1 .iffl sB3 ,1,1 liLir iiiiillt All communications for this department snould be mailed to reach The Dispatch not later than Saturday morning. Reasonable space will be freely given to all organizations classified under this beading. The Golden Engles. Editor Reinecke. of The Golden Eagle, will vKit Pittsburg April li The Louis E. Stilz Commandery has receiTed its fit st lot of full uniforms. It was organized last Tuesday. AmericusNo. 220. and Independent No. 20S have joined bauds and eenred a band for their use in the May demonstration. Manchester Castle So. 212 will bold a literary ana musical entertainment at the Sixth ward schoolhouse, Allegheny, April 10. Quite a large Pittsburc delegation will attend the graud castle session at Allentown. April 1, 2. 3 and 4. It will boom the Pittsburg demon stration for the supreme castte in jiay. Lorena Castle No. 131. which was burned out last January, got on its feet again last Tuesday. Ofccers were installed bj D. G. C. Hacknelder and a full team in uniform. A musical and social treat followed. Lieutenant General and Past Grand Chief Louis E. Milz, f Philadelphia, paid Star of the Wc-.t Cattle No. S3 a visit last Friday eve nine and the commandery tendered a recep tion to their namesake. Grand Chief A. :. Lyttle. assisted by D. G. C J. Miller and Sir Knights from Avalon Castle No. 212, instituted Acme Castle No. 353. corner Twent3-seventh and faarah streets, Southside, this city, last Friday evening. The Louis E. Stilz in full uniform, and dele gations from several castles will visit Iona No. 26S, Wednesday evening. This will be the Brst turn-out of a Pittsburg commandery. The commandery will go to Hazelwood on the 7:30 p. M. Baltimore and Ohio train. Headquarters for Supreme Castlo officers and members have been secured at Central Hotel li the General Committee. This hotel will also be the headquarters of the officers of the General Committee. Chief Marsnal and stairs headquarters will be at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. New of the Lodge Rooms Southside Lodge. No. 15S, K. of P., will con fer the tliird amplified rank of knight on Mon day, March 21. All brothers are cordially in vited to attend. The members or the flourishing Lady Glad stone Loagc No. 20, Daughters of St. George, v ill ineetat 10 o'clock Thunday next at the hall. Fourteenth and Carson streets. Elite Division No. 2. U. R. K. of P., of Iron City Lodge No. 3, Allegheny, will celebrate the order's twenty-sixth anniversary at Lafayette Hall, March 2dL with concert, reception and tableaux. At the regular meeting of Glenfield Council No. S41. Royal Arcanum. Friday, the following grand officers paid an official visit and spent a very pleasant time in discussing the objects of the order: V. G. Griffith, D. 13. G. R. of Dar ling Council. No. SNi; J. W. Smith, P. R. of Darling Council. No. b&s; E. A. Knox, Grand Orator of Allegheny Council, No. 415, and J. V. McMurray, D. D. G. R. of Allegheny Coun cil, No. Hi. The 18 councils of the Order of United Friends in Pittsburg and Allegheny will honor the new Grand Councilor of the Grand Council of Penns)lvania, William C. Crowell, of Phila delphia, by a public reception Tuesday, March 25, S r. 1L, at Central Turner Hall. Forbes street. Vocal and instrumental music by the Germania Liederkranz and Toerge's orchestras and addresses by Messrs. Crowell, Henry Graf, Bruno Wahl and others will form tbe pro gramme. P. O. h. of A. The team of Camp 3 will confer the Valley Forge Degree on G2 candidates on Friday. The camps of the two cities are very active at present. Propositions and initiations aro the order of every interview. During the past fortnight new camps have been instituted in this State at Summit, Hal ford, Pennrillc. Reading (eighth camp in the city ) and a: Mill Ci:y. Colonel E. G. Sexton, of Monongahela Com mandery at Braddock, is Chairman of the com mittee making preparations to entertain the commanderics at tbe State Camp Sessions in this city next Aucust. The annual entertainment of Camp 3SS was a grand success. The oration of Commander George H. Hawksworth was applauded to the echo. The recitations of Miss Bright and Messrs. Getty and Bright were well rendered, and tbe selections by the Smoky City Quartet were encored again and again. A. banquet fit tingly closed the exercises. Select Ktilshts. All the legions in this jurisdiction seem to be having a boom just at present, as they are receiving new members at every meeting. All comrades who intend to accompany the Colonel and staff to Mt. Washington on Monday evening will meet at Central Hotel, Smithheld street, prompt at 7:30 r. ji. Tbe dramatic entertainment and reception of Dusquesne Lesion No. 10 last Wednesday evening was a grand snecess in every way. The audience was a large and select one, and every performer was equal to the occasion and well up in his part. T!iE STIXG OF TEE ADDER. A Question na lo Whether the Bites Aro Necessarily Fntnl. The question as to whether adder bites are or are not necessarily fatal is one over which doctors and scientific people have long differed. "While on one hand it is dog matically averred that the bite of these reptiles is in all cases attended with fatal consequences, instances are given on the other of complete and in some cases speedy recovery from the poisoning. In the current number of JIardioicke's Science Vossip Beatrix F. Cresswell fur nishes a case against the fatal character of the adder's bite at least as regards a dog. Last summer in Devonshire a Pomeranian dog was bitten in this manner, bntihe ani mal soon recovered on being treated. Miss Ciesswell also gives an instance of a member of her family having been stung years ago and recovering, and she mentions a curious fact with regard to dogs which have recovered from snake bites. These dogs, she says, perpetuallr bunt their enemies, killing them cleverly by an attack (rom behind, and whenever a dog is known to be "dead on adders," it may be assumed that he at some period has been a victim of their venomous sting, IIE BETEAYED HIS TBDST. Severe Sentence Imposed on a Prominent Cincinnati merchant. Cincinnati, March 22. Judge Bates, of the Common Pleas Court, to-day sentenced to the penitentiary for two and one-half years, 'William H. Meyers, a well-known citizen and merchant. He had been con victed of embezzling funds amounting to 114,000 held bv him as guardian orminor children. The defense was a lack of eviljl intent. That h nnnnrxi ,'nv..l.i1.;l business and disaster followed. -jk The Court in sentencing the prisoner said: Here was a man who was not a criminal in the ordinary sense. The penitentiary is no place for him, he would be better out taking care of his family. But the security L trU5t funs must be protected by an em phatic condemnation oi such gross and out rageous misuse as appears in this case. Mr. Meyer has always held a position of respect in the community. NOVELTIES, in men's neckwear, at James H. Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Filth aye. TIIE VITALITY. OP WEEDS. English People Alnrmril Lest American Cat tle Tiring Other New Fcsl. A writer draws attention in the Hark Lane Express to the dauger likely to arise from the sale as manure of the waste food of the cattle that are imported in tens of thou sands from Canada and America. This waste food consists of Canadian and American hay, and may contain the seeds of undesira ble weeds or the eggs of destructive insects. That the danger thus hinted at is not a merelv imaginary one many facts may be cited to prove. About half a century ago a Cambridge don planted in the gardens of the Cambridge Botanical Society a female specimen ot the now famous Canadian river weed. No seed was possible, but by its roots and suckers the small specimen has spread out until it has choked up the rivers and canals of the Pen country, costing some thousands of pounds to clear the waterways of this encroaching plant Nor is it limited to the Fens, for borne on canal boats it has been carried to other parts of the kingdom, and may now be met with in most of the rivers from Corn wall to Caithness. The introduction ot the ageratum into Ceylon is another instance. This apparently harmless annual was sown by a lady in her garden at Colombo, but it has so established and diffused itself in Ceylon that it costs the Cingalese planters a qnarter of a million yearly to keep the pest irom choking all vegetation in their plantations. The English water cress is not a serious weed at home, but its unlucky introduction to New Zeal and, where it throws up strong, hollow stems 12 feet long, choking the waterways, is a source of great expense and trouble. Thirty years ago a small exotic veronica was discovered in a garden at Beigate, and was fostered as a novelty. Now it is the commonest wed in all the fields of the South oi England. TK1BUTE TO SPKINGEE Tendered by Jndco Novel la His Decision In the P., C. !k -I. L. Tax Salt. Cincinnati, March 22. Judge Noyes, of the Superior Court, to-day decided a case brought by Morganthaler, tax collector, to recover taxes on Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis stock listed for the years 18S1 to 188C, with penalty lor failing to list. There are a number of these cases, growing out of the fact that by the ruling of the Auditor of Slate such stock was con sidered not subject to taxation. After ward the Supreme Court decided that it was taxable. The test case was against M. E. Ingalls, but Keuhen Springer's estate is also involved. The Court refused the prayer of the plaintiff, and, referring to the dead Mr. Springer, said his returns were not false either moral ly or legally, either on account of evil intent or technically. "If a judicial decision," said the judge, "can vindicate the memory of one who never did a dishonest act of a generous, kind-hearted, Christian gentleman, who spent his life and lavished his wealth by the million for the welfare of his fellow-men, I gladly lay that tribute upon his honored grave." Taxes were allowed for the year 18S6 only, without penalty. THE PRETTIEST ENGLISH WORD. An Armenian Gentleman Fondness for the American Jiminy and the Result. New York Evening Sun.l An Armenian gentleman, now- happily proficient in the use of English, was recount ing last evening his struggles in the earlier and lesser stages of his perfection. "There was one word," he said, "that I was a long time in understanding the use of. That was your slang word 'Jimmy.' I heard it constantly everywhere, and sup posed it was in legitimate use. Besides, T thought it the most musical and pleasing combination of syllables I had yet heard in the English, and I used it as often as I could from pure love of the sound. "One night, .it a dinner party in" "Wash ington, when I was offered some dish which I did not want I said, .'Jiminy, no. 1 do not eat it.' "Somebody laughed and choked, and I suspected that I was the cause of it. So I inquired and found out when and where to use 'Jiminy.' But I was sorry to give it up. for I still think it the prettiest word you have in your language." A BLIND MAN'S SORROWS. Ho is Looklnc for Ills Wife nnd Children Who Deserted Him In Pittsbnrs. rSr-ECIAI. TZXXGBAM TO THE DtSPATCn.1 "Wheeling, March 22. A blind colored man, giving the name of George Brodenex, and claiming to hail from Pittsburg, put in an appearance at police headquarters to day. His story was that he was looking for his wife, who had run away from him, taking with her two children, aged 4 and 2 years, and that he had followed them this far and could go no farther. Chief of Police Del brugge arranged for sending the fellow back to Pittsburg. ELECTRICITY IK MINES. A New Coal Diecer Heine Tested In tho First Pool. 1SFZCU.L TELIOBAM TO TUB DISPjlTCH.1 Monongahela Cixr, March 22. An electric coal digger is being tried in some of the mines in the first pool, and tbe men are somewhat alarmed at the success of the novel affair' They are greatly in favor, however, of the proposition to introduce the incandescent system otlighting in the mines, as is proposed by some owners. It is claimed this system will entirely do away with the ever-present danger of explos ion of fire damp where the mines arc badly ventilated. SUICIDE DAI IN CHICAGO. Inquests Held on Four Persons Who Had Tired of Life. Chicago, March 22. To-day was suicide day in the Coroner's office, no less than four inquests being held on cases of that nature. They were "William Misner, a laborer, living at 69 Sheridan street, who took poison; "William S. Barber, an express messenger, who shot himself in the head, while despondent oyer the loss of an express package; Patrick McNichols, a horseshoer, who shot himself, and Mrs. Gotham, at 39 "West Indiana street, who shot herself in the head yesterday while despondent Cessnn Will Ran for Congress. rFPKClAt. TELXOKAM TO THE DIEPATCrt.l Bedford, Pa., March 22. A petition asking John Cessna to enter the contest for the Republican nomination for Congress in this district has been circulated, and numer ously signed by the best people. Mr. Cessna has accepted in a brief letter. Imprisoned for Life. rSrECTAl.TELZOBAlI TO THE DISPATCH.! Charleston. "W. Va., March 22. Charles Dabney was convicted to-day of the murder of Jesse Stanton and Constable Belicher, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Boens Bmtcr Dealers Arrested. rBrKCIALTELXOBAMTOTniDISPATCK.1 Johnstown, Pa., March 22. Mr. Cook had two more Johnstown dealers arrested this evening for selling oleo. Commission 1-8. HcKee & Hagan, ol 108 Fourth avenue, buy or sell all kinds of stocks and invest ment securities on margin or for cash. Cor respondence solicited. TTSU Commission 1-8. McKee & Hagan, of 108 Fourth avenue, buy or sell all kinds of stocks and invest ment securities on margin or for cash. Cor respondence solicited. xxsa THE MOEE SMALL HOUSES. A Local Syndicate Almost Ready to Begin Their Construction! Vsr A PILE OF MONEY IN- THE POOL. Fairmonnt Avenue to be Ornamented With Fourteen Fine Dwellings. GOOD ADYICE TO T0DNG BUSINESS MEN It was stated in The Dispatch a short time ago that a syndicate of local capitalists had been formed for the purpose of building a large number of small houses. Additional information was obtained yesterday. The scheme is making satisfactory progress. The syndicate is headed by the President of one of the street railway companies, and the other members are all prominent in business. The capital is $100,000, divided into 1,000 shares of $100 each. Of this amount $80,000 has already been as good as placed. Land will be bought and houses erected along the lines of the principal street car lines and other accessible places. Preference will be given to no district over another. In building some new features will be intro duced. The housed will be rented at from 15 to $20 a month. It is tbe purpouse of the syndicate to commence active operations early in the summer. The property owaed by Mr. Matt Wiess and John Ober, situated on Fairmount avenue, within ono square of Penn, consisting ot a fraction over four acres, is to he handsomely improved this season by the erection thereon of 11 fine brick dwellings, plans for which are being prepared by Messrs. Straub & Morris. They will contain from eight to ten rooms each, combine all modern improvements, and cost from S5.500 to J7,000. These houses being of a high class, will add materially to the ap pearance of that part of the city. Work on them will begin as soon as the weather will permit. Young men just starting out in business for themselves should bear in mind that persever ance is the only certain road to success. Said one of the oldest bank officers in the city yes terday: "When I see men changing from one thing to another I at once conclude that tbey will never set the world on Are. They may suc ceed, but the chances are largely against them. There is no sentiment in business. It cannot be coaxed or bribed. It is governed by im mutable law. Hard, persevering work counts for everything. Let me relate a little of my own experience. When I started this bank I met with many discouragements. For days together I didn't receive a dollar on deposit Discount ing was equally slow. The first loan I made was of 75. 1 persevered, however, and finally succeeded in establishing about as large a bank ing business as there is in the city. If I had given up the struggle I would probably be working on a salary to-day. I felt that it was my opportunity to make a record for myself as a financier, and I hung to it with the energy of despair. "Andrew Carnegie is not wanting in perse verance, but he narrowly escaped disaster at the outset of his careei. He engaged in the iron business at the solicitation of the late J. Edgar Thomson. One day Mr. Carnegie went to Mr. Thomson and told him that he had con cluded he was not altogether adapted to the business and expressed a dssire to draw out. He had met with some discouragement which had shaken bis continence in himself. Mr. Thomson talked to him in a friendly way and induced him to change his mind. So far as known, this was tbe only time that Mr. Carne gie ever displayed weakness. It was the turn ing point in his life. His energy and persever ance have made him not only many times a millionaire, but enabled him to become one of the woild's greatest benefactors. "My advice to young men is never to yield to discouragement. It is hard to do this at all times, but any other course is evidence of weak ness, and weakness sooner or later leads to failure. Davy Crockett's famous motto, 'Be sure you're right, then go ahead,' expresses a truth which lies very close to the bottom of business success." There are real estate owners in Pittsburg who are always buying and never selling. A case in point transpired the latter part of last week. An offer of about $3,000 a foot front, or 70,000, was made for a business property on one of the principal downtown streets. The owner responded by saying he would not take (100,000 for it it was not in the market. He owns a large amount ot property, much of which was purchased several years ago at very low figures. He thinks it a good investment, and proposes to hold on to it. There is no ob jection to this it is legitimate and business like. But other owners who are disposed to sell should not hold up such property as a crite rion of value. Property not in the market is no factor in tbe making of prices; but it is often made a pretext for nursing a boom. Owners should maikthe difference and be reasonable THE TREND OF STOCKS. Pleasant Valley Active and Stronger Gas sera nnd Tractions Dull and Lower. A fair business was transacted at the Stock Exchange yesterday tor a short session and a rainy day. Orders were said to be increasing, indicating a permanent revival. Total sales were 290 shares, and for the week 2.050, against 976 the previous week. Tho market opened steady with liberal bid ding for nearly all the specialties. Pleasant Valley was again the feature, and for which the demand, as had been the case for several days, was greater than the supply. The first sale of it was at 2, the next at 27 and tbe last at Z7J. showing a steady appreciation dur ing the session. It closed at 27j bid and 27J asked. It is believed that all tbe recent selling bas been on the long side. Philadelphia Gas and the tractions were the weak spots in the market, all of them submit ting to concessions. There seems to be an utter want of confidence in these stocks, though for what reason is not clearly understood. So far as known there has beeu no recent change in condition to warrant such a feeling. They seem to be in the bands of a coterie of chronic bears who are determined to keep them in the rnt with or without reason. Bank shares showed some appreciation, but there were no transastions. There was a very light demand for insurance for Saturday. Rail road stocks were hrui, with Electric Switch and Signal and tbe miners dull and featureless. EXCHANGE STOCK. Bid. Asked. Pitts. Pettock & Metal Ex 455 .470 BASK STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Arsenal - - .. 66 .... Commercial National Bank CT 93.14 City Deposit 65 .... Duqursnc National Bank. 167 .... Kxchanre National Bank , MM Freehold 60 German National Hank 325 .... Keystone Bank of l'ittsbnrg 70J4 Marine National Bjuk 100 .... Masonic UauK efi ....: Merchants Manufacturers' Na. Bank 70 Mononjrahcla National Bank 117 Fittsburg Nat. Bank or Commerce 250 People's National Bank 170 Third National Bank 180 Tradesmen's National Bank 23) .... IH6UEANCE STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Armenia 103 Boatman's. v 27 .... City 36 GAB STOCKS. Bid. Asked. AllephenyQas Co. (lllnm.) Jv..... 40 mtsburgUas Co. (Ilium.) CO XATUItAL GAS STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Brldgewater 3a Chartlers Valley Gas Co 46.K 47 Natnral Oas Co. of W. Va 70 People's Nat. Has and Pipeage Co 16 Pennsylvania Gas Co 14 .... Philadelphia Co fi & Pine Knn 32 61 Westmoreland ana Cambria a) Wheeling UasCo lX OIL COMPACT STOCKS. Bid. Aaked. Ilaielwooa Oil Co i 60 Tuna Oil Co 70 Washington Oil Co 85 PASSENGER RAILWAY STOCKS. Bid. Asked Central Traction 13H 1$ Citizens' Traction 64 m Pittsburg Traction 40 42 Pleasant Valley " 27X Pittsburg, AUegheny and Mancbester.235 300 BAILEOAD STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Allegheny Valley 3 Pitts., Yonrifitown ft Ashtabula It. B. 30 .... Pitts., Youngitown ft Alb. B. H. . pief. H .... PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, llf V, r-h-!natnn It. tt. f!n. . 42 :.:::r .'-:. ". v,".v---.,v ;.. . io tins, a n esiern it. n. vu. dici..... - COAL STOCKS. Bid. Asked. N. Y. ft Cleveland Oas Coat Co DBIDOE STOCKS. . , . Bid. Asked. Northjlde Bridge Co w MINING STOCKS. . . Bid. Asked. La Norla Mining Co . ,.V Luster Mining Co 16M Bllvcrton Mining Co '$ lankceUIri Mining Co :i ELECTRIC LIGHT STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Allegheny County Electric East End Wcstlnghouse Electric 'J ... 60 ... 45 46 MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Granite Itooflng Co 10 Slonongahela Water Co 35 Union Switch and Signal Co U 15'4 Wcstlnghouse Air Brake Co 113)4 116 Wcstlnghouse Brake Co., Llm 59 Sales were 50 shares of Philadelphia Oas at 32. 50 at 31, 120 Pleasant Valley at 2 60 at 27J. and 10 at 27. Andrew Caster sold 100 shares of Philadelphia Gas at 32. HOLDING THE FORT. Bank Clearinc" Still Crnwllnc vrny from Lnst Ycnr Easy Afouey. A supply of currency was received yesterday, hut it will soon go to fill a rat hole. Who hoards it is something noone seems able to find out. There was no other feature in banking circles. There was a light demand for money, and it was in good supply. Rates were b7 per cent. The bulk of present loans has been at 6 per cent. Tbe Clearing House report was favomblo as showing a prosperous condition of trade. Tho week's gain in exchanges over the correspond ing time last year was nearly 52,000,000. Balti more was laid out. The rcpoit follows: Yesterday's exchanges ? 2,316,978 35 Yesterday's balances 463.196 25 Week's exchanges 14,3'a,247 49 Previous week's exchanges 13,791,300 59 Exchanges week of 1S39 12,447,634 65 Balances week of IsKi 2,027,446 12 Gain for week over 1SSS . 1.915,562 84 Julius F. Stark sold 60 shares Wcstlnghouse Electric at 4. John D. Bailey sold 50 shares Natural Oas and Pipeage at 16. Sprnul and Lawrence sold 100 shares Phila delphia Gas at 31. Henrv M. Long sold 100 shares Pleasant Val Iejl.it 27, and 10 shares Westinghouse Electric at 46. The total sales of stocks at New York yester day were 54,583 shares, including Atchison, 3,850; Louisville and Nashville, 3,184; Oregon Transcontinental, 1,710; Heading, 1,700; St. Panl, 2,650. The weekly statement of the New York batiks, issued yesterday, shows the following changes: Reserve, increase, $2,365,625; loans, increase, $1,150,900; specie, increase, 83,010,000; legal tenders, decrease, $399,100; deposits, in crease. $931,100; circulation, increase, $117,800. Amont in reserve above 25 per cent legal re quirements. $3,406,525. The exports of specie from tbe port of New York during the past week amounted to $540, 2C6, of which $252,435 was in gold and $7,771 silver. The imports of specie for tbe week amounted to $426,501, of which $396,683 was in gold and $29,813 silver. Money on call at New York yesterday was easy, with no loans, closed offered at 3. Prime mercantile paper, 57. Sterling exchange dull but steady at 54 S2& for CO-day bills and SI 85 for demand. Closing Bond Qnotntlons. U. S. 4,reg 12134 U. 8. 4a. coup 122H' U. a.4Xs,reg 103S O. S. 4s, coup 103 SI. K. ftT. Gen. Ss . 64,S Mutual Union 6s.. ..100 N. J. C. Int. Cert.. .MM Northern Pac UU..1147, Northern Pac.2ds..U3)i Northw't'n consols. 142 Northw'n deben's..lll Oregon ft Trans. Sa.106 St. 1... 4I.M. Gen. 5s 91 St. I..&S.P. Gen.M.110 Si. Paul consols ....127K M.l'l. Chi ft Pc.lsts.116 racincss oi ' us Lonisianaetampedts 95 Missouri 4s 100 Tenn. new set. 6s... 109 Tenn. new set. 5s.... IN Tenn. new set. 3s.... 74 Canada So. 2ds 93 Cen. 1'aciac.lsts 112 Men. ft K. O.. 18U...118 Den. ftK. G. 4s 7SS D.K.G.West,lsts. - Erie, 2rts 101 U. K.. ftT. Gen. 6 75 Ex., Pc.UG.Tr Ks. S2 Tx.,Pc.K.G.Tr.Kct 33J union rac. isu u West Shore 105 New York Clearings, $102,456,072: balances, $4,212,622. For the week Clearings, $627,255,535; balances, S31,07li.224. Boston Clearings, $14,634,914; balances. $1,43P,954. For the week Clearings, 5S9,37o,827j balances, $11,090,053. Philadelphia Clearings, $11,428,420; bal ances. $1,743,211. For the week Clearings, $71, 202.000; balances, $10,756,902. Paris Threo per cent rentes, 87f 65o for tbe account. Chicago Clearings, $10,376,000, and for the week, $69,913,000, against $57,759,000 for the cor responding week last year. New York exchange 25c discount. Money rates unchanged but steady at C7 per cent on time and 56 per cent on call. St. Louis Clearings, $2,816,480; balances, $425,152. For this week Clearings, $19,542,293; balances, $3,068,619. For last week Clearings, $21,007,591; balances, $4,463,1109. For correspond ing week last year Clearings, $18,501,254; bal ances. $3,777,855. New York Government bonds have been dull and steady. State bonds have been en tirely neglected. OIL CLOSES L0WEK. Licht Trading and a Very Narrow Rnnffe of Prices. The oil market yesterday developed about the same characteristics as on Friday. It did not reach quite so low a level, hut was a frac tion off at the close. Tbe opening was steady at the best point of the day. Tho market then sagged for want of support, and moved along within very narrow limits until the last few minutes when it firmed up a little and closed a small fraction better tban the lowest figure. The range was: Open ing and highest, SflJc; lowest, 86Jc; closed, 86c lrading was light and confined to the profes sionals. Refined was unchanged. Taking the week through the market was decidedly bearish. Business however, was brisker than for a long time, the clearances being 4,120,000 barrels the largest of any previous week this year. Features of Yesterdnj's Oil Market. Corrected daily by John M. OaKiey fc Co., 43 Sixth street, members of thn Pittsburg Petro leum Exchange. Opened 86I.owest....', 854 Highest enclosed SSX Barrels. Average charters 17,604 Average shipments 6S.75S Average runs ... ... 62,437 Keflned, New York. 7.25c Refined, London. 5Hd. Keflned, Antwerp, i7r. Befined, Liverpool. 6d. Keflned, Bremen. 6.65m. A. B. McGrew quotes: Futs,85Kc; calls, 87S87c Other Oil Markets. Oil Citt. March 22. Petroleum ooened at 86J(c; highest, .S6f; lowest, 86c; closed at b64:jc Sales, 25S.0U0 bbR; charters 5,714 bbls,; shipments, 68,256 bbls.; runs, 81,545 bbls. Bradford, March 22. Petroleum opened at 86c; closed at 865c; highest, 86Jc; lowest S(c; clearances, 662,000 bbls. Oil Notes. Work in the various fields will be vigorously pushed as soon as tho roads settle. There was a noticeable absencoof field news on 'Cbanzc yesterday. Not a single new gusher was reported. It is quite generally believed that the next pipe line report will show an increase of pro duction over consumption. Peodtjcers are paying very little attention to speculation. They are devoting themselves to business and are making money. There was considerable talk yesterday abont an independent pipe line to the seashore in op position to the Standard, and tho drift of opin ion was in favor of it. SOME BIG DEALS. Tho Lindcnthal Property Resold at an Ad vanceOther Transactions. Samuel "W. Black fc Co. sold tho property at Shields station, Pittsburg, Port Wayne and Chicago Railway, known as tho Lindentbal property, containing, about four acres of ground, with large dwelling, for $15,500. This was a resale at an advanced price, the property having been sold at Sheriffs sale in January. They also sold lot No. 00, in West Ena place, being 20x100, for $131 50. Ewing & Byers, 93 Federal street, sold for Miss Clara Telford to Miss Lizzie Smith the property 'No. 107 Park Way, Fourth ward, Al legheny, being a frame house of seven rooms and hall, with lot 25x00. This property is lo cated on leased ground (Schenley lease). The consideration was $2,200. Thomas Liggett sold for R. W. Thompson et nr, to Mrs. R. Hume, lot 20x95, on Center ave nue, near Pcnn, Twentieth ward, for $3,200 cash. , Black & Baird, Bo Fourth avenue, sold for George W. and E. J. Biggs, the three-story brick dwelling of nine rooms, with lot 20x45 feet, known as No. 59 Congress street, to J. B. McGarvey for $5,000. They also placed to small mortgages, ono for $500 for three years at 6 per cent on Madison street property, and the other for $350 for four years at 6 per cent on Ward street property, in Oakland. Baxter, Thompson & Co., 162 Fourth avenue, sold another of those two-story frame houses on Wahdloii street, off Wylta avenue, Thir SUNDAY, MAKOH 23, teenth ward, being No. 2, with lot 19x55 to an aUey, for S1.500. Alles & Bailey, 161 Fourth avenue, sold for the Lindser heirs No, 23 Shingiss street, a fine three-story brick dwelling of nine rooms, hall, vestibule, bath and all modern improvements, lot 21x121 feet to Boyd street, for $5,100 cash. Francesca Miraglia was the purchaser. S. J. Fleming it Co., 117 Fourth avenue, sold to L. S. Dunn. No. 47 Clark street, a frame house and lot, 20x60 feet; to Mr. Sbaw lot, 24x120. Filmore street. East End, for $050: to H. C. Wolff two moro lot 24x120 each, Filmore street, for $1,150 for the People's Savings Bank: forMr.Dittig. two houses on Grove street of six rooms and four rooms, lot 25x08, for $2,800; Mr. Holmes was tbe purchaser. They also placed two mortgages one of $2,000 on city property and one of $1,500 on farm property in Allegheny county at 0 per cent interest. They also sold three house's on Pier street, corner ot Boquet street, with lot 21 by about 110 feet, 44 feet wide in rear, for John Hamilton, for $3,400. ReedB. Coyle feCd''131 Fourth avenue, sold for Marshall H. Reno a lot, 60x200 feet, situate on Marshall avenue. Tenth ward, Allegheny, for a price approximating $l,U0O. HOMES FOE THE PEOPLE. 4) Building 1'roarcsslns Under Serious Dls ' ndvnnmsres Last Week's Permits. Tbe work of building goes on in the face of obstacles that would put a stop to almost any other interest. The number of permits issued last week was 30, against 89 the previous week. The cost of the improvements all small is es timated at $65,860. The number of permits issued tbis year to date is 426, a small increase over the same time last year. Last week's list follows: F. Pritchard, frame two-story stable, 16x16 feet, on Riverview avenue. Nineteenth ward. ..John Wittman, frame two-storv stable, 30x40 feet, on Coal road. Thirty-fifth ward. H. H. Blake, frame one-story photograph gallery, 10x25 feet, on Penn avenue. Sixteenth ward. ...Adams Getty, frame one-story store, 20x30 feet, on Pearl street. Sixteenth ward. A. H. Pence, frame two-story dwelling, 16x30 feet, on Tioga street, Twenty-hrst ward. Robert Thompson, frame two-story dwelling. 18x24 feet, on rear ot Tustm street. Fourteenth ward. Pittsburg Gas Company, brick two-story of fices 25x60 feet, on Penn avenue. Twentieth ward. Cost, $12,000. J. F. Wilbarm. two framo one-story bath rooms, 10x13 feet each, on Ellsworth avenue. Twentieth ward. A. McCracken, brick four-storv store and tenement house, 25x76 feet, on Fifth avenue. Sixth ward. Cost, $11,400. Citharine Grindle, frame two-story dwelling, 18x30 feet, on Clawson street. Twenty-first ward. Mrs. Annie Thomas, brick two-story and mansard dwelling, 22x34 feet, on Fisk street. Seventeenth ward. James Lauler, brick addition three-story dwelling, 16x32 feet, on Fifth avenne, Four teenth ward. Louis Eik, frame addition one-story dwell ing. 18x32 feet, on corner Torrens and Railroad streets. Twenty-first ward. . George Lunz, frame one-story kitchen, 12x16 feet, on Edmund street. Sixteenth ward. Thomas Bailey, frame two-story dwelling, 12x14 feet, on Carnegie avenue, Eighteenth ward. H. L. Zweidinger, two brick two-story and mansard duellings, 12x32 feet each, on Thirty seventh street, Fifteenth ward. Sidney Fuller, fiame two-story dwelling, 16x28 feet, on Ella street. Sixteenth ward. Pnter Hermes, iron-clad one-story factory 32x54 feet, on Old avenue, Sixth ward. H. Lot filer, frame one-story stable, 13x16 feet, on Main street. Sixteenth ward. Mrs. Annie Jones, brick addition two-story kitchen, 8x12 feet, on Bluff street, Sixth ward. Bernard Bachman, frame two-story photo room, 16x20 feet, on Monastervavenue, Twenty seventh ward. J. C. Authammer, brick two-story dwelling, 3$xS7 feet, on Walllngford street. Twentieth ward. Joseph Davi, three brick two-story and attic dwelling, 16x30 feet each, on Larkins alley, Twenty-fifth ward. John Hes. framo two-story dwelling, 17x18 feet, on Cobden street. Twenty-seventh ward. Henry Schwartz, frame two-story dwplling. 17x18 feet, on Berg street, Twentv-seventh ward. A. C. Jarrett, framo two-story dwelling, 16x32 feet, on Bradford street. Twenty-seventh ward. Pittsburg Junction Railroad Company, frame one-story tool nouse, 16x32 feet, on Ewing street, Sixteenth ward. David Davidson, frame addition one-story dwelling, 9x10 feet, on Stobo street, Fourteenth ward. W. J. Pful, brick two-story dwelling, 17x34 feet. Twenty-sixth ward. George Wchrley, two brick two-story man sard dwellings. 15x32 feet each, on Forty-third street, Seventeenth ward. ST00KSPAEALYZED. A Six months' Record for Dullness Broken Sugar tbe Only Fontnrc, But Some Fairly Blronn Spots Tho Money Bugaboo. New" York, March 22. The dullness In the stock market, which has been such a f eatnre for the past week, was still more pronounced to-day and the transactions were the smallest for tbe morning hours for more than six months. Tho strong tone of yesterday remained, how ever, as the impression tbatthe bank statement was to be a good one was most universal and the selling was very cautious, while covering of shorts was indulged in to marked extent, con sidering the limitations of tbe market. The general list remained within the narrowest limits, and tbe stocks among the usually active list which fluctuated over a ranga of more tban per cent could be counted upon the fingers of one hand. Sugar was again a feature for one half tho session, but the traders sold it on the theory that the dividend news having coma out tbe stock would be a sale. Tennessee Coal was tbe strong feature, rising to 57, against 54, but it reacted late in the last hour to 56. Hocking Coal andiron sympathized with it and scored a net rise of 1 per cent, closing at 21. In the railroad list the Flint and Pere Mar quette stocks were specially strong and the common at 34 is up 1 and the preferred atlOOisup 2 per cent. Among the other specialties which showed considerable strength, the Wheeling and Lake Eric shares and Louis ville, New Albany and Chicago wero promi nent. The other movements nero entirely without significance. The market closed dull and strong at tho best prices. Railroad bonds showed the same dullness and steadiness which has marked the declines throughout the week, and on a very limited business only slight changes were recorded. The Poitsays: Almost the only active stock that is not lower tban last week is Union Pa cific, though there are larger declines on a few of the specialties, such as Oregon Short Line and Louisville, New Albany and Chicago, which are respectively two and e'ght points lower. Everything soemed to indicato during the week that the apprehensions of tigbtmoncy were the chief obstacle to a further advance in prices of stocks. And yet, when tbe Dank statement was announced, it did not have the immediate expected etfect on tbe stock mar ket, for in the 20 minutes before tho close of business prices fell off H to for tbe majority of the active stocks. Tbe fact that the early prices in London were lower tban the closing prices here last night may have had some effect to induce selling here for tbe time being. But all things considered, the entire situation, both as regards tbe pros pects of the railroads for good earnings, and also as regards tbe money market, have im proved so much that it ran scarcely fail to bavo a tenaency to make higher average prices for stocks next week. The rotiowinc table shows the prices ot active stocks on the New York Stock Excnange yester day. Corrected dallv for THs Dispatch by Whitney & Stkfheneon, oldest Pittsburg mem bers of New TCoil mock Kxchange. 57 Fourth ave nue: CIos-Open- High- Low- Ing 1d. esu est. Bid. Am. Cotton Oil Trust.. 27 274 27 27 Atcn.. Xop.ft S. F ZiX Xi'A 37 37 Canadian Pacific 11 Canada Southern 54K 54 51 54 Central orNewJcrey.l2IK 1215,' 12lj 1215s Central l'aelflc 31? ChesaDcakes Ohio.... 21H 22U 22S 22'$ 4.!.. llur. ft OuliiCT H" I'fli JC7 ICMj C. illl. ft at. Paul.... ioH 69 esii 6SH C, MU.ftSt. P.. pl 1IM," C, KOCKL&P StH UX 3tf 93!s C, St. L. ft Pitts 1644 C, at. 1 ft Pitts, nt bOii C. St. P.. M. ft O I1H C. ft Northwestern ill HI ilOH HI C. ft N. V. pfd . 141 C, C C. A 1 71 71 70 705J C. C. 0. ft I., nr 93' Col. Coal ft Iron 45 46 45X 4S Col. ft Hocking vat .. 22 22S 22 21 M Del.. L, ft V 136H 136J, I3BH 136 Del. ft Hudson. U'J"4 UenvcrftKloU a 14 Leaver ft ltio G. pf. 45 K.T.. Va. 40a S4 b. T.. Va. ft Ga. 1st pr 71b E. T Vs, ftGa. 2d pr. 22 Illinois central 115M 11M 114V 1MX Lake Erie ft Western.. 17 17 17"4 17H Lake Erie ft West. nr.. &04 64H 64H 64 H Lake Shore ft M. ti 107 107 107 107 LoulsvUle&NasbvUle. 84 84X 84X 84tf Michigan central 87 Mobiles Ohio 1M Missouri Pacific 73K 73K 73! 73 S N. V.. ti. Js. ft V .... 25if 25X 25)4 25JJ K. Y L. K. ft W. Pf. 61tf 61XJ eta 60 N. r.. C ftSt. L 17 17J 17 17J4 N. x u ft St. L. nr. 7ok N.y.. t,-. ft8t.L..2d or 39H N. Y4N. K 46K KH K 415, N. .. y. aw i;m 17X i; I7?g Norfoir Western 19 Norrolkft Westerner. !( Nonhcrn i'acinc 30$ Nortnern Pacific pr... 72K 72K 1t!i 72H Ohloft Mississippi..... v.. 19H Oregon Improvement. 4514 Oregon Transcon 33 33 37ft ITU Peo. Dec. ft Evans 20 21 20 20 Pnlladeu ft Heading. . KH tiH 40H 40M Pullman Fataee Oar .... 289 Richmond W.P.T.. 21 UK $1 (IH JsUohmoaaftW.P.x.pI .... flit I lsnu. St. P.. Minn, ft Man JJJ- St. ij. & San Fran .... .... J St. L. ft San Jrran nf. 37K st.i,. a San r. 1st Dt. J8 Texas Pacific -. 19JS UnlonPaoIflc 62 62 62 62J4. W abash '. - 12 Wabash Dreferred 2r, 2u 26K 26 Western Union'. ol 82 8IM siji Wheeling ft L-. 72 73 72 72 i Sugar arust 69 70 6SH 69 National i.ead Trust. 18 VH IS 13!4 Chicago Gas Trust.... M 42ft 4JX Utf WALL STREET GOSSIP. Dnll nnd Stubborn Market, With Balls Con fident of Higher Prices. Special to John M. Oakley ft Co. .New roBK, March 22. The stock market to-day was duller than ever.il It can be intensi fied. We believe that there was not a sale of Lake Shore, and only a scattering sale hero and there of standard stocks. Manipulators took advantage of the few entries in the speculative race, and trotted out somo dark horses. Hock ing Coal and Iron, Evansville and Terre Haute and Flint and Pere Marquette common and preferred were favored. Next to these came Sugar Trust and Ten nessee Coal andiron. Lead Trust was slow, possibly on account of Senator Sherman's trust bill, and Sugar heitated to go npwith a 2 per cent quarterly dividend pending, because tbe public dittrnst the whole outfit on account of the trust legislation and litigation, and further because of the proposed reduction ot duties on sugar. The market was very stubborn and strong, but no one seems to be willing to venture in or to try to get out. Bulls are confident of higher prices next week and are gratified at tbe bank statement, which showed a gain in reserves of about $2,600,600. There was a fractional reac tion alter its appearance, and the market closed with firmness and dullness as its only characteristics. The Reading Company will squeeze out and pay to its first income holders ot 1 per cent on its coupons due last November. "Tbe mountain brought forthja mouse." The Coal stocks still hold up their speculative beads as proudly as if their "black diamonds" were real gems. Trade reports are not as satisfactory as they were a month or two ago. Country merchants arc asking for extensions; collections are only fair. At Chicago money is in active demand from grain and provision merchants, and man ufacturers' requests for renewals are also large. Very few banks aro taking new paper Irom out side applicants. Merchants complain that col lections fall to show any improvement since March 1. Payments from the Northwest are especially slow. Boston N. Y. ft New En... 46 N. Y.ftNewEng 7S.126 Old Colony 177 Kutland nrorerred.. 74 Wls.Centrai.com..; 29 AlIonezMgCo 2l( Atlantic 13 Boston ft Mont Wi Calumet ft Uecla....255 Catalpa 20 rranxun 15!4 Huron 3s Stocks. Kcarsarge UK Osceola 28H I'ewablc 3 Qulncr 70 Santa re copper S5 Tamarack 157 Annlston Land Co.. 57 Boston Land GJ4 West End Land Co. 25 Bell Telennone 223 Lamsnn Stores 27X Water Power 6J4 Philadelphia Stocks. Closing Quotations of Philadelphia stocks, mr nlshcd by Whitney ft Stcnhenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex change. Bid. Asked. Pennsylvania KaUroad -.. 53 54 Heading 20 1-16 20 Lehigh Valler 517$ 52 Lehigh Navigation 51,'i 5- Northern Paclflo 301 S9X Nortnern Pacific preferred 72M 12H MAEKETS BY WIRE. No Snap In the Wheat Pit The Early Ad- Tanco Lost Stocks Abrond Sloro Life In IIou Products. Chicago Wheat The volume of trading was not aslargeto-dayasduringthe preceding days of the week, and there was less snaptotbe market, but witbalthe marketheld its own well during the most of the session. Trading was largely of the professional order, and there was considerable covering by shorts and some sell ing by longs at tbe advance. The market opened Hlic lower, then ruled firm, advancing J c, again weakened off, selling off to inside prices, fluctuated and closed about c lower than yesterday. The early sharp advance was attributed to the reported large clearances from New York, but when operators realized that tbe market had been bulled two or three times on tho expecta tion of tbese clearances, the market soon eased off. Late postal advices from Europe give the long side of the marketconsiderable encourage ment. While tbe recent low estimate of stocks at Odessa are not generally credited, it is ad mitted that they are less than 8,000,000 bushels. Dornhnscb. in an article regarding the wants of tbe United Kingdom, estimates that it will require 72,000,000 bushels of foreign wheat to supply their needs to August 3L ana of this quantity, countries outside of America can lurnish only 42,000,000 bushel!. Crop reports from abroad' were 'not particularly favorable, and the outlook in India is rather discouraging. Corn was traded in to a moderate extent, and the undertone was heavy, but the market held up fairly well, duo almost entirely to tbo strength in wheat. The market opened at about tbe closing prices of yesterday, was steady for a time, then declined Jc, became inactive and closed He lower than yesterday. Oats were quiet and without important fea tures, price changes being small, and closing sales were about tho samo as on yesterday. Pork Trading was quite active and prices ruled irregular. Shorts bought rather freely early, and prices were advanced 1012c. with quite a good business. Toward the close prices rallied and closed steady. Lard quiot. A good demand from shorts tended to develop considerable strength early, and prices were advanced 23c. Offerings were somewhat larger later, and the feeling was easier accompanied with a reduction of 25c, and the market closed steady. bhort rib sides Trading was quits brisk. Prices were advanced 57ic early in the day. but settled back again 25c during the latter part of tbe session. The leading futures ranged as follows: Wheat No. 2, March, 8OK8080380c; May. 80K81S0QS0Kc; July, 7t78 'SC0BN-No. 2, April, 29429K2S2SKe; May, 293'21)2Jic; July. 3l3131 31c. OATS-No. 2. March. 212121321?ir-; May. 212221K21c; June, 21&2lLJ 215421c. MKsa FORE, perbbk March. 810 3210 32J 10 32X010 32K: Mav. S10 4710 57010 42 10 iMl JQnc- S1 5510 6010 so10 -LABD, per 100 lis. March. 6 12K812)$ 6 10IS610: May. SO BMg620Q615615; June, 0 156 17K6 156 17H- SnoKT Hibs, per 1U0 Bs. March. S3 UT 6 my&b O7io 07K; Mav. $5 io5 155 070 5 10: June, t-i 15o J55 125 12K- Cash quotations were as follows:. Flour firm and unchanged. No. 2 spring heat, 7! 80c: No. 3 spring wheat. 7173c: No. 2 led. TUJc. No. 2 corn. 2Sc. No. 2 oats, 213e. No. 2 rye, 42c No. 2 barley, nominal. No. 1 flaxseed, unchanged. Prime timothy sePd. $149. Mess pork, per bbl. 810 3710 4Q. Lard, per 100 lbs, 6 10. Short ribs sides (loose), S5 0505 10; dry salted shoulders (boxed), SI 400 11 50; short clear sides (boxed), $5 405 50. Sugars Cut loaf, unchatrged. Receipts Flour, 10,000 barrels: wheat, 34.000 bushels: corn, 353. 000 bushels; oats, 106,000 bushels; rye, 9,000 bushels: barley. 39.000 bushels. Bhlpments Flour. 11.000 barrels: wheat, 24,000 bushels: corn, 119,000 bushels: oats. 191,000 bushels; rye, 12.000 bushels; bariev, 37,000 bushels. On tbe Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was unchanged. Eggs, lie. Business Notes. PnHiADELPHiA shippers have been notified by the Pennsylvania Railroad that all freights will be advanced May L A 525,000 mortgage was placedon a business property in the Fourth ward, Allegheny, yes terday, at 5 3-10 per cent, N The Linden Club expects to move Into their new building on May 1. The event will be cele brated by a reception and ialL The Heading Railroad has notified tbe Phil adelphia Stock Exchange that interest doe on the first preferred Income bonds for the year ended November 30, 18S9, 3 75 on each coupon, will be paid April L The trustees of the Dollar Savings Bank held their regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon. The Treasurer's report showed de posits for tbe last month of $281,000, an increase over the previous month. Street rumor a day or two ago connected tho name of Mr. D. P. Reighard with an impor tant real estate transaction in tbe East End. Mr. Reighard now disclaims all connection with tbe transaction. It was some other man. Samoa 'for the Samoans. SAK FbanCISCO, March 22. King Malietoa has, by proclamation, excluded native Hawaiians from the Samoan Islands. The King had previously issued a procla mation excluding the Chinese. When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, Wheu she was a Child, she cried for'Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children.she gave them Castorla ajsf.TT.XirxStt TOE TENDEGF00T FLED. Ho Thongbt Be Wan Rollins; Ulan oa a SlOff BUI Bat Changed Ills Olind. New York Herald.! At Butte, Mont, a winning of $10,000 at poker Is thought to be about the proper caper when they are running your way, and if you go that amount in the hole you are expected to look pleasant when you pat on your overshoes. One night a tenderfoot dropped in and asked if he could come in, "Oh, yes if he wanted to." There was then $5,000 on the table, and after the hand was played the newcomer put aside his fur-lined overcoat and silk tile and presented a crisp $100 hill tor chips. The banker they have bankers in poker games out West looked surprised. The players looked at each other and then at the stranger. "Well, what's the matter, gentlemen?" said tbe Eastener with a bland smile. "Ain't I in tbe game?" "There was a silent moment, "Why, of course," said the dealer, "here, banker, come up for this gentleman, he wants a white chip." You couldn't have kept the traveler in that place with a lasso. He left town that night on an east-bound freight train. THE WORKING DAI. Some Lines of Interest Apropos of the Elgin-Hour Movement. In revising the old couplet as to division of the day, His Honor Judge Seymour, of England, has cleverly adapted the version which we have from a translation of some old Latin lines, and which in the first in stance had reference to a lawyer's time, thus: Six hours to sleep, to law's grave study six. Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix. Another version is original, and is by Sir William Jones, the famous Oriental scholar, who expresses the same ideas as follows: Six hours to law, to soothing slumbers seven. Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven. Six and seven and ten make only 23, but surely a point is gained here by the unex pected substitution of the word "all" for "one." man? Eizht hours for work, eight hours for sleep. That only leaves us eight For all tbe things that make men good. And all that makes them great ; For thinking ana talking, for love and joy, For learning and pleasure and play, There'd be time in all our lives forthoso If we worked eigbtbours a day. SMITH HELD FOG C0DKT. Strong Evidence Connects Ulm With the Polsonlnir of Belle Simpson rsrrciAi. iiLionAK to tub msrATcn.t Stetbetvtlle, O., March 22. The hearing in the case of Frank Smith, who was held for court by Justice Love on the charge of poisoning Belle Simpson, at Min go Junction, last February, commenced in Probate Court this morning. The prelimi nary hearing continued all day, and conrt adjourned late this evening until Monday. Smith was given a hearing on his petition lor a release, but it is now claimed the evi dence is stronger than it was at the first hearing, and that his petition will be denied. PR0HIB1T10X1STS ORGANIZING. Westmoreland County Temperance Advo cates Form n League nbd Elect Officers. rsntctAi. Tzr.10R.Ai! to tdb dispatch. Gbeensburg, Pa., March 22. The Pro hibitionists of Westmoreland county met in the court house here yesterday and organ ized a County League, of which John D. Gill, Esq.. of this place, was made Presi dent. After the organization State Organ izer Morgan, of Scranton, addressed the meeting in the interest of temperance. The new organization is the thirty-fourth league formed in tho State, the parent league being in Scranton. A FISDLAI MAN DROWSED While Clearing; Driftwood From the Fler of a Railroad Brld&c. .SPECIAL TELECItAJI TO THE DISPATCH, FlXDLAT, O., March 22. Burton Gor don, a section hand on the American Mid land railroad, was drowned this morning about 10 o'clock in Blanchard's river, ten miles west of this city. He was fighting driftwood from the railroad bridge, when he lost his hold and sank beneath the drift. The neighboring people were aroused and an attempt made to recover the body, but without avail. Gordon lived in this city and had three children. SICK UEAlACHECarler,. LutleUTe-nu.. SICK nEADACHECarter,s Utu0 Liver I'lUs. SICK HEAl)ACllEC3rter,. Little Liver Pills. SICK nEAllACHEc.er,. Llttle L,Ter Pills. nol5-67-TTSSu TO THE PUBLIC. TRY Hunter's Ketchup IT IS IFTJIRIE- Idesiroto draw at tention of to tbe of Hunter's Ketchup. It is made from se lected to m a toes, and Is pure as perfol-lowingan-alysis: Mr. Thos. U. Jenk ins: DEAB Sin The sample of J. W. Hunter's To mato Ketchnp received from you on Oct. 8, '89, has been analyzed, and 1'flnd It free from all min eral acids, salicylic add or artificial coloring matter. Signed HUGO B LANCE, Chemist, rittsbarg. FOR SALE BY THOS. O. JENKINS. mhlo-2)-!su BKOKLlte ItlfiANClAl. TTTHITNEY & STEPHEaSOS, 7 FOURTH AVENUE. Issue travelers' credits through Messrs. Drexel, Morgan & Co, New York. Passports procured. ap23-l COMMISSION, X Railroad I Mining I nil I 0 Stocks. Stocks. lL LO BOUGHT AND SOLD fitheTonNY'ork; San Francisco, Philadelphia or Boston Ex changes. Loans made at low rates of interest; Established 1876. M3-Weekly Circular FREE. A. R. CHISHOLM & CO., 61 Broadway, N. Y. mhl6-93-su JOHN HI. OAKLEY & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Petroleum. Private wire to New York and Chicago, 45 SIXTH ST, Pittsburg. BT341 13 MW EVIDENCE Of the Great Work Being Performed by Drs. Copefand & Blair. CONTRACTOR FiSHEL'S STORY. "An oil contractor's life is not all sun shine by a good deal," said Mr. Fishel. "He has to be on the ground to oversee the work, and is thus exposed to all kinds of weather. This was the cause of my trouble. I caught cold after cold, until it finally de veloped into a case of chronic catarrh. My bead and nose were constantly stopped up. First one nostril would be clogged and then the other. My eyes were weak and watery. There were roaring and buzzing noises in my ears. I had a dull, heavy pain in my forehead, directly over my eyes. 1 could feel the mucus dropping from mj head to my throat!" " The speaker was Mr. H. J. Fishel, a prominent character among oil men, and widely known throughout all the oil district of Western Pennsylvania, lie is a con tractor and rig builder, and long experience has made him second to none in the busi ness. His residence is at 217 Coltart square, one of the most beautiful sections ot Oak land. Mr. H. J. Fishel, 217 Coltart square. "Mv throat became raw and was all choked up. I was constantly hawking and raising. A dry, hacking cough set in. The trouble hung on this way for some time, when I contracted fresh cold, and from that on grew rapidly worse. Sharp pains would shoot through my chest, extending as far as tbe shoulder blades. Palpitation of the heart set' in. This would be followed by a slow, irregnlar beating and a feeling of dizziness. My nights became restless. My throat would fill up and my breathing was labored and difficult. I wonid arise in the morning more tired than when I went to bed. I bad no appetite, and had a nauseating sensation in my stomach after eating. There was a heaving feeling in my chest as of a weight pressing down. My stomach became so tender and sore that at times I was unable to bear even the weight of my clothes. I became weaker every day. I was reduced in weight from 153 to VS pounds: in fact, I was more like a dead man than a liv ing one. "I tried various remedies, but obtained no relief. I bad read often of the snecess Drs. Copeland & Blair were having with cases sim ilar to mine, so determined to try them. I found their charges lower even than patent medicines, and placed myself under their care. 'Words cannot express my gratitude for them. I am to-day well and hearty. I gained 23 pounds in weight, have a good appetite and sleep well. To be brief, all tbe symptoms I hare mentioned have disappeared, and I am satisfied that Drs. Copeland & Blair have en tirely cored me tt my trouble.'' Mr. Fishel can be addressed at bis residence, 217 Coltart square, and this interview readily verified. HOME TREATMENT. Jacob Altmeyer, of Risher, opposite MeKees--port. Pa., states: "I commenced treatment for my catarrhal trouble with Drs. Copeland k Blalr.ou June 29, 18i9. I now feel like a differ ent man. and shall bo pleased to state my case and recommend their treatment to anyone ad dressing me." Mr. William Barnes, of HicVman. Pa., was afflicted with catarrh, and had lost all sense of taste and smell. He was under the care of Drs. Copeland fc Blair, and now states: "I am perfectly well, and owo my recovery to their treatment." Mr, Harry Phillip, of Hulton. Pa., has this to say of his successful treatment for catarrh with Drs. Copeland & Blair: "I was in very bad shape, but dow feel like a different being, and as well as I ever did in my life." DOCTORS Are located permanently at 66 SIXTH AVENUE. Where they treat with success all curable' cases. Office hours 9 to 11 A. M.;2 to 5 p. jr.; 7 to 9 T. 31. (Sundays inclnded). Specialties CATARRH, and ALL DIS EASES of the EYE, EAR. THROAT and 1AJXG3. Consultation. SI. Address all mail to DRS. COPELAND & BLAIR. mhZS-TUSSU 66 Sixth ave.. Pittsburg, Pa. ftffi $A , ntX. yo'h & Owing lo Ihe 'jealousy and persecution of local doctors. Gun Wa, the celebrated Chinese physician, has decidedjo leave Pittsburg. Ho has taken np his permanent residence at the beautiful city of Indianapolis, Ind. During his four months' residence here be made many converts to the mild and gentle natnral herbal remedies of the Flowery Kingdom and effected some marvelous cures. Thousands of people) who had long doubted ths wisdom of our "reg ulars, and their powerful mineral drugs and poisons, believe that an putraga has been com mitted on an inoffensive foreigner, whose sole aim was to do good. The less bigoted medical fraternity of Indiana have made Gun Wa wel come among them. Gun Wa does not practice medicine he has perfected himself and does not need to "practice" but he has a lino of prepared herb remedies which positively cur dyspepsia, rheumatism, neuralgia, female wssk ness, tumors, piles, consumption, costiveness, salt rheum, catarrh, scrofula, tapeworm, ma laria, nersous diseases, and all diseases of a private nature. Yonng. old or middle-aged men wto 'feel exhausted from overwork or other causes, should consult Gun Ws. No charge for advice, and the medicines are sold for a small sum. Write to G-TTZLST "W.A-3 No. 23 West Washington Street, INblAKAPOLIS, IND. Note Gun Wa especially desires to hear from all of bis old patrons, and will cheerfully complete any treatments that were intasruptaa by his arrest and persecution. Gun Ws'i latest book, "Monitor for Men," sent fret upoa application. mha-lSWitt C3 M &v f nil P'V Xl5ftf7 v f 111 nt SMmnvn t i ,. in wmk 'ft-" 'sr&Si:J -3 4 i i 4.