The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-30
OUR PlTTSBURG LETTER.
WHERE WASHING ON FIRST DIS
TING UTsHED HIMSELF 4 SOLDIER~
Many pyomIrent Yrginians Live There
Century CLUB bicycling Erj iyed .iheir
as We'll as flsewhere.

p1rrsBURG. May q. Special TO the
WOmals Edlfion.-ritisbufs Is surround
ed with historical! interest for a filsi-
man. iof IL was once "a part OF Virginia.
IL was within few mites ci .ne bu--.iie
centre vi the city. at bfa4doeN, no"
town o. about olJJ lt hapif d $, an 500"
70 be annexed 10 PittzDAi-. tna " am
ingtOn, al the battle Of Braadock,
first distinguished himself as
soldier 10y saving Bradlock's army
from anulniiauon Dy the Indians, ah4
enabling 90 10 eject retreat ana
here IL may be OF interest 10 State
that it has recently been established
beyond controversy that br5ddock was
Killed by one OF his own men, whose
brother BraddoCk had abused and stfuch
with the scabbard OF his sword the da<
before. lie fired on lim from behind.
he lived long years after 90 confess and
boast OF tine act, and was never inolesied
OF punished.
0REATrE pITTsBURc.
Speaking Of Braddock suggests greater
IfltsDurE. Tie average priauL WHO
wants 10 know anything 81 f-ttsplIsS
and sees IL credited with l0,ly inhaDi-
tauts This gives a very mistaken iata
OF the size ana importance OF ine CITY,
Within q radius OIL ten mics meas Iiel
from tho centre OF the city there -
population OF about D0uJ pcoule. me
last Legislature amend 20 arc clts chaI-
ter 50 that the larger part oil inia pypuii-
ton VIII Doc brought into the city az
once.
Just across the Allegheny river from
littsrurs is the city ol fllesnehff COM
nected with 10 b. a. number vi hdhlaoil-
bridges, with population az 4-''.y 49,
pie, and possessing neither theatre
nor daily neW Supper. ofils oce'l--I
almost exclusively lJr Iefiie lt- pun pD-''
hy people who are cnsa-ed in Du5-ii-re
iu fttsDuIg. tlIc business iit'lfata
YI Cd
railway ana river tialuc originates h
flttSDurg than ia any Jintf t-tt oii .i't
aloDe; z,DJJ l1aled freight cars taH tiilei
ana 900 depart dairy from i-ttT5Ai -
aud ~ passenger trains en.ei ana "t-
part dLlJ ff0m the ltrola. lNe i"iAt
Bcssemer steel plant, tine ltlreat 81 'finio
steel plant, tle largest lialt si'-' ""i -
the largest glass-clmney factory, tAe Tar
aest uiclxle factory. The largest cork fac
tory the largest tube "ofAs' inc i"lse3l
manufactory OF glass table ware, the lar
gcst and most powerful engines ana
pumps employed 10 pump water, and the
largest air-brake works for freight ana
passenger cars in the world are IN Pitts
burg. Her factories give employment TO
more than 1900 operatives.
We have just been having a deluge or
religious cosycnti0ns, ministers ana elders.
For the past two weeks the General
Assembly OF the Northern Pt'sif itiiih
Church has been ln session nero. ana al-o
the General Assembly of lhc United
Presbyterian church. and The br'scoi al
C0nv0caton. We deles ate coili ttt-N pc
recognized boy his clerical g-Tp tlc h"lt,
and was most Ubiquitous, ."f1eilnt0 ne
was alone sometimes vito as 10 hy ol
the family as he was ah'e ID ,LiN.-
the committee ON drrtl - .i.s ly eI-
range for. Ia The case o. the lI'snA a.
rian General Assembly II seems 70 if
the feeling that The loiy IS aDo~' lt W
times as large as n should hr a"u llir
The people Of this city have the by
cicle craze badly, and 10 Us reported u ~
the dealers cannO- supply TIC defttn.
Ina the afternoons ana IN ln. e,'" ,.s'
under electric light. the streets dlc l''
of men and women Oh tAe,r Mif't" "ti,i
use 10y ladies is becoming more Lt- idl
and popular. and conscputhllf irs7 ~
spcuOus, and is now but niue holiCtu OF
commented upon.
The women of pittsburg are ~ ~ van
Of progressive work Tor inc lnleil-'-' Wal
pleasure and Improvement or ti-l F'@.
They have a most fiourshins ,tntlt4
Club organized, supported. ana pay oiii1el
entirely bv women. where durlN5 tA' past
winter lectures were DEW titl ny 'it-
fercnt women Of the cOmmu my anu cue
known women from a distance t'A uaSs
i'm every week. The lectures en urrent
'TOpics' were especially lcpui WIN
were largely attended Ihe e'sclis sLoils
ranged from the correct plQnh 3Di l.oH on
the repeal OF the sherman sINef oet-
The club is accomplishing good W.ih'
and rs destined for q long career OF use
fulness.
yinGINIANs IL pII1sBUAG.
Vircinian or a southcrner can feel
very much al home In ilttspuI5. INe
people are broad minded, tolerant anu
hospltable IN the TRUST sense OF t,
term. There IS also a large colony OF
Virginians and southern people res-lins
here anon them Mrs. ltebccca 'Io7-iii'
and her san Brehan. formerly OF ~ ~
Carolina whose Husband was lhe latt
Captain CrOssnan Of the 1oiil tuei @t'
NAVY. MIR and Hrs. T.. T.. Withels, Jf.f
Nr W!thers being fle SON OF eA-c.httvi
lVifhers and Mrs. Wlfhcrs daughter nl
Ijeuteuant-GOvern0r Kent, both OF M3lie
Vile Va. Mrs. WoN. lolm'f'f OF N.Fti-
ington, -. c.; MI. hanIo pA' syn oi Sai'a
On Randolph. Sir. Henry Ayielt cores,
SON of the late Colonel 10y ON D9lgs' Oh
AlIcfnarla county. 81. J. bfnion w lits-
head. az Norfolk. Messia itehty end " IL,
liam Rust. of LOl ioun cf ON Aii. "'lt
Mrs Norwood Mn. 1tii, ipiheiit y'
rHncbburr Mrs. Mitchell being dausn-
Tor of C0ngrefsmau-elect Peter ). 1teN,
~ Tvnchlurg. Mrs. robert Ntst'f =
daughter Of he .a.e Df. w 1hup, V-
BotetOurt county, MIS-. .i9nh ~ i-s,9l.'' "
Ds no university on virginia, Mr.. and
Mrs NJ. j. Al.X11lsr -Crmery or iuias-
XII. MIR and MIS-. Itsh 'ttni loI 81
len. and Mr.. Dudley Iendlelon' l9lli.eis
of ShepherdstOwn, W. va MIs. w 'i ,i'i
II Ninick. nee Tyson formerly OF bal-
'' NE womans Edition Of the Times lll
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