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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of n Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.

MAG ISTRATE BRUSH, of the Seventeenth
ward, yesterday sent a young man named
James Origin to the workhouse for 80 days. The
young mans father appeared at the hearing
and testified that the prisoner was "a years old
and for tour years never contributed one cent
toward his own support, but spent every cent
he got for drink and then abused his parents.
The Allegheny Turner Association held their
regular semi-monthly meeting at their hall on
South Canal street yesterday morning. A
vote of thanks was rendered to John n. Neeb
who is member of the association, and who
made the latter present of so line sabers for
organizing an armed section.
THE Manufacturers Gas Company has
opened up a natural gas well near Castle
Shannon. The well is said to be big one.
1t is about $500 feet deep. and the gas smells
strongly of oil. 1t will be drilled deeper The
company has leased 600 acres of land in the
vicinity.
THE report from Greensburg that the Irwin
well was guarded, and showing for an oil well
is now said to be erroneous. The well is re-
ported about 2 300 feet deep, in very hard rock,
with slight flow of gas, and has passed all the
sands which contain either gas or oil.
THE new Westinghouse arc light system is
now being introduced in this city. A large
number of the lamps have already been put up
in the East End, and they will be tested to-
night. The lamps have a single fat carbon,
and are said to burn 40 hours.
DEPUTY CORONER BERRY viewed the re-
mains of Jacob Krebs yesterday, an old man
who dropped dead at his residence No. l53
Juniata street, Allegheny Saturday morning
and pronounced his death caused by heart fail
ure.
THE Scent fare experiment continues to
prove highly satisfactory to the Citizens
Traction Company. The report of the receipts
for last week shows $40 205 so. and for the same
week in 1882 IS 473 25, gain of 81, ,732 %.
NEXT Friday evening the Soho school will
be presented with flag by the Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
hon. H l. Gourley will present the banner on
behalf of the donors. and Prof. w. r. Ford
will accept for the school.
A SUIT of clothes. valued at s65, a bunch of
keys and 81 in small change were stolen from
Frank Coffees room at $50 Liberty avenue yes
terday morning.
MAGISTRATE BRoKAw disposed of 20 cases
yesterday morning at the Twenty-eighth ward
station. Nearly all were ordinary drunks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
TWENTY-EiGHT In LINE.
Four sevens in Judge Gripp's Hands Yes
terday Morning.

our ocNcHs css
terday Morning.
Judge Gripp st,od pat on four sevens at the
opening of police court yesterday morning and
reviewed 2S violators of the decalogue and the
statutes of Pennsylvania. Ten common
drunks were uncommonly sober as they paid
their fines or Waited for the Wagon in the
wards.
Ben F. Gaines, a colored gentleman, was
arrested for begging at the market house on
Saturday evening. He had S2S. % in his clothes
when searched. to the great disgust of his
fellow prisoners who had succeeded in getting
drunk on the odd change, and he got 30 days to
the workhouse without option of fine.
Edward Festale had gone up into building
on Smithfeld street, and entered the private
apartments of a Miss Erwin. She ordered him
out, but before going he picked up a revolver
lying on her dressing case and threatened to
shoot her. She ran out and told Officer Devlin,
who arrested Festale. He was given 30 days to
the workhouse.
Adam Hoffman, of 475 Webster avenue, had
threatened to kill number of women in his
kill Officer Terny, who thereupon arrested
Hoffman. He was let off with S. fine.
James Burns got 80 days for being caught in
the act of robbing drunken man on Bedford
avenue.
Charles Miller had been sent out on Saturday
night by Frank Finn from a Forbes street
saloon to get a $40 bill changed, but failed to
return. and was arrested in Duffy's saloon
spending the money with David Duffy. Duffy
was fined SIS and costs, and Miller was sent 30
days to the workhouse.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
A NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Successful Test of an Improved Lamp and
Show, II. Flat Carbon Lamp, and it mt
Once Catches On.
The first formal test of the new dynamo
for distributing an alternating current for
electric lighting purposes took place last
night at the East End electric light station
of the Westinghouse Electric Company.
The dynamo is patterned on the style of an
incandescent machine, and the test showed
conclusively that il could do all that was
claimed for it. The machine was employed
last night in distributing current to co lamps
in Bloomfield, and proved satisfactory in every
respect
The advantages of this dynamo over the old
style direct current are that it Is entirely under
control and can be regulated to furnish one lamp
as well as a larger number: its light, too, is
steadier and stronger than that secured by the
older method. A new style lamp also goes ir
connection with il, and instead of round. cop
per-coated carbons. two fat uncovered sticks
of this substance, about two inches in width,
are used. They are expected to burn three
days without exchanging. The present lamp
occasions trimming, usually about once every
day, while this will permit one-third of the
present force OF labor to be dispensed with:
The machine itself, by furnishing increased
power, although being of no larger size than
those now generally in use, allows a large saw
ing in room and fuel.
Various sizes of the dynamo are constructed
with a capacity of lighting ranging from so to
$50 lamps. The machine is so constructed that
the friction is lessened and it will therefore
last much longer without burning out. The
new carbons differ from the old in that they
burn regularly, the lower one being consumed
as evenly as the upper one. The light from the
old carbons burns the upper stick more slowly
than the lower one, and burns the point of the
upper stick to a concave or hollow form, while
the lower carbon burns to point the result Of
this being that the concave portion of the up
per carbon casts the light downward. The new
carbons burn evenly on the surface, and cast
the light straight out in all directions, which re-
suits in an increased power of illumination.
The machines will soon be put into use in
New York and Boston. Mr. G. P. Shane, Sec
retary-T Treasurer of the Westinghouse Electric
Company. says he thinks the new machine will
soon displace the old ones all over the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
INJURIES OF A DAY.
Narrow Escape on the Federal Street
Crossing Made by n Street Car.

The early morning car on the P. A. & NJ. road
yesterday had narrow escape at the Federal
street crossing. The brakes wouldn't work and
the car pushed the mules ahead of it. A freight
train was approaching at high rate of speed
The gates were closed, but the collision broke
them, and the watchman raising the other one
the mules dashed across the track in time to
save the car. The driver, whose name is
Courtney, was severely injured by colliding
with the gate arm
George North, an employe of Haller, Beck &
Co.'S Salt Works. at the mouth CT Sawmill run.
was badly scalded yesterday morning by falling
into one of the huge tubs that was filed with
boiling material. He was new man at the
work, having been employed for three or four
days. Fortunately for North. assistance was at
hand at the time of his misstep. He was taken
to his home on the hillside in the Thirty-sixth
ward patrol wagon, and later removed to the
Homeopathic Hospital, where his condition is
regarded as dangerous.
About $50 last night as one of the East Lib
erty cars of the Citizens Traction line was
passing down Penn avenue, and when between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, some mis-
creant threw a paper sack filed with sardine
cans through one of the car windows. The bag
struck a lady passenger in the face, slightly
cutting her.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW DEFENDED.
A Familiar Subject Lectured Upon by Rev.
]. l.. Fulton, of Allegheny.

A Familiar Subject Lectured Upon by Rev.
J. l.. Fulton, of Allegheny.
After the announcement last evening that the
new pipe organ would be placed in position
during the coming week and that Is new men,
bers had been added to the congregation, Rev.
]. LFulton, pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church, Allegheny, spoke on the subject of
"a Mother-in-law." Said Dr. Fulton:
There is a widespread aversion to the
mother-in-law for some reason or another in
not only this country but others. In Germany
they have proverb. The best mother-in-law
is she whose gown the geese eat The gown
has reference to the greensward on her grave.
Juvenal has written a bitter satire on the sub
ject. Terence makes one of his characters
complain of the bitter feeling against her, and
Plutarch says that in Africa the bride on the
wedding day is sent to her husbands mother
for the loan of a cooking utensil, which is al
ways refused her. This is an object lesson to
teach the newly-made wife of what she may ex-
pect in the future from her mother-in-law."
The rest of the sermon was practical Illus
tration of the healing of Peters wife's mother.
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LOVE BY LETTERS.

Two Amateur Detectives Take in the Speak.
Easy Blnckmniling Scheme and Get
Taken In ThemseIves-Some Rather
Racy Correspondence From Young
Ladies.
The speak-easy proprietors are Just now
having halcyon and vociferous time, and
between the raids of the regular police force
and the blackmailing of the alleged private
detectives, realize what it is to get between
upper and neither millstones. There is no
doubt, Inspector McAleese says, that the
speak-easy people are being bled quite freely
by local deadbeats, but when a couple of coal
dlggers, with pants in their boots straw in
their hair, and detective licenses from Kansas
City come to do up even a Pittsburg speak
easy 1t has to be stopped.
Two gentlemen Of this description were
noticed loafing suspiciously around Fourth
avenue by Officer Pat Farrell, and he kept a
close watch upon their movements. They were
joined by third who appeared to act as guide
in the expedition. After visiting several
were gobbled by Officer Farrell and although
they exhibited detective badges and COM
missions were placed behind the bars.
They were Joseph D. and Samuel NJ. Jobes.
from Coal Center. and John Whiteman, of 3O27
Walton street, Southside. They were captured
just as they left Mrs. Sherry's house, after
entering into negotiations for her immunity as
made the arrest, says they had asked as high as
SlOO from the speak-easy people, but came
down TO $40 finally. The officer claims that
there is pretty clear case against them as
blackmailers. and he will have several wit
nesses at the hearing this morning.
Perhaps never since the Central station was
built was such merrimeIt heard within its walls
as took place over the loving epistles from
young ladies of evidently limited education,
which were found on the two Jobes, who are
cousins. One was pretty well fixed financially,
having considerably over $40, the others not be-
ing capitalists. The reading of the letters
showed the Jobes to have been somewhat of
"mashers.n One girl in PiJtsburg, who signs
herself Sophy Schouse, is quite gushing
in her correspondence, ending some of her
epistles with liberal row of crosses to repre-
sent the kisses she forwarded per Uncle Sans
mails. One of the letters she concludes with
*. NJ. e.. what do these three letters meanT
poem "Riten by Miss Alice Reynard for Miss
Sallie q: Reynard. Sophy again tells her Sam
that he is the only one she ever loved truly, and
never wrote to one she cared for before.
A letter from Miss Jennie Nichols, of West
Brownsville, IS artless and demonstrative IN
the extreme to Joseph but Sophy came in
under the wire with account of making
mash, and the victim after seeing her home
fell and broke his collar bone.
1nformations will be made against the two
Romeos and the apothecary this morning for
blackmailing
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
ANOTHER ELECTRIC ROAD,
The Oakland Feeder of the Pittsburg Line
10 start This Week.

TO start This Week.
The electric feeder of the Pittsburg Traction
Companys line through Oakland, is now ready
for operation, and as soon as the cars arrive,
the line will begin business. A cross-over
switch has been put in at the foot of Atwood
street, and the cars will not be ''trailed' into
the city, as was the intention of the officials
some months ago. The cars were expected
here last week, and it was intended to have the
opening on st. Patricks Day. 1t is probable
that they will be here some time this week.
The electric cars are being built in st. Louis.
The company will also turn out of the shop
tomorrow Wednesday new cable motor
car. 1t is one of the old 'bobtailed" cars used
on the P, o. & E. L. line, repainted On the
side is sign. smoking car" and no ladies W IL
be allowed on it. New and heavy gearing has
been placed under the car to give it soldity.
The car will be used as ''the Crib" and will
haul a train of three or four other cars. This
will make two trains the company will have out
during the busy part of the day.
The ten ladie3' cars will also arrive some time
this week, and will be placed on the road as
soon as received. These cars will not be for
the exclusive transportation of lady passengers,
but gentlemen will be allowed in them il they
wish to occupy the cars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
SUIT AGAINST THE POSTAL.
Frank T. Phillips Wants $1,000 Damages
fnr ALLEGED Nc riect Of nutx-

Suit was entered Saturday by Frank T.
Phillips against the Postal Telegraph Company
for 5000 damages. He alleges that on Feb
ruary % last, he sent telegram by the de-
fendant company to Greensburg, notifying one
S. w. Caldwell of the death of Prof. 1. n.
Stephenson, the school teacher who was killed
on the b. & o. Railroad at Hazelwood. The
message was not delivered, and Mr.. Caldwell
and other relatives knew nothing of Prof.
Stephenson's death until after the funeral had
taken place.
The plaintiff alleges the defendant company
was guilty of gross neglect in not delivering
the messages, and brings the suit for damages.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
SHE FOUND A FRIEND.
Beautiful Young French Girl Taken Into n
Home on the Southside.

Beautiful Young French Girl Taken Into n
Home on the Souttside.
Mr.. Thomas Gallaher, of the Southside. took
into his family last evening 15year-old French
girl that he found crying in the Lake Erie
depot Mr.. Galaher is bIg-hearted man, and
the story told him by the girl, whether true or
no, touched him.
Jeanette Weber is her name. and she started
from France with her father and mother three
years ago. On board the ship the mother died,
and father and daughter saw her body dropped
into the sea. They came to Pittsburg and To-
Gated at Montour.
About year ago the father died, leaving the
girl alone in the world. She then went to live
as a domestic with Mr. Stevens, but short
time ago the family moved to Kansas. The
girl said she had managed to save $50. and find
ing herself without a home she started for
Pittsburg. She met two men while walking
to the station and shortly after she left them
she missed the money she had scraped to-
gether. A Agentleman seeing her in tears kindly
paid her fare to Pittsburg.
When the poor girl, who is indeed beautiful,
arrived here, and having no place to go to, she
burst into tears when Mr.. Gallaher found her
and took her to his home. She feels certain
that the men robbed her of the money.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
Two Fires in Allegheny.

An alarm of fire was sent in from Box g. in
Allegheny. about noon yesterday for small
fire in the office of Young & Van Gunden's
marble works, on Jackson street. The damage
by fire will not exceed So but the stock of pol
ished marble in the building was considerably
affected by the water. A still alarm of fire to
the Hope Engine Company, of Allegheny
called them to the old exposition grounds yes
terday, where one of the sheds had caught FIRE
from the sparks left by workmen who had
built fire. No damage was done.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
he WANTS PATRIOTIC CATHOLICS.
Father Canevin Makes nm AlIusion to Mrs.
Margaret Sheppard.

Rev. Father Canevin preached last evening
at St. PauPs Cathedral on Patriotism" The
subject was a timely one, coming upon the eve
of st. PatrIck's Day. The reverend gentleman
began by detailing the expedition of Chris
topher Columbus and mentioned all the ex-
plorers who visited this continent. He spoke
of the fealty of all good Catholics to their
country and their church.
eIFather Canevin also mentioned "the attacks
of so-called converted Catholics from the
Church" He did not mention any names. but
left his hearers under the impression that from
what he said he was:speaking of Mrs. Margaret
pay no attention to what such persons said.
They have been railing against the Church for
years, and the Catholics have kept on increas-
when the Declaration OF independence was
signed, there were but q, 900 Catholics in this
country. To-day there are between 10000, 600
and IL OOO O00
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
ST. Gnll.

If you have never visited this famous
Alpine town you can at least feast your eyes
here upon the beauties of st. Calls chief
Observation-Disclosures
We now are showing our direct importa-
tions OF embroideries for spring-all are now
in. The patterns we show are exclusively
our own, and the most extensive assortment
by far ever shown by US. Don't make the
mistake of thinking that you will have to
pay more because the patterns are exclusive.
The prices of our embroideries are lower
than can be generally quoted for. We buy
them right where they are made.
Jos. HORNE & Co.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
THE UNLUCKY NUMBER.
When Thirteen Meet in a Speak, Easy

When Thirteen Meet in n Speak-Easy the
Place is Sure to be Raided.
Lieutenant David Lewis and squad Of off
GERS raided the speak-easy kept by Marshall
Moss, at 279 Second avenue Yellow Row, at
l:3O yesterday afternoon, and captured Moss
and Il inmates of the house, one of whom was
Eliza Gray, and the balance all men whom the
police regard as tough characters.
The place has been in the business for nearly
three weeks, but was SO well guarded that the
police could not gain entrance at a time
when there was a crowd present before. Intor-
nations for selling without license. selling on
Sunday and keeping a disorderly house will be
entered against Moss by Inspector McAleese.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
TIE SUICIDE TRICK.
Fishers Object in Doing the StrangllnG Act
Discussed by Officials.

Deputy Sheriff Smith yesterday called on In
spector McAleese and asked that the patrol
wagon be sent to the Jail this morning to con-
vey 81 county prisoners to Allegheny for trans
portation to the workhouse. This the largest
number ever sent from the Jail to the work
house at one time. While the deputy was at
the attempted suicide of young Fisher at the
jail on Friday night They were all of the
opinion that Fisher is smart yonng rascal
and the only object of his attempt was to Gre
ate sympathy SO that in his trial for completely
in the East End and Oakland robberies he
would be lightly dealt with by the Court
The officials say that If Fisher had really
wanted to take his life he could have done so
without detection until it would have been too
late. Instead of that he managed it so that he
was caught before any damage was done. In
spector McAleese has no doubt of Fishers con-
ylction,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
CUT WITH A KNIFE.

One Man Accuses Another of Stealing n Dol
lar and They Quarrel.
Kirk Fields, a colored man, who lives near
Twenty-eighth street, was slashed on the shoul-
der last evening with knife by Bristol Green
Both men were arrested and Dr. Meyer sewed
up the cut.
According to Green's story he went to Fields
house with friend and ordered beer, which he
paid for. Fields finally accused him of steal
ing a dollar and they started for the river to
fight it out Green claims that Fields cut him
on the arm and then some one in the crowd
gave him an open knife and he slashed his as
sailant Fields wound is painful but not Sc
riOus
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
"a Coming Treat for Artists.

Mr.. Frederick Reppel, of New York, will
deliver a lecture at the Club Theater. before the
Art Society on Thursday evening of next week.
Mr.. Keppel comes to Pittsburg as the guest of
the Art Society, and the prospect of hearing SO
distinguished a gentleman and connoisseur
upon his favorite topic. "Etchers and their
Etchings," has created decided interest in
local art circles. The author of a number of
well-known works. 1.-The Golden Age of En-
craving" "The Modern Disciples of Rem
brandt" "The Etched Work of Charles
Meryou," etc., Mr.. Keppel brings to the treat
ment of any subject connected with etching a
broad and Thorough knowledge which is
probably not excelled by any author or con-
noisseur in America.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
To Meet Governor Campbell.

1.-THE Randall Club of Pittsburg requests the
pleasure of your company to meet Hon. James
E. Campbell, Governor of Ohio, Monday even
ing, March II, 1890 from until II o'clock, at
the clubhouse, 73 Sixth avenue" is the way
neatly printed invitations to the Campbell re-
ception read. A large crowd Is sure to greet
Ohio's Chief Executive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
THE SCALE SLIDES UPWARD.
Steel Workers TO Receive an Increase in
Wages April 1.

BRADDoCK, Pa, March 16.-On the lst of
next month the men employed at the Home
stead mill of Carnegie. Phipps & Co., will re-
ceive a raise in accordance with the Amalga-
mated sliding scale under which they are work
ing. Their wages are now based on the selling
price of rails at $50 rs.
From the lst of April until tho 1st of July
they will work on a basis of rails selling at
S3S so. The following three months the wages
will be fixed on the average selling price of
rails for the preceding three months.
The Edgar Thomson has beaten all previous
records. From to o'clock Friday, the mill
turned out 1897 rails. The No. turn working
eight hours from 2 to 10 o'clock on the sam
day. made 730 rails, and No.i3 turn made from
to o'clock, Saturday morning. l,746 rails or
6O13 in all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17
PENNSYLVANIA Company Changes.

Secretary Liggett, of the Pennsylvania Com
pany, has sent out notices to the effect that w.
F. Black, Superintendent of the ]. NJ. & l. di-
vision at Louisville has been appointed Cen
eral Manager, vice John b. Carson, relieved
under the Reorganization of the lines H. l.
Miller. Superintendent Southern Division c.,
st. L. & p, succeeds Mr.. Black. w. b. Leeds,
Engineer Maintenance of Way, Little Miami
branch, takes Mr.. Miller's place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-17

Susan Hughes, slightly demented woman,
who spent Saturday night in the Seventeenth
ward station. was dismissed by Magistrate
Brush yesterday. The prisoner had formerly
been employed in ST. Francis Hospital and
went there on Saturday to get some money due
her. Here she raised a disturbance and was
arrested.