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Joseph Serena.

Joseph Serena, prominent coal mer-
chant of Cincinnati. died at McKeesport yester-
day at the residence of Mrs. NJ A. Mullen. He
leaves wife and one child, and had brother In
the latter city, and also one in Cincinnati MIR.
Serelia was Al years of age and had been for six
years past partner Of Daniel stone, OF Cincin-
Keesport on visit, and was prominently known
ali along the river. The remains will be taken TO
Cincinnati for interment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
A SUBSTITUTE FOR NATURAL GAS.
Abandoned Pipes and Mains to Be Utilized
by q New Fuel Company.

CHICAGO Aug 13-The Ohio Fuel Gas Com
pany. with an authorized capital of S., 600 900,
was Incorporated at Springfield, to-day
Thurston q. Hall, who is ut the head OF the
company. said: "a great portion of the nat
ural gas wells in Ohio have failed, notably
those which have been supplying the citie
of Dayton, Columbus Lima and Fostoria.
There are q, 100000 worth of gas mains there
lying idle, and there are thousands of people
who have come to depend upon natural gas
for heat and light, and it is extensively used
by manufacturers.
"Our plan is to make use of the mains and
pipes already laid and now unused, and we
will at once begin the construction of o
dozen different plants in those various
cities. The process and appliances employed
by our Ohio company will be identical with
those in use at our Deering plant in this
city, embracing the use of coal, oil and
sreaQlsn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
The Various Divorce Laws.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Ifa man should get a divorce from his wife
is she at liberty to marry, or if wife should
get a divorce from her husband is he at
liberty to marry? y.
PITTsBURG, August IL.
IThe different States have different laws
upon the subject. In Pennsylvania both di-
yorced parties can remarry.]
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
OIL AND GAS CRAZY.

The Country for Miles Around HarrisyiIIe,
w. Va, Lighted Brilliantly.
WHEELING, Aug. 15.-Oil and gas excite
ment at HarrisviIle is intense The great
gas gusher is the biggest ever struck in the
State. Two jets 80 feet high are burning
and lighting up the country for miles
around. One man refused $1,000 down and 81
per acre q month on a tract of 80 acres, the
company promising to put down a well on
the land inside of 30 days. Another man re-
fused 81 800 and 81 an acre, and SO the excite
ment grows
The Keystone Company, proprietors of the
great gusher, will commence at once to put
down two more wells in this territory.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
Clark Lipe, Contractor.

Clark Lipe died at his residence in Den
yer Mt 6 O'Clock Wednesday night. Ifc was at one
time one of the largest railroad contractors in the
world More than 8 quarter of a century ago his
home was In Chicago, where he has large property
interests, He was close friend OF President
lincoln and Il siaunch supporter of his adminis-
tration in the dark days OF the Rebellion. He has
lost most of his fortune but what he has left is val
a1 ot
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
The Name of the Surgeon.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
saw a notice of Mr.. Kent, formerly of
Pittsburg, in which it is stated that it was he
who loaned his knife to the surgeon who
probed the wound in President Lincoln's
head when he was shot in Ford's Theater
Washington. The surgeon, whose name has
slipped Mr.. Kent's memory, Is well known to
me, tnasmuch as he is my wtie's brother-Dr
Charles A. Leale. He is still living, and very
prominent in the medical staff of New York
City, and, I understand, possesses to this
Presidents blood. DIR. Leale was assistant
surgeon in charge of Armory Square Hos
pital, Washington, during the war. Persons
who would like to know all the facts con-
nected with the assassinatio of one of the
worlds greatest benefacUors may feel a little
interest in the above.
INGRAM N. w. IRVINE.
BRADDoCK Pa, August IL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
BRADDOCK, Pa,
How to Remove MOles.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What kind of acid was named in your
paper of May 81 for removing moles from the
face, and what were the proportions of the
acid and alcohol. 4. REIDER.
PITTsBURG, August Is.
[For removing moles, freckles, moth
patches, etc, Shirley Dare recommends
salicylic acid. She directs that the moles be
bathed every hour with a 10 per cent solu-
tion in alcohol, allowing the solution to dry
On.1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

How frequent it is that an insolvent firm
or bank states that it expects to pay up in
full, and how seldom it is that there is q
realization of this promise. 1t is just such
occurrences as these that make men place
little faith in the word of their fellow men,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
KILLING CALVES ON wAGERs.
An Allegheny Man Wins Novel Contest at
Wheeling Butchers Fete.

WHteIIiIfs I'utcIiBrs FBtH.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
WHEELING, Aug. l3.-This was great day
for the Butchers of the city, it being their
annual picnic and barbecue. Promptly at
8 o'clock all the union butcher shops closed,
while the employees began forming in limo
for q grand parade. Many spectators from
Pittsburg and nearby towns were present
A feature of the afternoons performance
was the caIf-killing contest between John A.
Born, of Allegheny, and Charles Danneberg
of this city The match was for 500 a side.
the man who dressed his calf the quickest
and neatest to take the money. The match
was won by Born in just nine minutes, he
beating his opponent two minutes This
performance is considered remarkable, and
considerable money changed hands.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

IN recent murder trial a judge gave it
as his opinion that eccentricities are insani-
ties and there are hot many people who are
sane. If eccentricity sent people to the in
sane asylums there would be good many
vacant places in political life.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
showers. After a while the Democrats will
think it has been visited by an old-fashioned
cyclona

EDIsoN's little torpedo craft was shaped
like double-pointed cigar. No doubt the
inventor imagined that, like the cigarette,
it would be more deadly than the model
from which it was taken.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
A Word From the Fifth.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
SrR-In the items of the camp another
morning paper stated that the Eighteenth
Regiment completed the inspection drill in
2l minutes, and that the least time occupied
in the completion of the same drill by any
other regiment was Al minutes. We wish to
say that the wonderful Eighteenth" is just
four minutes slower than the Fifth Regi-
ment; as the Fifth completed the same drill
in II minutes. We know that the Eighteenth
Regiment is from PittSburg, and as such,
will of course, receive prominent notice in
Pittsburg papers, but as the members of the
Fifth have always been readers of your
paper. we think that they are at least de-
serving of honorable mention. They have
performed every duty promptly and in q
the readers of your paper may know that
we are here.
MEMBERS OF THE FIFTH.
CAMP KENSINGToN, August IL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
Education in Ohio.
To the Editor ofThe Dispatch

To the Editor ofThe Dlspatch
Is there college In Ohio supported by
the State where tuition Is free2 G. s. w.
ALLEGHENY, August IL.
[The Ohio State University at Columbus is
such an institution.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
The Carrcross Minstrels.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Did the original Carncross minstreIs ever
appear in this city? If so, at what theater?
PITrsBURG, August Ii. READER.
NTThe original CarncrosS mnstrcls ap-
peared ut the Opera House in Pittsburg
several Nears ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
Game and Fish Laws.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
HWhere can get copies of the game and fish
laws? CONSTANT READER
FAYErrE CITY, Pa, August IL.
[send to the Secretary of Internal Affairs
at Harrisburg.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

WEATHER prophets say that it will be
cool for week. AS these gentlemen do not
belong to Uncle Jerry's bureau some reli-
ance can be placed on their prognostica-
tions
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

THE rupture in the Harrison household
is about as pronounced as the little differ
ence of opinion at present existing in the
Republican party regarding Beniamin's
prOSpectS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

A MAN has been discovered in Chicago
who was too lazy to live. There are hosts of
office holders who are too lazy to work, but
they still live.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

MRS. JAMES BROWN POTTER says she is
welded to art. She must have taken to
Bellcw art, then, instead of black.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

For the cool wave Uncle Jerry deserves
the thanks OF the perspiring people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14

OHIO is now being treated to meteoric
The sun., 1891-01-16
A Hold Spirit.

It Ia long time since man rolling along on
two whoels ceased to attract the curious inter.
est OF all observers. but not oven procession
OF Indians from tho Bad Lands would have
caused more heads to turn than did q solitary
bicyclist one day last week. There was moth
ing fantastic in his appearance. although it
was little odd to see man sstride the sad
die wearing long trousers. . long overcoat
tentedly meanwhile st Q long cigar. Tho
unique feature OF the spectacle consisted In
tho fact that he WAS traverslng Nassau street
st %s ws;n q, s s xsSns s,s
inSrth POI and .he other to tie ,soaih. each graz:
as 81 sk fbdSfs to i d. .Sss ss
them without very great danger, Of collision;
driver making for tho nearest. opening on
dd % wossy Ss
y avoiding every obstacle and even glancing
1t ths suaHEs He %ss
WAY. Whom he 6ad como TO Pine street ire he
wheeled about and returned and for opoe
truck drivers sppsared 70 be worried lest they
out for him. apd viewed his moyemeuts with
watch him. but turned about and followed
trophe when It should occur. They wore dis
| appointed. He rolled easily along until no
came TO place whers men had thrown up u
%ade ths sss Thor. ws ,ruIl ~ oS
each side OF the heap, and the hicyclist, un.
able 10 ride oyer l.; had to dismouni and wait
sss9nd Snntsa Then he urpsG down
the, East River, stil smoking unconcernedly
and slanninz At the buildings along the NAY.
The sun., 1891-01-16
THE PAN.1M.4 CANAL.
A Project to Build 1t with tho Ala o
Annual Lotteries.

A Project to Build It with tho Ala OF
Annual Lotteries.
PARIS. Jan. 16-M. Goutel President Of the
Committee Of Panama Shareholders and Bond
holders announces that the committee has OBJ
tanned the assent of the Government and tho
approval Of the Committee Of Liquidation for
q new scheme. The committee proposes q
succession OF annual lotteries OF 100,O00.00O
francs. 20.00O0O0 francs In prizes to be as
signed 10 each lottery. and the not profit there-
on to be used IN defraying the cost Of the canal
canal ts completed
feature Of the scheme. and adds that ~ asks
nothing from the bondholders. while he
assures the completion OF the Panama Canal
and restores to the bondholders what they
The aovernmen, will ask the Chamber OF
Deputies to RtYe Its sanction to the scheme.
Tho new compsps will make time contracts
With all contractors offering solid guarantees
for tho execution OF the different works. No
body CONCERNED In the errors Of the former
to have anything to DO With the new sdminis-
traton. The promoters Of the new scheme are
sangulne o. success. but the Boprse Is not
tayorably disposed to the plan. The public
too. Is not disposed to rtsk further money In
connection with the canal.
The sun., 1891-01-16
1Av4oEs OF BLACK DEATH.
Aaintio Turkey from Samarcaud North
SUFFERING from the Plague.

Asintio Turkey from Samarcand North
Suffering from tho Plague.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. l5.-A despatch from
Tobolsk. the capital OF West siberia. says that
tho terrible scouree known as Black Death 1"
has reached tho city. The whole Of Asiatic
Russia from Samarcand 70 the mouth OF tho
Obi Is suffering from tho scourRe Thousands
OF people are dying at Obdorsk. near the mouth
OF the Obi and at other towns. owing to the
lack Of physicians. 1t seems almost hopeless
to try to check the spread Of the fearful disease
Black Death derives It's name from the gan
grenous scabs formed by the carbuncles that
accompany the disease. The causes OF It are
manifold and for the most part atmospheric.
Alluvial or marshy grounds. hot. moist air.
bad ventilation. poor drainage. unwholesome
diet. insufficient or ill-cooked food. and IRA
tional ways OF life generally are given by medi-
cal authorities as specific causes. The incipi-
ent development Of the disease lasts some
eight days. After that the course. varies in
lows and small spots like insect bites appear
the TN 'ns ar 0o T6ese sws turn and
finally an inch or an inch and 2 halt In diam;
away the fever subsidies In other cases large
carbuncles come in the groin and armpits and
.0G 09 the Is eh
redness OF tine eyes. and weakness Of the pulse
are accompanying symptoms.
Tho length OF tho course OF the disease
varies. Many caaes arc ON record OF deaths
within twenty-four hours. Usually. however.
the disease runs q week or two. 1t is trans
mittod" says report OF the French Academy,
'by means Of miasmata given out BY the bodies
of the sick. These miasmRta. In close. ~
ventilated places. may create centres OF pestt-
lential Injection 1t results from the observa-
tons made at the lazarettos for more than q
year that merchandise dose not transmit the
The origin OF the plague dates back in tho
opinion OF many. to gray antiquity. Others
believe it first appeared In the East IN medip.
val times. Tho climates OF Egypt, Syria. nnd
ment 81 the plague In the middle ages and
~ to 1855 the plague visited EGSIand, syeTy
1920. in Moscow In l7T1.72. and in the Neapoli-
tan country as late as 1915. The most dread
ful record OF Black Denth was made in tho
fourteenth century. when 1t started In Ayignon
and spread like wildfre 10 the north and
south. One hundred Thousand persons are
said to have died Of It In Venice. 10000 In
florence. and 10000 in Siens. In East Anglia
1903 OF the clergy were swept away In one year.
courts were deserted. public places were
closed and whole villages wore depopulated.
Tobolsk tho city just reached BY tho scoprEe; I,e;
rivers. and has about 900 inhabitants. Oh.
dorsk. near the mouth OF the Obi is hamlet
OF some 800 inhabitants.
The sun., 1891-01-16
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must 60 Iesardess of cost quality. splendid suit
ot Boys Clothes 90 cents very han dsome. and worth
1. Mems Elegant SIX Embroidered epsrenders
I aS s.n,: , uOI.s IS ssnss Coed large u%ar,:l!s:
stye stn Derby Hats 20 esnta Eunranteed worth "a
or money returned. and 10000 different other goods
and e.,mae so9ds and prices thi: great FIRE n,nr
for yourself and you will nnd that the above post
tive facts chance TO get such bargains occurs only
once in lifetime. Remember the AddreBa, the two
large double Suidinss s2a and ~ Broad corner
ancs Sale both buildings will be open from O'Clock in
the morning until O'Clock at night Cut this out and
The sun., 1891-01-16
The New Japanese Minister.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 15-Mr. Coco Fsteno the
newly appointed Minister from Japan, has
arrived In Washington. He Is q man Of dis
tinction with a history OF special interest to
Americans. His official career began In the
imperial household department When
Gen. Grant visited Japan. in 1878. hs
COMMITTEES appointed by ~. Emperor e
receive him. and he was with the General
Curing his sojourn IN, japan. In 1860 Mr:
Fatsn9 was appo ted governor of 0sSks o1s S
the empire. This office he held for nearly tan
years. He was then appointed member 81
the and
70 the United States. During his occupancy OF
the Osaka. Goyernorship Mr.. Fa,eno became
widely and favorably known to the foreign
residents Of Japan; OF THO occasion o. ls th:
effective measures to preserve :he lives sn1
protect the. property Of tho Americans and and
Europeans living In Osaka. md for this action
he received the thanks Of the American ano
British REPRESENTATIVES IN Japan.
The sun., 1891-01-16

a. certain degree Of concentration. kills or 90
ass s'sr: eondsion Siisi prIss'#ss ssss
nscsosS fS. nsseH sseins nds
conditions VI nonrshtnent that IL can arow 70
snS '0%s%ss nss '
newly attacked with tubereuiosis. for instance
Ia guinea Giss spleen and liver Which y thsn so.i sTs
are lound. whereas they are rare or wholly 40.
sent when the enornously SnIIsrssd, spleen en
n sond,oo :" nsoNsusso such
IL often found in GASES OF natural death IN
tunerculon. guinea pigs. ,,.r.,,. .,
as necrosis ,attsins, a certain extension the
TaST'hh wsS h o. 'eS " ihs ss
stance. kind Of reciprochl compensation
aGsns the G
Glands sfi tH In such cases fhs necrosis sspe5sly
lolh Sn ,sr'sss rant stsS sss fhS; "a TX issss
svas SGT oi the ass Of saas sss
il now one Increased artifcIally In the vicinity
Of the bacillus the amount OF neerotizine sub,
q greater distance, The coniitions Of nonI:
ishmeDt for the bacillus would thereby become
over a larger Extent would decay and detaeh
And "hsS soh e posssss spos ss.t ySa Ssm
ontwardly. SO far disturbing their vesetatIIsSn
that they would much more speedily
be killed -, than under ordinary ci,cum. r.
quantity Of necro,izine snbsianee 2 cor.
iesrondineiy large dose OF which tniu es
son. an perhans the white blood corpusoles, or
adjacent cells. thereby producing fover And a
com pl cation OF aymptoms whersas, with tu-
berc ulous patients, much smaller quantity
snitlces e induce at certain places.
tatIne. and have already impregnat"d
the adjacent region with the same nocro.
necrosis OF the cells with the phenomena in
the whole organ ism which result from and ar"
eonneeted With II; Thus. FOR the present, a at
iiuence which the remedy. in accurately do.
lined doses syarniaes upon tuberculous tissue
aud the possibility OF increasing. the doses
with such remarkable rapidity. and the reme-
produced under not too favorable circum-
stnncee"
Prof Koch concludes with q lefcrence to the
patients whom he described as temporarily
cured, two have returned to the Moa6it Hos
appeared in their sGu5um for the past three ..
gradually and completely disappeared.
The sun., 1891-01-16
MORE TROUBLE IN THE 6atTH.
New Recruits Said 20 Have BeeA EnlisteA
to Vote In . Close Contest.

There was another queer election In q COM
pany Of tho sixty-ninth Regiment for Captain
Wednesday night that ended In general row.
and will probably be protested by the defeated
candidate. There are charges Of sharp prac-
tice on both sides. and when tbs result Of the
election was declared f1ve non.com m lssioned
officers Of the company ripped their stripes
from their arms In Q way that looked like In
subordination. Tho vacancy In Company B.
where this election was hold. was caused By
the retirement OF Capt James Conlon
. month ago. on the ground that he was
physically incspacitated for military duty on
account OF deafness Tho candidates for the
Captaincy were First Lieut. Paul Leonard and
Second Lieut.. p. j. Moriarty end the COM
pany was pretty evenly divided. There were
eighty-two names on the company rolls. and
Lieut.. AIorarty sent a letter to Col. Cayanaeh
hn. sers reeeysa BE-
vacant Gap,alncy have irsauently dischsrsed
the company with new men who would vote
for them. Lieut., Leonard DIDN'T discharge any
b.r Of Is TO 5hf ne Tes
heard before the election that this was being
done. and to every man in the company ho
full nisp. dfi:s.ns
rlss defeat 4 !: tn. yin q ne Old ana ,ssd
aud have su.sens oeporsanisy of 3udsns & 81
us both
the eve OF el. cton judges han men
who have done military duty for ysarsf
Lieut.. Moriarty's men came to the company
room Wednesday night with their fight uph
Cnpt. Mccarthy Of Company presi,! led. and
h hsu s's9 MosT a 1spd wanS q f0G Ee
eighty-five voters present. and presented an
affidavit by Corporal John Trollope. who stated
hat orH tr1N Hho< hn t.
tended to reduce to the ranks every
non comm issioned officer who voted against
him. When the polls were closed. at 9:l6
Capt. MCCARTHY announced that. Lieut. Leon
ard bad received so votes and Morihrty only
y sna ns
formal protest. and an investigation will fol-
low. Cant. Ksrrs election two months ago
was protested on similar grounds. and tho de-
cision Is still pending.
The sun., 1891-01-16
IN JAIL FOR BAD MEMORY
TIE win OF . Dead Densulter VINO Does
Not Recall an Important Inesaent.


Not Recall an Important Inesaent.
PHnADxLrHrA. Jan 15.-In the Camden jail,
charged with contempt OF court. 10 Mra Abigail
Green, who for more than generation has
been wealthy. charitable. and respected resi-
dent OF Gloucester. N. j. She bears up bravely
in the presence Of others. but when alone che
holds her wrinkled but kindly face in her
hands and suffers in silence. In 1888 her hus-
band. Albert J. Green. Treasurer Of Glouces-
ter City, died q, deiapltsr. His widow is IN
administrator as ordered BY the Court,
Francis Butterwofth. who was employed by
against the estate, testified that on his death
bed Green handed to his wife sl.400. She de-
nies any knowledge OF the money and gives
that as sufficient reason for not turning 1t
over to the administrator. An order for her
last November. but he didn't carry 1t out until
day before yesterday.
Green was supposed to be worth 1900. 900,
but after his death IL was found that he owed q
great deal Of money. His widow says that she
i6 now very poor.