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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
Grain. Flour and Feed.

Sales on call at the Grain Exchange. l car
y. S. corn. DID, 591sc. free in elevator; car
No. l timothy hay 50 so, 5 days; car sample
white middlings, S2l % 10 days. Receipts as
bulletined, 81 cars, of which e cars were by
Pittsburg. Ft Wayne and Chicago Railway. as
follows: cars of middhngs. / of bran, q OF
hay, z of oats. of rye and oats. of barley, OF
ear corn. l Of feed. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and ST. Louis car of bran. of corn, OF hay:
BY Pittshurg and Lake Erie. car of rye. l OF
oats, l of corn, Of flour. BY PIttsburc and
Western, car of hay, of -four Receipts for
the week, ending January IL, 227 cars against
2i2 cars last week and 204 for The corresponding
week last year. The general tendency of cereal
markets is toward y lower level. The situation
Oats are particularly weak and our prices are re-
duced in accordance with actual sales.
Prices for carload lots on track:
WHEAT-No. red. 81 001l Oh; No. 3, pIQ
Csc.
CoRN-No.2yellows shell. 65sc: high mixed
5615@5ac: mixed shell, 5511@5oc; No. yellow
ear. 6O!1G6l1ac; high mixed ear, p@5915c.
OATS No. |. 5l%052c; No. 2 white, 5lGol15c;
extra, No. 5, 4S945c: mixed oats. 4f1a@4Sc.
RYE-No. ! Pennsylvania and Ohio. IIG1ISc;
No. l, Western, 75@76c.
FLOCR-Jobbing prices-Fancy spring anu
winter patent -four, So 75@6 90; fancy straight
winter. 81 S5@5 l5; fancy straight spring: s4 SoQ
5 Is: clear winter 81 1916 90; straight XXSX
bakers. "a 5J@4 70 Rye flour, 81 00@A %
Buckwheat -four, 21s@Sc y b.
MILLFEED-No. white middliugs, ia oON
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By Telegraph.

ciNclNNAIi-aogs-Dem light and easy;
common and light. So O003 80: packing and
butchers, So 60@3 s.; receipts, 3040 head; ship
ments. l.lS0 head. Cattle-Demand moderate;
choice butchers grades, 81 25@4 %: choice
shippers. So 75@4 50; receipts, 9O'head; ship
ments. l5O head. Sheep-Receipts, 10 head;
shipments, none; market steady; common to
choice. 81 50@5 10; extra fat wethers and year
hngs. s. 2505 so. Lambs easier; common TO
choice butcher: s4 OO@5 IS; good to choice
shipping, S. 25@5 So per 100 pounds.
OMAHA-Cattle-kecei 2 500 head: market
steady desirable grades; COWS slow and
strong: fancy l.4OO to I6Oo pound steers,
= Sa s s? prime loo ooS to tS gopsa I'D noena
steers, 81 1904 TO- Hogs-Receipts, 7,l00
head; market l0c lower and active: all
sold, range % So 1898 s.; bulk. So S5@s 45; Is,
as IS; mixed, s. 20@S 4j. Sheep-Receipts,
2l5 head; market ,leady; natives, So 5O@
90: Westerns, s. 25Q3 25
GO-Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head; ship
ments, l.50o head; market steady to lower;
prime to extra steers. SIS 00@5 %: common TO
good. S3 00@l IS; cows, 81 2593 10; stockers,
81 25G3 o. Hogs-Receipts. $1,000 head; ship
menls 5000 head; market lower: rough. So IS
Q3 40; prime mixed and packers, IS 5OG3 %;
prime heavy and butcher weights, So 60a3 65;
light So 5OQ3 %. Sheep-Receipts. 2,50O head:
shipments. LOCO head: market active and
lambs. 81 1896 25
ST. LoUlS-Cattle - Receipts, 200 head;
shipments. 900 head; the market was steady;
good to fancy. s4 50Gl5 10; fair to good, So TOO
4 90; stockers and feeders, 81 00p3 30; Texas
and Indians steers. 81 1908 50. Hogs
Receipts. l,50O head: shipments CISCO head;
the market was lower; fair to choice. heavy,
g 50@3 60: mixed grades. So 0c@3 40; light. fair
10 best. So 2oQ3 %. Sheep-kecelpts, none:
shipments. none: the market is strong; good TO
choice, s4 OOl5 10.
BUFF AlO-Cattle - Receipts, l,500 loads
through, sales: market easier. calves scarce and
wanted. Sheep and lamhs-Receipis. loads
through. p sale: market stronger and a
shade higher; sheep, chnice 10 extra, 50 500
80; good tn choice. s5 O095 %: Glands. choice
to extra, Sc 40@6 65: good to choice. S6 1905 50.
Hogs-Receipts, ST loads through, 30 sale: mar
ket steady; mediums heavy and mixed, s. 75Q
So
IN0lAkhPCLIS-Cattle- light; mar
ket strong on good grades: shippers. S3 25@5 co.;
butchers. 81 60G3 90; bulls, 81 0003 la sheep
No receipts; market offers strong: prices
S. 0O04 70; lambs. 81 25@5 70 Hogs-Receipts,
1000 bead: market shade lower; choice
heavy. S. COOS So: choice light. So 45G3 55;
mixed. s. 5OQS go; pigs, 81 00G3 90.
KANSAS CiTY-Cattle-Receipts $3.50 head;
shipments. 1.0l0 head; market steady; steers.
So 1904 81; COWS, 81 150S 25; stockers and feed.
ers, 81 2oQ3 90. Hogs-Receipts. II $50 head;
shipments, 26So headi market lo@l6c loweri
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Inc. 90.


An ORDINANCE-RELOC THE
N northerly line of Ellsworth avenue at its
intersection with the eaSterly line of Neville
street.
Section BE it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun-
ellis assembled, and IL IS hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
northerly line of Ellsworth avenue, at its inter-
section with the easterly line of Neville street,
be and the same shall be relocated as follows, to
vii: Beginning at point of curve ON the
portherly line of Ellsworth avenue at the dis
tance of 226.5l westwardly from the west line
of lot No. T. in the plan of lots of the estate OF
Mrs. Eliza q. WallIDgford, and 1887 feet east
of the intersection OF Neville street and Els
worth avenue: said plan on record in the
Recorders office of Allegheny county, In Plan
Book, vol. g. page 276: thence by the arc of
curve of 6-foot radius distance of 1885 feet,
to- 4 poIht on the east line Of Neville street. and
the said intersection shall be relocated in ac-
cordance with the plan hereto attached and
made part hereof.
Section 2-That any ordinance or part of ordi-
nance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed
so far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacred into a law in Councils
this 29th lay of December. A. D 1890.
Ii. Z. FORD President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. BOUTH, Clerk of Select
Council. G. l. HOLIDAY. President OF
Common Council. Attest: E. j. MARTIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayors office. January ., lo9l. Approvedi
H. I. GOURLEY, Mayor. Attest: ROBr.
OSTERMAIER. Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book. vol. Z, page
607 Sth day of January. 4. d. 1891.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
NEW YORK STOCKS.
A Quiet, Steady Reaction From the Depres-
sion of the Day-Most Shares fraction
ally Higher-Lead Trust Feat ,
ure-SuDar Weak

ure-Sugar Weak.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-the upward movement
continued to make steady progress, and at the
close the market was active and strong at the
highest prices reached for the day. The entire
list is higher, and. while the gains are generally
for fractional amounts. Sugar Refineries is up
II; st. Paul, Chicago Gas and Colorado Coal,
per cent each.
Railroad bonds were comparatively quiet.
and showed no pronounced tendency in either
direction. though prices generally show some
advance at the close. The total sales were
York, Lackawanna and Western frsts rose 2,
to l3G.
The stock market to-day was moderately
active and on the whole displayed strong
tone. The bears again hammered the market
for the space of an hour The general disposi-
ton was to discount another favorable bank
statement. and buying to cover shorts was most
urgent In the last hour. The feature OF the
early trading, after firm openIns. was the
strength and activity in Lead Trust while
Sugar was weak, both for the old and new
stocks, and some of the leading railroad stocks
showed fractional declines. When the buying
began, however. the upward movement ac-
Quired force rapidly and ceased only with the
close of business Chicago Gas and Sugar were
then the features.
The following table shows the prices OF active
tocks on the New York Stock Exchange yester-
day. Corrected daily for THE DISPATCH by
WHITNEY & STEPHENSON oldest Pittsburg MEM
bers OF the New York Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth
avenue:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

" ORDINANCE-LOcatin Brownell
n street. from the east line of property Of
W. j. Friday to Negley avenue.
Section 1-Be 1t ordained and enacted BY the
city OF Pittsburg. in Select and Common
Councils assembled. and il is hereby ordained
ard enacted by the authority of the same.
That the south line of. Browueii street, from.
The east line of property of W, j. Friday to
Negley avenue. be and the same shall be
located as follows. to wit: Beginning at point
on the east line of property of W. j. Friday at
a distance of about 40 feet south of south line
of the right OF way of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road: thence extending in an essterly direction
parallel to anu maintaining a perpendicular
distance of 40 feet south of the south line of the
right of way of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad,
about one thousand five Q,005) feet to Negley
avenue. ana the said BroWnell street shall be
of width of forty (4U) feet.
Section 2-That any ordinance or part Of or.
dinance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed
so far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into 4 law in Councils
this 1871 day Of December. a. D. 1880.
H. P. FORD. President OF Select Council.
Attest: GEO. BOOTH. Clerk of Select
Council. GEO. J.. HOLIDAY, President OF
Common Council Attest: E. j. MARTIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayors office. January 8. 1891. Approved:
II. |. GOURLEY, Mayor. Attest : ROBERT
OSTERMAIER, Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book. vol. 7,page 607,
8;h day OF January. y. ID. lS9l-
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OFFICIAL-PTTTsBURG.

fined not less than $40 nor more than $50, and in
default of payment be committed to the Alle-
gheny County Jail for period of thirty (30)
days. which punishment shall be in addition to
the pains and penalties provided by law for the
punishment of larceny.
Section ll-That any ordinance or part OF
ordinance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed
So far rs the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into n law in Councils
this 18th day of December. A. D. 1890.
H. p. FORD, President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. BOOTH, Clerk of Select
Council. q. l.. HOLIDAY, President OF Com
mon Council. Attes.: Z. j. MARTIN, Clerk
Of Common Council.
Mayors Office. January 9, 1891. Approved;
H. l. GOURLEY, Mayor. Attest: ROBERT
OSTERMAlER. Mayors Clerk
Recorded in Ordinance Book. vol Z, page
6lO. 9th day of January. A. d. 1891
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
Provisions.

Sugar-cured hams. large. 9%c; sugar-cured
hams, medium, 9alc; sugar-cured hams. small,
10c: sugar-cured breakfast bacon, SIC: sugar
cured shoulders, &c; sugar-cured boneless
shoulders, ,75lc: skinned shoulders. TIC; skinned
hams, 10%c; sugar-cured California hams, SIC;
sugar-cured dried beef flats, Sc: sugar-cured
dried beef sets, lOc; sugar-cured dried beef
rounds, 12c: bacon. shoulders, nc; bacon,
clear sides. &c; bacon. clear bellies, G34c; dry
salt shoulders, 5s4c; dry salt clear Sues. &c;
sl1 90 Lard-Refined, in tierces. SIC; half
barrels. 554c: Cob tubs, SAC; 2O-b pulls. SAe;
5O-fb tin Gins. 55sc; 3-D tin pals. 61sc; m I'm
pals, &c; 1O-b TN pals, SIC. Smoked sausage,
less hams. 1915. Pigs feet, half-barrels, 81 90;
quarter barrels, 50 To-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
NEWS OF IHE RIV1 r.

Do:ncs of the Packet Boats and Men Inter-
ested in Them.
THE G. W. Bachelor will be the Cincinnati
packet boat to-day.
THE Scotia did not get out until about
o'clock yesterday morning.
GUS HoFsUMER, clerk at the Pitisburg and
Cincinnati Packet Boat in this city. has re-
signed and will GO to Louisville to accept po-
sition with the Standard Oil Company.
GEORGE MCCULLOUGH and Alex Hender-
son have returned from their Southern trip.
They visited all the prominent cities of the
Sonth and report having had gay time. IN
deed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
Sales of Real Estate.

Campbell & Co.. Real Estate Brokers. report
the following transfers: House and lot of Mrs.
Rulandt, in Nineteenth street. to N. A.
Laughran for sS3O cash. House and lot in
Twenry-seventh ward, on Beulah street, of
Henry Funnelsmith. to Walter James for
81, zoo Sold ten-acre tract on the Mononga-
hela river for manufacturing purposes for $500
per acre. Particulars private. Also placed
mortgage for 81 900 for two years on Browns
vile road property
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

25 90 p ton; No. white middlings. s2l oo@
% 20: brown middlings, SO 50@2l 90; winter
wheat bran So 50G2i 90.
HAY-Baled timothy. choice. $40 5O0lO 70;
No. ], SO 5O@IO 90; No. do. s. 00@S so: loose
from wagon, $40 OO@l2 GU. according TO quality;
No. prairie hay, 81 25@7 so: packing do, 81 90
sTRAw-oat 81 25a7 so; wheat and rye, 81 GO
al so
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock
Yards I
OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG D1sPArCH,I

OFFICE OF I HE IIIISBUKG DlSPATCH,
SATURDAY. Jan. IL. (
Cattle-ReceIpts. 966 head; shipments, $50
head. Market nothing doing. all through con-
signments. No cattle shipped to New York
to-day.
Hogs-Receipts. 2750 head; shipments. 25OO
head. Market active: Philadelphias S. 9O6
5 %: mixed IS S06S IS: heavy Workers. 81 20
@3 20: light Workers, So 50@3 65: plgs, So O00
25: five cars of hogs shipped to New York to-
day.
Sheep-Receipts, 600 head: shipments, loo
head. Market steady at unchanged prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
Mining Quotations.

NEW YORK. Jan. E.-Aspen. SIS; Colorado
Central 100: Consolidated California and Vlr-
GINA, 400: Gould and Curry, 265; Hale and Nor
cross. l60; Homestake, 800; Horn Silver, 300;
Iron Silver. 100; Ontario, 1900: Ophir, 800; Saw
age, 225; Sierra Nevada, l65; Standard, l40
Union consolidated, l70.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

NEW YORK. Jan. H.-Coffee-Optionso opened
steady. unchanged to 10 points decline: closed
eady. unchanged to . poinrs down; sales. D.
75O bags. including January. is T0Gll6 75c Feb
rnarv. l625c; March, l6.o0c; April, Is Toe; May,
l545Ol5.50c; July. l52Oc: December. l3 6oc. Spot
Rio quiet and firm; fair cargoes, l9c; No. Z,
1715c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
WHOLESALE = HOUSE,
JOSEPH HORNE & CO.

Embroidery and White Goods Department.
direct importation-from the best Inanufac-
turers of st. Gall, in Swiss and Cambrlc EdS-
inCs Flouncines Skirt Widths and Alloyers,
Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers
will find these goods attractive both in price
and novelties of design. Full lines OF New
Laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTERY DE-
PARTMENT-Best makes Window Shades in
dado and plain or spring fixtures, Lace Cur.
tains, Portieres, Chenille Curtains, Poles and
Brass Trimmings; Floor. Table and Stair Oil
Cloths in best makes lowest prices for quality.
WASH DRESS FABRICS.
The largest variety from which to select
Toll Du Nords, Chalon Cloths, Bath Seersuck-
ers, Imperial Suitings. Heather & Renfrew
Dress Ginghams Fine Zephyr Ginghams
Wholesale Exclusively
fa12-D
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
Metal Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. l7.-Pig iron inactive;
American, Sis 50@l7 so.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

bulk. So oo@s 40: all grades, 81 75@S 50: Sheep
Receipts, 1000 head; shipments. SaO mead;
market steady and unchanged.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

HEADACHE, neuralgia, dizziness, ner-
vousness, spasms, sleeplessness, cured by
DIR. Miles Nervine. Samples free at jos.
Fleming & Sons, Market st. N
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
Drygoods Market.

NEW YORK. Jan. l7.-Tbere was no new
feature in the drygoods market. and it main
tairs steady tone.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
Boston Stocks.
PHILADELPHIA Stocks.

Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks. FUR
nished bv Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 81
Fourth avenue. Members New YORK stock TX
change:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
MARKETS BY WIRE.
The Bears Get Control of the Grain Pits
and Give Prices a Downward Direc-
ton Provisions Weak and

CHICAGO-Ths opening of the wheat mar
ket gave some indications of a steadier feeling
on the part of the bulls but with the first at
tack made upon them they changed about and
the bears stopped the decline by buying in
considerable lines of shorts.
The leading futures ranged as follows. as cor
rected by John NJ. Oakley & Co., a. Sixth street.
members Chicago Board of Trade:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

When baby was sick. we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19

aps-T-MwFsu
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
EOuND

-
Two HUNDRED persons in st. Paul are
said to have been been vaccinatcd by
mistake of Il physician with muciIage
instead of vaccine virus.
TwENTY-sIX young women in Torquay
have formed themselves into Il guild to
supply the hospital of That place with
fresh fruits and vegetables.
IT is said that during the attempt TO
cut a canal through the lsthnuS of Pan
anna two hundred Thousand ounces of
q]uininc were used annually in combat
ting malarial fever.
The lake which has the highest ele-
walton of any in the world is Green
lake. Colorado. It's surface is 10.253
feet above the level of the sea. In some
places it is over 800 feet deep.
A FEW drops of oil dropped into the
water will, it is claimed, prevent the
evaporation of water from fire buckets
by forming II sufficient coating OF the
water to prevent the difficulty.
DIR. HINCKIE, of Americas, Ga, has n
piece of chinaware seven hundred and
nincty-onc years old. The date, 100,
is plainly stamped on the bottom, and
its only flaw is Il broken handle.
REALLY gilt-edged tea keeps going
up. A parcel of golden tips" grown
on the Maha<ettia estate, Ceylon, has
been sold in London for one hundred
and se~vcnty-iive dollars a pound.
A GOLD chain was found in IL lump of
coal that Mrs. S. w. Culp, of Morris
town, ILL.,, was about to put on her
CRATE fire. The chain weighed eight
p~cnnyweights and was only half inn
bedded in the coal, n end hanging
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
MIRTH ~PROvOKERS.

CHAT chimney doesn't look strong,
Matilda" mo; it's like you, Silas-it
smokes too much "-Harper's Bazaar.
Decentralization me-, aw until l col
lect my thoughts" Miss Brightly
"Here's my thimble TO put them in
Philadelphia Press.
BRowN-"Fenderson says his dog un.
derstands everything he says" Fogg-
81 don't doubt it. Henderson isn't very
profound, you know. boston Tran.
script.
1--WE have fixed pie rates in this estab'
lishment, sir, and" you really have!
How delightfully."- frank! In all other
places they call them alters. "-Balti
more American.
WIFE-'I think those people that
moved into the next fiat are in strait,
ened circumstances" Husband-"They
must be, or else they couldn't have got
ip.''-Boston Courier.
ETHEL-"Did / understand you to say
that you were in an auction store?" Mr.
Slowgo-"Why, no.; how could you have
formed that idea?" Because you say
you are going so many times before yor
go."-N. Y. Herald.
CHAwLEs-'Ya'as, when I was a boy
we know, l was kicked by IL meuel anC
had my brains dashed out and the doc
tor" Maude-"-sewed up the scalI
without putting them back? How care
less" Chawles-''Aw, aw."-Minne
apolis journal.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10

is frequently the controlling spirit in
controversies of great pith and moment.
II is his province to keep close to the
people. lie knows what they think and
what they want. His facilities for con
vincing and ~pcrSuading them are of IL
superior order. because he comes in di-
rect contact with them and is familiar
with their habits aud tendencies. They
read his paper with more interest than
they do the metropolitan journal. The
latter is not apt to speak to them with
"A clear comprehension of their situa-
ton, whereas the former is really u
part of the system of things to which
they belong. Some of the most Elective
work that is lone in political campaigns
is performed by the country editor. lie
is often wiser in his methods and pro-
cesscsthan his metropolitan brother; and
his audience listens to him with a feeling
of personal respect and confidence. Not
only in politics, but in all matters of
general Importance, the local press is Il
power that is felt in IL most distinct and
irresistible manner. The contents of
the country papers have more to do with
shaping public sentiment than all the
books and periodicals. 1t is the country
editor who keeps his finger on the pop
ular pulse in the true meaning of the
term, and is acquainted with the condi-
ions by which all issues are ultimately
determined. This implies that he is not
Il man to be lightly regarded, but that
he is entitled to generous and grateful
treatment at all times and in all ways.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
IMPORTANT FOREIGNERS.


JULES SIMON, the celebrated French
economist, detests tobacco, and says
that he is an inveterate enemy of al
cohol.
The emperor of China ~retircs to bed
at sunset every evening, rising ut three
in the morning. His breakfast is served
at seven in the morning and dinner at
three in the afternoon.
THE lIaytian general, Hippolyte, is
about sixty years old and of coal black
complexion. He is u son of u college
professor of Port au Prince and is a
man of considerable learning and cult
walton.
QUEEN VICTORIA has in her possession
a dress woven entirely of spiders
webs, which for fitness and beauty is
said to surpass the most splendid silk.
1t was a gift from the empress of Bra
I'll in 1877.
THE young duke of Portland is a
horse owner and a betting man, having
at times lost as much as 800, 600 in q
day. He has immense estates in Scot
land and is one of the largest land.
holders in the British kingdom.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
A MUSICAL

A YOUNG girl in France, Mile. Dieu-
donne, has accomplished a wonderful
feat, the transposition of Guiraun's
ALLEGRO de Concert" which she read
at sight in n contest.
IT seems that the greatest names in
the history of pianism are Sclavic, two
being Ruebinstein and Carl Tausig, the
latter the greatest pianist hat ever
lived, being the master of our peerless
Joseffy.
The violotta, the new stringed in
| strument between Il viola and u cello,
is exactly an octave below the violin.
Its lingering is like that of 4 cello, and
it is commended to women as q substi-
tute for hat instrument.
DIR. FREDERICK LOUIS RITTER until
his death, had been director of music at
Vassar college since 1861. He vas n
native of Strasburg, Germany, was
fifty-seven years old when he died, and
had published many works on music.
FRANCISCO CORTIsI, the great Italian
singing teacher, lives alone in 4 little
villa just out of Florence, where an
old housekeeper prepares his spaghetti
and his wine for him. He has practi-
cally retired, at the age of sixty-five,
and teaches but a few hours a day.
RUBENsTEIN is said to say: 'Their
works.. e., those of Wagner, List and
B-erlioz-stand as obstacles in the way
of the progress of music. Let us take
Wagner, if you will. In all his COM
positions Wagner has given the first
place to the decorative element; music,
properly so called, has only the second
Mace"