Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-12
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
Many Matters of Much md Little Moment
Tersely Trented.

Many Matters of Much md Little Moment
Tersely Trented.
A GAMBoL on the green-A sucker at faro.
ARBoR DAY would be good day to plant
that yearly joke forever.
HANS Won BULow pretends to be eccentric.
He is a musician Of course.
A GERMAN officer has found new explosive
1t is probably the Teutonic bust.
MOODY says shouting and psalm singing will
never cover up sins. What will, please?
ANDREW CARNEGIE's charges against the
Pennsylvania are simply ironical raillery.
THE girl who played on her young mans
feelings probably touched his heart strings.
ALL the firms except one in Lawrenceville
have signed the marble, slate and tile workers
scale.
NIAGARA FALLS cranks again threaten the
country. Fortunately they generally take a
tumble.
Mrs. CLEVELAND and her husband will
spend few weeks at Narragansett Pier this
summer.
II. C. OvERHoLT, President of the National
Foundry and Pipe Works at scottdale, is in
the city.
MRS. L. V. DAULER entertained the To-
boggan Club at her residence in Oakland last
evening.
THE committee to redistrict the city failed
to secure quorum at their meeting yesterday
afternoon.
COUNT PAPENHE1M has abseonded from Ba-
varia to New York McAllister must amend
his list to 40l.
THE unknown man found dead at Thirty
third street. has been identified as being one
Matthew Freeman.
YOUNG CHRIS MAGEE, employed as messen-
ger in the Building Inspectors office, fell and
dislocated his shoulder.
THERE were 5000 visitors present at Mantau-
makers Bethany Sabbath school last Sunday.
He spoke of poor Jobs lot.
THE Mayor of Jersey City has never seen
baseball game. This confirms the opinion that
the Phillies can't play ball.
ANNIE WAGNER has Just been released from
her fifteenth term in the workhouse, and will
probably go up for another whirl at it.
THE invariably licked Chicagoes are slowly
eating their way home by way of numerous
banquets. 1t is evidently not fast club.
A YOUNG Alabama wife put cotton IN her
biscuit Just to play Joke on her husband, and
the mean man never knew the difference.
WESTERN States are encouraging poolselling
on races After they have played the short
end awhile they will discourage. foolselling.
THE prize offered for the best means of
watering stock has not yet been claimed. Gas
GOVERNOR WATERMAN, Of California, is
growing rich on his gold mining ventures His
very name would frighten away Pittsburg
spectators.
NEW YORK is still weeping because she must
feed s, 900 Pennsylvania troops during the GEN.
tennial. Don't cry, sis. You may want those
troops some day.
c. c. CoRcoRAN. the baritone, with his
family, will leave for Florence, Italy, next
Monday, and remain two years. Mr.. G. will
cultivate his voice.
WARD MCALLIsTER haughtily says no gen.
tleman would render an account of money in
his hands. These delicate, sensitive natures
will bear watching.
EDISON prides himself upon the tropical
spreading palms in his offices. That's nothing.
PIttsburg can boast of lot of spreading palms
in her lawyers Offices.
COLONEL VIM. OSBORN. who has been visit
ing in the city, went to Topeka last evening.
He will ride VIA the Hannibal, a line he helped
to build over 25 years ago.
SEWARD H. MURRAY, of the Oil Exchange,
took straw vote yesterday with the result of
30 votes for whisky and % for prohibition. The
boys are evidently in hard luck.
GEORGE FRANCIS brought suit yesterday
against Alice Hamilton for selling liquor with
out license. Other charges were made. Bail
to the amount of s., 500 was furnished
FATHER AGosTINo, the eloquent Roman
monk. doesn't like to have reporters put down
what he says. Most people object to having
reporters put down what they don't say.
DEPOT MASTER BUTLER, at the Union sta
ton, celebrates the twenty-f1fth anniversary of
his appointment to-day. sMr. Butler claims to
be the oldest depot masterin the country.
FRANK CoNNELLY. managing the benefit at
the Bijou this afternoon for the Exposition
fund, has engaged Harry Kerwell's company
to bring the mat to lively and successful
close.
THE Harrisons are not feeling well. Carrie
says its malaria and Ben says its French cook.
Babe Mckee says its collie. A mean Chicago
paper tells them all to 60 back to corn pone and
molasses.
MRS. BRIDGET KANE was held in 81, 900 bail
for court last night by Magistrate Hyndman on
the charge of illegal liquor selling. This is the
woman whose case was ignored by the grand
jury recently.
THE President of the New York Health
Board sagely remarks that Illuminating gas is
not injurious. This will probably not increase
gas bills in the East End where the usual spark
is light enough.
IMPULs1vE insanity is a new name given by
physicians to the old weakness of numbering,
and then running away after the alleged
patient realizes his crime. A little "string
halt" would be a good remedy.
THAT western German who deliberately shot
himself with a cannon must have been more
than half shot. 1t was the only way he knew
of getting out of town, but even then he
couldn't escape Milwaukee bier.
THE reason the Pittsburg Exposition does
not resemble General Grants monument is
that the former will be completed on time.
Secretary Bachelor is all smiles and good
humor, and promises that the show will be a
corker.
JOSEF FOLEY was refused a drink in
Auden's saloon on the Southside last night,
and out of revenge he began throwing beer
kegs against the saloon door. The police took
him to the Twenty-eighth ward station house to
cool his anger.
WHAT great fun it is to see, man of HARM
less prophesie, who issues his futile fakes
dailie, and smokes a paralytic tobie, and says
that US, the people, we, must never name him
with d; now he says with ghoulish glee
this afternoon more rain will be, and everybody
both you and me, will give to Wlggins great
big fee if he takes a trip beyond the sea, or
will decide to 60 and dee.
THE MECHANICS HALL