MGLABD MP EKUT
Baled for the Present by the Su
prSmacy of Irish Politics.
THE WEOKGS HEAPED ON O'BRIES
Dave
Their Xalnral Meet, His 3ause
Trofitinff Greatly Thereby.
lOED HARRINGTON IS LEFT AT HOJIE.
Quite a Ettiul of Interest in the rirnell Commission
Inquiry.
Irish politics has ruled the roost in En
gland and Erin the past week. The hrutal
treatment of "William O'Brien has had its
natural effect. Sympathy for his cause is
daily crowing. A great outdoor indignation
meeting will be held at Hyde Park to-day.
A ringing resolution has been prepared for
passage. Tories were unable to mold the
meeting at Sheffield to suit their ends. A
revival of interest is noted in the Parnell
Commission inquiry.
tBT CABLE TO THE BISPATCn.3
LONDON, February 9. Copyright..
Politics this week has been entirely Irish.
The brutal treatment of William O'Brien
has forcibly impressed the English masses
rith the general subject of the treatment of
political prisoners in Irish prisons, and as
this was the object, O'Brien, in the course
he followed at Clonmel, has reason to con
gratulate himself upon the immense ad
Vantage the Irish cause has gained. Not a
day passes without hundreds of indignation
meetings scattered all over the country, the
proceedings at which are recorded in the
briefest possible manner, but fill columns in
the newspapers every morning.
The movement will culminate to-morrow
in the great outdoor demonstration of the
Xondon Liberals and anti-Coercionists gen
erally, which will he held in Hyde Park.
The meeting will be emphatically a demo
cratic gathering. It has been organized en
tirely by the workinemen, and the speakers
trill be all workingmen or politicians who
enjoy their entire confidence. So enormous
is the gathering expected to be that no few
er than 12 platforms will be erected in order
that the various speakers maybe wellheard.
WHAT -WILL BE RESOLVED.
The Tories are not fond of outdoor demon
strations. As they do not lend themselves
to packing, it is therefore safe to prophesy
that the resolution, which will be moved at
all the platforms simultaneously, will be
carried unanimously. It condemns the
brutal police coercion in Ireland, protests
against the uncivilized treatment of politi
cal prisoners in the Irish jails, and demands
tne release of Irish patriots whose only
crime is exercising the ordinary rights of
free speech, and calls upon the Liberal
Readers to make a determined attack on the
inhuman methods of the Tory Government.
A very remarkable outdoor meeting was
held at Sheffield on "Wednesday, at which
not fewer than 20,000 workingmen were
present The local Tory leaders and their
followers arranged to be present and defeat
the proposed resolution of sympathy with
the Irish political prisoners. So confident
were they of defeating it that a telegram was
dispatched to Lord Salisbury, informing
him that the workingmen of Sheffield, in
meeting assembled, had expressed their ap
proval of his policy in Ireland. Salisbury
promptly wired a message of thanks, and
must have been considerably mortified the
next morning when he read in the news
j)apers,Tory and Liberal alike, that the
resolution referred to had been carried by a
majority of at least 2 to 1.
JUfOTHTtB DISTHICT FLOPS.
Following close upon this Tory fiasco
came the news that the elections for the dis
trict represented in Parliament by Lord
Sartington had resulted in the return of
all the Liberal candidates. This is a verv
"unexpected and emphatic notice to quit to his
Xordship, and already it is reported that the
lory whips are looking about for a sale con
stituency willing to be honored by the rene
gade Marquis.
Mr. Gladstone has continned to enjoy
himself thoroughly at Naples. To-day he
leaves for Amalfi, where he will stay until
the 14th and then go to Cannes, returning
thence to London. He will be here, as vim
havealreadv been informed, in time for the J
opening oi parliament, ana he will resume
his legislative labors immensely improved
in health and looking ten years younger.
There has been this week a decided re
vival of public interest in the proceedings
bf the special commission. To the British
mind there is always something fascinating
about an informer, and the attraction be
comes irresistible when he takes the form of
a dashing, fairly good-looking military fel
low in the prime or Hie. Major Le Caron
has therefore performed to full houses since
he has been on the stage. Socictv dames
went to court and ogled him, and there
seemed a reasonable prospect that he would
toon become
ONE OF THE LIONS
af aristocratic drawingrooms, but Sir
Charles Kussell spoiled LeCaron's chances
by extracting from him the admission that
In his early youth he had pursued the un
(omantic calling of a clerk in a drygoods store,
and in later years the scarcely less prosaic
vocation of a chemist. London society can
tolerate a cowboy and worship rum-sodden
tings of a ten-acre lot on the west coast of
Africa, but it draws a line at drygoods and
Jrugs unless and until the seller has made
i fortune or acquired a title not less in rank
than a Baronet.
LeCaron is believed to be the Times' most
important witness, and the Tory writers and
irators, unwisely precipitate and recklessly
;onteuiptuous of court, have been calling
lpon the people of England to take note of
he wickedness of the Irish members, as
roved by the informer's evidence. The
leading society newspaper ever proclaims
hat LeCaron has proved Parnell and his
colleagues guilty of subsidizing the Queen's
(Demies, by consequence of high treason,
tnd shrieks alond for their prompt punish
nent. The Tories would have been wiser, and
ertainly less ridiculous, had thev awaited
he result of Sir Charles Russell's cross
xamination, which has already taken the
ting out of LeCaron's malignant evidence
nd bids fair to transform it entirely into
aluahle testimony in favor of the Irish con
ditional cause.
EGAN AX INVINCIBLE.
a Testified a Witness In the Perjury Cnso
Aenlnst Itloiloy.
London, February 9. The case of
atrick Molloy, who is charged with hav-
ig given false testimony before the Parnell
ommission, was resumed in the Bow Street
"olice Court to-day. Patrick Delaney.who
ive testimony yesterday, was recalled.
e testified that Patrick Egan, while
-casurer of the League, was both a Fenian
id an Invincible nndwns the organizer
the League. The League originated the
vinciblcs. Byrne, the Secretary
the League, was an Invincible, as was
soa leading member of the League. The
vincildes received funds from the League
rough Egan Xo. 1 also brought money.
le League officers supplied the Invinci-
es with firearms, knives and daggers.
Itncss saw Molloy in the Leagne offices.
On cross-examination, Delaney Raid he
led the Fenians in 1868. Afterwards he
in prison for five years, having been
ivicted of highway robbery. Byrne at-
idcd the councils of the. Invincible and
med the persons to be murdered. Wit-
had seen Byrne lay bank notes and
Id on a table. The court here adjourned.
HlSTKD, the only photographer in the
;y making first-class work, 41 Fifth ave.
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OUR LOCAL GEOLOGY.
Interesting Talk Abont Fittsbur br Pro
fessor B. C JUIWon Wonderful Action
of Hirers Tcrriflo Upheaval an Ob
solcte Legend of Dnjrs Long Fast.
A quiet little scientific talk, somewhat
echnical, bnt certainly most interesting,
was given by Prof. B. C. Jillison, Ph. D.,
M. D., in University Hall, yesterday after
noon, upon "Home Geology."
This title sounds somewhat heavy, and
abstruse, but the gentleman made his ideas
so plain, and used such every-day but ap
propriate language, that he was understood
by all.
He started out with the intention of ex
plaining the fundamental thought now ac
cepted by geologists as true, that the great
changes of hills, mountains and valleys
were not made, as was at first supposed, by
tremendous upheavals and convulsions, but
by the slow process during ages and ages of
time of certain actions and forces that arc
going oa now, slowly, quietly, but with
force and effect equal to that which has
lowered a plane for Pittsburg and allowed
the surrounding hills to stand hundreds of
feet above. Said the professor:
This is due entirely to river action. Just im
magine a smooth broad plain with a perfectly
straight ditch dug through it. Then allow a
little rill to run through and note tho result in
time. Here a leaf will divert the current but
a trifle, still, no matter bow small the digres
sion, it will be felt on the opposite bank. There
a pebble will turn the current and in time you
will lind that formerly btraight ditch just as
crooked as any stream. Just imagine then
what power could be exercised by a river, and,
as the brook that winds about the old Swiss
helm home is a beautiful illustration of one so
the Mississippi river is a splendid illustration
of the other.
THE RAIN DOES IT ALL.
The rivers about Pittsburg are bat brooks on
a large scale, with the etfcci multiplied in pro
nortlon. Geology recognizes no time. We
pay no attention to cataclasms, for time only
is required to affect mighty changes. These
changes are due to nothing in the world but
rain water.
At one time the ground about here was all
one marshy plane, overgrown with enormous
ferns and coniferous trees that formed our
magnificent Pittsburg vein of coal, that has
not, I verily believe, an equal In all the world
for burning and case in mining. A man can
take a pick over his shoulder and go to any of
the surrounding hills and dig ont a bucketful
for hnn-elf.
We see layers of rock about us on every side,
with each layer at the samolevel, nomatter the
vallejs between. This can lead us to but one
conclusion that is, at one time rocks were
piled where this city now stands 400 feet above
our heads. You may ask what great convul
sion of nature did this. No convulsion at alL
It was done simply by drops of water.
What has become of this land carried away
by the n vers can easily be explained. Take the
delta of the Mississippi river as an example.
The mud or sediment deposited at the delta In
one j ear is
EQDAL TO A SOLID BLOCK
272 feet high and one mile square. How much
then would it amount to in I0J years, or 10,000
years. At one time the Allegheny river ran 200
feet high above Allegheny City. I nave traced
the course of this river of ages ago, as can bo
plainlv shown by the hills about it, and some
times it deflects almost miles from its present
course. The bottom of that river rested on the
present top of Troy HilL Then the deflection
can easily be traced up the river by a graceful
bend instead of by the present abrupt curve.
1 Oakland is now right ou the place that river
used to pass oicr, and so it is up and down the
rivers, their effects in forming levels and cut
ting in the hills may easily be traced.
Liberal applause was given this speaker
by the good sized audience present, and E.
G. Matson, M. D., then, by the means of
charts and explanation, showed the intrica
cies of the human stomach and explained
its action in disposing of food.
TEI-STATE KEW8.
Condensed Special Dispatches From Sur
rounding Communities That Are Tribu
tary t,o rittsbnrc.
Erie is harvesting a big crop of ice, and ice
boatmen are enjoying good sport.
Two companies have been organized to build
bridges between Beaver Falls and New Brigh
ton. The Pittsburg and Bclievernon Railroad
will be opened for passenger business between
McKeesport and Elizabeth on the ISth Inst.
THE new chapter house of Alpha of Pennsyl
vania, of the Sigma Phi f raternitjfwas formally
opened last night at Bethlehem with brilliant
ceremonies.
Joseph Boyd, 35 years old, single, and a
machinist at the National Tube Works
dropped dead from heart disease at McKees
port last night
Mrs. Charles DONLEY.of East Bean street,
Washington, was badly and probably fatally
burned yesterday. Her clothing caught from
a grate while dusting the mantel.
McKeesport churches and temperance or
ganizations have appointed a committee of 15
to attend the Constitutional amendment con
vention in Pittsburg, where a delegate to the
State convention will be chosen.
The robbery at Arlington, whereby Osman
was relieved of 51,000, continues to cause great
excitement in the neighborhood. It is now said
the perpetrators came from Findlay, and of
ficers are endeavoring to run them down.
Detectives Johison and Smith, of Scran
ton, visited Reading esterday and gleaned im
portant information respecting the where
abouts of the murderers of Policeman Ellis,
who was shot to death by tramps in that city
several weeks ago.
Sometime ago Thomas F. Bradenbaugb, a
Columbia drug clerk, was convicted at Lancas
ter of involuntary manslaughter foi causing
the aeatb of a man to whom be sold morphia
instead of quinine. Yesterday he was sen
tenced to 20 days imprisonment.
The employes at all the blast furnaces in this
vicinltj and throughout the Mahoning valley
were notified yesterday that their wages would
be reduced 10 per cent, commencing the ISth
inst Last November an advanvc was given of
10 per cent, and the reduction restores w ages to
their former basis.
A jjozeit boys were arrested at Reading yes
terday on the charge of stealing coal from the
Beading Iron Works and private coal jards.
This, they testified, thev sold to bakers, who
gave theih i cents a bucket for it. Knowing it to
have been stolen. The boys and Charles fcgner,
one of the accused bakers, were held for court.
Other arrests will be made.
THE Braddock township primaries yester
day resulted in the nomination of Fred W. Ed
wards for Justice of the Peace; Constable, A
L. Best; Supervisors, David Bradford and John.
W. Hannah: Assessor, D. S. Elliot; School Di
rectors, H. J. Bo We and II. E. Stewart, Esq ;
Tax Collector. W. J. Vance; Tieasurer, D. li.
Little. Clerk, R. P.. McCurdj ; Auditor, C. F.
Larkins.
Frank E. Woods, editor of the Krie
Graphic, was sued for criminal libel for alleg
ing that Charles E. Rick, an agricultural ma
chinery agent, had forged a note. The indict
ment was ignored yesterdaj by the grand jury
and the costs placed on Rick, who had no
money and had to go to jail. Woods then
made an information against Rick for forgery,
and Rick is in jail awaiting a hearing.
The town of Sharpsvillc, ncir bh.iron, has a
Woman's Christian Temperance Union which
will not only do active work fortbe prohibition
amendment, but which has decided to boycott
all theatrical troupes which j lsit the town, and
use ever) influence to keep Their friends and
acquaintances from attending the perform
ances. 1 his action of the ladies has caused
something of a sensation.
Advance News for Monday.
Nine is an odd number. A very odd one,
but that's the figure which we intend shall
make things lively around our stores on
Monday. For to-morrow only we place on
our counters about 225 elegant tailor-made
suits, comprising imported cheviots, fancy
worsteds, globe cassimeres and corkscrew
diagonals, superbly made and lined, with
the finest of silk finished serge, at the quick
selling price ol $9. In the regular course
of trade these suits would go for $25 and $30,
but we want to sell 'em all to-morrow and
our price is ?9. This is our first suit sale of
the season and is for Monday only.
P. C. C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the new Court House.
iprctnl Welch nnd Dlnmond bale
This week. Call early and secure bargains.
Elgin watches $6 and upward. Genuine
diamond rings $4 and upward, at Hauch's,
No. 295 Fifth aveuue. Established 1853.
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MUST PATUP IN FULL
A Bill to Compel Firo Insurance Com
panies to Pay the Insured
THE FACE VALUE 'OP POLICIES
Where the Property isjEntirelj Destroyed
by the Flames.
A CONDEMNED MDRDERER REPR1ETED.
The Grangers Still Working Hard for Their Dressed
MeatBilL
The bill to compel the payment of the
face value of policies on property totally
destroyed by fire is agitating the insurance
companies. The legislators take the ground
that if the companies take premiums for
any amount they should be held responsible
for that sum in the event of fire. The exe
cution of George Clark, the condemned
murderer, has been postponed for six weeks
to give the Supreme Court time to act on
his appeal.
FROM A STAFF COBKESrONDENT.l
Harrisbukg, February 9. On Wednes
day the Insurance Committee of the House
will give a hearing to representatives of fire
insurance companies who want to tell how
wrong it is for the Legislature to pass a law
compelling these companies to pay the face
value of a policy on property totally de
stroyed by fire.
There is a pronounced and unmistakable
feeling, however, among members of the
House of Representatives that the bill
ought to go through, and that if an insur
ance company doesn't want to pay the full
face of a policy, it shouldn't receive pre
miums on it. Some members say they
would be satisfied with a law that would
compel a return of the premiums on the
difference between the unpaid value and
the face of the policy during the time it has
been in force, but they are quite ready to
support the present bill.
WOULD SOON LEARN.
Others say the hill as it stands suits them
perfectly, and that the insurance agent
should know what he is doing when he in
sures a property. If he does not, they say,
his company will get rid of him after a few
sharp lessons.
Such members of the House as Eepresen-
tative Brooks, on the, Republican side, and
Representative "Wherry, on the Democratic
side, are ardent supporters of the measure,
aud the opinion of each has great weight
wih his party associates in the House. If
necessary they will make a strong fight for
the bill.
If the insurance companies defeat the
bill, they will have to do it in the Senate,
where good measures frequently fail, and to
which the House often sends bad measures
it would like to see knocked out, but is
afraid to kill for reasons of its own.
The wiles of insurance agents in the coun
try districts was a topic dwelt on this after
noon by Judge Brinker, of Clarion, to an
interested audience of members who have
remained in Harrisbnrg for the purpose ol
thoroughly saturating themselves with rest.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
The Judge, though he takes hut little part
in the open proceedings of the Hoftse, is a
man of good, hard sense, whose opinion car
ries weight. He has accumulated wealth
during a life of industry, has served as Com
missioner, Treasurer and Associate Judge
in Clarion county, and is now representing
his county in the Legislature for the second
time. ,
"While talking on the subject this after
noon he cited a number of cases that had
come within his own knowledge, in which,
after a farmer had stated the value of the
property he desired insured, the agent had
persuaded him it was too low a figure and
induced him to raise it Invariably, when
the property burned down, the insurance
adjuster who came to settle up reduced the
figure to something like the original esti
mate of the farmer, who was thus out the
premium on the value inflated into the
property by the agent Others knew of
similar cases and told about them with the
result of strengthening each other's resolve
to demand the measure as it now stands.
Simpson.
PREHISTORIC PIONEERS.
A State Archaeological Survey to be lUado In
the Interest of the Mound Builders. '
TFKOM A STAFF COKnESPONDKNT.
Haebisbtjeg, February 9. Dr. Hind
ecach, of Bucks county, who is one of the
most cultured and intelligent members of
the House', is taking great interest in a bill
to provide for a State Archaeological Sur
vey, which he has been successful in hav
ing favorably reported from the Committee
on Geological Survey after a hard fight. It
is not generally known that in at least four
counties of Pennsylvania evidence exists of
the presence of the prehistoric man, or the
mound-builders. In Fayette, Lycoming,
Bucks and Monroe there can now be
found, and in tolerable preservation, the
traces of the caves, and stone implements of
the race which preceded the Indian. Dr.
Hindenach's bill makes an appropriation of
a few thousand dollars to defray the expense
oi compiling a State work containing a de
scription of these ancient ruins, with litho
graphic views, and also of the remaining
traces of Indian life in the State.
Dr. Hindenach says in Durham township,
Bucks county, there is a prehistoric cave
divided into several rooms. It is situated
near an iron furnace and is gradually being
destroyed by the ore digging. He is anx
ious that the Historical Society should lend
a helping hand in securing the passage of
the bills. In this connection it can also be
stated that Senator .Harlan has a bill which
has likewise run the gauntlet of the com
mittee making an appropriation of $3,600
for a collection of the birds and animals of
the State. This sum is to include the en
tire cost of the work, which is to be com
pleted within two ycais.
IX NO HURSX.
The Sennte Is Not Anxious for an Early
Ailjonrnracnt.
rrROM A STAFF COHBESFONDENT.
Haeeisbuko, February 9. A change
has come over the spirit of the legislative
dream of adjournment, antl the Senate is
understood to be the cause of it Last
session, when a time of adjournment was
fixed, the House refused to recede lrom the
date, and permitted 150 Senate bills to fail
for want of action. The Senate wants it
understood this time that it isn't in any
hurry, and unless something happens the
session will be a long one.
A BRIEF RESPITE.
George Clark's Execution for Murder Post
poned for Six Weeks.
TFROM A STAFF COBRKSrONDEVT.J
Harrisbdbg, February 9. The State
Department will on Monday issue a respite
to George Clark, who is under sentence of
death in Greene county. The date of his
execution was fixed for February 20, and the
time is extended to April 30 because the
Supreme Court has not yet passed on a writ
of error cairied up to it.
And Less to Divide.
tFROM A STAFF COUEESrOXDKXT.3
Habbisburo, February 9. Representa
tive Campbell, of Fayette, will introduce a
bill to increase the number of notaries pub
lic and reduce the fees.
WHO DEFEATED THE GRANGERS' BILL?
Senator Quay Blnined With Working
Agaluit It 3Initee Favored It.
TFROM A STAFF COItKESPONDENT.1
Habbisburo, February 9. The Harris
burg correspondent of the Philadelphia
Bulletin says this of the defeat of the
grangers' meat hill:
It was not until Thursday that Mr.Taggart,
who was handling the resolution, gave up the
contest and admitted that he was beaten.
Even then fie held on to the slender thread of
hope that something would turn up to swing
the sentiment around to the side of the bill.
The resolution lacked 23 votes, and there were
47 absentees. Had there been a full vote it is
probable that the grangers would have been
able to have crowed over the victory.
Their leaders are terribly sore over the de
feat, and are disposed to lay the blame upon
the shoulders of the State Republican leaders.
Senator Quay is being freely quoted as having
disapproved the bill, aud the solid vote of Phil
adelphia's members in the negative seems to
give color to the report. Chris Magee,
upon the other hand, was in favor
of it and the Allegheny members
almost to a man voted in favor
of placing the bill upon the calendar. The
statements can be reliably made, however, that
the vote of j esterday was not a fair test of the
strength of the measure, and that even had it
passed the IIouso it would have been checked
in the Senate, where its constitutionality was
seriously questioned by the lawyers of that
body. The Pennsylvania Railroad held en
tirely aloof from the bill.
STILL IN THE RING.
Tbo Grangers Continao to Agitate Their
Dressed Meiit BUI.
rrROM A STAFF COKBESPOJtDEXT.I
Habbisbubg, February 9. The grang
ers are not yet dead, and have not given up
their meat bill. One that is a counterpart
of Eepresentative Taggart's measure was re
ported negatively this week from the Judi
ciary General Committee, and an effort will
be made to place it on tne calendar.
The intention seems to 'be to keep the
members dodging. Many of them are placed
in a very delicate position, and have re
ceived strong petitions from their constitu
ents on each side. Counties which have
large manufacturing or mining, as well as
agricultural populations, naturally divide
on the subject, and legislators who repre
sent such constituencies find themselves be
tween satan and the sea, with no woods in
sight.
MIKE ON THE STAND.
Ho Now Says Thnt He Only Fired at the
Ground and tho Air Ho Complete
ly Breaks Down The Other
Fiends Captured in Italy.
"Wilkesbarbe, February 9. At the
trial ot Red Nosed Mike to-day, the blood
stained murderer took the stand. His story
was the narration of one of the most
terrible crimes ever executed by human
hands. His bearing on the stand at times
was indicative of that bravado and confi
dence that must have belonged to his guilty
heart from the start, but when in his story
he came to the shooting of the two innocent
men he completely broke down.
His swarthy complexion became pale as
death and bitter tears conrsed in a steady
stream down his cheeks.- His voice wa's
choked. It was a complete break
down. He managed, however, to say
that he took no part in killing.
"I held back," he said. "WhenBeverino
and Tilleli shot the paymaster and Flana
gan I was standing about 20 feet behind
them. Beverino said, 'Mike, if you do not
hurry and help us we will kill you.' I
then raised my gun and fired four or five
shots in the air. This is all I did."
He denied shooting at McClure or Flana
gan, and also said he did not shoot the
horse. On being questioned as to whether
he had heard that statement in his confes
sion which was read in court last night, he
replied: "Yes, sir: but there are a very few
words in it that I did not say. The reason
I made a statement to Captain Linden was
because he had promised to help me, and I
believed him."
At 5:30 o'clock both sides rested and the
court adjourned until 7o'elock this evening,
wheh the attorneys proceeded with the ar
gument, which lasted several hours. It is
learned this afternoon that the accomplices
of Red Nosed Mike Beverino and Villeli
have been captured in Italy. A private
dispatch to that effect is known to have
reached the attorney for the prosecution and
Captain Linden. The prisoners are to be
brought here as soon as possible.
Whose Hnis Do Yon Wear?
Bennett's,
Corner Wood st. and Fifth ave.
I find them the best.
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dozen cabinet photos, all for the small" sum
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Pittsburg. Come, rain or shine; don't miss
this offer.
Now Is the Time to liny Diamonds, Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry,
Society emblems, K. T. crosses, etc., at
lower prices than ever before. Will re
move from 13 Fifth avenne to420Smithfield
st April 1. Jas. McKee, Jeweler.
Lecture by Eev. Francis McCarthy
(native of Pittsburg) in basement of Cathe
dral this evening at 7:30. Admission 25
cents.
SS, 86 nnd SS Pants.
For a good fitting suit or pants go to
Pitcaibn's Tailoring Eairoiuuii,
tup 434 "Wood street.
Make your selections now while the
stock is complete in Anderson and domestic
zephyrs, Toil du Nord's, sateens, etc.
MWTSU HtJGTJS & HACKE.
Whoso nats Do Yon Wear?
Bennett's,
Corner Wood st. and Fifth ave.
I find them the best.
Novelties in new dress goods, suitable
for early spring wear.
MWFSU HUGUS & HACKE.
Lecture by Eev. Francis McCarthy
(native of Pittsburg) in basement of Cathe
dral this evening at 7:30. Admission 25
cents.
Gold head canes and fine silk umbrellas;
lowest prices; no charge for engraving, at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth avenne. wrsu
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ow est short weight alum or phosphate now
ders. Sold only tn can ROYAL TJAKING
POWDER CO.,
106"WallSt.N. Y.
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oc5-ml6-2rwrso.
To Secure New Letter Boxes. '
The Postoffice Department has definitely
decided to make a change in the street letter
boxes. What style will be adopted has not
been decided Proposals and models have
been invited by the department. There are
between 400 and 500 letter boxes in this city.
It is necessary to secure a box which will
protect the mail from rain and snow, and
a lock which cannot be easily picked.
Don't Know Each Other.
Many of the traveling passenger and
freight acents in the city do not know each
other. An efiort is being made by some to
form a club or association for purely social
purposes.
The Old Dodors
Drew blood, modern doctors cleanse it ;
henco the increased demand for Altera
tives. It is now well known that most
diseases are due, not to over-abundance,
but to impurity, of the Blood ; and it
Is equally well attested that no blood
medicine is so efficacious as Ayer'a
Sarsaparilla.
" One of my children had a laige sore
break out on the leg. Wo applied
simple remedies, for a while, thinking
the sore would shortly heal. But it grew
worse. "We sought medical advice, and
were told that an alterative medicine
was necessary. Ajer's Sarsaparilla
being
Recommended
above all others, we used it with mar
velous results. The sore healed and
health and strength rapidly returned."
J. J. Armstrong, Weimar, Texas.
"I find Ayer's Sarsaparilla to ba an
admirable remedy for the cure of blood
diseases. I prescribe it, and it does the
work every time." E. L. Pater, M. D.,
Manhattan, Kansas.
"AVe have sold Ayer's Sarsaparilla
here for over thirty years and always
recommend it when asked to name the
best Wood-purifier." W. T. McLean,
Druggist, Augusta, Ohio.
"Ayer's medicines continue to ho tho
Standard remedies in spite of all com
petition." T. "W. Eichmond, Bear
Lake, Mich.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
PREPARED BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price $1; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle.
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-FURNITURE!-
Those who contemplate buying
Furniture would do well to call on
us to examine our new spring
goods, arriving every day. The
finest goods that we ever have
shown.
N. B. Odd pieces and Fancy
Chairs, left from the holidays, sold
at liberal discounta
MEER, CLOSE &J0HNS,
630 Smithfield Street,
PITTSBTJBG, PA.
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PRIVATE SALE beginning Tuesday, February 12,
and ending Saturday, February 23d.
AUCTION SALE beginning Monday, February 25,
and continuing DALLY until all the goods are
sold.
We inaugurate the Private Sale prior to the Auction Sale for the
convenience of those who do not care to attend Public Auction Sales.
Goods will be remarked and sold regardless of cost price.' Do not miss
this sale. You will never have such an opportunity again. Come at
once.
In justice to our many patrons who have been trading with us in
this particular line of goods, we wish to say that on account of our
large and increasing business in the Grocery line, we find it impossible
to give the sale of Japanese Goods the necessary time and attention, and
for this reason only we have decided to quit handling the goods and de
vote our entire attention to the sale of Groceries. As already stated our
Grocery business is increasing rapidly, owing largely to our increased
facilities and room adapted for handling goods. We can now lay claim
to having the handsomest and best arranged Family Grocery in the
United States.
WM. HASLAGE & SON
SELECT FAMILY GROCERS,
1 8 Diamond, (Market Square).
JAPANESE GOODS,
At No. io Sixth Street,
HOW OFTEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE
(ESPECIALLY YOUNG MARRIED COUPLES) .
Iifirf Wiere is tlio Best
PICKERING'S
Is the Place Beyond All Others.
First Because everythinj; is strictly one-price to all.
Second Because you will find the largest assortment and the finest lines of medium
and fine Furniture in the city.
Third Because anyone can buy on the easiest terms possible.
Fourth Because the prices ure the lowest in the country.
Filth Because we treat all with the utmost fairness, politeness and attention.
Sixth Because we cheerfully refund money on all purchases which, by any chance
whatever, prove unsatisfactory.
AVe don't quote nonsensical "fake" prices in the papers to induce you to come into
our store and then claim we've just sold out the goods advertised. No, no I You'll find
us as straight as a shingle in all our business transactions. If anv other Household
Goods Furnishing Store in this or any other city can do better than we can to their cus
tomers, we want to know it, nnd the sooner you find out lor yourselves that they can
not, the better it'll be for jou, and you'll patronize the
OLD RELIABLE HOUSE,
COB. TEIsTTS: .AJSTD IFIElsnET.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
GET 'EM OUT
AND NO FOOLING.
8oo Men's Suits Worth $20,
This week
This week
500 Men's 0'Coats,Worth $20,
This week O0
This week )(),
Hats, Furnishings, Boys'
Clothing, Ladies' Cloaks and
Wraps. Prices cut in two.
SALLER & CO.,
Corner Diamond and SmiiMeM Streets,
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A complete assortment of Optical Goods.
The best stock of Artificial Eyes. Spectacles
and Eye Glasses in gold, silver, steel, shell and
aluminum frames. Glas3es and frames per
fectly adjusted at
KORNBLUWS Optician Store,
jal3-MTWTrsuwk No. 37 Fifth ave.
J. DIAMOND, Optician,
22 Slxtli Street, nttslmrg.
Spectacles and Eyeglasses correctly adjusted
to erery defect Of sight. Field and Opera
Glasses. Telescopes, Microscopes, Barometers,
Thermometers, etc.
ARTIFICIAL EYES made to order.
l(nd -warratitpil AlwavA nn hflnrl a
large and complete stock. ja6-TTSSn
DI!IB9 UHBIT Painlessly cored In lO to 20
riUrn ilHDI I Days, Sanitarium or Borne
Treatment. Trial Free. No Cure. No Pay.
The Hdiuns Bxmesy Co, La Fayette. Ind.
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RESORTS.
Atlantic City.
THE WINDSOR
REOPENED FEBRUARY L 18S9.
Extensive alterations have been completed.
Hot and cold sea-water baths attached. Every
room heated by steam. G. WATERS.
WM. E. COCHRAN.Chlef Clerk. feo-Cl-rrssu
THE ISLESWORTH, I
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.
On the beach, sea end of Virginia avenne.
Steam heat, electric bells. Will open Febru
ary U,18i9.
jal3-72-MWFSU BUCK & McCLELLAN.
OLD POINT COMFORT,
VIRGINIA..
HYGEIA HOTEL.
100 yards from FortMonroe; open all the year,
accommodates 1,000 guests; admirable location;
delightful climate; thrilling historic surround
ings. Turkish, Russian. Roman, Electric and
HOT SEA baths, the latter especially beneficial
in rheumatic troubles. Music by tho famous
Artillery School Band. Glass-inclosed verandas.
Average temperature for winter 4S. Absolutely
free from malaria. All things considered, the
most comforatable and delightful resort at
which to spend the winter mouths in the United
States. Send for descriptive pamphlet.
noZ7-ylO-TuSu F. N. PIKE, Manager.
. $26,000.
PRIVATE and PUBLIC
AUCTION SALE
Japanese Goods
near Suspension Bridge.
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NEW' ADTERTISEMESTS.
NOW WHAT
$7 50
SEVEN and
A HALF.
-WILL BUY YOUR CHOICE THIS WEEK FROM-
2,500 Men's FineSnilsand Overcoats,
Worth $15, $16 and $17,
KAUF
:. GEEAT
HOUSE-CLE
Since our inauguration of this sale there has been a continuous
and brisk demand for our finest grades of Men's Suits and Over
coats, leaving on our counters altogether too many regular $15, $16
and $17 garments. But no matter what the former price may have
been or what the actual value is, we now invite you to come in and
take the one among these superio r Suits and Overcoats that you
like the best for the small sum of $ 7 50. No man, who'll need a
Suit or Overcoat between now and next June, should fail to grasp
this rare chance and profit by these splendid values and (almost)
give-away prices.
GENTLEMEN, WHEN T0U CAN BUT
A warm Ulster for $7 50, worth over $15;
A Dress Suit for $7 50, worth over $15;
A Business Suit for $7 50, worth over $15;
A Dress Overcoat for $7 50, worth over $15;
Any one of' which is well made, honest through and through, and is
as good every way as many clothiers will sell during the coming
week from 15 to 18. Don't you think that Now's a pretty good
time for you to buy?
There's many a man wearing a shabby Suit and a still shabbier
Overcoat who, if they'd take the time to drop in and look at these
bargain wonders, would go home dressed up in a manner that would
. rather pleasantly surprise their better half 1 You know that the best
and most desirable'll be the first to go! Why not, then, come tomorrow?
HERE'S AIOTHEE STARTLER !
$2 50
TWO and
A HALF.
-WILL BUY YOUR CHOICE THIS WEEK FROM-
3,000 Boys' Suits antl Overcoats,
Worth $4 50, $5 and $5 50.
Our spring stock of Juvenile Clothing will soon commence to
arrive, and, unless we succceed in emptying our counters of present
goods, we'll be at a loss to know where to display the new styles.
Our stock of $4 50, 5 and $5 50 garments being especially large
we have cut them down in proportion.
PARENTS, WHEN YOU CAN BUY
A Boy's fine Overcoat for $2 50, worth $4 50;
A Child's nobby Overcoat for $2 50, worth $4 50
A Boy's handsome Suit for $2 50, worth $4 50;
A beautiful Kilt Suit for $2 50, worth $4 50;
the same identical goods which other houses now sell at the reduced
(?) price of $5 or $6, doesn't it seem to you as if this were the
proper time to fit out the youngsters?
Your boy may not now be in need of a new Suit (or Overcoat),
but it won't be long, no doubt, before he will, and, then, you'll have
to pay far more than present prices. So, why not make your pur
chase now? It will pay you to attend this sale, if you live 50 or roo
miles away from the city.
STILL THEY COME! MORE, MORE BARGAINS!
OUR SPECIAL SALE
-or-
FINE STAR SHIRT WAISTS
and other celebrated brands, preparatory to unpacking our new
spring stock, will take place this week. Mothers, it doesn't take
much money at this sale to supply your boys with first-class Shirt
Waists..
Boys' good Shirt Waists for 19c, worth 50c;
Boys' excellent Shirt "Waists for 39c, worth 75c;
Boys' very fine Shirt Waists for 50c, worth 98c;
Boys' finest Shirt Waists for 74c, worth $1 39.
Come Quick!
THESE BARGAIN'S WILL
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KAUF
FIFTH AVE, and
DO YOU SAY?
$7 50
-AT-
Come Early!
GO LIKE THE WIND.
- $
SMITHFIELD ST. ,
MANNS
$2 50
MANNS,
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