Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-07
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

F. 7. Sprague, inventor of the Sprague
| system for electric roads, was at the Du-
| Quesne for short time yesterday. He was
| on his way to New York from the West, and
| went East in the afternoon. Mr.. Sprague is
| now devoting most of his time to promoting
| elevated electric road schemes in New
York. He draws $1,000 per month from the
Edison Company as consulting. electrician,
| for which he gives about one hour of his
leisure time per day. Mr.. Sprague is strictly
| in it.
Major Mckinley passed through the city
| Yesterday for Canton from the East. He said
Campbell would certainly be nominated by
| Democrats. The Governor and he are the
| waTmest friends, and the campaign will be
| fought on party principles and not on per-
sonalities He has no ooubt about his cleo
| ton, claiming the epublicans have the
State well organized.
A large delegation of school teachers of
| the city public schools went to Bedford yes
! terday to attend the meeting of the State
| Teachers Association. Among the teachers
| and school officials were Superintendent
| George J. Luckey Charles A. Reisfar, Secre-
tary Of the Central Board of Education, and
Principals Louers, Fisher and Simpson.
Harry Dunnavant, assistant Erie ticket
agent at Mansfield, o., and a prominent
young Democratic hustler, is In the city Wis
iting his brother, e; z; Dunnavant ity
passenger agent of the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie.
The steamer Alaska has arrived at
Queenstown with the following named
Pittsbqrgers on board: Mrs. N: ,; Morris,
children, Richard Morgan and George Vaux.
W. L. Bowles, commercial agent of the
Wabash road from Cleveland, and W. W.
Picking, travelling passenger agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio at Somerset, are in the
city looking for business.
W. L. Barclay, Western agent of the
street railway department Of the Westing-
Barclay is here from Chicago on one Of his
regular visits.
Superintendent Holbrook, of the B. & o.
road, and his family, have gone to the Les
cheneaux Islands, at the head OF Lake
Huron, to spend the summer.
special car on the Allegheny Valley road
last evening They were going to Cazenovia,
N. Y, to spend the summer.
William Hallock, of the United States
Geological Survey, and S. Chapman, of
Painesville, are stopping at the Mononga-
hela House.
General Passenger Agent A. E. Clark, of
a successful fishing trip to the st. Clair river
c. E. E. Childers, joint agent of the local
railroad inspecting and weighing bureau,
has returned from visit to England.
Joseph Seip, the Titusville Standard man,
and W. III. Schoen, of London, registered at
the Duquesne yesterday.
B. f. Jones and wife and A. E. w.
Painter came down from Cresson last even
ing on the limited.
j. H. Goodwin and wife, of East Liver
rool, took dinner at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel yesterday.
United States Detective Daniel Nc
Sweeney was a passenger for Harrisburg
yesterday.
Prof Samuel Andrews and his father-in-
law, James Bell, started for Europe last
evening.
James Mccullough and wife. of Mans
fold, left for East st. Louis yesterday to visit
friends.
Rev. A. Crone will leave this week for
Mt. Amherst, Mich, for the benefit Of his
health.
John F. Lynch, of Canton, and W. A.
Hogg, of Uniontown, are at the Anderson.
C. A. Riddle started yesterday for Seat
tie. He may practice law there.
l.. Mccormick, local contractor, has
gone to Colorado on a trip.
Alex. Murdock left for Colorado Springs
yesterday.
]. P. Parker went to New York last
evening.