Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10

Matters about Old City Hall, the distributing
agency OF the Johnstown Relief Committee,
were exceedingly quiet yesterday, and the
overworked clerks had breathing spell for the
first time since the food occurred.
Seated about on boxes and lounging on
blankets stretched upon the floor they talked
over the incidents of the past few days, ever
and anon jumping up to wait upon some poor
unfortunate who wandered in forlorn and al
most clotheless and who left with heart
lighter than for many days and raiment at least
dry and comfortable.
The great majority of people to whom we
have given clothing during the past week,
said one of the gentlemanly clerks, were
thoroughly deserving; in fact don't belleVe
we struck single impostOr until last night,
when VINO should walk IN with an order LOT q
PAIR Oh shoes but well-known 1eweler
Of this city. The order was signed by
member of the Committee on Transportation,
and fearing it was forgery, sent to Mr..
Bennett TO find out His reply was that the
order was genuine. Upon learning this L
offered the descendant of Adam the best
we had. but that was not good enough for him.
he said he wanted a new pair OF shoes, worth
about 81 and scornfully put aside pair
of second hand patent feathers which we
offered him.
Shoe Store Wouldn't Do.
AT last was compelled to send him to Mr..
Himmelrich, but the latter refused to supply
him, and he came back to tell US that he would
return on Monday, when he would expect to be
supplied. His business up at Johnstown was
assisting the sufferers, but with characteristic
enterprise he didn't care about working for
nothing. and in lieu OF money he was willing to
accept shoes.
Another incident of a somewhat humorous
nature occurred last night 1t was related by
Michael Sullivan, who rescued Superintendent
Steele, of the Cambria Natural Gas Company.
Michaels mother lives at the Point, and
among the list of the dead she read
the name of her son. As is
the custom with some, wake was arranged
for Friday night and when IL was at its height.
The wake was Immediately declared off and
general JollihcaIiOn followed. Sullivan was an
employe of the Cambria Iron Company, and
although he escaped with his life he lost every
thing else he owned in the world. including
$500 he had saved out of his earnings to pay a
mortgage on his mothers property.
CIergyman's Wants.
'Stil another incident, and one which re-
fleets trifle on the clergy, comes to my mind.
On Saturday afternoon a well-dressed indi-
vidual walked in with an order for general
outfit. I asked him what he wanted, and he
said he didn't exactly know. He'd Just got
new suit of clothes and he thought he'd take
a look round and see what we had. However.
he thought he'd take hat anyhow. 1 showed
him our stock of hats, but none of them suited
him: they were all dark hats and he said he
wanted a light one for summer wear, re-
marking incidentally that he'd lost enough,
without paying out money for a hat.
L asked him what he'd lost, and
his reply was four children and wife. Upon
hearing this Iintlmated that under the circum-
stances a black hat would be the most appropri-
ate and would cause no comment, whereupen
the alleged sufferer said that he was minister,
and that nobody would think anything of his
wearing light hat anyhow. This made me
angry, and told him didn't think we could
suit him, and the minister left in disgust"
The above and like experiences. to the credit
of humanity be it said, have been few and far
between, being the exception rather than the
rule.