Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-01
DECEMBER.


1.-Two Cinnamon baptized at the Fourth Avenue
Baptist Church. Mrs. Nate Gass. OF Allie
gheny. while insane. pours oil over herself
aud then applies the match. Secretary Tracy
makes contract with Carnegie for steel
aImor.
c-AEeghenv Councils accept Henry Phipps',
Jr., gift. 5. W. Ritter, Granite State Asso-
citation agent arrested for fraud: City OIL
cals file a demurrer TO the bill of W j. How
ard. Suils entered against wholesale liquor
dealers to recover mercantile taxes. lie
question Of admitting women To the Method
fst Conference is decided afirmatively by the
women OF Allegheny county. The Duquesne
S-UontroiIer Morrow assures a reduction of at
least one mill city taxes. J. Painter
Sons testing new process of pudding by the
4-Mr and aud Mrs. Irwin burned to death dur
ing lire Ninth street and Penn avenue.
Work OF the Lake Erie canal rapidly APP
preaching completion. Football players form
a League.
5-F We houses burned on Liberty street opposite
the Seventh Avenue Hotel. one fireman killed
and several wounded. Frank j. Weisel
elected President of the Randall Club. Local
y. L. baseball men agree TO dissolve their
s-Fiag prcsent2 ii 10 .ie High School by Ben
Franklin .olN :. j.. o. 4. A. NJ. b. y.
yHrdmen at Glen ,-0d strike. The lie passed
in the Allegheny Railroad Committee.
License fog envelopes Pitlsburg and Allie
gheny. Imposing ceremonies AT the Cathe
dra reopening. squire Heinhaur wants the
Aldermdnic system reformed. Pittsburg
Traction Company claims Grant street rights.
S-Switchmcn on the Baltimore and Ohio threaten
10 % e iba up y e 1ca Tea annns
meeting OF the Society for the improvement of
me Poor.
gSlayor tiourlev opens the fair for the benefit Of
battery B. First fall of snow. Cardinal Glib
hons hold a reception at the Episcopal resi-
dcncC.
lO-rwo deaths in Plum township of children
whose parents believed IN faith cure. Plan TO
form an international club of newspaper
workers.
Ill. l. Haughey, of the W. L. Baeder Glue
Company, arrested for misappropriating $50
ATTORNEY EluhTnSfOna thinks
Ehcny viii remain in its present clas.. The
Oliver Iron and Steel Company proposes 10 re-
turn 10 coal Annual meeting Pennsylvania
Association of Trotiiug Horse Breeders.
l2-ulccmargarine dealers compelled to pay the
Government license. Trouble between the
NitherOws over the Duquesne Hotel manage
ment BUILDERS propose to enforce the fire
the Baeder Glue Company, under bail.
ls-Mr. Van Magoner addresses public teachers
upon teaching drawing by form. Western
Association Football League organized, Plate
glass manufacturers talk of combining An
other large hotel project.
14-fhe Exposition wen proves a gasser. b.
b. Wolf, Jr., builds church for the East
End. Dr. c. c. Hersman, Southside. rendered
the Deanery Of the New Orleans Medical Col
icsse. Edward Caughey. OF Stowe township.
thrown IRON his wagon by bad roads and
killed. late glass iobbers not To cut prices
I5-Hundreds OF pension applications being filed
under the act of June q. Duquesne Company
expects 10 carry passengers within month.
b. & o. striking switchmen still express con-
fidence. Raum's refrigerator has public
test.
be given in the Allegheny High School tests.
Michael Finney, a aYagTant, hangs himself in a
station house.
l7-Ihe Farmers League demand equal taxes
from the next Legislature. Valley furnace
men threaten TO shut down unless coke is re-
duced. Nlckel steel success at the Home
stead works. The COroner's jury hold two
road supervisors responsible for the death of
Caughey.
ls-A great snowstorm delays traffic and does
much damage in the two cities Local switch
men and yardmen make new move on their
rpEnegIlNg companies, John 4. BrOSi DrOu OH Z
back from Canada.
ie-AIss hate DreXel, '.Sister Catharlne her.
fects The plans for the hew charitable order to
which she will give her fortune of S. OOO O6O
Western Union aud telephone companies esti-
mate their storm loss at so, 600.
20-During the past year S, coo deeds were made
for building lots. Superintendent winn, of
the Allegheny fire alarm. killed by wire in
mid air. BorOughs in the county have hard
time TO make both ends meet.
2l-Building trad will ask for eight hours and
more pay on March !. Manager Clarke, of Il e
Western Cnton resigns. Tony Newell's res
taurant to give way for music store. Louise
Iiebendorfer, while asleep, walks down the
Knoxville incline. Beaver signs Allegheny, IS
certificate a second class CITY.
2a-Locai members OF the Legislature solid for
Cameron. Parents of children complain of the
present methods of education. The grip
reappears in Flttsburg: Local baseball people
organize a consolidated club. Citizens make
a formal demand for the investigation of the
workhouse management.
eS-Talk over giving Allegheny county Board of
Tax Revision similar to that of Philadelphia.
Three million bushels of coal read v
10 20 down The river. Tile LAYERS demand nine
hours day. The Coroneris jury in the case of
Superintendent Winn denounces overhead
wires. Judge Stowe object TO the manner in
which the workhouse petition presented
TO the grand jury.
A-Glass manufacturers in court for violating the
child labor act. James Stevenson, lei wears
old, OF the West End, reported as sick and
destitute to the Board of Health. Mayor
GOurley's message 10 be presented at Councils
January meeting. Norkhouse Superintendent
Warner asks for an investigation. Judge
Acheson fixes the value Of lock and dam No. z
AT saO9 600.
s5-Frank Aldrich sentenced to the penitentiary
for robbing old MIR. Lemon OF Allegheny free
on pardon. Fourteen persons killed by car
wheels during the year. Local railroad yards
TO be lighted by electricity. Secretary Robert
Watchorn, of the United Miners, resigns.
be-McClelland defeats McCabe in l5-mile walk
with travel. Italian counterleIters held for
trial.
Z-SIrs. Fannie Lewis, of Irwin, accidentally
shot and killed by her husband. Carnegie
library Committeeman oppose the Schen-
lev Park site. Allegheny formally accepts
Beavers proclamation.
Rs-Marsnals chosen for the Jr. o. u AM. Build.
ing DELAYED by cold snap. Bar meeting favors
Judge Acheson. Temperance revival at STAN
dard Theater.
2e-Mayor Gourley sent his first annual message tc
Councils. Allegheny county legislative caucu.
decides TO support Cameron.
Electromagnetic PresbyterY of the u. z, Church
meets. Chief Bigelow, OF the Department OF
Public Works, estimates his expenses al
g. O0o, 600 more than in 1890. The Coroner re.
ports Is murders in Allegheny county during
the year.