Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-14
HITLER AND THITHER.
Movements Of Piusburgers and Others Of
Wide Acquaintance.


England, was driven through the East Emo yes
terday by Rev. E. R. Donehoo. II couldn't see
the beautiful houses and lovely lawns"
laughed the blind man, when he came back to
town later, "but could smell the fragrance of
verdure and feel the smootAness with which
your fine pavements out there passed our car
rage along" So many Of the trustees OF the
new blind institution are absent from town now
that it was deemed expedient by the manage
tion two weeks consequently the visitor left for
Boston last night. He will return next week
for the meeting
George E. Vickers, of the Philadelphia
Press, is in the city. George began his journal
istic career in Pittsburg Is years ago. He was
then a country boy from the hills around Taren-
tum. Now he is one of the most successful
writers in the Quaker City: his special Iorte
revolt in the Republican party OF Pennsylvanla,
which is one of the lasting books of the period.
Mr.. Vickers' parents live at Glenshaw, on the
Pittsburg and Western Railroad. and 1t Is to
visit the old farmhouse that he is here.
-Ex-Building Inspector M. G. Frank
and a party of friends. composed Of N. Hart
man, ]. Fleckner, ]. Price. George Blackburn
and c. Comp. all Southsiders, returned from
the camp of the M. g. Frank Fishing Club
Monday night A very enjoyable time was
had The club is composed of glassworkers
vile. o.. on the farm of a Mr.. Simpkins, and
have won the good win of everybody in the
neighborhood.
in the United States District Court yes
terday the bond of A. ]. Colburn, as Deputy
United States Clerk at Scranton, was approved.
Mr., Colburn was formerly lawyer at Somer-
set, Pa, where his father. Hon. A J. Colburn.
still lives. He has many friends in Plttsburg,
having pleased politicians from this city IN
various ways when he was one OF the clerks Of
the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
five years ago
-.'Jeems" Ratigan, an official in the
Treasury Department at Washington, is in
town shaking hands. Plenty of Pittsburgers
remember him as q reporter on the old
He WAS the spa Ss
viewing propensities there developed after
wards made him an excellent Harrisburg and
Washington correspondent.
DIR. Goetz and family, of Tarentum, are
spending their vacation Id barouche. Thus
far they have been hauled in 1t by staunch
little team from Allegheny county to Buffalo,
expected to reach Canada this week. They
started out through Butler county, and will
return home across the Allegheny Mountain
highways.
-Langton and Allies Byllesby. Lewis
McGaw, Dick Derrickson and F. J. Trumper
are five boys who arrived in the city yesterday
in canoes from Meadville. They left there on
Monday, floating down French creek to Frank
lin, thence 120 miles on the Allegheny, and now
their crafts-one l31z-foot boat and two canvas
canoes-are moored in the Ohio.
George T. Manson, of New York City,
h. D. Stanley, of Bridgeport. Conn.,, left this
city last night for the Paris Exposition. They
were in PIttsburg during the last three days
for the purpose of making themselves ac-
quainted with the progression made in the elec-
trio business during the last year.
Stephen c. McCandless, Esq, Clerk Of
the United States Distric: Court, is back from
his annual vacation, which was pleasantly
passed at Bedford Springs, Pa. He states that
the Springs are becoming very popular among
Pittsburgers, especially professional gentle
men
Prof W. B. Clarke, at present on q visit
with his brother, Thomas s. Clarke, of Ale
gheny, has just sustained a severe loss in the
death of his eldest son. The many friends Of
the Professor in New York and Pittsburg will
sympathize with him in his af1iction.
j. j. Mccormick has gone to New York
awaiting the arrival Of the steamships Cit, of
New York, of the Inman Line. and the leu
tonic, of the White Star Line. These are The
two vessels that left Liverpool last week On a
race across the Atlantic.
The eldest daughter of Mr.. John
Huckenstein the well-known Allegheny c,n-
tractor and prominent politician, has been pe-
ceived into the Benedictine Sisterhood at st.
Mary's Convent. North Canal street.
Joseph jackson and wife, of Derby, En-
gland, are staying at the Duquesne. They are
relatives of Mrs. Sarah A. Breck, the owner
of the Hotel Duquesne property, and have
come on visit to that lady.
"A second stroke of apoplexy has be.
fallen Mrs Robert Batchellor, of New York,
welLknown in this city. Her condition is
esteemed very precarious by her friends and
relatives.
DIR. Burns, a well-known Federal
street physician, returned home yesterday
from a tour of northwestern Europe, which
included Germany, France, Belgium and
Russia.
Miss Laura Seibert, the accomplished
daughter Of Martin Seibert, of 81 Cedar ave-
nue., Allegh eDy, is enjoying a prolonged So
journ among friends and relatives in Butler
county.
John Kelly, of the firm of Weldon &
Kelly, left last evening for Atlantic City,
where he will Join his daughter Birtie who has
been there for the past two months.
Joseph d. Weeks went to Washington
last night. He has lately shaved of his
whiskers, and the reporters had to LOOK at him
twice before they recognized him
DIR. Grimes, of Carson street, has been
called to Grafton, W. Va. to attend his brother,
who Is not expected to recover from a severe
illness. His brother Is ex-Sherif.
John C. Baird, an old time PittsburQ
newspaper man. who is now practicing law in
Cheyenne, Wyo. T., called upon his friends
here yesterday.
Mrs. A. B. Kennedy, of Cedar avenue,
Allegheny, is with her relatives at their home
near Kittanning. Her visit will last some
weeks.
Joshua Rhodes went to New York last
night to meet his wife and daughter, who are
expected to return from Europe to-day.
Sam P. Shane, General Freight Agent
of the New York, Lake Erie and Western
Railroad. will be in the city to-day.
&C. B. Mclean, President of the Ma.
sonic Bank, his wife and family leave fol-
Spring Lake, N. j., this morning.
Mrs. DR.. R. M. Sands, of Lawrence.
vile, left for Cbautauqua Lake yesterday with
her father and sister.
II. W. Phillips, a wellknown oil pro.
ducer of New Castle, Pa, arrived in the city
last evening.
John F. Scott. his wife and family. OF
winebiddle street. departed for Atlantic City
yesterday.
j. N. Pew, President of the PEOPLES
Natural Gas Company, left for Philadelphia
last night.
Mrs. E. X. Stevenson and her daughter
Elsie. Of the East End, have gone to Key East,
N. j.
John R. Mckinley. the Secretary of the
Philadelphia Company has left for the East.
H. II. Combs, a prominent iron man
from st. Louis. is at the Hotel Duquesne.
City Attorney w. c. Moreland arrived