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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
FOR A TAX BILL.

Varied State Interests to Hold q Conven-
tion-A Movement That. Has Grown
Out Of the Defeat Of the Granger Bill
A Large Repres .ntation.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATCH.l
HARRISBURG, Dec. pa conference
of representatives of the varied interests Of
the State will be held in this city early in
February to formulate representative con-
vention to revise the tax laws of Pennsyl-
vania. There will be 80 representatives
present, no interest being allowed
more than five. The State Grange will
send Worthy Master Rhone, Representative
A. l.. Tagrar... Senator Gerard G. Brown,
James B. McSparran and Colonel r. H.
Thomas. Giles d. Price, Of Erie has been
chosen t represent the association of
County c. mmissioners of the State. and
| Heber S. c ark, of Philadelp ,ia, the Manu-
facturers' Club of that city.
This mtN ement grew out of the defeat of
the grang tax bill at the ,te Legislature,
and finds avor with all the manufacturing
interests n the State. Th, work of arrang-
has been delegated to @ lionel j. Price,
of Scran: on, who spoke be ore the Senate
Finance Committee in opposition to
the graz ger bill and did all that
is fair a honorable to kill it. Colonel
Price is an extensive iron manufacturer and
an expei ton the question of State taxation.
He is V ce President of the National Board
of Trade and President of the United
Boards of Trade of Wyoming and Lack
awanna counties. ..'-
ColoneI rice was in Harrisburg last
evening on his way ~ Pittsburg, where he
will to-day meet at the Office Of Joseph q.
Weeks, editor of the Iron World, represent
atives of all sthe interests in that city
Colonel Price says the convention will be
composed of the most intelligent men con-
nected with the States many interests. 1t
is likely that bill will be formulated that
will be satisfactory to all parties concerned.
1t will then be presented to the next Legis-
lature.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
A LITTLE BOYCOTT OF THIER OWN.

Gutenberg Tries to Turn the Tables on
the Beard of Control.
NEW YORK, Dec 25.-[SpeciaL 1.-The result
of the deliberations of representative own
ers who run their horses at winter tracks, at
the meetings held at Gutenberg, resulted
in the following announcement, which was
posted at the track today.
Notice is hereby given to all horseowners,
trainers and jockeys that they requested to
declare whether they will 60 with the Board
of Control. whether they will stand by the
Board of Free Horse Owners after January .. 1892.
Owners further notified that no horse sold or
tranferred to other hands since December p 1884,
to avoid the rule passed by the Board of Control.
will he allowed to race the grounds of the Hud-
son County Jockey Club.
COMMITTEE BOARD OF FREE HORSE OWNERS.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HUDSON COUNTY
JOCKEY CLUB.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
Parker Got the Monev.

YOUNGSTOWN, Dec. 25.-tSpecidl j Harvey
Parker OF Erie, and Jack Brady, of Kansas
City, wrestied here at midnight last night,
for 500 side catch-as-catch can, Police Ga
zette rules governing Brady was the heavier
while Parkerwas the most active. In the
first bout. which decided the match they
were on the carpet two hours and five min
utes, resulting in Parker placing Brady
squarely on his back. When time was ca led
for the second bout Brady did not respond,
his hackers claiming his right arm was
broken, put investigation showed it was
badly sprained. The stakes we're awarded to
Parker
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
AGAINST THE LOYAL LEGION.
The War Inaugurated by the G. A. r. in
Milwaukee Will Spread.


CHICAGO, Dec. PA dispatch from
Milwaukee says: "There is every pros
pect that the war inaugurated against men,
bers of the Loyal Legion by Robert Chivas
Post, G. A. F., of this city, will spread.
Posts all over the State are taking sides in
the controversy, and Chivas Post has
been indorsed more than it has been de-
nounced.
sThe action of Robert Chivas Post was
practically to demand that boycott be de-
clared against the ex-oficers of the Rebel
lion by the ex-privates and non-commis-
stoned officers. The ground was taken that
the officers maintained select organization
called the Loyal Legion, to which only
officers were eligible, while the Grand
Army was open to all who had served
their country. For the last 25 years the
officers have been getting the cream of the
political offices, say the Chivas Pest men,
and it is high time the privates had a show.
To achieve this they call on G. A. R. men
to boycott the Loyal Legion men at election
times
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
TEB sWIMMTNG CONTESTS.
Lots of Fine Sport Among the Local Men
a the Satztorium.

Lots of Fine Sport among the Local Men
a; the Satstorium.
There was great sport at the Natatorium
yesterday afternoon and evening" and o
large number of spectators were present on
both occasions. In the afternoon J. p Fox
the swimming instructor SWAN three lengths
q the bath under water. Following were
tile results of the other contests:
BOYS race two lengths, p. Mcguire, IL
seconds, first; II. Funkerly, 3 seconds, sec
ond: Walter Cooper seconds, third, won
by two yards.
Amateur handicap ] lengths, Burt Price,
l. seconds. first: j. T. Taylor, seconds
second: Cluyd Stein, 2S seconds, third. Won
by half-yard; three yards between second
and third.
Professional race quarter mile, J. p. Fox,
scratch. first: c. ]. Bruce 20 seconds, sec.
ond; j. Taylor, Jr., Is seconds, third Won
by yards.
Polo match between Natatorium team and
PittsburE- football team, won by the Nata-
forum players four goals to nothing.
Mr.. /. F. Mccormick, referee, and James
Taylor. Sr., Judge and timekeeper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
ACTIVITY ENOUGH AT CHICAGO.
The Volume of Buying Larger Than Usual
for December.

CHICAGO, Dec. Special Rogers, Brown
& Merwin say: The Chicago market is con-
tinUin- 20 show a fair amount of activity for
this season of the year, and the volume of
buying has been larger than usual for the
month of December. Small orders for both
coke and charcoal brands have been numer.
Gus, and in addition various deals of larger
Sze have been closed. Coke irons have been
most largely in demand, the sales made hav.
ing been brought about by the low prices
which nave been ruling, consumers realiz-
ing that there is little chance for any further
decline, and ON the other hand that ruling
prices are liable TO stlffen somewhat after
first of the year
There Is no change in the Lake Superior
charcoal market $l1 20 Chicago continues to
be bottom on all the leading brands: figures
reported below this lave been made by two
or three smaller furnaces having large stocks
which they have been forced to move Sit
uation must end in better figures or a ma
terlGl cutting down of production through
the blowing out or stacks. The general ont
look continues healthy in all respects In
dfcations point to good business for the
yea. 1892
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
. The News From Below.

WHEELING-Departed - Bachelor Cincinnati:
Congo and Ben Hnr. Parkersburg. Cloudy.
ST. .LoUIs-Arrived-Cityo of Savannah. Tennes-
see river. Departed-None. Rivers feet inches
and rising. Clear and cold.
neutrality-suspicious. Brown. New Orleans:
Lua Prince. Natchez. River Is feet and rising.
Clear and mild.
NEW ORBEANs-Clouiy and warm. Arrived
State of Kansas, from Cincinnati; J. i. Waltor
and tow.
MEMPHIs-Arrived - Ohio from Cincinnati.
River feet Z inches and rising. Cloudy and cool.
CINCINSATI-River II feet 4 inches. Rainy and
cool. Departed-Andes for Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
MENTH0L CONE FOR GRIP.
A Doctor Recommends It's Use for the Pre-
vcntion of the Disease

A Doctor Recommends It's Use for the Pre-
vcntion of the Disease.
A rather good thing to have about one
n ow that la grippe has become so prevalent
is menthol cone, says a doctor in the ST.
Louis Globe Democrat. One medical au-
thority has stated that it is a preventive of
the disease; and, whether that be the case or
not, it is certainly beneficial and, ofcourse,
harmless Shifting it at intervals alleviates
any soreness in the mucous membrane of
the nose, and, in addition to that, helps to
kill the germ which is the cause of the
grip.
By small precautions of this kind good
deal can be done to lessen the danger which
is already in our midst. When the menthol
is used by man with mustache it is
advisable to rub the. .mustache we'll with it,
for the breathing will gradually draw it
into the nostrils.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

Sportsmen's Association deserve credit for
it. The sweepstake contest was won by
John Newell. Albert Hoffmeister was
second, James Brooke and August Hoffmels-
ter divided third, and William Brown was
fourth. The contest OF three shots each was
won by James Burke, who made % out of a
possible so, and he got a splendid carving
set. DR.. keaggy made % and gotta revolver;
G. W. Galbraith was third with 70 and got
an ammunition case C. F. Frazee, T. H.
Beniers, John Newell and August Hoffmefs-
ter also won prizes. There were also inter-
esting turkey shoots.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

trunk you may rely she is from England
and that she has not been in this country
more than year. The best tin trunks,
which are so fashionable and aristocratic in
England, will scarcely suffice for trip
across this continent and back; yet when an
immigrant prepares his outfit prior to
crossing the Atlantic he almost invariably
secures two or more of these delusive and
Disappointing baggage receptacles. Ladies
are especially the sufferers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
Christmas Winner. at Guttenbure.

GUTTENBURG, Dec. e5-The track was very
heavy and the attendance very large.
First race, five frrlongs-Tom Hayes first, Mata-
gorda filly second, LomaN third. Time, l:o44.
Second race, six and half furlongs-kempland
first. Roquefort second, Little Fred third. Time,
LES.
Third race. one mile-W oodcutter first, Saunterer
second. Text third. Time, l;454.
Fourth race. five furlongs-Toano first Tor
mentor second. Volunteer II. third. Time. 1:02ss.
Fifth race, six fu-longs-Para gon first, Adagisca
colt second. Mckeever third. Time, l:1S4.
Sixth race. mile and quarter-W arduke
first Sir Rae second, John Hickey third. Time,
2:I3A
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
WANT FAIR CONDITIONS.
Jim RaIl VIII Fight Pri;chsrd III the
Enc,ishman Puts Up Odds

EnG,ishman Puts Up Odds.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2J.-[SpecidL THE Boiling
broke Club OF London has offered purse of
s. 600 for Jim Hall and Ted Pritchard to fight
for early in May, provided the men will post
n side stake of 100 per man.
'Parson" Davies, Halls manager, was seen
last night ana said that he was in communi-
cation with Richard X. Fox in regard to the
matter and would make the match under
certain conditions. He thought in the first
place tha6 the purse should be larger and
then was opposed to placing 81, 500 a side on
the result.
90 on Pritchard, and he was not disposed to
wager s. 500 at evens. when others were
getting almost : to ] for their money He
Mould bet $500 on the result at the prevail
in. odds llaClv.
Peter jackson Will not be here for ten days
or more He has contracts to show in Kansas
City, Philadelphia and New York.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
$4,000 have enabled him to be generou. to

his favorite niece.
It has been decided the dresses to be
worn by the bridemaids of the Princess
will be of white and silver, trimmed with
May blossoms. They will wear wells and
wreaths, but their toilets will have no
trains.
The corporation of the city of London
will present the Princess with silver din
ner service and diamond necklace, and the
Duke of Buccleugh will give her a diamond
bracelet. The members of the nobility are
vieing with each other in the costliness of
their gifts of jewelry and plate to the
young couple.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
SIX Days MORE
In Which Drs. Copeland, Hall and
Byers Extend the S. Offer.

Positively the Last Opportunity for Those
Who Desire to Avail Themselves OF the
So Rate for Medicines and Treatment.
One thing should be clearly and distinctly
stated at this time. This is positively and
unequivocally the last opportunity under s.
treatment. Patients who desire to take
treatment under this offer must avail them
selves of it at once. There will be no further
extension in time. Drs. Copeland, Hall and
Byers have sought 70 give all an opportunity
of availing themselves of this merely nomi-
nal rate. They have extended the time
three times. and this is the last period in
which the offer holds good. All patients be-
ing under treatment or placing themselves
under treatment before January l, will be at
the rate of s5 a month until cured
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
Getting Languages Mixed Up.

Getting Languages Mixed Up.
Notes and Queries
In a hotel not q hundred miles from the
top of the Rigi, the following notice is
posted:
'Misters and'venerable voyagers are ad-
vertised that when the sun him rise horn
will be blowed."
After that the visitor is sufficiently pre-
pared for an entry in the wine list:
'sIn this hotel the wines leave the traveller
nothing 70 hope for %
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
COMETS COMPOSED OF GOLD.
Possibility of Celestial Visitors Made Up O.
the Yellow Metal.

fOsslOlllty OF Ceiestlai SfS1tors Made Up OF
the Yellow Me:a!.
Youths Companion.]
Some comets have short bushy tails bend
ing sharply backward from the direction
of the comets motion. These tails, it is
thought, may be composed Of the molecules
of iron. Probability is lent to this view by
the fact that meteorites are largely COM
posed of iron, and there is an undoubted
connection between meteors and comets
A few years ago comet appeared whose
that it seemed to be composed of particles
heavier than the molecules of iron, and it
was suggested that, in this case, gold was
tie element concerned! A golden visitor
from the mysterious realms Of space, shin
ing for short time in our skies while it
paid its respects to the sunl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
To Ches. and Checker Readers

The usual chess and checker departments
published in the Saturday issue of The DIS
PATCH are unavoidably omitted this morn
ing. Both will be published in next Tues
days d DIsPATcH-a fact which all solvers of
problems and contributors should bear in
mind.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
What Upper GauSes Show.

ALLEGHENY JCNcTIoN-Piver I3 feet 1 inch
and falling. Cloudy and cool.
MORO ANTowS-Ri feet and falling. Clear.
Thermometer. coo at 4P. NJ
BRowNsvILLE-River feet and rising. Cloudy.
Thermometer, 40 ats p. NJ.
WARREN-River SO feet. Cloudy and mild.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
A Word to Ross.

"a shooter" writes this pa per to the effect
that If Ross, of the Homestead Rod and Gun
Club, issues challenge through The Dis
PATCH to the men he talked about so
much at the Glenwood shoot he will get a
match.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
S5 PER, MONTH.

ALL PATIENTS BEING UNDER TREAT
MENT OR PLACING THEMSELVES under
for IS \ MONTH, MEDICINE INCLUDED,
UNTIL CURED.
Drs. Copeland. Hail and Bvers treat sue
cessfully all curable cases at IS Sixthavenue,
Pittsburg. Pa. Office hours, to ii A. n, 2 to 3
P. NJ and to 9 p NJ. Sundays I0A. " 10 4 P N
Specialties--Catarrh and all diseases of the
eye, ear, throat and lungs: dyspepsia cured;
nervous diseases cured; Skin diseases cured.
Many cases treated successfully by
mail. Send 2-cent stamp for question blank
Address all mail to
DRS. COPELAND, HALL & BYERS
&C Sixth avenu, Pittsbura. Pa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
The McKee,port. Won.

MCkEEsPoRT, Dec. l-There was
a lively game of football played here to-day
between the New Castles and the local am.
Mckeesport won after hard fight by a
score OF too
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
I ouisville Items-The Stage of Water and
the Moveme nts of Boats.
rsfFc1AI. rELEGRAMs To TIE pIsPAr

LOUISVILLE. Dec. c5.-Weather cloudy and
warm. River rising slowly, with feet inches on
the falls feet s inches in the canal and is feet
. inches below. The Buckeye State passed up from
Memphis to Cincinnati. Departures-Fleetwood.
for Cincinnati; City of Owensboro for Evansville.
ana Sherley. for Carydon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
Taken Down a Peg or Two.

Youths Companion.l
A youthful Harvard graduate was argu-
ing with hard-headed, self-taught man of
business, and it is fair to suppose was get
ting the worst of the argument. At all
events he was driven to saying:
.'Now, as a matter of fact, Mr.. -, you
don't know half as much as do
''That's so," said the business man, 'ebut
then, as far as that is concerned, neither do
you"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
rrNpERArURE AND E.rxrArr

or s'aor; clearing during The day ,cih cold
rare; ,rest wi1u1s.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

SCHWATK :, the Arctic explorer, writes
for THE DISPATCH tomorrow a descrip-
ton of a cold day. The thermom .ter went
to II degrees below.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

MAsHONALAND is not the great country
reported. 1t is good neither for gold nor
agriculture. See a letter from a traveller
there in THE DISPATCH Tomorrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

BURDETTE contributes some New Years
advice for THE DISPATCH tomorrow.
A good thing from the famous humorist.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

CHINA delights the soul of the house.
keeper. An about the latest styles in the
pretty ware i'm THE DISPATCH tomorrow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
The WEATHER.
For Wester,.

For Westerm Verginio
and Western Pennsylvania,
Increasing eloudi,,ess nth
light rains; ,cinzs shifting 10
mest nth increasing force;
much colder By Sunday
morning-pro6dNy a cold
rare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

force of Garza's followers near Garlic,
Texas, yesterday, and that in an engage
ment that ensued "A of the United States
soldiers were killed, had, up to late hour
tonight, received no official confirmation at
department headquarters here.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
The Tin Trunks Of England

st. Louis Globe-De;nocrat,
When yon see lady travelling with tin
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
HEAD, THROAT AND STOMACH
THE PROGRESS OF NEGLECTED
CATARRH.
Another Instance-The Six Remaining Days
of December Furnish Positively the Last
Opportunity Under the So Offer.

"1t was about six years ago that first be-
gan to have trouble with my throat and
head My throat would get very dry and
sore at nights, and my head ached and felt
heavy and dull, said Mr.. Alfred Nickolds-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

The rife shoot at Brushton yesterday was
q highly successful one, and the keystone
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

BOB BURDErTE in THE DISPATCH to-
morrow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

PIIIsBURG, ,:Dec. c5.-The United States Weather
Bureau officer in this CITY furnishes the following:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
PUBLISHED IN 1887

Was the Case Which Is Below Repeated
and Reaffirmed-The Test of Perma-
nency-The Six Remaining Days of De-
cember Furnish Positively the Last OPP
portunity Under the So Offer.
The permanence of the cures accom-
plished by the mode of treatment used by
Drs. Copeland, Hall & Byers has been al
ready abundantly proved in the numerous
published cases of people who have been
cured, and stayed cured, but we want to add
Just one more to this list. Mrs. Margaret
Perry, who lives at corner of Ann and Moul-
trie streets. of this city, made the statement
given below public through the newspapers
As Far Back as 1887,
And reiterates it now, when she saws: II am
as well as ever was in my life, andthe cure
received from DR.. Byers has proved a per-
manent and complete one, for which I am
very thankful"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-09-24
Weavers of Human Destinies.

What do you think the beautiful
word '.wife'' comes from? 1t is the
great word in which the English and
Latin languages conquered the French
and Greek. / hope the French will
some day get a word for it instead Of
that of femme. But what do you
think it came from? The great value
of the Saxon words is that they mean
something. Wife means "weaver,"
You must either be housewives or
house moths-remember that. In
the deep sense you must either weave
mems fortunes and enbroider them,
or feed upon and bring them to decay.
Wherever a true wife comes, home is
always around her. The stars may
be over her head, the glowworm in
the nights cold grass be the fire at
her feet, but home is where she is,
and for a noble woman it stretches
far around her, better than houses
ceiled with cedar or painted with
vermilion, shedding the quiet light
for those who else are homeless. This,
I believe, is the womans true place
and pOWer.-RuSkin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-09-24

belt of land which is three hundred
miles wide, sweeps from this boundary
given, along the course of the SaSkatche-
wan River, nOrthwestward to the Rocky
Mountains, and includes an area of over
200. 900, 600 acres. The discovery of the
wheat fields of California, though lack
ing much of the romance and glamour
which naturally grew about the discov-
ery of gold, has done quite as much to
build up the State. The brown, barren
fields of the southern part were mlslead-
ing, but by irrigation they have been
made wonderfully productive, while
around the Bay of San Fran
cisco the winter rains and summer
fogs afford sufficient moisture. When
harvest time approaches the rivers are
dotted with sails, and from every part OF
the world ships are sent for cargoes OF
the California wheat, which is peculiar
for it's hardness and whiteness. 1t is so
hard that it must be thoroughly wet be-
fore grinding, and the weevil, that trou-
blesome pest, so common to wheat, Will
not touch it. 1t often remains in sacks,
lying uncovered on the open field Tor
months at a time without injury. IN
1885, it is estimated that ID, 097 bushels
were raised in California. The cultiva-
ton of wheat was introduced into the
State by the early missionaries, and
despite the rude machinery, wheat grow
ing could have become quite extensive,
had not the gold feYA crowded out all
efforts in agricul tulaA lines. The first
methods of grain groming were crude
enough The pillow MAS crooked
branch with toe of iron; .the
beam was straiglIts branch dashed