Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day In Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.

Incidents of Day In Two Cities Condens ed
for Ready Reading.
THE electric lights on the Southside were
turned on for the first time last night.
ELECTRIC light cheered the citizens along
Carson street and through the East End last
night.
JAMES GILMORE, whose home is on Ann
street, fell from freight car in the B. & o. Ry.
yard yesterday and broke his leg.
j. B. YOUNG, a brakeman on the Panhandle
Railroad, had his right hand badly crushed
while coupling cars in the freight yard yester-
day.
The Imperial Club will hold a Fourth of
July reception at their hall, corner of Seventh
avenue and New Grant street, on Thursday
evening.
JOHN MOORE, Richard Foley and Charles
Haney were arrested last night, suspected of
stealing beer from Ernest Hauck's brewery,
Southside.
MIKE KELLY and his wife are charged be-
Alderman Doughty with renting a house on
Locust street for gambling purposes. They
will have hearing tomorrow.
A CARLOAD of corn was donated by num-
ber of Western dealers for the Johnstown
fund and 1t was sold at the Grain and Flour
Exchange yesterday. bringing about $500.
HENRY ScHwALM, a workman on the new
day afternoon by a timber falling on him. He
was removed to the Homeopathic Hospital
JAMES GALLAGHER, decrepit man, fell
from the embankment at the Thirty-third street
railroad bridge last evening and broke his leg
and arm. He received surgical attention.
AT the suggestion of Judge Stowe the last
grand Jury recommended that the streets sur
rounding the Court House be paved with
smooth blocks of stone to prevent noise from
passing vehicles.
REV. j. G. BROWN, d. D., the retiring Prin-
cipal of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at
Williamsburg, has been elected President of the
Board of Trustees of that institution, vice
Alex Bradley, whose term has expired.
VIM KING.a driver for T. G. Evans & Co.,
the glass dealers, was arrested yesterday on
charge of collecting S45 80 belonging to the
firm an6 failing to turn it over. He will have
hearing before Alderman Gripp tomorrow.
MRS MACK was arrested yesterday on an
old warrant issued by Alderman 0ripp on
charge of larceny. She is alleged to have
stolen S26 from Ann McCann some months
ago. She will be given hearing on Tuesday.
Two men entered the house of Gottfried Ru-
dolph, 100 Perry street, Allegheny, last Friday
morning and succeeded in getting away with
a gold watch valued ar 500 before Rudolph
could catch them. The police are unable to
trace the burglars.
IHE DOdy Oh JOnn n. fbOSS, WHO WAS on the
day express wrecked on the day of the Johns
town food, was identified by j. X. Shanahan
by figure in India ink on one of the arms
After preparation the corpse was sent to Nc
Keesport for burial
CHARLES A. BROWN, of Mercer county, died
at the West Penn Hospital yesterday forenoon
from injuries received by being struck by an
engine in the Panhandle Railroad yards at
Mansfield few hours before. Brown was
about 81 years of age.
THE Southside patrons of THE DISPATCH
and other newspapers who have had papers
Stolen from their doors will enjoy some relief
now. One of the thieves was arrested yester-
day He was only II years old. After q
reprimand he was allowed to 60.
CAPTAIN SYLvUs under orders from Chief
Brown, cleared the streets of all peddlers of
jewery, etc., arresting Is persons in the dis
charge of his instructions. Some of them had
peddling licenses, but all were arrested
charged with blocking the sidewalk.
CoRoNER MCDOWELL commenced an in
quest at yesterday afternoon on the body of
Charles A. Brown, the brakeman on the Pan
Handle Railroad who was killed while cross
ing between trains at Mansfield yesterday.
The inquest will be continued tomorrow
morning.
UNsLAKED lime is beginning to be regarded
as dangerous freight by railway officials since
its contact with water Set the drift on fire at
the stone bridge in Johnstown, and again
caused destructive combustion at the Latrobe
wreck. There is some talk that shippers NAV
be required to put lime In stronger packages
for shipment.
MKs AUGUSTA DIFFENBACHER, the
mother of another one of the boys shot by ]. o.
Slemmons with an airgun. day or two ago,
made information against Mr.. Slemmons yes
terday before Alderman McKenna. The de-
fendant gave bail for hearing at the same
time as that of the other case tomorrow morn
ing.
YESTERDAY afternoon Oficer McDonough,
of Allegheny, arrested Sarah Fink for the
alleged larceny of s76 belonging to Michael
Zaper, of No. Benton street. Both the man
and woman had been in attendance at funeral
in Woods Run, and Zsper claims he dropped
the money out Of his pocket to the floor. He
missed it when he left the house, and on his re-
turn found that Mrs. Fink had spent IS bill
at nearby store. He accused her of taking
the money, which she denied, and later she was
detected with roll Of 366