Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19
TALK OF TIE TIMES.

VICE PRESIDENT THos. NJ KING, of th,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. is in the city
looking after the affairs Of the company ir
connection with the Pittsburg and Western
Railroad Company. A number ofsurveyors
are At work on the line of this road with Q
view of Strengthening out its curves and cut
ting its grades so as to double track it AND
make It more serviceable. Mr.. King ha:
changed but little in appearance since he
won his spurs as a ready and thorough rail
road manager as superintendent of the Allie
gheny Valley road. He is quick to decide
and full of engineering resources, and as q
manager of men is an admirable general
JOHN GLENN, Secretary of the Repub-
lican State Committee, came to the city yes
terday. He has taken charge of the general
party work through the State, and is giving
his attention at present to the Baker ballot
law. This law might be used to the great
disadvantage OF the party because of its
strict technicalities. Omissions on the par {
of the Sheriffs OF counties in giving notice Of
election, or the faulty filing up of election
blanks might throw the electoral vote Of
PenL sylvania out of the Republican column
If Secretary Harrity saw fit to take an unfair
advantage OF his official position. 1t seems
certain that it will take longer than it did
before to count the vote, and returns from
the State in November will be much later
than usual in showing uD in the cities, and
in districts where there are four or i've
hundred voters.
Tom of Jacks Peggy and Tom of Jacks
Peggy's william are no longer friends. 1t
has nothing whatever to do with the charge
Of the Light Brigade at Minneapolis on
Friday. 1t is indeed more than unlikely
that either Of them ever heard of the circum-
ofo olk Ixx,k H. Eolt af A.k
Life to them has too much short range
object lessons to permit any wandering
curiosity to complicate them And not only
Is this true, but It Is also a fact that no con-
siderable portion of this or any other COM
munity are concerned In the least as to
what may be the opinions or the line Of
action or nv heroine and hero.
Tom of Jack works in one Of the iron
concerns at Soho. and is not exactly model
of departments. There was wife of Toms
once, but she toiled. and worried enough in
q few years to satisfy her with things gener-
ally, and SO she gave up the problem and Is
wheh Mrs. Tom left it. not old enough then
to protest against her mothers going, and
she has, in lefsurely way, grown up to be
Toms Peggy: She helps cook and do for
father as well as she can, and between
whtles plays with other ragged, bare-f footed,
girls on the avenue. The boys
have found her ready of tongue and quick
OF fist and she is looked up to as one unsafe
to molest unless it be by Reconnaissance in
force.
Like all other billy sections Of large city
that part Of the Soho region is prolific OF
goats, and that is where Tom of Jacks
Peggy's William, usually known as Pegs
Billy, comes in. Somewhere underneath the
SCOT and mud and rags of Peggy there is
lily on the dunghill. There is no telling
but what vivisection might lead to the dis
covery that Peggy had o heart from which
this sentimentality may spring, but that is
IL k<x<1lrt tl,<.
form Of a soiicitude for Biliy's welfare and
comfort for several years, and the goat re-
ciprocated by not bdtting Peggy as
hard as he did anybody else who
80 that he would come and eat an oyster can
Or pieces of newspaper out of her hand with
striking docilfty. Together this pair roamed
ne nills,des ana d6aeed ,6 sne caoae cars & IN
had any syeeties, which was seldom, she
divided, while Billy remained selfish glut-
son and took all that came his way.
In some way Peggy became owner OF
wooden soap box. subsequently of two toy
wagon wheels and a paling from a fence.
These were evoluted into a wagon, and the
triumph of Peggy's career was when Billy
consented to be attached to this chariot and
haul it and its mistress over the smooth
asphalt. Satiated at last with riding about
herself Peggy took to hauling the neighbors'
babies when the mothers were at work.
THEN came the idea of a garden.
There was shady slope be-
ide her home and thither Peggy and
Billy hauled dirt and formed it into a
Mound. About a month ago, Wilkins, the
,rocer, in the goodness of his heart gave
'eggy a scarlet geranium in q pot. The
hild kept it on the window sill in her room
Until her gardening arrangements were
completed. She made q fence of ssicks
hey were hard and then crowned the heap |
With the brilliant combinations Of the gera- |
iums green and red. She watered it and at |
urking devil of jealousy grew up in Billy's |
oul and he bided his time.
Mike. Annie's little lad, had fall and is |
eevish and Peggy was called in to amuse
round in her tub. Billy went with
er but deserted In q short time |
nd disappeared when Peggy went home. |
here stood Billy within the sacred garden
ence which he had uprooted. From his
mouth projected a something green which
10 chewed brisky. The geranium was
one. am afraid, in view of the scene that
nsued and the way that Peggy wept and |
,mented for two or three days, that her
is stunted and will not take
hape again this year. Somebody who had
hanced upon this mite of history sent
but she reconsfdered ana said
ldly: "Take it back mtster. 'Taint no use.
lilly he'll eat 1t, he will and then I'll get
ldu again duu Duly dln SOt hopOuG uuI |
le"
THE probable opening of Diamond street
as given rise to more or less gossip.
mong the rumors OF the day was one yes
,rday that the two 9o-foot lots Of the How
I'd estate, next to Diamond on Smfthfield
rect, had been sold for a handsome price.
! is said that negotiations were in progress
)me time, but the Pittsburg members Of
ne family denyit 1t is possible that some
cal may be in progress with W. j. Howard,
So, who lives In Lancaster and practically
manages the estate.
DRUGGIST BRENT, of Oakland, has a
cry bright boy i've or six years old, who
umbers among his friends one of the park
olice officers. Last Sunday when the off,
II sat down to eat his lunch, the boy bor-
,wed the officers belt, club, whistle and
Ip, and announced with much dignity that
> would patrol the beat until lunch was
7er. on he marched and presently he |
inc opposite big rose bush. On each |
de of the bush were signs keep OF the
Ass" and "Do not touch the flowers" The
ny guardian of the ctty's property noticed
70 good-sized girls picking flowers in the
ar Of the bush, and he ran up to them,
i'd exclaimed: Cant you girls read?"
They laughed and replied that they could.
What do those signs say?" he demanded. |
III have to take you in / guess" says Of
arm whistle and grabbed the arm Of one OF
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