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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
Social Chatter.

The Art Musical met at the rooms of T. G.
Russman last evening.
The anniversary of the Christian Home
for Women was celebrated yesterday.
MRS. W. ID. king, the bride, gave her first
reception last evening at her home on Ne
Vile street, East End.
Miss GRACE ScoTT and Horace Lowry were
welded at the brides home, South Hiland
avenue, at O'Clock yesterday.
THE Ladies' Aid Society of Christ Church,
Universalist, will have charge of an ice
cream and strawberry festival at Curry Uni
yersity chapel this evening.
THE Mozart Clubs concert this evening
will be fitting climax to the unusually
pleasing musical season of that popular
club, judging from the soloists booked.
Miss MATILDA. +. WALTER and Albert 7.
Baerresen, of Denver, Col, were married at
Sharpsburg yesterday by Rev. G. I. Goett-
THE regular monthly meeting of the Acad-
emy of Science and Art will be held this
evening at O'Clock. President Holland will
deliver an address outlining the work done
during the past year.
The Misses Thurston's private school on
Penn Ayenue, East End, closed its annual
gramlne had been arranged and the exer-
cises were of an unusually interesting ma
ture-
THE fifth reunion of the Alumnae Asso-
citation of the Blairsville Ladies' Seminary
is announced for June and 10 in the Pres
byterian Church at Blairsyille. The first
DAYS session viii be one OF business, and
the second will be given to class and gen.
eral meetings and banquet in the evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Among those who passed through the citv
Yesterday were John A. Arnold of the Van
Vert B,tiLefin who was accompanied by his
bride: Mrs Cal Brice. the wife of the Senator
from Ohio, and H. Grass, General Eastern
Passenger Agent of the Chicago and North
western road.
Captain Henry Schmidt, of Company A.
Fourteenth Regiment, left for Germany last
night on three months tour. His company
turned out to see him of. Messrs Winter
of the brewery firm, and Henning accom-.
PARTED him.
General Manager j. d. Lang, of the West
Shore road, accompanied by his wife, arrived
in the city Yesterday. Mrs. Lang will visit
friends at Sewickley, while MIR. Lang will go
on to Cincinnati.
A number of Germans and Italians left
for Europe last night. There were II of the
latter. ali men, returning to Italy. They said
they would not come back.
]. w. Reinhardt, First Vice President of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road
was passenger Eastward last night on the
Eastern express.
r. w. DoUGAN, a business man of
Waynesburg, passed through the city YES
terday, for Chicago on an extended tour of
the West
Charles Lancaster, Washington LAWYER.
is in town. He is the son-in-law of the int
Samuel j. Randall.
FL. Robbins and his wife returned from
Philadelphia yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
Obituary Notes.

WILLIAM r. DARLING, well-known New York
| lawyer, died Tuesday night
| KITTY BUCKLEY, a serio-comic of note among
| the Western theaters, died recently in New What
| 9om, Wash.
RoDIE CALDWELL, colored woman, who it is
claimed is l06 years old, died Wednesday atthe Col
| ored Peoples Hospital.
| H. WILSON, of the firm of Wilson Bros, job
printers died yesterday afternoon ut the home of
| his mother, on Webster avenue.
| MRS, ELIZABETH DENIsoN, wife of William
| Deuison died yesterday ut her home on Center
| avenue in the 10Th year of her age.
| HANNAH HOFFMAN, 1O5 years of age died I'm
| I,ynn. Mass, Tuesday evening. She was born in
Russian Poland ana came 10 this country 20 years
| ago.
| DANIEL s. DAILY, song and dance and minstrel
| nerformer. is dead at his home in New York. He
! was member of the variety team of Daily and Ed
wards.
MATTHEW SIMPSON, aged 75, died Wednesday in
| Lafayette, Ind. He came early to Indiana and
| served in many positions of trust. He was related
| to General Grant and Bishop Simpson.
LIEUTENANT JARED p. MAxFIELD, former
| vice Commander of the Massachusetts Department
| of the Grand Army, and prominent ci tizen of
Lowell, died Wednesday, aged 81 years.
MISS HATTIE IRVING, who, with her husband
| Tom Peasey, well known on the variety stage
| died Tuesday night at st, Yincent's Hospital New
| York, of consumption. She had been i'll some
| time.
| MRS. JULIA A. YANDERGRIFT widow of the late
George vandcrgrift, died yesterday at her resi-
| dence. on Center avenue, ut the age of 70 years
Mrs Vandergrift was one OF the best-knowu ladies
| in the city.
LOUIS WINTERBAUER, who is well known to
every brewer throughout the United States dropped
dead Wednesday while In a saloon at New York
| He was the inventor of u beer pump, from which
| he derived n large iscome.
MISS THEREsE DE BARTH WALBAcu, who died
at her residence in Baltimore May 30 in her 95th
year. was the eldest daughter of General John de
Barth, Baron of Walbach who came to this coun-
try in I7g5 and was appointed by General Washing
Ton IN the United STATES Army.
JESSIE CRISP. once well known the stage is
dead at her home in Bridgewater. Mass, aged 81.
she was the daughter of the old actor, W. H.
Crisp and sister Of the Hon. Charles F. Crisp,
actor, who died some years ago, also brother
of the deceased.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
OHIO WHEAT Is SAFE.
The May Frosts Did Very Little Damage
to 1t, but Killed Much Fruit.


to 1t, but Killed Much Fruit.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsrArcu1
COLUMBUS June 4.-The report of the State
Board of Agriculture on the condition of the
wheat crop June l, says: "Wheat has firmly
heldits own since the report of May Some
fears were entertained that the frost during
the month had injured the prospect, but the
facts are, no serious damage was done to the
crop as a whole. The only damage found
has occurred in fields Of rankest growth
and seems to be confined principally to the
extreme southern portion of the State,
where the wheat was very forward. The
lowest condition reported is Z from the
counties bordering on the river and extend
ing on up in the same line through the
counties of COlumbiana, Mahoning, Trum-
bull and Ashtabula to the lake. In all other
portions OF the State the wheat condition
Is uniformly fair to high. Wheat generally
was rank of growth and the cold, backward
Nav was therefore beneficial in checking
and preventing increased rankness, that
would have resulted in lodging the wheat
and causing it to fall. For the State, the
present wheat prospects indicate very nearly
a full average crop.
The serious damage by the frosts of May
has been to the fruit crop. Previous to the
frost the most serious of which occurred on
the 18th, there were the best general fruit
prospects for a number of years. Apples and
peaches promised all the trees would bear,
while cherries, pears, plums, grapes and
small fruits were proportionately promising.
The frost killed all the cherries aud plums
in some parts of the State Pears and grapes
are estimated to have been damaged from 75
to SO per cent. Apples will not produce to
exceed 20 per cent of the prospect on May !,
and this estimate may be greatly reduced If
the damage is such as to cause the fruit to
fall Off. Peaches may make about half a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE,
Benson LOSING, Historian.

DR.. Benson Losing, the historian, died
yesterday, in the 10Th year Of his age, at Pough-
keepsie. n. Y. DIR. LOSING was born at Beekman,
Duchess county, N. Y. At the age of 10 he was
apprenticed to matchmaker in Poughkeepsie, and
he subsequently entered into partnership with his
employer. 1885 he became joint owner and editor
of the Poughkeepsie Telegraph. He soon added to
this o semi-monthly literary journal, called the
Poughkeepsie CGsket, and studied wood engraving
and drawing to be able to illustrate it. About 1885
he settled in New York as wood engrayer pub
lished An Outline History of the Fine Arts,' as
one of the volumes of ''Harper's Family Library -
He was at that time largely engaged In designing
and engraving illustrations for books. but IN 1S47
published Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-SiX, -
large illustrated work. and in 1s4S Lives of the
Signers of the Declaration of Independence" He
was editing also at this time the Houn0 Peoples
Mirror. In 1913 he projected his Pictorial Field
Book of the Revolution, - which was four years in
progress, and contained over 600 designs, made by
himself in the various localities of the war. A
large number of valuable historical works are the
products of his pen the last Of which was history
of the United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
A SUIT SO YEARS OLD.
Contractor Howard Wins a Heavy Verdict
Against the Old P. & e.


Against the Old P. & E.
MERCER, June A verdict has just been
brought against the old Pittsburg and Erie
Railroad for $115647 70 in the famous case of
Howard & Co. against that road. In 1858
George W. Howard & Co. contracted to
build a branch line of the Pittsburg and
Erie to extend through Mercer and Craw-
ford counties. They began work below
Meadvflle and worked until September, 1854,
when, some difference arising between the
contractors and the railroad company, the
former quit work and brought suit for o bal
ance which they claimed to be due them un-
der the terms of their contract.
Nothing was done in the case until 1857,
when declaration was fled and then it
rested ten years, rule to plead being filed
in 1867 to the Meadville Railroad Company,
and afterward the Atlantic and Great West
ern Railroad, which in turn became the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the main
line in 1858 of the Erie and Pittsburg. In
1873 the form of action was changed, and q
plea was filed in 1873. The case came up for
trial in 1885, Judge Galbraith, of Erie county,
presiding. and verdict was given for the
plaintiffs against the old Pittsburg and Erie
for $50 756 81 The present case was scire
facias to revive the judgments against the
two companies that had purchased from the
Pittsburg and Erie, the one in 1857 and the
other in 1858. The trial began Thursday
morning of last week before Hon. Samuel s.
Mahard, of Mercer county, and continued
for five days, when the jury brought in the
foregoing verdict this morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
JUNE JESTs.

First Girl-Don't you ever cry when you
20 to the theater?
second Girl-No; I'm not so easily affected as
that.
First GirI-I'm afraid you are hard-hearted.
second GirI-No; 1t isn't that. But could never
cry and chew gum at the same time.
He apes the English, don't you know,
Though Wales would have a fit
Ifhe supposed the copy good.
And thought he looked like it.-Puck.
Postmaster-So, you would like position
as letter carrier. Have you ever had any ex-
periencei
Applicant-Yes, sir; my wife has always given
me all her letters to post. You might ask her,
Puck.
He'd half-do everything he tried
Twas really very sad. too.
Completeness he could not abide,
And finished naught. save when he died,
And then, egadl he had to.-Puck.
The man who avoids mistakes by never
irving TO do anything. makes a big mistake.-Puek.
"Ah. NV little boy, "'said the condescend-
ing gentleman '.and what might your age be?''
.,ft might be goin' on 40. returned the polite
little boy ''but 1t amt
sI'd be glad to have You marry Harold,
INV dear >, said Ethel's father, gravely. eff
Thought he was young man Of pertInacity. do
mot think he has what we call stickatlveness.'
s.Oh. YES, he has. He proposed nine times be-
fore accepted him, - returned Ethel.
DIR. Mixwell (who has asked Mrs. whiffet
to nut out her tongue)-YOu say your husband is
yery nervous and irritable?
Mrs. whiffet-Yes: terribly so. But I'm not ill.
DIR. MixweIl (caImly)-It think II prescribe long
sea voyage.
Mrs whiffet-For John? ,e,s
DIR. MixweIl-No; for you.-Jad0e. - s-t
'who is that standing with young Buck
sonyf'
'sThat's Miss Bishop"
'.Ab, yes. She is very religious. Is she notg''
''Oh. yes, indeed. Why, last week she PLAYED
Camille for the benefit of the Bible Society.
''My first love had red hair and light blue
eyes. Itjarred upon me terribly - arst, bu. 49,
awhile forgot all about II"
'sWhat did she do-dyeyss
mo; my affection did
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
RRAnnocK Councilmen shoM the nron

BRADDoCK Councilmen show the proper
spirit in saying they are sorry Southsiders
are compelled to take water contaminated
by garbage. But that does notgo far enough.
If the sentiment were genuine they would
Immediately make reparation for the wrong
they are doing in dumping the borough's ref
use into the river. Their excuses-that the
borough is poor and that other places do the
same-do not help the case. There can be
no excuse for knowingly endangering the
lives of thousands Something should be
done to compel them to make other disposi-
tion of their garbage if they refuse to right
the wrong without being forced to do so.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
SHIPS WITHOUT STAYING POWER,

In early reports about the Charleston
and ESmeralda the latter's necessity of OBJ.
tanning fresh supply of coal was widely
referred to by our jingo contemporaries as
demonstrating the inferiority of that YES
sci. The close resemblance of the Charles
ton and other vessels of our new navy to
the Esmeralda, subject to the same limita-
tons, was lost sight of temporarily. But
it is brought to the front by the statement
that after cruise at high speed down the
coast Of South America, on the false scent
of the Itata, the Charleston was compelled
TO put in at Callao to replenish her stock OF
fuel
This exhibits the great weakness to
which modern cruisers are subject. Like
the old quarter-horses they can go very fast
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

among friends, or the playing of hand in
euchre when the stakes are coined with
one end of pencil and rubbed out with
the other at bedtime The swindler Of
this poor type robs himself most of all, but
he is nuisance nevertheless, whether he
wear title and embroil royalty in scan
dal, or be plain Mr.. of this city, and
spoil our republican diversion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
MEASLES IN POSSESSION.
An Epidemic in the Home for the Friend
less in Allegheny.

The measels have possession at the Home
for the Friendless in Allegheny and the lady
managers at their annual meeting yesterday
deemed it advisable to do away with the an
niversary entirely for this year. Several of
the little inmates are suffering from the
epidemic and others are just developing
symptoms. Otherwise the health of the
house is good and there are 16O children be-
ing cared for at the present time. At the
meeting yesterday the annual election, or
rather reelection, of officers occurred, rs the
only change in the list was the election of
Miss Denny as q second Vice President
Thus far no name has been submitted for
the position left vacant by the departure of
Rev. Mr.. Cameron, but the ladies positively
nature, as has been reported, disturbs the
very harmonious feeling of the board. The
yearly reports were read and all pronounce
the home in Il good condition though dona-
tions are desirable at all times as the family
Is such an extensive one.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
George Thompson.

George Thompson, son of Alexander
Thompson, from 1877 to 1872 Presiding Judge of the
district comprised by Franklin, Bedford and Somer
set counties, and a brother of Frank Thompson,
first Vice President Of the Pennsylvania Railroad:
died at Sunbury on Wednesday. He aged 65
years and was unmarried. Mr.. Thompson was
born in Chambersburg. but left there when young
man. The greater portion Of his life he was en-
ployed by The Pe1insy ylvania Railroad Company.
The funeral took place in Chambersburg yester-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
RUSSIA seems to be in bad way ge,

RUSSIA seems to be in bad way gen.
orally. The evils resulting from the rule of
a vicious tyrant or weak puppet, as the Gear
is variously represented to be, have been
increased by famine in several large districts
of the Empire, and the harvest prospects are
so bad that no relief is in sight The chief
provision of the enlightened Russian Gov
ernment for the starving people is the pro-
hibition of any reference to the famine in
the newspapers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
A Delsarte. Maid.

New York Herald.1
Why does she walk with such swinging
stride
And hold her head in that peculiar way?
Why does she press her elbow to her side
And look so crushing if q word say?
Why does she pass along the busy mart
And make believe she does not see q thing?
This maiden has been studying Delsarte,
For that just now is quite the proper thing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

SOME of our cotemporaries are discussing
the rem oval of William d. Howells, the nov
elist, from Boston to New York as if it were
a new experiment. on his part. The fact is
that of late years Mr.. HoweIls has spent fully
half his time in New York, and the influence
of the metropolis upon him is clearly appar-
ent in his latest considerable work "a Haz-
ard of New Fortunes" which was written
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
Stick to Hot Water,

New York Herald.l
Ii troubled with headache in the, morning
try the simultaneous application OF hot
water to the feet and back of the neck.-Er-
change.
A better remedy isAnet to drink so much
the night before.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

SOME of the recent news from Washing
ton has been startling in the extreme. Two
items that ought to create a sensation are,
first, that the President intends to once
more DECLINE denomination before it is
offered to him; second, that Mr.. Wanamaker
has been converted, at the eleventh hour, as
it were, to a belief in civil service reform.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

THOUGH not of the first rank, Benson
John LOSING, the historian, who died yes
terday, was a mai of marked ability in the
field which his historical works have en-
riched. He was able to make the study of
our country's history more attractive by his
illustrations of his own works, and the life
of some of his books is likely to be long.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
MONEY FOR MISSIONS.
A Two-Cent Tax Asked From Members of

A Two-Cent Tax Asked From Members of
the Y. p. s. C. e.
Two cents q week for the conversion of
the heather Chinese is the tax Rev. A. A.
Fulton would have all righteous members of
the Christian Endeavor Union in the United
States impose upon themselves. Rev. Full
ton unfolded his 2-cent plan for the benefit
of the Allegheny County Union at the First
Presbyterian Church last evening.
Forty of the 5S societies of the union were
represented at the meeting. Rev. Fulton
has been engaged in the project but one
year and has already $4,000 in the treasury
ffom the 2cent collections.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
LOCATING AT MURRAYsvILLE.
The Building of the Branch Road From
Stewart Attracting Manufacturers.

D. F. Keenan,, the Philadelphia railroad
contractor, went eastward last night. Mr..
keenan, is building the Turtle Creek branch
road from Stewart, station to Murraysville.
He says that there is plenty of gas in the
district but the pressure is low and can
only be used at distance by being pumped.
He says there is first-class coal land back
from Murray sville, and he understands
it is going to be worked. A Greensburg man
has lately opened quarry at Murraysville
and the impression is that building opera
tions are about to commence there. Mr.
Keenan, believes that several manufacturers
are about to locate along the road.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
Slightly Mixed.
New York Tribunc.l

New York Tribune.l
"The Murdered Woman Likely to Live" is
the unique headline attributed to Buffalo
newspaper. It's jesting with a grave SUBJ
ject, but really that does not seem bad par
allel to the sign of the Georgia negro, which
announced: "Going out to do whitewashing
done here"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

A NEW YORK musical critic severely
scores debutante for ga mild indulgence in
turning in her toes" and states that she has
pretty nearly the whole of the vocal art to
learn. Now we know where the vocal art
starts or ought to start, in the toes turned
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
SENT PHOTOGRAPHS ALONG.
How Applicants for High School Position
Try to Make Impressions.

Try to Make Impressions.
The Central Board rooms have been turned
into sort of photograph gallery by the
advertisements for teachers to fill the
various positions in the Central High School,
as so many of the applicants have enclosed
in their letters photos of their own, in some
cases, charming faces.
The committee, which meets this evening,
will have the pleasure of examining some 60
applications and gazing admiringly or
otherwise upon numerous would-be Pitts
burg school marms and equally as many
in the city at Il good round salary. 1t is ex-
pected, however, that the present faculty
will be retained, with perhaps one excep-
tion,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

CONSIDERING the card-playing proclivi-
ties of Albert Edward why not substitute 81
deal'' for the motto '1ch Dien,'' l. g., 81
serve" under the historic three feathers of
the Prince of Wales crest?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
ALUMINIUM AND MANGANESE.
Two Metals and Their Uses Discussed by
the Mining Engineers.

the Mining Engineers.
CLEVELAND, June AT this mornings ses-
sion of the Institute of Mining Engineers
Professor Langley, of Pennsylvania, read a
paper on aluminium in Steel Ingots," in
which he strongly commended the use of
aluminium for quieting purposes. This gave
rise to discussion, several delegates in
dorsing the position taken by Professor
Langley.
W. J: Keep. of Detroit, read a paper on
"The Use of Manganese in Cast Iron" The
discussion which followed closed the busi-
ness session. Tonight an informal ban
quet was served to the delegates.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

THE congratulatory cablegram from the
Irish Reformed Synod to the Synod in ses-
sion in Pittsburg must have been intended
for sarcasm. If readers doubt it they should
peruse the One hundred and twenty-second
Psalm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
Is This True in Pittsburg?
Now York world.l

Yet in all our public schools the primary
departments are precisely those least cared
for 1t is there that half-equipped girls,
themselves just out of school, are set to try
theiriprentice hands, with all the odds of
over-crowded classes against them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

YALE youths tormented the Gagged animals
difficulty in restraining the resentment of
the wild beasts. The uncaged wild beasts
should have been restrained in the first
Mace
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
United States Marshal Lake.

United States Marshal Daniel Lake, who
sustained injuries by falling from train while
coming from the Brooklyn handicap, died early
yesterday morning at his home in Brooklyn, aged
81 years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05
Racing Good for Crops.

Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.l
As the Gazette predicted last week, the
Latonia races have brought big fine rains
They seldom fail to do 1t, and have broken
up q number of severe drouths. They beat
the artificial rain scheme all hollow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

THE home ball tossers are slowly but
surely getting into the company they usu-
ally associate with at the lower end of the
average table.