Experiences of the Druggist.

I Isupposo there is no one, not even
physician, who holds life SO peculiarly
in his hands as druggist. There is
no prescription brought us that has
not life hanging in the balance-Ey
our mistake or correct filling. Er-
rors by drug clerks are not common,
and if one is made it is hcraldCd
throughout tho country. But people
are exceedingly nervous, nevertheless
especially ladies. They send pre-
scription VIC have filed sometimes
threo or four times to us TO know if we
are "surc it is all right" We have
repeatedly to assure them, but often
they refuse to take tho doses. They
imagine the "coloring is not just so, "
or the tasto is triflo different from
tho last. They are difficult to satisfy.
With men patrons, unless with
moro serious cases, it is only qucs-
ton Of cigars or quininc. They drop
in and take quinino in all imaginable
quantities from two grains to fourteen,
either in capsules or soda. What Gus.
toner do we like best to sec? Why,
the girl who has tho crazo for toilet
articles. She spends more money
than dozen hypochondriacs or gen.
uino sick people. Yes, for financial
results give us the dainty rl.-Drug
gist in Globe e-Democrat
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Wild uorSo OF the Plains.

So much has been written Of the horse
of the plains, which, foaled upon tho
dew kissed grass of the prairie, has never
known q halter or the touch OF mans
hand, that descriptive reference to their
fleetness, wariness and oftentimes their
graceful beauty, particularly among the
stations, would at this day lack interest.
But one curious fact IS known to but
few aside from those who have followed
them for hundreds of miles and studied
their habits closely. If there are enough
in a band these animals group by thir-
teens. With every stallion there are
twelve mares. What becomes Of the
weaker males whom the stronger fight
awav-whether they bide their time to
get the quota Of females or, in the des-
pondcncy of equine bachelorhood, go OIL
alone and starvo thcmselves-is not
known. Tho matrimonial regulations of
:ho wild horse, however this may be,
allow to each male twelve consorts,
and, the remarkable feature is, no moro.
They draw the limo at an even dozen.
Even when the bands that roamed these
great plains, then tenantless except by
other wild creatures, numbered In the
hundreds and more than q thousand this
peculiar division into familieswas plainly
noticeable. They kept little apart and
never voluntarily mingled.
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
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The Neva is the glory OF st. Peters

The Neva is the glory OF st. Peters
burg. 1t is the soul of the city, the
cause of it's being and the secret of lis
greatness. Every one knows that ST.
Petersburg stands on the Neva. But
no ono who has not lived in the city
can imagine what the Neva is to St.
Petersburg. Even the Russians them
selves do scant justice to their magnili-
cent river. What tho Adriatic is to
Venice, that the Neva is to st. Peters
burg. The city is as if built on the
river, and seems almost to float on the
water.
One-third of st. Petersburg is built
upon the islands which lie in tho bed
Of the Neva, and which arc united
with the mainland by several bridges,
opened for an hour or two in the early
morning for tho passage of ships.
Ocean going steamers can therefore
steam through the heart of st. Peters
burg, and the sight of these great ships,
anchored opposite the palaces on the
Quai dc la Cour, is almost like that OF
the tunnels of the steamers amid the fol,
iage of the trees that line the canals at
Rotterdam. Many of the most fash
ionable houses arc built along the
canals, and tho views of the Fontanlla
from the bridge between the Anitch
koff palace and that of the Grand Duke
Serge is one of the most beautiful city
scenes I havo ever beheld-W. IT,
! Stead in Contemporary Review.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-11
How to 1.-Two Long.

Milk is not always admirable rs dim
nor drink, especially when fish plays any
part in the menu. Tea or coffee taken
with meat is simply suicidal. These hot
beverages turn the meat into something
resembling leather, and the result inter-
fcrcs sadly with digestion The man who
desires long lifo must not give place to
"high tea' in his daily programme. Of
tea itself it can only be said that it is
harmless if not taken too often or made
too strong. Tho American lady who
after several calls and cup Of tea at
each remarked that she could "always
worry down another cup" was probably
unaware of the mischief she was doing
herself. No one need totally abstain
from tea if they only take the precaution
to buy it good, not to make 1t strong, not
to let it infuse Long, never to take 1t
moro than twice n day and to abjure 1t
after in the afternoon.
The morning tub is indispensable to all
who wish to live n long and healthy life.
1t is true that there have been centena-
rians who have known nothing Of this
luxury, but their longevity has been In
spite of that fact, not because of it. The
bath Is good, but not too much bath
Walking is good, but it must not be over.
done. Dickens oyerdid it. Most of us
however, underdo it, and scarcely WALL
enough Flesh accumulates upon us il
middle ago because wo do not take sufh
cicnt exercise, and then we give up lont
walks because wo are stout and conse
quently lazy, thus reversing tho proces
of cause and effect. The health suffer
seriously, and way is opened to man.
maladies. Cor. London News.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-01-11
A New Textile Plant.

Consul Williams, of Rouen, reports
that M. J. Dc Turcl, of Lille, man
ager of spinning mills, has brought to
light a toxtile plant Of Chinese origin
which he has called ''exotic flax" 1t is
only about half the price of ordinary
fax, and the finest lace orthe strongest
cord can be made from it, as well as
great variety of intermediate fabrics
such as tablecloths, napkins, etc.
The material can bo spun without
combing, and worked by tho ordinary
flax machinery. The refuse fiber re-
sembles cotton, and can be worked in
the same manner. The exotic flax
ulant is the "dolichos catgang' Of
Cochin China, called 'dau" in Ton
auin, and bears the doliquo or Tonquin
bean. 1t is cultivated on lands near
the rivers or the sca.-Cassell's Maga-
viDe
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Il MIRAGE AT NIGHT.-Carrington
Dak., Jan. 2.-On Saturday, between
and II p. m. the singular and beauti-
full spectacle was witnessed of mirage
at night The day had been very warm
tbe thcremometer reached to GO degrees
10 the shade, and the condition of the
atmosphere was certainly unusual The
sky was more or less clouded, particular
ly on the horizon. Patches of prairie
fire were visible at all points Of the COM
pass. To the North, South and West
there was nothing iu their appearance
to attract attention, but two masses of
fire to the Northeast Of Darlington
were unlike those in any other direction.
These fires were with wonderful dis
tiuctness heightened into the very clouds
Just as in the brilliancc of the sunlight
the obscure stack is made to assume the
dimensions Of a lofty tower. Then,
again, the connecting link between the
real fire and its double disappeared, and
there was a perfect reflection of the fire
in the clouds, individual tongues oi
fame being pictured in the super-heated
strata like the familiar fata no-gana
At another time the reflected fire seemed
to waver in the air like ,he restless shim
mer of the most brilliant aurora. The
spectacle lasted until tho fires died ou
all together.
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May 27

ss~z -ErLlQ wnlcn ~: uysDcDlcS
should bear in mind is this: witlic.:::
strong, healthy, wholesome blood in
their veins they cannot be either well
or happy, and it is from the food we eat
that blood is made About tho most
that medicine can do for you is to reg
ulate the bowels and secretions, in
crease the appetite, and supply any
constituent that may be absent from
the blood, such as iron, etc. Over
eating is the most fruitful source of
the dreadful mischief of indigestion.
Young growing people need sub
stantial diet to build up their frames;
hard out door workers require good
and abundant food; middle aged
people who do not work should eat
most sparingly, and of diet not too
much mixed; the old need still less to
sustain the system. .-Casselrs Family
MapaZine