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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
MERRY MOMENTS.


The good things men do may be Inferred
with their bones, but the cofins OF some men are
not crowded. Troy PTsss.
She-And now that We are engaged. John,
dear, how long shall the engagement be for9
He (an absent-ninded lawyer, who has just
drawn up > railroad leasel-Oh. 0I5earS. Is'pose.
--Ep0ch.
An Inherent Antipathy.-"why do you
suppose the Anarchists ars 50 down on corpora
tionsg',
..Because the corporations contain 50 much
water.r-Esi0 xork sun.
At the Ballet-Little Girl (iearfullyl--
Mamma when are the Indians coming onG
Mother-Hush. dear; there are no indians.
Little Girl-Then who scalped all the men In the
front seatsq-Esso York Sun.
Footpad-Hold up yer handsl
Pedestrian (calmly]-I have been out shopping
all day with my wife.
Footpad (sympafhetlcaIIy)- by Jinksl Here,
take this quartor.-NelD fork Weekly.
Beggar-I've met with many misfortunes,
sir. and haven't a dollar 70 give to my suffering
family. Can't you help me ouf2
Business Man-fes, sir, can help you out, but
you viii feel much more At ease n you help Jour
self out. There's the door.-Eslo York Sun.
Why He Couldn't settle.-"Mr. Orvills
r. Dupp. y said the man with bill. IN . loud.
harsh, menacinE voice, you said you would GER
tainIy pay this ifI would call this morning"
II know did, - said the miserable man, "nut
my wife Is ont somewhere with my poeketoook
buying me birthday present ''-Chieago ITO
Ens
Prolessed Too Much Capitalist Ny
daughter Ia homely, cross-eyed. hump-shouldered
and has : disposition like hornets nest hnas
do you want 10 marry her FORE
Young Man (ardentIy)-I love her, SIR.
Capitallst-Then you can't have her, sir. oont
want to take 4 blamed fool into my famly.-oat-
eaoo Tribune
ONE KIND OF A IAN.
Whene'er he has tale to tell,
With purpose good OF vicious
or ghost or goblin. Jim or kelL
or other things suspicious,
He never tells II IN the dark,
Yetalways starts with the remarhi
II an not Iuperstticus."
-Hashihgton PoSf;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
SWELLING NnRTH DAKOTA

The behavior of North Dakota has been
50 seemly since her admission to Statehood
that we regret that some careless clerk in
Washington has given a chance to the vain
scoffer to cast a gibe at the new State. OF
course it was accidental that the word
standard" was omitted from the official de-
scription of North Dakota's boundaries.
The southern boundary OF North Dakota is
the seventh standard parallel, a line used by
the Government surveyors. In the official
description, however, by the omission of the
word standard" the new State was allowed
to extend vaguely southwark to the seventh
parallel of latitude, that is within short
distance of the Equator.
We trust this will not upset North Da-
kota's newly-donned modesty. She has
been very reticent this fall. Comparatively
little or nothing has been heard from her
about pienics in November, and her farmers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

have not asserted lately their ability to pro-
duce more bushels of wheat per acre than
any of their competitors, In fact North
Dakota, unless she is reserving herself for a
supreme effort in the blizzard season, is
showing unmistakable signs of change of
heart. 1t would be a pity, indeed. if the
momentary enlargement of her boundaries
by slip of the pen should lead to a still
greater growth of her head. We hope the
cold weather will keep North Dakota calm.
Because she cannot, really cannot, expect to
include the isthmuses of Panama, and all
the intervening country, in her majestic
embrace
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
THE PREVALENCE OF MUD.

Complaints as to the bottomless condition
of some of the unpaved streets are heard from
various parts of the city. Reports of car
riages stuck in the mud, and of wagons
abandoned with their loads, are rife, and the
general impression is corroborated, that, off
the pavements, the mud is at present some
thing unprecedented.
This is undoubtedly due to the remarkable
rainy weather which has prevailed for the
past two months, combined with the fact
that heavy teaming for building operations
has gone on as usual. In addition to that
some of the worst cases are produced by the
unfinished work on street Improvements.
Center avenue, from Soho street, in the
Thirteenth ward, nearly to Hiland, in the
Twentieth, is impossible on account of
sewer excavations and grading, which,
though producing temporarily appalling
conditions, will work out into decided i'm
provements by next year. Residents along
such streets can console themselves as they
wade with the hope of clean paVements next
year.
For those who are obliged to travel streets
that are impossible in a state of nature, so
to speak, the conditions must afford con-
vincing proof of the economy of pavements
Property, which cannot be reached with
supplies during mud blockade, or which
must burn down if it should take fire, by
reason of the inability of fire engines to get
there, cannot be worth as much as property
on paved streets-and the difference is con-
siderably more than the cost of the pave
ments.
There are lessons in mud as we'll as ser
mons in stones; and if those who are now
struggling through the mire to reach or
leave their homes apply the lesson rightly,
it may prove well worth learning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
CouIdu'l Live without Beer.

Felix BroesseI. young artist, and Lizzie
Granmont. girl from the Hester street dis
trict were alone together in an attic in Wooster
street at / o'clock this morning. BroesseI
asked Lizzie to 60 out fer can Of beer. She
refused. He again asked and she again re-
fused. Then he drew a revolver, and without
word shot himself through the heart The
shot and the woman's screams brought police
man to the attic. Broessel was already dead
In his pocket the officer found two pawn tick
cts, IL cents and this note: IF anyone hap
pened to be in the room with me at the time the
shot fell they are not responsible for anything
that occurred" Broessel was German artist.
26years old. son of Christian Broessel, a tailor
at 40 North Gilmore street. Baltimore. Young
Broessel had been in Europe two years and re-
turned eight weeks ago. He came to this city
in search Of work, but found none. His left
side was paralyzed, the result Of lead poisoning
from his paints. He was four weeks in arrears
for board. he said on Monday that he had
written to Baltimore and expected remittances
from his father. Dependency over his IN
creasing poverty doubtless drove him to sui
eide.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
TRI-STATE TRIPLES.

Mr.. g. A. BEswIcK, Of Hollidaysburg, 10
happy in the experience Of having sent and re-
ceived letter which left that place on the 18th
of July last, and made q passage entirely
around the globe, travelling east and was re-
ceived November ID in mail from the west. The
letter was in Alden, Arabia, to which place It
was originally directed August II, and after a
visit to the United States consulate, was sent
to Yokohama, Japan, where it arrived Septem-
ber 2a It was there advertised and then for
warded to the United States October To- Deduct
ing the l6 days delayed at Alden, and the time
It remained in the postofice at Yokohama, the
letter made the circuit around the mother
eayth in IS days actual travel The expenses
of the trip were just cents.
A DOG left in Snyder's saloon, at Carlton,
Pa, one night, while proWling around, opened
the spigot Of barrel Of whisky, allowing the
contents to run out and thoroughly saturate
the ioor. In the morning the proprietor found
enough on the floor to scrub out the saloon, but
1t was . very expensive wash"
A COMPANY Is being formed In Reading to
establish cutlery works there.
EDITOR GORDON, Of the Mercer DfspGtch,
has drawn a l4pound pike from the 5henango.
AN Albino coon. without gray hair on IL
has been captured by John Barkley. Of Monroe
county, o. The animal has pink eyes
THREE years ago seven Wheeling girls who
moved In the same set, resolved never to marry.
Now they are al provided with husbands ex-
cept one, and her engagement Is announced,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
WIRES FOR PAN-AMERIGA.

An Important Extension Of the French Cable
COmpany's Lines.
From the New York World.I
The French Cable Company was yesterday
granted official authority by Secretary of State
Blaine to land cables at Charleston, S. c., con-
Meeting this country directly by wire with
Hayti, San Domingo and Cuba. At Hayti
the new cable will connect with the
wires of the West India French Cable
Company, running to Martinique, in the French
West India colonies. and thence to Venezuela
opening up direct telegraphic communication
between the United States and the Republics
of Central and South America. The work of
laying the cable has been il progress for some
months, and the company expects to be able to
land Its cable at Charleston by the 10Th inst.
The new cable is part of a project long in con-
temptation to unite the various French cable
companies wires and establish a continuous
telegraphc system by their lines all over the
American continent. Lately the West India
Company extended its lines from Martinique to
HayIi, and transmitted the intelligence of the
progress of the Haytian insurrection over the
French Company's wires.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
MATTERS METROPOLITAN.



NEW YORK. November 20-Trouble is brew
ing between the Erie Railroad and its engineers.
trainmen and fremen- A little black book,
which was handed tn the men by the eompany's
officers short time ago, is the bone of conten-
tion. This book, known now among the men as
the ''cast-iron agreement" i" contained innumer-
able contracts, divided of into neat little para
graphs, to which each engineer, fireman and
traihman was expected to sign his name. Sew
eral of the paragraphs seem very oppressive.
One of them, for instance. is to the effect that
if an empIoye receives injury OF is otherwise in
capaciated, as a result of performing his duty,
he shall agree that the company is in no way
liable to him, further than it shall make re-
paration of its own accord. Every engineer and
fireman and almost every trainman refused to
sign the ''cast-iron agreement" A grievance
committee spoke for the men and against the
little black book from 8 to o'clock last Mon
day In the office Of the Erie's General Manager,
E. B. Thomas. who will announce the com
pany's ultimatum tomorrow. At present the
Erie road is blocked with heavy pressure Of
freight, which the company has insufficient
motive power to haul. In order to keep the road
clear passenger engineers and conductors, at
the conclusion of their weeks work on Sat
urday night. receive orders to go to Port Jervis
the terminus of the Eastern division, and run
freight trains east to Jersey City on Sundays
Should the company refuse to withdraw their
demands as to the signing of the cast-iron
agreement tie-up of the most serious conse-
quences to the road viii result.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

The steamer Leona. from Galveston, brought
into port this morning the shipwrecked captain
and crew Of the schooner Furman s. Milford.
The Milford ran into series of gales between
November IA and II. on her way from Key West
to Baltimore, Early last Sunday morning the
cargo shifted, the vessel began to labor and a
little later began to sink. The captain and
crew Of seven put of from her in small boat.
For 30 hours they worked with might and main
to keep their little craft from going down in the
heavy sea- They had only hard tack to eat and
nothing TO drink. They were picked up by the
Leona on Monday
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
HALsTEAD UNBOSOMs HIMSELF.
He Talks Freely to New York Reporter
About Buckeye Politics.


About Buckeye Politics.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
NEW YORK. November 20-Field Marshal
Murat Halstead. editor of the Commercial
Gazette, of Cincinnati, was at the Brevoort
House to-day. He had his old-time aggressive
spirit and looked healthy and strong. He was
willing to talk about Governor Foraker's de-
feat in Ohio; and he talked with vigor. When
asked whether the question if the saloons
caused Republican defeat he said substances:
1T is mistake to suppose that the saloon
question defeated Governor Foraker and lost
US the Legislature. It was the Sunday-elOsing
law that gave Mr. Campbell some 1900 plural
ity in Hamilton county, thereby electing him.
Governor Foraker carried the county when he
was elected the last time by some 8, 900 plural
ity. 1t can be readily seen. therefore, that Mr..
Campbelrs plurality in Hamilton county really
elected him, and that if Governor Foraker had
even held his own in the county he would have
been elected.
"You see, the law previous TO this last Sun
day law left 1t with the City Council to regu-
late the sale OF wine and beer on Sunday. The
result was that the Council did nothing and
the sale of liquor had no check whatever on
Sunday This resulted in a strict prohibitory
Sunday law, which was rigidly enforced. do
not think the publication Of the forged docu-
ments changed any votes to Campbell. No, 1
do not believe Governor Foraker knew the
papers were forged. published them on my
own responsibility"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

The method of the Kentucky Democrats
who blew up their postofice while celebrating
the Democratic victories took on a singular
variation in the case of the Warrinton, Va,
Democrats. who in the jubilation of bonfres,
burned down their Court II House. After sober
ing up, these enthusiastic rejoicers may reflect
that as they will be taxed to build new Court
House, it may be cheaper in the future to con-
fine their rejOicings to United States property.
1t would be hopeless to expect that the lesson
will teach that popular rejoicings give no war
rant for the wanton destruction of property.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
THE PRESIDENT BOUNCED

And Syndicate Formed 10 Control n
Methodist Summer Resort.
ESPECIAL TELEeRAM TO TIE DrsPATcH.l
WATERTowN. N Y, November 2o.-A syndi-
cate has been formed to buy and control all the
stock of the Thousand Island Park Association,
which owns the great Methodist summer resort
on the St.sLawrence river. The syndicate has
been successful in getting majority Of the
stock, and at the annual meeting ofIthe assoeia-
tion, held short time ago, the Rev. NJ. d.
Kinney, It's President, was bounced without
great deal Of ceremony.
Mr.. Kinney has been in control for II years or
more and his overthrow caused not q little sur
prise among the Methodist brethren and others
who supposed him to be safely entrenched. The
syndicate which Is now in control, Is made up
mostly of old stockholders who were dissatisfied
with the former management.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

day organized the interests which have long
been pushing these claims for an attack on
Congress- The undoubted fact that large
amounts of property were destroyed during
the Civil War certainly gives them founda-
tion; and it would be no more than just to
have them properly adjudicated and settled.
But it would not be discreet to pay the whole
bill off hand upon presentation, as was shown by
the cutting down of our own riot loss claims.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
A LAKE UNDER HIS FARM.
The Surprising Discovery Made by an Ohio
Agricultural.


Agricultural.
ASHLAND, O., November 2O.-Ben. Harmon,
of Red Haw, this county, is the owner of a
farm, which is considered by his neighbors to
be more productive than any other piece of
property in the vicinity in which he lives, or in
the county, for that matter. Report comes to
this city to-day that subterranean lake had
been discovered under portion of his farm.
and what is stranger still, fish have been
caught through holes punched in the subsoil
The fish vary in size from herring to pound
pickerel, but are different, inasmuch as they
have no scales and are eyeless, they greatly re-
semble fish found in caves. They make de-
cidedly delicate dish, the taste being not un.
like that of the white fish. with the fatty flavor
left out
In a conversation with Mr.. Harmon CORE
spondent learned that the lake, SO far as
probed extended over considerable ground.
The exact dimensions have not yet been salts
factorily ascertained. There is a subsoil of
rich aliuvium covering the lake, varying in
depth from Is to 20 inches 1t has been very
productive, yielding as high as go bushels Of
wheat to the aere-a rare thing in Ohio.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
The Teutonic's Fastest Time.

A cable to the White Star Line Office to-day
announced that the steamship Teutonic ar
rived at Queenstown at $50 o'clock this morn
ing, just six days and eight hours after leaving
Sandy Hook. This time is eight hours ahead
of the Teutonic's best previous record. When
the cable was sent the City Of New York had
not been reported. To equal the run of the
Teutonic the City Of New York should have
been reported at $50. At that hour the City Of
New York was still out Of sight of the lookout
at Fastnet. The result Of the race between
the two big racers does not surprise the wise
acres of metropolitan shipping circles. The
Teutonic has long been considered the superior
of the City of New York. It is now expected
of the Teutonic that she will go to work and
put from 20 to "a hours between her stern and
the New York's bow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
PENNSYLVANIA APPOINTMENTS.
The Erie CollectOrship and Several POST
maaterships DISPOSED OF.

The Erie CollectOrship and Several Post.
masterships Disposed Of
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.i
WASHINGTON, November 2O.-As predicted
in these kilograms yesterday Mr., John M.
Glazier, editor of the Erie AdUertfser, was to-
day appointed Collector of Customs at Erie.
Mr.. Glazier is particular friend of Commis-
sioner of Customs Holiday and naturally the
Secretary of the Treasury courteously deferred
to the Commissioner the pleasure of naming
the customs officer in his town. A larger batch
than usual of fourth-class postmasters were
appointed in Pennsylvania to-day and most of
them in the western counties. They are as fol-
lows:
H. Roberts, Barnes, Warren county; AT. Dins-
more East Brook, and X. NJ. Davidson Enon
Valley Lawrence county; James N. Mills EuloIja
Forest county; H. Q. Boggs, Evans CITY, -Bntier
county; Beniamin franklin, Fallston, Beaver
county; Miss Edith Creese Foster Brook, McKean
county; Charles H. Schumacher, Frieden, Somer-
set county; John W. Taylor, Sparta, Washington
county. p
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

The complaint of some clergymen that
Christianity is making more progress in heather
Japan than in New York and Brooklyn, sug
gests the explanation that if Christianity took
more pains to convince the poor people of our
cities that its professors mean to live up to its
principles, its progress might be more rapid.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
IMPORTANT RAILROAD RULINGS.

Roads Receiving Grants Must Obey the
COmmissIOner's Orders.
WARRINGTON, November 20-H. A. Taylor,
Commissioner of Railroads, has received from
the Assistant Attorney General of the Interior
Department, an opinion on the question as to
whether railroads receiving grants of lands
from States, which grants have been made to
the States by Congress to aid in the construc-
tion Of railroads, are amenable to the laws
creating the Railroad Bureau. and are required
to make such reports to 1t as the commissioner
may prescribe.
the railroads concerned must make such re-
ports as the commissioner may require, or be
liable TO the penalties prescribed for refusal so
to do. The commissioner will demand Of the
companies concerned full reports OF their ply
slcal and financial condition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

THE spectacle of an attorney for the pros
ecution, called as a witness for the defense was
the singular one presented in the Cronin trial
yesterday. The point sought to be established
was apparently legitimate one; but the posi-
BILE results of taking the opposing counsel as a
witness are SO infinite that it may be regarded
as desperate resort. We presume that the
counsel for the defense in the Cronin case
would object to have Judge Longenecker's ad-
dress to the jury 90 in as testimony which it
cannot impeach.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

1t is remarkable to observe the unanimity
with which the present generation of Ohio
Democrats, in looking around for a man to
send to the Senate. omlts to consider the names
Of Thurman or Pendleton, who have made
their leadership in the past remarkable for its
reliance on brains rather than barrels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

THE proposition of the railroads to charge
demurrage on all cars detained more than 4S
hours in loading and unloading is just and
legitimate. 1t is the duty OF all shippers to
load and unload cars promptly and the duty Of
railroads to furnish cars to all shippers without
delay or discrimination.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21

The astronomers report that six comets
are noW'Nisible; but the people who go out to
look for them will be apt to come to the con-
clusion that the astronomers must have dis
covered them at the moment of contact with a
New York policeman's club.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
MARRIED A BARNARD.
An AristocraLic Buffalo Youth Weds a Saloon
Keepers Pretty Daughter.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIEPATCH.I
BUFFALO. November 20-Pretty Louise
Huetter, daughter of Mother Huetter, pro-
prietress of ''The Triangle" saloon on the Ter
race. and Louis Roesch, Jr., a son of ex-Alder-
man Roesch, of the Twelfth ward, laughed at
locksmiths to-day and eloped to Rochester
where they were married by Rev. Edward
Zeler. The groom's parents, who are among
the best people at Black Rock. objected strenu-
ously to the brides antecedents, and threatened
to disinherit young Roesch if he married her.
On the other hand, Mother" Huetter took ex-
ceptions to the groom as being an "aristocrat"
and would not permit her daughter to see him,
removing her to Cold Springs.
The bride is but II and very pretty. Roesch
first met her three months ago behind her
mothers bar. The parents have come around.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
The cov.rno-,. vI.v,

Governor Beaver responded to the toast of
'The Commonwealth" proposed by Judge
Stewart He said that, as the National Gov
ernment had called the troops, raised for the
defense Of Pennsylvania, out of the State, and
left the latter unprotected, it certainly should
make proper financial reparation. He never
had any doubt as to its legal liability.
Attorney General kirkpatrick closed the
speaking by making compact legal argument,
in which he said the National Governments was
as much obligated to pay the losses by the
Confederate invasion as was the Legislature to
pass laws TO inforce proper contracts made by
State authorities, although 1t could not be CON-
pelled to take such action. The commission
then returned to Harrisburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-21
Death of Edward Doty.

The death of Edward Doty at Beaver Falls, Pa,
last Tuesday night removes of the old citizens
of Pittsburg from the scene OF busy and useful
life. He was member of several lodges in this
city. Mr.. Doty had responsible situation for
many years with the Lippincott Az Factory.
The funeral will take place this afternoon from
the home Of Mr.. ty'sson-in-lRW, No. l4l Forty
fifth street