Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-16
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents ofa Eny In Two Cities CONDENSED
for Ready Reading.

Incidents ofn Eny In Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.
EVAN JONES, A. G. Morrison and Jame'
Hemphill, auditors, heard yesterday the testl
mony of Colonel Douglass on the claim "
Thomas Carlin q Sons for the use OF hols'lns
engines at Johnstown. The Colonel recon-
mended IS day for the use OF the engines, ,as
instead of as, as charged. The hearing was
continued to November g.
The directors of the Seventeenth Waru
school district made an order recently tnat al, ,
children living on Forty-ffth street and oeyonu
shall go to the Hatfield school. 1t seems tne
boys in the school are rough and tne .,cnns Gun,
dren are afraid to go there. NOW tne Si'A1e'
want to know why the order was issueo-
JAMES CAvANAUeH was prosecuted oy
Agent o. Brien before Mayor Pearson LAST nign'
for cruelty to his wife and six little children.
The family live on Patterson alley and II wrs
alleged that he was in the habit OF gettinE
drunk and sometimes driving them out oA
doors.
THE weekly meeting of the Humane society
was held yesterday afternoon. Agent U brien
was urged to allow no instances of crue!ty 70
animals to pass without an investigation. Elk
cept the agents brief report there was notnInS
acted upon other than the usual routine.
ARUMoR comes from the West that the COM
bination between the Baltimore and Ohio, WIS
consin Central and Northern Pacific Railroads
has been almost completed, and will go into e1-
feet next week. 1t is said that frelgnt raIes
will go down in consequence
NJ. 8. EDWARDS, who was arrested at the
West Penn depot in Allegheny Monday nlght,
charged with larceny, was sent to jail 1or ~
days Chief Kirschler says he is a crook Ea-
wards refuses to state where he got the nano-
cuffs found on his person.
THE Board of Viewers, yesterday, held a
~ 4ha nd
claims for damages by the opening Of Maple
avenue Thirty-frst ward; also meeting TO re-
ceive claims for the opening of Alder street,
Twentieth ward.
THE special meeting of Allegheny Councils
called for tomorrow night will be an interest
ing one. The location of the newly proposed
electric light plant on Irwin avenue is On the
old stockyard grounds and near the Fort Wayne
Railroad.
The people living along the Fort wayne
road are circulating petition asking the rail-
road company to put on another Sunday train:
They want il to arrive in Allegheny ABOUT 1;oU
and leave the city about $50 in the afternoon.
CHIEF BROWN stated yesterday that Lieu
tenant Acheson, of engine company No. 2,
would probably be discharged for his actions
while drunk. He assaulted James Mckee, OF
Penn avenue.
Mr.. IsAAcs claims that No. 4l9 Smithfeld
street, covid not have been where Mrs Maria
Becker's speak-easy was pulled on Sunday, as
that is the number Of his iewelry store.
WILLIAM PosT made an information against
his wife before Alderman Lohmann yesterday,
alleging thar she cruelty lll-used his two chill
dren by former marriage.
The Little Fred, which was grounded below
the dam on Monday was pulled of yesterday
morning and was reported to be in good condi-
ton at Davis Island.
SAMUEL CARUTHERs, of Kansas City, tele-
graphs Inspector McAleese that he can't help
his runaway son here He has written letter
of explanation.
THERE were s5 deaths in Pittsburg last week.
Diphtheria caused IL In the Old City were 20
deaths; East End, 40; Southside, 25; hos
pitals, 10
FISH WARDEN HAGUE surprised three men
seining in the Allegheny near Etna. They es-
capped in a boat. leaving net worth S9O.
FRANK BURDENsTAFF was given 30 days by
Alderman Brokaw yesterday for pulling gun
on Panhandle conductor.
AARON c. HALBERT. ESQ, of Somersetwas
admitted to practice before the Supreme Court
yesterday.