Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-30
NOTES AND NOTIONS.

Tersely Treated.
Mr. HERBERT HosrErrER went to New
| York last night.
B. F. WADE, of Toledo, arrived last night at
4 the Hotel Duquesne.
Ex-CoNeREssMAN WARNER. Of Ohio, Is at
| the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
JAMES DwYER had his back broken at Por-
| ter & Co.'s Locomotive Works.
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER passed through the
city yesterday bound for Chicago.
MISS SADIE FREYvoGLE, of Fifth avenue,
left yesterday for Greensburg on visit to rel
! atiYes.
| ADAM REINEMAN. of Lowrie street, Ale
gheny, has placed a drinking fountain in front
| of his residence.
| SIX HUNDRED AND FoRTY.FIvE new publi-
cations were placed into the new Carnegie
Library at Braddock yesterday.
THE old Taylor M. E. Church. four miles
west of Brownsville, will celebrate its hun
| dredth anniversary next Sunday.
AN old woman was found on Seventh avenue
Yesterday morning with her skull fractured.
| She was taken to the Mercy Hospital.
JOHN NEWELL. the President Of the Lake
| Erie Railroad arrived in town last night and
| registered at the Monongahela House.
HON. W. s. ANDREWS, Chairman Of the Re-
| publican State Committee, was in the city yes
terday, and he left for Philadelphia last night.
WATER ASSESSOR GRUBBs, of Allegheny,
says his report of assessments Of water rents
this year shows an increase Of $16,OOO over last
year.
CITY HALL will be deserted to-day by all en-
ployes except Chief Brown and Police Superin-
tendent Weir, who will attend to business as
usual.
THOMAS NICHOLSON displayed revolver
and SO bill on Smithfield street yesterday
afternoon, and was arrested as suspicious
character.
ROBERT GRAY and Thomas MCGUIRE. two
boys of 10, were arrested yesterday on charge
of stealing tobacco from Haworth q Dew
hurst's store.
THE Pittsburg and Mexican Mining Com
pany, corporation composed of Pittsburgers,
claims to have found the richest tin minesaon
the continent.
MARY LANE, employed at the Fort Pitt
Glass Works, on Washington street, cut an ar
terry in her left arm yesterday while packing
glass chimneys.
ELMER BECK INDUCED in the little pleas
antry of striking William jenkins, of Soho,
with large bar of iron, and is now in jail
awaiting hearing.
FREDERICK KAHN. a colored boy. was COM
mitted to jail yesterday on charge Of stoning
cars on the Panhandle Railroad, near the
Fourth Avenue tunnel.
JAMES KIRKPATRICK was killed by an
engine Of the Pirtsburg and Youghiogheny
Railroad while sleeping on the track. near
West Newton, yesterday.
CHARLES LUTz of 80 Gerst alley. Allegheny.
fell over an embankment at quarry at Werner
station yesterday, and was badly injured. He
was taken to his home in patrol wagon No. z
JOHN NEELAND. a laborer at Byers' mill on
the Southside, dIed at the Mercy II ospital yes
terday from the effects of injuries received
last Thursday by falling while carrying hod.
JOHN REGMAN. boy aged 8 years, was
knocked down by pony last evening at the
corner of Center avenue and Crawford street.
His head struck sharp stone cutting an ugly
cash.
THE Pew & Emerson Oil Company has Sc
cured about 400 acres of valuable oil territory
in the new oil field at Jerry City, and the com
pany commenced drilling two wells there yes
terday.
THE rooms of the W. G. T. o. No. 2, in the
Moorhead building on Grant street, will be
open to strangers all day to-day. In the even
ing the union will hold an icecream and straw
berry festival.
ALDERMAN CARLISLE states that he has
had 100 cases lately against people who fail to
put the required plates on their vehicles. He
denies that the Law and Order Society are do
ing the prosecuting.
AN entertainment and ball was given in the
benefit of the turning class that will attend
the annual turnfest at Cincinnati on June q.
A class of ten will 60 this year.
CONTROLLERS MORROW was yesterday unani-
mously elected Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee of the United Presbyterian General As
sembly in session at Springfield, O. The Con-
troller is expected home to-day.
THE Randall Club will entertain its members
and few invited guests with a musical this
evening at the club house parlors. It is ex-
pected that the male portion OF the Little
Tycoon Opera Company will be present.
LEE SING Grant street 1aundrymau, had
a hearing yesterday on charge of felonious as
sault and battery preferred by George Hoene. |
During dispute the latter was cut slightly on
the neck The defendant was committed to
jail for court.
DEPUTY U. 8. MARSHAL GEORGE WYMAN |
yesterday arrived in the city from Cleveland |
with Perry Hallock Porter, charged with coun- |
terfelting silver dollars, half dollars and quar-
tiers. He will have hearing before the United |
States Commissioners.
w. T. SHERBINE, yard conductor on the |
Pennsylvania Railroad at Twenty-eighth |
street. was caught between the bumpers while |
coupling cars about 7:45 last evening and re- |
ceived injuries from which he died at the West |
Penn Hospital Is minutes later.
CHARLES LUTz, an employe of the Porter |
street, Allegheny, stone quarry, was precipi- |
tated so feet into an excavation yesterday by a |
.scave in" and sustained internal injuries |
which may result in his death. He is now in |
the Allegheny General Hospital.