Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-01
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
Many Matters of Much and Little Moment
Tersely Treated.

CAN IL De SAID DaDy is safe at nome when 1t
gives its first bawl.
1T isn't strange that man winds up his
career when it is run down.
IF Pittsburg is ever encircled by that road,
she will certainly be in this hoop"
VoKEs will long be remembered as the
ugliest and truest actress in Pittsburg for
years.
JUDGE SLAGLE and John c. Porter. Of
Spang, Chalfant & Co., left last night for Har-
risburg.
JOHN SELLS. Of Twenty-seventh street, fell
down the stairs of his house last night and
broke his leg.
THE Emperor of China has ten men to carry
his umbrella. The other nine watch the man
who carries it.
THE wind blew down part of the penitentiary
yesterday. This is a slight variation from the
usual blowing up it has undergone.
THE spirit of Daniel Boone is to preside at
Arbor Day in Kentucky. They ex specter
wrestle with more material spirits also.
WHILE Harrison is providing berths for
newspaper men, wonder if he ever thought the
editor of the VOice should be provided for.
Now Cincinnati paper has offered prize
for good Joke. How would 1t do to send that
editor halter as illustrating good choke"
"AND the raven, never fitting''-Cleveland
taken friend lately called him "a broth of a
boy"
MAN in his savage state must have been a
migratory bird. Nothing else can explain the
intense longing for travel at certain seasons of
the year.
DAVID LARIMER broke some windows in
Barbara Carr's house, No. Is Robinson street,
Allegheny, and Mayor Pearson fined him IS
and costs.
CHARLES REESE was arrested and locked up
in the Twenty-eighth ward station last night
for raising a disturbance in the hall Of the
Salvation Army.
LIEUTENANT THORNTON and a posse of
officers ralded a gambling house at No. 25 East
street and captured ten men. They were each
fined S. and costs.
JAMES SMALL, while walking on Forbes
street yesterday afternoon, was assaulted by
lot of young ruffians who knocked him down
and maltreated him.
A RIOT was almost caused by the refusal Of
Chicago Judge to grant divorce. He ex-
planned the couple were not married and his
apology was accepted.
GEORGE GOULD says his father is not specu-
lating. True enough, probably. Speculation
involves certain amount of risk, and the old
man always has a sure thing.
Mr.. AND MRS. A. II. RIEsMEYER last even
ing celebrated the anniversary of their silver
wedding at the residence of their sonin-law,
Mr.. A. Goetman, 80 Wylie avenue.
]. w. MCFARLAND. of the Liberty avenue
M. E. Church, conducted services at the jail
Yesterday Music was furnished by the Lib
erty Avenue and North Avenue NJ. E. Church
choirs.
A GROWING suspicion that there is too much
baby in the administration has been confirmed
by the President, who says his newspaper
friends will please not mention them again.
Vale Babe Mckee.
AN easy conscience-Wifey lat "a. M.)-Oh,
George. drinking again, and you swore off only
yesterday. Have you no more regard for your
oath than that? Hubby (placidly) Ish all right,
M dear. l losh m affidavit.
WILLIAM LITTLE, Hugh Maddow, John
Geiger and Christopher Rudolph were fighting
on Spring Garden avenue, Allegheny, yester-
day afternoon. Officer David Speer stopped
the fight and arrested the men.
THAT man from the wild and woolly West
who eloped with a mans daughter, would be
called indiscreet here in the East for burning
down his prospective father-inlaw's house. He
might need it to live in some day,
LAwRENCEvILLE streets are in need Of a
"spring house cleaning" In some places they
are filthy, especially in the neighborhood of
Forty-eighth street. Physicians attribute the
prevalent sickness to their condition.
THERE was once a man named Halstaid,
Who had some brains in his haid,
But the Senators bold,
Carried theirs in the hold,
And they wouldn't confirm him, they said.
POLICE MAGISTRATE McKENNA disposed
of nine cases yesterday morning at the Twelfth
ward station, six were disorder1y conduct cases
and three drunks. At the Seventeenth ward
station six disorderly cases and one drunk
were disposed of.
ABOUT $40 yesterday morning there was an
alarm from box lSs, located at Jones & Laugh
Inns American Iron Works The fire was
located in the mill, and was caused by some
boards taking fire from an overheated oven.
The damage was trihing.
FRANK P. MILLER was sent to the ALE
gheny General Hospital at his own request
yesterday morning by Mayor Pearson. Miller
had fallen in a fit on the street. and, after re-
covering, went to the Mayors office and
requested to be sent to the hospital.
WILLIAM YOUNG was arrested by Officer
O'Donnell yesterday afternoon for fighting on
Carson street. near Painters mill. While the
officer was making the arrest Charles Black
burn interfered with him, and they were both
locked up in the Thirty-sixth ward station.
A WESTERN literary club collected $500 for
the purchase of books, and the members are
calling each other hard names because they
can't agree upon the sort of books wanted. At
last account Bibles ranked but fair to medium,
with Cowper, Hogg, Bacon and Lamb as prime
favorites.
FEW newspaper boys had gathered in a
chatty knot, and one made light remark. as
is frequently done, to relieve momentary en-
barrassment. IS, lead us in prayer" 81
would" answered s. ian acknowledged
bright fellow, "but there is none to follow"
He was right, for they all went before.
"APRIL showers" saith the prophet, but we
all knew that before. If he said what April
showered, it would be news to our store. Willy
Virgins isn't giving everything away just yet.
II he told it all to people, the weather clerk
would be To Let. He is wiser far my children,
prophecies of what is past SO his meager store
of knowledge, for the full twelvemonth will
last Umbrellas is the burden of his chestnut
song to-day. We wish he would 60 to Chicago,
and we wish that he would stay.
DISTRIBUTING Bible tracts on the Sabbath
must be equally as wicked as that word DR..
Maharneke said when he was in the pen. John
S. Slagle-of the board that convicted the
German scapegoat of saying that truly awfully
shocklngly demoralizing word-charges Mr..
Bryan, of Allegheny, with disorderiy conduct
fraote Mavor Paorcop will