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The weekly intelligencer., 1891-03-28
ANNoUNCENfE \ ENT'

n CUNNTf bCHOOL COMMlsSIONEN.
We are authorized to announce Prof. c. d.
haEiand as a candidate for the Office of County
School Commissioner, subject to the action of
the democratic convention.
The weekly intelligencer., 1891-03-28

CIRoUIT CoURr--First Mondays of April.
August ana December
CaIMIxAL CouRT Firsi Monday of March and
eeond Monday OF October.
fRoBArh CorHT--Sseond Mondays OF Fob
nary. May. August and November.
D0uRTY CoURr--First Monday In each month.
The weekly intelligencer., 1891-03-28

iERMSi | $2 a YEAR
deduction Of 50 cents will be made II paid strictly in
advance.
The weekly intelligencer., 1891-03-28
T'abO.

Roads bad.
Hogs dying.
Winter continues.
The wheat looks well.
The people ere still having la grippe.
Sam Nickles has moved to his farm in
Johnson county, seven miles south OF
Warrensburg. Tho church at Wallace
regrets the loss OF Uncle Ned Robinson.
Mrs; Niokells' father who went with them
TO their new abode. He was the Oldest
man that belonged to the congregation.
hichard Alki re went with his uncle, with
the intention OF going on to the Cherokee
nation.
The river was rising rapidly Thursday.
The weekly intelligencer., 1891-03-28
Weekly lntelligencer.

AMES L. PAYNE, Editor and Manager
The weekly intelligencer., 1891-03-28
THURSDAY, APRIL Q. 1901,

As executor OF The will of the late Captain
Mason X. Henry, will offer ut public sale ri
his late residence, one mile east of Odessa, on
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
Shap Shots at City Affairs.

THE Forbes Republican Club, of IA. Sixth
ward, held meeting last night and organ
lied vigilance committees in every district
in the ward.
A CHARTER was issued yesterday to the
Philadelphia National Savings Fund and
Loan Association of Pittsburg. Capital
stock Sl00,OOO.
THE Allegheny subcommittee on Parks
met last night and approved the pay-rolls
and several bills. The payroll amounted to
s., ,l9l 81, the bills S2S5 &c.
JOHN ALrNEYER, of Gregory street, South
side, is lying very i'll and is not expected to
live He is one of the oldest residents OF the
Southside, being 81 years of age.
WILLIAM DUGAN, colored, employed on the
dredge boat at track No. !, has been missing
since Monday. 1t is thought that he may
have fallen into the water and drowned.
THE following executions were issued yes.
terday: James Mccarthy VS. Simon H. Frey,
$500 40; Braun & Fits VS. Charles Really &
Co., Sl5 065 81; Yoder, Weaver & Costello VS.
E. W. Hill, S7s IS.
THE Pittsburg Passenger Committee met
yesterday to discuss excursion rates to the
Exposition and various other county fairs.
The one day rate may be changed, but rates
in general will not be changed.
THOMAS SMELL, of Merrimac street, Mt
Washington, has been missing since Mon
day. Owing to hisndvanced age his friends
are very uneasy about him, and have furn-
ished the police description of him.
Mrs. WILLIAM H. MCCAIN, of Mt. Washing
ton, who made an attempt to commit sui
eide Tuesday morning, is still in a precari-
Gus condition, but her friends say She will
recover, as she failed to sever the jugular
vein.
Mrs. GEORGE SWAN, of the West End, dis
appeared from her home last Friday and
her husband has not heard from her since.
1t is supposed that she has returned to her
old home in England. She took with her
500 belonging to her husband.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
A VERY NARROW ESCAPE.
The Flint Scale Settled by Mere Scratch
1t Required Compromise to Reach an
Agreement-The New Company Ready

The Flint Scale Settled by Mere Scratch
1t Required a Compromise to Reach an
Agreement-The New Company Ready
cooperate.
The conference between the pressed ware
manufacturers and the representatives of
the American Flint Glass Workers Union
narrowly escaped termination similar to
that of the conferences on the window
glass and green bottle scales of 8
week ago. Two or three previous confer
ferences have been held and recesses were
taken without arriving at an amicable agree
ment: The workmen this year had intro
duced a clause reducing the time in which a
move" shall be made to four and one
half instead of five hours.
The manufacturers objected on general
principles, because about every other ySar
or so this same clause had provided
for reduction in time until turn
formerly required six.
The directors of the new United States
Glass Company held meeting yesterday
cided chat the Executive Committee Should
not accept the proposition of the men to
make another reduction of half an hour. D.
Z. Ripley was seen after this meet
very Significant statement: "Our company
has everything in readiness to begin opera
tions with the next fire, but would not be
SuTprlScu nOC To see d factory SUaTI. w - Will
not operate if the men insist upon the adop-
tion of the four and one-half hour clause"
When the conference committees met in
the afternoon it looked very much as If the
two sides would lock horns and fail to settle
the matter. The meeting lasted until after
O'Clock.
Its all settled" said Mr.. Smith, smiling.
"We compromised on four and three and
half hours, and you can say that the fac
tories will run"
President Smith left last night for Phila-
delphia, where a conference is to be held to-
day The other members of the Conference
Committee left for their respective homes.
The settlement of this dispute places the
flint workers in better position than either
the window or green bottle workers.
The new glass company which is to control
the tableware houses will soon establish
headquarters on the Southside A new and
handsome four-story building is now in
the course of erection OH the property ad-
the general officers of the company will have
their headquarters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
DEFIED THE POLICE.

George Orttman Commits Suicide to
Escape Trip to the Station House.
George Orttman was very successful last
night in his defiance of the police officials,
but he could not keep out of official circles
entirely, and got under the care of Coroner
Mcdowell. 1t was plain case of one quart
of whiskey one razor and one suicide. Ortt-
man did not work yesterday, and, in order
to put in the time purchased quart of red
rye. He soon got around all but the bottle,
and then began to raise disturbance in the
vicinity of his home in Mtller's Row in the
Thirty-1ifth ward. 1t was about O'Clock
when he saw Officer William Tanney ap-
preaching. Orttman declared that he would
not be taken alive, and rushed into the
house where he secured a razor and cut his
throat from ear to ear, severing the wind
pipe and external vessels.
DR.. 7. NJ. Ryal was called and Orttman WAS
put in patrol wagon to be taken to the hos
pital, but just as he reached the door he
died, and the wagon was driven to the
morgue. The deceased was p years old,
married and had two children. He was a
laborer iu \ brick yard, and had alwaS been
considered a quiet, industrious fellow. An
inquest will be held to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
SECURED THE INJUNCTION.
Moorhead Bro. g. Co. Would Not Wait on,
.Iud1a SIaola,a

Moorhead Bro. s. Co. Would Not Wait on
Judge SIagle's Return.
Moorhead Bro. & Co. secureda a preliminary
Injunction yesterday to restrain their en-
ployes who are now on strike from interfer-
ing with those at work. A hearing will be
had Saturday before Judge Stowe. The
former employees of the firm ridicuIe the
idea Of an injunction, as they have not been
near the mill since the strike
occurred. OF the 56 puddlers on strike
there are only six or eight of them idle,
the remainder are working in the mill at
Bennett station or elsewhere. One of the
workmen mentioned in the bill has been
working at the pork house milbin Woods
Run since the Sharpsburg mill has been
closed down and says he can prove he has
not been in the neighborhoOd of the mill
The citizens of Sharpsburg have been COM
menting all along upon the quiet and gen.
tlemanly manner in which the strikers have
conducted themselN es.
Another heating furnace was started in
the mill yesterday and it looks as if Mr..
Moorhead would carry into effect his threat
to operate his plant with non-union men.
President Weihe, of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation, was at Canonsburg Yesterday set
tling a local dispute. The officials have,
therefore, had no time to act on the Sharps-
burg matter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
POLICE NEWS IN BRIEF.

JOHN GREELEY was committed for court
trial by Alderman Kerr last night on a
charge Of false pretenses.
JOSIE KELLY and Henry Simon were arrest
ed yesterday by Officer Mclaughlin, OF the
Fourteenth ward, for disorderly conduct.
LYDIA BowDEN, the 16year-old girl who
was reported to the police as missing from
her home in Monongahela City six weeks
ago, was arrested on the Southside yester-
day.
AGENT O'BRIEN, of the Humane Society,
yesterday made an information before
Alderman Leslie, charging Oscar Breiten-
bach with cruelty to his children. Breiten-
bach lives at 5l34 Butler street.
WERDERLAUs WUJENsKI yesterday made in
formation before Alderman Hartman
charging Peter, Thomas, Annie and Cash
mere Greiack, of Comisk alley, Twenty
seventh ward, with assault and battery.
JAMES RoURKE, the eccentric old man who
has been a lettering nuisance about the City
Hall for several weeks, will probably be sent
to the PoorIFarm to-day. He persstently
refuses to eat and is undoubtedly demented
In a quarrel between John Bowman and
Harry Holmes, two Wylie avenue boys, the
former was struck on the head with a cobble
stone and very badly hurt. An information
will be made against Holmes by the parents
OF the injured boy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
BERNARD RAFFERTY'S WILL.

Gilbert C. Rafferty, and Charles DonelIy
Named in the Instrument as Executors
The Estate to Be Divided Among the
Legal Heirs.
The will of the late Bernard Rafferty, of
the Twenty ty-second ward, was filed yesterday
for probate. The instrument is dated July l,
1885, and Gilbert c. Rafferty,, son of the de-
ceased, and Charles Donnelly, his son-in-law
are appointed executors. He first bequeathes
to his executors in trust the property at No.
1856 Fifth avenue and his real estate on Chat
ham street, between Webster avenue and
Fountain street. The rents are to go to his
son, William C. Rafferty,, for LIE, and at his
death to William Rafferty,, the son of Will
lam c. Rafferty,; at the death OF the Latter the
property goes to his children, and if he has
none it goes to the children of the testator.
A second trust is formed of property on
Fifth avenue, Twentieth ward, and six
$40 year goes to his sister, Mary Rafferty,,
for life. The remainder goes to his son,
Bernard F. Rafferty,, for lite Upon the death
of Mary tS gets ia al he se Se1d TeH6s m
for his children until the youngest becomes
80 years of age, when it is to be divided
TO the decedents son, Thomas G.
houses in the Fifth ward. TO his daugh-
ter Annie R; Willard is given
Gnree-sCOry DITCH On Wylic AVENUE
Fifth ward, and a frame house on Straw
berry alley. To his daughter, Alice Rafferty,,
is given a three-story brick building on
house on Roup street. She is also to get
the income from 5000 of money owed the
decedent by his daughter Rosalia Donelly
and her husband. To his daughter Rosalia
Donelly he gives $4,000 of the $4,000 she
would owe him at the time of his death for
the homestead on Fifth avenue, Twenty
second ward, which she purchased from
him. She is also given two old frame houses
on Strawberry alley.
Out of the balance of the money owed by
her $500 each is given to his sisters Mary,
Rose and Margaret Rafferty, and Ellen
Mowrie Mrs. Donelly IS also to expend
81 600 of it in improving the graves of the
family. Two hundred dollars Is given to the
St. Paul's Catholic Orphan Asylum of Tame
hill street.
To his daughters Rosalia Donelly, Alice
Rafferty, and Annie willard is given his in
terest in the Diamond Coke Company, which
is now in the hands of his son, Gilbert T.
Rafferty,. The latter is to be allowed fair
compensation for managing the said interest
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13

ment in an informal and irregular
manner, desired him to form his regi-
mel ment at once He He simply lad addressed @
was unaware he was being spoken to Off
sicker had orders from headquarters to i'm
have addressed himself to the Colonel, in his
and failing the chiefs to the
Adjutant; Colonel Hunsicker sic H,i afterwards
using unofficial language. charge which
his comrades deny he used. The general
impression is that the aide de camp was too
hasty and unaware of the regulations.
Colonel A. ID. Seeley was staff officer of the
day, and so efficient and courteous was he in
the discharge of his duty at division head
quarters as to storm the hearts of a numer-
Gus bevy of ladies who adorned the Cover
nor,s Quarters. In recognition of the
Colonels good qualities they rendered him a
little surprise, and made him blush again by
hanging ehaplet ofmedals & IA Or Is Sin in num- ~ n
officer of the day until next encampment.
VISITORS AT THE CAMP.
Among the visitors to the camp yesterday
were Mrs. DR.. Wiley, Miss Carrie Wiley, and
"The Daughter of the Regiment" as the
Eighteenth's Surgeon Majors little girl is
called; ex-Sheriff J. P. Wiley, of York, as
tine surgeons guest; Mrs. General Wiley
and Miss Florence Wiley, Mrs; Colonel Nc
hlDDlu, MIS- COlOuol anu MISS duuy
Smith, John Hazlett, Timothy OLeary, Jr;,
Mr.. Metcalf, General Guthrie, Colonel E. 2.
Breck, of Breck's Battery; Mrs. Streeter,
Mrs Dork, Miss Crops. Miss Davis and Mrs.
Davis.
Mrs. DR.. Easton, Miss Lillian Easton and
John Easton were guests at the Fourteenth
Regiment headquarters.
John Oliver and his little son were in
camp. Captain James Gorden, formerly of
Company E, Eighteenth Regiment, was a
guest of his old command. Signal
Sergeant Stewart, having predicted decent
weather for the day, concluded he
might abide by, and run down to the camp.
He did so in company of Mr.. Gleffer, of Post
office Department. Jane NJ. Nellis, former
First Lieutenant of Company B, Eighteenth
Regiment, spent the day with his old COM
pany.
General Snowden lost his watch during the
review. He valued it at $500, but priced it
the more because it was heirloom. The
General is much put out about the affair,
and threatens to find staff appointment for
the man who finds it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
LIKE THE OLD LOVES BEST.
Pittsburg Bellies Not in Favor of Tights or
the Divided Skirt-Dressmakers Have
No Call for Them-Hints to the Re-

Pittsburg Bellies Not in Favor of Tights or
the Divided Skirt-Dressmakers Have
No Call for Them-Hints to the Re-
formers.
The excitement over woman's dress re-
reform, that is now in progress at Chautau-
qua, does not seem to have reached Pitts
burg in any other form than newspaper dis
cussion. The people of this city do not
take kindly to startling innovations
Especially is this true of women's Dress
Mrs Parker and her followers may talk
about the divided skirt and silk tights, but
our dainty Pittsburg women do not care for
them. They prefer to array themselves in
the soft, clinging garments that have always
been in vogue, and to leave the bold depart
ureS in costume to strong-minded females
and those who are willing to follow blindly
any leader, no matter where the trail may
end.
A DISPATCH representative yesterday Wis
tied a number of the principal modistes of
vided skirt was being worn generally in
Pittsburg. One dressmaker in Allegheny,
who does a large business among the rich
women of the city, said
81 cannot answer for other dressmakers,
but know that do not make any dresses
of that pattern. In all my experience have
had only one order for new-fangled, di-
particular dress got it only as an expert
ment, suppose, for she never had another,
and she Is one OF my regular customers, too
who spends a great deal of money on her
clothes in the course of year"
"Why does not the divided skirt become
popular, if 1T is as comfortable as dress re-
formers say?" asked the reporter.
The dressmaker smiled knowingly as she
answered.
"What do women dress for?'
As she evidently waited for a response,
the reporter gave it in the shape of a mysti
a ka n E
''WelI, I'll:tell you," went on the dress
maker. "She dresses to please her male
friends and relatives-her husband or lover
more than anyone else. She knows that
plain divided skirt and severe waist would
not suit them. They like her to look pretty,
although a woman's beauty does not depend
upon her costume, the way in which she is
dressed has great deal to do with her pre-
possessing appearance. When the dress re-
formers have hit upon something that is
really prettier than the present style of
dress, we may expect to see it generally
adopted. In the meantime. 1 and other
dressmakers will find ourselves getting up
the same sort of garment for our customers
that we have hitherto"
Another dressmaker, on the Pittsburg
side, said that she had never been asked to
make one of the new-fangled dresses. She
had many customers among the bellies of
the East End, and perhaps one-fourth of
them were cyclists or wanted to be such.
They had sometimes laughingly asked her
whether she could not make them divided
skirt that would be convenient for riding
the wheel, but the proposition had never be-
come serious.
"What do you think of the dress reform
proposed by the ladies at Chautauquaf'
asked the reporter.
Fudge" was the sententious and signif-
cant reply.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
FINAL PRICES
LADIES'
WAISTS.

A very large and very choice lot
of goods just as good and just as
choice as we have offered this season
must now be closed out quickly at
greatly reduced prices, to make
place for new goods already turning
this way from the four corners of the
world.
White Lawn Shirt Waists that were
a week ago marked and offered as a
bargain at 75c, MARKED DOWN
now to soc each.
Percale Norfolk Waists, that were
bargain at 81 a week ago, are
MARKED DOWN NOW to 75c.
Ladies' London Shirts, plain
white and stripe and fancy, choice
styles, celebrated Star make, that
were 81 SO and 81, MARKED
DOWN NOW to 81 each.
Fine French Gingham, Madras
and Cheviot Shirt Waists, that were
81, all MARKED DOWN NOW to
81 each.
Ladies Stripe Wash Silk Shirt
Waists that were So, MARKED
DOWN NOW to 81 50.
Stripe and Plain Wash Silk Shirt
Waists, that were SS 50, MARKED
DOWN NOW to s. 50.
These Silk Waists, both at s. 80
and So so, are choice styles and best
quality of cloth made
Plain and striped Flannel Norfolk
Waists, that were Sc and S7,
MARKED DOWN NOW to 81 20.
Striped Flannel Shirt and Norfolk
Waists that were So and s. 90,
MARKED DOWN NOW to 81 20,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
BLOCK STONE TOO NOISY.
The Commissioners Want East Diamond
Street Paved with Asphalt.


Street Paved with Asphalt.
County Commissioner Weir called at City
Hall yesterday afternoon to have an inter
view with Chief Bigelow relative to the pay
ing of diamond street between Grant and
Ross streets, but Mr.. Bigelow being out of
the city the meeting will have to be post
poned until his return.
The County Commissioners have paved
Ross street with asphalt and desire Diamond
street paved with the same material. Ross
street was done at the county's expense, but
Diamond street will be paved by the city
and the contract has already been awarded
for a block-stone pavement, although the
work has not yet commenced.
1--WE hope to persuade Mr.. Bigelow to
change the contract to asphalt for Diamond
street." said Mr. Weir yesterday, because
of the noise made by the rolling of wagons
over the blackstone pavement We paved
Ross street with asphalt so the noise would
not annoy the Criminal Court rooms, and the
same consideration demands that Diamond
street be paved so that the Orphans Court
and the Coroner's Court shall not be an
noyed. Asphalt will be much cleaner also
and will lessen the annoyance from dust
We believe MI. Bigelow will grant US the
CHANGE
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
Temporary Location.

The Pittsburg Female College will be
located temporarily in the north wing of the
college building on Eighth street, and in
the Jewish Temple on the opposite side of
the street from the college. The term opens
September 16. The present arrangements
are all complete. The school rooms are
perfectly equipped. The music rooms, also
the studio are well arranged and the board
ing department affords pleasant and good
college home. For full information send to
President Norcross, Pittsburg, Pa. Tbs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
WILL BE BURIED AT CLEVELAND.

Sad Scene at the Morgue When Mrs. Will
sons Husband Arrived.
Mr. H. Y. Wilson, the husband of the lady
who dropped dead of sunstroke at the mar
ket house on Monday, arrived in the city
last night after several vexatious delays en-
route from Vicksburg. He went direct to
the Morgue, and was deeply moved when he
gazed upon the dead form of his late part
ner in life.
Mr. Wilson is a railroad engineer, and was
a resident of this city untila few years ago.
shipped to Newburg, O., a suburb of Cleye-
land, where Mrs. Wilson's parents are
buried, and where her body will be Inferred
The body will be taken away on the l
O'Clock train this afternoon and will be ac-
companied by Mr.. Wilson, his little SOL and
several other relatives.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
FERRY BOATS TO sHARPsBURG.
Business Men Find Their Teams Greatly
Delayed by the Traction Lines.

Business Men Find Their Teams Greatly
Delayed by the Traction Lines.
Arthur Kirk, on behalf of several promin-
ent business men is organizing q company
to run line of ferry steamers from the
foot of Sixth street or the Monongahela
wharf to Sharpsburg. The idea is to carry
the teams of wholesale dealers and others
to Sharpsburg and thus save much time
otherwise lost by teamsters being compelled
to continually pull out of the way of the
cable cars. 1t now takes nearly days
time to drive to one of the suburbs and re-
turn whereas it could formerly be done in
half the time. This has greatly DELAYED
business of all kind and started the idea of
utilizing the river.
Mr. Kirk spent yesterday discussing the
subject with the river men and they seem to
think the idea practicable. Among the,
business men interested in the proposed
ferry line are j. C. Jenkins, s. S. Marvin,
Dilworth Brothers, Heinz Brothers and
others, who are willing to guarantee $1,000
as starter for a company who will go into
$he business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-13
ii. p. Ecker Becomes City organist.

Prof. II. P. Ecker, the popular young musi-
clan of this city. has been appointed by
Chief Ehlers, OF Allegheny, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Leon
ard Wales, the City Organist. Prof. Ecker
has already given number of recitals at
Carnegie Hall during Mr.. Wales periodical
absences from the city, and has become al
ready very well known musician of
skill The first recital officially, he will
give next Saturday, and is arranging grand
programme for the event.