Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-27

THE CHIEF Justice OF the United States. Mel
vile w. Fuller, went through Pittsburg on
the fast line yesterday morning, bound for his
old home in Chicago. He took breakfast in the
Union Depot cafe, bought copy of THE DIS
PATCH, and walked up and down the platform
for few minutes, taking the bracing morning
air. His step is as firm and his eyes are as
bright as before he went down to Washington
to wear silk gown. The Chief Justice was
prepared to express an emphatic opinion on
only one topic, the Worlds Fair. He said:
Chicago will be successful"
THE prediction was made yesterday, by Mr..
Washington Porter. one Of Chicago's COM
missioners sent to Washington. that if his city
is given the Worlds Fair, the buildings will be
almost completed within II months. "Chi-
cago," he said, .sis now second to Pittsburg
only in the production Of iron and steel, and\ If
Chicago cannot get out the material quick
enough, we will ask Pittsburg to help"
IN the course Of a talk yesterday about pres
ent vagaries of the weather. one of the gem
tlemen connected with the United States
Signal Service, said: Every center Of low
barometrical pressure, after making a south
sweeping curve through the United States
passes away toward the Northeast down the
valley of the st. Lawrence, across Labrador to
Iceland. On that northern island there is a
permanent low pressure. Why it is SO, do
not know, and nobody knows with certainty
That low pressure, believe, has more to do
with the high temperature of Iceland, as COM
pared with the temperature elsewhere in the
same latitude, than the Gulf Stream. tits prob
able that the seat Of that low pressure was
once still further north, and that Iceland was
then warmer thanit isnow.
ONE man was carried out of the Casino last
night in another mans arms. 1t was Gen
eral Decker. the side -whiskered dwarf. Some
body picked him up with ease and ran down the
stairs with him. The Generals eyes were stick |
ing out like big China marbles ''That was |
close shave" he said. "Thesmoke blew through |
my whIskers"
IT was worth ones while, on Christmas after
noon, to stand at popular corner. like the
corner Of Smithheld street and Fifth avenue,
and observe the variegated procession of neck
ties which passed by. There was parade of |
new heckties, worn for the first time that day.
They had been received as Christmas presents. |
When woman cannot decide upon any other
gift for gentleman, she buys necktie. The
display Of new neckties was gorgeous one.
There were all colors from spotless white to
blue and black. Barred ties revealed them |
selves to be high favorltes-barred with purple |
and lavender, black and gold, blue and white. |
Thepretttest ties are those which show fowered |
figures upon plain, light tinted ground. Some |
of these are very brilliant. But they age faster
than-well, than actresses.
r IvER men have saying that If the river |
does not freeze over before Christmas, it is |
likely to be frozen up during nearly all the
months Of January and February. Thus far |
during this winter there has not been fieck of |
ice upon the rivers here. and the operators |
therefore lock for an abundance of ice until |
well along in the spring.
Hon. A. CoFFRoTH, of Somerset formerly |
member Of the State Senate, is at the Hotel |
Anderson with Mrs. Coffroth.
MICHAEL ]. DEAN. the big-mustached super
intendent Of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty, has been in i'll health for some |
weeks, but during the past three days he has |
been SO poorly that he has been confined to his |
house for the greater part of the time. His /
work is looked after by N. E. Dorente.
JOHN R. JoHNsToN's big alligator. sent to
} him by Captain Doddler. of New Orleans,
has been playing sad havoc in the store at No. |
O1
South has been kept chained in his big tank.
but he grew 30 froliesome or hungry Christmas
evening that he broke the chain and crawled
out of the tank. There have always been kept
in the store number of cats and kittens. They
are to be found, as rat destroyers. in all the
grain commission houses along Water street. /
In that particular house there were four half
grown Kittens as cute and sprightly as could
be. Mr.. Johnston used to love to lie in the
middle of the floor and play with them all the
afternoon. He will play with them no more.
When the storehouse was opened yesterday
morning, the alligator was found sleeping in
one corner. puffed with eating. No kittens ran
to greet the opening door, but the floor was
strewn with cat-fur.
a MAN Of about 50 years said to the Stroller
yesterday afternoon: "Do you know,
think the winters are getting milder right
along. It's been about ten years, according to
nv reckoning since we've had good square
winter. Twenty-Five or 80 years ago, when
was young fellow. we used to have cracking
pld winters, snow two or three feet deeD for
months at time. The days of those old sled
ding parties, apple parings and dances all night
long in some big house over the hills seem to
be gone. won't be one bit surprise if they're
raising bananas and oranges around here after
awhile"
a LTHoUGH the sun was pleasantly warm
yesterday afternoon, and the streets were
thronged with the pretty women whom Pitts
burg can turn out in great numbers, not sin
gle one Of the Anderson Hotel mashers posed
his handsome form in front of the entrance to
that house. The policeman on the near corner
smiled.
a FTER the generous distribution by Mr.. c. L
Magee of 123 suits of new clothing to that
many newsboys it was expected that the little
fellows who sell papers would appear yesterday
dressed, like McGinty in their best, suit of
clothes On the contrary, they were just as
ragged and dirty as usual. They had carried
their new clothes home and slowed them in a
drawer. ragged suit is the better appeal for
patronage.
THE late DR.. Charles Albert Ashburner was
one of the best friends Of the newspaper
men of Pivtsburg. He was formerly with the
and was never known to refuse TO see news
paper man. He was good judge Of what
made up news item, and it was his habit,
when interviewed on scientific subject on
which the reporter was not well posted, to sit
iown, busy or not busy. and write out the item
for the visitor. The reporters have tender
of the brilliant young geologist
who has just passed away.
THE STROLLER.