Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
Many Matters Of Much and Little Moment
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Tersely Treated.
DIR. AYREs is at home after brieI trip
throughout the West
THEY say there is one wage scale that doesn't
huctuate-the wages of sin.
W. ". ScULLY, local agent for the Northern
Pacific Railroad, is in Buffalo.
Mr.. CARNEGIE pleaded for and predicted
that cut in iron freight rates ore and DER.
A BALKY horse looks long before he leaps;
but sometimeshe is willing to go it blind.
HOME rule political guns are also called
F1innt muskets. They are evidently hard to
spike.
THE Allegheny Committee on Streets has re-
turned from its trip with plenty of information
about paving
AN ingot fell on the foot of Charles Devers
last night at Carnegie's Thirty-third street mill
and crushed 1t.
DIR. L N. HAYS and Chaplain Milligan went
to New York last night to attend the Presby-
terrain Assembly.
ALAsl Jeanette, Pa! You may not yet
have had too many glasses; but 1t is undeniable
that you are tanked.
THE opening peal at the festival tonight Will
doubtless be sweet and mellow to the core
and the encore Also let us hope.
THE st. Augustine Literary Society gave
musical and literary entertainment last night
at their hall. on Thirty-seventh street
DANIEL DoUeHERTY was locked up in Gem
tral station last night on the charge Of having
cut his wife's head open with chair.
THE boys of Engine Company No. 8. in Allie
gheny, the Spring Garden Company are max
ing very pretty flower garden about their new
house.
JOHN McCURRY, employed in the Union
foundry, Preble avenue, Allegheny, was burned
about the face and neck yesterday by flash OF
metal.
ANNUAL inspections will be held this week
in the Allegheny G. A. R. Posts, S8 being in
spected tonight, l2s on Thursday and l62 on
Saturday
JAMES CHAMBERS fell from the Thirty-third
street railroad bridge yesterday and broke one
arm and leg. He was taken to his home In
Bloomfield.
CABLE car 2O7, of the Citizens Traction line,
had its grip caught in the crossing at Twenty
eighth street. and the cars were delayed for
over an hour last evening.
THE dedication of the Schleiter monument
at Homewood cemetery, will take take place
Wednesday, May 20, instead OF to1morTo".
AT the West End Stone Church meeting of
the Young PEOPLES Union was held last even
ing The programme consisted of several
musical selections and an appropriate address
by Rev. G. E. Locke.
A DELIGHTFUL social was held last evening
at the home of Mr.. W. 3. Brickell, on Center
avenue, by the Young Ladies' Missionary
Society of the Smithheld Street Metnodist
Church.
COLONEL EDWARD JAY ALLEN is about to
revisit his old home at Puget Sound, Wash
ingLon Territory. Away back In 80 this gen.
tleman wrote from there over the well known
signature Of "The Oregon Traip' for THE DIS
PATCH.
"WE'vE Reached the Land Of Corn and
Wine," was the initial line of the first hymn
given out after Sundays prohibition address
under the auspices of the Heron Hill W. Q:
T. U. Old Monongahela rye Is the product OF
this locality, though.
THE Coroner was notified last night that Mrs.
Ann Dorsey, aged go had been killed by a
shifting engine of Spang, Chalfant q Co., on
South Main street crossing. at SharpsDurg:
about o'clock yesterday evening. He well
hold an inquest to-day.
A CoLoRED woman named Hattie Cisco was
arrested by Officer DAILY last night, charged
with the larceny of SIS from residence on
Roup street, East End. The woman was ar
rested once before on similar charge, but the
case was not prosecuted.
THE first and best of Pittsburg's products
will be seen in the new Exposition building at
the festival tonight. They are neither OF glass
nor iron, though; they are bellies. There Will
likewise be many fan to see, II not many
fantasie, on the programme.
IHE Edison Electrlc company nave nau an
electric storage plant erected in the courtyard
of the Postof1ce, to show the manner of work
ing their patents to the court, in their suit
against the Westinghouse Company, In the 4
United States Court to-day.
WHEN it began to rain last evening the peo-
pie around that Soho street pond began to put
their heads together and say: If the city
can't lower this flood in dry weather, but it
gains on them five or six inches. day, how
rapidly will it come up when the rain really
begins to come DOWN.
THE office that William Maneese resigned on
Saturday was that of constable OF the Eleventh
ward, and not the aldermanship Of the district,
to which he was recently appointed. Mr. Ma
neese regards his new position more highly
than the old one, and will open an alderman's
Office at 469 Fifth avenue this.week.
GEORGE CERNosKY, IA years of age, will be
taken to Morganza this morning for confine-
ment. A gentleman named Mr.. Weldin, Of this
city, had him released from Morganza two
years since, where Cernosky had beenIseveral
years. OF late the boy has commenced behav-
ing himself improperly again. keeping late
hours and showing other bad habits. Upon
request of Mr.. Weldin the boy will be returned
until he has reformed.