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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29
FIGHTERS MATCHED.
Sullivan and jackson to Fight in
America,
SOME PRIVATE PLANS LAID.
Smiths British Friends Turn Their Backs
on their Champion.
TIE SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAT

Authentic reports now show that jackson
and Sullivan are now matched to fight in
America. Smith is in great disgrace among
his English friends. The Pittsburgers win
the football match at Greensburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29
The Baseball Feature.

OnQOuDIoQly E0e 0aIlOnal game mas CO0-
manded more public attention during the year
than all the other branches Of sport put to-
gether. Ordinarily baseball affairs are watched
by the public with great earnestness and curl
osity, but the exciting and sensational features
of this year have drawn the attention of almost
every newspaper reader IN the country toward
them. The year 1889 will figure in the annals
of baseball history as remarkably evenfful.
OF course we all know that the chief of many
big events in the baseball world has been the
revolt Of the players. l use the word revolt
because 1 think that those who in future write
impartial histories of the game will call it a
revolt. Well the revolt may have good or it
may have bad effects on the moral status Of
the game. am inclined to think that its effects
thing the players may do particularly,
but because of what everybody connected with
baseball must do to protect themselves The
dying year has introduced to us real free
bOoters system as far as baseball is concerned;
each of the rival parties will just catch where
they can and KEEP whenever they have the
power. irrespective of justice or fair play. In
this respect the old year has not been friendly
TO our national game However, as far as the
popularity of the game has been concerned, il
is fact that il was never IN its history as pop
ular with the American people as it has been
in 1859. There has been more money invested
IN it; it has been patronized more than ever;
there has been higher standard of players and
more of them, and they have received more
money than th3y ever did before. All this
should cause us 20 be thankful to our old and
departing acquaintance, if not absolute friend,
1S8o. More tnan this the year has seen the
great national gam OF this country thoroughly
inauEurated in England, THIS is an exceed
ingly interesting feature. but it belongs to 80
or its successors TO see that the seed sown shall
take firm root and yield the fruit that it ought
to yield. Altogether there have been many
features In baseball during the year which af-
ford pleasurable reflections, but the revolt, I
fear, almost outweighs all of them. 1t may
end well, and as we know "All's well that ends
we'll"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29
roo LATE 10 CLAssIFY.

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY,
.---------5---------
WANTED-PARTNER WHO CAN INVEST
w 900; with services in good:paying
patch ONCE. de2e-ln
ITO LET-s25 OO-2K ACRES VINEYARD. Or
u CHARD, house rooms. natural gas, water:
nice location. paved street. near street cars Ale-
gheny. CHARLES sOMERS . CO., si5 Wood
st. Telephone I773 de2s-l1s
"ANTED- YOUR ADDREss-wILL MAIL
w you our handsome property list January /;
describing coy homes; choice building lots; good
investments. CHARLES SOMERS q CO., S15
Wood st. Telephone lHS. de9-nS
EoK sALE-A PRIME BUSINESS PROPERTY
Instructions are to self now or withdraw in Jana-
arY: investigate this before the close OF the year
CHARLES SOMERS q CO., 3lS Wood st. Tele-
phOnel77S. de20-lis
LOB sALK-oR ExCHANGE-H,4o 400 CoZY
on RoTf Hss os To x feet to ay
house Of nice rooms: viii exchange for acre prop
erty convenient to city. CHARLES SOMERS d
CO.. SlS Wood st. Telephone liza de2g-lls
TrOR sALE-LINE OF CENTRAL TRACTION
city twc-story msnsard brick. rooms hall,
marble mantels, water, both gases, side entrance.
oHr o price to-day, SsS cHARLEj soMERs4 8
CO., SlS Wood 81. de2S-l9
UloR sALE-FINE e. E. BUILDING PROP
a ERFY: 50-foot street; close 20 stanton and
Negley and convenient TO Hiland avenues; hand
btantial foundation for increased valuatious;13
feet frontage at s25 per foot. CHARLES SOMEk5
CO.. SlS Wood s.. de29-ns
TPOR SALE SHADY AVENUE, ALLIE
ny new y nogSe' rooms water eas;
room house: lot 40xi20; g. 500; look at these prop
critics, If interested in lower Allegheny; they are
beth both, cheap; 1.,.SIaAi GHAkLEs - soMERs Co. s
NOR sALE-RARE BARgAINs- CoZY
II homes, beautiful building lots. choice in
vestments In the two cities and throughout the
suburbs. as shown By our handsome property
your address for;it. CHARLES SOMERs & CO.,
slS Wood st. Telephone i77S. de2s-1ls
U,oR sALE-LET US SHOW You THIs-A
Il handsome residence location; elaborate pub
lie Improvements to be made during 1890: will
greatly enhance valuations; elevated situation;
extended view; sunlight and pure air: block
1tes: 20 feet frontare 6y 100 In dept 70 aiIev A. s
Wood st. dez-iis
TloR RsALE-sHADYsIDE-G LOCATION,
Il one minute from cable: modern Queen Anne
washstands, slate maptels. tile hearths. ma
sdHE ~ Doors inside sR1ttsrs % electric Ssls.
porches froRt and reari elegant in appointment
and finish: lot 3gxloO; q. oO0 CHARLES sOMERS
T,OR sAEE-CHEAP RESIDENCE PROPER
Il TIES, conveniently located in Allegheny.
are not plenty; we have q few to offer, and can
assure prospective buyers that values will be no
lower during 1880.
SECOND WARD-Dwelling Of 3Fooms. supplied
with water and gas lot DxIl0: 81 500.
TENTH WARD-5-room dwelling; WataF and
gas; prime order; lot zoxso; 9, 80.
substantial house OF large rooms. each l5xi5;
S-foot ceilings; finished attic. water and gaS
both floors: side entrance: lot ax90: e 500.
CHARLES soMEks q CO., s13 Wood St.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

HENRY AUCTION GO. LIN,
ds291l9 AuetionssrG
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

From a circular inclosed by Mrs. Jeanette
NJ Thurber to THE DISPATCH, the following
extract is printed in the interest of the gifted
but poor students, whom the National Conser-
yatory is expressly designed to assist:
The semi.Annual Entrance Exaninations Of
the National Conservatory OF Music OF America.
New York Will be held as follows, viz:
Singing Classes-January 8, 1880, from A. n. to
I2M:2to 5 p. NJ. (; from P. N. to 10 p. n.
Plano discretionary 2, from A. N. to u NJ,
and Ito 5P. n.
Violin and Cello Classes-January 8, from2 to s
and to 10 P. N.
Chorus-January 8 to 10 P. n.
Orchestra-January II, to 10 P. II.
The object Of the conservatory Is to place the
best obtsinabe musical education within the reach
Of all.
creed and color, upon the one condition that they
give proof OF sufficient natural talent to justify
the exam liners In admitting them,
The successful candidates Will enjoy the tuition
Of the hest teachers that can be engaged, and.
after graduation, will be Afforded opportunities
Of making known their accomplishments and thus
securing engagements, The conditions Of admis-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

Since the late decision Of the Supreme Court
WE CAN NOW SEND GOODS c. o. D., as
before, but no goods will be shipped to minors
or persons Of known incorporate habits Send
for complete price list mailed free TO any adj
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29
TnoR sALE-sHA DYsIDE-GOO LOCATION.

EOR RSALE-sHADYSIDE-G -GOOD LOCATION,
Il one minute from cable: modern Queen Anne
residence, rooms, vestibule, hall, bath inside
". c.. laundry, Wardr0bes. pantry, range, marble
washstands, slate mantels. tile he6rths. nn9
chandeliers perfect plumbing and sewerage,
sliding doors, inside shutters, electric bells,
porches froRt and rear; elegant in appointment
and finish: lot Szx100; IS 900. CHARLES sOMER9
q CO., 313 Wood st. de29-ns
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

TNOR sALE-LET US SHOW You THIs-A
II handsome residence location; elaborate pub
lie Improvements to be made during 1890: will
greatly enhance valuations: elevated situation;
extended view; sunlight and pure air; block
stone pavement cable 10 center of city in II min
utes 60 feet frontage by 100 In depth to alley At SIS
per front foot. CHARLES SOMERS CO.. 3i3
Wood st. de9-lls
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29


No branch of sport has had more eventful
year than that of trotring; indeed 1 may say
that no branch has come near trotting in Great
ing wonder and sstonishmentin 1889 Without
doubt it has been the most remarkable year in
the history of trotting in this country, or any
where else for that matter. There was never
so much money in the business and there GER
tainly never was in the known history of the
world so many extraordinarily fast horses
Just think of it, you people who take any inter-
est in good horses, nearly 800 trotters and,
think. more than 2O0 PAGERS have entered the
2:30 list during the year. Aud among this re-
markable number q large percentage have
gotten below the 230 mark. The astounding
achievements of Axtell and Sunol are almost
fresh in our minds yet, but certainly they will
be recorded as wonderful. The performances
of these horses anu others have attracted the
attention Of all the civilized world to America,
and as a result we find American trOttng
stock being sold to all parts of the globe. Most
certainly 1889 has been good 10 the patrons and
admirers Of trOtting races and trottiDg horses
There may be a slight exception taken here.
No doubt many people will think that as far as
trotting is concerned there is nothing to be
thankful for in Pittsburg. Surely there is not,
and The future does not seem to have anything
encouraging in store. But it must not be for
gotten that the year offered many opportuni-
ties to local trOtting patrons to retain their race
meetings. These opportunities we're not rightly
laid hold Of anc they passed By.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29
The PnEiIIstic Feature.

) Those who md pleasure IN patroniEing or
backing an interest in affairs pugilistic have
had plenty to entertain them during 1889. True
there have not been any really remarkable bat
ties. or contest that is remarkable for the
pdgIiistic qualities displayed. but nevertheless
there haT cen some important encounters.
After vololnes Of talk the question of who was
the real champion was decided. For time
Kilrain unreasonably claimed the title, and his
claiming the title OF champion pugilist of the
world. That contest, though IN many respects
\ harmless one, has been the most important
battle Of the year. Il won't 70 on record. how
ever a. : battle of frsr-clsss merit don't
think that anybody who knows anything about
DnrilIsm af Al will ever claim that rank for II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

EightYear.Old Export Whisky is put up
in iull quarts at 81. or six for 50.
California Wines, including fine old
Claret, Port and Sherry, put up in full
quarts Claret, Toe, or IS per dozen. All
other choice brands OF these wines 5Oc each,
or So per dozen.
Representative medicine men prescribe
our Old Export Whisky and California
Wines every day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

EOR SALE RARE .BARGAINs- COZY
II homes, beautiful building lots, choice in
vestments In the two cities and throughout the
suburbs. as shown by our handsome property
lists ready for distribution january /: we want
your address forit. CHARLES SOMERS 4 CO.,
3l3 Mood st. Telephone f773. de2o-1lS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

Recently there has been much said regard
ing what Fred Carroll will and will not do.
Doubtless he has been made say many things
Of which he never dreamed; that is. newspaper
reports have quoted him as saying what he
never even thought of. A few days ago read
a letter from Carroll 1t was in reply to tele-
grams sent from this city by the old club
officials. The letter was a gentlemanly and
plain one. IN it Carroll distinctly stated
that he would do nothing until he came East
He desired TO know clearly all about the outs
and ins of the situation, and to obtain this
knowledge he would come East much sooner
than usual He also said that he would then
be prepared to talk business Now this ought
70 allay all cobjectures regarding his intentions
or alleged reports of bis signing Brotherhood
contract. There are indeed manY players in q
position similar TO Carroll, and am inclined
to think that next April will find them at their
old stands. Now partiality does not prompt
this CassandrR notion; am simply led to this
conclusion by the actions of large number of
players already. In many respects a hack
neyed quotation might be paraphrased to read:
.sOh fraflfty thy name is ball player"
The AsSoeIafioB's Prospects.
After all there seems to be life in the Asso-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

Tor SALE = SHADY AVENUE, ALLIE
IT GHENY-Nice new house. 5rooms. water, gas;
lot 26x4O feet TO alley: e SO; also same street. g
room house: lot 40xt20 o. 500; look at these prop
critics, If interested in lower Allegheny; they are
both cheap. CHARLES SOMERS 6 CO.. Sl3
Wood st. Telephone H73- de29-118
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02
Ohio CITY Elections,

MIXED TICKET CHOSEN IN CINCINNATI.
In the municipal election in Cincinnati yes
terday a mixed ticket was elected. The repub-
licans elected Mosby mayor by ISL plurality.
Other republicans elected were Gen. Noyes,
judge of superior court; Theo. Houstman, city
solicitor; Henry NJ. Zeigler, city treasurer.
The democratic nominees elected were Edwin
Stevens, city controller; ]. d. Ermston, judge
police court; Patrick j. Corcoran, prosecuting
attorney Of police court.
At Columbus Bruck, democrat, is elected
mayor over Wolcott republican, by 1856, and
the balance of the democratic ticket with two
or three exceptions, is elected by pluralities
ranging from 8 to 800. Foraker, in 1887, car
ried the city by III.
At Dayton, the republicans elected water.
works trustees and members of council and
school board, that gives them control of both
boards for two years. Democrats reelected
street commissioner, and were successful on
market-master and infrmary director.
At GAINESVILLE, Mayor Conrad, democrat, was
reelected by majority of about 275. The
council stands: Twelve democrats, eight re-
publicans. The school board is democratic,
and with the exception Of Lindsey for ceme-
terry trustee, the whole democratic ticket was
elected by fair majorities.
At Cleveland, with the exception of police
judge and police prosecutor, the entire repub-
lican city ticket was elected by small plural
tiles. Gardner defeats Farley for mayor by
about 800.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02
Dickens Old Home to be Sold.

from the PAll Mall gazette.
The numerous admirers of Chas. Dickens
will be interested to know that the novelist's
favorite Kentish home at Gads Hill (the house
in which he died) is again offered for sale the
present owner and occupier, Major Austen F.
Budden, being DESTROYS Of disposing of this now
famous residence. Besides the substantially
built house, containing fourteen rooms and the
usual offices, the Gad's Hill property of eleven
acres includes a gardeners cottage, green
houses, stables, coach-houses, farmyard,
kitchen garden, rosary, lawn-tennis ground,
&c. The house and grounds were sub
jected to considerable improvement during
the novelists residence there, such as the
construction of large conservatory adjoining
the dining-room, and tunnel under the pnblic
highway connecting the front lawn with a
charming retreat called ''The Wilderness, with
its two magnificent cedars. Here stood the
pretty Swiss chalet presented to Dickens by his
friend Fechter, but which now finds resting
place in Gotham park, close by. In the chalet
the famous writer was wont to work, free from
interruption, during the summer months, and
here he penned the last lines he ever wrote.
Major Budden deserves the highest praise for
his sympathetic treatment of this historic de-
mesne, and it is devoutly to be wished that his
successor will entertain a similar respect for the
memory of Charles Dickens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02

VIRTUAL ADMISSION OF THE FACTS cHARaKD.
The judge-advocste referred to the fact that
the defense had not claimed q close supervis-
ion over the work, but that he endeavored to
show. by hypothetical questions to the expert
witnesses, that the want of personal sepervis-
ion, alleged as a neglect, was in fact no neglect,
but the correct method Of carrying on engi-
neering work Of the kind under investigation.
This. claimed the judge-advocate, is an iHdi-
rect but substantial admission Of the correc.
ness of the facts charged in the first and Sec
ond specifications, and he contended that the
allegations were conclusively established.
He said that the defense had seemed to mis-
fcation. which referred to the payment Of the
retained percentage without examination Of
the work. II was not alleged that such o pay
ment might not be made or ought not to be
made, but that adequate precautions we're not
taken to see that the work had been performed
In accordance with the terms Of the contract
before the payment was made. There were
no physical obstacles in the way Of such an in
spection. The tunnel had
COST OVER THREE-FoURTHs OF MILLION,
and, considering the magnitude Of the invest
ment the intricacy and novelty of the work
and the opportunity for fraud, it was unreason-
able to expect that before giving up nearly
1000 more of public money and with it the
case OF the United States should an action arise
on this contract and bond, that an adequate
test should have been applied.
NO TESTS APPLIED TO THE WORK BY MAJOR LY-
DECKER.
hydraulic jack would have answered the
purpose common screw-jack would have
been enough-for Mr.. Sparrow had testified
that there were places which could hardly have
withstood the blow Of his testing bar. But
nothing of the sort was done. Major Lydecker
and Lieut.. Townsend went through the tunnel
for two days and inspected the work, but no
special tests were applied.
ICOnGai.ed on NTH DuOe,l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02
The AutOcrats Of Society.

From the New Orleans P1cayune.
1t is undeniable that widows are the auto
Gratis of society, and men flock about them.
No one has ever denied their Vaccinations, and
Weller's advice to his son, if he wished to avoid
matrimony to 'bevare Of vidders," has been
quoted thousands Of times.
In many ways the widow has the advantage
of her younger sisters. She has the benefit of
q large knowledge and experience Of the world,
her arts and coquetries are perfected, not in
the experimental and undeveloped state of the
debutantes, and, above all, she has the inesti-
mable advantage of knowing men with the ac-
curate and intimate knowledge gained by asso-
citation with one who was probably a fair rep
resentative of his sex. She knows how to give
little dinners that make the most hardened
bachelor think indulgently of the marriage
state. She knows that man likes his ease, and
does not insist on his dancing in perpetual at
tendance on her. She does not insist on a
mans talking about balls and theaters and
new german figures. She follows rather his
lead to his own ground, and listens with subtle
iattery in eyes and face while he descants on
his favorite hobby.
young girl is always self-centred, absorbed
In her own affairs, her dresses her parties; ii
is only grace and art that teach q woman to
person with whom she is talking. Perhaps one
OF the chief claims Of widows is their under
| standing Of the fine art of sympathy The
sympathy Of young girl who has known moth
ing but Joy is q crude and unsatisfying affair,
the very husks on which no love could feed,
but the sympathy Of q widow, tenderiy, daintily
expressed, with gentle melancholy that shows
that she, too, has suffered-iti il like the soft
shadows in picture or the minor chord in q
piece Of music that sets the pulses throbbing.
Having mourned for o man, she knows how
most effectively to mourn with one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02
New Fashionable FOOtgear.

the Lazy f1ctOr1al.
Boots and shoes, am pleased to say, are be-
ing made more and more dainty and ornamen-
tai. The shoes prepared for the coming season
are both novel and pretty, but tan and Russian
leather are still used in their manufacture
Some of the prettiest of the new shoes 1 have
seen have the fronts made of the tinest strips
of leather and ribbon, and are finished off with
the usual buckle of paste or steel The ribbon
can, of course, be supplied in any shade the
wearer may desire, SO that the shoes can be
made for any occasion. / saw some in white
Suede, with very narrow bands of buttercup
yellow, that were so fairy-like they might have
been the veritable slippers worn by Cinderella
herself. Another pair were composed of white
kid and white ribbon, and were richly en-
broidered in seed pearls; while a third pair,
richly worked in gold beads, had stockings en-
suite, the open-work fronts being deliberately
outlined in the same manner. Nothing. how
ever, is so effective as toe ornament in the
wee paste brooches. Those who are debarred
from wearing smart-looking patent leather
walking boots by reason of their drawing pro-
pensities, will be glad to hear that new hide is
now being used which looks quite as fanciful
and has no such drawback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02
Relation of Nicotine to Vertigo.

From the New York Tribune
NJ. Decaisne has laid before the French acad.
envy Of medicine the results of various investi.
cations relating to the vertigo peculiar to
smokers. From this it appears that the
numerous experiments made in this line have
proved that nicotine contracts the muscular
coat Of the vessels and that vertigo is due .to
the exaggerated contraction of the arteries of
the brain-the patient experiences feeling OF
emptiness in the head, SO much so that he
seems as if about to faint, everything turning
around and his ideas becoming confused NJ.
Decaisne has further ascertained that these
phenomena are chiefly found in smokers above
fifty years Of age, and especially in those
habitually accustomed to smoking before meals
he has also known several of these persons to
be treated for cerebral congestion, and even
for disease Of the heart, with the result, az
might be supposed, of increasing the symptoms
the proper treatment consisting in absolute alb
stention from the weed, and some slight laxa.
tive with bitters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02
Nominations Confirmed.

The following nominations were confirmed
by the Senate yesterday: John T. Abbott, Of
New Hampshire, to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to the republic of Columbia; Edwin H.
Terrell, Of Texas, to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipOtentiary of the United
States TO Belgium: Ellis H. Roberts. of New
York to be assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York city. in the state of New
York; James y. Huston Of Indiana. to be treas
urer Of the United States; Lewis Wolhy. to be
governor Of Arizona; Louis A. Walker. OF
Helena, Mont, to be secretary of Montana;
George L. Shoup, Of Salmon City, Idaho.
10 be governor Of Idaho; Edward ].
Curtis, OF Boise City, Idaho, to be Sec
Rotary Of Idaho from February u, 1899; Charles
i. Ashley, Of Chatham. n. Y. to be agent for
the Indians OF the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
agency, in the Indian territory; Charles r. A.
Schobey, of Bridgetown. Mont. to be agent for
the Indians Of the Fort Peck agency, in Mon
tana; William W. Junkin, of Fairfield Iowa, to
be an Indian inspector; James Z. Kelley, of
Bloomington. Neb., 10 be receiver of public
moneys at Bloomington. Neb; also a large
number Of postmasters, including Thomas
Dawson. at Rockville. Montgomery county.
Md. and Charles ii. Walker, at Frostburg, in
Allegheny county, Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02

Hiram williamson. who has been appointed
chief porter of the Boston post-ofiice, was one
OF the Light Brigade, and participated In the
charge Of the six hundred ct Balsklava.