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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-11-06
Ball Calf Es:raY.

A four months old. red bull calf
with a ring in its nos strayea from
my place on Oct. II. will pay two
dollars for his return, john HANSON.
Sphinx, Union Go. $. d.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-11-06

House and Lot for Sale.
l will sell or trade a good house
3 lots and a barn. Terms to suit
purchaser. I. N. FLANAGAN. If
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-11-06
40. RINGSRlD@
DEALER M @
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, Shoes
Hats and Caps Groceries, sc.
OUR stock for spring ad Summert trade is larger and more completes no fhe above depNtment@MA
!hnW ever before and w are prepared to sells the Lowest wing Prices Our assortment tof |.S@M
|nRV G00nC Includes mice line of Dress Goods fuma fra cent Lawn ba godS Silk ali new.s@M
~ uVvDN Akoa fMHne dBuMmm md trimmings to match White goods mbpdns# N
1L@s Founcngs Cnet, Hodny, everything in Notions md akoa large stock of Staple Dry foods 2
IT 0THTNG In radymade Clothing we will found at thief front with vMf finished md good 6k
ting goods sure to please a
Ipnnc n Chnnc Weae se agek here for the Haywood and NJ D Wells Boots and. ShnMM S
IDVVD u OnVOO. which always gives goods MhGon Our amko fine shoes for Iada. Gents 11
and Children cannot be.xcneu all bought from first hands sol that we can save you alto m prMk.MM
Hats \ Caps. a aas .S@- ~s s%s IN s% %s" "s from me =" : cheap Straw NJ = ~ e q
n p0nTpITC We carry large stock mthhi e FIRST CLASS GOODS at NN@
|uhVUEhlIO. BOTTOM PRICES. III
We ao have complete assortment Of ROCKERY and GLASSWARE also sToNEWARE Ii Co..
COME AMID SEE US.
A. g. RINGSRUD.

The Secret Solved.
"G,ess," said he. as he came home
And laid some heavy bundles down.
where / will trade forever more.
why" said she, "tle
Pal
ace
Store"
ave looked them over, l think they'll do
See, here's n dress / bought fot you,
And me q suit to wear this fall"
"Fits,'' Hehkin said, like
Paper
On de
wall"
"What makes the difference. I'll Ike TO know
Why others are high and they so low
..Ah, hal - said she IN Whispering words,
1--WE heard II said they
Steal
Their
cO00y."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-11-06

Wanted.
The Elk Point creamery is now
prepared to buy unsalted butter at
the creamery and pay the highest
cash prices for good qualities Of the
same.
ACE WEBSTER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
FACTORY In A FLARE.
Jones, Cavitt & Co.'s Shipping and
Mold Shops Burned, and
MUCH VALUABLE STOCK RUINED.
The Promptitude of the Department Saves
the Adjacent Houses.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 100000

The promptitude of the Fire Department
in responding to general call at II o'clock
last night alone prevented what might have
been disastrous fire at Jones, Cavitt &
Co.'s tableware factory, on Mary street,
Southside.
AS it was, the mold, lear and shipping
shops were destroyed, and the valuable
stock therein either demolished or badly
injured by water. The loss will be about
$50, 600. partly covered by insurance.
The factory, 2O-pot concern, with exien-
sive buildings. is constructed of wood, and
by nature of the character of the work per-
formed in 1t became ready prey to the
flames. The fire had gained such headway
when the department arrived that 1t was
found impossible to save any portion Of the
burning buildings, and attention was given
to saving the adjacent structures. These
consisted OF the glasshouse and frame dwell
ing houses on the one, and the offices and
packing shops on the other
Rapid Spread of the Flames.
The fire originated in the shipping shop,
and rapidly extended to the lear and mold
shops. which were situated in the center Of the
block of buildings. Here were stored a
quantity of valuable stock ready for shipment,
and a collection of molds which Mr. jenkins
Jones valued at $4,000.
in she glasshouSe the hands were busy at
as usual, but they made quick time IN
ouating the building.
The department did good work, and the call
ing out of two additional districts was a step
which probably saved the adjoining property.
including a number of dwelling houses in Har-
cum alley, back 70 which the factory extends.
AS it was, it took the united efforts of the dis
Iricts to cope with the flames, which were sub
sequently subdued after half an hours work.
About 100 persons will be rendered idle by the
affair.
jenkins Jones. senior member of the firm,
was on the ground early. He said that at that
time it was impossible to state the loss. as he
did not know just how much damage had been
done to the lears and mold.. The whole plant
is valued at about $4,000.
The Insurance, and Where Placed
The buildings and stock are insured for
about $40. .OOO the insurance on the buildings be-
ing placed with August Ammon and the stock
with Joseph 8. Brown. Mr.. Jones could not
give the names of the insurance companies con-
cerned.
Mr. George Jones said that the packing
room and stock was an entire loss. The firm
had large stock of glassware on hand. and it
was hard to estimate the loss. Probably 1000
I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
BUYING PREFERRED STOCK.

Charles Francis Adams Subscribes for One
Thousand shares of Westinghouse Elec-
tric-Other Purchases Reported and the
Outlook Daily Growing Brighter.
With each day the condition of the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany shows decided improvement. The
creaitors are still coming up and taking the
preferred stock in such quantities that the
officers express themselves well satisfied with
the manner in which matters are progressing.
The best piece of news that has been received
since the return of Mir. Westinghouse to New
York was contained yesterday in a dispatch
from that gentleman to General Manager Ban
MISTER 1t stated that Charles Francis Adams.
ex-President of the Union Pacific Railroad
Comnany, has Subscribed for 1,O00 shares, or
$50 COO worth of preferred stock. Several large
purchases were reported from the West.
J. b. Haiues, president of the creditors com-
mittee paid MIR. BanDIster his usual visit yes-
terday morning and viii have another meeting
with him to-day, when something more definite
will be known about the electric company's
financial standing.
tiers from people asking for stock" said Mr..
haines yesterday afternoon, among them
telegram from Charles Francis Adams.
eX-Presdent of the Union Pacirc road
agreeing to take 1000 shares.
LAS Mr.. Bannister went over the letters he
didn't look much like a man who was down in
the mouth. The outlook is more hopeful than
house Company should not be on a good hnan-
cial basis by Saturday. The creditors have
been lenlent, and ali of them IN PIttsburg have
not hesitated to subscribe for stock"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
MANUFACTURERS GAS COMPANY.

An Excellent Condition Shown at the
Needing of the Stockholders.
The stockholders of the Manufacturers
Natural Gas Company held their annual meet
ing yesterday. Joseph Abel presided. Stock
holders representing S4Sl, ,904 out of the capital
stock of S60O.000 were present.
President c. Meyran read his annual report
which gave an excellent showing for the COM
pany during the year. The total earnings were
S236 526 81. Included in this sum are receipts
from houses and small trade, S6G 957 80 the
largest item; the next from gas supplied to
mills. S49,9 ,9o5 s. The expenditures for drilling
wells and general operating expenses were
$780, OIL G3 while the net earnings were sac, Sis lS
Three dividends amounting to SS952 were paid;
the bonded debt was reduced 81 ,00O ana the
floating debt S32.0S1 36 The sum of S2S,475 10
was applied to new lines.
Mr.. Meyran told the stockholders that the
contracts with glass houses had been raised at
the 1st of January to the figures of the Phila-
delphia Company. The company, he thought
had made good showing. The company's
plant was increased by the addition of five miles
of new lines to the low pressure service and
branch lines, making total of nearly 134 miles.
Mr.. Meyran estimates that there will be an in
crease in the revenue this year of S5S. 500.
The following Board OF Directors was re-
elected: Charles Meyran. b L. Wood, Jr.,
James McCutcheon, Henry Fisher, NJ. K.
Moorhead, L. H. Myers and Z. NJ. O'NeilL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
NEED OF A NEW COIN.

A Demand Growing for the Issue of Half
Cents-They Would Come Handy for
Reduced Postage That Is Expected Soon
to BE Adopted.
The country, or rather the cities and large
towns, are getting up clamor for the coin
age of half cents. They were quite COM
mon half century ago, but we're unappre-
ciated, as small denominations of money
always are in new country.
But as countries age business more and
more approaches the intinitesimal in detail.
and smaller coins begin to play very import
antpart. 1t is especially so with regard to the
necessities of life, the multfarious divisions
through s on si' 81 IS or 81 50 R per day without
serious loss in 3G5 days. 8 hours, As minutes and
4S seconds, in each day of which the
housewife, unless an unusually expert
making her purchases. As Solomon observed,
THE destruction of the poor is his poverty"
He not only pays more for the necessares Of
life than his rich neighbor who can buy in
bulk. but he is usually obliged to put up with
or ' two ' for ~ 5 0'us cents; s;0 S cents. or
three for dime and so on until it comes to a
drink of whisky which is Is cents, or two for
quarter. 1t is quite co.nmon thing that two
or three times the amount of the unit can he
bought at cheaper rate than II,
auu 80 Wnen Two pOuuuS are soIu
for quarter one pound costs Is
cents. A poor woman, who must set table
three times day on, say.Sl. for several people.
and who has no capital accumulated, Is forced
to distribute her purchases SO that
she is usually out about cents or
SIS a year, serious item to the very
poor. The buyer always gets it in the neck
when the half cent is concerned, and the profits
arising from that half cent make in some large
retail establishments thousands of dollars TO
their owners and they of course are not clam
orlng for smaller coin.
But not only the very poor. but also MANY
wealthy business people want the half cent
coined. The American Newsd callers, Associa-
tion is arranging to petition Congress to estab-
lish the fve-mill coinage. They sell an im-
mense number of cent Papers and frequently
lose their entire profit because no coin repre-
sents it.
But another reason exists for a smaller coin
than we now possess Firms that mail tons of
matter In year find a serious loss resulting on
account OF losing fraction of a cent in the
mailing of hundreds or thousands of circulars
newspapers. etc.. day. Postage is destlne'
be still cheaper, and with cheapness
profitable to the Government
More money is made carrying letters for
cents and postal cards for than realized when
the price of sending letter was 25 cents and
ere long circulars will be sent for one-half cent
and possibly postal cards also. Even if the
service does not pay. as everybody uses the
mails. the gain would be general in any event.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
TALKING TOO HIGH.
The Aptitude Of Public Speakers to orate
Too Grandiloquently = An Instance
Where 1t Is Plainly Shown--stimulant as

The Aptitude of Public Speakers to Orate
Too Grandiloquently = An Instance
Where 1t Is Plainly Shown--Stimulant as
Good as Whisky.
1t is often charged against ministers Of
the gospel and other orators that they talk
over the heads or rather above the compre-
hension of many of their auditors and
thereby waste considerable effort.
Davy Crockett once congratulated Daniel
Webster by telling him that his speech
in the United States Senate on certain occa-
sion was the finest thing ever heard there. that
there wasn't - dictionary word in it,"
Webster considered this the highest compli-
ment ever paid him. An old minister once re-
proved young man for the use OF language
above the comprehension OF some OF his audi
ence. and therefore not edifying. The young
man dssented, when the old one SAID: Now
we'll ask Deacon -w what he knows about
drawing an inference. You used that ex-
cordingly they asked the deacon IL
he could draw an inference. He
replied that he couldn't say for certain, but
added 1--WE yoke OF steers that can draw
about as much as any team / ever saw, and 1
suppose they can do it." 1t is said OF certain
field preachers and political orators that they
could sway the masses because they made them
understand what highly educated men could
not.
A case in point was developed in Sewickley
the other day when Mrs. Warden's residence
was burned. Among the large crowd Of neigh
bors who assisted to save furniture was burly
African who worked heroically and was sweat
ing profusely. An elder of the Presbyterian
Church asked him if he wouldn't like
a stmulant to assist him. The colored man
replied: mo; what good would that do?" aud
went on about his work. Later another man
asked him if he wouldn't like drink of
whisky and he said he would. but didn't know
where TO get it. He was astonished when re-
ferred to the elder, and said he had been
offered it, but didn't know what the man
wanted.
That man will never forget that stimulant is
one of the names for whisky.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
SMALL SCRAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.

REV. JOHN B. GIVEN, recently appointed to
the nulpit of the colored church at Turtle
Creek. was yesterday sent to Philadelphia by
the Poor Board. He could not make enough
to live and wanted to get back to his friends.
Two large punches of keys were found yes
tcrday secreted In crock in front of Emery &
Ratteman's store. Southside. 1t is thought
that two suspicious persons seen hanging about
had use for them.
THE Lincoln Club Of Lawrenceville has ar.
ran1ed TO commemorate the birth of Lincoln
on the evening of February Il at their rooms.
400 Butler street. Clarence Burleigh will make
the address.
COMMISSIONERS are taking testimony In the
application of Duquesne people to have their
town incorporated as borough.
ALDERMAN BUPp. of Woods Run. received
an order from Washington county yesterday
for hangman's rope.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
HOW THEY TAKE EXERCISE.

The Physical Health of Academy Girls in
New York Well Cared For.
Every pleasant afternoon professions of
school girls may be seen swinging along
Fifth avenue from Fourteenth to Fifty
ninth street. They are pupils in the various
private academies along that route, and
their outing Is in accordance with the latest
accepted method of exercise, SAYS writer in
the New York Times. They are all robust
and rosy-cheeked girls, and they walk in a
manner that invariably excites the admira-
tion of that patriarch of pedestrians. Ed
ward Payson Weston, when he happens to
see them.
Low heels and broad soles to the shoes,
their hands OH their hips, heads erect,
mouths closed, nostrils dilated, and eyes
sparkling, they form pictures which go far
toward contradicting the o't-told tale that
New York girls, even those at school, are
affected with ennui of the worst type.
There are usually dozen of these high
spirited girls in each party, and they are ac-
companied by one or more teachers, who,
although advanced in years. are usually
fine, superb specimens of perfect American
omanhood.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
TRIPPED-UP BY THE LAW.

JOSEPH SPANGLER. and j. H. Sherman were
each given 80 days tor playing detective in Al
legheny.
JAMES CASEY, Frank Kavanaugh and Pat
Lamb, boys who are said to have police records
were arrested yesterday tor loitering about the
market house. 49,
MAGISTRATE GRIP yesterday sent the man
who cast the castor through plate glass mirror
in a Liberty street restaurant. to the work.
house for 80 days
OFFICER MCLAUGHLIN arrested James Nc.
Nally on wylie avenue on the charge of being
concerned in the recent brass robberies at the
Soho mills He will have heating to-day.
+. w. MAHAN was locked up in the Four
teen.h ward station yesterday as suspicious
person. He was trying to sell a, lot of new
silver spoons to Frankstowu saloonkeepers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
His Arithmetic Is Perfect.

Texas Siftings.l
Little Johnny Samuelson goes to school,
and he has become quite proficient in arith-
metc. Johnny is the only child of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuelson, but the latter was a
widow with six children when she married
Mr.. Samuelson.
"How are your little brothers and sisters
coming on?" asked lady friend of the
family.
"All three of them are well" responded
Johnny.
"Why, there are six OF them, Johnny"
"Yes, nam, but you forget they are only
half brothers and half sisters, and it takes
two halves to make whole one"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
West Toronto functions Enterprise.

The ten large factories which have located at
West Toronto junction during the past three
wears are all doing large trades. The "Barnum
Iron and Wire " orks." the Toronto Rolling
Mills and Forging Company" and Others about
10 locate will swell the paying industries of the
town and augment its population. A large
have added TO its appearance and to its facIll-
ties for supplying the peoples wants. A per-
feet fire alarm system 1.-THE "Gaynor') and an
efficient system of water works. both now in
operation, with sewers electric lights, and i'm
proved streets now contemplated, will add to
the protection and the comfort of the people
and their houses. Free sites. free water, and
exemption from taxes are inducements offered
to first-class manufacturers, and it is now ac-
knowledged by all that Toronto's western sub
urb with its Great Continental Railway con-
nections is destined to be among the most pros
porous cities Of Canada DR.. Carleton is Chair
man of the Factory COMMITTEES.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
SAW BARRUNDIA SHOT.

The General Tired on the Guards First
Reiter Not to Blame.
Thomas NJ. Cunningham agent for the AS
sociated Press in Central America, arrived in
Plttsburg yesterday bound for Washington.
He saw the shooting of Barrundia, and will
testify in behalf of Commander Reiter. Mr..
Cunningham states that Barrundia declared he
would never be taken alive when MINERS
order was read to him, and he seized two pistols
in his state room and fired on the three guards.
He chased them around the smoke stack of the
steamer, the guards dodging for their lives. AS
soon as he fairly exposed himself Barrundia
was shot, one ball passing through the right
eye. and he fell dead on the deck.
Mr.. Cunningham thinks the war between
Salvador and Guatemala Will soon be renewed
Both countries are buying arms. The coffee
crop this year. he says, will amount to SIS QUO,
600.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

j. Hudson Taine, of Paris, is at the
Duduesue. He is after light iron for flying
machines He says the invention is practical
and company with 100000 francs in capital
has been organized in France.
w. G. Carroll, brother of E. w. Carroll,
of the American Tube and Iron Company, and
John Kurkamp. prominent citizens of Louis
vile, KY, are In the city.
Patrick Foley with his wife and two
daughters left for Jacksonville. Fla, yester-
day. They will remain until April.
&C. T. Braden, of Oil City, General Super
iptendent of the National Transit pipe lines, is
registered at the Seventh Avenue.
&C. r. Watson, of Butler, and head man
in the National Transit office at that place, is in
the city on business.
Attorney C. A.. O'Brien is in New
York on professional business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON Is HOT.
Only for One Day,

ouly lOT WIG lay
and that is to-day, we offer the following
lines of mems overcoats, suits and pants at
these wonderfully low prices. We are clear
ing of all overcoats and heavyweight suits
at prices next to nothing. Read these prices,
and if you want to save money call and buy
to-day:
Is mems imported Chinchilla overcoats in
blue and black, full satin lined throughout
with silk sleeve Innings, will be sold to-day,
and to-day only, for. ....... ..S7 40
45 mems overcoats, made of genuine all
wool cashmere, with or without velvet col
lar, for only. ............. .S4 W
rs mems cashmere cutaways suits, in neat
stripes, little checks and dark mixtures,
suitable for any one, at. .............S .S6 80
1876 boys cashmere suits. in three different
patterns, dark gray, brown and nice mix
ture. sizes from to IA, for. .85.
325 mems cashmere pants, in ten different
patterns, very neat, at af................d,5 80
These prices are special, and consequently
for to-day only. P. G. G. c.,
Pittsburgh Combination Clothing Company,
cor. Grant and Diamond streets, opp. the
Court House.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
ENDED IN A NAST.
Roofers Leave Pjttsburg Well Pleased With
Their Reception Here.

Roofers Leave Pjttsburg Well Pleased With
Their Reception Here.
The Association of Composition Rocfers fin-
ished their work in Pittsburg last evening by
banquet at the Duquesne, In which the new
caterer from New York, George Sano, showed
what he could do in the culinary line. 1t was
good feast, and much enjoyed by the roofers.
Tho banquet was given to the visitors by the
Pirtsburg Felt and Gravel Roofers' Exchange.
w. B. Lupuon. of Pittsburg. acted as toast
master, and he entertained his guests in neat
speech in which he told them what Pittsburgs
iron and glass industries could accomplish in
year. S. s. Barrell, of Philadelphia, the ex-
President and others made addresses.
AT the morning session an elaborate report of
the committee on statistics was adopted. 1t
dwells on the durability and other merits of
the composition roof. A resolution was offered
to exclude all pitch manufacturers from the
association, but it only received two votes ".
Il. Lupton, of this city, was elected President
and w. K. Thomas, of Chicago. Secretary. 1t
was decided to hold the next annual meeting
in Cincinnati.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
a QUEER LITERARY PRODUCTION

That Claims to Hail From an Eastern Seat of
Learning.
The following is copy of a letter received by
Postmaster Mexican yesterday. and as specl.
men of penmanship. orthography and grammar,
is curiosity. though its meaning is serious
enough:
collage Of Saint james. janury 2S 1891.
'Po master and jeneral j have and unkel by
the name of John Syms he dide bout weakes
ago heard so will you please hunt him up
wood like yer much to hear from him please let
me now as soon as You can
'.thIs is all at preson
"Your Respectful
NATHAN SYMs
"Direct your letter to the
collage of Saint james Washington
Go, Md"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
Horses and Mules.

tits a noted fact that the Arnheim Live
Stock Company, Limited, of So Second
avenue, Pittsburg, Pa, keep better stock in
the horse and mule line than any other dealer
in Western Pennsylvania.
They received to-day 40 head of draught
and general-purpose horses, among them
several matched teams, weighing from 200
to $500 per pair. Anyone wishing to pur.
chase should not fail to call at their place of
business.
Their mule yards are filled with IS head
of choice stock from the largest draught to
the smallest pit mule, all sound, young and
we'll broke to work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
SHE THREATENED TO SHOOT.

Matte Bowers Says That the Complainant
Insulted Her.
Matte Bowers, pretty young woman who
lives in LawrenceviIle. was lodged IN the Seven
teenth ward police station last night, charged
with pointing fire arms ana carrying concealed
deadly weapons George Houser made the in.
formation.
The defendant admitted that the charges
against her could be proven. but stated that
she believed her action justifiable on account
OF the insulting advances made, she saId, by the
prosecutor. Houser is a roller at one of the
mills in Lawrenceville, and the defendant q
dreSSmaker,