Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-16
THE STRoLLER,S STORIES,
Odd Opinions and Quaint Obssrvatiens Gath
cred From Curb and Corridor.

| erou REoMa OurD ana Coffi0Ofs
| IT seems that Mr.. Charles W. Mackey OF
Franklin. was misunderstood by the Stroller
in his references to Senator Delamater in a
chat held at the Hotel Anderson Tuesday even
| ing. Mr.. Mackey says that his friendship for
Senator Delamater has been life long, and that
he did not mean to imply in any possible way
that Mr.. Delamater's candidacy would be in
the slightest degree repugnant to him. He
| says, on the contrary, that If the Crawford
county Senator should become the nominee of
the party, he would have Mr.. Mackeys heart
lest support. Meanwhile Mr.. Mackey sustains
most friendly relations with all the candidates.
| Being engrossed in business, he is not taking
any part in the preliminary canvass now IN
progress.
a HEAVILY built man, with a strong face,
fine brown eyes and full dark brown
beard, who is stopping at the hotel Anderson,
is ex-senator 7. @. Snyder, of Canton. He is
in the city on business, being an iron manufae-
turer in that progressive Ohio city. Speaking
of the election Of Colonel Brice to the Senate,
he said: 'The Democrats In our part of the
State do not say much about it. Some of them
are dissatisfied bnt Ohio Democrats are capa-
Die OF eating any amount of crow. Brice's
election was procured in very different way
from Payne'a In the Payne campaign mem
bers OF the Legislature were bought outright
Brice's canvass was conducted on a much
shrewder plan. He secured influential men all
over the State. and they Influenced the little
fellows who were members of the Legislature If
man showed signs of revolt, many influences
were brought to bear on him, and he was
pulled into line either by persuasion, promises
or threats. Briee got the support of the Demo
cratic newspapers by subscribing for all of
them, and by liberal distribution of paid read
ing matter. he could have had more votes in
the caucus on the first ballot, than he did have
If they had been needed. Mr.. Monnot, one of
the members from my county, voted for
Thomas, but that was only for effect. He was
really for Brice, and afterward moved to make
hls nomination unanimous"
t1 HE Republican party In Ohio" said the ex-
Senator, suffered no serious injury by
the defeat Of Governor Foraker. We are in
good shape and will beat them the next time.
Forakers defeat was personal. because Of the
antipathy to third term, and his attitude in
regard to Sunday closing in Cincinnati. am
great admirer of Foraker, but advised against
his candidacy"
ET SUPPOSE he continued, 'that the Demo
cratic Legislature will re-district the
State SO as to make a majority of the Congress
sional districts Democratic. It is the time for
the decennial apportionment, and if they
gerrymander the State it will put the Repub-
Hcan party in an embarrassing position. We
will either have to wait until 1900 or do what
we have been condemning the Democrats for
doing. re-district the State in an intervening
year"
COLONEL r. M. MILLER, an attorney of Chi
cago passed through the city yesterday on
his journey to Washington where he viii join
the Chicago enVoys already at work in that
city who are trying to procure the location of
the Worlds Fair in Chicago. Colonel Miller is
sanguine Of success for his town. If Chicago
gets it. he says, there will be no necessity for
postponement beyond 1892. The enterprise of
the Western city can be depended upon to
have all things ready on time.
VEsTERDAY afternoon an immense block of
granite, beautifully carved, was lifted TO
its position as the keystone Of the large arch
over the front of the new Postoffice and Gus
tom House. The operation required about an
hour, and demanded the services of two dozen
men. The stone weighs over seven tons, and
its cost was about S1,S5Q Hundreds of people
crowded the sidewalk on Smithfield street and
watched the work during the rain. There is al
ways danger in the lifting of such a mass OF
granite, but the men engaged in the work ap-
pear TO feel not the slightest fear. They stand
on narrow cornices at dizzy heights and work
with the same ease that they would feel were
they on solid ground.
a T the weekly prayer meeting held last even
ing in Rev. E. R. Donehoo's Presbyterian
church. in the West End, a stranger took part
in the services. He wore a slouch hat was
bearded like q Colorado miner, and his rubber
coat and high rubber boots were splashed
thickly with mud. His appearance indicated
that before entering the church he had found
his way into West End ''speak-easy." He
trod loudly up the aisle and slammed himself
down in front seat. He leered drowsiIy at
the minister during several hymns and prayers.
Finally he arose and said: Preacher, want
you to pray for me-" Rev. Donehoo re.
piled that he would be glad to do so. "But
want you to pray right away and pray hard"
the stranger said. The minister answered that
if the gentleman would sit down and be quiet,
the church would pray for him. The stranger
sat down, and the services proceeded. Fifteen
minutes later he again arose, and delivered
himself thus: Nov, preacher, need praying.
I'm farmer from away back here in the coun-
try It was q job got into town tonight. You
never saw roads so ALFRED bad in your born
days; you never did, preacher. Why they're
over the hubs dozen times tween here and the
place. They're so bad that GOALS Is cents
bushel out. there. We can't get to market,
preacher. and we have to eat pork and rambos
The wheat's out SO far it's sure to be froze.
Preacher, we all need praying for. 1 tell you.
Good night" He tramped out, and the con-
gregation sang. "Pull for the Shore"
"a GENTLEMAN who1occupies an official posi-
tion in this city, said yesterday afternoon:
81 see that Mr.. Mexican is down in Washing
ton trying to arrange for more postof1ce room.
1t is greatly needed More space can be very
easily secur ed for postofice purposes right in
the building. There are in the large, fine
rooms on the second and third floor, number
of officers who could be very easily moved out
and put into quarters on the opposite side Of
Smith field street. or somewhere in the vicinity.
1t is not so necessary that they should be kept
in the same building, as it is to have all de-
partments of the postofice under one roof
The pension examiners could very easily be |
moved to Third avenue, where the pension dis |
bursement officers are located. The District |
Attorneys office could also be moved without |
any inconvenience to the public business. Some |
of the people upstairs have more room than |