Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
THE TOPICAL TALkER.


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Pittsburgers Play Follow My Leadcr-Bcr.
muda in High Favor--Smith's Chances
An Incident of Southern Travel.
| pITTSBURGERS have a way of following a
| leader in their choice of resorts, summer
and winter. In the hot weather, as is well
| known, Atlantic City becomes suburb Of
Pittsburg; more of our people are to be found
in that single New Jersey resort than in all the
other seaside places put together during July
| and August.
Just now Pittsburg is in love with Bermuda
the tender feeling began year OF so ago, and
has developed greatly this season. A gentle
man who returned from Bermuda last week
tells me that he was surprised to find Pitts
burgers wherever he went-the island was full
of them. They are still going to Bermuda by
the dozen.
HTHERE are many more men in Pittsburg
who have the inclination and the time to
seek rest and recreation outside the CITY," said
a business man yesterday, "than there were in
my fathers days. The rich men of Pittsburg
generation ago and even more recently, did not
care to move out of their circle of work. but
their sons and the newcomers with wealth have
different ideas about the use OF money. They
are getting more fun out Of it, so to speak.
And the railroads, hotel keepers and others
who are interested in health and pleasure re-
sorts are beginning to realize what field there
is in Pittsburg for evangelistic effort. They
are flooding Pittsburgers with information
about their localities, and if they we're wise
they would use the newspapers more to reach
the public"
THERE is, am told by high authority,
great obstacle in the way of the gentlemen
who are interesting themselves in the case OF
the colored man Smith, sentenced to DEATH
Governor Beaver has said that his object In
fixing the execution of nine murderers for
April is to call attention to the penalty OF
murder all over the State. The Governor
rightly thinks that some such object lesson is
needed, for the shedding of blood in this State
has been on the increase of late 70 an alarming
extent.
For this reason Smiths chances of commu-
tation of the penalty are not good. At the
same time there seems to be widespread feel
ing that Smith does not deserve hanging half
as much as dozens of murderers now in the
Western Penitentlary.
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p AILRoAD travelling IN the South has pictur-
esque features which are lacklng-and II
is Just as well-in these parts
A Pittsburger was returning recently from
Southern trip. and found the journey rather
tedious in spite of the beautiful mountain
scenery through which the Cincinnati Southern
passes. While the train was still in Tennessee,
and after night had fallen, the train stopped at
q little station in the midst of a wild. wooded
valley. AS the train stopped great disturb
ance in the shed serving for station became
audible. In the lamp light could be seen
white man and negro fighting in a most fero-
cious way. The Pittsburger went out with the
other passengers to see the fray, but he noticed
that a half dozen Southerners in the car with
him took their revolvers out of hip pockets or
valises before they left the train.
Guess Wen shoot the black -" said one
of the spectators. but native of the place
who was holding lamp said Don't do it,
stranger, the white man is no better than the
otherh
Just then the combatants, who had clinched,
broke away, and the white man turned and ran
around the end of the shed. The negro ran
headlong after his foe, and then sound of
crashing bushes and rolling stones showed that
he had fallen down the precipitous bank of a
gully.
The train, which had been held while the
fight lasted-the conductor was the most inter-
ested spectator-now moved out slowly. AS
the passengers took their seats one of them
said. as he slipped his revolver into his pocket:
That's blanked shame-we ought to have
shot him.