the Pittsburg dispatch
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SECOND PART.
PAGES 9 TO 12.
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PITTSBUKG, FRIDAY, MAT -2, 1890.
M'COE'SJIU) DRIVE.
A Drunken Man's Perilous Jour
ney Across a 200-Foot
Railroad Trestle.
HE LIVES AND TELLS OF IT.
Bat Afterward Breaks His Neck in
a Butler Connty Sinkhole.
CLARION COUNTY'S LIMESTONE.
Enough to Slake Macadam for all Eoads in
the State,
KDT KOT USED, EVES XEAE QOAEEIES
' trkok oue special commiksioxeb.
The Pittsburg Dispatch )
country b.oad expedition,
Clarion, May 1.
Twice while coming dowu the steep hill
to the Clarion rircr did we hare to stop and
fix the wagon bed. Gigantic boulden. and
rocks had jarred it off the Dolsters, and deep
rats knocked it about in a frightful manner.
The only way we could get the bed back into
its proper place was to lift the rear end high
in the air on the bntt of a fence rail, and
then with a pole pry it back.
Snch an experience with the roach roads
of Clarion fully prepared us to appreciate
the story of Steve McCue's wild ride across
the Clarion river. Poor Steve was a well
known traveling salesman for a Pittsburg
shoe house.
The Story of Steve' Drive.
Six or seven years ago he was driving his
team back to the town alter a successful
day's canvass of country stores. He was
under the influence of liquor, and in some
way allowed his horses to leave the Clarion
pike just before it crosses the toll bridge
over the river. It was very dark, and pres
ently when the by-way, which he was on,
crossed the Pittsburg and "Western (narrow
gauge) railroad, his befuddled brain told
him that was the right road to take. He
turned his horses, and started to drive them
down the track.
In a little while dense brushwood lined
the railroad and there was no escape for the
horses from the ties. McCue, angry that
they should hesitate, used the whip vigor
ously and they broke into a fast trot A
trestle-work, 75 feet high, was reached. The
flying horses each straddled a rail, and with
the bump, thump, hump, the light buggy
continued on its journey over the ties.
Ilia Reckless Drivinc.
The trestling, which is nearly 200 feet
long, was crossed in perfect safety. And
then loomed up suddenly in the gioom the
high bridge on which the railroad crosses
the Clarion river. The rails are S84 feet
above the water, the floor is made of ties,
with six inches space between each, and
there is less than a foot margin on either
side the rails. It is only a single track
bridge. A man could not stand there if a
train were to meet him.
But McCue never seemed to notice the
bridge. He simply laid on the whip. The
horses, almost desperate now, dashed ahead.
This story is well authenticated. It is
known by nearly every resident of Clarion
to be true, but no one to this day can under
stand how that buggy struck the trestling,
or how those horses, one outside each rail,
crossed the river in safety. But nothing
happened them until just at the other end
of the structure the iron shoe of one caught
between two ties and jerked the horse back.
feaved From an Awful Death.
The rig stopped, and while the team was
kicking and rearing, McCae seemed to
awaken to his situation. He was pulled
out of the way by the watchman and his
companions just before the express came
along.
McCue declared that he never knew what
he was about that he supposed he was on
the pike as usual.
"Hut the railroad ties, man; didn't bump
ing over them tell you where you were?" he
was asked.
"It was not a bit rougher riding than the
Clarion pike," replied McCue, who was
never capable before of expressing his dis
gust for the bad condition oi Clarion countv
roads. Just tiro years after that poor Steve
found infinitely worse roads in Butler
county. He was driving his team there
when the rig got stuck in a sink-hole and
in some way -JicL-ue was dumped out of the
rear end, breaking his neck. He was buried
in Pittsburg.
Sledding Through tbe Bind.
Therain of a few days ago made the roads
of Clarion so bad in the neighborhood of the
Tylersburg and Lucinda oil fields that team
sters have abandoned wagons and taken to
sleds. They slide over the surface of the
mire without being stuck like the wheels of
a wagon.
Your exploring party left Tionesta, in
.Forest county, at 7:30 yesterdav and jogged
along slowly 25 miles southward, reaching
this town abont 4 i ir. The mnrf ..
deep in some places that we feared a repeti
t.on of our Washington and Greene county
experiences. We Jound several miles of the
roadway between Tylersburg and Clarion
rough carpeted witn sandstone cobble stones.
You could scarcely call it an attempt to
macadam.ze. The stones had been thrown
in indiscriminately, and Jipt- n .1,
where they had been pulverized by heavy
tion It gives about road building and road
materials in each county is a work of im
portant education. The agitation will re
sult in good."
There is an abundance of limestone in
Clarion connty. Three streaks of it under
lay the county, and tbe veins are from four
to 24 feet in thickness. The western streak
is the best. It runs through East and West
Kiceland, Salem, Beaver, Ashland, Elk,
Farmington and Washington townships.
The eastern vein penetrates Porter, Ked
bank, Limestone and Clarion townships.
Not En&lly Accessible.
But the great bulk of this limestone is
hard to get at. Its out croppings are only
in pots, and it is only here and there that
the ledges lie close enough to the surface of
the eatth to be quarried with ease. In
Hichland township it lies close to the top,
and is secured without much laber. -In
Monroe township it is found only a foot
deep, and in Limestone township the vein is
thickest and most convenient. In all the
rest of the county the "strippings" that
must be made to get at the stone are more or
less heavy. That is to say, from one to
eight feet of earth must be removed before
you can get at the limestone.
In many places it is a sort of shell stone,
quarried without any extra exertion, but
limestone usually is so hard that blasting
has to be reported to in the quarries. This
would have to be done at the Clarion quar
ries if large amounts of the stone were to be
taken out.
A Great Opportunity Neglected.
The limestone in Clarion county is practi
cally inexhaustible. Her quarries could
supply a large portion of Pennsylvania with
enough to macadamize roadways in all di
rections, and money would quarry it, no
matter how hard or how much "stripping"
would be required. But, strange to say,
hillside, Just as they do for coal in the Pitts
burg region, the heavy cost of 'stripping
could be avoided. Some cheaper method of
quarrying should be found."
Mr. Porter, a well-known Clarion gentle
man, hearing this remark, added: "I have
to pay 81 per ton for limestone right at the
quarries of Scoth Hill. That is a pretty
good price. Yet limestone is undoubtedly
the best materia for roads. Our sandstone
is peculiar in Clarion, though. It is harder
than 1 ever saw it elsewhere. It would
eventually make solid roads if it were filled
in year alter year systematically. At least
it would make the roads better than the
clay highways we now have."
A Hard Question to Decide.
Mr. Boyce S3id: "Here is a good illustra
tion of the whole road troubles. A farmer
said to me: 'If you property-holders in tbe
town of Clarion, with valuable improved
real estate, cannot afford to macadamize 60
feet of tbe street in front of your property,
how is it to be expected that a farmer in the
interior can macadamize a mile of road in
front of his property, even if the limestone
lay all around him?' "
I baye much other interesting matter
from Clarion county that must go over until
my next letter. We are now heading for
Brookville, so I will also describe Jefferson
county roads. The drives of Clarion county
are beautiful in summer, especially those
along the wild and rugged valley of the
Clarion river; yet the roads are not more
than 35 feet wide and only some of the
townships operate road-building machines.
The other townships still use scoop and
shovel.
An important express package awaited us
at Clarion. It contained a cornet, and one
of our party, who is something of a musi
cian, proposes now to frighten Beaver and
Bucephalus into a gallop where the whip
often fails. L. E. Siofiel.
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WOIiK OF A IATE0N.
Mrs. Brennan Talks Pleasantly of Her
Duties at the Central.
BAD BOYS AND DRUNKEN WOMEN
Give Her Much More Trouble Than All the
Eest of Her Care3.
HOW SHE TEBATS THE EEEING 0KES
SLEDDING THROUGH THE STUD.
hauling, tbe ruts were deeper really than
are usually found on clay roads.
Worse Than No Improvement.
These stones had no foundation courses
whatever, such as systematic road building
requires. The roads would have been far
better without them.
We met with a hearty reception at the
town of Clarion. Postmaster J. B. Patrick
A. C. McCombs, Esq., John P. Brown and
County Commissioners S. A. Bell and
Joshua McCall hastened to offer any assist
ance which would facilitate the objects of
the expedition. They all want good roads in
Clarion connty, but, as will be seen below
there are many different opinions among
them as to how they may be made. People
had been generally looking for The Dis
patch wagon.
"I have been chasing yon up every day in
the columns of The Dispatch," said one
man at the Loomis Houe, "and now I may
really see Beaver and Bucephalus in thp
flesh!"
"Hurry up about it, then," I advised. "If
we have much more rain to make the roads
heavy again, you may only have the privi-
icjje hi seeing tnose horses in bones."
Doloc the Pablle a Service.
'The Dispatch idea is a great one,"
said another person. "When I read that
first article in your paper setting forth "the
objects of the expedition. I said to mypelf,
That will never amount to anything.' But
sir, in spite of myself I found I looked for
each day's letter, and now I confess the way
Xhe Dispatch has aroused public inter
est in the matter of roads, and the informa-
here in Clarion county itself there is no dis
position to use limestone for road building.
As a material for road building locally it is
considered impracticable. It is too costly,
so Clarion county people say. It is almost
entirely used by the farmers for burning,
the lime being immensely valuable to them
for fertilizing purposes.
All over Clarion county, as we found in
Venango. Warren and Forest connties.there
are vast quantities of sandstone. It lies iu
the fields about the size of city cobble
stones.
A Nuisance to Farmers.
Thousands of such stones are gathered
every year from one field. They make farm
ing 'difficult. In order to get rid of them
they are built into fences, or walls, around
the field; they are thrown down the gullies,
and, with the mistaken idea that they are
worth something on roads, they are thrown
on the public highways. They are so plen
tiful, and although limestone is abundant
too, one is to be picked up from the surface
of the ground, while the other has to bo
blasted and broken in order to be practicable.
One costs money, the other is free. One is a
hindrance to agriculture, the other as a fer
tilizer is invaluable for land.
To the average Clarion county farmer it
seems like wanton waste to scatter the
valuable limestone on the roads, when he
can't find a dumping ground for the numer
ous sandstone boulders.
Clarion's TJnpived Streets.
Substantially the above views were ex
pressed to me by S. B. Weaver, a farmer of
Knox township. "It costs money to strip
and blast limestone," he concluded, "while
the truth of the matter is that it plenty of
these sandstone boulders are filled in on the
road they will make it as solid as any other
stone. They are big enough in this county
to stand hea'vy wigous."
We found that the main street of Clarion
town is the ordinary dirt road. I asked
County Commissioner Bell if no aftempt
had ever been made to macadamize it, "No,"
he replied. "Sandstone would never do for
solid macadamizing, and limestone is too
costly. We can get plenty of limestone
four miles out of town but by the time it
is hanled here it would cost Si per ton. The
abbutting property holders who must care
for 60 ieet of the road object to this cost. So
all we do is to level up the dirt with a road
machine.
The Cost ol macadam.
"I am heartily in favor of some general
and permanent road improvements, but I'm
afraid from our experience tbe scheme to
macadamize roads all over tbe State with
limestone would prove too costly to be prac
ticable. With such prices at home, where
we have plenty of the stone, how much
more cottly would it be after it is trans
ported by rail and wagon all over the State."
"If the money to pay for such a vast im
provement is to be raised by taxation the
farms of Clarion county would never stand
the tax," remarked County Commissioner
McCall who was standing by.
"But if the State Legislature should de
cide on limestone as a uniform material lor
macadamizing all the principal roads in tbe
State, and should appropriate $2,000,000 an
nually to buy the stone and do the work, a
large proportion of that money would come
into Clarion county in the'purchase of your
limestone for other counties. Perhaps, then.
your farms would stand the tax?"
Permanent Improvement Desired.
This ihgenious proposition of a member of
my party was met by another this time
from Commissioner Bell, who said: "Or if
that revenue bill should pass and corpora
tions be compelled to pay their share of
blate taxes, and a tax on money should help
to fill the State treasury, then the $2,000,000
to be appropriated annually for roads would
not come out of the farmers' pockets."
A. C. ZtlcCombs, Esq., within the last
week has driven some 70 miles over the
roads of Clarion county in his buggy. His
business called him among farmers exclu
sively. He has found a decided sentiment
everywhere for permanent improvement in
roadways. One farmer, he said, told him
he would be willing to pay an increased tax
of S2 per acre if they could have good roads
in winter and spring.
Snndstonc Term Limestone.
But Mr. McCombs confesses that there is
a popular feeling among Clarion county
farmers that sandstone will answer for
macadamizing. He himself believes that
limestone is the only real material. He
says sandstone crushes under heaving haul
ing, is sensitive tolhe action of wind, sun
and rain, and alter it is pulverized makes
the mud roads worse than ever. Mr. Mc
Combs says the vast quantity of sandstone
in the county, the trouble to get it out of
"" ueias, and the valuable uses to which
limestone may be put, on the other hand,
are the cause of this popular feeling toward
repairing roads with sandstone,
"Yet there is mnch truth in what you are
told about the cost of quarrying limestone,"
continued Mr. McCombs. "I think tbe
County Commissioners are under the mark
when they tell you it would cost $1 per ton
to bring it just four miles to this town. It
would cost at least $1 25 per ton.
Slaklnc Qnnrryins; Cheaper.
"Ihavean ideathat. ifin ouarrvinc the
limestone, they would dig drift mines into a
THEY CANNOT USE THE DYNAMO.
The Flro Alarm Odce Will Hove to nana; on
to the Old Mylo Batteries.
The fire alarm office is being put into
shape for the arrival of the new and im
proved machinery from New York, which
is expected in a few days. The case which
will contain the switchboard is alreadv in
place. It is a mammoth affair and built of
solid mahogany.
Some experiments have been made by
Superintendent Mead looking toward the
substitution of a dynamo for the old-fashioned
cell batteries which take up so much
space, but Operator Angloch stated yester
day that the idea had been abandoned, be
cause, in case of a break in one nf th .;,
cuits, it would necessitate throwing out all
tucuna 10 locate tne trouble. While
the
this was being done a fire might break out
and gain dangerous headway before the de
partment could be notified.
The cell batteries are being removed to a
rear room to give more space in the oper
ating room. These batteries are being re
newed by Electrician J. W.vCupps. When
tbe department used the old-fashioned wire
which was easily affected by storms, espel
cially of an electrical character, the bat
teries had to be renewed at irregular inter
vals, but since an asbestos-covcrel wire has
been adopted the life of a batterv can be
gauged to a day.
ITS SO ENGLISH, YOU KNOW.
Superintendent Collins Expects to Seo Letter
iBoxes in Every Residence.
A commission, consisting of the post
masters of Washington, New York, St.
Louis, New Orleans and Cincinnati, is now
busy considering the advisability of a pro
posed innovation in postal delivery service.
It has occurred to the Postmaster General
that letter boxes, furnished to householders
at small cost, into ahich carriers could de
posit mail matter, would greatly aid the fa
cility of delivery. This plan has been in
use in all the cities of the British Isles for
years.and has worked admirably. No respec
table city house or office iu England.Ireland
or Scotland is without its front-door letter
box. Thus the carriers are spared the long
wait on front steps which take up so much
of their time. Superintendent of Mails
Stephen A. Collins was seen yesterday. He
said:
"I hope that the commission will decide
favorably on the plan. It is an excellent
one. The letter box proposed is a cheap
one, aud can either be fitted to the inside of
a front door, with a slot for the letters, open
ing outside, or on a post in the neighbor
hood of the house. It can be supplied with
lock and key. I expect it will, if adopted,
be first experimented on in a few districts
before coming into general use.
WESTERN TOUBIST BATES.
The Union Pacific Will Put Them Into Effect
from the Missouri KlvrrMny 1.
Mr. Thomas S. Spear, the local passen
ger agent of the Union Pacific railroad, was
notified yesterday that round trip tourist
rates from Missouri river points to a num
ber of western places would go into effect
May 1. The round trip rates to Denver
Colorado Springs. Pueblo and Cheyenne
has been fixed at 525. The rate to Sioux
Citv is 52 higher. The Trinidad rate will
be 530. The summer rates are going into
effect early this year, but a good season's
business is anticipated. The West is fast
becoming attractive and particularly the
Eocky Mountain regions.
GAS PUCKERS EBOM SHABPSBUEG.
Tho
aim
New Ten-Inch Lino to japans'
is Almost Completed.
Spang, ChaKant & Co., have about com
pleted their new ten-inch gas line from
Dehayen to their Etna mills, and will in a
few days have a branch to their steel mills
at Sbarpsburg. Both the pipe and steel
mills have been supplied by the Philadel
phia Company heretofore.
The Duquesne National Gas Company, of
Millvale, will shortly begin laying a line to
Moorhead Bros. & Co.'s raiils at Sharps
burg. Harry Darlington, Esq., isPresident
of this company. It formerly supplied
Graff, Bennett & Co.. until their failure.
Siuce that time the wells have been plugged.
Tnlto It In Time.
A man who presents an appearance of de
bility, whose countenance Is anxious, and who
is subject to spells of faintness, is liable to
sudden death from heart disease. Let him
take Dr. Flint's Remedy before it is too late.
Descriptive treatise with each bottle. At all
druggists, or address Mack Drug Co., N. Y.
b. t n.
By express yesterday, 4,000 yards India
silks, 80c quality, 30e. Silk counter to-dav.
Boaos & Buhl."
"Yes, boys, I have been out to see your
mother, and she says yon are dreadful bad
boys," said tbe matron of the Central police
station, the other afternoon, addressing two
little youngsters behind the bars in the
female department of the place. "She said,"
continued the matron, "that you took all
the money she had in the house the morning
you left home, and cut the tails off your
father's coat, too."
One pair of black eyes and one pair of
blue, both dancing with Jmichief, and two
little mouths that at the mention of the coat
tail episode spread from ear to ear, belonged
to the boys addressed by the matron, and
who were, even in their youthful de
pravity, really prepossessing. They were,
respectively, about 8 and 10 years
old and the younger " one
appealed very strongly to thetsympathies
of the writer, who, thinking a little mission
ary work independent of any church or
other auspices in order just at that time,
said, clasping a tiny brown hand that rested
on the iron grating: "Did you little fellows
really do such very terrible things ?" The re
ponses that issued from the lips of those
little "toughs," in their force and emphasis,
startled the interrogator; but, thinking that
"an open confession isgood iorthe soul," the
missionary work was continued, with a re
sult that was quite shocking and very dis
couraging to the sell-constituted home mis
sionary. AN EMPHATIC AVOWAL.
"Are vou boys so very, very bad?" mur
mured the missionary in a "piease-say-you-are-not"
manner.
"Yon bet," rang out at concert pitch.
"Well, you are not going to be bad anv
more, are you?" was the last attempt at
juvenile reformation the thoroughly dis
heartened ananon-piussed missionary made,
for the answer carried the conviction that
they certainly were going to be bad until re
strained by something stronger than re
monstrance. The little fellows were brothers and had
not been home for three weeks.so the matron
said. They had been selling papers and
blacking shoes, and sleeping in drygoods
boxes and enjoying themselves generally,
but upon their father making complaint
they were taken to the station, and it was
their own desire that they be sent to Mor
ganza instead of going home.
uo you have many such cases7" was
asked the matron, Mrs. Mary Brennan, who
has occupied her position since last June.
"Oh, yes; any number of them, was her
answer, "and lots of little ones who are lost
and are brought in here until inquiries are
made for them. Of course, the little 'strays'
are not put in cells, but are taken upstairs
to my room. Sometimes there are two or
three in one day, and seldom a day passes
without one forlorn child remaining here
until its parents are found. I take care of
them and give them bread and butter, with
sugar on it, and do everything in my power
to make their little hearts happy while they
are in my care.
"Thet is the least unpleasant part of my
work here," continued the womanly, sympa
thetic little matron. "In fact, it is really a
pleasure for me to minister to the wants of
the little ones, but when the intoxicated
women come io, then all my ingenuities arc
taxed to quiet them and make them com
fortable. Sometimes they are sovery drunk
that we dare not put them on the benches;
they have to lie on the floor, and it makes
me feel so badly to see them, but there is no
help lor it.
IT wouldn't work.
"I tried when I first came in here to bring
down comfortables and pillows for the poor
unfortunates, but I soon found it was im
practical, and so discontinued it. When a
person is really ill Ialways try to make them
comforttble, and if they are suffering great
ly I remain with them 'until they obtain re
lief, but if they are simply in a "state of in
toxication my presence, except as I give
them a little brandy and bromide, does not
gratify them at all. In the morning, after
the effects of the liquor has worn off, then
they like to see me, and I stay with them as
much as possible, especially those who seem
really and truly sorry for their sins, and
there are so many of them. They promise me
faithfully that they will never drink again,
and talk beautifully to me, but they don't
very often keep their promises.
ami, though they come in here very,
very frequently, I can never forget tnat
they are women, and my sympathies are al
ways aroused. Some ot them appeal to me
more forcibly than others, for some are
highly educated and have in other days
been accustomed to refined society and cul
tured homes. They, of course, in their
sober moments regret bitterly their failings,
aud their remorse is terrible to witness.
They can't endure being left alone, but de
sire my presence until they have their hear
ing. Others are very much depraved, but
will not admit it to me; they always have
some plausible story with which they seek
to excuse their misdoings in my eyes.
" w e nave our regular patrons some who
are very regular, indeed and I am always
glad when they are sent up to the SVork
house for 90 days, so that they won't be car
ried in here for that length of time anyway.
It is amusing sometimes, though very sad,
to see the strategy to which they will resort
to get liquor from me when they are recov
ering from their intoxicated state. Some
feign sickness, severe and terrible; others
rave so that I am compelled to give them
bromide, and, though lam never, to give a
person any unless it is absolutely necessary, I
am compelled sometimes to give them the
benefit of the doubt, for I would rather err
on the humane side than be too rigid,"
W i MAN'S LITTLE LIST.
The Asonr Over Allecheny Police Appoint
ments at an Bad Tory Few Changes
The Committee Unanimously Indorse
tho List as Turned In.
The Police Committee of Allegheny Coun
cils met yesterday afternoon for the special
purpose of hearing Mayor Wymau's list of
appointments. Every member of the com
mittee was preseut, and the meeting was
presided over by Mr. Speer. The regular
business ot tbe committee was first taken up
and disposed of. The' Mayor's report for
the month of April shows that 203 arrests
made and disposed of. The receipts of tbe
office were 5976 27. The patrol system shows
that 175 alarms were responded to and 262
miles traveled.
The committee then went into executive
session, and the list of Mayor Wyman's ap
pointments were indorsed without any op
position. There were three bids in for fur.
nishing uniforms for the police, but they
were referred to a special sub-committee,
consisting of Messrs. Hannan, Hunter and
Curry, with power to act. It was also de
cided to purchase three sets of grappling
irons, and place them in the patrol stations
and Mayor's office. The following is the
list of Mayor Wyman's official appoint
ments, as indorsed by thi committee:
Chief of Police John Mnrphy.
Mayor's Clerk Henry Hunneshagen.
Detectives James Steele, Thomas C. Johns
ton. John Glenn, Henry Kornman.
Roundsmen Louis Jones, day; Frank Lee,
night.
Captain of Police James S. Bell.
Lieutenants of Police James Thornton,
Eugene Buckley. William McKelvey, I. C. Mc
Intyre, Richard Wilson, Robert Moreland and
Robert Alexander.
Turnkejs Steward Hamilton, day; Joseph
Diebold, night.
Patrol System Michael Babilon, John B.
Dawson, JI.Dietrich. Henry Ehlers.Adam Helm,
Edward Hileman, Charles Justice, Thomas J.
Kimberlin, James Kerr, Walter Hark, Edward
Weber.
Operators James I. Sherrv, Leon Einstein.
Patrolmen George McKlnney.A. J. Brinker,
John G. Bolland, Charles Busba, Paul Blasey,
John C. Boyd, Robert Canning, Thomas Con
nelly, H. Livingstone, James Davis, T. F. Don
aldson, Joseph Dittmann, Christ Emralcfc, Wm.
Gardner, George Gates, John Griffith. Thomas
B. Harlan, Henry Herman, Clarence Hutchin
son, Fred Hennfnger, Robert Immer. David
Jonos J. C. Jenkinson. Nick Kelsb, M. Ken
nedy, Tom Shotta. W. A. Lang, John Bittner,
John Moreland, Edward Milligan, Samnel Mc-
uiure, .reiix MCKeown, iugn niciieanon,
Samuel McSherry, Philip McDonough, L F.
McCurry, Thomas W. Noble, Thomas P. Rail,
Simon Roll. Rudolph Renter, Wm. Richard
son, Wm. Rball, Wm. Smith, Jacob Snyder,
John Shields. Wm. M. Speer, W. J. Shull,
David Speer, George Thompson, Wm.Tschume,
John Mills, Fred Zimmerman. W. Temme.
On tbe sub-list are: H. Miller. J. T. Zimmer
man, G. H. Williams, Jacob Furck, Charles
Schultz, George Friensteln, Henry Kollmeyer,
Wm. Anton, Wm. Scott. W. F. Cnllen, John
Peterson, J. a. Brown, John Kreilllng, James
Prescott, Christ. Hoeb, George Balstcr, Christ
Lingenfelter, James Allen, A. H. Hays, George
E. Schneider. R. M. Schoenmaker, John
Schultz, Jacob Semer, John Gratz.
A SDBPLUS OF GIRLS.
There Aren't Enough Tonng Men in
Washington to go Around.
INTE0DDCT10NS ARE HARD TO GET.
Characteristic Chat of Swell Society Chap
pies and Their Ilk.
COSMETICS THAT THE BEAUX AT0ID
iSM
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LOST ONE OF HIS LEGS.
Painful Accident nt Wllklnsburs Other
News From the Borough.
Thomas Boles, a well-known and popular
young man of Wilkinsburg, met with an
accident while coupling cars on the P. K.
E. at Walls Btation at 5 o'clock yesterday
morning that resulted in the loss of one of
his legs. He was making a "running
coupling" in a freight train when he. slipped
under the wheels. It was necessary to am
putate his leg below the knee. The patient
was then brought to the West Penn Hos
pital, where he lies in a precarious condi
tion. Mr. Boles is 20 years old and lives
with his parents on Biddle avenue, Wil
kinsburg. His sister is a teacher in the
public school.
An inspection of Post 548, G. A. E., of
Wilkinsburg, will take place on the next
meeting night, Monday. May 12.
The veterans of Wilkinsburg are trying
to make arrangements for the removal of the
remains of the dead soldiers now lying in
the graveyard of the Covenanter Church, on
South street, to the cemetery at Beulah,
three miles out on the Greensburg pike. It
is desired to make the change before Decora
tion Day, if possible. The old graveyard is
to be devoted to other uses.
The postoffice removal question still agi
tates Wilkinsburg. A vote has been taken,
with the result of 10 to 1 in favor of its re
maining on its present quarters, on Penn
avenue.
tCOHEESFOHDEXCE Or THE DtSrATCH.1
Washington, May 1.
OCIETY at the cap!
tal, if it is to be'
judged by what an
accomplished young
society woman recent-
, ir buiu io me, is a
fixed quantity. "There
1 are 152 of us," said
I she, referring to the
II A young ladies, "and
jjj only 65 gentlemen."
This accounts for a
great many things
and a great many
things in Washington
seem sadly to need ac
counting for. For ex
ample, the young man who comes here a
strangerand manages to make the acquaint
ance of one young lady is pretty sure to
wonder why she never lutroduces him to any
other. If he meets her at a reception
she will chat with him as much as he
pleases, but he will wait and hiut in vain
for her to present him to any other young
ladv. If he meet her with any number of
companions on the street, she will stop and
talk with him, and seem to find keen pleas
ure in letting her companions stand around
and envv her, while they wish in vain for
the introduction that never comes. Solong
as a young woman can enjoy exclusively
the acquaintance of a young man any
young man of "respectability" she is an
object of the envy of her less fortunate sis
ters. If the young man be a ,'good "catch"
that is to say, if he have either rank or
money the young woman who can keep
him for her own, even for a few weeks, is
the empress of the situation for tbe time.
the suppressed debutantes.
The shortage of single meu in Bociety ex
plains also why there are so many school-girlish-looking
young women here who long
ago were graduated from the schools. These
are the suppressed debutantes. One may
see them almost any day dressed in their
short, girlish gowns with their hair hanging
in braids down their backs. Sometimes
ther carry books, often they are accom
panied by "big dogs. They are old enough
to be in society, and they would have been
in it long ago bad they not been suppressed
because their elder sisters have not yet been
taken from the matrimonial market.
"Yes," said the young lady of whom I
have spoken, "the object of a young woman's
life in society here is to get a man."
'"Then society, so-called, is really a sort of
matrimonial syndicate?" I asked.
"That is the principal use to which it is
put, though many a girl seeks a man for
other than matrimonial purposes. There is
the girl who wants an escort to the theater
and the girl who likes to drive, there is the
girl who uses one young man to bring another
one to terms and the girl who simply likes to
North, South, East and West and
then there is the Washington girl
proper. She's the daisy. She begins
to flirt as soon as she's out oi her
cradle. She starts in on Govern
ment clerks and the same old crowd of
fellows who never grow aged enough not to
run with tbe freshest batch of girls that
comes along. About the time she gets into
the High School she begins to set traps for
bigger game and goes for the sous of Cabinet
ministers, diplomates, chiefs ot bureaus and
so on. When a new administration comes
in and these fellows drop out, she becomes
what the "regulars' call a 'college widow.'
"The Washington girl," he continued,
"always wants to marry, but she rarely gets
there. She goes in for every thing that she
thinks will catch us chappies. Paint! By
Jove, you ought to see her daub it on. Eice
powder and starch aren't so bad, you know.
A fellow can sUnd it to kiss them, but we
draw the line at poison."
OLD MAIDS OF 'WASHINGTON.
"There are lots ot old maids in Washing
ton and every young woman who hasn't a
big bundle of money is afraid she is going
to be one," is was explained.
The "temporary," they informed me, is
generally the daughter of a man who stands
higher at home than he does here among the
many other important personages. "She can
generally have her pick of fellows at home
and she doesn't care so much about making
A SAYIOE OF SLATES.
An Odd Eeminiscence of the Daj3 of
the Underground Eailway
TOLD IN A MUSTY OLD LETTER.
Hatthew JIcKeever's Method of Assisting
Ennairay Negroes
TO GET PE0M THE STATES TO CANADA
About (he Seal Proportion.
a catch here." They assured me that the
daughters of Senators and Congressmen are
frequently the nost heartless flirts at the
capital. But the Washington girl has to
make her market here or at the summer re
sorts, where she finds strong competition
from many other cities, or at the Western
military posts, where, of course, it is hard to
get invitations and impossible to stay long.
She, therefore, according to the testimony of
these youthful experts, attends right to bus
iness, and wastes no time in trying to en
snare superfluous hearts.
If half that I heard on either side of this
momentous question be true, a matrimonial
insurance company might, I should think,
do a big business at the capital of this glori
ous land ot the free.
Willis B. Ha-wkins.
HEB CUD OF DEADLY CHEWING GUM.
Shibts to order at Pfeifer's, 443 Smith
field, 100 Federal sL, Allegheny. uw
NEAT AS A PIN.
A journey to the upper floor of the station
house was then made, aud the matron's
apartment was visited. A pleasant room,
the floor of which was covered with a Brus
sels carpet, contained two nice, clean-looking
single beds, a stand with library lamp
upon it, and numerous easy and comfortable
chairs.
"In this room," said Mrs. Brennan, "are
kept the aristocratic sinners who are met at
the depot as they are eloping or absconding,
by an officer authorized by telegrams from
other cities to bold them here until warrants
come for them. Sometimes we have lovely
young ladies here, and I am careful not to
hurt their feelings unnecessarily. When I
leave the room I always lock the door, but I
do it in just as nice a way as I can.
"Then these beds are always ready for sick
people who are brought here, and in them
they remain until they are removed to the
hospital. Here, you see, is a lull wardrobe
for any little stranger who may first see the
light of day in the station house, and here is
our apothecary shop, with all kinds of
medicine and surgical instruments in case
of an emergency." And sure enough, one
closet was devoted to bottles bottles great
and bottles small containing everything in
the list of handy remedies. In fact, every
thing about the station house bespoke the
kindliness and thoughtfulness of Chief
BrowD, and the matron, Mrs. Brennan, en
deavors in every particular to carry out the
mandate ot her superior, which is to treat
everyone coming under her care as kindly as
possible.
BOYCOTTING AMERICAN OIL.
Holland Qlnltes a Retaliatory Dleasuro
Acalnst the Tobacco Tax.
London, May 1. In accordance with
the demands of colonists and tbe Amster
dam factors, a retaliatory duty has been
asked upon American oil to atone for the
duties upon Sumatra wrappers by the
United States. The injury to the Holland
tobacco trade is used as the excuse.
The proposition will- almost surely meet
with favor, notwithstanding the protests of
some conservative statesmen. A slight duty
on the American article would throw the'
business into the bands of the Russians, and
Antwerp importers, who do tbe bulk of the
continental trade, are very anxious concern
ing the situation. Smuggling from Bel
gium into Holland does not seem to be prac
ticable, they say, both on account of tbe
bulk of the packages and tbe difference in
the appearance of Russian and American
oil, and any such action is is contemplated
by Holland would not only revolutionize
ousiness at tne lieigian seaports, but would
mean ruin to many small dealers there.
M. Spuller,.tbc French Minister of For
eign Affairs, says there is no such probabil
ity of the nations agreeing upon details, and
that the fear of a combination on the other
side ot the Atlantic might act as a deterring
influence.
Mnealo O'Neal Has a Little Lively Fun With
Police Offlelals.
Maggie O'Neal, an athletic woman well
known in police circles, was locked up in the
Central station yesterday on a charge of
vagrancy. After being placed In a celt she
told Matron Brennan she was going to poison
herself, and exhibited a substance she held
in her hand. The matron attempted to take
the poison away, but the prisoner was too
strong for her, and Sergeants Myers and
Larimore and Janitor Williamson were
called in to help.
The combined forces made a vigorous at
tack upon Maggie, but she was too much for
them, and Assistant Superintendent O'Mara
took a hand. He finally succeeded in un
clenching Maggie's fingers, and secured a
wad of chewing gum. Mrs. O'Neal smiled,
and calmly walked back into her cell.
A LANDMARK GONE.
On? Among Many.
A LIST OF NEW PATENTS
B. &B.
Ask to see the 4,000 yards India silk's ad
vertised in this morning's paper at 30c
Boaos & Buhl.
Grantod to Inventors in This Section at tho
United Slates.
O. D. Levis, patent lawyer, 131 Fifth
avenue, Pittsburg, sends the following new
patents issued April 29, 1890, to Western
Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Vir
ginia inventors:
Henry Aiken,Homestead, shear table; Henry
Aiken. Homestead, apparatus for the manu
facture of axles; William 8. Hunter, Troy, O.,
feed trough; Samuel Bartlett, Toledo, washing
machine: H. J. Becker, Akron, water filter;
Martin A. Caldwell, Erie, rein guard for horses;
James W. Carpenter, Dayton, meat roaster,
etc.; Theodore & T. J. Downs, Springfield, har
vesting knife; C. S. Dntcon, Yonngstown,
steam engine governor; Charles E. Egan,
Columbus, watchman's time record;
Oscar Kleber, Allegheny, telegraph key;
George A. Macbeth, Pittsburg, machine for
grinding glassware; R, H. Krael, Allentown,
screen: John M. Mast, Cambridge, Pa., stamp
machine; Peter ilast, Waterville, O., wire
fence: H. C. Meeker. Deshler, O., washing
machine; Oliver J. Michael. C. Baeder assignor
oi one-iniru to iMiwaru itoDerts, fittSDurg,
glass cutting machino; S. T. Owens, Pittsburg,
apparatus for shearing metal; T. J. Scott,
Toledo, O., flro place and hollow mantel; then
for Joseph Smith, Philllpsburg, assignor of
two-thirds to W. S. Smith and William M.
Heimacb, insect trap; Edward J. Sugden, Pitts
burg, vehicle iron.
flirt. Oh, there are various reasons for
wanting men, but the great majority want
them for good and all."
THE BOYS ABE INDEPENDENT.
"Do the young men of Washington appre
ciate tbe advantage of their position?" I
asked.
"Indeed they do; and they treat us shame
fully," she answered. "They make us do
all sorts of unpleasant things. AVby, only
last week I asked a young man if he ever
went to the theater and he answered that he
did when he was asked. The mean old
thing actually made me ask him to go with
me. They do all sorts of things like that."
"And you have to submit?"
"Of course, or we should never have any
fun at all."
"Do brains and accomplishments help
young men in society here?"
"Yes, indeed. A gentleman who is good
company always stands well in society. But
he isn't much sought for in the matrimonial
way."
"He must have money?" I asked.
"Money or rank. Money for the poor
girls and rank for the rich."
"And does love stand no chance?"
"Ob, I suppose a girl can love a member
of the diplomatic corps, or an officer, or a
millionaire as well as anybody else."
"But if she does love somebody else?"
"But she doesn't; she won't let herself."
"Did you ever hear of that old-fashioned
sort of love which used to swoop down on
men and women and leave them nothing to
say about it?"
no old-fashioned love.
"Yes," said she, "books are full of that
sort of nonsense, but I don't know any peo
ple who could say much about it from ex
perience." "How many of the 152 young ladies in
society here think as you do about this mat
ter?" "I don't know any that think any other
way," she said.
A glimpse of the other side of the situa
tion may be interesting, possibly instruct
ive. 1 spent an evening at a young men s
American History Loses the Preacher of
Daniel Webster's Funeral Sermon.
Jacksonville, III., May 1. Bev.
William Barnes, who preached the funeral
sermon of Daniel Webster, died in this city
this morning. He was one of the most
noted Presbyterian divines of the country.
Mr. Barnes was born in Ohio in 1816, was
a Yale graduate in the same class that num
bered among its members Charles Sumner
and EJward Everett. He was pastor of n
church in Boston when Webster died, and
was chosen as officiating clergyman. Dur
ing the last 35 years he has lived in the
West, most of the time in Jacksonville. He
was a life director of the American Bible
Society and also of the American Board of
Home and .Foreign Missions.
Will be Presented to Iho Hennte.
Superintendent Follansbee, of the Cham
ber of Commerce, yesterday received a letter
from Senator Quay acknowledging the re
ceipt of the resolution adopted at tbe last
meeting of tbe chamber on the establish
ment ot a limited postal telegraph system
which he will present to the Senate.
B0UD0IB AND TOILET.
Steel chatelaines with hangings galore are
very fashionable, and will be worn tho coming
summer.
Topaz was once beloved of our grand
mothers, and we may now see it fn very pretty
new designs in more modern jewels.
Very elegant and costly handles for sun
shades are fashionable, and some of them are
as conspicuous as tbey are expensive.
A vinaigrette of silver In form ot a little
flat flask is the fashionable trinket. It does
not improve tbe odor of the cologne, but it is a
pretty bauble.
BeattcttuIi Mezican onyx is very much
used for all sorts of ornamentation, particu
larly for the tops of sunshades, where it is seen
in large, spherical forms.
The much bedecked sunshades carry the
day. Plain ones are only for traveling or
simplest use. Among tbe netable fancy models
is that of Roman silk, which makes a very gay
effect.
The pointed girdle is still a part of the
fashionable mode, and tbe narrow riDbon sash
and belt make the finish, which is almost the
entire trimming of many gowns for spring and
for summer wear.
Colorado rhine stones are among the new
jewels of semi-value and very pretty effects are
produced in these artificial gems. There are
several gems which can be very well counter
felted in these rhlne stones.
club not long ago. Girls were the subject A (J,TT, , ,T I .t" . W"
of much of the conversation among the'f We " which has been the customary.
Wnnt It Ont of tbe Way.
Again the Herr Island dam investigation
has been postponed for a week, and again
the blame is saddled on the non-appearance
of Allegheny City's Solicitor, Mr. Elphin
stone. Judging from what is said on both
sides, a compromise is likely to be effected,
but some people want to see the decks
cleared by the time the river recedes, so that
work can be shoved promptly.
GrutifTlnc to All.
1? Tbe high position attained and the universal
fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, as the most excel
lent laxative known, illustrate tbe value of the
qualities on whjch its success is based and are
abundantly gratifying to tbe California Fig
Bjrup Company.
young fellows. One of them, an acknowl
edged beau, was asked by a chummie if he
was going up to Mr. X.'s that night.
"No, siree," said he and made a peculiar
gesture, holding out his arm and letting his
hand fall limn, as if be had no strength in
his wrist. J. asked what all this pantomime
sigmned.
"Wrist drop," I was told, and then was
informed that "wrist drop" is a technical
term for lead poisoning, which demonstrates
itself in a weakness of the wrist joints.
Deeper inquiry developed the information
that the young man was endeavoring to say
he had found more sugar of lead in the
young lady's complexion than was good for
his lips. When I expressed some surprise
that these beaux indifferently joked of their
kissing experiences, taking no pains to con
ceal the names of the young ladies who had
been parties of the second part in the trans
actions, I was laughed at immoderately for
my innocence.
TWADDLE OP A SOCIETY SWELL.
When I bad drawn the young man with
the "wrist drop" into something like n seri
ous discussion of the Washington society
girl, he rolled a cigaretts "his wrist still en
abled him to do that and said: "Well,
now, if yon are going to discuss the society
girls you must begin in the right way.
There is every sort of girl in society here J
mode. Diagonal modes are considered most
chic. Under the arm and upon the shoulder it
is sometimes thought well to catch tbe two
parts together witn a clasp, which is a newer
contrivance than the diagonal fastening.
The gay and lovely ginghams which are to
make their appearance on tbe first of the fine
' days will be a joy with their flower designs that
will delight the heart of an artist in color.
Young ladies have not left these charming
fabrics for the children but some of their pret
tiest costumes will be made ot this lovely cot
ton material.
Snow will this summer give place to fitness
in matters of dress, particularly at summer re
sorts where women were wont to congregate in
order to display an elaborate summer wardrobe,
dazzling the beholder with tho variety, mode
and fabric The woman who entertains and
has a cottage can well afford to have a dozen
toilets for she will need them, but the hotel
guest does not, and it is not In good taste to
wear elaborate costumes when one merely sits
on tbe puDlic piazza.
The girl who likes masculine effects in her
costume can have all she wants of them this
season, and she will pot look outre if she
atlopts them in fullest measure, for there will
be many others to keep her company thi3 sea
son. Her skirts and waistcoats, ties and jewelry
all might be borrowed from her nearest male
relative, so truly of his make are they. Even
tbe low cut shoes and-gloves are distinctly
masculine. The natty sailor hat is perhaps the
only thing is tbe ontflt that is sot masculine,
except the petticoat.
When Percy F. Smith was one of tha
Pittsburg reporters, he was assigned, ia
1880, to gather information about the "Un
derground Eailway," as it was called, that
was used to transport fugitive slaves across
the States into Canada. He wrote to
Matthew McKeever, who lived near El
dersville, in Washington county. Mc
Keever was a lamous old Abolitionist, and
he assisted many a runaway slave to make
his escape into Canada. Mr. McKeever re
plied in a long letter to Mr. Smith, which
for some reason or other was never pub
lished.
The other day, while cleaning up an old
desk, Mr. Smith found a pocketbook in
which was McKeever's letter. It was
musty and stained, and could only be read
with difficulty. He managed to decipher it,
and kindly gave a copy of it to a Dispatch
reporter.
A "WOBKEB IN THE CAUSE.
Matthew McKeever will be remembered
by old Pittsburgers for his work during the
slave days. He died two years ago at the
age of 84 years. He was almost blind when
he wrote the letter, nearly ten years ago.
In the epistle he speaks of soma
transactions he had with old John
Brown, whom he met often
and knew well. He refers to a contract
which Brown had written in a elear, beauti
ful hand, but when Mr. Smith returned it
to Mr. McKeever it passed through a num
ber of hands, and was lost.
Mr. Smith prizes McKeeyer'a letter very
highly. He explained that friendly Aboli
tionists who lived a certain distance apart
were in the habit of concealing runaway
slaves and forwarding them in the direction
ot Canada. The route was toward Pitts
burg, and up through Butler and "Venango
counties to Lake Erie, and then across the
border, where they were sale. The slaves
were often pursued with such fury, and the
laws against succoring fugitives were so
strict, that the Abolitionists were often in
danger of losing thtir lives, as well as going
to jail. With this explanation from Mr.
Smith, McKeever's letter, which follows,
can be readily understood:
AN INTERESTING LETTEB.
Near Eldeesville. Pa., t
Sep-emberll. 1880. J
I was intimately acquainted with John
Brown. He came to me in tbe winter of 1S12
to buy some fine sheep. I sold him 30 fine ewes.
(I do not remember the price.) He said he had
rented a large farm and would like to go into
tbe sheep business, but had not the means to
buy. He said he would like to have some on
the shares for four years. I gave him 200 bead
of fine ewes, for four years, on conditions
which I send ?on, written by his own band,and
also a letter after he bad taken off tho first
clip. The wool was sent to Lowell, and I re
ceived half of the money. Arte that a
wealthy man named Simon Perkins, who lived
near Akron, Summit county, O.. who owned a
large farm, agreed to go into partnership with
Brown, and carry on the wool growing largely.
My interest being in the way. tbey wrote to mo
to know what I would take for my
share of tbe 200 ewes. I wrote
to them that they knew what
they were worth better than 1 did. and for them
to state what tfcer would give, and I wonld an
swer whether I would take it or nor. Thev an
swered by making me an offer of SHOO, $1,800
in hand and a note for ECfiO, to be paid in the
Massillnn. O., Bank: When I got tbe letter I
went out. got tbe money and note and assigned
my right over to tnem and came home.
Among hands I lost that note and I wrote
the bank if any one offered it not to receive it.
When the note came due I wrote a receipt
against the note, got my brother Thomas to
sign it and I went over to get tbe money. Mr.
Perkins said ho did not know me or my
brother, but if I would get Samuel Patterson
to sign it he would pay the money. I told him
I conld get 50 names to it if he wanted them.
I sent it back with Campbell McKeever and
Perkins paid him tbo money all but 11,
which be kept out to fee a lawyer. Old John
Brown followed Campbell out. and told him
his lather (the writer) had no right to lose that
dollar, and gave him one. If ever there was a
man honest to a fault it was this old John
Brown. I Dclieve if he owed a man 10 cents he
would go ten miles out of hiswty to give it to
him, if hecoaldnot get it to him any other
way.
THE UNDERGROUND EAILWAY.
You wished to know something of my ex
perience with the Underground Kailway. I
was a director of tbe road for 40 years. The
kind of cars we used was a good spring wagon.
with a chicken coop in each end and tne
darkies in tha middle, with a good cover over
them.
The most slaves I over shipped at once was
eight. They came to oar house at daybreak
one morn, before any of us were up. except a
colored man. John Jordan. He took them and
hid them in the sheep shed loft, and kept them
there four weeks, and although we had a fam
ily of IS or 20, not one of them knew thov were
there not even mv wife. Thev were fed all
that time out of nurspnnghouseand kitchen by-
John Jordan. There never was anythlnz dis
covered, only a hired girl told Mrs. McKeever
somebody was stealing our bread. That was
the longest we ever kept any of them. The
reason we kept them so long was we supposed
their masters would be watching tbe Canada
shore, which proved to be true, but they got
tired waiting.
The next job that we had was five or six,
which were brought from Wheeling to Beth
any, Brooke connty. to my brother-in-law's
Joseph Bryant, who lived there, and who
was a great Abolitionist. At that
time mv son Campbell was going to school
there, and Bryant sent them up to my bone by
William Arney and Campbell, and I shipped
them to Pittsbnrg. The fellow who brought
them to Bryant's turned State's evidence and
told their masters of Bryant's feeding them
and sending them away, and thslr masters sent
the Sheriff on Bryant and took him to Wheel,
ing. Bryant refused to give ball, and tbeyput
bim in jail in Wheeling, and he was there 15
days before tbe court came off. While be was
there tbey offered &0O to anyone that would
bring me down. As the reporter heard this
incident It was that they offered $500 for Air.
McKeever, dead or alive. Bnt I did not
venture down about that time. They kept the
fellow who brought them to Bryant's for a wit
ness against Bryant, and when court came off
the Judge decided that tbey could not punish
an accomplice while tbe principal was at large,
and Bryant was sent home.
We had other cases similar. My brother
Tommy shipped a good many. As near as I
can recollect, the number shipped was 35 or 40.
I was acquainted with a good many slaves and
taeir masters. I never advised a slave to run
awav from his master, but when they came to
me 1 helped them all I could.
When Brown was to be banged, his brother
came to me. We went to Wheeling. He tele
graphed to A. Wise to know If he could see bis
brother if be would come. We were answered
we could not seo him if he did come, so we
came back to rJiddletown, and Brown deliv
ered two or three Abolition lectnres and went
back homo to Ohio. Yours, respectfully.
Matthew McKeevehL
MUST PAY EOB THKltt DBINKS.
m
Water Rates to be Charged for All Houses
Located on City Water Slnlns.
Acting under advice from City Attorney
Moreland, the Bureau of Water Assess
ments has determined to charge every
house for the use of water if it fronts on a
street along which water pipe is laid. No
exception will be made of persons who have
private sources of water supply from wells:
or cisterns.
The portion of the city materially affected,
by this ruling are the East End and Oak
land districts, and is expected to lead to tbe
abandonment of disease-breeding wells.
They Jlenn Business.
A small army of men were at work yes
terday laying pipe from the Anderson
gasser, in Bobinson township, presumably
to the Lockhart Iron and Steel Company's
works at Chartiers. Evidently business was
meant, judging from the rapidity with
which connections were made.
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