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SMB. 1FKEAN GOES EAST.
yA Marvelous Showing of the Local
Office's Condition.
"50 PES CEKT INCREASE IN 5 IEAES
Upon no subject is the general public
more interested than the question as to who
Postmaster Larkin's successor will be, and
when the appointment will be made.
Although the personality of the appointee
is practically conceded to be inseparably
connected with Mr. James S. Mckean, it is
certain that the opposition will die game.
A last rally was made at "Washington yes
terday, Congressman Dalzell leading the
forlorn hope, with such gallant fighters as
C. li. Magee, "William Flinn, J. O.
Brown and others as the storming
party. XThe offensive manifestation
had no sooner occnrred than the wires
between "Washington and Pittsburg were
heated with messages fraught with chunks
of political wisdom. Few of those who
' tnew anything about it were materially sur
prised when Mr. James S. McKean boarded
the Eastern express last evening with a grip
sack in his good right hand and a smile
- upon his affable countenance.
HIS EBBA1TD IX DOUBT.
"No. He was on his way to New York."
"By way of Washington?" "Oh, no."
"Would he see Senator Quav?" "Not at
all likely to go to WashinetonI" "'Whither,
then, was he bound ior?" "East on busi
ness. And tbat was the snm and snostance
of an interview with the Postmaster-soon-to-be.
Delegation after delegation of Mr. Mc
Kean's friends besieged him yesterday with
queries as to whether the appointment rould
be made as per an allerred semi-official an
nouncement, but as the day wore away with
out any word being received from "Washing
ton the conviction dawned that political an
nouncements do not always announce.
Then came intimations of a bold sortie upon
the Postoffice Department But the fact
seems to be that the funeral of Mrs. Scott
Lord, the sister of Mrs. Harrison, may have
intenered with the usual routine of the Ex
ecutive. AN ASTONISHING INCEEASE.
Astounding is a mild ward to express the
progress made by the postoffice service with
in the last four years in Pittsburg. "When
the present Postmaster vacates his seat in
the Pos toffee building, to give place to an
other who will probably fill it nearly as
fully as the present incumbent, the re
markable increase of business which Pitts
burg shows will open the eyes of the whole
country to what the Iron City is doing.
John Larkin was appointed Postmaster on
April 2, or thereabouts, 1885, and assumed
control of the office May 25 in tbe
same year, succeeding "William McCleary.
It at that time employed 126 peo
ple, not including substitutes, and
the manner in which the office was handed
over was a lesson to the administration on
sudden and peremptory changes. It took, as
will be seen by the dates, some six weeks to
get the old powers out and the new ones in,
and as was said vesterday by a man well
versed in postoffice affairs, no summary
action could be tasen in such a change.
SEASONS FOE CONSERVATISM.
The reason was, he said, that the outgoing
postmaster was responsible for every penny
in the building except a trifle over $500, the
fixed reserve in the money order department,
to keep business running. The bond under
which the postmaster holds his position.
5160,000, with a penalty of 5320,000, double
the amount, together with the fact tbat bal
ances have to be made daily, keeps the gen
tleman under whose direction the Govern
ment sells the general public, the right to
converse with itself by letter in the straight
and narrow path which makes deviations
impossible.
The Pittsburg postoffice, when Superin
tendent Malone gets its lofty head above the
level of the common horde of business edi
fices, will have a proud record in the fact
that no daily settlement has been missed by
Postmaster Larkin; that when he took hold
of the office on May 25, 1885, the postal
facilities were not what they are now, but
the fact that the business has been increased
SO per cent is one of the most wonderful ad
vances in such a time yet on record in tbe
postal reports. The only method of finding
out anything about the matter is by bunch
ins; the monthly reports of the postoffice,
which show that from the 126 workers in
1885 It has grown now to 92 clerks, 94 car
riers, 20 stamp agencies, 20 special delivery
boys and 9 substitutes, making a total o'f
235 employes.
NOTABLE ADDITIONS.
Since then there have been added three
stations, two of them being full money order
and carrier places and one a stamp agency.
"When Mr. Larkin assumed control there
were no special collectors and now there are
seven, three of whom are mounted. In some
cases wages have been advanced, but the
expenditures have been kept down to a
figure which places Pittsburg in one of the
foremost positions in the country as a self
sustaining postoffice. To give an idea of
the work that has been done from a financial
standpoint, the reports show that the money
order business for the current year will
average about $5,000,000, as against about
53,000,000 in 1885. Tbe depository is the
Tradesmen's National Bank for all postof
fice accounts.
One of the most peculiar points regarding
the change of postmasters will be the dis
tribution of offices, and as the late George
H. Pendleton's civil services have somewhat
restricted the giving power of the postmas
ter the list of places for which the incoming
man can be pestered will be more interesting
to the general public than tbe coming post
master. PLACES TO BE FILLED.
The list of places which are exceptea from
the operation of the civil service law is
short, but means a great deal to those who
cangctthemr The places for which the
great American public in Pittsburg has to
hustle is as follows: Assistant postmaster,
three stamp clerks, cashier, clerk of second
class matter, superintendent of the registry
division, superintendent of the money order
division, superintendent of the registry
transfer, superintendent tf stations and
stamp agencies.
This gives the postmaster two more ap
pointments in his gift than tbe Mayor of
Pittsburg with a very much larger aggre
gate of salaries than are in the Mayor's dis
position. The superintendent of the mail
service is an appointee of the Postmaster
Generakaml must necessarily be taken from
the railroad mail service.
Two TJnlicenied Sellerm.
Mrs. Mary Campbell, of Second avenue,
is charged before Alderman CassiJywith
selling liquor without license, by James
McGnire. Annie "Walker and her son.
John Shrimp, were jriven a hearing before
Alderman Eeilly yesterday on charges of
selling liquor on Sunday and without a
license, made by Kate Anderson. The de
fendants were held for court in 51,000 bail
on-each charge.
Jr. O. V. A. SI. Slattern.
"Warrants have been issned for the insti
tntion of fonr new Councils of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics.
Thcv are located as follows: Clearfield
Conccil No. 394, of Philadelphia; Philadel
phia Conncil No. 395. of Philadelphia;
William Thaw Council No. 396. of Alle
gheny, and Lawrence County Council No.
397, ofMt Jackson, Lawrence icounty.
POSTOFFIC
growth
' V, '
CAENAHAFS DANDER1 UP.
He M nice Some Terr Emphatic Assertion
About the Squirrel Hlll-Schentev Park
Muddle Other Statement Bearing on
tbe Right of Way.
The attempt of the Squirrel Hill Electric
Railway Company to cut into the Schenley
Park property, shown up in yesterday!s
Dispatch, occasioned no little discussion
yesterday morning. One of the most indig
nant men in the city was K. B. Carnahan,
who went to the office of the Department
of Public "Works yesterday and said that
Mr. Torrens had no right to grant any privi
leges to a railroad or any other corporation
through the park.
He said that Mrs. Schenley had never
been consulted in the matter, as if she had
he would have surely known it
"W. H. Brown, City Engineer, said that
work had been suspended by the railroad
company by agreement until the return of
Chief Bigelow at the beginning of next
week. At the same time, he would keep a
sharp lookout on any possible resumption
of operations. At first the final remark of
the City Engineer seemed somewhat
enigmatical, but a little investigation
brought forth the story that work wonld be
resumed on the line at midnight on Satur
day night, carrving the road over the
small piece of debatable ground while the
Sabbath bells announce that no injunction
can be served on the company, nor can any
power outside of that wielded by Captain
Wishart pull the laborers from worldly
employment
One instance was cited of a Detroit street
railway which did just snch a trick, send
ing a loaded car over the line closely follow
ing the construction party in order to comply
with the State law requiring a road to be in
operation. It was pretty generally inti
mated that such a course might be adopted
by the electric road, and when Engineer
Brown heard of it he said: "Well, they
will have to get up pretty early on Sundav
morning if they are there before I am at 12
A. M. I do not think, however, that any
snch move will be made, as the whole matter
has been amicably arranged as far as I know
until the return o'f Chief Bigelow."
"W. H. Moreland, City Attorney, said
yesterday that if any attempt were made on
the part of the company to trespass upon the
city park he wonld at once proceed to in
voke the aid of the courts to keep the park
clear of railroad intrusion. The advantages
to be gained by the railroad gaining en
trance to the park are so apparent that they
scarcely need enumeration. The proba
bility of a zoological garden, pony track
and other attractions being added to the
park proper is not so remote that the ad
vantage of being the only line which would
issue tickets leaving visitors within the
park boundaries would not be immediately
seized, and this, among other things, is the
reason that Chief BIgelgw refuses to allow
a corporation to utilize the city improve
ments in aggrandizing itself without at
least the courtesy of asking permission or
contributing to 'the support of the park
project
THB 17E0KG jKIND OP GESTBX.
A Walter's Fickle Heart and Bad Temper
Get Htm Into Trouble.
Moses Gentry, colored, was arrested last
evening by Constable Murphy, of Alder
man Richard's office, on a charge of assault
and battery, preferred by Miss Hattie Sisco,
of No. 58 Franklin street According to
Miss Sisco's statement she and Gentry be
came engaged to each other and a marriage
license was obtained, but before the wedding
came off Miss Sisco was taken il!. She was
very sick for a time, and though she was
willing. Gentry relused to marry her.
She recovered eventually, and then Gen
try was ready for the ceremony, but she was
not He would not marry her when she
was sick, and for that reason she would not
marry him when she was well. He got the
"mitten," but still continued to visit her.
He also proceeded to get jealous of the at
tentions paid her by several other gentle
men, and the outcome was that last Monday
he gave her a severe beating. She then
sued him before Alderman Richards. 'Gen
try, who is a waiter, was arrested laRt night
and in default of $500 bail was committed
to jail for a hearing Saturday.
BEATING THE CONDUCTOR
A Pleasing: Episode In the Life of a Knight
of the Bell-Cord.
There is a mad conductor on one of the
Allegheny street cars. A reporter boarded
this particular conductor's car yesterday
afternoon, and was regaled with a tale of
woe to the effect that a woman, in attempt
ing to stop the car, had rung up a fare on
the register, 'and the- conductor was conse
quently put of pocket 6 cents. This harrow
ing tale was supplemented with the infor
mation that such an awful calamity would
not happen him again. It was his first ex
perience, but once was enough.
Man proposes, but a woman disposes. He
had hardly finished his story when the fa
miliar click-click of the register reached
his ear, and, to bis horror, he saw that
another of the female sex had robbed him in
the interest of his employers by ringing up
two more fares. He was" heartbroken, and
for tbe remainder of the trip maintained a
more or less dignified silence.
PENNSI EXTENDING ITS PEEDEES.
A Branch From the West Penn to Wisneld
jFnrnace Will be Built.
Among the extensions which the Pennsyl
vania Railroad finds it necessary to make to
accommodate its customers is a branch line
from the Butler branch of the West Penn
Bailroad, running through the valley of the
Big Butler run to Winfield furnace, a dis
tance of ten miles. It will be known as the
Winfield branch.
The new road will tap a valuable field of
iron, limestone and natural gas wells. A
corps of surveyors have been sent into the
field, and preparations for laying down the
line are well advanced.
It is said tbat the construction of the
Little Sewickley branch, npon the line of
the old Hempstead Bailroad, which runs
from Rhadabaugh to the West branch of
the Youghiogheny river, will be completed
by the 1st of April.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who.TrnTel, Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
H. Wickham, President of the South
west Virginia Improvement Company, was in
the city yesterday, and, speaking of the pros
pects of tbe Pocahontas coal regjon, be said
that tney were exceedingly bright The vein
at tbe town is 11 feet thick, and continues so for
eight miles, when it tapers to 5 feet The com
pany has 400 coke ovens in operation and is
about to build more. Tbe average price for
miningin tbe region is S3 cents, run of tbe mine
coaL He says tbere will be an increased de
mand for coke owing to number of f nrnaces in
course of erection, and that new ovens will be
built to Iseep pace with the demand.
Among the employes of the P., "V. & O.
It R. affected by the recent changes, are the
following: Agent D. Dewar, at Manball, has re
signed, and J. H. Dunlevy has.Deen transferred
from Dravosburg to MunhalL S. P. Condon is
sent from the Ormsby office to Dravosburg.
Miss Jennie Underwood, operator at Thompson
station, near Port Perry bridge, goes to Orms
by. T. L. Eagye has resigned his position as
agent at Bellevernon station, on the P., V. &
C, and goes to the Gibsonton distillery. Mr.
Thomas Underwood goes on duty at the Belle
vernon station, transferred from Homestead.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. W. Robin
son, tbo retiring Freight Agent of tbe Pitts
burg and Western Bailroad, at Allegheny, was
presented by his employes with a gold watch.
Mr.J.E. McCarthy, his chief cleric, in a few
well chosen words, made tbe presentation
speech, which was responded to by Jlr. Robin
son in his usual happy vein. Mr. Robinson as
sumes the position of Special Agent for the
Pittsburg and Western Railroad.
President Newell, accompanied by the
chief officials of the L. E. R. R., passed through
Pittsburg yesterday for an inspection trip of
tbe Pemickey Railroad,
VOICES OFTHlWEST,
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church
BEGINS ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Appeals
for the Missionary Bishops
Wyoming and Utah.
of
THEY WANT M0XEI TO FOUND SCHOOLS
The first missionary meeting held in con
nection with the annual meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the diocese of Pitts
burg took place in Trinity Protestant
Episcopal Church last evening. There was
a good congregation. Xn the absence of the
regular organist Mr. T. T. Doyle presided
at the instrument The collection taken for
the Woman's Auxiliary) was a bountiful one.
After the opening services, and the read
ing of a Scripture lesson by Bishop Pad
dock, of Washington, Bishop Whitehead,
'of Pittsburg, began the work of the confer
ence by speaking of the gratification he felt
at the visit of the Western bishops. They
could not appreciate, he felt sure, the bless
ing which they were conferring on the Pitts
burg diocese by their visits. Tbe bishops
had come to receive benefit in return, not
for themselves, but for their dioceses. He
hoped they would succeed in persuading out
of the pockets of Pittsburg people much
money for their work in the West Bishop
Whitehead then called attention to a large
map of the United States which hung upon
the wall. It illustrated, he thought better
than any oral description could do, the
great extent of the Western missionary field.
TEBBITOKY UNTOUCHED.
In explaining the manner in which the
territory beyond the Mississippi is divided
into its several dioceses, the Bishop re
marked the fact that the Indian Territory
awaits occupation by the church. All
missionary work, in this land and in foreign
lands, he said, was one with the work of the
church in parish and diocese. All church
work is in the same line, looking to the sal
vation of men. The mission work in the
West had received special attention from
the Protestant Episcopal church only dur
ing the years tince 1865, when bishops were
elected for Nebraska and Colorado. Bishop
Whitehead said he remembered well when
those two bishops were chosen. He thought
it a peculiar and appropriate circumstance
that the reverend gentlemen who were com
missioned to the work among the Indians,
both wore wigs. Much sport was made of
that fact at tbe time. Me tooK great interest
in the missions of Bishops Bramble, Tuttle,
Coxen and Whittaker, and heard with in
terest the marvelous yarns which they told
on their return from their western wore.
The Bishop said that he then felt it to be
his duty to go into the mission field, and it
was without any hesitation that he decided
to place himself under Bishop Bramble, of
Colorado.
in peijiitive TIMES.
When he went to the West, in 1867, the
western terminus of the railroad was Jnles
burg, and he reached his position only by a
long, tedious and dangerous stage ride. The
preceding stage had been robbed by Indians
and it was on the occasion of that trip that
Bishop Whitehead carried a horrible revol
ver, of enormons proportions, for the only
time in his life. He told something of his
experiences in the West that his episcopal
visitors migh- know that be could appre
ciate their labor? and sympathize with them
in their hardships.
After the singing of a hymn an address
was delivered by Bishop Eihelbert Talbot,
of Idaho and Wyoming. He is a young man
of fine physique, erect, square shouldered,
with a clear,clean-cut and intellectual coun
tenance and a head of magnificent dark
hair, thick and wavy. He wears an appear
ance of youth beneath his actual years, his
face being smoothly shaven, and his step
elastic His voice is strong and deep, and
his speech ready and fluent,
FELT AMONG FRIENDS.
Bishop Talbot expressed his gratification
over the fine attendance. He felt very
much among friends, he said, and had for
years known that in the Bishop of Pitts
burg he had a sympathetic advocate of the
work of the missions in the West He
spoke of tbe diversity of classes in his dio
cese, saying:
My chief work is among the white people.
Then I have also to deal with the Mormons.
However, do not understand tbat I consider
the Mormons not also white people, lastly, I
have to look after the Indians.
Bishop Talbot spoke then specifically of
tne worK among tne bnosnone and Arrapa
hoe Indians on the Shoshone reservation.
He paid a high tribute to Rev. John Rob
erts, a young English minister who has been
for nine years working among the red men
there. That devoted missionary was said to
be "one of those men, rare in onr day, of
truly heroic spirit, a real saint If God."
Yet, because of his modesty and the isola
tion of his location, the field of his labor
had been neglected by .the church. Bishop
Talbot said that when he received
bis invitation to '-come to Pittsburg
be accepted it gladly, because he
felt sure that he would find here some gen
erous hearts that would respond to his In
dian call. He was endeavoring to raise
$5,000 with which to establish an Episcopal
school for the Indian children of the
Shoshone reservation, and he appealed to
the rich people of Pittsburg for pecuniary
aid.
THE MAN THE SENATE OPPOSES.
The Bishop said that he had instcome
from Washington, where he had talked with
Mr. Morgan, the dew Commissioner of In
dian Affairs. He spoke highly of Mr. Mor
gan, saying that he considered him a broad
minded man, with whose Indian policy he
would be glad to co-operate. Mr. Morgan
had recognized the excellence of Rev. Mr.
Roberts' work by appointing him superin
tendent of the 'Government school on the
Shoshone reservation. The Bishop argued,
however, that there was not, in a Govern
ment school, that opportunity for religious
teaching which the church desired to give
to the Indian children. '
Bishop Talbot does not believe in the
reservation system, and he said so in em
phatic language. Its early abolition would
be. he said, a great benefit to the red men.
He did not consider it to be good policy to
segregate tbe Indians in communities,
separated from the influence of Caucasian
civilization. He would give the Indians
farms and place them on their own re
sources. BISHOP LEONAED TALKS.
Bishop Abiel Leonard, of Utah and Ne
vada, was then briefly introduced. He is a
tall, handsome man, slightly bald, wearing
a full dark beard just beginning to reveal
traces ot grav. He is a fluent talker. He
pointed to the map, remarking that one
wonld require a spy glass to discover the
diocese of Pittsburg. It must be pleasant,
however, he thought, to have a diocese
where the Bishop could stand upon a hill
top and overlook the entire territory. After
this little dig at Bishop Whitehead, the
speaker turned to the diocese of Bishop
Talbot, saying that it appeared to be of so
great an extent from one end to the other
only because the railroads were very
crooked, having been built in circuitous
lines at so much a mile. He then described
the excellencies of Utah, extolling the
climate, the beauty of the country, the
fertility of the soil and the snperior quality
of its fruit and vegetables.
BISHOP OF ALL OUTDOORS.
When he took charge of the diocese two
and a halt years ago, he said he felt, like
the first Bishop Talbot, as if he were Bishop
of all outdoors. When Bishop Tuttle was
sent to Utah as its first missionary Bishop,
in 1807, he proposed to settle the Mormon
problem in 12 months. After he had been
tbere 18 years he concluded that he did not
know anything about it
Bishop Leonard spoke of the church, work
among the Mormons, expressing his idea
that the only way to eradicate Mbrraonism
ras to get the children into Christian
schools, and teach them the true religion.
It was in that way that he was laboring in
Salt Lake City. The Mormon parents, he
found, were ready to send their children
to Gentile schools,appreclating the fact that
their own church schools are very ineffi
cient WAB INTO AFBICA.
Tbe Bishop asked for help to raise $10,000
to found in the Mormon capital a school for
boys. There were only three communicants
of the Episcopal Church there 20 years ago.
Now there are COO, although the Gentile
population of Salt Lake City is only 6,000.
The Bishop said tbat he was confident that
at the municipal election next February the
city government will be wrested out of the
Mormon control. That event was being
made possible, he thought, only by the work
of Christian schools. They were doing in
a few years what the courts could not do in
decades.
Reference was made to a recent refusal of
a Federal Judge to admit a Mormon to
naturalization, on the ground that his re
ligion compelled him to be an enemy to the
United States Government, all. Mormons
taking a solemn vow to revenge upon tbe
United States Government the murders of
Joseph and Hiram Smith. That decision,
the Bishop said, would probably be ap
pealed. If it were sustained by the Su
preme Court, it would do very much to lib
erate Utah from Mormon control.
The services of the evening were closed at
9:30 o'clock. Bishop Whitehead announced
the sessions for to-day at Emmanuel Church,
Allegheny. All persons were welcome, he
said. Bishop Kendrick, of Washington, is
expected to be present to-day.
IMPASSABLE STEEETS:
A Fire on Sit. Washington Last Night Does
Damage.
The alarm of fire from box 164 about 8
o'clock last evening was caused by a fire in
the house of Joseph McCann, on Bailroad
street, Mt. Washington.
The horrible condition of the streets on
the hilltop prevented the Mt Washington
Hose Company from making the best time
in getting to the place, bnt in spite of that
circumstance the fire made but little head
way and was extinguished after two hours'
work. The damage was chiefly to the upper
part of the house and will not exceed $400.
An alarm from box 242 about 7 o'clock
last evening was caused by the burning of a
lace curtain in the house of Samuel Kelly
on Station street, near Larimer avenue. The
curtain caught from a gas jet
AN INSANE WOMAN'S ESCAPE.
A Patient of St. Francis Hospital Myste
riously at Larue.
Yesterday afternoon a female patient of
the insane ward at St Francis Hospital,
Forty-fourth street, made her escape from
tbe institution and wandered around in an
aimless manner about the streets 'in the
neighborhood. Word was sent to the
Seventeenth ward police station, and Officer
Mess was 'detailed to find the woman.
After an hour's search he discovered her on
North street and took her back to the hos
pital. The manner of the patient'b escape
is a mystery.
Dying With n Cancer.
A woman named Laughrey lies dying of
a cancer at her home, No. 260 Lacock
street, Allegheny. She refuses to be moved,
and Assistant Agent Bergman, of the Hu
mane Society, is slightly puzzled as to
what course to pursue, inasmuch as the
-woman refuses to be moved. Dr. Fleming
has been attending her gratuitously. Such
relief as can be afforded is being given.
. Agent O'Brien at Work.
, Agent O'Brien, of the Humane Society,
made an information 3esterday, before
'Squire Sales, against Thomas Laughlin, of
Idlewood, on the Panhandle road, for abus
ing and beating his wife and children.
ABOUND CITY HALL.
The Test of tbe New Semaphore and Other
Alntters.
Amoko the stories which occasionally crop
up are some which are calculated to reflect
more or less npon the management of the indi
gent poor or upon their treatment by the hospi
tals. Such a talk was current yesterday, and it
was said tbat Chief Elliott of the Department
of Charities, and the hospitals were at the oats.
Superintendent Slack, of the Homeopathic
Hospital, said last night that there never was
the slightest jar between Chief Elliott and the
hospital management; that there was not a
man in the city of whom he would sooner ask
a favor and more readilv eet It trrantedforthe
hospital than Mr. Elliott He had some very I
Diuiuiut. uguica, luuugii, wujvu iuiui ue pre
sented to the general public as to the amount
of charity work dono by the hospital He
opened the hospital book at random and said
ior tne last tnree weens tne ngures might be
comfortably studied by philanthropists. Last
week there were 79 patients, 10 of whom,paldj
the week before 10 pay patients and 65 charity;
the week before that 6 pay patients and 63
charity, and so on, and ont of those who did
pay there were only 5 who paid more
than the actual expenses of keeping them.
Robert C. Elliott said when seen last night:
'I have no knowledge of any trouble, and I
think that the whole thine is a lie. Of conrsp.
I cannot sneak for the hospital, for I never
bother with any of the local institutions. Ono
thing I can say, however, and that is.no hos
pital or other institution will be allowed to run
the Department of Charities while 1 am at its
head. In onr dealings with paupers we do not
recognize creed, race, color or nationality, ana
always attempt to do the best we can for all.
We get imposed upon sometimes, and on that
account are careful, but no deserving person is
refused aid."
Last evening the first test 'was made of the
signal service as adapted to the police force.
The lamp placed in service was over the patrol
box at the Seventh street bridge, and was fitted
with a baleful green goggle which, while in
operation, winked suggestively, as intimatlnc
to the nearest policeman that a speak -easy was
running within bailing distance, or another
colored man was doing an elopement act with a
white lady In a buggy, such as occurred some
few months ago over the same bridge, in
spector McAleese, Chief Morris Mead.' of the
Bureau of Electricity, and his staff; Cap
tain Dan Sylvns, George Oehmen, tbe
representatives of the Qamewell Company and
a number of others inspected" tbe operation of
the lamp. It is worked from police headquar
ters, as already explained in Tub Dispatch
and illustrated, and the lamp's Argand burner
flickered and tbe gong rang while the sema
phore spread its arms with tbe avidity of an
officer stopping an escaping prisoner. Every
thing worked to a charm, and tbe only regret
expressed was on tbe part of the police
officials tbat Chief Brown, of tbe Depart
ment of Public Safety, was out of tbe city, as
he took a verygreatinterestin seeing tbe signal
work established. George Oehmen explained
tbat when the system was perfected the head
quarters could call any one box In a district,
notifying the policeman that he was wanted at
the nearest box. A code of signals would bo
established by which an officer could be notified
by the flash light of tbe subject on which thn
headquarters people wished to see him, bnt
that would require time and educatioual work
among tbe force. Tbe tests last night were in
every way perfectly satisfactory and successful.
The suit against David Myers, a sergeant at
Central station, who was charged beforeAlder
man O'Donnell with trover and conversion by
ximomy jvony. came up ior a Hearing yester
day. The allegation was that Myers had taken
a qnart bottle of whisky, with some other per
sonal effects, from Kelly, who bad been ar
rested and lodged in Central. At the morning
hearing Kelly alleges that Myers refused to re
turn tne wnusry. At yenieruay
s hearing? thn
defendant was not recognized by the plaintiff
as tne man wno iook tne wmsuy, so tne case was
dismissed. Assistant City Attorn er Bnrleign
who condncted the case, said last night that he
was sorry Myers was not identified or that the
Alderman had not held him for court. T.iquor
is taken from prisoners every day and the
Solice will not return it Frequently men came
ack to the station after being released and de
mand their bottles. Had this case gone up it
would have enabled the department to -get a
judicial ruling on tbe question of returning
liquor taken from prisoners.
McGintt has at last been captured, and Ser
geant AdolphMetz last evening was tbe lucky
captor. He will answer the plain, ordinary
charge of being a common drunk tbis moraine:,
and if Judge Qripp gives him 30 days for every
time the pnblic has been sold on his patronymic
he will spend the balance of his natural life in
the workhouse.
MlOHASii CABBOLii, driver of No. 2 Engine
Company, who has been suffering for some
months from an attack ot typhoid fever. Is
now convalescent and expects to be ea duty
again within a week or so, ;
DECEMBER
I"5, J
BOUGHT THE SQUARE.
The Pennsylvania Bailroad Purchas
ing Southside Property.
FANCY PEICES FOE SOME GE0DND.
Number of Valuable Track Improve
ments to he Hade at Once.
THE BESIDEHTS WILL HAVE TO VACATE
The Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston
Bailroad Company has just completed the
purchase of a valuable block of property on
the Southtide. It lies between South Fifth,
Sixth, Carson and Manor streets, and is to
he used for yard purposes. The assessed
valuation of the property, which includes
about 35 dwelling and business houses, is
about $75,000. It is understood that the
railroad company paid considerably more
than that for it. There are over 30 families
living in the block now, that are liable to
be compelled to move almost any day. The
property was sold with the understanding
that the people should move on a 15-days'
notice, and as the last piece in the square
has been bought, the residents-are expect
ing their notice everyday.
THEY PAID FAKCT PEICES.
It is over a year since the company began
to buy the property in this square, and they
had little difficulty in getting it at a reason
able price for sometime. As soon as the
owners learned that the company wanted the
whole square, up went the price of real
estate, unanes queuing, ot no. ooo (Jarson
street, refused to sell at any price until a
few days ago, when he accepted a figure
said to be equal to nearly twice the assessed
valuation. His house is a larue three-storv
brick and was the best piece of property in
the whole block.
The plans for the future use of the prop
erty have not yet been completed, but it is
the purpose to build a retaining wall
along Carson street and fill in the
the square, so as to make it on a level with
the present tracks. The whole square will
then be covered with tracks, switches, etc.,
and the additional yard room will be used
for making up trains and transferring
freight When the Ohio Connecting Bail
road bridge is completed it is expected that
the bnsinese of the company, and especially
so far as coal and coke are concerned, will be
increased 500 per cent Freight will be
transferred to all of the Western lines in the
Pennsylvania connection.
The company has always been hampered
for want ot more yard room on the South
side. Many complaints were made by the
Southside people because crossings were oc
cupied, when it was simply unavoidable.
This was particularly true on the upper end
of the Southside. When the new yard is
ready for use, the shipping will all be done
at the lower end. This will not only be a
convenience to the company but an accomo
dation to the pnblio as well.
BTJTTNG ON MANOE STEEET.
A great deal of property has also been
purchased along Manor street, on the lower
side of the railroad. No less than 14 houses
have been torn down along that thorough
fare this fall, and side tracks are being put
down. By this, much-needed room is
added to the yards and an unobstructed
view of the tracks is had from the signal
tower at Third strept
It is rumored that tbe company intends
to convert tbe Melling House into an office
building and have it remodeled or use of
the local officials. The latter deny, how
ever, that any thing of the kind is contem
plated as yet The work of tearing down
the buildings in the square has already
been commenced and it is expected that all
will be removed in a few weeks. Two or
three families, including that of Mr. Mell
ing, have been given notice to vacate their
houses this month. All of. the other fam
ilies are expecting their notices before the
end of next week.
V
A LOST POCKETBOOK.
An East End Residence Entered Jy a Thief
and Money Stolen.
In the East End there is one house which
is considerably torn up, so to speak, over a
most mysterious affair which happened last
Snnday. The matter has been kept quiet,
in tbe hope that some light might be
thrown npon it, bnt the mystery is still as
deep as ever. The story is as follows:
Clara Dwyer, a remarkably good-looking
young woman, is cook for Mrs. Sylvester
Cosgrave, of Emerson street, and has been
saving her money during the last summer.
This money she kept in a pocketbook, bnt
being of a careless disposition she was in the
habit of leaving it just where last in use.
On Sunday afternoon she left it on the back
stairs of the honse in which she is employed,
and when she went to look for il it was
gone. She at once jumped to the conclusion
that the chambermaid, whose name is
JustinaLoboeswasiski,bnt whois called Jnst
Lobo for short, was to blame for its disap
pearance, and accused the girl of taking it.
The chambermaid vehemently denied being
the thief, and in the best English at her
command threatened to pulverize her ac
cuser. '
Tbe cook then went to Captain Mercer, of
the Nineteenth ward station house, and en
listed his services in the search for the miss
ing wealth. Captain Mercer and Detective
Coulson spent some time on the case, bnt
only succeeded in proving the innocence of
the Hungarian chambermaid. It is now
thought that a sneak thief entered the house
by the back door, which was open, and, see
ing tbe pocketbook, availed himself of the
opportunity to secure money with which to
buy himself a Christmas present
The pocketbook contained over $30, and
is a severe loss to the cook, who has been
sick for some time. She is much distressed
over her misfortune.
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day In Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Readlnff.
Yesterdat morning, about 7:30, a still
alarm was sent to Engine Company No. 7. It
was caused by a tank full of oil becoming ig
nited and exploding in Munroe's Boiler Works,
Twenty-third street The company quickly
responded, and with ranch difficulty the fire
waB put ont but not until a considerable por
tion of tbe wood work about tbe works had
be:n destroyed. The oil was all lost It is not
known how tbe fire was started.
Bichabd Folet. the Allegheny dentist who
was charged by the Pittsburg Dental Society,
before Alderman McMasters, with practicing
dentistry contrary to law, will have a hearing
this afternoon. A. D. McDonald, another
tooth extractor, cbarged by tbe officers of the
society with the same offense, yesterday
waived a hearing and entered bail for trial at
court
Dr. T.T. Minor, drowned recently In Pnget
Sound, near Seattle, was a brother-in-law of
General Manager McCrea. of the Pennsylvania
lines. He attended Chief Justice Charles E.
Boyle, of the then Territory, during bis last ill
ness. Mbs. Annie Holland, tbe old woman who
was found wandering around by the police, is
in search of her cousin, Thomas Kavanangh, of
Brewery (VinialT) street, Allegheny. She Is
housed in Jail for tbe present
The meeting of the joint committee on free
bridges, announced for yesterday afternoon,
was postponed until 3 o'clock tbis afternoon,
becauso of tbe inability of some of tbe mem
bers to be present.
The directors of the Pittsburg Free Dispen
sary appeal to the public for much-needed aid:
The hardest work of tbe season lies before
them and tbere is nothing to go upon.
Emmet Chapun, while crossing Penn ave
nue yesterday with his young child in his arms,
was struck by a cable car and knocked down,
but neither father nor son was injured.
Nicholas Smith, a puddler of the Sllgo
mill, had both eyes terribly burned yesterday
bv a flash of hot metal. He was taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital.
.Robert Carson, of Allegheny, was yester
day held to court by Mayor Pearson on charges
made by his wife that he had threatened -to
kill her.
0YEE THE EAIM0AD WAL ' '
A Woman Seriously Injured and Mar Die
She Says Her Husband Beat Her Ho
Tells a Different Story.
City Physician Woodburn, of Allegheny,
yesterday visited the house of Jos. "Eriner
at No. 674 East Ohio street, for the purpose
of examining the condition of Kriner's
wife, who is lying seriously ill from alleged
ill treatment by her husband. The latter is
still in the locknp awaiting the results of
his wife's injuries.
The physician found the woman to be in
a critical condition. She had been attended
by a physician of upper Allegheny, but he
gave up the case when the woman's hus
andwas arrested. Mrs. Knner did not
have a cent in the house and her husband,
it is said, refused to purchase medicine or
food for her. For the past few days she has
been growing worse, without any physician
to prescribe lor her or give ner medicines.
The husband tells a different story, and
says be is a much abused man. He works
in Groetzinger's tannery, and has about $800
in a building and loan association. He also
had two children, one of them being but 9
months old. He says his wife has been
neglecting her household duties and going
out with other men. When he remonstrated
with her, he said, she ran away, leaving him
to take care of the children. This practice
she had indulged in until he could stand it
no longer, and in order to keep her at home,
he allowed her to do as she pleased.
On Tuesdav morning last Kriner left the
house intending to go to work at the tan
nery. His wife left the house with him,
saying that she was going to run away. He
coaxed her to go home, but she refused and
started to run. She ran across Ohio street
to the railroad wall, beneath which was tbe
West Penn tracks, and jumped over. The
fall was about ten feet. She scrambled to
her feet and tried to . cross the tracks. A
freight train stood in the way. She jumped
on to" the platform of one of the cars and
down on the other side. Her husband al
leges that she was injured by jumping over
the wall and this is the cause of her illness.
He will be kept in jail until it is known by
Dr. Woodburn whether his wife will recov
er or not.
A GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.
A Workman Throws a. Bnrnlns; Match Into
the Wrong Can.
Jacob Francisco, 30 years rf age, was ter
ribly bnrned by an explosion of a can of
gunpowder near Walker's Mills, on the
Panhandle Bailroad, yesterday afternoon.
Francisco was engaged at blasting, bnt had
stopped to eat his dinner. After finishing he
accidentally threw a lighted match into a
can of giant powder. He was thrown about
ten feet. His cl6thes became ignited, and be
fore the fire was put ont he was burned se
verely about the face, neck, arms and upper
part of his body.
The injured man was brought to the West
Penn Hospital, where he now lies in a criti
cal condition.
JAPANESE WAKE BAZAAR.
Open tor tho Holidnys Only.
You will wonder at our fine display.
Goods are going rapidly, and we would ad
vise you to call early. Special discounts on
large pieces.
Store open till 9 p. m. until Christmas.
Wm. Hasia.oe & Son,
Select Family Grocers,
IS Diamond Square, Pittsburg.
In the Rncblns; Department,
Christmas gifts, beautiful silk mull fedoras;
silk mull and lace fichus; lace and nett
chemisettes in cream, white and black;
lovely Fauntleroy niching. ,
Jos. Hokhe & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Brokntr Bros.,
The celebrated New York firm of manufac
turing clothiers, have but one agent in
Pittsburg, from whom alone their stylish
garments can be obtained. Mr. A. L.
Sailor, corner Sixth and Liberty streets,
sells their goods, which are every way equal
to custom made, and yet are priced far less
than made-to-measure goods. He makes a
specialty of suits lor boys, nobby and yeti
very durable. "vtp
Snrpnsses Everything;.
The collection of elegant pieces in jewelry,
pendants, brooches, necklaces, earrings,
bracelets, single stones, diamonds, pearls,
rubies and sapphires. Finger rings from
the simplest to the most elegant Every
variety ot precious stones represented in the
different designs. Yon should not fail to
see our stock. Wattles & Sueafer,
New store, 37 Fifth avenue.
Dressing Cnser, Manicure Sets, Etc.,
In plush and leather bqxes, fitted with cellu
loid, oxidized silver, quadruple plate and
sterling silver fittings. Prices from$l SO to
$75 per set. The only store where all kinds
and prices can be compared.
Open every evening nntil 9 o'clock.
Jos. Eichbaum & Co.,
48 Fifth avenue.
CLAY BALLS OB BLOCKS
For Natural Gas Fires.
Everybody should use them in their grates
or open stoves. They are much nicer than
broken fire brick, as they make a clean and
cheerful fire. Those manufactured from the
Missouri Fire Clay by Dixon, Woods & Co.,
Thirtieth street, Southside, city, are the
best For sale by all dealers.
Tbo Thousand and One Articles for Fancy
Work.
Most numerous here;
Most beautiful here.
Here you are sure to find what you want.
Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
. Penn Avenue Stores.
Writing Desks, Portfolios, Lap Tablets.
Immense variety and greatest values to be
found anywhere, and at all prices from $1 CO
to $250. Well worth your attention. Store
open every evening until 9 o'clock.
Jos. EiCHBAtm & Co., 48 Fifth avenue.
Furniture.
One hundred different styles of bedroom
suits at all prices. M. Seibeet & Co.,
Allegheny.
Unique, Odd and Beantlfal
Pieces of pottery. We have never been
able to gather so, beautiful and elegant a
stock as we show this season. It is truly an
artistic treat Wattles & Sheafee,
Jewelers, 37 Fifth avenue.
Young folks who intend to- start house
keeping will consult their interest by buy
ing their outfit in furniture at M. Seiberl &
Co.'s, Allegheny.
. .
One of those hand-painted porcelain
panels makes an elegant Christmas present.
Harrison's Toy Stoke,
mwp 123 Federal st., Allegheny.
If yon value health nse the beer made
by D. Lutz & Son, cor. Spring Garden
ave. and Chestnut St., Allegheny. Try it
MP
New Band Music,
Cheapest in the city, for 23 instruments,
complete, only 25 cts, at E. G. Hays &
Co.'s, 75 Fifth ave. wrsu
Printed French cashmeres for tea gowns,
wrappers, etc. Choice designs and colorings
at 50c a yd., former price $1 25.
Huous & Hacks.
Good umbrellas, no charge for engraving
name, at Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave.
wrsu
n. t n.
Superb quality 21-inch clan tartan silks
the latest Bogos & Buhl.
Cask paid for old gold and silver, at
Hauch's, 2?o. 295 Fifth ave. wrsu
PiTBfllTI!(i! hnnn Indnslnr -? Annie
FraoeahelB 8c Vilsaek's PlttMwy beer.
IS INDICATION OF PBOSPIHTT.
Park Bros. TolnrslHg Their Presafctes and
About to Hake Wash Metal.
Park Bros, contemplate some additions to
their plant, and intend to deviate from the
ordinary channel of steel manufacture by
making wash metal for their own use, and
possibly for sale. The company has erected
a wash metal furnace on a plot of ground
adjoining the rake tooth shop, on Smallman
street It is built similarly to a puddling
furnace, with the addition of a cupola.
This new furnace is built as an experiment,
and If it proves successful anumber of others
will be erected. Park Bros, use a quantity
of wash metal in the manufacture of open
hearth steel, and their own consumption of
the article will be large.
Wash metal is made from good pig metal,
and is put through a process similar to muck
bar. Tbe pig is thoroughly cleaned in the
furnace, and then taked out in balls. When
it Has cooled down it is put back into the
furnace and repuddled, and, when fluxed, is
teemed from the furnace and poured into
sand molds. The metal after going through
a final process assumes a spongy appear
ance. The company has bought a large plot of
ground in the rear of the plate mill from J.
B. Hill, the lumber dealer, and will soon
erect npon it accommodation for an increase
to their open hearth plant Though Park
Bros, run seven large open hearth furnaces,
it taxes their utmost capacity to fill their
orders, and they may possibly have to build
another plate mill.
Part ot the ground purchased from J. B.
Hill will be used as an ingot yard.
Stasia Boxe! music Boxes!!
H. Kleber & Bro. have just received a
large and elegant assortment of music boxes,
specially ordered for the holidays. This lot
comprises mandolin, guitar, piccolo, sublime
barmonie, zither and interchangeable cylin
der boxes, made of the best material through
out Klebers' also have in stock the cele
brated Washburn guitars, mandolins and
zithers, as also a large variety of violins,
cornets, banjos, music rolls, and everything
pertaining to the music line. Prices lower
than any other house. Store open every
evening. H. Klebek & Bbo.,
No. 506 Wood street
PIANOS.
ORGANS.
Slellor & Hoene.
We can furnish you with the best pianos
and organs made, and can give yon the best
and easiest terms of payment We have
been established since 1831 (nearly 60 years),
and, being tbe oldest music firm in the city,
we have had more experience than any
other house. Persons buying from us can
be satisfied they are gstting tbe full worth
of their money, as the pianos and organs we
sell are the best made in the United States.
Send for circulars and full particulars of our
easy payment plan.
MELXOB & HOENE,
77 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg;.
Fine Clocks, Bronzes, Silverware, Table
ware. Etc.
Secret society emblems, K. T. and 32
charms and rings, fine jewelry, etc. An ele
gant line of goods for holiday presents. Very
low prices. Jas. McKee, Jeweler,
420 Smithfield st, 1 door below Diamond st
Store open every evening.
Sensible Holiday Presents.
A good substantial gift for the holidays
is an overcoat or suit. Useful presents are
roost appreciated. What better for the hoys
than a nice cape overcoat at $2 50 or $3.
For men we show nome very stylish suits in
cutaways and sacks at $10 and $12. Hand
some chinchilla overcoats (we are closing
out our heavy-weight overcoats) at $10 and
$12. P. C. C. C,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new
Court House.
ImpuritiEB in Hie Liver.
When the-Llver'is crowded or clotted
with a mass of Impurities, its action be
comes slow and difficult Pleurisy,
Headache, Pain in Side, Tired Feeling
and General Weakness ensues, result
ing, if unchecked, in
BROKEN DOWN SYSTEMa
When you have these symptoms, try a
few doses of the genuine
DR C. McLANE'S
Celebrated Liver Pills.
Price, 25 cents. Sold by all druggists,
and prepared only by Fleming Bros.,
Pittsburg. Pa. Beware of counterfeits
made in tit. Louis.
jjlO-irwT
storage:
, STORAGE.
THE PENNSYLVANIA STORAGE CO.,
S9, 40 and 41 WATER ST.,
Beg to call attention to their superior
facilities for storing and caring for all
classes of merchandise.
Separate Apartments rented for honso
bold goods, etc
Telephone, 1620.
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ELEGANCE
-IN-
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, WATCHES,
SILVERWARE, POTTERY,
CUT GLASS NOVELTIES.
A stock of snperior excellence and design.
E. P. ROBERTS I SDNS,
JEWELERS,
CORNER FIFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST.
de6-61-MWF
Wet
Fmasic
SPECIAL.
French, Kendrick I Co,
OPPOSITE CITY HALL.
An Exquisite ,
DOULTON TRAY
for 15, well worth double.
We have put a few In the window
for you to see. Only a limited quan
tity. Others at 91 GO and tZ. These
are sew goods Jatt imported.
1'
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LAMBISG MAT MMX? ' ' Tf
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The Secretary of the Historical Society Bars
It's a Corpse.
The Historical Society of Western Penn
sylvania held their" regular meeting yester
day afternoon in the Court House. The at
tendance was very small. At 2 , o'clock
President C. S. Fetterman called the'meet
ing to order.
Chairman J. C. Porter, of the committee
having charge of the preparation "of a '
minute npon the death of Mr. Darlington,
an old and honored member of tbe society,
reported suitably.
The report was approved. A letter rrom .
Bev. Father a A. A. Lambing, Secretary of
the association, was received and read
Father Lambing stated that he deplored tha
lact.l,ofi,ntere?t in t society which was -exhibited
by the members of the same, and,
said the association should be turned into
life Instead of a corpse. Father Lambing aY
the close of the letter gave the members to
understand that he would resign. -
A general sentiment of regret by those,
present was expressed that such a letter had
been written, and all were of tbe opinioa
that it would never do to allow Father .
Lambing, who has done so much for the so
ciety, to resign. One of the members will a
a few days make a special visit to Father
Lambing and request an explanation and
also plead the cause of the members. Mr.
John Harper read a paper entitled "Indian
or Israelite." l
The New School Edifice.
Occupation of the new school building of
the Thirty-second ward, will be on Monday
January 6. The building is a two-story""'
brick, with stone trimmings and is of mod
ern style of architecture. It contains eight
school rooms and is furnished with all the
necessary conveniences in the way of cloak
rooms, washing rooms, ventilating and heat
ing apparatus. The opening of the new
building will not be marked by any formal
exercises.
Without an equal is Salvation Oil. The
greatest cure on earth for pain. Price'onlv
25 cents a bottle.
Christmas 1883-13 days.
JDS. HDRNE J CITS'
PENN AVENUE STORES.
Pittsburg, Friday, Dec. 13, 1S89.1
The peculiarities of fine lace:
The intrinsic value is always tbe same time
and skill in making must be paid for.
It is always fashionable and grand. Wearing
it, as to quantity, varies with the seasons. Pos
sibly It lasts too long. But it Is always worn
sometimes more, sometimes less.
This season's sales do not warrant the prices
of last season, when these real Dnchesse lace
collars and collarettes and black thread barbs.
capes and fichus found more ready sale amone
lovers of eleeant goods. All or onr retnainin.
stock will be sold at a sacrifice; a reduction of
exactly 0 per cent all round.
8ee them at the Lace Department; no Setter
time than to-day.
There's cheap comfort In these fine down
head-rests. Hundreds of them-the entire stock
of a manufacturer.
Bednced from SI to
50c each. Covered
with sateen. Look:
very nice as they are.
Yoo can add plnshorf
velvet, or whatever
you like,' at' llt'tlo.
added cost Fancy
ribbons and cords and .
the like add beauty.
Useful and ornament
al; rest and comfort-giving. Not amiss as a
Christmas gift
Novel melon-shape eider down pillows for
fancy chairs.
Cambric covered eider down head-rests at SOc
Beautiful pattern: satin covered and fancy
bordered pillo ws at 85 each.
Satin covered pillows at S3 60, So. S3 75 and ST.
Bateen covered pillows, $1 75, $2, 82 ZS and S3 75.
Chintz covered pillows, 35, Jl SO, II 75, S3
and 2 50.
All' these laden with Christmas thoughts;
weary head3 may rest in their tenderfolds; will
dream in retrospective. Childhood's hours and
all the happy fancies of Kris Kringle, and tha
long stocking in the old chimney corner crowd
into the mind. Sweet repose, sweetened by a
remembrance token from a loved one or a
friend.
A Si cotton-filled comfort can carry a big lot
of good will at this season of the year. See that
there is as much good will as cotton. Better cotton-filled
comforts on from SI 60 to $2. Sateen
covered carry the price from S3 to SI
Real down comforts, large size, covered with
chintz, at Jo.
Some down comforts, satige-corered, at
"down" prices.
Sll ones reduced to J7 EOLi
811 ones reduced to 88 5a
100 pairs all-wool, soft and downy, country
blankets at 84 00. All-wool blanket!, 83 75 to
H, So 00.
Ribbons for trimming evening gowns. Rib
bons for fancy work, ribbons for banners, rib
bons for millinery, ribbons for every nurpose.
The most exquisite shades, including 7 pansy
shades, nasturtion yellows, and like' beautiful
colors. Cotton-back ribbons, picot edge; moire
ribbons.
The only complete line of eleeant satin.biek
ribbons In these cities. All widths and all color.
Bargains in pure silk moire ribbon:
No. 2, 5c a yard 45c apiece.
No. 6, 8c a yard 75c apiece.
No. 12. 16c a yard-8I 50 apiece.
Also. No. 22, satin edge G. O., excellent qual
ity, 25c a yard.
And of linen-fined, In beautiful bright shades:
No. 12, at 10c a yard.
No. 16, at 12c a yard.
We could name their hundreds of uses, bnt
you know them.
Gloves by the half
dozen, gloves by the
dozen. Going tbat
way for Christmas ,
gifts. Can you think
of anything more ac
ceptable? From those
50o "Biarritz" mons- '
quetaires up to the
finest for ladles or
misses, there's erery
thinz to commend our
gloves. The new SI 25 laced glove is a welcome
visitor. The best SI 25 glove we ever had, and
that means something.
Gloves for all occasions. Every cloth shade
can be matched in oar cloves, and, with all the
other great advantages, this wonderful Glove
Department affords you prices not approached
elsewhere. The one advantage makes the other
by a very simple business principle.
Come to-day.
115. HDRNE k IXL
, 809-081 PENN AVENUE.
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