Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-27
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
Many Matters of Much and Little Moment
Tersely Treated.

Many Matters of Much and Little Moment
Tersely Treated.
WHOEVER voted in June before?
Mr.. JAMES MCGINLEY, went to Philadel-
phia last evening.
THE campaign waxeth. This doesn't neces-
sarily mean that it won't turn out ''wet," how
ever.
SQUIRE A. h. LESLIE left last evening for
Chicago to attend the annual convention of the
Good Templars, to be held there, beginning
to-day.
ROBERT CAsKEY, Lindsey Grier and J.
Boughton addressed a Constitutional amend
ment meeting at the Heron Hill reservoir yes
terday afternoon.
COLONEL VIM. H. MOODY PosT No. I55, G.
A. R., attended services at the First German
Protestant Evangelical Church, on Mt. Wash
ington. last evening.
yesterday for court trial by Squire Peffner, of
Homestead, on charge of cruelty to children
preferred by Constable McBroom. -
MAYOR PEARSON, of Allegheny, had an un-
usually large hearing yesterday morning.
Justice was meted out to Is prisoners who had
been gathered in during the night.
MICHAEL CoNRoY, who was stabbed on
West Carson street late Saturday night was
reported to be in a dangerous condition last
sailant
STRENG's rag and iron warehouse on Gerst
alley, Allegheny, caught fire from a defective
flue yesterday afternoon. The blaze was extin-
guished by the Grant engine company with a
loss of about $780,
THE Southsde Medical Society will meet to.
night and take steps to raise funds for the new
hospital. The building is being put into condi-
ton, and it is expected that it will be ready
to occupy by June l.
THE Allegheny Turner's held a very enioya-
BILE picnic in grove about six miles out the
Evergreen road yesterday. There were five
large wagon loads of Turner'S and one or two
wagon loads of refreshments.
THOMAS GALLAGHER and Thomas Reddy
two young men from Homewood. were violently
thrown from buggy while driving yesterday,
and the former received a sprained ankle and
other slight injuries. Reddy was unhurt
HARRY HoLDANE, Freight Agent of the
National Tube Works, left last evening for
New York, to attend meeting of the Classif-
cation Committee of the Trunk Line and Gem
tral Traffic Association, to be held In that city
tomorrow.
ROBERT WILLIAMS an old man living on
Beaver avenue, near Washington avenue, Ale
gheny, fell down flight of stairs at his home
yesterday morning, dislocating his shoulder
blade and injuring his back. He was attended
by DR.. Miller.
CAPTAIN DAN SILvUs has a pocketboolx
containing a small sum of money and a slim of
paper bearing the name "H. H Slifer.n which
he found at the Exposition building Saturday.
The owner can recover it by seeing Captain
Silvus-unless the owner should happen to be
too numerous
JOHN MCCURDY, aged 43 and a painter nv q
trade, died suddenly at Hohoben on Saturday
afternoons The Corner deputized 'S0nire
Burke to hold an inquest. which resulted in q
verdict of death from excessive alcoholism
The deceased was member of the G. A. r.
but it is not known with what post he was con.
neoted.
w. G. 7. u. No. Z held an amendment meet.
ing in the Southslde market square yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. ]. M. Foster presided and
addresses were made by Mrs. NJ Youngson and
Mrs. S. E. Hammett. This union will hold a
strawberry and ice cream festival at their
rooms in the Moorhead building Thursday.
May 30
ABOUT 1870 o'clock last night Lieutenant
Booker, Special Officer Kelly and several other
officers .raided a "speak-easy' on West Carson
street and arrested and locked up NJ. A. Clarke.
Mr.. Clarke had his bar in his cellar where
there were one man and two women. MT.
Clarke was serving beer from keg labeled
Lager beer. from the j. Walker Brewing Com.
pany, Cincinnati. or The police say BE mas
been doing big business recently.