Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
Many Matters Of Much and Little Moment
Tersely Treated.

1 NU1ED AM NUl1VNDs
Many Matters Of Much and Little Moment
Tersely Treated.
PRoB's frowns.
| FAMILIAR landmarks-Those on the news
boys faces.
EX-SENATOR SAMUEL MCCLURE, of Sharon,
is at the Monongahela.
PAUL HAcKE. H. G. Frick and Jos. Speer
went to New Ysrk last night.
DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTOR FORD reports
a total of $42,2S6 42 collected in February.
PROF. DURLING, of Indiana Normal School,
was in Allegheny yesterday visiting the High
! School.
CHICAGO politicians are becoming sensitive.
| They draw the line at calling the Mayor a
| horsethief
AN EIsmere clerical collar is now advertised
The clerical caller will blush to find himself SO
conspicuous.
MARTIN HE1sER, the insane man arrestev
in Allegheny, ON Tuesday night will be sent to
| the City Home.
JAMES E. MORROW and family left yester-
day for Slippery Rock, to the regret of large
circle of friends.
The French mission is promised to Cincin-
| natl man now. He will learn to speak the
| language in time.
ABURMAH missionary converted heathen
and then married him. It's good thing she
| converted him first.
THOSE Western clergymen who declared
| Shakespeare died of a drunken debauch forget
| to frst prove that he ever lived.
A CRITIC says "Amelie," the front name OF
| Rives, should be pronounced as rhyming with
family, but Amily says it's too soon.
ANOTHER old fable fails-A crooked stick''
| in the Eastern firm of Greenbough has fled TO
Canada and down comes the house.
A HEAVY landslide occurred at Shousetown,
on the Lake Erie road, on Tuesday. 1t took
the men five hours to clear the tracks.
A GRITTY country girl has horsewhipped a
forward gallant She doesn't know that she
has scared away just Il, ,999, ,999 others.
THE man Harper, who attempted suicide,
lost his temper at the doctors and will probably
| win his life, unless hemorrhage sets in.
AND now Mrs Potter is said to be breaking
| down. II this thing keeps up theater-goers
| will be obliged to fall back on actresses.
The fact that Congressman now ask twice as
much salary as before is explained by The fact
| that they are dong one-half as much work.
MRS. MARION MCBRIDE. of New York, is
to establish Press association for women at
Paris. Wonder what Mr.. Nc thinks of it.
THOSE applicants for the Pittsburg Postofice
| are not trying so hard to get in themselves, as
they are trying to keep the other fellows out.
JOE HOWARD, who sues Mrs. Lucy Wilbert
for giving him slap in the face need not be
surprised if she gives him slap behind his
back.
AGENT DEAN has taken the 6-months-old
child of Mrs Jennie Camp from her husbands
| custody and sued him for neglect and nom
support.
| Mr.. CHARLES ARBUCKLE, of "Baby Bunt-
| ing" fame, has bought Dieters Hotel in Brook
lyn, for S450,OO0, and will convert it into an
Office building.
THE fact that it is easier to say mean thing
! and bright thing, than good-natured thing
and bright thing, augurs something wrong in
human nature.
THE Restaurant Protective Association seems
to favor individual protection. A scant half
dozen appeared at the meeting yesterday, and
| there was no meet.
Low, vulgar, senseless, degrading, impious,
street swearing is constant shock to ladies
| and the hundreds of innocent school girls now
crowding the avenues
A CAR crashed through the heavy blocks at
the Union depot last night and tore up the
| platform for quite a distance. Everybody e.
| cited, but nobody hurt.
DIR. o. W. SADLER, of Penn avenue, writes
from Florida that his wife has SO much recov-
cred that he feels safe in leaving her, so will
!
YESTERDAYS session closed the meeting of
the Royal Arcanum in this city. Only routine
business was transacted. and the next gather
| ing will be in Chambersburg May Il
JOE HENRY and Mollie West are in Central
station and will have hearing before Gripp
this morning. A cabman who thought he was
worthy of his hire made the complaint.
REV. CHARLES HUDSON SMITH, of Boston,
who is insane, escaped from his home several
| days ago. and is believed to be in Allegheny. A
reward of 500 is offered for his capture.
AN echo of the late election war comes from
the First ward in the shape of suit in court
| by Matthew Golden against Officer Manion
and James Fallon. for assault and battery.
VICE PRESIDENT THOMSON and General
Superintendent Petit, of the P. R. R., are on
| a tour of inspection. Passenger Agent Thos,
| E. Watt returned from New York yesterday.
IT certainly is a pity that young bicycle riders
| are too modest to wear knee breeches, If they
| continue wearing fabby trousers much longer
| people will think they have two reasons for SO
| doing.
The capote, with low trimming, and the
tocque will be the rival bonnets for ladies'
| favor this spring. This is gwen on the author
| ity of a fashion journal, but it is supposed the
man in back seat in the theater prompted the
| Item.
THAT S100 donated to the prohibition cause
| by the Queen of Madagascar has found its
way into the hands of the w. c. T. U, and
| will now go toward the purchase of red
| shirts for the Queens subjects.
FIRE escapes for the Monongahela House.
| for the building of T. G. Jenkins and for the
| Bijou have been approved. The Board of Fire
| Escapes has ruled that people refused permits
| to erect wooden buildings can appeal to them.
A MAN in Philadelphia says he sees every.
thing as if looking through the reverse end of
| a telescope. 1t is supposed to be stranger
| from Pittsburg who will be all right as soon as
he gets used to the one-story houses and small
| people.
| WHAT'S in name is shown in the case of
Johan Anton Breiler, who served a year in the
penitentiary under another mans name with
| an alias Just as ridiculous. He has become an
| imbecile, and Chief Elliott furnished him with
| ticket to New York.
REV. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE will deliver
lecture this evening at the Smithfield Street
Methodist Church under the auspices of the
Ladies' Missionary Society. The subject of
the lecture is, THE Parson and the People, ("
| and treats of the curious and amusing obser-
vations and experiences of a minister.
THIS life, so fiat, stale and improbable. is
sometimes frightened by spark of human
nature. or divine love- no matter which. A
| clumsy awkward workman shambled along
Smithfeld street yesterday. His face of
coarse dress, and showed losing struggle
| against merciless odds. In one knotted,
| gnarled hand was clenched baby doll a
trifing scent affair that the careless shop girl
had not thought worth the wrapping up.
A STARTLING STATEMENT.