Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-10


field Street M. +. Church this evening on Bar
room to Pulpit"
ANOTHER 60-year-old millionaire has mar
ried girl of 10. This is probably what's meant
by green old age.
COLONEL JAMES ANDREWS, of the Te-
hauntepec ship railway scheme, left again last
evening for New York.
CoNFIDENTIAL-J. G. B.-Who do you think
runs this, anyhow? B-n-Hr-i-s-n and ]. G. B.
answers, ''Y es, hoodoo runs it."
ALASKAN Indians say mastodons are feeding
on and destroying its interior. This is a new
name for the great fur company.
THE Humane Society is investigating the
charge that boy was thrown from car No. 9 of
the Fifth avenue cable last Sunday.
THOSE who cannot discriminate between
right and wrong needn't apply for position on
the P. R. r. Most anybody can do right.
IF Bob Lincoln wants to yank the lions tail,
he mustn't make the mistake that Phelps did,
of going down the animals throat after it.
Two towns sprang into existence in Georgia
in single night They are the same town, but
the two inhabitants insist upon different names.
EDWARD FoRsYTHE is charged with remov-
ing bag and baggage before settling little
account of S62 with his landlord, Henry Fries
man.
THE bottom Of the strawberry box and the
yearly joke about it, will both come to the top
about the same time. Nothing can keep them
down.
THE Board of Viewers yesterday held final
meeting opening an extension of Summer
lea street, from Ellsworth avenue to Walnut
street.
Miss BIRDIE HARRISON, of Piedmont, W.
Va, and Miss Eta RUSSELL of Cumberland,
Md, are guests of Oakland and East End
friends.
IT it said man go years old has spent three
years buttoning his collars. It would he inter-
esting to know how long he has spent collaring
his buttons.
AMATEUR HUBERT-Me lud, five moons
were seen tonight four fixed and the other did
whirll Muff1ed voice from the audience
Did jever..hic-try bromide
MEssRs. KNOLL and McConville became in
volved in domestic snarl and tried to fight it
out The former will have a hearing on the
charge of assault and battery.
"ON strike again." murmured the mana
ger, as he sized up line of his workmen sit
ting on the curbsJone. Just then policeman
came along and raised" them.
MRS. ALEXANDER HoERR. the mother of
ex-Register, now Assistant Assessor Hoerr,
celebrated her 10Th birthday last Sunday night
at her residence on the Southsde.
FRANK JEFFERSON, colored. who was
charged by Michael Mcclure with burglary,
and was sentenced two years to the peniten-
tiary.
WILLIAM GREEN became involved in a dis
cussion with piece Of boiler iron, Mr.. Weldon
and policeman. Green finally surrendered
and will explain to-day what he was trying
to do.
PHILLIP HETRIcK. the alleged counterfeiter
arrested at Kittanning few days ago, was
given hearing yesterday and committed to
the Pittsburg Jail for trial at the May term of
court.
THE members of the Birmingham Turnverein
celebrated the twenty-first anniversary of their
society last night in their hall on Jane street. A
very enjoyable and pleasant evening was had by
all present. ...- .-
IF that whistling conductor of Fifth avenue
car l8 doesn't change his tune the passengers
will change it for him. They all know Sweet
Violets by heart, and can whistle it themselves
with one hand tied.
FOLLOWING are the officers elected on the
new Board of the Pittsburg Free Dispensary:
DIR. L. H. Harris, President: DIR. M. Benham,
Vice President; q. G. Baer, Treasurer, and g.
F. Smith, Secretary.
LIEUTENANT GEORGE c. REITER, of the
United States Navy, is here on sick leave. His
station is at Norfolk. Lieutenant Reiter is
son of the late DR.. Reiter, a celebrated physi-
clan who died some ten years age.
MILTON WESTON says he is working to get
A. M. Bowser pardoned and out of the pen, be-
cause he thought he had legal right to kill Hay
maker, over five years ago, and doesn't want to
serve seven years more for doing it.
Two statues of Venus made of chocolate,
and weighing 900 pounds each, will be on exhi-
bition in Paris. 1t is to be hoped she will not
be seized with one of her melting moods. Be-
sides, isn't colored Venus rather giving art
darkeye.
THE first issue of the Washington, Pa,
ID II
Clark, is bright and newsy. Clark favors tele-
graphic, in addition to local news, and this
policy looks like winner in wide awake
Washington.
KATE OWENS, who keeps a store on Second
avenue, hid 500 where every burglar could find
it (under the bedding), then forgot where she
put it She had the police hunting for an
imaginary robber all night, and found it herself
in the morning.
COURT HOUSE officials think Governor
Beaver is mistaken in vetoing that bill for the
sale of the old University building, as special
legislation and unconstitutional" With the
order of the Court, the County Commissioners
may sell it, however.
CABLE car 102, Citizens line, did the act at
power house, near the forks of the road, at 1870
A. M, yesterday. blockading the track an hour
and a half, causing oaths enough to run the
License Court week, and all but standing the
gripman upon his wrong end. "What act?"
| .
BECAUSE Jerry Harper, paresis patient, who
died at Dixmont, March IL. had wounds and
| bruises on his body after death. there is an
| effort now to make it appear that attendants or
| other patients had criminally injured him. DR..
Hutchinson says the nature of his malady
| caused Harper TO repeatedly fall and injure
| himself; and that's all there is in it.
DARLING" said he fondly, as he watched
! her tie a blue bow under her cunning chin,
why are we like that ribbon?" Darling-"I
| suppose because we are azure match" NO."
said he feebly. guess again" Darling (coldly)
| -"Because we are going to be tied" He
| rect answer either, and they sit on the same
chair now.
TELL us not with all his bunders, the
! weather fiend is but dream. We will sadly
swear by Virgins. all things are not what they
seem. Because to-day is bright and shining,
augurs nothing for next week, but we give the
| tale as told us by our weather prophet meek.
| Easter bonnets grace the sidewalk, all the
streets are filled with dust, we are promised
fair, warm weather. we will have 1t or we'll
| bust
| George Rice, A. q. McCallam, Jr., F. C. Hutch.
inson and James A. McDavitt will apply for a
| charter for the new company on April o. to
| build bridge from Barker's alley, near Wey-
| mans tobacco mandatory in Pittsburg to
| Race alley. adjoining the old Penn cotton fac
| tory in Allegheny. 1t is estimated that the
| structure will cost 100000. 1t will be used for
cable cars and rapid transit vehicles, although
accommodations for pedestrians may be af-
| forded.
WOMEN avoid suffering by using Parker's
Ginger Tonic, as it is adapted to their ills.
Parker's Hair Balsam aids the growth.