Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-26
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading,


THE Board of Viewers yesterday received
claims for damages in the opening of Bennett
| street, in the East End.
SERGEANT MCCURRY, of the Thirty-sixth
ward station, yesterday arrested h enry Macer-
mann for selling bogus jewelry.
A YOUNG man named Peal had a silver watch
and chain stolen from him at the "merry-go-
round" on the Southside last night.
ALDERMAN LoHRMANN. of the Southside,
'speak-easies" have been made before him.
1T. HANLoN, brakeman on the Panhandle
Railroad, had two fingers crushed while coup
ling cars near Jones Ferry yesterday morning.
SoUTHsIDE Council No. z, Independent Sow
ereigns of Industry will hold their annu ual pic
mic at Kinney's Grove on Saturday, August 10
ANNIE KoEHLER, of Allegheny, was arrested
by Oficer Eichenlaub on the plaint of her pa
rents. who want her sent to the Reform
School.
JOHN MCCLINToCK, an employe of the ALE
gheny Locomotive Works, fell from rafter
Yesterday afternoon and had his right leg
broken.
GEORGE HOLMES, colored, was given hear
ing before Alderman Maneese last evening on
a charge of ill-treating a mule and allowing
it to die of neglect in his stable.
THE City Clerk is to have two additional
assistants in his office, one to be appointed by
the City Clerk and the other by the assistant.
Twelve hundred and 81, 900 re the salaries pro-
posed.
A GERMAN named Ke agern, residing on
Thirty-seventh street, had his leg broken at
Carnegie, Phipps & Co.'S mill on Thirty-third
street yesterday by large piece Of iron falling
upon it.
EvALINE DoERR, the servant girl who was
arrested some days ago on Wylie avenue, was
committed to jail yesterday by Magistrate Nc
hearing oh
of larceny.
MRS. SCOTT, of Jones avenue. charges Mrs.
Mary Wart with severely beating her and
threatening to stab her with a fork during a
family quarrel. The defendant gave bail be-
fore Alderman Porter.
A SYNDICATE of capitalists has paid Colonel
Thomas M. Bayne 100000 for 120 acres of land
at Bellevue. A charter has been obtained for
an electric road to connect the new settlement
with the Pleasant Valley lines.
In announcing their verdict in the Breden
drowning case yesterday, the Coroners jury
strongly recommended that the Ninth Street
Bridge Company should put up a higher and
better railing on their structure.
CLYDE E. MUcKLIsH, q years old, 70 Western
avenue, Allegheny, was sent to the county Jail,
in default of finding bail yesterday by Acting
Mayor McKelvey, charged by his father with
stealing and pawning his mothers gold watch.
YESTERDAY was the feast day of st. James
apostles, and who suffered martyrdom in Spain.
Informal celebrations will occur in his honor in
such Catholic churches as bear his name next
Sunday.
THERE was big crowd at the Union depot
yesterday morning to take advantage of the
regular excursions to Atlantic City and other
points. To accommodate the pleasure seekers
the day express had to be split up into seven
sections.
THREE members of the McKeesport School
Board. DR.. w. Taylor, r. l. Riggs and Captain
L. P. Chester, made an inspection of the ALLIE
gheny City school buildings yesterday to get
pointers on ventilation and heating for the new
building.
JOHN MoRoNE is in Jail on a charge of
assault preferred by his wife Mary. John, it is
alleged, drove Mary out CT their home, in the
Sixteenth ward, and threatened her with
bodily injury If she returned, and she re-
taliated.
WHILE driving along Shady avenue Wednes.
day evening one Of the wheels of the buggy in
which Mr.. w. Summerlee and his wife were
seated was wrenched off by catching in the slot
of the Pittsburg Traction road. Such accidents
are frequent.
CHARLES KENNEDY, of Fifth avenue. an
peared before Alderman Jones yesterday and
charged his wife, Mary with malicious assault
by entering his room and severely beating him
with a club. Mrs. Kennedy was released on
$500 bail for trial Saturday.
THERE is considerable annoyance in the new
penitentiary and among the residents at River
side in regard to the water supply. The Super
intendent claims that it is the fault of the
plumbing in the houses: that the wrong kind of
pipes we're put in in spite of his advice to the
contrary, and on that account are out Of water
half the time.
A MEETING of the Executive COMMITTEES of
the, Ninth Pennsylvania Reserve Association
will be held in the City Treasurer's Office to-
morrow at o'clock p. NJ, to make arrange
ments so that resident members of the Old |
Ninth may attend the dedication of their mon
ument at Gettysburg on Pennsylvania DAYS. |
September II and l3.
The members of Northside Council No. 8. |
Sovereigns of Industry, will have tree ex- |
cursion for themselves and families and apy of |
their friends, on the steamer Mayfower. July
30. Members and invited guests will be re.
quired to present their trade cards and invita-
tions at the boat at o'clock sharp, All will |
take their lunch with them.
THE residents Of the East End are 80 we'll |
pleased with the experimental mounted police |
force that they are coming to the front with !
offers of horses that it may be increased. |
Chief Brown. wheh spoken to about the offer. |
said: "All right; let them come on with their |
horses. We have plenty of police and II rhe |
people want them they can have them"