I h i 10 MESSAGES BY WIRE. Dr. Green, of the Western Union, on the Progress of Telegraphy. EZEA COBNELL'S ONE MEAL A DAT. The First Telegraph Line to la Laid Was Placed Under Ground. FDRNISHIXQ KEW8 FOE THE FBESS rCOSXXSFOXSKircX OF TBI SISFXTCB.1 2f E York, February 15. ORYIN GREEN, the President of the "Western Union Tel egraph Company, lir.E been for 36 years identified with the onstructiou and 1 eration of tele graph lines. Tour correspondent is un der obligations to lnm for the follow ing scconnt of the development of the telegraph system of the United States. The first telegraphic dispatch was sent in 1844. It announced the result of the "Whig convention at Baltimore, which nominated Henry Clay for President and Theodore Frelinghuysen for Vice President of the United States. The only telegraph line then in existence extended from "Washington to Annapolis Junction. A number ot people who had attended the convention were on their way back to Washington, and when they stopped at Annapolis Junction, they tent a dispatch to the Capital, saying: "Clay has been nominated. "Of course Clay has been nominated," aid the people in "Washington, "we knew beforehand that he would be. Your tele graDh trick is too thin." Uobody believed that transmission by telegraph was an accomplished fact. Pretty loon another dispatch was received saying "Frelinghuvsen was nominated lor Vice President."' FEELUfGHTJTSEN CONVINCED THEM. ""Who is Frelinghuysen?" everybody asted. Nobody seemed to know him. "When the train reached "Washington, the doubters found out that the telegraph had announced the ticket correctly. It was that incident which first gave laith in the tele graph. The first, dispatch that passed be tween Baltimore and "Washington was sent by Prof. Horse from the former city to the President of the United States. It read: Glory to God in the highest. Peace on earth; Cood will to all men. "When lines were first opened from Port land, Me., to Portland, Ore., it cost ?1G to end a ten-word message between the two points. The rate is now 1. In fact, that is the maximum rate between any points in the country. "When Ezra Cornell opened the first telegraph office in jew York, he lived on one meal a day and slept in the office to save expenses. To add to his meager income, he charged everybody who wanted to look at the instrument 10 cents. Those were precarious days for the telegraph. From 1844 to 1854 no company made money. "Kates were low and patrons were scarce. I can remember when the office at Rochester, X. Y., had to remit to the-ChTcago office to make up the deficiency there. Now the Chicago office turns in fGO.OOO a month. Its gross receiDts are 75,000. It was Ezra Cornell who built the first telegraph line. He was the iounder of Cornell University. Ex-Governor Alonzo B. Cornell is .his son. The first wires that were tried were cop per, I think. But it was found that while they were a better conductor than the iron wires they were not strong enough. "When sleet collected on them they broke down. "Sow, however, hard copper wires are pro posed which trill bear tne strain. Copper wire about one-fifth the weight ot iron will give tne same conductivity, in other words a copper wire, weighing 180 pounds togthe mile, is as good a conductor as a No. 4 iron wire weighing 750 pounds to the mile. It,is only within the last six years that copper wire could be produced that was 'strong enongh for telegraph purposes. FIEST LKEWAS TODEKGROUND. It was a rather curious fact that when the "building of the first telegraph line was De gun, the wire was laid underground. Con struction was begnn at "Washington, and when the line reached Bladensburg, a dis tance of 12 miles from the Capital, the in sulation failed. Prof. Horse saw that the plan which had been adopted was a failure. Sir. Cornell had dug the trench in which the wire was laid, by means of a sharp plow drawn by four or five yoke of oxen. He purposely steered the plow against a rock and broke it. Then a new plan was adopted. Insulators were procured, and the wires were strung ou Doles. Bladensburg, where the plow was broken, is, by the way, his toric ground. It was a great dueling place. It was there that Henry Clay and John Randolph fought. It was there also that Jonathan Cillery, of Connecticut, lell before the rifle of "W. J. Graves, of Ken tucky. SERVICE OP THE PKESS. The New York Herald was the first news paper to patronize the telegraph largely. On one occasion an important event oc curred at Buffalo which the Herald wished to report fully. There was only one wire working through betwern Buffalo and New York. The Herald correspondent filed the Bible as a message, and told the operator to start in at Genesis and send until other matter was furnished to take its place. The Herald man, of conrse, wanted to monopo lize the wire. The operator was in doubt if he ought to countenance this proceeding. He telegraphed to the superintendent tor instructions. The superintendent replied that there was evidently no intention to publish the Bible, and the operator oinst take dispatches in good faith as they were handed in, and transmit them in tbeirorder. The trick of the Herald was a clever one, bnt the telegraph company could not be a confederate. In those days the rates to newspapers were about one-half the rates for commercial mes sages. They are now about one-third by day and one-fourth by night for specials on ac count ot the immense business done by the press. The messages of the several press as sociations are dropped at a great number of places, and for such drops the charges are one-fourth the commercial rates for day and one-eighth for night reports. THE FIRST KZWS ORGANIZATION. The first organization for supplying news to the newspapers was conducted by D. H. Craig. His messages giving -directions for the sending of news were sent free and won for him the title among the operators of v,Dead Head Craig." The term "dead head" did not, however, originate with Mr. Craig. Mr. Craig was the first to make a specialty of foreign news. He had reporters who boarded vessels off Newfoundland and sent their news thus obtained by carrier pigeons. The messages reached New York some four davs in advance of the steamers. it was not believed possible to use a tele graph wire lor sending messages in two directions simultaneously until 1871 or 1872. Now, by the use of quadruple! in struments, four messages can be sent at once two in each direction. Two multi plex devices have been arranged, bnt they are not successful. One will send eight messages each way across a room, but it will, not work in sending messages between New York and Boston. The Wheatstone instru ment punches messages through a sheet of paper, which is subsequently ground through the machine. The messages are written ont at the point where received. The Y'heatstone works with a Tery light current. Our lines have been working with "Wheatstone instruments to San Francisco through 20 miles of snow piled up ten feet above the tops of the poles. This could not be done with the Horse instruments. OPERATORS DELIVERED THE MESSAGES. In the old days the operators delivered the messages themselves. There was not so much business but that they could attend to the deliveries. When the business be came sufficiently great to require them, messengers were employed. The average tolls per message in 1868 were $104 07. Now thev are 31.2 cents. At first all dis patches were registered on a tape, and had to be deciphered and written ont afterward. Several claim to have been the first to rev ceive messages by sound. Certainly several discovered about the same time that mes sages conld be taken"by sound, and all are undoubtedly honest in their claim. Ex Governor Cornell thinks he was the first to take dispatches by sound. He was an op erator at Uticx, N. Y., and made the dis covery while talking over the wire with his uncle, O. S. "Wood, the Superintendent oi the Montreal Telegraph Company, who was at an instrument in Montreal. James F. Leonard, an operator atLouisville,Ky., now dead, used to think he was the first to re ceive by sonnd. He was the first that T knew of to do it. "When the first cable was laid it came to Cape Race, near St. Johns, Newfoundland. The Newfoundland Telegraph Company had a cable across the Bay of Newfoundland and the telegraph line was extended to meet it. The ice in the Bay of Newfoundland caused so much trouble with the cable that the cable company was obliged to buy out the telegraph company, whose wires con nected with its line, and tear down the wires. The Atlantic cable was then brought down to Cape Breton, between the Gulf of Canso and the Gult ot St. Lawrence, where a connection was made with land lines. EEVENUE GEEATEK WITH LOW BATES. The development of the cable business has been very great. The gross revenues from the cables are now much larger than they were four years ago, when the rate to Eu rope was 50 cents a word. The present rate is 25 cents, but not so many messages are sent as when the rate was 12 cents. "When the Atlantic cable was laid in 1866, it was a surprise to every body that it worked. The first cable laid in 1S61 did not work. New means had to be devised to work the second cable. "Wheatstone, the inventor of the "Wheatstone telegraph instrument, devised the needle instrument for the cable. This instrument has since been improved, and is now called the mirror instrument. Formerly one oper ator read the message as it was received and another copied it Now one operator can receive and copy a message. At first no cable could work a greater distance than 600 miles. Now a cable will work 1,400 or 1,500 miles. At first 5100 was charged for sending a message of ten words or less by cable. The rate drooped first to $50, then to $25 and then to $5. Then $1 a word was the rate for a long time. There are at present too many cables between America andEurope. Five could do the work as well as the ten that are in existence, for all may be worked duplex. H. J, S. TEACHERS AND PUPILS AMUSED. An Entertaining Programme Given mt tho Institute TeterdT. An overflowing attendance' and the most en tertaining programme of the year were the features of the Pittsburg Teachers" Institute held yesterday morning at the Ralston School. Miss Fnndenberc, ot the Osceola School, had a bright class of pnpils from steps 1 and 2. Singing, memory gems enunciated with pure and clear expression, were the first exercises. Thename storytelling from the pictures on the chart, which, for child-like originality and language, were very amuslnc- They were their own stories, too; for who bnt a boy could nse such expressions as "It's a goner." "If I had an air-gun I'd shoot that fox, '"etc.? Spell ing words by sound followed, and then pro noancing words from diactrical marks. In th last the efforts of the children were remarka ble, and snch words as century, rioald. Proudfit, Logan, handed in by some of the teachers in the audience and written by Miss Fnndenberg on the blackboard, were prononnced quite readily by her pupils. The class drill through out achieved great praise for Miss Fnnden berg. Prof. Logan, of the Peebles School, with a class of very intelligent pnpils who knew what tbey were talking about, then gave an exhi bition of how arithmetic conld be taught in all the steps of school nork from the same prin ciples. Principal Logan is considered the best authority on arithmetic in the citv, and can teach it with such light to all seekers that he has long ago earned the soubriquet of the "Arithmetic Man." The principles of arith metic which ho explained yesterday were listened to with the greatest attention, and he re ceived tho high compliment of a request on the part of the teachers to repeat the exhibition of his method of teaching arithmetic, which he will do at an institute called for March 8. Avery important meeting of the principals was held in the office of the Ralston school yesterday morning previons to the general ses sion of the Teachers"Institute. Superintend ent LncBey stated the object of the meeting and offered the following resolution: Kesolvcd, That we approve the method of pro moting from class to class (in the primary and jrraminar grades) from class standing and not Irom the result of a written examination. The resolution was discussed at some length, bnt ow ing to the small attendance of principals no action was taken, bnt the matter was postponed till a farther meeting, which has been called for on March 15. This idea of the pupil's class standing to be taken as a test of promotion instead of s. writ ten examination nas long been agitating edu cational minds all over the country. Indian apolis has done away with all examination tests even for admission to High School. If the principals be as a unit in their action on the resolution introduced at yesterdav's meeting by Superintendent Luckey the time will not be far distant when the principals will make an effort to have the examination for ad mission to the High School abolished also. The Central Board would have to act in this matter. The tronble in this respect would arise from the difficulty to judge of a pupil's capability from class standing coming from 37 different school districts. Educational Items. AT the last meeting of the Liberty School Board Miss Elizabeth C. Keeper was elected an additional teacher. ScTERHtTE jf DE3TT IiTJCKET received a letter from Hon. J. Dalzell, at Washington, that he was one of the committee to examine the appli cants for the "West Point vacancy that exists in this district. The members of the permanent class, who are now being examined for permanent certifi cates, are jubilant that their petition to have general information eliminated from the list of studies has been granted by the Permanent Certificate Committee. A telegram was received at educational quarters yesterday containing the Information that the Rev. D. J. Waller, principal of the Bloomsburg Normal School, and the newly appointed State Superintendent of Public In struction, will assume the duties ot his new po sition to-morrow. Look Here, Friend, Are Ton SIckf Do yon sutler from dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stomach, liver complaint, nervousness, lost aDpetite, biliousness, exhaustion or tired feeling, pains in chest or lungs, dry coughs, nightsweats, or any form of con sumption? If so. send to Prof. Hart, 88 "Warren street, New York, who will send yon free, by mail, a bottle of Floraplexion, which is a sure cure. Send to-day. EOS New tapestry brussels carpets at Groet zinger's, Peun avenue. Excursion to Wnahlnfrton City. The B. & O. R. R. will sell excursion tickets to "Washington, D. C, good to visit Baltimore, for trains leaving Pittsbnrg on Thursday. February 20, at 8 A. St. and 920 p. M. for 59 round trip, good for 10 days, to enable persons to visit the' Congress of the United States, now in, session, and the pub lic buildings. Pullman cars on both trains. Call early at city office and secure accom modation. Call and see the new agra carpets at Groetzinger's, Penn avenue. Tbe Talk of the Town. Hendricks & Co.'s photographs, come and see them; only ?1 a dozen. Bring the children. 68 Federal st, Allegheny. Gp.oetzingep.'S Penn avenue store packed full of new carpets and curtains for the spring trade. Z. Watjjwbioht & Co. are the old .reli able favorite makers of ale and beer. Any of their brewsrou may safely buy. Sept by all dealers. - Families supplied direct. Telephone 5525. WFSu Fix est line (of velvet carpets ever shown uere.ai uroetzrugex s, ienn avenue. THE" THE LOTTERY SCARE. Bessie Bramble Draws Comparisons Apropos of Dakota's Idea. HER OPINION OP WASHINGTON. Ridiculous Features of the Social Fart of life at the Capital D0I5GS OF THE WEEK IH CONGRESS CrEOM A STJLFT COBKISrOXDKNT.l "Washington, February 14. There seems to be considerable agitation among the good Sunday school politicians and others here as to the proposed lottery busi ness in Dakota to lessen taxation for the discouraged farmers of that great agri cultural region and to raise money for pub lic purposes. But the people there are surely not wicked beyond their fellows. Their plan as set forth is only history re peating itself. When the country was in its infancy pub lic works and enterprises of all sorts were managed upon the lottery scheme. Even the churches and schools were built with money raised in that way, and that fact does not appear to have interiered in any perceptible manner with their prosperity and usefulness. If the subject were closelr investigated, and the details carefully gone over, it might be found that lottery schemes for raising money were not now considered as dreadfully wicked as some people sup pose since they have become known under other names. Churches are even in these days built in part and fnrnished, hospitals are supported, benevolent and philan thropic schemes of all sorts are benefited by lotteries, known under the titles of taking chances, making guesses and voting on all sorts of uncertainties and matters in which luck only is supposed to be the controlling iactor. Even some of the churches in ortho dox Pittsbnrg were bniit and sustained by lotteries, and yet they have prospered and grown BICH VS GOOD WOEKS and piety. The fairs and enterprises in be half of some of the churches and hospitals with their votes and chances succeed better in drawing dollars from close pockets than anv that are managed on the plan of legiti mate contributions, or the regular sale of merchandise, as everybodv is well aware. Knowing this, it is not wonderful that the poor Dakotans who see in the system of tax ation for the expenses of their new and am bitious State a bugbear that will strain their financial ability to the breaking point have bethought themselves of the money-drawing power of a lottery that was so successful in building up new enterprises in the early part of tbe century with the least burden upon the people at large. , In this great city of "Washington the first hotel built was a prize in a lottery, and lot teries were used to encourage settlement in the Distrl-t of Columbia which, while then so poor, now teem wit1, wealth, and has be com, the favorite home of millionaires duri jr th season, and the Mecca of politi cal pilgrim in their pursuit of an "offis." To hear the 'doleful words of condemna tion and witness the shocked expressions of som of the "truly good" of the present ad ministration, it would appear that President Hanson aud Secretary "Wanamaker, and Senator Quay an 5 Brother Halford and the most of them wer- greatly grieved and DISQUIETED IK THEIB SOULS over this lottery business as propo ed in Dakota, though surely they must know that neither the Constitution nor the Ten Com mandments, however carefully lived up to, nor any legislation, however restrictive can prevent men or women from making fools of themselves. Moreover, as lotteries consti tute a great part of what is deemed legiti mate business, it is hard to see how the line can be drawn to avoid the crime and sin ot betting upon chances or taking risks in luck. If $1 is risked for a chance on a silk quilt or a set of silver at a fair for the ben efit of a church or the support of a mission ary, in what does the sin of tbe Dakotans consist, who, in order to promote the pros perity of their State, institute a system of chances for people to secure town "lots and farms by a similar plan? If lotteries are so dreadfully sinfnl and criminal, why does not the country rise up and howl over the speculations and the daily inculcation of the doctrines of chances and blind luck as exhibited in the oil business; tbe transactions in stocks; the bulling and bearingof markets, by which crednlonsmen are fleeced of their money by the "smart business men" and money sharks and sharpers to be found in every community. Tbe greatest lottery of the world is admitted to be marriage, and as marriages we are told were ordained in heaven it may be that the great shock to Brother "Wanamaker in the Dakota lottery is a little overdrawn if heaven sanctions chances in the most im portant matter of life, and that his scruples are a little far fetched if what is business in New York nnd Philadelphia is esteemed a shocking sin in Dakota. WASHINGTON IN MOUENING. Nobody would ever dream that "Washing ton was a city in mourning, judging by the brilliant sunlight aud spring-like appear ance of the beautiful city. The parks and lawns are in a glow of splendor with cro cuses and early flowers. The japomcas are flaming in scarlet and with the shining green of the magnolias and evergreens. All nature is gay without, and, for that matter, there is plenty of gayety within the hospit able homes, but the, administration circle has decreed that society as far as it is con cerned must go into alleged sackcloth and ashes until alter Lent. This, it is claimed, is only showing proper respect and sympa thy for the Tracy family, whose home has been darkened by the dire tragedy of a few weeks ago, bnt there are plenty to say that this reason has been gladly seized upon by many as an excuse to get out ol the bounden rules as to receptions and enter tainments that make the lives of official women a martyrdom to tbe giddy whirl in which society moves as in a tiresome tread mill. If anybody desires to know how little things may be made to seem great, and small doings wax into affairs of mighty moment, they should attend a tea or a reception 'in some of the homes of those whose names fill the sounding trnmp of fame as tbe great men of the republic, and then read the glowing accounts of the same in the news papers, where by skillfulness of pen and brilliance of imagination the most homely of women can be transformed, and repre sented to the reading- millions as so beauti ful in person, so gracious in manners, and so elegant as to gowns and graces that if half was believed, it might be imagined that a high office had about it snch spiritu alizing essence and exalting effect that with a slice of paradise annexed, those liv ing under its shadows and draped by its in fluence became LIKE UNTO THE ANGELS in person, and were straightway endowed with the virtues of the gods. Gaunt, scraw ny, raw-boned women dressed in such style as would drive a tasteful dressmaker stark .staring mad, and overflowing with small 'talk in such English as wonld make Lind- ley .Murray or any other strictly regular grammarian turn in his grave if packed away under the dust of centuries, or walk tbe golden streets of the spirit land with ghostly anguish, if there they are, and can know how even those in high places fail to observe the rules thef. spent their lives .in inculcating and elaborating are by power of imagination-and facility of pen possibly aided by some potent quid pro quo pub lished tothe world as beantitul with all the charms of nature and graces of culture while their-reception cowm are recorded as mira cles of art. , But while to the observant eye a vast deal oi Buaui jjcfucutiuic, yeb were is mucu that is pleasurable and interesting in a round of the gaieties of "Washington to tn outsider. "While their husbands are doing PliTSBTJRG - DISPATCH, tip the affairs of the nation within the halls of the Capitol the wives and daughters are, with even more assiduity and industry, keeping up the social end by the observance of the conventional code of etiquette which prescribes receptions, calls, teas, luncheons and all the other methods by which time is killed and the flying hours are gilded. Al though the administration set is supposed to be in mourning most ot the wives ot the 'Representatives held open house on Tues day, and the Senators on Thursday, and dis pensed the usual hospitalities arrayed iu full dress, and assisted by bevies of fair maidens in all stages of BEAUTY AND UGLINESS in Directoire and Empire gowns, which in many cases were as decollete and short waisted as are seen in the famous pictures of Madam Becamier and the Empress Jose phine. "Women, who in the good old days we read about were wont to sit in the fire side corner and nit stockings for thejj grandchildren and meditate on memories of the long-gone past, are nowadays heading the rows at receptions, and in low-cnt gowns are giving exbibitionsof spinal columns and bare bosoms that wonld have shocked their grandmothers into fits. "What fools we mor tals are beneath the sway of fashion. Old ladies, who would look lovely and sweet in soft silks and snowy laces, are arranged in full dress which, as somebody says, is "fool dress" that but emphasizes and shows in bold proclivity the crowsteet and worn wrinkles and all the marks of age and the defacing stamp of time. No dress is more becoming to the good old girls than the Quaker garb of rich simplicity, but the gods of fashion have never found it out, aud so'in dne observance to the powers that be, we see women in their sixties and seventies arrayed in V cut gowns and square bodices, and diamonds without end, whose appearance wakes the soul to pity, or gives point to shafts of satire, or ring to the world's dread laugh. "I know nothing about politics, I never read abont 'them, I take no interest in them," was the remark made by a Repre sentative's wife at a reception given by Mrs. Snyder, of Minneapolis. "My husband told me not to make calls or go ont during his campaign for fear I should put my foot into it, by saying something that might cause trouble." A STBICT NON-PABTISAN. This lady talked as if ignorance as to politics was a credit to her, and something that might perchance place laurels upon her brow, and was possibly a non-partisan ot the new school, bnt by her own confession she gave the measure of'her mind. It may be said, however, that others who are one with the Representatives take an equal in terest in political affairs and are well posted in everything that concerns the Government and the country and amazingly well read in history and politics. The biographv of Mr. Quay, as given in the New York World, has created a great sensation here and is talked of on all sides. "Whether be will bring a libel suit is not known, but a prominent politician said he conld not afford to do that any more than could Dudley, who has been dared over and over again to sue for damages. Tbe House of Representatives has been engaged dnring the week with the "new rules." Mr. Eeed makes a fine figure in the chair, and has tamed down the opposi tion into reasonable submission, but tbe growl is deep, determined and threatening nnder the rose. Much praise has been awarded to Mr. Carlisle by Republicans as "one of the fairest, squarest Speakers that ever occupied the chair of the House," but while Mr. Beed excites much admiration and high appreciation from his own party, the Democrats have no words of praise or notes of joy in which to JOIN -WITH SWEET accord to do him honor. His rnlings ex cite, and ruffle, and enrage tbem to almost the point of violence and if there is not a break out tomi ot these days the future can not be predicated upon the past. The Senate has been quiet and decor ously dull this week. Some speeches were made upon the Indian question by Farwell, Ingalls and others, but not of sufficient in terest to thrill the soul or rouse to partisan rapture tbe eager listeners in the galleries. Mr. Ingalls is as much an object ot interest as ever, and his bangs now that "William Walter Phelps is out of tne country are held to be the most distinguished in Con gress. His speech would have given the "red brethren" much pleasure, since he was on their side, and seems not to adhere closely and firmly to tha article of faith as formulated by the dwellers upon the frontier, that all the good Indians are dead Indians. Bessie Beamble. HAND CUT OFF AT THE WBIST. SUraenlooa Escape From Death of a FItto burger In Greernbarg. rSMCTAI. TXLCOKAM TO THX DISPATCH.1 Gbeensbuho, February 16. Thomas Eckman, of the Soutbside, Pittsburg, 3nd a glass worker here, made a most miraculous escape from death at the passenger station here this evening. He attempted to board a moving train, when he missed his footing and fell nnder the train. Fortunately he fell between the ties, bnt in attempting to catch the axle of the hind car, a wheel pjtssed over one of his hands at the wrist, cutting it off. She Want Her Grandson. In the Orphans' Court yesterday Mrs. Glassburner, formerly Mrs. John "Wagner, filed objections to the appointment of Mrs. Elizabeth Myers as guardian for her 13-year-old grandson, the son of Mrs. Glassburner, Mrs.-Glassburner states that she has tbe legal right to the boy. "When she left him with Mrs. Myers she was in straightened circumstances, but is now able to care for him. Want 88,000 Danign. Attorney Mark Schmid entered a suit for damages on behalf ot J. M. Lend, yester day, against the Sonthside Passenger Bail way Company. Lend was an employe of the company and was caught in an elevator at their stables, receiving severe injnries. He asks for $8,000 damages. Fire New Citlzem Dollj. The United States Conrt naturalized a number of citizens yesterday, the only busi ness transacted. There have been five a day given papers in the last month, all Europe being represented. Fortunate Western Pennsylvania!!. Higdon & Higdon, American and foreign patents, 95 Filth avenue, Pittsburg, and St. Cloud building, opp. Patent Office, Wash ington, D. C, report the following patents granted this week: Pittsburg H. H. Gar rett, gas furnace for melting metals; Joseph Guest, rolling metals: Sansom Taylor, man ufacture of hook nails; D.J. Thayer, wrench for oil well tools. Allegheny A. J. Dar ragb, leather-stuffing wheel; C. P. Maiser, jar lid fastener; Al. Schmid and . C. Means, collecting contact for electric ma chines. . ' Fine Watches n Spccinlty. Call this week for speciaL bargains at Hauch's Jewelry Store, No. 295 Fifth ave. wfsu Agra carpet best covering ever made for office floor; can be fonnd only at Groet zinger's, Penn avenue. New Spring; Hosiery, Lisle, silk arid cotton, best goods, lowest prices, at Bo'senbaum & Co.'s. New body brussels carpets spring styles at Groetzinger's, Penn avenne. Pltcalrn's Fashionable trouserings and overcoatings. 431 "Wood street. New body brnssels carpets spring styles at Groetzinger's, Penn avenue. ALE makes a superior winter drink,. Try our "brew. Iron 'City Brewing Company. Telephone 1188. ' SUNDAY, FEBRUARY MATCHED, SOT MATED A Number of Married Couples Try ing Hard to Get Unhitched. ONE WIFE'S RELATIVES BLAMED Por the Estrangement of Herself and Her Wealthy Easband. OTHER HEWS FltOM THE C0DET HOUSE Jordan S. Neel, of Neel station, Beaver county, filed his answer yesterday to the rnle obtained by his wife, Catharine Neel, to show cause why he should not allow her money for support and counsel fees pending iheir divorce suit. Mrs. Neel sued for a divorce, alleging nnfaithfnlness on the part of her husband. In his answer to the rule, Mr. Neel denies that he avoided the service of the notice by the Sheriff for seven months after she had filed her suit. She separated from him ic December, 1883, but, he alleges, it was with out cause or reason, and he is "anxious to support her. His home is on his farm at Neel station, and is in charge of her mother, Elizabeth Mehafiey, and they are willing to receive her back. He denies that he is im mensely wealthy or worth 300,000, as stated, being worth not over $65,000, and having debts amounting to $62,000. Last year he lost $8,000. NOT HIS "WIFE'S FATJLT. Continuing, he said he did not believe that his wile commenced the divorce pro ceedings of her own free will, bnt was in duced to do so by her three sons and two sons-in-law. They deceived and misled her as to his wealth, and persuaded her that he had been unfaithful, whenever he saw her since the suit was entered which was sel dom, and, excepting once, but for a few min utes she treated him kindly and affection ately, and in such a way as to conclusively show she was not acting of her own free will in prosecuting the action for a divorce. Once, Mr. Neel 83ys, his wife threw her arms around his neck and kissed him and said she would go home to him the follow ing Monday. He went to the station to meet her, but she did not come, being pre vented by her sons and sons-in-law by their influence over her. Three years ago one of the sons-in-law wanted to draw on Neel's credit in New York, in payment of bills he had contracted, but Neel refused to pay. They then attempted to force the money out of him through his wife, through whom a demand was made for $100,000, else pro ceedings in divorce wonld be commenced on the grounds alleged. The attempt to pro cure the action of his wife in this case failed, and they lived together until December, 1883, when she left him. OTHER DIVOECE MATTERS. Mrs. Maria Tobias yesterday sued for a divorce from George Tobias. She states that they were married in Hungary in 1880. He abused her and finallv deserted her. She made her own living in Hungary for six years, coming to this conntry in 1887. C. Weyman sued for a divorce from Anna "Weyman alleging indignities to his person. He states that she assaulted him and was cruel to his children to such an extent that he feared for his and their lives, and was compelled to leave her. John y. Anselm brought suit for a di vorcejfrom Louisa C. Anselm. He states that they were married in 1871. She deserted him in 1881 and has since been living with Gust Farley. Mrs. Clara C. Sunsik sued for a divorce from "Wm. Sunsik, alleging desertion. ,"W. M. Hall, Esq., was appointed com missioner in the divorce case of MaryA. Hartman against Henry Hartman. John Bobb, Jr., was appointed commis sioner in the divorce case of John P. Thorn against Elmira Thorn. T 0NLT TEN DATS IN" JAIL. A Ugh! Sentence for Macalanaliter Other Crlmlnnl Conrt New;. In the Criminal Conrt, yesterday, John Jones, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, was sentenced ten days to jail. Jones was employed in Carnegie, Phipps & Co.'s mill at Homestead. Some of the workmen were teasing him and he threw a wrench at them. It struck Anthony Now, fracturing his skull and causing his death a few days later. Judge Slagle was satisfied that Jones had intended no harm and made the sentence light. Michael Haney, for selling liquor with out a license, was fined $500 aud sent six months to the workhouse. S. "W. "Wilson, for misdemeanor in acting as an insurance agent without a license, was fined $300 and costs. AFTEB BEE THREE CHILDEEff. Mrs. Diroll Thinks Sho Is tho Proper Gnardlaa for Her Babes. Mrs. Barbara Diroll filed a petition in the Orphans' Court, yesterday, asking that she be given the custody of her three minor children, Elizabeth, Margaret and Kate. The children, at the suit of Humane Agent O'Brien, who alleged that Mrs. Diroll was not leading a moral life, and was not a fit person to care for them, were placed in the care of the Humane Society. They were placed in an orphan asylum, where tbey sow are. Mrs. Diroll states that she has been living an upright life and is a fit person to care for them, and asks thai they be given back to her. NOT CEAZI ANY. 1I0BE. Mrs. Saladln Doesn't Wish to be Considered a Lnnntic Anna C. Saladin filed a petition yesterday asking tbe Court to revoke nn order made in 1881 declaring her a lunatic. In that year she was adjudged insane, and her hus band, Cassimer Saladin, was appointed a commissioner in the case. He disappeared in July of the same year1 and has not since been seen. She declares that she is fully restored to her sane mind, if, indeed, she were ever otherwise, which she denies, and is perfectly able to take care of her own affairs. F.F. Bennett was aprminted a commit sioner to take testimony on the petition of the applicant. Had His Name Chanced. '' ' "William Nfcsless petitioned, tbeConrt yesterday to change his name jo "WUia.ni Nickless Baker. He is 34 years of -age- and has always been known as' William'' Baker, PAINLESS SSEATBJB W ME MEDICINE For Weak Stomach Impaired nwimTrr' sspl IIpIIi 11 '"jflIi NVW( .W VM-.V.-S WXf INWO V-W,Vk- ft9 WWIII. 4 SW sV Tl iM issss IP MVP H M ji 'Trl .M KK MKX Mssssc issss0XS 0. VM T s "ZVNVXxNSV SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. PRIDE 25 CENTS PER BOX. rcpared only by TH0S.BEEC1L4.M,SL Helen S.Lancashire, Engl an a. ?. JP. ALLEN & CO., Sole Agents JPOK UNITED STATES, 38S dc 367 CANA ST., KEW TORE, Who (if your druggist does not keep them) Will mail Beecham's Pills on recent of priceTwwrJA(Pleae mention this paper.) -16, 1890. which is his step-father's name, his own" being Nickless. -, Monday's Andlt List. Estate of Claney "VYllkins,, accountant, Will lam Jenkmson; JohnHailett, accountant, Jo'-n Fairfield; Adam Sent, accountant, Mathew Blocher; Sarah Wall, accountant, Stephen Wall; William Belnecke, accountant, Elizabeth BeinecKe. Dllnor Conrt Hnppentncs. Tbe ease of James Old against Mansfield & Co., to recover royalties on a patent which has been on. trial for several days, was settled yes terday and tbe suit withdrawn. AN application was made yesterday for the transfer' of tbe wholesale license of W. H. Holmes & Son to W. H. Holmes, and the trans fer of the retail license of the Monongahela House from Florence Miller to Holmes & Ar nold. Statkm ents were filed yesterday in the case of Rosina Dobla and Elizabeth Appel against J. Baldinger, a suit for damages in $2,000 for al leged publication of an article reflecting on tbe behavior of the plain tiffs at meetings ot a lodge of the O. U. F. The Court yesterday'granted the petition of tbe School Directors of the Franklin Hub School District, Seventh and Eighth wards, for permission to raise $80,000, by taxation, for the erection of a new schoolhonse. The old one is inadequate and has been condemned by the Building Inspector. GRAND SIE MB. E. D. WILT, Lessee and Manager. Week commencing MONDAY, FEB, 17. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Engagement of America's Favorite Comedian, DIXEY AS THX BABY. DIXEY AS THE SCHOOLBOY. MR. . DIXEY DIXEY AS THE LOVER. HENRY E, Supported by Rice's Company of Players, In a grand production of Gill and Dixey's DIXEY AS THE BOLD1EB, ANDHrS PORTBAITURE OF GEORGE KALEIDOSCOPIC REPRESENTATION Entitled the 7 JLO-ES! "WASHINGTON. DIXEY AS THE JOLLY JUSTICE Direct from its snecessful WITH IMITATIONS. run of 102 BIGHTS at Standard Theater, New York City. The most suc cessful burlesque since ADONIS. DIXEY - AS THE PANTALOON. Music by Edw. E. Rice. Original and Gorgeous Cos tumes. Magnificent Scen ery: Fine Appointments. SCALE OF PRICES. Parquet and first three rows Parquet Circle, SI 60. Balance Parqnet Circle. $1. First three rows Dress Cir DIXEY AS HIMSELF. cle, 73a Balance Dress Cir cle, out uanery -dc. Feb.21-ANNIE PIXLEY in REPERTOIRE. felB-120 OLD CITY HALL. TWO NIGHTS With the World-famed Siberian Traveler, GEORGE KENNAN. Tnesday Evening, February IS, "Tent Life in Eastern Siberia." Wednesday Eve nine February 19, "Russian Political Exiles." Under the auspices of tbe Press Club. Usual Popular Prices, 75c and 50c Reserved Seats now ready at Kheber's. fsie-ios rilWELFTH ANNUAL BENEFIT. Pittsburg Lodge No. 11, a p. oTelks. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, February 28, '90, AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE. List of Attractions Greater Than Ever Bef ore. MISS ANNIE PIXLEY and her Magnificent Company. JOSEPH HA WORTH and his Splendid Paul Kauvar Company. The Popular Drama, A LEGAL WRECK. A splendid Vaudeville Company from the Ca sino and a great company ot specialty and sketch artists from the World's Museum. Tickets can be procured from, members of the order. Price SL Box office open for the exchange of tickets for reserved seats on Tuesday, February '25, at 9 o'clock A. 3f. fel6-49-sa IMPERIAL HALL (Cor. Seventh avenue and New Grant street.) The Imperial Club's First Grand Masque rade Reception, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. Four Elegant Prizes (Gold and Silver Medals) for the most handsome . and comic costumes. ' All persons attending this Reception will be entitled to vote for their most favorite figure caller. Prizo Gold Medal to the one receiving the highest number of votes. fel&34 WORLD'S MUSEUM, ALLEGHENY CITY. Week WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, FEBRUARY 17. Grand Convention of Curios, Wonders, and an excellent stage entertain ment. Coming February 21 Captain PAUL -BQYTON'S SEALS. Mch. 3, B. F. F. M. Tho West-bound letter on its way around the world has reachedYokahaina. Now which will arrive fir.tr felS-28 MTh GUlNWx' - . & " Digestion Disordered Liver. KBWADTEETISEMEXTS. &- theatre: Under tfre direction of K- M.SDIblCK & CO. ONE WEEK, BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, MATINEES WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. THS AMERICAN MARGARET SUPPORTED BY J. B. STUDLEY And her excellent company, under the management of GILMORE & TOMPKINS, managers of Niblo's, the Fifth Avenue Theater and Academy of Music, New York City. REPERTOIRE: Monday Night. GRETCHEN Miss Mather in the Title Rolo Tnesday Night .R03IEO AND JULIET Juliet Miss Mather Wednesday Matinee. THE HONEYMOON. Miss Mather as Juliana Wednesday Nisht ROMEO AND JULIET Juliet-Miss Mather Thursday Night ROMEO AND JULIET. Juliet-Miss Mather Friday Night LEAH Leah the Forsaken, Miss Mather Saturday Matinee R031EO AND JULIKT Miss Mather as Jul let Saturday Night AS YOU LIKE IT Rosalind-Miss Mather Week February 24 "PAUL KATJVAH." HARRIS' JHEATER. Week Commencing Monday, Feb, 17, Every Afternoon and Evening. ATKINSON'S COMEDY CO. PECK'S BAD B0T! The only original and authorized version. A CONTINUOUS LAUGH. "Week February 24 "A Legal Wreck " felS-iO pENN INCLINE HALL ; Popular Receptions every Monday Evening. GREAT EASTERN ITALIANS, Colonel J. J. Phillips, Prompter. Monday evening, February 17, an elegant gold ring will be given to tbe best lady waltzer. and the gent holding the lucky number will be entitled to tree admission to the four following receptions. fel5-17 - AS SQUARE .:. KEECH'S .:. AS STRAIGHT What a pleasure and satisfaction in transacting your busi ness with a house that enjoys and is worthy of the implicit con fidence of the people. Such a house is Keedh's, the famous House Furnishing Emporium that graces Penn avenue, near Ninth street. Thither (this is a conceded fact) fully one-third of the peopleipf these great twin cities wend their steps to buy FUR-NITURE-and CARPETS. Some buy for CASH, others BUY ON CREDIT. ALL BUY with the expectation of getting better value for their money than at any other house in this city, and in this one particular (it will be universally admitted) they are never disappointed. , Who can, in the face of this, wonder at the daily increas ing number of friends and patrons this house is winning for itself? Verily, there seems to be no limit to trade where good $ goods, low prices and courteous treatment are the ruling fea- f tures. ONE POINT tat' aDOVe a others, we wish to bring to the notice of the people who contemplate moving and are consequently intent on buying Furniture and Carpets, is the ADVANTAGE GAINED by making theirpurchases now instead of waiting until the general rush setrin. Now " the assortment is the largest, and you can select. anything at j your leisure, and, if' desired, we will? store.it foriyou until needed. "' f ""&' TC"TnTnnTTJ . .Cash and Credit House, 923 and 925 ,3Sreax ISTi BrOpenSatnxOarHlahtatlUlOo'oloolf-. . 1 ' r mw w TRAGEDIENNE felS-32 MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17. Matinees, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 6US HILL'S WORLD C. W. Williams, Tbe Fisher Bros., Billy Carter, Swift Chase. Mile. Rosina, McBride & Goodrich, Cbas. Hani. Nellie Walters, Jas. E. Black. Chip, the Boy W onder. The Great Pirrnng, Gns Hill. And the laughable comedy called OF NOVELTIES. THE CYCLONE HOTEL. Feb. 24 Bryant & Richmond's Vaudeville Stars. fel&17 i1UENTHER'S ORCHESTRA Furnishes Music for Concerts, Weddings, Receptions, eta, etc. Leonns on Flute and Piano given by PROF. GUENTHER. 0Wood St. selS-41-su AS A DIE as AN ARROW Penn aveiiief. - -n.-fala. S-bx-ee-b. S3 ; 2T ,. A- rJ
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