Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-17
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents of n Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.

ABOUT ten days ago a woman was found
wandering about the Southslde hills with no
clothes on. She was insane and taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital She was said to be 4
Miss Annie Wagner, but it has since been
learned that her name is Mrs. Rhinehart
Huber and her home is at 26lS Edwards alley.
She is still at the hospital and is improving
rapidly.
THE building inspector yesterday issued q
permit to P. c. Sellers for the erection of a
| Sc, 600 two-story brick dwelling on Howe street
Twentieth ward; to 5ames ]. Mum for a two
story brick on Craig street, Thirteenth ward
and to W. l.. Coyle for a building of the same
description on lot adjoining, each to cost
$1,000.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE JAMES FIELDS, OF
McKeesport, had hearing before Alderman
Gripp, yesterday, on a charge of assault and
battery, preferred by W. A. Challinor, ESQ.,,
who alleges the Squire put him out of his of,
flee when he, the prosecutor. was defending a
client. Alderman Gripp reserved his decision,
PATRICK GALLAGHER. Timothy and Charles
Doyle were arrested yesterday, charged with
malicious mischief. Henry bynon alleges that
they entered his house in Sweeny alley, which
is in the course of construction, and threw
paint all over the newly plastered walls.
A HORSE driven by James B. Allison was
frightened by drove of cattle yesterday
morning, ran off and rolled over 20-foot en-
Dankment on the NlOrnlnGSl0e ROAD Inc morse
and buggy were slightly injured, and Mr.. ALI
son had couple of ribs broken.
A CURIOUS fact connected with the Exposi-
tion Art Gallery is the extraordinary number
of sunset studies exhibited. The taste of the
hanging artists seems to run on sunsets. Upon
examination it was found that there are at
least 30 studies of this kind.
THE Pittsburg and Allegheny milk dealers
are enraged at the Pittsburg and Western
ID ola +I,., 81.
has been growing shorter each day because the
trains have been coming in late.
AN inquest was held on the body of John
Sween, an ex-Dixmont patient, who hanged him.
self in Mansfield, while those watching him
were asleep. He had been thought cured, but
his insanity came back again.
JOHN MEREDITH, a brakeman on the Pitts
burg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad, had
his arm crushed yesterday afternoon while
coupling cars at DuQuesne. He was brought
to the West Penn Hospital.
RALPH TURNBULL, blacksmith for the
Mansfield Coal and Coke Company, was found
dead from heart failure. in front of his forge
Yesterday afternoon. He was 62 years old and
a veteran of the civil war.
Ex-MAYoR MCCARTHY poisoned his dor
yesterday because a suit was pending against
him TO have it shot. The animal had bitten
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Redpath. and also
the eX-Mayor himself.
PETER O'MALLEY was injured in the shoul
der by the fall of piece of ice yesterday after
noon He is employed at Twenty-third street
and Liberty avenue hoisting ice from the cars
to the refrlgerators.
PATRICK MARTIN and Edward Myers quar-.
relied over some money at the Lake Erie DEPOT
last night, and were locked up in the Twenty
eighth ward station for disorderly conduct
THE members of the Y. NJ. C. A. object be.
cause the Citizens Traction Company has
placed a tool box IN front of their rooms. COR
ner of Seventh street and Penn avenue.
WILLIAM WHIPPLE, the tramp found on the
road with s., ,976 on his person, was taken to his
home in Jacksonville, ILL.,, yesterday BY Will
lam S. Rule, his brother-in-law.
MEMBERS of the Tariff Club can secure their
badges for tine Republican League excursion
on the Mayfiower at the club rooms on Sixth
avenue after tomorrow.
JOHN READING, employed in Carnecie,s
Thirty-third street mill, was struck by ladle
Yesterday and suffered slight fracture of the
skull.
THE Society for the Improvement of the Poor
aided 1876 persons in the last two weeks, visited
432 families and secured positions for six per
sons.
JACOB INSTALLER, living on Johnstown
Hill, near Thirty-eighth street, fell over an EN-.
banknent yesterday afternoon and broke his
arm.
JOSEPH RosENwIDE was committed to ia,I
last night, charged with the larceny of a 81
gold piece from Grace Malone.
THE Board of Viewers yesterday held final
meeting on the construction of sewers on
Meyrsn street and Carey alley.
GEORGE CAPTAIN is charged by Lizzie Clark
of No "a Clark street. with knocking her down
and threatening to SMOOTHER
A PIANO fell upon and crushed the foot of
Mrs. Lizzie Chambers, of Fifth avenue and
Gist street.
JAMES DoLAN, of the Southside is under ar.
rest charged with dragging his wife around by
her hair