Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of n Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Rendy Reading.

Incidents of Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Rendy Reading.
THE number of deaths in the city for the
week ending Saturday, as given by the report
of the Bureau of Health, was So against IS for
the corresponding week last year. Diseases of
the throat and lungs continue to have the
largest number of victims. From pneumonia
there were II deaths: from consumption, 8;
Group, 5; diphtheria. 4; laryngitis and bron-
chitis, 2 each. Thirteen were children less than
year. and % had not reached years. There
were 6 deaths of persons over 20 years, of
them being chargeable to old age. The deaths
in the different sections of the city were: East
End, 81; Southside, q; old city, q
LAST night John Williams stable boss at
Wainwr lights brewery, was made the recipient
of a very handsome present in the shape of a
parlor set A gift from the drivers. The
presentation speech was made by James Null
vaney, Mr.. Williams managed to make a
fitting response.
PATRICK nowNEY. who lives at Solo, had a
hearing before Alderman Jones last evening on
charge of assault and battery preferred by
Michael Kain, who testified that Doypey
struck him on the head with cobble stone.
knocking him down. He was held under $500
bail for court.
MEssRs. WIN. ]. HoUcK and Joseph P E.
Mage spent Sunday with friends Of Tiff n,
o. At Steubenville they were the guests
of Miss Katie Foley, who is on a visit to her
Agnes Miller.
REPORTS from McKeesport agree that the
options on property in that borough, suppos-
ably for railroad purposes, have been renewed.
and that the McKeesport and Bellevernon
Railroad will yet secure route to Pittsburg
THE overturning of converter at the Besse-
mer Steel Works yesterday badly burned
William Keppler, q new worker in the con-
verting mill. His ears were burned of and he
was brought to the Mercy Hospital.
MAYOR MCCALLIN received a telegram
from Dale station, on the p. B. & Buffalo
Railway, yesterday, stating that Max Cohen,
Hebrew peddler from this city had been run
over there and killed
MARY BLACK, little girl living on Forbes
street, slipped on a banana peel in front of her
home yesterday afternoon, dlslocating her hip
joint. She was attended by DR.. Rankin.
THE Coroner's verdict on the death of Annie
Griffith who died at the Point on Saturday
was death from natural causes. Her husband,
Louis Griffith, was censured for neglect.
CHARLES HOFFMAN, of No. 50 Liberty
street, Allegheny, was seriously injured in the
breast yesterday by cart hook He worked in
the lumber yards of Kopt & Voeghtly.
WILLIAM MATUR, an engineer in A. M.
Byers & Co.'s mill. on South Seventh street
was seriously injured yesterday evening by
being caught in some shafting.
THE Board of Viewers yesterday held
neeLnR 70 receive clalins Ior damages by the
opening of Landwehr street, from Penn
avenue to Marchand street.
GEORGE CoULsoN, the Hungarian, was held
for murder, by the Coroner yesterday accord
ing to the verdict the death Of Ajello
Lorenzo
A THIEF robbed the drugstore of W. F.
Mcdonald, corner jackson and Buena Vista
streets, Saturday night. He took 500 cigars.
AT recent meeting OF Company B, Eigh-
teenth Regiment, series of resolutions in
memory of Harry G. Clothier were passed.