rwwrwpi.jiJLiijTi KiM.3 THE, PHftSBURG- DISPATCH, " STJNDAY, AUGUST ' 25, - 1889. TT 1 !IJLW J . Tf 3 'THEY LACK EXERCISE Chief Evans Points Ont Where the Fire System is Deficient. GYMNASIUMS ARE SADLY HEEDED To Keep the Unemployed Firemen in First Class Condition. SOME COMPANIES HATE A CALL LEILL The examination of firemen as to their physical condition, which has just been completed by Dr. Mercnr, calls general at tention to the fireman's life, and the oppor tunities which he has for exercise and the cultivation of his muscle. Dr. Mercur has still two or three firemen to examine, and he has not turned over to Chief Brown any of the findings made by liim. This will be done in two or three days. The examinations looked to the gen eral physical condition of the employes of the Bureau of Fire. Investigation was made as to whether a man was suffering from any organic disease. The height and weight were taken, and his weigh must, within specified limits, correspond with his height The man's muscular development is likewise considered in a general way. Chief Evans said yesterday that he had not heard anything as to the results of the ex aminations, and had no idea what they re vealed as to the general condition of the members of the bureau. In regard to the life of a fireman and his chances for exer cise, Chief Evans said: "His vocation has a natural tendency to make him lazy. Sometimes a company will not have a run for several days. I have known a company not to be called out for two weeks. "When it is called ont, the work must be done with rapidity. The men need good wind and endurance. "When not called out, the firemen really have very little to do except to sit about the house. Some men never grow laiy, and will exercise them selves. Others are born lazy and never get over it It is pretty hard to drive such men to exercise. "Many of the companies have dumb-bells, Indian clubs and striking bags. Some bouses have none. No regular system of exercise has been prescribed by the bureau, but it would be a good thing. The trouble is, however, that yon cannot drive some men to such work. "We are now getting ready to reorganize the department, and we do cot want to retain men who are too in dolent to keep themselves in good physical condition. A large majority of our men, I may say, take regular daily exercise, but there are a good many who do not TVHEEE riKEMEN LIVE. "A gymnasium for the police bureau has been fitted up on the top floor of No. 3 house on Seventh avenue. It is in the room where the police emergency sqnad sleeps. The members of that fire company have the privilege of using it, but, ol course, it will not do the firemen of other companies any good. They are not allowed to leave their bouses except for their meals. A fireman is supposed to be always on duty, day and night A policeman is on duty during cer tain hours only, and be can visit the gym nasium almost daily, it he desires. A fire man is allowed an hour to go to his home for his meal. He cannot, therefore, live very far away from the engine house. In these days, when we have cable cars, he can live further away than in former years. A fireman, however, has plenty of time to take exercise at the engine house during the day. The tthletic apparatus in the various houses be longs to the boys. The city has so far done "jotliing in that direction. Hereafter we ean to encourage such things more and ore. "The boys are permitted to play games in their bouses, such as cards, checkers and dominoes. "We do not permit any games to be played for money, and I am satisfied that none are played." For some time a fewo! thecomnanipi Im-o been in the habit of training in preparing for a run. usually at 3 o'clock in the after noon. The horses are liberated, thev are hitched up, the men mount and dismount, and all maneuvers are performed which are required when an alarm is rung. The ob ject of this drill is to perlect the men's rapidity and precision ot action. The good results of this drill by a few of the com panies were shown in the tests made by First Assistant Chief Steel, Friday afternoon, as the companies accustomed to the practice made -decidedly better time than the others. A feature of the reorganization of the department will be a reauirement that this drill shall be per formed by each company in the bureau every afternoon. It has been suggested by some of the officials that automatic whip's thall be put into the stalls to whip the horses the instant the alarm rings. The captains of companies are inclined to dis courage this innovation, savins that thv do not need it, and that it might cause their horses to become unmanageable. The police gymnasium fitted up on the top floor of No. 3 house, on Seventh avenue, is equipped with dumbbells, clubs ana striking bsgs. There is no room, on account of the beds, for parallel or horizontal bars. The firemen or that company, heretofore, nave had their own Indian clubs and bells. Captain James HcFadden says that his men have been accustomed to exercise reg ularly. There actual fire wort has hereto fore given the members of this company a great deal of serious exercise. Captain Mo i'adden said: "Prior to this year we averaged 28 to 30 runs a month, or nearly one a day. Of course, on some days there would be two or three, and at other times there would not be a call for two or three days. During the last six months we have averaged only 10 or 11 runs a month. "Why this is I can't tell you." THEY HAVE A CAM, DBIXL. No. 3 has the daily call drill, and is one of the quick companies. Its horses have a good distance to run, and it is further han dicapped by the fact that three horses must run up its central aisle. The house con tains three apparatus, on one side of the floor the engine and the hose cart and on the other side the ladder truck. At a trial yes terday aiternoon the horses were hitched, from a standing position beside the pole, .the men were mounted and the engine ready to spring irom me house in four seconds. Captain McFadden is one of the men de cidedly opposed to an automatic whip. "With the boys of No. 3 the favorite games lire euchre and seven-up. Five or six years ago cribbage was popular, but it has been drooped. With No. 2 company the games are seven-up and hearts. The boys of that company have a game which is a'lively va riation oa the game of seven-up. They use red and white chips in counting. A red chip goes for a game or seven points, and a white chip indicates one point "When a player has his jaek caught he loses seven ioints, either a red cbipor seven white ones, n a series of games this lends a lively feat ure to the game, at least, the boys say that it does. The members of No. 2, on Stnithfield street, are a setof muscular and well-trained men. Captain Michael Hannigan is proud of thera. On the third floor of the engine bouse a little gymnasium has been ar ranged. A hitting-bag hangs from the cen ter of the ceiling, and there are Indian clubs, dumb-bells, heavy weights and box ing gloves. A heavy iron ball for hand, arm and chest exercise is called Mnldoon's ball. The men of that company exercise regularly. At 3 r. M. daily the company has a hitching drill, and has made a run ning hitch in 16J seconds, with a standing bitch In five seconds. At Engine Company No. 1, on lower Fourth avenue, a number of apparatus have been put into the third story. Captain Snyder has put in a rowing machine at his own expense, and he considers it the best thing for muscular develooment that he has. There are also bells and clubs. Cap tain Snyder says that he has not taken much pains to fix up his house because he expects a new building will be erected next year. No. 1 has the horse and engine drill at 3 o'clock every aiternoon. Concerning the relative advantages of different kinds of athletic tools, Captain Hannigan aaid: "I do not believe much in these heavy dumbbells which weigh 100 pounds and over. They make a man's muscles bard and knotty. A fireman wants elastic muscles. He will be quicker and more enduring. It takes longer to reach a certain strength with light bells and clubs, but the results are better. The man is more supple, and his muscular development is more general." COKE TO GO DP. Operator. Will A.k 81 25 Per Ton After September 1. On September 1 the price of coke will go Up to $1 25 pr ton. The furnacemen bave been notified, and some of them are trying to get in out of the wet, but the operators re fuse to make large contracts. Yesterday it was authoritatively announced that the price would go up, but few consumers will be able to take advantage of the advance. They have been trying to make contracts for SI coke since the strike was settled, but the operators held them off. The coke operators claim that even if they did not have to pay more for labor, the con dition of the iron market warranted an ad vance in coke. The demand for the article is good, and the objection from the furnace men will not have much weight It is not known yet whether all the larger operators will advance the price or not, as they will not disclose their intentions. There is con siderable talk from them that they cannot advance the price on acconnt of long con tracts. In this case it will be a fight be tween the larger and the smaller operators. BELTZHOOYER AGITATED, Became Two of Her Prominent Citizen Had a Fight. George Oliver, an ex-Councilmnn of Beltzhoover borough, remonstrated very vigorously to Councilman John W. Hall, about certain matters of an official nature. In fact it is alleged that he dispensed with moral suasion and resorted to the manly art Consequently Councilman Hall entered suit for assault and battery against him before 'Squire Barr. Not to be outdone in the matter, Oliver then entered a counter suit on a similar charge against Mr. Hall. Both were ar rested and gave bail for a hearing. The gentlemen are prominent in Beltz hoover, and the suits are at present about as common a subject for conversation as the weather. 1RAMPS IKPEST A CONVENT. Alderman Hartman With Officer Captnre Two of Them. TheFranciscan Sisters on South Fifteenth street, complain that they are annoyed by the number of tramps, that infest the neigh borhood. Last night Alderman Hartman, with officers watched the convent After dark lour tramps came up to the door of the convent, the officers descended upon them. Two of them were secured and taken before the Alderman, who after admonishing them, discharged them. THE INQUEST STILL IN PROGRESS. The Watchman Koilfled Hancjc of a Leak In the Boiler. Coroner McDowell yesterday continued the inquest on the death of Thornton F. Miller. Messrs. Miller testified that the sills of the oil refinery were safe. A. D. Miller, Jr., stated that Watchman Sullivan notified Stillman Hauck that there was a leafciu the boiler. Sullivan said Hauck did not tell him to mind his own business. The inquest will be continued. READY TO BEGIN. Hubbard 3c Co. Have n Larso Ax Plant at Beaver Falls. Messrs. Hubbard & Co., the well-known ax manufacturers, will open their extensive new works at Beaver Falls September 6. These works will be the largest of their kind in the United States. The company wilt be able to turn out 300 dozen axes 'and 200 dozen hoes per day. A force of GOO men will be necessary to run the works. Home From the Resorts. The Baltimore and Ohio express last night brought home a tired crowd ot Pittsbnrgers from the seashore and Bedford Springs. Among those who came from the latter place were Alderman Jteilly and family, ex Councilman James Powers of the Fifth ward, Miss Kate Powers, Michael Coakley, Fred Heil, "William Collins, Jacob Miller and Timothy Brickley. Among those who came from Atlantic City were the family of Alderman C. O'Donnell, of the Ninth ward. Polled a Dirk on Him. Frank Smith charges David Hartman with assault and battery and surety of the peace before Alderman Heinrich. He al leges that they got into a dispute on "Wag ner's farm, in Chartiers township, and that Hartman cut him with a large dirk. Con stable Morgan went to arrest Hartman, but he had heard of the suit and eluded the officer. A French Conple. Alderman Succup married a French conple yesterday, Jean Barbour and Adelie Leclercq, of Cochran station, on the P., Y. & C. read. Neither of the contracting parties could speak English. An interpreter had to be employed. A Delicious Drink, And one that will prove wholesome and JnTirmMfint - wall ie !.. f.mnni KPtl.na." Teer. This brand is made solely by Fran- enheim & Yilsack, and is on draft at all first-class bars. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention." Telephone 1186. Natural Ga Bill. Reduced 75 Per Cent. See our new gas fires, gas ranges, gas stoves, etc.; register your orders for fall de livery. The largest, finest and most complete-assortment of any firm in the world. O'Keefe Gas Appliance Co., 34 Fifth ave. The Exposition Opening;. The Exposition will open next week and your friends and relations from all over the country will be in to see you. Don't bother wUh the baking at such a time; get Marvin's bread, crackers and cakes and be happy. xrssn Nothing Like Them. The cabinet photos taken by Stewart & Co., 90 Federal street, Allegheny, Pa., 13 for JL New Fall Carpet All open and ready for purchasers. The largest line ever opened west of New York City to be found at Edward Groetztnger's carpet palace, G27 and 629 Penn avenue. Best set teeth made only $8. Tafl's Philadelphia Dental Booms, 39 Fifth ave nue. Theee grades 24-inch Plush", 75c, $1 and $1.50, equal in value to what formerly sold at $1, $1.60 and $2 a yard; CO different color ings. Huous & Hacke. Cabinet photos, 89c per doz. Lies' Pop ular Gallery, 10 and 12 Sixth st. ttsu Look at Taft'sgold fillings at $1 and up, WHAT CHINESE EAT. They Like a Bat-.Shaped Cucumber liaised on Keville's Island, FORTOCHTHEYPAYAGOODPEICE Chicken- and Other Dainties Are Found on Their Menus. Often A PEOPLE WHO FARE SUMPTUOUSLY The heathen Chinee may be an opium soaked leper, may be addicted to tricks that are vain, may be a supplanter and ruining the country by his alleged propensity to labor for nothing and board himself, and be useless as a consumer, but these charges will not stick to those who live in this city. They may be addicted to gambling and opium smoking, but they do notwork under price, and the testimony of those who pur vey for them is that their food is ot a character that only well-paid workers can buy. They live largely in cellars, it is true, but they aref extremely unfortunate if they do not dine sumptuously every day. They are very fond of "chicken fixens" and poultry generally, and dealers say they are very scrupulous in choice, and insist on the best They are close dealers, and huckster considerably, bnt will pay outside prices rather than miss what they want, and they stand out for full price for laundry work. J. "W. Brown, of Neville Island, has se cured a lucrative trade with the Celestials in the matter of cucumbers, a vegetable of which they are very fond, but the variety they use is not that generally cultivated in this country. Only Mr. Brown and one of his relatives grow them. It is AN ODD-LOOKING VEGETABLE and by a strange coincidence has a shtpe resembling that of the Chinaman's reputed favorite dish, the rodent The outline of the body strongly resembles that ofthe animal named, and they have acaudai ex tenuation six or eight inches long stroigly resembling a rat's tail. Mr. Brown states tbat the Celestials chop the vegetable ffery fine and use it as a dressing for poultry! It is a rather expensive vegetable, being small and selling from 25 to 50 cents a dozer, ac cording to the time of year. Mr. Brown states that he sells tbemalone to the Chinese, and that they take abbut a bushel and a half a day. He got the seed from Cincinnati, but finds the soil of Neville Island well adapted to the cultivation' of the vegetable. It would not likely pay any other raiser to attempt the capture ef Mr. Brown's trade, for his long connection with the laundrymen has given him A MONOPOLY, and the appearance of the vegetable would not recommend it to the American palate, thongh possibly all tbat is needed to mace it popular is acquaintance. Might it not possibly be advan tageous for Americans to study the Chinese more than they have been? They are doubtless somewhat slow to origin ate, even though they were acquainted with some of our arts when our ancestors were using their enemies' skulls for drinking cups. It has been reported that the Chinese ate pork raw for 70,000 years before they ac cidentally discovered the bliss contained in roast pig, but the nation is so verv old that it may possibly nave Knowledge that would be useful to energet'c Columbians. If hap piness be our being's end and aim, as Pope asserts, certainly the Chinese have learned how to get a large share of it on limited cap ital. STOPPING AT ANT1ETAM. Knapp'a Battery Will Go to Gettysburg September 9. Knapp'a Battery will leave for Gettys burg in a special train over the Baltimore and Ohio road at 8 A. si. September 9. A meeting will be held in the Union Veteran Legion Hall next Saturday evening to com plete arrangements. Going they will stop at Antietam and re turn by way of Baltimore and "Washington, stopping at Harper's Ferry. i The Sixty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers met last night and decided to go to Gettys-i bure over the Pennsylvania road, leaving' from the Union Depot at 8 A. u. September 10. They will go as a regimental organiza tion, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Acting Chair man, and George A. Cassidy Secretary. They will meet again Saturday, Septem- Der t. It has been decided that tickets are good on either the Pennsylvania or Baltimore and Ohio roads from Pittsburg. WHITHER HAVE THEI GONE? A Married Man and Toons' Lndy MIisIntT From the Sootbslde. Last Monday night Andrew Alcorn, a young married man of the Southside, disap peared. Miss Sadie "Wilson has been miss ing since also, and the friends of the latter say that the pair have gone to Cincinnati. The girl's father confirmed the report last evening, and everybody who knows the family feel very sorry. Mr. "Wilson formerly worked for Jones & Laughlins. He is old now and quite ill. Aiding the Hospitals. A meeting of the Distributing Commit tee of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association was held at the Homeopathic Hospital yesterday afternoon for the pur pose of distributing among the hospitals forming the association the money collected by it The following distribution was made: west Penn Hospital, $1,524 16; Homeopa thic Hospital. $895 48; Allegheny General Hospital, J505 8L Total, $2,925 45. His Very Latest. NOTICE. BOorf AQE.NT.S PEDDLERSiVBEttAHS ATt NOTAUONUIIN jr3THH 0TflCE.t Gentlemanly Stranger I would like to speak to Mr. Threads a few moments on business. (Thirty-seven seconds later) I can let you have any one of these elegantly bound volumes, magnificently illustrated, sold by suDscripuou oniy, at tne apsuraiy low price Ol CIC, !. UCX rA I l TV i juVt"5S i.'j UMs8i fifty FOR ABSENT-MINDED MEN. An Invention That Will .Help Them to Remember Their Errands. Atlanta Constitution. An Atlanta man has found a boon to wives who have forgetful husbands. That is a "reminder" check. The check is shaped like a five-pointed star, and is ar ranged on a dial in such a way that the points can be made to restupon the different inscriptions upon the dial. "When Mr. Forgeteverything starts to his office in the morning he is handed his check, arranged for the day. This he puts in his pantaloons pocket, where, being a thoroughgoing Amer ican, he is sure to touch it some time during the morning. He sees that point 1 rests upon "soft-shelled crabs," "tacks," "beef brains," "sourmilk," or whatever hi8,11' ter-half most desires. In the center of the star is a small celluloid plate, on which he finds written directions as to other articles which he must take home with him. The face or the dial bears the names of adeemed variety of articles everything from a needle to a cradle, from a parlor rug to a washtub. Each of the other four points of the star bears a tender motto. Point two is illu minated by the familiar text, this time in old Eoman letters, "Love the Giver. Point three bears the touching but pertinent sentence, "This is Not Club Night,' the "not" in the largest letters possible. Point four is decorated with "What is Home "Without a Father." The fifth point is left blank for the owner's name. The inventor and patentee of this "reminder check' is an Atlanta stencil manufacturer. He has mide them in different designs, but com. puins that they are not very popular, men don't take to them. The HE CAN SAYE MONEY NOW. Too Many Chance to Lend When He Wore JeneU and Fine Clothes. Cblcaico Herald.: An advertising man connected with one of the morning papers used to appear at his office resplendent with rich jewelry and daz zle the eyes of his associates thereby. Re cently he has discarded this display, and now he appears with a shoestring watch guard attached to a Waterbury chronometer and with no gems decorating his person. As it is known that his income has by no means been curtailed, he was asked the other day by a friend whether he had con cluded to lay up his treasurers in heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt and where thieves do not break in and steal. "Although I am doing something in that line," he said "I have discarded my jewelry for another reason. Old friends who are down at the heel used to notice my elabor ate display of precious stones and use that as a pretense to come and 'touch' me 'lor small loans, which they would 'return in the morning.' Had I believed implicily in 'their promises life would have been one con tinual night to me, as the morning or the friends did not materialize. I found that my jewelry was bait for these people, and though it has damaged my personal pride somewhat, I have discarded the gems for self-protection. "When they come to mo now and make a 'touch' I point feelingly to the shoestring and say that I am broke my self. This is the sort of a diplomatic cross counter, and thev invarialby go down under it "When all of my old friends die I will resume my baubles." GIRLS SH0DLD IEARN TO SWIM. Valuable Accomplishment by no Means Difficult ts Acquire. "Why do not Amirican women learn to swim ? They now go yachting, dressed in pretty nautical suits. They handle sail boats and pull rowboais. They climb along slippery rocks, and are in every way ex posed to falling into the water in greater numbers in summer than men whose avoca tions are ashore. Yet, with rare exceptions, if a woman falls into the water she is next to powerless to save herself from drowning. At the bathing beaches one very rarely sees a woman striking ont like a man. Even where one does she looks ashore as though she were 'doing something un womanly. This is 1 purely an American superstition, tor in all the "great European cities swimming is almost as much a part of a young lady's education as playing the piano or making embroidery. The modern bathing suits leave a woman as free to swim as a man. It is an art very easy to learn, and in the natatorium in New York, kept by a German woman, girls learn to swim in half a dozen lessons. Almost every day records some case of a woman falling off a yacht or being carried ofl her feet by the undertow. The "male protector" is usually at hand, but were he not there would be a drowning tragedy in almost every instance. ' The first canoe one 'ought to learn to paddle is his own body. The women are no exceptions to this rule, 'and every consider able city in the "United States should have a good natatorium. CHOOSING A WIFE. The Girl to Make a Man Happy If He ftlarrjes Her. American Agrlcnltnrlst.1 If I were a young man looking for a wife I should want a pretty good acquaintance with my possible mother-in-law before I committed myself. I should want to see my fnture wife among her brothers and sis ters. You can't get to know a girl well enough for a true marrying basis if you only see her dressed up in the parlor. If she and her mother are mutual confidants and advisors; if her brothers go to their elder sister with all their little plans and scrapes, sure of a kindly interest, vour heat will be sate in her keeping. But if her father stands in airp. ef v ti. 'cause she has just returned from boardine school; if she lets her mother do all the hard work to keep her hands nice; if her sisters are "nuisances," and her brothers "troublesome," don't let rosy cheeks or a fair face, or dimples, or bright eyes entice you into asking the fatal question. There will come"a time when all these evanescent charms will have vanished. ALWAYS KEEP A LOOKOUT For Low Prices at Thompson's New York Grocery. 11 lbs granulated sugar $1 00 12 lbs coffee sugar. l 00 5 lbs. Carolina rice ...'.'.'.'.'.'. 25 5 packages corn starch '.'.'.... 25 4 lbs tapioca 25 7 lbs rol led oats .""...". 25 8 lbs Kingsford's large lump starch"! 25 3 packages electric starch 25 8 lbs Schumacher's oat meal 25 12 boxes bag blue '.'.'.'.'. 25 3 packages fruit puddine... ."."."! 25 31b can brook trout 25 3 lb can mackerel id tomato sauce!! 25 2 doz parlor matches (200's) 25 Scans sardines 25 1 can chipped beef, 17c.or 3 for! ! ! ! ! ! ! 60 2 lb cans corned beef, 17c, or 3 for. ... 50 6 lbs of 20c English breakfast tea l 00 6 lbs of 20c young Hyson tea i 00 6 lbs of 20c Japan tea j qo 1 sack choice amber flour .7.7." 1 20 Extra sugar-cured hams per lb... 11V Goods delivered free to all parts oV both cities. To those living out of the city will prepay freight on all orders of $io $15 $20 and upward. Send for catalogue M B Thompson, 301 Market street, corner Third ave., opposite Gusky's. LAST EXCURSION TO ATLANTIC CITT Via the B. fc O. R. B,, Thursday, August 29. Bate, $10 for the round tnp.tickets good for ten days; good to stop at "Washington City returning. Trains will leave depot at 8 A. 11. and 920 p. at. Best set teeth made only $8. Taft'a Philadelphia Dental Booms, 30 Filth avenue. THE Lift METHODS. Secrets of the Wishart Detectives , Told iu the Open Court. A CHILD SPY AMONG WITNESSES. Appeals From the City Assessments on a Southside Street. GENERAL LEGAL NEWS BRIEFLT NOTED Judge Stowe yesterday heard the appeal of John A. Martin from the decisions of Alderman Carlisle fining him for selling milk on seven different Sundays. Mr. .Martin was represented by General "Will iam Blakely, while Attoruey Yost was pres ent on behalf of the Law and Order Society. Captain "Wishart, Alderman Carlisle and several of "Wishart's detectives were also on hand. Detective E. P. Hesser was the first wit ness. He testified to having either bought or saw others buy milt from Martin on the Sundays in question. Hesser was asked by General Blakely if he was not a common informer. He replied that he was not, but that he was employed to detect persons engaging in worldly em ployment on Sunday. Detective J. P. Young gave the same testimony as Hesser. Martin next took the stand. He said that he had to'sell his milk on Sunday to keep it from spoiling, and further, that he had to agree to take, the milk from the farmers on Sunday or they would not supply him through the week. He furnishes milk to be tween 300 and 400 families and several hotels. Mr. Yost wanted to know if Martin could not keep the cream and make butter out of it the next day. Martin replied that he was not ia the butter business. Mr. Yost next wanted to know if Martin did not put ice on his milk to keep it cool t entice customers. After some argument the question was ruled out Dr. J. N. Dickson was called with the in tention ot showing that milk was a neces sary article of diet, and often prescribed by physicians. Mr. Yost, however, objected to him testifying, and the objection was sus tained. Clyde Taylor was next called. He was a little, white-haired boy in knee trousers, and in answer to Judge Stowe's question, said that he was nearly 11 years old. The lad testified to having bought milk from Maif tin, and then in answer to General Blakely said that Captain "Wishart gives him $3 every Sunday to go around and buy cai dies, cigars, etc The boy's father is ElisSa Taylor, of No. 130 Market street, Alle gheny, and consented to his son working ibr "Wishart Alderman Brinker was put on the stind, and admitted havintr kent his office open on Sunday to take an information against "Wishart At the conclusion of the testimony'Judge Stowe took the papers. The case will be argued to-morrow morning. The argument on the appeals of A. J. Kearcher, the drug gist, will be heard at that time. A Balance Remaining. Thomas H. Hartley, assignee of A. A. Anderson & Son, job printers, who failed about a year ago, yesterdav filed a petition ' stating that all liabilities had been paid and a balance remained on his hands. He asked leave to pay this money over to the assignors. The petition was granted and an order made declaring the urxn clear ot deDt .The assets of the company amounted to $6, 213, thtir liabilities falling several hundreds of dollirs short of that figure. Some Appeals Filed. Appeals were filed yesterday by the Pitts burg, Virginia and Charleston Bailroad Canpany from the city assessment on their pyperty in the Twenty-seventh, Twenty nxith and Thirtieth wards. A number of bindings on ground owned by the company hid been removed and they ask for a reduc tion of the assessment, which had included the buildings, and also as the assessment on the ground was too high. I A Biff Bond. In the Orphans' Court yesterday Milton M, Meyers was accepted as guardian of Theodore Hostetter, and filed a bond in the sum of $75, 000.- Legal Tender. A charter was granted yesterdayto the John Wesley African M. E. Zlon Church, of Pitts burg. Kate Buchanan yesterday filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to seenre her release from the workhouse. She was committed for 90 days by Alderman MdKelvey, of Allegheny, on the charge of Disorderly conduct The case will be heard on "Wednesday. J. B. Poos, yesterday entered suit against John D. Patterson for $5,000 damages for false arrest Poor states that Patterson sued him for the embezzlement of $15. He was sent to jail, but the bill was Ignored by the grand jury. a capias was usueu lor me arresi 01 .rauer- 800.1 r THE LIGHTS WENT 0DT, But it Was Not Caused by the Carbon Setters' Strike. A "ew minntes before 8 o'clock last night then was an almost total eclipse of the elect ic lights on the streets, and thousands thou; ht the carbon setters' strike bad oc casio led it, bnt it was only caused by a neces ary shift of some kind in the ma chine ry, and lasted but a few minutes. The illumination was reported good over the city generally. It is said the strikers propose to object to the Allegheny County Electric Light light ing tte Exposition building, but Mr. S. A. Dun'ain, Secretary of the company, scouts the idea that such a move could succeed, and expresses the belief that the strikers are not in earnest Mr. A. P. Keating thinks there will not be any trouble. Master "Workman Boss, of District As sembly No. 3, K. of L., does not attach much importance to the talk of labor or ganizations boycotting the Exposition So ciety, and thinks they will generally re gard such a proposition as unwise, as it would be poor policy to antagonize the en tire community. A New Order of Thins Country Boarder Pretty well fixed up this morning, Uncle Ned. Mr. Backlot You bet I am. I ain't goin' ter have no more of you city folks comin' out here an' then goin back an' put tin' my pictur' in th' papers t' make me look ridickerlous. Judge. Cabinet photos, 89c per doz. Lies' Pop ular Gallery.'lO and 12 Sixth it. xxsa PE0GSE8S OF THE WORK. Seven Bays' Work on the Beautiful Exposi tion Buildings. The week just closed at the Exposition has brought about results that are pleasing to both the public and the managers. The main building has been practically finished, and show stands have been erected every day so rapidly that at the close of work last evening fully 125 were finished. Some of these are to cost, in building alone, at leasH $3,000, outside of the valuable exhibits shown. The handsome suite of rooms, to be used for the art gallery, are now being hung with the rare and valuable paintings and en gravings, gathered by critics for this event There are beautiful old portraits, handsome landscapes and superb marine scenes, such as have never been shown here before. The Exposition managers will be in their new offices and ready for business in the building, by "Wednesday afternoon. As to Mechanical Hall, it was given out last night on the word of the contractor that it would positively be ready, and the ma chinery would be moving on the opening date. By "Wednesday or Thursday the floor will be cleared enough for the admission of exhibits, and they can come as. fast as they please after that By Saturday it is prom ised the entire building will be closed in, and steam will be up in the immense boil ers, ready for any form ot mechanical work. Prove It. Many and varied have been the claims made for the two Dakotas, Minnesota, Ne braska and other new portions of the great "West and Northwest Tons of printed matter containing descriptive and statistical infor mation of these regions have been scattered broadcast throughout the land, and while these have attracted attention to the location named, yet there is one way of settling,the question for yourself, at once and for all time, and tbat is by ocular demonstration prove it, by taking a trip through the "West and examine for yourself its vast stoie houses of agricultural and mineral wealth; visit its growing young towns, already far in advance of the staid old villages of the East, and see if here is not the best avenue for the safe and profitable investment of your money .brains, muscle or enterprise. To encourage intelligent investigation of the wonderful regions penetrated by its lines, the Chicago and Northwestern Bail way has arranged for a se ries of harvest excursions to points in Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Da kota, Nebraska, "Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Montana, to be run dnring the months of August, September and October, for which tickets will be sold at one fare for the round trip, or one-half the usual rates. The conditions are extremely liberal, allow ing 30 days for return and permitting stop over at different points. These excursions will afford rare opportunities to investigate the claims made for these wonderfully pro ductive regions, to locate a claim on ISO acres of Government free land.to buy a quar ter section or more of the cheap railroad lands, to invest in town propertv, to "spy out" the multifarious mineral deposits of the Black Hills.or to make a trip for health and pleasure. For detailed information apply to any ticket agent or write to E. P. "Wilson, General Passenger Agent Chicago and Northwestern Bailway, Chicago, 111. A Baker's Dozen Is 13, just what Stewart & Co., 90 Federal street, Allegheny, give of their fine cabinet photos for $1. FAircr Flannels from 25c to $1 a yard, new effects and colorings opened this week. Huotrs & Hacke. CHANGE IN MAKE-UP. CLASSIFIED ::: ::: ADVERTISEMENTS That heretofore appeared on this page of THE DISPATCH will be found on the Eleventh Page, in the Second Part of this issue. The Wants, For Sales, To Lets, Business Chances, Auc tion Sales, eta, are placed under their usual headings on the Eleventh Page. Adver tisements handed in too late for Classification will be found on the Sixth Page. Telephone Call, 1130. Washlnirton Force, Manager. STANDABD Stock and Securities Co. BUY AND SELL Stocks, Grain, Provisions and Oil on margins 01 x per cent or more. COMMISSIONS . Orders by mall, messenger or express promptly attended to. Daily market reports mailed free to any address. EISNER BUILDING, Fifth are. and Wood st, rooms 54, 63, 58. au25-lll-TTSSa TO EUROPE "WE SELL TICKETS FOR the leading lines, secure berths and pass ports. Issue drafts, letters of credit and money orders, and sell foreign com at N. Y. rates. MAX SCHAMBERQ & CO SZI Smithfield st, Pittsburg. au21-H-wsu THE CASTLES OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE In vita their friends to their first annual reunion, 8HEH0LA GLEN GROVE, x "Wednesday. August 28. 1889. Train leaves P.4LE depot Southside, at 8.30 and 115 A. Jr.: return 4 and 9 p. M., city time. Fare, round trip. 50 cents. MOZART ORCHESTRA. Colonel CHRISTY. Committee ot Arrangements E. S. Heck welder, W. E. Zenmer, G. W. Giles, Ellsworth Dean, H. L. Johnson, , Louis Smith, Jr., J. O. Bowmaster. Owing to a misunderstanding with the rail road company the jrrove has been changed from Alianippato Shehola Glen Grove, as noted above. au25-137 PROPOSALS. -Vrxmc-E T0 co2STBACTORS-SEALED JLN proposals will be received by the Board of Directors of Clarion Normal Schools for the erection of a manual training hall. eta. etc. Plans and specifications for same can be seen at the office ot W.W. Greenland, Esq.. Clarion, Clarion county, or J. P. Bailey, architect. Pitts burg, the proposals to be lelt with Mr. C. A. Rankin, Clarion, on or Before August 3L The committee reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. C. A. RANKIN. anSSO Secretary. RESORTS. HOWLAND HOTEL, LONG BRANCH, N.J.. HZNRT W.AI.TZR.Prop'r., JNO. B.8CITL0SSKE, Manager, lata of Hotel Dnquesne, Pittsburg. LENHART COTTAGE, ' BEMU8 POINT, - CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, N. Y. The Lenbart Cottace is situated a minute's walk from boat landing and postofflce. It bas a nitiely-sbaded beach and lwn, whicn are always cool and refreshing. We bare a bean tifol Tiew of tbe lake from all the rooms In tbe house. The rates for rooms and board are rea sonable. For particulars address the proprie tor. L I. LENHABT,BemusPolnt, Chant. Co. N. Y. uU-2Mu KKW ADVERTISKJEESTS. T0-M0ER0W MORNING - SEVEN-THIRTY, SHARP, -COMMENCES- GUSKY'S $hm$Kk GRAND ANNUAL FALLSALE -or- BOYS' SCHOOL CLOTHING. CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. SHIRTWAISTS FOR-SCHOOL WEAR. -HATS FOR SCHOOL WEAR. SHOES FOR SCHOOL WEAR. HOSE FOR SCHOOL WEAR. OUR COUNTERS ARE -UNDER THE NEWEST FASHIONS! NEWEST STYLES! NEWEST GOODS! Next Saturday closes the summer vacation for the school boy, and as a matter of course, school garments will be in great demand thi3 week, and it is to supply this great demand that we point out to all who have boys to clothe that EVERT DAT THIS WEEK WE SHALL OFFER Clothing, Hats and Caps, Furnishing Goods -AND- Footwear for School Boys, At Prices Which Will Stand Out Boldly as a Monument to Our Untiring Energy and Determination to Distance ::: All Competition. ::: A more elaborate display of goods; greater excellence in workman ship; of such superiority of material; or so extraordinarily low in price, never were shown in this wide, wide world, than what can be found right here at our mammoth establishment. ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS That will please parents and will tickle the lads are here in abundance. We invite everyone interested in purchasing Boys' and Children's Goods to come on a visit of inspection any day this week. We promise to show ' Values Surpassing All Expectation. Values Eclipsing All Competition. ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. ) GrUSKX'S IT'S NO DARK THEORY, BUT A FACT, AS CLEAR AS CRYSTAL, KEECH'8 -SELL- Furniture, Carpets, Curtains, House Furnishing Goods, Kitchen Utensils, etc., etc., for less -, money than any other house in this section of the country can or wii! name Indeed, it has long since ceased to be a matter of conjecture as to what establishment in this city justly assumes the title: "Leading House Furnishing Concern of .Bittsburg." By rea son of their peerlessly large stock, pretty styles, reliable qual ities, low prices and very liberal manner of conductingBbusi- - ness Keech's are recognized 6y the Press and Public as the Foremost Furniture and Carpet House in Western Pennsylvania. They cater to no particular class of people, but are patronized by the masses young and old, rich and poor. All find it to their interest to come to the great House Furnishing Bazaar,. 923 and 925 Penn "avenue. FOR THE COMING FALL SEASON in particular, Keech's present a wonderful array of matchless attractions. Their new lines of Parlo'r and Chamber Suites are perfect marvels of the cabinet maker's art, while the prices are within the reach of all. Equally great inducements are offered to buyers of Carpets or Curtains. Large importations of the latter have been received lately and placed in stqek. They should be seen by every lady before purchasing. Groods Sold, for Oasli or oii Credit. E. iii iiii r-i m 923 and 925 iNeaa? 2Sn -n ty Open Saturday Nights till. 10 A.T - $,$k5&$.JSm FAIRLY GROANING WEIGHT OF- - 0( " V- 300Jp 400 Market street an25-TTSSn itn' H J. IS Penn avenue 1 tJn. Stoeet;. o'olook. .? sa&a? -j - -, HRBM1B
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