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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07
JOHN M. OAKLEY & CO,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Petroleum.
Private wire to New York and Chicago
45 SIXTH ST.. PittsburE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

mo. 344
nEDICAT1oN OF Keller STREET toR
~ alley) between Forty-second street and
Forty-fourth street.
Know all men by these presents, that we, the
undersigned, are the owners of all the property
abutting Keller street (or alley) between
Forty-second street and Forty-fourth street as
it appears on plan approved by the Councils of
the borough of Lawrenceville, March q, 1857.
And we do hereby for ourselves and our heirs
and assigns dedicate to public use forever as
public highway the property occupied by the
above named Keller street Tor alley, and we do
hereby waive all claims or benefits that may be
due or accruing to us by reason of the throwing
open to public use of said street or alley, and
we do hereby authorize and empower the De-
partment of Public Works to enter upon said
property and open it up to public use.
In witnes whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this Slst day of December. A.
D. lSS9
George Sheppard [seall, VIM. A. Sucking
[seall, NJ. P. Culbertson tseall. Hugh Savage
fsealI, J. K. Dawson & Bro. [seall, Rachel A.
Wells tseali Charley Rote [seall, James
Marshafl's estate, NJ. W. Watson, trustee. [seall,
Daniel Berg [seail, Isaac Nelson [seal], Andrew
Whitfield [seal].
City of Pittsburg, IS.
Personally appeared before me- the SUBJ
scriber, George Booth, Assistant City Clerk,
George Sheppard who being duly sworn ac-
signatures attached to the accompanying
dedication of Keller alley, from Forty-second
to Forty-fourth streets, are the genuine
signatures of the persons represented; that
they are the owners of all property on that
portion of said Keller alley to be dedicated
that the signers thereto own all of the property
abuttng thereon, and further deponnent saith
not. GEO. SHEPPARD.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 10th
day of March, 1890. GEO. BOOTH,
TsEAL.l Assistant City Clerk.
In Councils. March III, 1890. read, accepted
and approved
H. P. FORD, President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD. Clerk of Select
Council. &. L. HOLIDAY. President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common Council.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. 7, page 1858,
April g. 1890
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

S. W. HILL, Pittsburg Meat Supply
Company. corner of Church avenue, Ander.
son street and P, Ft. w. & c. R. W., ALLIE
gheny. Pa, sold for Messrs. Nelson, Morris
& Co., of Chicago, ILL.,, for the week ending
April 5, 1890, 100 carcasses of beef. Av-
erage weight, 6O6 pounds; average price,
S. 81 per hundred pounds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

winter wheat bran. sl4 5o@l5 90; chop feed.
SIS 50Gl6 90.
2do, sll@l1 50; loose from wagon, sl4 GOALS 90.
according to quality: No. prairie hay. u Jug
90; packing do Sc 75Q7 90.
STRAW = oat, &c 7567 90; wheat and rye
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07
EXCHANGE SCRAPS.
Healthy Condition of Local BHsiness-Eu'
couraging Clearing House Figures
SATURDAYS Closing Quotations
Here aud Elsewhere.

Stostuk
Here aud Elsewhere.
Pittsburg business men are hard to please,
but they could inG no reason to complain of
the condition of trade last week. The weather
was tickle, with too much rain for out-of-door
occupations, and there was holiday; but
against these drawbacks everything held its
own. and tine volume of transactions was up to
the average.
Very few special features were developed
during the week. Stock dealing was moderate,
with no pronounced price changes. There
was good feeling all through, however, and
brokers were hopeful Petroleum was fairly
active and weak. Field developments favored
the bears.
Real estate maintained its customary ac-
tivity, and values were very steady. A large
number of transactions were closed up many
of them being important. Sellers are begin
ming to realize that the only way to keep this
great interest in full swing is to avoid infa-
ton. Fair prices attract investors.
The stock brokers were in no mood for busi-
ness Saturday. and consequently did next to
nothing. sales being only q shares. Electric
and Pleasant Valley were the only things in
which there was any movement.
Bidding was quite lively for while. and a
large number Of figures were placed on the
board, but it was for small lots-two to ten
shares-and failed to bring out the stuff This
indicates firm undertonc. if nothing more.
There were few price changes of Importance.
Allegheny Heating Company was bid up to l09,
and Westinghouse Electric down to 433I. AS
compared with Thursdays quotations, Central
Traction was down a trihe and Philadelphia
Gas about steady. Bank shares were strong.
Sales were 6 shares of Electric at 43H, and Is
Pleasant Valley at III.
Sproul & Lawrence sold 100 shares Pleasant
Valley at ~.
Rea Bros Co. sold 10 shares Westinghouse
Electric at 44sl
The total sales Of stocks at New York yester.
day were g., ,228 shares, including Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, l09l5; Louisville
and Nashville. 1885, Missouri Pacific, Isis;
Reading, 800; Richmond and West Point,
4 4sS; st. Paul, 1877; Union Pacific, $500.
There was no special movement in the local
money market Saturday. apart from heavy
checking and deposting the result of accumu-
lations over the holiday. Funds were abundant
and easy. The demand from regular customers
was tair, and there was considerable discount
ing for outsiders. The regular rates, car per
cent, were observed.
The Clearing House report presented some
encouraging figures. The week consisted of
only five business days, but it scored gain of
nearly million and half over the same week
last year, which was full one. This shows that
everything is prospering. The report follows;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

PITTsBURG BEEF Co., wholesale agents
for Swift's Chicago dressed beef, sold for
week ending April s, 1863 carcasses OF beef.
Average weight per carcass. 5S4 pounds; av-
erage price per pound, $50 cts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07
DrygOOds.

NEW YORK. April 5.-Trade in drygoods was
moderate to-day, something of a holiday feel
ing prevailing, but the tone of the markets
seemed to be rather improved than otherwise,
the weather favoring the retail trade, but the
weak spot of the market having apparently
touched bottom.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

ARMOUR & Co., of this city. report the
following sales of dressed beef for the week
ending April 5: 157 carcasses, average
weight 619 TBS; average price Sc 81.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

The Condition Of Business at the Enst liberty
Stock Yards.
OFFICE OF PITTsBURe DISPATCH,
SATURDAY, April 5, 1890. (
CArTLE-Receipts, 934 head: shipments, TO
head; market nothing doing; all through con-
signments; no cattle shipped to New York
to-day.
Hoes-Receipts. 8, 100 head; shipments, 1850
head; market firm; medium and selected, 81 so
"a 65; common to best Workers, 81 3094 As;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

NITY TAXES NOTICE rs HEREBY
" given that the duplicates for March and
September instslments of city, special. and
sub-district school taxes for the year 1890 have
Board of Assessors authorized to assess the
same.
First installment of city taxes payable in
March or April, second installment payable in
April or September. Five per cent discount
allowed on second installnent only If paid with
first installment in month OF March, but no
discount is allowed ON first installrnent.
Business tax and water reuts payable in
month of June.
Five per cent added on all delinquent taxes
on May ], on July for business tax and water
rents and on October / for second installment
of city taxes.
No statement furnished unless you intend
paying your taxes by check.
Of.ce will be open on last Saturday in March
and April until s o'clock P. M.
mhll-58-D j. F. DENNISTON, City Treasurer
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

pigs, 81 oO64 rs; Is cars hogs shipped to New
York to-day.
SHEEP-Receipts. 1000 head; shipments, 500
head; market steady at unchanged prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

Phiia delphia Stocks.

Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney Stephenson, brokers. No. 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex-
change:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
until Tuesday the 18th day of April A. d. 1890.
at P. M, for supplies for the Department of
Public Works, as follows:
One Q) steam road roller no tons), lumber
hardware, rubber hose. wooden blocks, gravel,
sand, granite crossings, block and crushed
stone, sewer and gutter castings, cement, ice,
tar, pitch, wagons, carts and harness.
Specifications can be seen and blanks for
bidding can be obtained at the general Office of
the Department of Public Works.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
bond in double the amount probated before
the Mayor or City Clerk.
The Department of Awards reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
E. M. BIGELOW,
Chief of Department of Public Works.
PITTSBURG, PA, April T. 1890 ap47
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

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, 1890-04-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WHOLESALE : HOUSE,
JOSEPH HORNE & CO.

Embroidery and White Goods Department.
direct inportation-from the best manufac-
turers of St. Gall, in Swiss and Cambria Edg-
ings, Flouncings, Skirt Widths and Allovers,
Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers
Will find these goods attractive both in price
and novelties of design. Full lines OF New
Laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTERY DE-
PARTMENT-Best makes Window Shades in
dado and plain or spring fixtures, Lace Cur.
tains, POrtieres, Chenille Curtains, Poles and
Brass Trimmings; Floor, Table and Stair Oil
Cloths 10 best makes, lowest prices for quality.
WASH DRESS FABRICS.
The largest variety from which TO select
Toll Du Nords, Chalon Cloths, Bath Seersuck-
ers, Imperial Suitings. Heather & Renfrew
Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams.
Wholesale Exclusively.
jalaD
EIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST CO.,
l. III and 123 Fourth ave.
Capital $780, 900. Full paid
INSURES TITLES TO REAL ESTATE.
Acts in all fduciary capacities. Deals in leli-
able investment securities. Rents boxes IN its
superior vault from SIS per annum upward.
Receives deposits and loans only on mort
cages and approved collaterals.
JOHN B. JACKSON, Pres't.
JAMES j. DONNELL, Vice Pres't.
c. B. MCVAY, Sec'y and Treas.
mh3-5305<-M
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07
KROKERS-FINANCIAL.

BROKERS-FINANCI
WHITNEY STEPHENSON
E FOURTH AVENUE
Issue travellers credits through Messrs. Drexel,
Morgan & Co., New York. Passports procured.
ap&l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07

Features OF Saturdays OIL Market
Corrected daily by John NJ. Oakley & Co.. As
Sixth street. members of the Pittsburg Petro-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-07
MARKETS BY WIRE.

A. 3. McGrew quotes: Puts. SOGSU1sc; call
S2l<@S2ssc.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-08
AN IRlSHMAN'S PIPE.
1t is His Meat and Drink and Comfort to
His Soul.

The most painstalling process | have
seen in Ireland is the filling and igniting
of an Irishman's pipe. Among the poorer
classes the pipe is almost invariably
made of clay. 1t is so short that when
fixed between his teeth the bowl touches
the end of his nose. Sometimes the
owner of the pipe carries a little tin cap
like the top of an ointment box, which
he places in his vest pocket, independ-
ent of the pipe. This he places over
the mouth of the pipe when it is lit. On
the train going from Cork to Youghal /
watched an old man getting ready for a
smoke. He first took from his pocket
about two inches of black plug tobacco
called twist. 1t looked strong. Then
from his trousers pocket he fished a
knife with a blade four inches long. He
began pairing off the tobacco in thin
slices from the plug until there was a
little mound of it in his hand. BY
crushing his palms together he ground
the tobacco into small pieces. All this
consumed ten minutes. Apparently the
tobacco was not fine enough to suit
him, for he began picking the
larger pieces apart with his thumb and
forefinger. After the dose had been pre-
pared to his satisfaction he poured il
into tho bowl of the pipe by making a
funnel of his right hand. He then
placed the stem between his teeth and
sat looking at the bowl cross-eyed for
fully five minutes anticipating the pleas
ure he would enjoy when the pipe was
lit. He opened the way to a CONVERSE
ton when anticipation had been ex.
hausted, by saying:
Have ye ever match, sir?"
81 gave him one. Then came the
most interesting part of the perform
ance. He placed the match carefully be-
tween the thumb and forefnger of his
right hand SO that only quarter of an
inch of wood projected. In the other
hand he grasped the pipe. With quick
downward stroke he struck the end
of the match several smart sliding
blows and ignited it. With a deliber-
alton which was tantalizing he held
the match until it was half consumed
and then sucked the flame into the pipe.
As the tobacco began to glow a stream
of smoke as black as that from steam.
ships funnel poured out into the car
and look of beatific content settled
upon the old mans face. This look was
the outward expression of an inward
satisfaction such as could not have been
drawn by the smoker from good cigar,
and which found vocal expression from
a nimbus Of smoke:
"Ah, sir! It's mate and dhrink to me,
sir. 1t comforts me sowl!"-N. y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-08
LORD NAPIER'S NERVE.
How the General Tested the Skill of a Sikh
Swordsman.

The death of Lord Napier of Magdala
recalls a story of the old soldiers nerve
as exhibited once, in time of profound
peace, in India. The Sikh warriors were
famous swordsmen, and, if any one was
hardy enough to test their skill, they
could cut an apple, resting on the palm
of mans hand, cleanly in two equal
pieces, so that each piece dropped sepa-
rately to the ground, without fraying
the skin of the outstretched hand. Per-
feet steadiness was required in the per-
son holding the apple, for if the hand
shrank the consequences were likely to
be serious. 1t is perhaps needless to say
that the offer to perform this feat was
more often made than accepted.
For long time Lord Napier refused
to believe that the wild soldiers could
do this thing, and when one of them in
vited him to hold the apple and witness
the exploit he promptly consented, sup
posing that the swordsman would finch
from the undertaking; but the Sikh had
entire confidence in his own skill. His
eye, however detected little irregular.
ity on the Generals right palm as it was
held out, and he asked him to present
the apple in his left hand. Lord Napier
afterward said that, for the first time in
his life, he was conscious of the sensa.
ton of fear, as the conviction flashed
upon him that the man was not going to
''back out" However, firm as a rock,
the hand, with the apple upon it, was
extended, the sword flashed down, and
the fruit fell in two segments to the
earth. The skin was not scratched, but
it's owner said he felt the keen blade
touch it, as though hair had been
broken across it. He added that, though
he was at last convinced of the Sikh
swordsman's skill, he would never again
allow one of them to test it in that way;
and he advised his officers to make the
same resolution.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-08
WELSH PROVERBS.
They DO Not Differ Materially from the
Old English Saws.

Iney 10 MOI DlUef MhterlalIy from the
Old English Saws.
AS might be expected, very many of
the proverbs here given are familiar in
English also, and in many cases in other
languages as we'll. For instance, nobody
will have much difficulty in supplying
the English prototypes of the following:
"Every dung-hill dog is bold when on
his own dung-hill rolled;" "The moment
when the cat departs, give back to mice
their merry hearts," "Let dogs that
sleep their slumbers keep" "No risk
has he run; no prize has he won;"
"Brothers in trade, or good, or i'll, are
seldom brothers in good-will;" "Out of
sight; forgottenquite;" Examine not the
horses eye, which with your thanks alone
you buy;' "Three things do no good till
they're knocked on the crown, wedge,
tether stake, and lubberly clown"
"Who makes most haste, time most doth
waste;" "a rolling stone no moss can
own" "The hap which rue, is good
fortune to you;" "He who to church the
nearest lies, will furthest be from Para
dise;" "One bird in hand is twice as
good as the two plumpest in the wood"
"Who loveth me, my dog love he;" "If
on two stools man will sit, ere long his
limbs the floor will hit;" or "Rome's
building was work not done between
sunrise and set of sun" 1t would be
easy to go on multiplying examples.--
Saturday Review
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-08
STATE RAILWAYS.
An Australian Experiment That Is Giving
Universal satisfaction.

An Australian Experiment That Is Giving
Universal satisfaction.
Victoria is an Australian colony with
the size and the population of Kansas
in 1850, or an area of 5000 square miles
and population of 100000.
But instead of letting corporations
build the railroads and giving land away
to get them to do this, Victoria has kept
its land and built its own railroads. The
result is that this thriving little COM
munity of about 100000 souls, or the
population of Philadelphia, had last
year an income of S41, 200, 900, and of
this sum SIG. 800. 900 was in the shape of
profits on the State railroads. Seven
years ago the income from the railroads
was only $1,000, 900; in 1865 it was S12,-
2G5, 900, and for the year just closed it
has gone up tonearly double the income
of seven years ago, and as no one can
build roads but the State, and the State
is an enterprising builder and a good
manager, the profits on the railroads
will in time pay all the expenses of tho
government In addition, Victoria owns
not only the post.ofiice, as the people do
here, but all the express business and
all the telegraph business, and the profit
on these for this wise, thrifty little State
last year was 81, 100000
Victoria has heavy debt of S165, $685.
600, but as all but S5, 500, 900 was incurred
for railroads and water-works, which
pay heavy profit, taxpayers feel toler-
ably happy over it, and the remaining
fraction went into school buildings,
which pay profit in their way, too. AS
all the horse-car lines are owned by the
people also, the cities in Victoria got
more and more profit from them the
bigger they get, and tho taxpayer again
finds that it pays to own these means Of
communication, even if he has to run in
debt for them.
The natural result is that the surplus
last year was S4, 400, 600, the revenue out
running estimates by this amount. In
the year just coming it will be bigger,
and the budget speech" of the Minis
ter of Finance was principally taken up
with telling the direct and indirect taxes
which could be Observation-Disclosures
Press,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-08
ROBINSON'S MISTAKE.
He Made Merry with IA Bow-Legged Man
without Calculating Chances.

He Made Merry with Bow-Legged Man
without Calculating Chances.
The stranger was bow-legged to an ex-
tent not often met with, and as !. conse-
quence his walk was not as graceful as
a gazelle's. When he rolled up to tho
crowd Robinson looked at his legs crit
ically for moment and said:
"Gents, stand apart. please, and per-
nit this animated horse-collar to pass
through"
The bow-legged man scowled savagely
at Robinson and shufiled on. Robinson
continued, in tone SO that he could be
overheard:
"Now, gents, there is man who could
earn his seventy-five dollars week if he
would consent to stand in a museum and
exhibit those callipers of flesh and blood
which have been bestowed upon him as
legs"
The man was so bow-legged that he
seemed little more than three feet high
whereas he ought to have been six, and
Robinson thought it a very good joke
when he stopped and looked back at him
with something like war in his eyes.
Robinson continued:
"Our bow-legged friend here used to
do great act in a circus by jumping
through u hoop and never breaking The
paper pasted over it. He didn't, as a
matter Of fact, exactly jump through the
hoop, but simply passed around its cir
cumference, and did it so slick as to
defy detection. If any of you will pro-
duce hoop will request him TO do IL
here on the street for our ammse'-
The bow-legged party turned around
much quicker than it was thought possi-
BILE in one who had such eccentric un-
derpinning, and before any one could
interfere he had butted Robinson in the
stomach and followed up the attack with
the most terrific blows and kicks that any
of us had ever heard toll of. The vigor
and rapidity with which he kicked was
a great surprise and wonderment, par
ticularly to Robinson, who in very
short time was the worst-whipped man
in ten counties. When the bow-legged
man got through he shntiied on his way
without word. AS we put Robinson to
bed he volunteered this advice, which
seened to como from his heart of hearts,
"Boys, take the advice o. az, ,ing man
and never fool with fellow who hal
! bowlegs. IN, Y. World.