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The Monitor., 1891-04-17

The project of bridging the Delaware
between Camden aud Philadelphia is being
agitated once more The articles of incor-
poration gives the company the privilege
of increasing the capital stock to six million
dollars.
The Monitor., 1891-04-17

Last Thursday flags were displayed from
windows Of public and private buildings
all over the city in honor of the snryiv-
ing Members of the Second New Jersey
Brigade. whe on that day held reunion
here. | saw the small battalion while
paradng and excepting the few who hob
bled along with crippled limbs. the gray
haired veterans looked as if they could
fight as well to-day as they did away
back in 'G3.
The Monitor., 1891-04-17
PILESGRovE LIBRARY AND READING ROOM
OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 800 TO 800 p. M

Membership fees. $500
Annual LdA vi 10
Permits granted for the use of books at
cents per week, on application to any of the
trustees.
e. S. Fose, Secretary.
The Monitor., 1891-04-17

The electric cars on Market street were
started again recently. They run much
faster than formerly and their presence
seems to give more activity to business and
travel on that street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
MET WITH LEGAL SNAGS.

THOMAS AND CARRIE LITTLEALEs, of Sarah
street, Southside, were arrested last night
and locked up for disorderly conduct.
THOMAS BROWN, a salesman for T. NJ. Lati-
more, the Allegheny drygoods merchant
was committed to Jail in default of bail yes
terday for a hearing next week, on charge
of embeZzling a small sum of money.
MICHAEL HUMBERT was arrested last night
and held on a charge of assault and battery.
Nicholas Kunz, the prosecutor, alleges
that the defendant struck him in the face.
Magistrate Succop will adjudicate.
FRED VETTER, a barber doing business on
Butler, near Forty-first street, was arrested
yesterday and locked up on a warrant issued
by Magistrate Succop, charging him with an
assault on Julia O'Brien, q girl between Is
and 16 years of age.
ANNIE JACKSON was committed to jail by
Alderman Richard yesterday in default of
$500 bail, for q hearing on a charge of surety
of the peace, preferred by Lula Walls, of
Heating alley, who alleges that Miss Jack
son threatened to shoot her. The hearing
will be held Monday.
PAUL HAcKIE of $40 Cabot way, South
side, was committed to jail yesterday by
Alderman Beinhauer to await a hearing on
charges of selling liquor without license
and on Sunday. Joseph Nugel is the prose-
cutor in the case, and he alleges that Hackie
is persistent violator of the Brooks law
selling beer and whisky daily and Sunday
Hearing next week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
.TERR0RS FOR TODAY.
The Old Eagle Will Scream in Many
aCity in the Three States.
HOW THE TOWNS WILL CELEBRATE.
A Howling Female Mob Terrorize English
Factory Girls.
MINOR NEWS FROM THE THREE STATES
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l


MCKEEsPoRT, July 3.-The Fourth of
July celebration to be held in this city to-
morrow promises to bring out large crowd
of people, and the outlook is that the event
will be one of the finest ever held in this
city. All the business houses of the city
are decorated for the occasion. Fully 500
Junior and Senior American Mechanics go
from this city to Connellsville tomorrow, to
take part in the parade. Seven councils
will go from the city, besides several from
the suburban districts
At Washington, Pa, the Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
of Washington county will be in control to-
morrow by having an old-fashioned celebra-
tion. In the morning all the councils of
the city will participate in parade and
then repair to the grounds of the Western
PENNSYLVANIA Agricultural Association,
where athletic sports of different kinds will
be held. A CREASED pole with prize at the
top will be another attraction, after which
speeches will be made by prominent people,
among whom are D. f. Patterson, of Pitts
burg. In the evening great exhibition of
the Jr. o. u A M. that will participate in
the occasion are as follows: Washington,
Canonsburg, Mcdonald, Taylorstown, Clays-
vile, Upper st. Clair and Midway. The
Sheridan Light Artillery, OF Pittsburg, are
also expected to be present.
At Butler the Fourth will be celebrated by
general demonstration. The Outing
Club" of the Y. NJ C. A., will engage in vari-
GUS kinds of SPORTS including running,
jumping and boxing matches, and bicycle
race on Main street in the afternoon, for
which prizes have been offered by the mer-
chants of the town.
At Youngstown all arrangements have
been concluded for the sham battle at the
fair grounds tomorrow, and with fair skies
it is expected 10000 strangers will visit the
city. A large delegation Of Grand Army
men arrived from Akron this afternoon on a
special train, and will constitute the rebel
army tomorrow. Tents have been erected
at the fair grounds, and a lively and inter
esting campfire was held tonight, addressed
by Major Woodwork, Judge Johnston and
others. A battery of eight cannon is in po-
sition, and will be used in the battle. The
city is handsomely decorated, and every
train is bringing in large delegations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
ENTIRELY EXPELLED.
President Kramer Gusts Catcher OConnor
From the Association.


From the Association.
tsPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
COLUMBUS, July SACK O'Connor, the
star baseball player, was expelled from the
American Association this morning. He re-
ceived a telegram from President Kramer
notifying him of his expulsion and giving
the reason for the sensational action The
decree of the President debars O'Connor
from playing with any Association club in
the country, and he must look to some
other baseball association for employment or
else quit the business.
The grounds on which the expulsion was
made are most serious in character.
"Habitual drunkenness, disorderly conduct
and actions unbecoming ball player ana q
gentleman are the reasons given by PreSi-
dent Kramer for his decision. The telegram
received by O'Connor this morning came
like thunder=clap. He had been tenn
porarily suspended by the Columbus club
and was therefore in bad odor with the
management, but he had not the falntest
suspicion of receiving such blow. He was
for time unable to understand the mean
ing OF the telegram and doubted It's genuine
ness. He soon satisfied himself that the
President of the Association was far from
joking.
o'Connor claims that he is entirely
his suspension is based. In regard
to the charge of drunkenness, he
says that he has never been intoxicated
WIN IDe Vi one SAiSO no
has PLAYED bail here On one occasion he
admits he did get slightly under the infiu-
ence of liquor. 1t was because he had had
trouble with Manager Schmeltz, he says,
that he began drinking that day. Schmeltz
had instructed him to bunt in playing that
afternoons game, and O'Connor had OBJ
jecbed to doing so. Iu regard to disorderly
conduct, O'Connor says he had never been
gully of any such charge. He came to be
known as something of a rowdy, he says, be-
cause of his intense zeal to win for Colum-
bus, which made him enthusiastic and de-
terrnined on the field. Whenever he had
trouble with other players he says it was
because he was standing up for the rights of
the Columbus club. He claims to have con-
Quoted himself well in every respect during
the season so far as his private character
and bearing is concerned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
Ohio Oddities,

CARPENTERS killed $50 bats in an old house
near Wapakoneta. Some measured seven
inches.
A CURIOUS phenomenon of ball of fire
floating in the air is soaring the people of
Allen county.
WHILE digging well at Ostrander, Joseph
Mackan, aged 20, was overcome with gas and
died and his brother Emmett, in trying to
rescue him, met u similar fate.
JOHN ATWOOD, of Alliance, is said to have
spent Is years in bed because his father
would not allow him to marry the girl he
wanted to. The father is dead and John has
married his first love.
A MAN named Thompson, of Springfield,
sent mis- wife to Hot Springs and, while she
was gone, carried on in a lively way with
young widow with whom he has now fled.
The wife learned of these occurrences and
is on the warpath for her missing chubby"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
TO MAKE COFFEE ICE CREAM.
A Delicious Luxury That Doesn't Co
Much but the Trouble.

A Delicious Luxury That Doesn't Cost
Much but the Trouble.
New York Tribune.]
One of the most delicious creams we have
is coffee ice cream. To make this cream
take two cups of sugar, the yelks of four
eggs and beat them thoroughly together.
Pour over the mixture pint of boiling
milk and stir the whole for two or three
minutes. Put the basin containing this
custard on hot part of the stove and con-,
tinue stirring, but do not let it boil Take
the mixture off the fire, add to it a pint of
sweet cream, stir again and throw in two
large tablespoons of tresh-ground Mocha
coffee. Beat up the mixture thoroughly
over the fire for about three minutes, then
cover the cream closely so that the coffee
can infuse through it for about half an hour.
At the end of this time, should it be thor
oughly cold, strain it through napkin into
the ice cream freezer and freeze it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
Association Games,

At Washington 13innings)-
Washington..-.l o 90 o.
Cincinnati......O o . o o o.
SUMMARY-Hits-Washin 10; Cincinnati. 6.
Errors-w ashington, 4: Cincinnati, 3. Batteries
Carsey and Lohman; Mains and Whitney.
At Philadelpnla-
Athletic -. .............3 o o 0-6
Baltimore. 1 O o o. 2
SUMMARY - Hits-Athletics, z; Baltimore, 4.
ErTors-Athletics, j: Baltimore. 8. Batteries
Weyhing and Milligan; Cunningham and Town.
send.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
WORTH A GOOD RECEPTION.
Our SIuggers Win Appear on the Home
Grounds To-Day After Doing Well

The local team are worth good sendof
on their return home to-day. Under great
difficulties they have won four games out of
the last six, and yesterdays defeat was only
the result of very hot argument. The four
straight defeats at Cleveland, suffered when
the team was in q wretched condition were
a great handicap for the boys, but they re-
turn home gloriously under the circunl-
stances. 1t is only fair to say that King and
Baldwin deserve all possible praise for their
splendid work this week, and if words of
cheers viii encourage them they should not
be forgotten. Manager Hanlon has done
nobly, and himself and the team generally
should he accorded hearty reception.
They meet the Bostons; very tough people,
twice to-day, morning and afternoon
Reilly returned yesterday and viii play short
to-day. Nichols and Calvin or King will
pitch in the morning game. Staley will
pitch for Boston this afternoon, and prob
ably either King or Baldwin for the. home
team.
Director Kerr, OF the home team received
word yesterday afternoon that efforts TO
sign Simon for the Pittsburg club had failed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
AN UNDERGROUND LAKE.
The Crust Over 1t Is So Thin That Half q
Dozen Men Can Make 1t Quake.

The Crust Over 1t Is So Thin That Half n
Dozen Men Can Make 1t Quake.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.1
In Bibb county, not many miles from a
town called Six Miles, at barn on the Six
Mile creek, there is field of two or three
acres which is over a subterranean lake.
The soil Is only three or four feet thick, and
you can take a sharp pole and drive it
through to the water beneath. Half dozen
men, Jumping up and down at once in any
particular spot, will make the corn stalks
tremble for 10 or II feet around
In the dryest seasons that patch of ground
is always damp, not to say wet, and it can
be distinguished from the rest of the field
by the luxuriant dark green of the corn
planted ON it. In one place well has been
dug to the water, and they say a 1OO-foot
line failed to reach the bottom. The water
is quite clear and as cold as that of an ordi-
nary spring, but there seems to be no cur
rent, and the local wonder is how the crust
of earth got on top of the lake and how it
manages to stay there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
blair County in Form.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
ALTOONA, July 3.-The races at the Altoona
Driving Park to-day were wen attended,
about 5000 people being present. All the
races were won by Blair county horses.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
THE FIRE RECORD.

AT Dyersburg, Tenn, yesterday morning
five houses burned down. Loss, $40 600,
partly insured.
The village of Navette, in the Department
of Hautes Alpes, France, has been totally
destroyed by fire.
THE alarm of fire from box 81 Allegheny,
at 1:3O yesterday afternoon, was caused by a
blaze on the roof of a frame house on Brown
street.
AN alarm from box 81 in Allegheny about
O'Clock Yesterday was caused by slight fire
on the roof of a house on Brown street, Fifth
ward.
AT Toledo Thursday night the large book
and job printing house of the B. f. Wade
Company was destroyed. Loss estimated at
$50, ,OCO, nearly covered by insurance. Origin
unknown.
AT Bridgeport, Pa, early yesterday morn
ing Lindsay & Co.'S lumber depot burned.
large amount oflumber was destroyed. Loss,
several thousand dollars with no insurance
lncendiarism suspected
AT Epping, N. H., a shoe shop occupied by
Trask Brothers and NJ. G. Nichols, and a
dwelling house burned Friday night. Trasl>
Brothers loss is from $4,000 and 81, 900; in
surance, $4,000 Nichols loses 5000, partly
insured. The loss on building and machinery
owned by J. f. Coutman is from s., 600 to
So, 600, insured.
DURING the past ten days over 10000 acres
of grain, feed and timber land have been
burned within ten miles of Milton, Cal A
large fire has been raging east of there since
Tuesday, burning everything from Elkhorn
station south toward Copperopolis. So far
it has been impossible to check the flames.
For the second time within a week Mt
JOY has been visited by a fire, and the origin
of the second is as mysterious as the first
Yesterday morning it was in the stove
works owned by John McCleary, of Middle
town. a large frame structure lined with
heavy sheet iron. In the building were
many valuable stove patterns and number
of stoves. The works were in operation
only about year, and were built and
equipped by Mr.. McCreary at a cost of $l7,-
000. The loss is total The insurance is less
than half the loss, and was placed in Harris
burg. 1t is the general opinion that the fire
is the work of an incendiary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
THE AIR FILLED WITH LOGS.
A Wild Western Way of Handling Cord
wood That Alarms the Tenderfoot.

During visit to the famous Homestake
Mine, says Robert Grier in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat 1 saw wood piled in very
peculiar manner, and one that was calcu-
lated to produce no small amount of nerV-
BUSINESS in a spectator. at least l should
think so, judging from my own feelings. L
was in one of the buildings when 1 suddenly
heard tremendous crashing outside. L
went to the door and started back on seeing
the air about 20 feet directly over my head
fairly filled with flying sticks of cordwood;
l thought some accident had happened, and
lodged back instantly.
then learned that this was the ordinary
way of delivering wood. The timber is cut
in the mountains and hauled to a place
where there is a steep declivity terminating
in high bluff just over the mine buildings.
The logs are then put into chute which
they descend with great rapidity, shoot out
over the tops of the buildings, and are piled
beyond. When one part of the pile is too
high, by a simple arrangement of levers the
end of the chute is moved to the right or
the left, and the sticks are DETECTED. An
accident has never occurred, but it is GER
tainly curious to see hundreds of men walk
ing nonchantly to and fro directly beneath
a perfect avalanche of flying logs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
DEATH MASKS AT WEST POINT.
Authenticated Casts of Napoleon and
Frederick the Great.

Authenticated Casts of Napoleon and
Frederick the Great.
New York Herald.1
In a glass faced, black box hung in the
officers mess at West Point are two death
masks whose duplicates are not known to
exist in this country. One is of Napoleon
and the other of Frederick the Great Com
mander Chadwick Of the navy secured them
in London some years ago and presented
them to the mass. There. is ample proof of
their authenticity, so their startling lack of
resemblance to the popular portraits of the
dead leadersis all the more interesting.
Napoleon's east is by far the better; the
features are natural and seem to be in a
calm repose, while the face is thin almost to
emaciation. It's fine face, but not the face
of the Napoleon we have been taught to
know. Old Indian fighters say it is the ex-
act counterpart of the face of Black Hawk.
Frederick's face is weazen and drawn and
fearfully out of shape. 1t looks like the
face of mummy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
Winners at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 3.-Following were the re-
suit of the races here to-day:
First race, hye-eghths of a mile-Brazos first
Polly Mobiles second, Ray third. Time. 1:O7.
Second race, hve-e1ghths of mile-Curt Gum
first, sam Farmer second, Tom Harding third
Time, LOS.
Third race. one mie-Rinfax first Camille Sec
ond, CliO,third. Time, 1:464.
Fourth race mile and seventy yards-Jim Dunn
first Billy Pinkerton second, Sunnybrook third.
Time. I:53
Fifth race, one and one-eighth miles-Virge dor
first. Glockner second, Billy Pinkerton third
Time. 2:04.
sixth race, mile and seventy yards-Lady Black
burn first, Lola May second, ST. Aluans third.
Time
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
A PRIMITIVE FLY-TRAP.

Two Boards Swung Near Each Other and
Sweetened Do the Work.
ST. Louis Republic.l
The most striking trap ever saw was up
in the Alleghanies. On stopping at a house
I noticed two square boards, like milkpan
covers, suspended near each other from the
rafters by strings 1t was found to be a fly
trap and the sides of the boards facing were
smeared with molasses. When the '1ong
sweetening" had lured the flies, some mem
Der of the family would sneak up to the
trap and clap the boards together and then
allow the fattened remains to fall into a
basket or tub. The latter feature, however,
was only found among the first families;
others less elegant allowed the sticky vic
tins to fall upon the floor.
1 told the lank, smoke-dried specimen of
a man that had never seen such fv-trap,
and he replied: '"The folks on this mount
ing are powerful cute on traps"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
QUITE A DARING MAN.
George Whistler, the Wrestler, Wants to
Go Through the Niagara Rapids.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l ~
SCRANTON, July 3.-George Whistler, the
champion feather-weight wrestler of
America, is registered at the st. Charles. He
will assist at the Captain Paul Boynton ex-
hibition at Mt. Ariel on July 4. Mr.. Whistler
has world wide reputation as wrestler
and a man of daring. His greatest feat was
swimming through Deception Pass"
whirlpool rapids in California, which is one
of the most turbid known. Three dogs
thrown into the rapids were never heard
from. Mr.. Whistler successfully accom-
plished the daring feat of passing through
encased only in a rubber suit.
He says that he will attempt to go through
the rapids at Niagara on the 9th of next
month, if stake worthy of the attempt is
raised. When asked if it would not be
foolhardy attempt, he answered that he
thought that the rubber suit would see him
through all right. Whistler is young man
weighing about ie0 pounds, of good pro-
portions and wiry build. He has an engage
inent to walk on the Mississippi river from
St. Paul to New Orleans.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
The Bostons and the Phillies Play a Poor
Game at New Castle.

The Bostons and the Phillies Play a Poor
Game at New Castle.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW CASTLE July 3.-There were $500 dis
gusted people at Amusement Park this after
noon when the Boston and Philadelphia
clubs gave the poorest exhibition of ball
playing ever given in this old ball town.
Clarkson, Getzein and Nichols each pitched
three innings for the Bostons, and Thompson
pitched for the Phillies. Bennett and Lowe,
of Boston, whose homes are in this city, were
each presented with handsome basket of
flowers by local admirers, and Lowe received
a fine gold-headed cane from the Archy
Reed Ball Club, of which he was formerly
member. The game was featureless and
without particularly brilliant playing.
Score:
Philadelphia. ......, I'D 1 Ia
SUNMARY-Earned runs-Boston, 10; Philadelphia,
4. Two-base htts-Long 2 Quinn, Cancel. Nichols,
Thompson, Clements, Brown. Three-base hit
Tucker. Home runs-Quinn, Tucker. Left on
bases-Boston, G; Philadelphia, 5. stolen bases
Long. Base on balls-Long Nash. Umpires-
CANCEL and Bennett. Times minutes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
Pennsylvania Pickings.

A 2O0-PoUND bear was trapped at Nauvoo
Wednesday.
Docs destroyed GAS sheep in Trumbull
county last year.
WILLIAM CLARK, of Oil City, has myster-
iously disappeared.
A CRUSADE against gambling has been COM
menced at McKeesport.
CHARLES s. MORROW was killedsby switch
engine at Oil City yesterday.
Miss CORA IRoNs, of Linesville, has been
lying in trance for several days.
THE elopement Of Geo. Fish and Miss Ella
Jones, of Bridgewater is reported.
HENRY MCKENNA was so severely stung by
bees at Columbia Wednesday, that his life is
in danger.
THREE people were bitten by copperhead
snakes in Schuylkill this week. All are ex-
pc cted to die.
PoTTsTowN citizens are alarmed at mys-
terious sickness that has seized many people
in that neighborhood.
B. o. MCCARTY and John C. Connell, of
Pittsburg, were nearly asphyxiated at Nc
Keesport Wednesday. The wind blew out
the gas.
A DISEASE known as "black 1eg' in Hun
gary is on the increase in the coke region,
and the Huns are greatly alarmed lest it be-
come epidemic.
SAMUEL MAY, prominent stockdealer of
Thompsonville, was dragged under a train
at West Glendale yesterday morning and
had leg cut off.
A BEAVER DAM doctor named Wetherell Is
accused of improper conduct with Mrs. Jos.
Crider while her husband was away. The
town is badly torn-up over the matter.
A SOCIETY man in Mexican has been reap
ing rich reward by cheating at progressive
,,a1,, II,
and the country is scandalized.
A FAMILY of eight children in Washington
vile while out rusticating recently ate
quantity of what they supposed to be sweet
myrrh and were all soon taken violently i'll,
One has died since.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
Justice Fields Opportunitv.

When first came to San Francisco forty
odd years ago." said Justice Stephen j.
Field to San Francisco correspondent, 1
was offered that triangular block right across
from the Palace Hotel for 81, 800. 1 did not
care to own sand hill at the price named,
and simply laughed at the proposition. Not
long after somebody wanted sand to fill in
on the water front, and he leveled that
block without cost to the owner. Now, L
am told the point of the triangle sold last
time for 100000 and that little piece on
the other corner cost its present owner
S4OO OOO
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
DISGUISED THE CROWD.

Mr.. Simon viii, therefore, not likely be here
this season.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
The League Record.
To-Day's League Schedule.

Boston at Pittshurg. Philadelphia at Clevel,d d.
BROOKLYN at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati
Morning and afternoon games at each place.