Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-10
HITLER AND THlTHER.
Movements Of Pitssburgers and Others of
Wide eAcuuniutance,

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Arctic explorer. spent yesterday at the Du-
Quesne. The Colonel is quite story teller,
and the following will serve as a good
example of his skill: "During my ex-
pedition TO Siberia" he said, ~ had a
somewhat laughable, yet at the time,
exciting encounter with wolves. 1 had gone
ahead of my party, and without noticing, it
gradually passed out of sight. 1 had no
weapon with me, except small jackknife. but
felt no alarm, as the country was considered
practically safe. Suddenly however, became
| aware of the presence of several large Siberian
wolves. They were distant about couple of
hundred yards, and stood looking at me in a
| curious, hesltatlng sort of way. began
to beat hasty retreat toward my
quickly In my way. What was l to do? The
cold chills began to run up and down my back
| and the sweat broke out all over my forehead.
| Then l remembered that old Sunday school
| statement OF the power man could exercise
| over the brute creation with the human eye,
and resolved to try it. Fixing cold stare ON
| the wolves walked toward them; but they
| didn't seem TO mind it a bit. l waved my arms
| they stood as unmoved as ever. Matters
| were growing desperate, when the
head of our party appeared, and the wolves
| were scattered by few well directed shots. l
afterward discovered that my escape was
| owing not to the power of the human eye, but
| TO the fact that the wolves were not hungry. A
| dead whale had been cast up on the shore and
| they had feasted on the carcass"
| Permits were issued from the Building
Inspectors Office yesterday to Alfred Moreland
for eight 2story frame dwellings on Grand
view avenue, Thirty-second ward, valued at
| Sl.025 each. To u. F. McAfee for a 3-story
brick dwelling. on the corner of Natchez and
| Bishop Streets Thirty-second ward, valued at
| $1,000. To Mrs. E. L. Edwards for 3-story
brick and stone dwelling on Moorhead's lane,
,Nw,C Rr1 0l,,Al IT. TT
| e. Brown for 2story frame dwelling on
Boulevard place, Twenty-frst ward, valued at
$500.
DIR. Charles Shaw, of Penn avenue on
reading the interview with ex-Mayor Weaver
| regarding the erection of monuments on Bad
docks Field, suggests that the city of ALLIE
| gheny ought to set up, in its parks, monuments
to Richard and John Penn, the sons of William
Penn, who set aside the land now occupied by
the parks as commons for pasture and play
grounds. The grant by those heirs of the
proprietary was the origin of the parks and
DR.. Shaw thinks that their public spirit ought
to be commemorated by statues.
State Councillor j. P. Winower, of
Lancaster, and State Councillor Secretary
Edward S. Diener, of Philadelphia, state Off
GERS of the Jr. o. q. A. NJ. will arrive in Pitts
burg to-day instead of tomorrow as originally
planned. Tonight, with committee from the
Past Councillors Association, they will visit
Franklin Council. Tomorrow night they will
attend the banquet of Manchester Council at
the Monongahela House, and on Thursday
night they will visit Twin City, General Put
nam and Acme Councils.
w. H. Williams, of Somers Bros. &
Co., yesterday returned from New York, where
he had been engaged in the formation Of the
Orange Dealers Syndicate. Three or four
Pittsburgers will be members of the pool. The
purpose is to prevent consignments of Florida
oranges, by concentration of the same, at some
convenient point, and the members pledge
themselves to establish buyer in Florida and
buy all the oranges of the growers in honest
rivalry with others, thus fixing uniform price.
DIR. d. G.. Foster, of Grafton, left last
night for Gettysburg to take in the exercises
to-day, DR.. Foster is the surgeon of the Four
teenth regiment, and was the first outside
physician to render medical aid to the sur
Vivors of the Johnstown food. On Sunday
afternoon after the flood he opened hospital
In the old Bedford street skating rink, and at
tended to the wants of the sufferers for 48 hours
before he was relieved.
Judge Magee returned home yesterday
after a vacation on the lakes. He called upon
Judge White in the Court of Quarter Sessions,
and his appearance there at once decided the
retail liquor dealers to present their petition
license re-hearings. The Liquor Dealers Com
mittee held meeting later IN the day and re-
solved to bring the matter to a head.
The funeral of Stephen Vedder will be
held at o'clock this afternoon, at his fathers
house, No. 1861 Forbes street. Mr.. Vedder
was popular young veterinarian, who was as
sociated with his father on Cherry alley On
Saturday evening he was going down town to
the Exposition, when he fell dead, from heart
failure on Webster avenue. He was Is years
old and single.
The well-known form Of A. A. Stevens,
State Chairman of the Prohibition Executive
Committee. of Tyrone, was seen about the
corridors of the Seventh Avenue Hotel yester1
day. Mr.. Stevens is here consulting with local
prohibition leaders, and, as usual, says the
outlook for the party is encouraging.
-Ex-Controller William Mccarthy id
suffering from dog bite received last week ID
Tarentum and is confined to his bed from thtI
effects. The wound was in the Controler'iI
leg and it is thought it will be considerable
time before he can get around although ntI
danger of hydrophobia is feared.
who was taken sick during the Uniontown emil
campment of the Eighteenth Regiment, which
he attended as member of Company C, is still
the Fifth ward. There is said to be very little
hope of his recovery.
The condition of James Rees, the boiler
manufacturer, who resides at the East End.
was reported last evening to be very bad. Hel
is suffering from chronic asthma and heart
failure, and his physicians have given up all
hope of his recovery.
The funeral of Will Lautner, of No. 27Sl
Locust street, Allegheny, who died in Weisen!
burg, Switzerland, August l9, took place yester-I
day afternoon at the Allegheny Cemetery. Rey!I
DR.. Pick, of the Voeghtly Church, Ohio street!I
oficiated. 1
Miss Annie McAfee, of Webster avenue.
sister of James McAfee, the young attorney Of
this city, left last evening for New York to
meet her father and brother who are coming
home from Europe. II .
james Ewing, son of the present Judge
of Common Pleas Court left last evening fo.
New York to attend the second course Of LED
lures at the College of Physicians and Sur
geons.
Colonel Chill Hazard, of MonongaheIa
City, and a candidate for the Pension Agency.
was in the city yesterday on his way to Gets. |
burg, where he wants to meet the "boys."
The family of j. r.. Edwards, the
former well known railroad man, now de-
ceased. returned home from Mackinaw Island
yesterday in special car.
Hon. B. F. Jones, looking hale and
hearty, accompanied by several members of
his family arrived home last evening from
Cresson Springs.
Bishop Phelan will dedicate new
church at Meyersdale next Sunday A LARGE
crowd is expected to witness the ceremony
Among the passengers on the Limited
express last evening was John W. Chalfant g.
who came home after a weeks vacation
Nelson P. Reed has been for nearly two
weeks confined to his bed by rheumatism. He
is reported to be improving.
&C. II. jackson, General Manager of the