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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
OIL CLOSES LOWER.
Light Trading and n Very Narrow Range of
Prices.

The oil market yesterday developed about
the same characteristics as on Friday. 1t did
not reach quite SO low level but was a frac-
tion off at the close.
The opening was steady at the best point of
the day. The market then sagged for want of
support, and moved along within very narrow
limits until the last few minutes when it frmed
up a little and closed small fraction better
than the lowest figure. The range was: Open
ing and highest, SG5sc; lowest, S61ac; closed,
S65sc.
Trading was light ana confined to the profess
sionals. Refined was unchanged. Taking the
week through the market was decidedly
bearish. Business, however, was brisker than
for long time, the clearances being 4,126OO
barrels-the largest of any previous week this
wear.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
p, n. =, of A,

The team of Camp will confer the Valley
Forge Degree on 81 candidates on Friday.
The camps of the two cities are very active
at present Propositions and limitations are the
order of every interview.
During the past fortnight new camps have
been instituted in this State at Summit, Hal
ford. Pennviile Reading eighth camp in the
city and al Mill Ci;y.
Colonel Z. G. Sexton, of Monongahela Com
mandery at BTaddock. Is Chairman of the COM
mlttee making preparations to entertain the
communicates at the State Camp Sessions in
this city next August
The annual entertainment of Camp 3SS was a
grand success. The Grafton of Commander
George H. Hawksworth was applauded to the
echo The recitations of Miss Bright and
Messrs. Getty and Bright were well rendered
and the selections by the Smoky City Quartet
were encored again and again. A banquet fit
tngly closed the exercises.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Select Knights.

AL the legions in this jurisdiction seem to be
having a boom Just at present, as they are
receiving new members at every meeting.
All comrades who intend to accompany the
Colonel and staff to Mt. Washington on MONDAY
evening will meet at Central Hotel, Smithteld
street. prompt at 7:30 P. NJ.
The dramatic entertainment and reception
of Dusquesne Legion No. 10 last Wednesday
evening was a grand success in every way
The audience was a large and select one, and
every performer was equal to the occasion and
well up in his part.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
THE TENDERFOOT FLED.
He Thought He Was Rolling High on a
S1O0 Bill Bur Changed His Mind.


New York Herald.I
At Butte, Mont, winning Of $1,000 at
poker is thought to be about the proper
caper when they are running your way, and
if you 60 that amount in the hole you are
expected to look pleasant when you put on
your overshoes. One night tenderfoot
dropped in and asked if he could come in,
ooh, yes if he wanted to-" There was then
So, 900 on the table, and after the hand was
played the newcomer put aside his fur-lined
overcoat and silk tile and presented crisp
500 bill for chips. The banker-they have
bankers in poker games out West-looked
surprised.
The players looked at each other and then
at the stranger.
"Well, what's the matter, gentlemen?"
said the Fastener with a bland smile.
"Ain't 1 in the game?"
There was a silent moment.
"Why, of course" said the dealer, "here,
banker, come up for this gentleman, he
wants white chip"
You couldn't have kept the traveller in
that place with lasso. He left town that
night on an east-bound freight train.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
SOME BIG DEALS.
The Lindenthul Property Resold at an Ad.
vauce-Other Transactions.


Samuel W. Black Co. sold the property at
Shields station, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railway, known as the Lindenthal
property, containing about four acres of
ground, with large dwelling, for Sl5,50O. This
was a resale at an advanced price, the property
having been sold at Sheriff's sale in January
They also sold lot No. 90, IN West End place,
being 2OxlO0 for sl3l 50.
Ewing & Byers, SO Federal street, sold for
Miss Clara Telford to Miss Lizzie Smith the
property No. 107 Park Way. Fourth ward, AL
legheny being frame house of seven rooms
and hall. with lot 25x60 This property is To-
Gated on leased ground (Schenley lease). The
consideration was 81, 200.
Thomas Liggett sold for R. w. Thompson ct
ux, to Mrs. r. Hume, lot 20x95, on Center ave-
nue., near Penn, Twentieth ward, for S. 200
cash.
Black & Baird, 95 Fourth avenue sold for
George w. and E. ]. Biggs the three-story
brick dwelling of nine rooms, with lot 20x45
feet known as No. SO Congress street, to ]. b.
McGarvey for $1,000. They also placed two
small mortgages. one for $500 for three years
at per cent on Madison street property, and
the other for $3.50 for four years at per cent
on Ward street property, in Oakland.
Baxter, Thompson Co., 162 Fourth avenue,
sold another of those two-story frame houses
ON Wshdisss street, on Wylie avenue, Thir.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

THE TREND OF STOCKS.
Pleasant Valley Active and stropger-Gas-
sers and fractions Dull nnd Lower.

sers and fractions Dull nnd Lower.
A fair business was transacted at the Stock
Exchange yesterday for short session and
rainy day. Orders were said to be increasing,
indicating a permanent revival. Total sales
were 29O shares, and for the week 2050, against
976 the previous week.
The market opened steady with liberal bid
ding for nearly all the specialties. Pleasant
Valley was again the feature, and for which
the demand as had been the case for several
days, was greater than the supply. The first
sale of it was at "a the next at 2711 and the
last at 275S showing steady appreciation dur
ing the session. 1t closed at 2715 bid and 2754
asked. 1t is believed that all the recent selling
has been on the long side.
Philadelphia Gas and the fractions were the
weak spots in the market, all of them submit
ting to concessions There seems to be an
utter want of confidence in these Stocks though
for what reason is not clearly understood. So
far as known there has been no recent change
in condition to warrant such feeling They
seem to be in the hands of a coterie of chronic
rut with or without reason.
Bank shares showed some appreciation, but
there were no Transactions. There was a very
light demand for insurance for Saturday. Rail-
road stocks were firm, with Electric Switch
and Signal and the miners dull and featureless.
EXCHANGE STOCK
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
HOME TREATMENT.

Jacob Altmeyer, of Risher opposite McKees-
port, Pa, states: II commenced treatment for
my catarrhal trouble with Drs. Copeland A
Blair on June %, 1889. l now feel like differ
ent man. and shall be pleased to state my case
and recommend their treatment to anyone ad-
dressing me-"
Mr.. William Barnes. of Hickman. Pa, was
afflicted with catarrh and had lost all sense OF
taste and smell. He was under the care Of
Drs. Copeland q Blair and now states: II am
perfectly well, and owe my recovery to their
treatment"
Mr.. Harry Phillips, of Hutton, Pa, has this
to say OF his successful treatment for catarrh
with Drs. Copeland & Blair: Il was in very bad
shape, but now feel like a different being, and
as well as ever did in my life."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
PROHIBITIONISTS ORGANIZING.


westmoreland County Temperance Advo-
cates Form n League and Elect Officers.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.I
GREENsBURG, PA, March 22.-The Pro-
hibitionists Of Westmoreland county met in
the court house here yesterday and organ
lied County League, of which John d.
Gill, ESQ.,, of this place, was made Presi-
dent. After the organization State Organ
izer Morgan, of Scranton. addressed the
meeting in the interest of temperance.
The new organization is the thirty-fourth
league formed in the State, the parent
league being in Scranton.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
A FINDLAY MAN DROWNED
While Clearing Driftwood From the Pier Of
Railroad Bridse.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
F1NDLAY, o., March 22.-Burton Cor
don, a section hand on the American Mid
land railroad, was drowned this morning
about 10 o'clock in Blanchard's river, ten
miles west of this city. He was fighting
driftwood from the railroad bridge, when he
lost his hold and sank beneath the drift.
The neighboring people were aroused and
an attempt made to recover the body, but
without avail. Gordon lived In this city
and had three children.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
A BLIND MANS SORROWS.
He is Looking for His Wife md Children
Who Deserted Him in Pitrsburg.

Who Deserted Him in Pittsburg.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcul
WHEELING, March pa blind colored
man, giving the name of George Brodenex,
and claiming to hail from Pittsburg, put in
an appearance at police headquarters to-
day.
His story was that he was looking for his
wife, who had run away from him, taking
with her two children, aged and 21f years.
and that he had followed them this far and
could go no farther. Chief of Police Del
brugge arranged for sending the fellow back
to Pittsburg,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
ELECTRICITY In MINES.

A New Coal Digger Being Tested in the
First Pool.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DTsPATCH.i
MoNoNGAHELA CITY, March 22.-An
electric coal digger is being tried in some
of the mines in the first pool, and the men
are somewhat alarmed at the success of the
novel affair They are greatly in favor,
however, of the proposition to introduce the
incandescent system of lighting in the mines,
as is proposed by some owners.
1t is claimed this system will entirely do
away with the ever-present danger of explos-
ion of fire damp where the mines are badly
ventilated
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Oil Notes.

WORK in the various fields will be vigorously
pushed as soon as the roads settle.
THERE was noticeable absence of field news
on Change yesterday. Not single new gusher
was reported.
IT is quite generally believed that the next
pipe line report will show an increase of pro-
duction over consumption.
PRODUCERS are paying very little attention
to speculation. They are devoting themselves
to business and are making money,
THERE was considerable talk yesterday about
an independent pipe line to the seashore in op-
position to the Standard, and the drift of opin-
ion was in favor of it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
HE BETRAYED HIS TRUST,
Severe Sentence Imposed on n Prominent
Cincinnati Merchant.

Severe Sentence Imposed on n Prominent
Cincinnati Merchant.
CINCINNATI, March 22.-Judge Bates,
OF the Common Pleas Court, to-day sentenced
to the penitentiary for two and one-half
years, William II. Meyers, a well-known
citizen and merchant. He had been con-
victed of embezzling funds amounting to
81, 900 held by him as guardian of minor
children. The defense was a lack of evil
intent. That the money was invested in
business and disaster followed.
The Court in sentencing the prisoner
SAID: Here was a man who was not criminal
In the ordinary sense. The penitentiary is
no place for him, he would be better out
taking care of his family. But the security
o! trust funds must be protected by an en-
pnatic condemnation OF such gross and out
faseouS misuse as appears in this case. Mr..
meyer has always held position of respect
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
SMITH HELD FOR COURT.
Strong Evidence Connects Him With the
Poisoning of Belle Simpson.

STEUBENvILLE, O.. March 22.-The
hearing in the case Of Frank Smith, who
was held for court by Justice Love on the
charge of poisoning Belle Simpson, at Min
go Junction, last February, commenced in
Probate Court this morning. The prelimi-
nary hearing continued all day, and court
adjourned late this evening until Monday.
Smith was given hearing on his petition
for a release, but it is now claimed the evil
dence is stronger than it was at the first
hearing, and that his petition will be denied.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
SUICIDE DAY In CHICAGO,

1nQuests Held on -Four Persons Who Had
Tired of Life.
CHICAGO, March 22.-To-day was suicide
day in the Coroner's office, no less than four
inquests being held on cases of that nature.
They were William Misner, laborer,
living at 60 Sheridan street, who
took poison; William S. Barber, an
express messenger, who shot himself in
the head, while respondent over the loss of
an express package; Patrick McNichols, a
horseshoer, who shot himself, and Mrs.
Gotham, at 80 West Indiana street. who
shot herself in the head yesterday while
respondent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Other Oil Markets,

. OIL CITY. March 22-Petroleum opened at
S634c; highest. S65sr; lowest, S65zc; closed at
S634c Sales, 25S0O0 bbls.; charters STA bbls,;
shipments, 6S,2 ,256 bbls.; runs, 81 l.545 bbls.
BRADFORD. March 22-Petroleum opened at
1870; closed at $3.50; highest S61sc; lowest,
S6ssc; clsarances, 662, 900 bbls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Ces,na VIII Run for Congress,


BEDFORD, Pa, March "a petition
asking John Cessna to enter the contest for
the Republican nomination for Congress in
this district has been circulated, and numer-
ously signed by the best people. Mr..
Cessna has accepted in brief letter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Imprisoned for Life.


CHARLESTON, W. VA, March o.
Charles Dabney was convicted to-day of the
murder of Jesse Stanton and Constable
Belicher, and sentenced to the penitentiary
for life
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Commission Is.

Mckee & Hagan, of 1oS Fourth avenue.
buy or sell all kinds of stocks and invest
ment securities on margin or for cash. Cor
respondence solicited. TTsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Commission Is.

Mckee & Hagan, of 10S Fourth avenue,
buy or sell all kinds of stocks and invest
ment securities on margin or for cash. Cor
respondence solicited. TTsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

Closing quotations OF Philadelphia stocks, rur-
nished by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock E1-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

Bogus Butter Dealers Arrested.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcAI
JoHNsTowN, Pa, March 22.-Mr. Cook
had two more Johnstown dealers arrested
this evening for selling oleo.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

SAN FRANCISCO, March %. - King
Malietoa has, by proclamation, excluded
native Hawaiians from the Samoan Islands.
The King had previously issued procla-
nation excluding the Chinese.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

Pitts. Va. a Charleston X. X. Co... 42 .:..
Pitts. & Western X. R. Co. pref........
Bid. Asked.
N v kfyaye,and f,as Coai Co - SO
BRIDGE STOCKS.
= Bid. Asked.
Northside Bridge Co. Co..................... 90
MINING STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
la INorla MlnlnS So...... ,e[s 1s
1ubteI mining co. o...............'...'.'..' ioH liz
SllNerIOn mining
1ankee Girl Mining Co............-..... "a
ELECTRIC LIGHT STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Allegheny County Electric. W
1-iob IAhu
Westinghouse Electric. 80 1o
MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Granite Roofing Co...................... 10 ....
Monongahea Water Co.................. ...: 80
Union Switch and Signal Co. .......... 14A loA
W estlnghouse Air Brake Co. .ll3T ITO
Westinghouse Brake Co., Lin. 50
Sales were so shares of Philadelphia Gas at
20 20 at 31L 100 Pleasant Valley n Z7L. bU at
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

NOVELTIES in mems neckwear, at James
d. Aiken q Co.'s, 100 Filth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
HOLDING THE FORT.
Bank CIearings Still Crawling Away from
Last Year-Ensy Money.


Last Yenr-Ensy Money.
A supply of currency was received yesterday,
but it will soon go to fill rat hole. Who
boards it is something no one seems able to find
out. There was no other feature in banking
circles. There was light demand for money,
and it was in good supply. Rates were 6@7 rer
cent. The bulk of present loans has been at
6 per cent.
The Clearing House report was favorable as
showing prosperous condition of trade. Ihe
weeks gain in exchanges over the correspond
ing time last year was nearly S2,0O0, ,00G. Balti-
more was laid out. The report follows:
Yesterdays exchanges. .............s 2 36, 97S IS
Previous weeks exchanges. 13 49, 800 50
RRxcnnnges week Of i d7 ~ "a "a % %
julius F. Stark sold I 50 Shares Westinghouse
John D. Bailey sold so shares Natural Gas
and Pipeage at 1614
Sproul and Lawrence sold 100 shares Phila-
Henry NJ. Long sold 100 shares Pleasant VAL
leyIat q, and 10 shares Westinghouse Electric
at 49,
The total sales of stocks at New York yester-
day were 545S3 shares, including Atchlson,
1850; Louisville and Nashville, 3,lS4 Oregon
Iranscontinental, LILO; Reading, LOO; st.
Paul, 1885,
The weekly statement of the New York
banks, issued yesterday, shows the following
changes: Reserve increase, 1886. .625; loans,
increase, 81, $50 800; SPECIE increase, 100000;
legal tenders, decrease, $685. 100; deposits, in
crease S9Sl, 100; circulation, increase, Sll7S 500.
Amont in reserve above 25 per cent legal re-
quirements. So, 4O6, ,525
The exports OF specie from the port of New
York during the past week amounted to $780,
206, of which S252, 4S5 was in gold and S2S7,77l
silver. The imports of specie for the week
amounted to S426, SOL, of which S396.6SS was in
gold and SIS, ,Sl3 silver.
Money on call at New York yesterday was
easv with no loans closed offered at 8. Prime
mercantile paper. 51S@715. Sterling exchange
dull but steady at 81 S21a for 60-day bills and
81 S515 for demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

All communications for this department
should be mailed to reach THE DISPATCH not
later than Saturday morning. Reasonable
space will be freely given to all organizations
classified under this heading.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Features of Yesterdays Oil Marker,

Corrected daily by John NJ. Oakley d Co., As
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro-
leum Exchange.
Opened. ....... 500. S6XI Lowest. ssk
Highest. s6S SClosed............ ssSs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

Refined, New 7 ork. 7Z5c.
Refined, London. 5ssd.
Refined, Antwerp, III.
Refined, Liverpool. Sd.
Refined Bremen. 6.65m.
A. B. McGrew quotes: Puts, S51Sc; calls,
S75S@S754c.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-24
No. 227

very fast, but it got fever when its large
teeth began to come, so il died. We lost
several young elephants in the same way
from fever when teething.
Crocodiles, or, as they are more COM
monty called, alligators, were very COM
mon in eastern Bengal. I could not ven
ture to guess how many hundreds / must
have seen in many voyages through the
Sunderbunds, and in navigating the large
rivers and backwaters of the Dacca dfyi
sion. In Calcutta children sometimes
keep little crocodiles as pets, but they sell
dom live long. 1 have fired many shots at
them, but cannot pretend TO have killed
many, at least outright The crocodile is
very tenacious of life. Once when stay
ing at an indigo factory on the Gsnges
we were greeted on our return from long
mornings shooting by the news that some
fishermen had caught a live crocodile in
their nets, and had brought it upon a bull
lock-cart to the factory. A strong rope
was tied round its loins, and il was put
into the factory tank or reservoir while we
dressed and breakfasted After about an
hour we had the creature pulled out of the
tank and tried to kill it. A few bullets
seemed to make little impression; a spear
thrust down its throat was of no avail.
At last its head was chopped off with q
Sontal axe, and the body was cut open
and the vital organs taken out. The mus-
cular action still continued to move the
tail when the beast was headless and its
heart was lying on the ground by its side.
This crocodile was about six feet long, and
q large fish was found in Its stomach
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-24
INCONSISTENT.

Does it not look a little inconsistent for
a man to steal girls heart, but ask for
her hand.-Yonkers Statesman.
Johnnie-My pop is richer'n your pop.
Freddy-Mebbe he is, but he'll never get
back the money he lent my pop.-Harper's
Weekly.
"How old are you, JimmieI" "Two
years older than Johnnie" "How old is
Johnnie" 81 don't know."-Harper's
Young People.
Some animals shed their coats in warm
weather, but the dog leaves off his pants
at the approach of winter.-Boston Com
mercial Bulletin.
1t is said that money can never give
happiness. This is an experiment, how
ever, that every man wishes to try for
himself.-Texas Siftings.
A New York paper contains an article
entitled "Why Cats Are Thin" Jougbnes
says cats are thick enough around his
place. -Norristown Herald.
Psalmist-Why do the heather ragei"
Cynic-Probably because so little of the
money subscribed for their conversion
ever reaches them.-New York Herald.
She (who has promised to ask for nc
jewelry this year)-I wish I We're You fol
little while He-Why, my deari She
Because then would buy my wife @
pearl necklace.-Life.
This is the season when the "samplt
| fiend" out of town writes in for samples OF
blankets, comforters and rugs. A Broad
way house recently received such re
quest.-Dry Goods Economist.
The wagon spoke to the wheel and said
| it made him tired to be connected with
| such low felloes as he was, but he was sur
rounded by circle through which ht
could not break.-Boston Courier
Brown-Hello, Smith; have you chang,
| for W.
Smith-Yes; here you are
Brown-Thanks. I'll bring the five-dol
lar bill next week.-Philadelphia Times.
| Both of the candidates for governor o.
| Connecticut are baldheaded 1t is hoped
no such fate will overtake the voters al
fell upon certain set of children who
cried, $50 up, baldhead. ."-Baltimor'
| American.
| First Wife-And 30 you have been mar
ried twenty years! Really, you must ex
cuse me for asking, but does your hus
band still kiss you every daya Second
Wife (proudly)-Yes, always. My Tom il
one of the most conscientious men evel
knew.-Somerville Journal.
One of our bright steamer engineers an
nounced to his friends the other evening
that he had made very careful computa
tion of how much water to a quart hat
passed over the Poestenkill Falls since tn
recent rainfall set in, and that he had fig
cret," said scientific member of the com
| pany, chow much was itf" tsTwo pints,
responded the smiling engineer.-Tro.
| Press.