Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-28
FROM CURB AND CORRIDOR.


sponsibilities of patronage are. The candi
dates for the clerkship, court crier
court stenographer and the res
are many, and the average lawyer
was in luck Yesterday If he didn't get his
name on more than one candidates roll Of
Endorsements. In the filling of all the Offices
it is probable that the desires OF the majority
4 will be respected by the new judges, anc
this makes the canvassing extremely lively
For the place of court stenographer Edward
J. Donnelly, who has been in court practiof
| for many years, Is favorably mentioned in
legal circles here, and his chief rival is Mr.
Minor, Of Uniontown, who has had large
experience .p IN court WORK aiso; & 30 far ar. nc e
worth g, 900 year In straight salary and @
good deal more for transcripts.
Ball News by Pigeon.
i WHEN Miller stepped to the plate at the be
ginning of the first game in the Boston
series on Monday last a man in the grand
stand loosed a pigeon. The bird few out
1 over the diamond for q minute and then
wheeled in a long curve toward the east.
| The crowd on the bleachers' howled at the
omen of good luck, as the birds flight was
Interpreted to be; At the end Of the eighth
inning, when the Bostonians had slightly the
best of the argument, another pigeon arose
| from the same part of the grand stand
as the first, and sailed away across
tators with commendable caution were not
| quite SO sure that pigeons could pull Pitts
burg out of the hole dug by the obliging Mr.
Reilly, and they did not cheer the bird.
They were right in doubling the augury, for
two innings later Boston knocked out the
| winning run.
It would be very pretty, to believe that
pigeons to the ball grounds to influence the
fates or to encourage the home players, but
II is not precisely the truth. I am Informed
that the pigeons belong to q MeKeesport
man who takes deep interest in baseball.
He has friends in McKeesport who cannot
share with him the pleasure of attending
the ball games. but to compensate them in a
measure he takes with him to Exposition
Park couple of pigeons-homers of great
speed and reliability. Before the game be-
gins he lets loose one Of the birds with q
the batting orcer a1d the
By the eighth innings close the result of the
game Is usually in sight, and bird number
two is sent off with bulletin of the score up
to that moment. The birds reach the home
loft quicker tnan telegram could be sent
over the wires and delivered, and McKees-
port gets its earliest news of the game by
this means.
Better Than a Ffve-Centerl
WHEN David Henderson was here the-other'
: day a benevolent Pittsburger thrust upon
him very rich specimen Of the toby, one
Of those dark, juicy wrappings of a biting
rankest of pipes seem mild and harmless by
comparison. He took it and Lit it, too; and
smiled a Spartan smile after a half dozen
draws Of the full-bodied smoke. 1t was o
novel sensation, no doubt, to him, for he has
the reputation in Chicago Of smoking the
never walks abroad without pocketful of
perfectos. The man who had given the toby
to Henderson stood by and watched him
with the pleased expression of a person who
incraa EnOw1adQa
OF fellow being. Fortunately for
Mr.. Henderson the toby went out before he
had to; and he had sufficient nerve left to
quite a novelty to me-really something
new, you known
"You'd get to like them if you continued
burger. "Perhaps You you'n % not believe me but but
didn't care for them at first, but now I'd
rather smoke one Of these" and he held out
q black twin brother to the toby that had
anything. Why like 'em better than five
cent cigarI"
Now for Straw Hats!
A FEW straw hats on mems heads are tell
ing of summers approach. There is no law
as yet on the statute book prescribing the
date for the commencement of the straw hat
season, but usually Decoration Day furnishes
the first excuse for discarding the winter
derby or the less frequent silk hat in the
favor of the lighter straw.
"The straw hat season is just beginning" |
said William Lyons yesterday, land as yet |
nobody can say exactly what sort of a season |
it will be, for the demand for straw hats is |
more than anything else dependent upon |
the weather. A few hot days will set every |
man crazy for straw hat Last summer |
was. one of the best in the straw hat |
business, and it was the soorching |
days in late June and July that !
did the business. The first breath of really |
hot weather makes derby feel awfully |
heavy and hot, and have often known a |
man to buy straw hat in the early days Of |
summer and then come back again in few |
weeks and buy black hat to wear during
be the fashionable hats this summer, with
low crowns and wide brims. We look upon /
Decoration Day as the opening of the straw
y na5 IT'S season ana TINS year sha @ be surprsed
for once by scorching men out of the notion
of wearing any but the very lightest of hats"
A Difficult Overture.
THE venerable MI. Henrici, the patriarch |
Of Economy, was travelling in a Ft. Wayne
train toward the city the other day when /
man of plump proportions and ruddy face,
and cheerful in expression,
turned around in his seat and addressed the
Did Economic with, "How dye do, Mr.. Hen
rici2"
Mr.. Henrici had been doing, but this ad-
"Eh?"
"How are you, Mr. Heinrich" repeated the
good-natured man, with friendly smile;
'wie gents, mein herr7"
Mr.. Henric1 didn't appear to catch the
drift Of the courteous query, and leant for
ward, putting his right hand to his ear
"You don't remember me, Mr.. Henrici"
the stout man said raising his voice and be-
ginning to blush, I'm Mr.. Hinkelstein!"
This assertion was audible in the opposite
end of the car, but Mr. Henrici did not catch
the name, and he must have murmured;
Eh?" again, for the other said in louder
tones still, while the blood steadily mounted
into his face: "I'm Mr.. Hinkeistein, the
butcherI"
Nh Henrtci let go of his black bag for
and stretched his neck in the effort |
10 gather what was being said to him, but
without success for he said once more: "Eh?'
By this time the other travellers in the car
we're interested in the struggle, and some of
hem laughed when again in stentorian tones
The declaration rang out: "I'm Mr.. Hinkel-
,teinr
The owner of the name was very red in
,he face, and Mr.. Henrici seemed a trifle
scared. Fortunately for all parties another
,raveler, q little man with large bandana
in his hand-which he waved
Is a flag of truce perhaps-stepped into the
preach and told Mr.. Henrici in German, and
very quietly at that, what the other fellow
lad been shouting for ten minutes Mr. |
course the name is ficti-
ious-reeovered his equanimity and i'm
parted much information besides his name |
% the venerable Economite whose ears
eemed unseated by the salutation IN the
German tongue.