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TI1E CANAL'S PROSPECTS.
The Erie Canal Commission, at its meet
ing yesterday, decided to continue the sur
rey for the canal from Rochester to the
Davis Island dam. This is, of course, in the
interest of further and exact information on
all branches of the scheme.
But we do not apprehend that it -will be
necessary to actually extend the canal along
the Ohio river. It is likely to be found
more economical to obtain an increased
depth of water in the river by dredging or
by making the proposed dams higher than
to build a canal along its shores, while the
usefulness of the former course would be
much greater. An eight or nine-foot river
to Beaver would be quite as important for
river navigation as for connection with the
lakes.
In the meantime, as the feasibility of the
canal project becomes more apparent, the
enmity of the railways to such projects be
comes more active. The corporate influence
" in Maryland has procured a report against
'he preservation of the Chesapeake and Ohio
'anal, based upon such premises as that the
ailroads can furnish cheaper transportation
lor coal freights than canals can! A similar
disposition to rise superior to facts is evinced
in efforts manifested in this city to discredit
the project of a water connection with Lake
Erie.
The work so far has been wholly in the
way of obtaining practical and reliable in
formation as to the feasibility of the scheme.
That point is now made clear and estimates
as to the cost of the work are all that are
needed to determine whether Pittsburg
shall go actively to work to secure tfiis great
water way.
ON THE HOME-STRETCH.
But two weeks are to elapse before the Ee--publican
Convention to nominate a Govern
or, and the canvass is heating up with the
weather. Chiefly is this the case in the
Eastern counties, where strained relations
are manifesting themselves conspicuously
among the followers ot Delamater and Hast
ings. The Crawford county man made the
running at first, and until lately showed
clear daylight between himself and his com
petitors, providing only that his claims as
to delegates were transparently correct. But
several of these claims are now disputed;
and the county conventions of this month,
which were to make Delamater's calling and
nomination sure, have mostly turned out the
other way. Hastings and Montooth have
pone forward, and Delamater's chances on
the home-stretch do not look at all so good
as they did a little while ago.
Everybody seems to concede that the in
fluence and personal following of Senator
Quay will, in so close a contest, be able to
decide the winner. The opponents of Quay
are probably the loudest in asserting this,
because if he should make a mistake in
throwing the nomination to the least de
sirable candidate, they would not be sorry
to see him saddled with the responsibility.
On tbe other hand, the supporters of the
Senator do not deny the soft impeachment,
since it is, in their view, a testimony of his
prestige, and they would be equally desirous
of claiming for him much of tbe credit of
victory, should he pitch upon a winner.
Putting two and two together recent back
sets to the Delamater canvass, and the sa
gacity which Quay usually shows in the
practical politics which consists in placing
his influence where it is not effective the
probabilities increase that not Mr. Dela
mater, but some other man, will yet head the
ticket. "Nor will it, in any, event, be "a
dark horse." The "dark horse" experiment
in Allegheny was a sample of what would
be !elt over the State, if a strange equine
were permitted to gallop away with the
prize. The signs, if anything, give hope to
Montooth. By siding with the Allegheny
candidate who is already strong, Quay can
not only pick a sure winner, but strengthen
his own followers greatly in the "West.
Oi course the Beaver statesman may prefer
to stake the future on the uncertain risk of
Delamater though in such event, if he look
for victory, it must be with a reduced major
ity whose significance can aflord him no
room for pleasure. But, leaving out of ac
count the extraordinary motives which may
influence the course of the Senator and of
the convention, and looking at the situation
merely through the glasses which politicians
ordinarily use, Delamater's prospects to-day
would seem the least promising and lion
tooth's about the best, or at least as good as
any.
NOT A REFORM.
A case which was recently decided by a
Connecticut court under the new ballot re
form law of that State presents a peculiar
and unexpected result of that sort of enact
ment which should be guarded against.
Under the ruling no ballot can be counted
unless it is marked with the caption of one
of the recognized political parties. By a strict
construction of the law, and not on account
or fraud, all the citizens' tickets voted at the
Hartford election were ordered to be thrown
out, and the practical declaration is made
that if a man is not satisfied to vote one or
the other of the regular tickets, with such
JPSH
changes as he may make himself, he must be
disfranchised.
In the absence of a full report of this de
cision it is somewhat difficult to imagine the
method by which the Court came to disre
gard the obvious rale that the law should be
construed in accordance with the constitu
tional right of the voter to vote as he
pleases. But with such a decision
as that on record, nuder one of the
ballot reform laws already enacted, it is
a plain duty in framing future legislation
to avoid any provisions which can be con
strued into having that effect. To forbid
the casting of a vote except for one of the
regular political parties is equivalent to
disfranchising independent voters, to plac
ing a ban on the formation of new parties
and to reducing the ireedom of popular suf
frage to a farce. Avotewhioh could only
be exercised for one or the other of the tick
ets nominated by the regular political ma
chines would not be worth having. It is
impossible to have much respect for a judge
who in construing inch a law could fail to
perceive that to give it that effect would
make it unconstitutional.
If any ballot reform has the effeot of lim
iting the right of independent voting, it is
ballot reform with the reform left out
AIT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT.
The fact that the iron and steel manu
facturers of Great Britain, accompanied by
a large representation of the same industries
of the Continent, will, next fall, visit Pitts
burg, has already been fully published.
But we do cot think the manufacturers of
Pittsburg have as yet given sufficient atten
tion to the methods by which this visit
should be utilized.
We can take it as a matter of conrse that
there is no need of urging our leading citi
zens to provide for the entertainment of
these visitors. However slow Pittsburg
may be in some respects, her hospitality is
always prompt and thorough. There is no
fear but that the visitors from the
iron establishments of Europe to the
center of America will be warmly
welcomed, sufficiently banqueted, and
urgently invited, to inspect our sights.
But, like most foreign bodies which reach
our city, they will probably have a surfeit
of banqueting and receptions before they
reach here; and while the excursion plan of
showing our manufactories to visitors is one
that cannot be omitted, it does not insure
that every one of the guests will learn all
about our industries that should be learned.
"What is wanted in the interest of Pitts
burg is that every one of these visitors shall
have the opportunity to inspect a condensed
exhibit of the manufactures of our city as
regards both present production and capa
bilities for new industries. For the securing
of that end, it is pertinent to point out that
the Exposition will be open at that time,
and that it is possible, if our manufact
uring interests set promptly to work,
to make, ai one of its most
important and valuable departments, a com
plete exhibit of the products, processes and
possibilities of all our industries. Such an
exhibit should represent not only our iron,
glass and steel products, but every other in
dustry for which this locality presents
natural advantages. In short, it should be
a condensed portrayal of what could other
wise only be learned by a long and exhaus
tive investigation of all our mills and work
shops. Such an exhibit is not urged solely upon
the ground of extending our foreign trade.
If properly carried out, there is little doubt
that its fame woald attract both domestic
and foreign buyers. But a broader at i
deeper purpose is to be served by carrying
out such a plan in its most attractive form.
At a time when the results of the protective
policy are beginning to foreshadow the
transfer of foreign industries to this country,
what can be more in accord with the com
plete fruition of that policy than to place
before the owners and managers of the
works which we are hoping to have brought
to this country, a complete showing of what
our industries have already accomplished,
and of the facilities which we can offer to
new enterprises. In view of the foreign
capital and skill that is to come to us next
fall, the full and adequate presentation ot
such an exhibit may mean the indefinite
enlargement of our manufacturing inter
ests. Of course, to carry out such a scheme re
quires immediate work. Additional build
ings at the Exposition will be needed to
afford adequate space, and prompt organiza
tion will be necessary to secure complete
ness for the industrial exhibit. But every
dollar expended in that way will be one of
the best investments that Pittsburg can
possibly make.
POSTMORTEM REGULATION.
The State Insurance Commissioner has
lately published some very forcible remarks
with regard to the wrecking of the Ameri
can Life Insurance Company of Phila
delphia. In addition to the assertion that
the company has long been engaged in
freezing out policyholders it is declared that
"The 'financial control of the corporation
was committed to a coterie of the most
reckless and visionary speculators, who
loaned the money of the company to them
selves upon the stocks and bonds of corpor
ations with which they were affiliated." As
the Philadelphia Ledger pertinently re
marks, these are "brave words, but why
were they not uttered before the public had
learned all about it." The purpose of the
Insurance Commissioner's official existence
is supposed to be, in the interest of the
public, to prevent dishonest and reckless
management on the part of insurance cor
porations. Had the commissioner by virtue
of his official powers discovered and ex
posed these bad practices before the Ameri
can Life was wrecked, he would have vindi
cated the usefulness of his office much more
thoroughly than he has done by his post
mortem expose.
LOOK OUT FOR THE LOTTERY!
It looks as if the Louisiana State Lottery
were going to get a new lease of life. In
New Orleans a friend of the lottery corpora
tion was elected the other day to fill a
vacancy in the Legislature. It cost about
thirty thousand dollars to elect him; bnt
that's a trifling bagatelle to the lottery
promoters. No doubt the varnished robbers
who are after more loot will pay on the
same scale for every vote they need. The
legislators can hardly be expected to be more
virtuous than the men who elect fhem, and
the prospect of bribery winning the day in
the Lonisiana Legislature is very bright
The fact is that the lottery has poisoned the
whole State. The taxpayers, who could
prevent the perpetration of this shamelul
abuse, are dazzled by the offer of a million
dollar bribe annually for twenty-five years.
Louisiana being content to sell her honor,
does it follow that the United States must
share.her shame? Hardly. The interest of
Louisiana in the matter is picayune com
pared to what the country at large has at
stake. By tbe testimony ot the managers ot
the lottery only three per cent of the total
receipts were filched from Louisianians; the
ninety-seven per cent came from outside the
State. ""When it comes to a matter of profits,
no doubt, the gentlemen from Louisiana can
claim exclusive consideration. None of the
plunder gets away from the octnpns in New
Orleans. The State of Lonisiana is practi
cally the property of the lottery company.
Is the United Stitet?
This is where Congress might step in with
propriety. The postoffice department is at
present tbe agent, unwillingly, of the lot
tery. Judge Gresham was the last Postmas
ter General to fight the lottery, and although
his efforts were only partially successful he
was confident that with the support of Con
gress the postoffice department could crush
the pestilential traffic There is need for
more severe laws against the passage of lot
tery correspondence through the mails. Con
gress can and should pass these laws, and
Postmaster General Wanamaker can earn
fame and the gratitude of the nation by agi
tating the question forcibly at Washington.
Tbe administration which destroys the Lou
isiana State Lottery, root and branch, will
not have to mate any other record to estab
lish its claim upon the good will of the peo
ple. A SPORADIC CASE.
The report of the case of sporadio cholera
in Soho may very easily be magnified into
a matter of greater importance than really
belongs to it Such cases are heard of al
most every summer, and are wholly distinct
from the epidemics which work their way
around the world, from east to.west "With
Europe entirely free from the epidemic, it is
practically impossible for the Asiatic
cholera to be transferred to this country, and
no fears of an epidemic need be entertained.
Nevertheless, the fact that a sporadio case
occurs thus early in the heated term, affords
a most powerful argument in favor .of a
carefel diet and thorough sanitation.
RULES FOR WALKING.
Mr. Ward McAllister says that no man
of fashion will walk in the street with a
shabby person or one whose social position
is inferior to his own. This opens up end
less difficulties for the man of fashion.
When he walks abroad he will have to walk
alone generally. The men who are not of
fashion will not be eligible to walk beside
him, and the men of fashion will be follow
ing the rule on their own account, and will
abjure his society. Eor Ward McAllister
it will be especially hard. He will not
walk with his inferiors in social position,
and he knows no equals. He is doomed to
solitude by his own edict This is terrible.
The climax will come some day when
Borne shabby fellow who is Mr. Ward Mc
Allister's social superior shall refuse to
walk with him.
W. L. Scott is now declared to be
entirely out of politics, and the consequence is
that Paulson's boom is making much more
rapid strides than it did when the railway mill
ionaire burdened it with his support
With Messrs. Warner, Lindsay, and
two or three others named as actual or pros
pective entries In the Allegheny district con
test, the good people across the river won't be
permitted to feel lonesome between now and
whatever date the committee may set for the
primaries. Should the delegate system of con
ventions be adhered to, tbe possibilities which
that system affords for bargains and combina
tions, cannot fall to be exhaustively illustrated.
With so many strong men on the tract, the
likelihood of a clear majority for any one
diminishes proportionately.
Now Mr. Croker is making himself con
spicuous by omitting to say anything about
a demand for investigation. No one politician
or party has a monopoly on the art of saying
nothing in responsa to charges.
"The vote-buyers of Speaker Heed's dis
trict are bad men, but they have not yet
been accused of paying for votes in counterfeit
money, as was done in Indiana in the year when
Benjamin Harrison was elected," says the
Louisville Courier-Journal. Aa nothing has
been heretofore heard of that wicked decep
tion, it becomes an interesting question what
friend of our esteemed cotemporary had his
innocence imposed neon in that heartless
manner!
The watermelon crop of the South is
stated to amount to 510,000.000. And yet some
Southerners preteud that they think it possible
to induce a voluntary immigration of the
colored people to Africa!
It is reported as a remarkable thing that
owing to a strike of cab men in Loudon the
Earl of Aberdeen was compelled recently to
ride from a railway station in a milk cart This
is nothing strange for this country. We are all
not only acquainted with the spectacle of lords
who ride in milk carts, bnt are even more inti
mately familiar with the experience of coming
in contact with monarebs who run ice wagons.
Young Itubbide's sentence of a year in
prison is not so impressive as the discharge of
the Duke of Orleans from prison, with tbe mild
warning not to mako a fool ot himself again.
Govebnoe Hill has made a satisfactory
and surprising hit by administering a pocket
veto to a nnmber of bills which the Legislature
had passed and which were palpable and un
mitigated jobs. It lsnot very pleasant to the Re
publicans to contemplate the fact that It re
quired the Republican Legislature in New
York to enact a collection ot bills which were
too bad for even D. B. Hill to approve.
If the doctors keep on discussing the
Pasteur method, with the present display of
warmth, steps will have to be taken for an arti
ficial lowering of their temperature.
TnAT summer cottage at Cape May, pre
sented to Mrs. Harrison by some anonymous
admirers, Is a very delicate attention. But it Is
a still more delicate question whether, if that
lady bad remained plain Mrs. Harrison, of In
dianapolis, It would ever have occurred to the
donors that she needed a cottage by the sea.
Whether the peach crop is a failure or
cot, no one can doubt that the crop of Congres
sional candidates in the Twenty-third district
beats the record for volume.
Colonel Bob Ingersoil declares that
there are but few real orators doing much at
the business nowadays. Colonel Bob himself
has not been doing much in the oratorical lice
lately; and it appears to be this lack of compe
tition that Is making him fatigued.
BaHiY'S unsatisfied ambition warns
aspirants to Senatorial patronage that there are
other powers in the Senate besides Quay and
Cameron.
THE "economical methods" which the
school book combination was formed to estab
lish, as illustrated by that $5,000 bribe in the
Washington Board of Education, shows that
what the trusts regard as economy other people
would rank as chicanery.
Yes.tebday was the day for Delamater to
be withdrawn by the correspondents ot tbe
papers opposed to him.
THE Senate appears to have concluded
that it wants to get up a tariff schedule of its
own. By the time that it gets through with the
McKlnley bill the supporters of that measure
will have to prepare themselves for a vigorous
and universal kick.
A Political Phenomenon.
From tbe -Washington Post.
The. Virginia stone-throwing phenomenon is
not a circumstance compared with the political
Stone throwing now in progress In Congress
man Bayne's district
PITTSBimQ-
DISPATCH,
THEJOPICAL TALKER.
Nobody Admitted Ouisldo Meat and Scbool
booki A Parson Wko Purveyed All
Bona of Food to BU Flock A Jane
Growl.
TM parties who are making the addition to
the Hmlthfirld street bridge have a proper
care lor the public safety: At Intervals along
'the sidewalk, which Is being extended for the
admission ot the electrio railroad tracks, no
tices are posted. These notices run thus:
: Ho Admittance Outside,
.
It requires some thought to grasp the beauty
of this announcement
Qtjeek combinations of business are to be
found always in small towns. Tha omnium
gatherum village store, of course rejoices in the
strangest and strongest ot contrasts. In a town
near Pittsburg I ran across one of the oddest
combinations the other day. It was a butcher's
shop and over the door ran the sign: "School
books and Meat Market" Food for body and
mind supplied over the same counter.
A Leicestershire parson in England
boasted that ho attended to all his parish,
loners' wants, physical, mental and spiritual.
Ho was a nephew, or grand-nephew, I forget
which, of Lord Byron, tbe poet, and dispensed
a wonderfnl lot of good things in his village of
KlrkbyMallory. He was well versed in medi
cine and he attended all his parishioners tree;
he farmed the gleba lands himself and give
the harvest generally to the poor, and he
preached his two sermons regularly every Sab
bath. Moreover he lent his books to such as
asked for them, and he hunted three days a
week in the season. It was this somewhat un
clerlcal love for fox-hunting that once brought
upon him the frown of his Bishop. But when
the Bishop investigated tbe Honorable and Rev.
Mr. Byron's conduct In its entirety he found
more than enough to atone for sporting pro
clivities. A JUNE GROWX.
The honeysuckle Is In bloom.
Across the lawn the roses
Arc waiting once again perfume
For democratic nosea
I sit and ponder all the day.
With nothing like elation
How, heaven help me 1 1 may pay
for my two weeks' vacation!
O Janet fair month of maglonatae,
I'd really love you better,
II not so many letters came
And bills, all headed Dr.!
Just when the hay Is waving high,
There flits without cessation,
A shadow dark before my eye
The midsummer vacation 1
There's rent and taxes to be paid;
And politics grow hotter;
Cool gowns for Lou tbe same for Bade,
I almost had forgot her;
Club dues, aud doctors' bills to meet
Now Where's the consolation
In living? living. I repeat?
Confound the fraud vacation I
H.J.
PATENTS AND PATENTEES.
A List of Late Invention by Mechanics of
Three Great States.
The following patents were issued to Penn
sylvania, Ohio and West Virginia inventors
for tbe week ending June 10, 1890. List fur
nished by O. D. Levis, Patent Lawyer, 131 Fifth
avenne, Pittsburg:
Win. B. Anderson, Tiffin, nut-cracking ma
chine; H. L. Beach, Montrose, Pa., sawing ma
chine: H. L. Beach, Montrose, Pa., saw hanger;
J. D. Bowman, Altoona. valve: J. L. Campbell,
West Elizabeth. Pa., water lndlcatorfor boilers;
J. M. Chamberlain, Marietta, O., lubricating
gland: W. H. Dark. Salem, 0., nnlUng edges or
sheet metal; M. A. Cntler, Allegheny, lock binge;
O. H. Dlctey, Tarentum, handling and laying
glass; G. H. Dickey, Tarentum, glass carrier: H.
C. Evans. Bristol, Pa., pencil clasp: G.H. Ever
son, Pittsburg, cold rolling tubes; Michael Feld
huser, Cellna, O., pipe fastener; W. L. Fox. Mt.
Pleasant, Pa., krant cutter: A. C. Grandee, Ra
cine, 0 sash fastener; J. E. Gray, Elyrla, o.,
wave power; B. C. Hicks, Leesburg.W.Va., door
way for cattle cars; J. A. Jones. York, Pa.. machine
for assorting or sizing fruit; Jacob H. Jones,
Pittsburg, pencil sharpsner; Hugh Kennedy,
bharpsburg, hot blast stove: Peter Eettenrlng,
Defiance, O., spoke lathe; George M. Kim, Alle
gheny, hose carriage: J. W. Kuntz, Republic,
O., log-loading machine; 1. J. Miller, Mt. Gil
ead, O., combined busk bench and rodder holder;
Joshua Fusey, Lima, lock; Jacob Reese, Pitts
burg, manufacture of iron and steel; A. Schllng
man. West Alexandria, o., washing machine: J.
H. Sprague, Norwalk, O., umbrella frame; Alex
ander Wllklns, Kent, O., holder for shoe button
fasteners.
TTTRTR NAMES ABE FAMILIAE.
Mb. Michael Davitt, the well-know Irish
Nationalist, is seriously ill.
General E. Kieby Smith claims to be the
oldest living white man born in Florida.
It is unofficially stated that Congressman
Bayne is a candidate for the Spanish Mission.
The authorities of Edinburgh formally ten
dered Henry M. Stanley the freedom of the
city yesterday. Mr. Stanley replied p an ex
pression of thanks. ,
Mbs. Hakbisoit likes "Little Annie
Rooney." By her request the Marine Band
plays It as often as possible at the White House
Indoor and outdoor concerts.
Flobesce Pulxkait, the eldest daughter
of tbe palace car millionaire, is a sensible
young woman of 21. She has brown hair and
eyes and a majestic carriage, and is rather
pretty. She possesses $300,000 in bank stock in
ber own right
Senator Heaest's Washington house con
tains 70 rooms. So far 8170,000 has been spent
in furnishing it, and this is said to be only a be
glnnintr. Thirty years ago the Senator occu
pied an attio room in a Missouri farmhouse,
Vibere he was working for his board.
Cybob W. Field is said to weartwo watches.
One, an elaborate affair valued at$2,b00. Is worn
to please a friend who presented it to him, and
the other, an ordinary gold watch, is worn to
tell the time of day. He does not use the fine
watch for fear of being thought too "showy."
SOUS OP VETEBAN8 IK CAMP.
The Tenth Annnal Meeting of the State
Division at Wllkesbarre.
rSriCIAL TELXOKAM TO TUB DISPATCH.
Wilxesbabbe, June 1L The first session of
the tenth annual encampment of tha Pennsyl
vania Division of the Sons of Veterans opened
in Memorial Hall, this city, at 10 o'clock tc-day,
with 193 officers and delegates, representing 170
camps, in attendance. Past Commander in
Chief L. M. Wagner, of Philadelphia; Major
A. P. Davies, of Pittsburg, founder of the
order; Past Colonels J. L. Rake and E. W.
Alexander were honorary euests. The re
port of the Committee on Credentials was re
ceived and the remainder ot the forenoon was
occupied with bearing the reports of officers.
From the Adjutant General's report tbe
following abstract is presented: Since the last
report (September SO, 18S9) there have been the
following gains: By organization and muster
in. 4 camps and 417 members; by transfer. 8
members: by reinstatement, 7 camps and 198
members; aggregate membership, 174 camps
and 5.769 members. From thelastencampment
to January 1, 1890, 15 camps with 833 charter
members were instituted. Sinco January
L 11 camps with 289 charter mem
bers were instituted. Total, 29 camps
and 623 charter members. Gains were
made by 78 camps and 65 camps show losses;
number of deaths, 25; number suspended, 1,587:
number dropped, 496; amount expended for re
lief to mombers, S1S.143; amount expended for
relief to members, $578 43. Durinr the year 283
members or their families wore relieved and 48
veteians were relieved.
The afternoon session was taken up until
about 3 o'clook with discussion of the resolu
tion to adopt permanent headquarters for five
years, which was finally adopted. Philadelphia,
Reading and Wllliamsport are the candidates
for selection. Some able speeches were made
for tbe cities named. A vote will be taken to
morrow. From present indications It looks as
though Philadelphia would win. This evening
a grand camp flro was held at G. A. R. Hall.
All the visiting delegates were present
American Protectant Aaaoclntlon.
Chicago, June 11. The Right Worthy
Grand Lodge of tbe American Protestant Asso
ciation convened here to-day in secret sessien.
Seventy-five delegates were present The lodge
was formally organized and routine matters
given consideration.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Gforjc 01. Johnnlnn.
Tbe naval annals of Mexico record tbe loss of
one of Its honored officers In the death of George
M. Johnston, who departed this life at tbe resi
dence of bis son. No. 9 Garland allev, yesterday
afternoon. In his C9th year. Funeral services will
take place to-morrow at 2 o'clock.
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"JUNE" '12.'
THE BRUNOT WEDDING.
Many Plttsbursera Attend tha NaptUIi at
Greensbnrg St. Peter and St. Paul's
Graced by Bridal Parties Receptions,
Fnlraaort FeMlvals.
The marriage of Miss A. E. Brunot, of
Greensburg, and Hllery B. Brunot of Pitts
burg, was solemnized at tbe residence of the
bride's parents yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
It was a brilliant affair and was attended by a
great many invited guests. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. George tS. Van Waters,
rector of Christ's Church. There ware no
bridesmaids, but Dr. J. B. Llppencott of Pitts
burg, was best man.
The bridal costume was of rich white China
crepe, with elaborate point lace trimmings and
tulle vail. The groom was neatly dressed in
black. After tbe wedding snpper was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Brunot left on an extended tour
of Eastern cities.
Mrs. Brunot is an accomplished lady and is
the eldest daughter of H. J. Brunot a promi
nent resident of Greensburg. The groom is a
native of Baton Rouge, La., and is a prominent
member of tbe Allegheny County Bar.
Among the invited guests were D. J. B. Llp
pencott Mr. aud Mrs. C. L. Taylor. Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Paul,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Blssell. Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Baker, William and
W. B. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Hogg, Mr.
and Mrs. W. K. Jennings ana Mr. and Mrs.
James L Kay, of Pittsburg; Mr. and Mrs. John
J. Hogg, of Connell8vllle, Colonel George F.
Huff and wife. Dr. and Mrs. Townsend, Mr. and
Mrs. Marchand, James B. Laux and wife, and
others of Greensburg. There were 150 invita
tions issued. The presents were many and val
uable. TWO MAY0ES UNITE
In Aaklnir That Citizens Take u Holiday
on Saturday Afternoon.
Mayor Gonrley, of Pittsburg, and Mayor
Wyman, ot Allegeeny, have united In asking
the manufacturers and business men generally
of the two cities to close their places of busi
ness at 2 p. M., Saturday, in order that their
employes may bo enabled to attend the benefit
for the West Penn Hospital.
Great preparations are In order for the enter
tainment The principal feature will be the
music by the United States Marine Band, which
will be under the direction of Mr. John Philip
Sousa, assisted by Mr. Salvadore Petrola. Mr.
Henry Xander is accompanist. Tha programme
for tbe concert Is as follows: Overture,
"William Tell;" clarionet solo, "Capriccloso,"
Mayeur, by Mr. Felix Iardelle; fantasia, "The
Pearl Fishers," Bizet; aria from "Lncretia,"
Signor Mariano Maina: duet from "Ernanl,"
for cornet and trombone, Messrs. W.F. Smith
and Henry Stone: aria, "Mysoli." from David's
"Pearl ot Brazil." Miss Marie Decca, with
flute obligate; flag presentation by Mrs. General
John A. Logan; moslac, "Damnation of Faust,"
Berlioz; flute solo, "The'Last Rose," Tersehak.
Mr. Henry Jaeger; "Invitation to the Dance,"
Weber: caprice, "The Contest" Godfrey; duet,
"Don Pasquale," Donizetti, Miss Decca and
Signor Maina; fantasia, "Remlnlscenes of
Scotland," Godfrey.
TJSHEBED TO THE ALTAR.
Nuptial of Mlia eiadle A. Freyvogle and Sir.
Joseph P. Dnnn.
In St Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon
at ISO o'clock the wedding of Miss Sadie A.
Freyvogle, of Fifth avenue, to Mr. Joseph P.
Dunn was celebrated. Four ushers, Messrs.
Edward A. Dain, Will D. Mcllroy, John Arm
strong and A. S. McSwiganled the bridal pro
cession, which consisted of Mr. J. E. McClel
land, groomsman. Miss Annie Keating, bride
maid, and tbe bride and groom. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. Father Conway,
with organ accompaniment by Miss Alice
Carter.
The bride was gowned in a trained costume
of white India silk and wore a veil confined
with orange blossoms. The bridemaid was at
tired in a youthful toilet of white made danc
ing length.
To the strains of Lohengrin's "Bridal Cborns"
the party left the church, and in the awaiting
carriages were conveyed to tbe home of the
bride, on. Fifth avenne. where dancing and a
merry time generally made the evening an un
usually short and pleasant one. Later In the
evening the bride and groom left for Eastern
cities, where the honeymoon will be spent
AN AET EECEPTI0N.
Exhibition of a Collection of Good Picture
nt Browning Hall.
In connection with tho class day exercises
which were held at the Pittsburg Female Col
lege yesterday morning was a very enjoyable
art reception given in Browning Hall of the
building. The art collection far exceeded that
of last year, and contained .many pictures of
real merit and giving much promise.
A number of pictures by Miss Maud McFar
land. tbe only graduate in tbe class for this
year, were scattered through the collection,
and evoked considerable admiration. Her
brush is a versatile ona. as paintings in oil and
on china, crayons and pastels testified. Tho
young lady Is from Wheeling ana is quite an
enthusiast in art Her work was all done from
nature, as was almost everything in the dis
play. Various handsome little screens gave a
homey, cosy effect to the room and challenged
admiration. Miss Jessie Moore Is the young
lady who has been teaching art In tbe college
this year,
FOB A NURSES' HOME.
Fair and Festival to be Held at Cyclornma
Ball To-NIgbt.
At the fair and festival to-night in Cyclo
ramaHall to raise money for supporting a
nurses' home In the Homeopathic Hospital the
booths will be under the management of the
following ladies and misses.
Candy booth Misses Bessie Button and Llda
Binebart.
Lemonade Misses Ethel Jones and Bert Klne
hart. Guess-doll Miss Edna Myers.
King Cakes Misses Bessie Stoner and Margaret
McUlure.
Fancy booth Miss Dale Klnehart.
Ice cream-Mrs. C. A. Wilson, with aids.
Misses Hda Pond, Mable and Ada Gillespie. Mary
and Anna Boss, Gertrude and Anna Stoner. Car
rie and Lid a Bushfleld. Pearl Abel and .Nellie
Ulnebart. Miss May McCoy win preside at the
bubble table, and Miss Mame Blnehart will be tho
Ulpiy fortune teller.
BUSY CONVENTION W0EKEES.
The Cafe Committee of ths SandayvScbool
Convention Hold a Sleeting;.'
The Cafe Committee of tbe Sunday School
Convention met yesterday morning at the Ex
position building. Full and complete arrange
ments were made for the supply of tables and
other equipments essential to a first-class
dining room.
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal and
Methodist Protestant churches who are to wait
on tbe tables Wednesday, June 24, effected a
permanent organization.
This afternoon ladles representing: tbe
churches outside of the Presbyterian, United
Presbyterian ana Methodist will meet at the
Y. M. C. A. building at 2 p. M. These ladies
will have charge of the dining rooms on the
last day of the convention.
A WAEM BECEPTION.
The County Medical Association Welcomes
It Guest.
The reception and snpper given to their visit
ors by the medical fraternity of Allegheny
county came off in the Monongahela Hotel
last night The supper was an excellent one,
although several of the guests from country
districts pronounced it anything but substan
tial. They enjoyed it, nevertheless, as indeed
did all present
The ladles' cloakroom was the bridal cham
ber of the hotel, while the gentlemen occupied
the room nsed by President Harrison on his
recent visit here. Thus shrines hallowed by
romance and history were appropriately and
respectively dedicated to the use of beauty and
talent
Nearly 400 guests were present at the recep
tion, while about S00 partook of the Buppcr.
Y. W. C, A. OPENING.
Tbs East Liberty Branch Will Receive In
It New Bnlldlns To-Day.
To-day is the formal opening of the Y. W. O.
A. building in the East End, and it is hoped It
will be a'donation day as well as a reception
day. The hours are from 12 M. to 10 r. M. A
festival and bazaar will be tbe main attractions,
of which tbe following ladles will have charge:
Icecream and Oake Mrs. "Walnwrlght, Mrs.
Henderson, Mrs. Edborn, Mrs. K. H. Neglev.
Fancy Table Mrs. Lafferly, Mrs. Q. A. bcott
Mrs. Coffin and Miss Vlme bcott.
Keceptlon Committee Miss LIda McCosnelL
Mrs. J. C. Aldrlch and Mrs. Agnew.
Sapper Committee Mrs. B. A. McClaren, Mrs.
O. B. Byall ami Mrs. Spahr.
Flower Table sirs. W. H, Dennlston, Mrs.
Woods, Mrs. A. M. Murdoch, Mrs. E. M. BIgelow
and Miss Janle Scott
TWO LIVES UNITED.
St. Peter' Cnthndrnl the Scene of a Tory
Pleasant Wedding.
InBt Peter's Cathedral last evening at T30
o'clock were tbe words spoken that nnlted the
lives of Miss Lillie, daughter of Mrs. BarahJ.
1890.
Connell. and Mr. Dred O. Arlington. Tbe bride
was attended by her brother, Mr. William Con
nell, to tha altar, where tbe groom and his best
man, Mr. Thomas J. Garland, were in waiting.
Tbe nshers who preceded them were Messrs.
C. G. Garland, J. C. Bennett, Harper timitb, L.
W. Robinson, Jr., Campbell Roberts, Jr., and
George Connell. Rev. Dr. McKay performed
tbe ceremony.
Tbe bridal attire was of girlish fashion in
China silk. No veil was worn, but a beautiful
bouqnet of flowers and lovely blossoms en
twined in the hair made tbe bride a charming
picture. Mr. and Mrs. Arlington left last
evening on the Baltimore and Ohio train for
Washington, where they will spend sometime
before visiting other cities, wbich aro to be
seen ere their return home and commencing
married life in earnest on Chatham street
Soclnl Chatter.
A suppeb. ice cream and strawberry social,
to which all are invited, will ba given by tho
Ladles Industrial Society of the Oakland M. E.
Church in tbe chapel of the church this even
ing between 6 and 830 o'clock. Fifty cents will
be tha only charge.
The graduating exercises of tha Pittsburg
Female College will be held this evening in
Christ M. E. Church.
Mbs. McFablane, of Irwin station, enter
tains friends to-day.
The Higglns-Creese nuptials will be cele
brated to-day.
The Connell-Henkel wedding this morning.
MAEBIAGE STATISTICS.
Flanres Rotating to the Caper of Cnpld
Throughout the State.
ISrZCtAL TILIOBAM TO TH DtSPATCK.1
Habbisbubo. Juno 11. Only 2,750 marriages
were reported during tho year, which repre
sents only a small fraction of tho actual num
ber of marriages. Tbe total number of mar
riages reported for the past three years was
17,972. and the ages of about S4,C00 of the con
tracting parties were given. Of tho males
married during the year 8.7 are reported
as having married at 20 years of
age: 117 at 21: 9.7 at 22; 10.3 at 23; 9.9
at 24; ao at 25; 7.4 at 28: 6.0 at 27; E2 at 18.
These figures show that of tho males whose
ages are given 71 per cent married between the
aw of 20 and 28 inclusive. Of the females 8.8
were married at 20; 15.0 at 21; 9.7 at 22; 7.4 at 23,
6.1 at 24; 3.7 at 23; 3.9 at 26: 2.4 at 27; 2.3 at 28; or
58.8 per cent between tha ages of 20 and 28 in
clusive. Previous reports of 14,728 marriages
indicated that 70.6 per cent of males married
dnring ages from 20 to 23 Inclusive, and that 60.8
per cent of females married during same ages.
From a compilation of tho returns received
since tbe creation of tbe bnreau of the number
married between tbe ages of IS and 86 the
following figures are taken: Two males
were married at 16 and S3 at 17, while
the greatest ages given of the males was 86.
There was 1 marriage at S3, 1 at 85, 1 at 81, 1 at
79 and 8 at 78. Of the females 1 is reported as
having married at 13. 29 at 14, 137 at 15. while
the most advanced age of females given was 71,
and'onlylattbat age. The returns for this
year indicate remarkable disparities in tbe ages
of contracting parties. One male of 63 was
married to a female of 18, another male of 61
married a female of 65. while one male aged 74
married a female of 24. Of the males 17,469
persons, whose ages have been reported to tbe
bureau. 455 married after having reached the
age of 60, and 1,803 before arriving at tha aga
of 21.
Of the 17,469 females, only 165 married after
reaching 60 years, while 6.475 married under the
age of 21. Of the females.1.535 married at20, 2.451
at 21, and 1,782 at 22. It is a somewhat remark
able fact that 11 per cent of tbe females mar
ried at 21. wblla the total number married after
27 years of aga was just the same per cent
Practically the same percentage of males mar
ried at zl as at 22. The average aga at wbich
females married last year was 22.98, and males
at 27.045. Provion s reports sbo w tho average of
the females to be 23.04. and tbe males 27.04. Of
the 17,972 marriages consummated during tha
past three years, there were 16,869 in which both
parties resided in Pennsylvania, 675 in which
tbe male was a resident of another State, 14U in
which the female was a resident of another
State, 145 In which both parties were residents
of other States. Four males and three females
residingtn foreign constries have Intermarried
with residents of Pennsylvania, but the records
do not show that any females bom in Pennsyl
vania have Intermarried with residents of otber
countries. One bnndred and thirty-one American-born
males married foreign-born females;
401 American-born females married foreign
born males; 659 marriages are reported In which
both parties were foreign, and 7.702 in which
both were American born. One' hundred and
eight marriages are reported between persons
of color, and two between colored men and
white women. There were 85 marriages In
which one of tha parties had been previously
divorced.
PENNSYLVANIA H0N0EED
At tbe Princeton College Commencement
Exercise Yesterday.
Peenoeton. N. J., June lL The exercises
of the one hundred and forty-third annual
commencement of the College of New Jersey
took place this morning. Tha weather was
beautlfnl and tho town was crowded. The
procession was formed shortly after 10 o'clock
in front of Old Nassau Hall, with Dr. Patton
leading and the trustees and faculty following,
and after them the whole under-graduate
body.
This was the order of tho exercises in the
church, over which Dr. Patton presided:
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Paxton, of Princeton; an
nouncement of fellowships and prizes, among
which were the following: The class of 1860
Experimental Science fellowship. George
Lewis Shearer, California; the Boudinot Mod
ern Language fellowship, Louis F. Livingood,
Pennsylvania. The Lyndo prizes First. James
C. Cbarleton, Oregon; second. J. M. Yeakle,
Pennsylvania. Tho class of 1885. prize Will
iam S. Furst, Pennsylvania: tho Lyman H. At
water prize in Political Science, Joseph W.
Lewis, Missouri; tho MacLean prize, George R.
Wallace. Pennsylvania. Tho Junior Orator
prizes First, George K. Wallace, Pennsyl
vania; second, George J.Parker, Pennsylvania;
third, Prlngle C Jones. Ohio; fourth, Samuel
Semple, Pennsylvania: the Baird prize. Edge
worth Bird Baxter, Georgia. In delivery,
Walter Lowrie. Pennsylvania. In disputation
First R- T. M. McCready, Pennsylvania;
second, H. K. Denlinger, Pennsylvania. Tho
Washington Birthday Debate prize B. Phin
izy, Georgia.
fiT.-RVRT.Tm FIEST CHOICE,
With Campbell Second In the Affection of
tbe Georgia Democrats.
A vote was taken among the delegates to the
recent Democratic State Convention held in
Georgia as to choice for President In 1892, with
the following result:
On first choice the vote stood: Cleveland 186,
Hill 28, Csrlisle 5, Whitney 20. 8econd choice:
Cle7elannd 34, Hill 60, Campbell 119, Carlisle 16,
'Whitney 12, Voorbees 2, Gray 3, William Put
nam of Maine, 8, Palmer, of Illinois, 2, R. Q.
Mills 2. ,
For Vice President the vote stood: Governor
Campbell, of Ohio, 73, Carlisle 38, Putnam 37,
C. MT Black 12. Gray, of Indiana, 16. Whitney
& Mills U, Palmer, 11. Senator HearstJ. ex
Governor Plaisted 5. Senator Turpie 6, W. E.
Russell 3, Senator Reagan 2, Breckinridge 2,
Thurman 4, Bayard 2, Voorhees 2, Flower 1,
Hill L E. C Allen, of Maine, L
BIAIESVIXLE COMMENCEMENT.
Seven Yon; Ladle Make Their Debat
a Full Pledged Graduates.
BLAIBSVILLE, Pa., Jnna 11. The commence
ment exercises of the Blairsville Seminary were
held in the Presbyterian Church this morning.
There were seven sweet graduates; Harriet L.
Hosack, Mary Lyon, Mary E. Lintner, Laura
V. Gilson, of Blairsville; Irma B. Rugb, Oak
land Cross Roads; Mary M. Sloan. Leecbburg,
and Florence M. Foote. of West Newton.
After the literary exercises came the pre
sentation of diplomas and an address by Rev.
M. B. Diddle, P.P., ot Allegheny.
One Editor's Opinion.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.!
The great central figure In American politics
to-day is Grover Cleveland, of Now York.
FIDELITY.
We had lingered" by the seaside.
Far into the cooler days.
And the votaries of fashion
All had flown their different ways.
We were seated by the sea shore,
Pensive sealed, hand In band.
Gazing sadly on tho ripples
Breaking on the shining sand.
Idle nothings first were whispered.
Idle as the aimless sea.
Till, with sapnhlre eyes uplifted,
Bhe at length replied to me:
'Ab, too sweet has been our friendship,
Far too long we both have tarried,
On the morrow I must leave yon.
For, my darling, I am married!"
Married, then, 1 cried, upstarting.
Married, murmured with a sigh,
Then is this. Indeed, a parting.
For, my dearest, "Soamll' "
Edwaed H. Bio.
PmSBtrsa, June 9.
CLERGY OBJECT STRONGLY
Ta a Forced Assessment for Missionary
Purposes The Protestant Episcopal Con
vention Consider tbe Sboenberger
Brqaest Officer Placed la Nomination.
J3ISHOP WHITEHEAD called the Twenty-fifth
Annual Convention of tho Protestant
Episcopal Church for tbe Diocese of Pittsburg
to order at StJPeter's Church yesterday, about
200 delegates being present The Bishop ap
pointed the regular committees, if ter which he
made his address, in which he referred to tha
Shoenberger bequest.
The Board of Missions made a report as fol
lows: Received from parishes and missions,
Sf.879 91: received from children's mite boxes,
82,366 81; total receipts, J6.746 72: received last
year, $7,838 61: decrease. 1889-'00, 8L0S9 TJ.
The Finance Committee made Its report
Some of tbe items showed the permanent Epis
copal fund at date of last report was 47.404 73.
This has been reduced to $43,997 51, on account
of tho sale of soma property on Cliff street
The report continued the schedule of assess
ment on each church for the support of tha
conventionand Bishop's salary, the total assess
ment be(ng $4,800. The report was approved.
A Resolution Canse Strife.
A besoluctos offered by the Executive Com
mittee tbat an assessment of $1 per com
municant in each church be made to 'raise
$6,500, necessary to supplement the shortage in
the expensesof tbe diocesan missions, occupied
about two hours' discussion.
As soon as action on the resolution was
called for, Mr. Reuben Miller, of Calvary
Cbnrch, arose and in very decided tones said
tbat it such a resolution was passed be be
lieved Calvary Church would refuse to abide
by the demand, for a demand it was, and as such
was an imposition and tyrannical. Calvary
Church, be said, had always given more than
was asked of her, but would never comply
with a per capita demand, but if left alone
would offer her voluntary subscription.
The Chancellor, Hill Burgwin, spoko next
He said the congregation were by honor, duty
and in faith bound to make good the deficiency,
and that if there are any parishes too poor to
meet the demand such a statement should be
made. ,
Rev. Morlson Byllesby. of Emanuel Church.
Allegheny, stated tbat if tha convention de
sired to murder the missionary work and assas
sinate the missionary the Lest way to do so
would be to pass the resolution.
Objected to Ironclad Rale,
f? EV. J. O. CAUEB02T, of St Mark's Church,
said the resolution or assessment was
placing a parish under an ironclad rule, and
that his congregation could never meet the ob
ligations required by the assessment.
Similar speeches were mads by Rev. Robert
Meecb, of Christ Chnrch, Allegheny; G. L.
Eberbardt, of New Brighton; Rev. W. M.
Webbe, of St John's Church, Lawrencevilie,
all of whom were willing to raise what they
could, but would not suffer the placing of a
per capita assessment on them.
Bishop Whitehead left his seat and spoke on
tbe matter for a short time, showing the hard
ships the missionaries were subjected to and
the constant and embarrassing appeals made
upon him for aid. Tbe Bishop, however, did
not advocate either side of the question rela
tive to raising the money.
Mr. Burgwin then offered an amendment to
the resolution that the $1 assessment be
stricken out and tbe space ba left blank for tha
committee to place in a fair and just apportion
ment of each parish share. The amendment
and resolution were carried.
Tbs Shoenberger Bequest.
'The report of the committee having in charge
the bequests of tbe late John H. Shoen
berger was presented, but it was immediately
referred back for printing, and will ba pre
sented this morning for consideration. The re
port was as follows:
WniniAS, By the last will and testament of
John H. Shoenberger tbere Is granted and be
queathed a lot of ground situated In the Seven
teenth ward of the city of Pittsburg, and In addi
tion thereto a sum of money for the purpose of
erecilnga memorial hospital: tnereiore oe it
Eesolved, That In accenting the trust Imposed,
the diocese of Pittsburg, through Its delegates as
sembled In convention, desires to place npon rec
ord Its appreciation of this noble ben nest broneof
Us oldest and most respected members, with the
knowledge that It Is only one ora number of simi
lar grant which have been made from tbe same
liberal hands for tbe relief of suffering and dis
tress. Besolved, That this convention take orders for
the election of nine laymen who shall act as trus
tees for the St. Margaret Hospital and to carry
out the Instructions In the will.
Besolved, That the bequest of S30.CO0 be turned
Into a trust fund.
Nomination of Officer.
Moihhatioss were made yesterday to'ba
balloted for to-day. They are practically
the same as last year, a lew names having been
added to some committees, but none of tha old
ones dropped. Tho nominations are as fol
lows: Treasurer, H. J. Lynch: Chancellor, Hill Bur
gwin, Esq.; Registrar of tbe Diocese, Bev. Will
lam Heakes and Bev. Warrens McLure: Treasurer
of Episcopal Fund. Henry L. Mason: Treasurer of
the Christmas Fund, Charles I. Wade: Treasurer
of Board of Foreign Missions, H. L. Foster.
Standing Committee of Diocese, Bev. Thomas
Crumpton, D. D., Kev. Kobert J. Coster, Kev.
Morlson Byllesby, Bev. Bamnel Maxwell. Messrs.
Hill Burgwin, W. K. McKeag. Jacob W. Paul,
Felix B. Brunot. E. M. Ferguson.
Trustees of the Diocese, James Bred In. William
Metcalf, Kobert Bruce, William Miller, V. M.
Smith. Reuben Miller. John P. Henderson, John
W. Reynolds.
Finance Committee, James w. Brown, L. H.
Harris. H. J. Lynch, E. P. Jones, William Mul-
Co'mmlttee on Canons. Kevs. B. S. Smith, W.
K. Makay. George Hodges. H R. Ewlnp and
Messrs. H. K. Brunot. Hill Burgwin, William
Metcalf, r. H. Harris. Henry Armstrong.
Women's Auxiliary Missions.
"THE Women's Auxiliary Missionary Society
of the Pittsburg Piocesa of tha Episcopal
Church met last night in Trinity Church, Sixth
avenue. The Rt Rev. Bishop Whitehead pre
sided. After the devotional exercises Bishop
Whitehead read reports from tbe different
branches of the Women's Auxiliary, showing
them all to be In a flourishing condition. Tha
receipts for the year were shown to bave been
$2,825 87, and the disbursements $2,744 88, leav
ing a balance in tha treasury of ISO 99. Tbe
formation of junior branches of the Auxiliary
was shown to be going on successfully. Tbere
are six Dioces an branches of the association
and a number of parochial branches, all in good
condition. .
Bishop Whitehead Introduced the Rev. Dr.
John Huske, of Erie, who spoke on tha im
portant features nf the work of the Junior
branches of the Women's Auxiliary.! He said
tho Importance of instilling into tbe minds of
the children the good church principles and
sound doctrines so they could fill their elders'
places in tbe chnrch could not ba overesti
mated. They should be taught when young
and educated for tbe work in the church the
same as they are taught mathematics for use
when they go out in tbe world to earn a liveli
hood as civil engineers, tradesmen, eta
The Rev. Dr. S. D. McConnell. or Philadel
phia, followed Dr. Huske. He spoke of the
importance of tbe work of the Women's Aux
iliary and the burden tbat rests npon it. as well
as all members of tba organized church, to
spread Christ's kingdom. Ho portrayed the
large field that is open for them in the shape of
the armies of immigrants that annually come
to this country. Some ot them hava vague
Ideas of religion and chnrch organization, but
with tha most of them it Is virgin soil for tbe
planting of the seeds of true Christianity, and
tha Women's Auxiliary is doing a noble work
In that direction
WOBE SHAMEOCK IN HIS H0N0B.
The Marriage of Mr. Win. O'Brien Solem
sam nlzed With Appropriate Ceremony.
Loudoit, June 1L The wedding of Mr.
William O'Brien, the well-known Irish leader,
and Mile. Raffalovitrb, daughter of M. Raffalo
yitcb. a banker of Paris, took place tolay at
the Brompton Oratory, in this city. The cere
mony was performed by His Grace, the Most
Rev. Thomas W. Croke, D. D.. Archbishop of
Cashel. Among the gnests present were Mr.
Parnell and otber colleagues ot tho bridegroom
in tba House of Commons.
Mr. John Dillon acted as groomsman.
An immense crowd gathered about the
oratory, juust ul but) ucuyio vie Brings di
shamrock in honor of the' occasion. As the
entered tho carriage they were enthusiastically
cheered by tho crowd.
AT THE TTBATl OP irrg CLASS.
A Texas Colored Man Take Highest Rank
at the Cblcaco Law School.
CHICAGO, June 1L A notable fact in connec
tion with tha commencement exercises of tbs
Union College of Law, held here this after
noon, was tbat tha member of the graduating
class having tbe highest scholarship, and-who
delivered the valedictory, was a colored man.
His name is Franklin A. Dennison, of Texas.
Conservative Advice.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The Republicans of the Twenty-third district
should lose no time in getting together and
nominating one candidate for Congress. Bat
only one, remember.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. ,
The "relief fund" of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Is no small affair. Last year It Is said
that tho employes contributed $377,461 and tho
company $70,160. making a total of $447,621. Of
this 343,569 was paid out.
A postage stamp was recently found
by a Connecticut physician in tho ear of a little
patient and on Its removal a severe pain, from
wbich the child had suffered and which caused
the visit to the doctor, disappeared.
Mrs. Hohbs, of Albany, K. Y was an
noyed by English sparrows, and soaked hominy
in strychnine with wbich to poison them. They
ate It and relished It apparently. It did not
kill them, bnt every one of them turned snow
white.
A robin built her nest in the northwest
corner of tbe fence surrounding tha Meadville
Glass Works, last spring, and Sunday afternoon
It was noticed tbat the nest and Its two young
occupants were there, although the fire raged
within a few feet of it
The Pennsylvania Railroad is experi
menting with a shaking grate on Its freight en
gines, and tbe result is said to be satisfactory.
An engine equipped with a grate ran over five
days without clogcing, and the fire continued
brisk. No blower was needed.
The girders and suspenders of tho
Brooklyn bridge are being painted for tha
second time since the completion of tha
structure. This dangerous work is done for tha
most part by men wbo tve had some experi
ence in the rigging of a ship.
Charles Spicer, a Carleton, Mich., youth,
has been sentenced to one year in the peni
tentiary for raising a check. Ha received a
certificate from tbe Township Clerk of Ash,
for nine English sparrows, upon which tbe
bounty was 27 cents. By adding ciphers ha
raised it to 900 sparrows and the amount to JI7.
The petrified jaw and tusk of some
mammoth prehistoric animal have been found
near Petaluma, Cal. The jaw Is two feet long
and weighs 40 pounds. In it are two molar
teeth, tho larger ot which weighs 2 pounds.
The tusk or horn is nearly 3 feet long a'nd about
5 inches In diameter. The remains were ex
posed by a huge landslide.
When Jay Gould was a struggling
young surveyor, with hardly ona cent to rub
against another, he stamped bis initials and
the data on a copper dent and put it in circula
tion. Tuesday Mr. Gould received some pennies
in change at the Twenty-third street ferry, and
on looking them over he found tha coin he had
stamped was not among them.
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, near Man
chester, Eng., has perhaps the finest kennels in
England, When his kennelman wants to quiet
tbe occupant of a certain kennel be goes to tbe
telenbono in his own room and calls tbat dog to
order, for in every kennel is some sort of a tel
ephonic apparatus which will make his master's
voice heard by tbe restless dog.
William Jones, of Philadelphia, has
received a white raccoon which was captured
in tbe eastern part of Ohio. It is said to be tha
only animal of its kind and color known in this
country. It is not more than a year old, and
tho coat is as white as that of the whitest Spitz
dog. "Whltey," as tho raccoon is called, is
quite playful and rather affectionate.
Preparations are being made to take out
a section of a big redwood tree in the mam
moth forest of Tulare county. Cal.. for exhibi
tion at tha World's Fair in 1893. This will bo
the largest section of any big tree ever taken
from California, it is said. The tree measures
90 feet in circumference, and the section to bo
taken will be 9 feet in height and CO feet in clr
cumierence. Four hundred and seventy years ago
two men in Hungary went to law about a piece
of land valued at $2,000. Rat nobody was in
any particular hurry, and so the matter dragged
along until tbe other day, when tha Court de
cided it. The decision, however, is ot little
practical Interest to anybody, as the land in
question has been covered by a lake for the
last 200 years.
It is estimated that over 20,000,000
cigars are manufactured every day in tha
United States alone, and this enormous num
ber requires In tbe neighborhood of 420,000
boxes for their keeping. As a result thero are
over 200 factories in tbe country turning these
boxes out. The wood of wbich these boxes are
made comes from Mexico. Central America
and tbe West Indies.
Grand Secretary E. Y. Debs of the Lo
comotive Firemen estimates tbe numerical
strength of tbe different railroad organizations
as follows: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, 20.000: Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, 18,000; Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men. 16.000; Switchmen's Mutual Aid Associa
tion, 6,000; Brotherhood of Railroad Conduc
tors. 2.000. The last four bodies are federated.
and number 4000 in alt
Residents of California, Nevada and
Arizona bave a drink that is not found in tha
East. It is called an oyster cocktail. In tbe
preparation of this queer drink, Puget Sound
oysters, no bigger than a thnmb nail, aro used.
Four or five ot these oyster are placed In tba
bottom of a glass, and a sufficient quantity of
whisky to suit tbe taste of the drinker is
poured upon the oysters. On account of their
size the oysters are carried easily on tha current
of the whisky over the palate.
If Dr. Parke, the plucky young surgeon
who accompanied Stanley, is more impervious
to beauty tbanbis chief, not so is tbe fair sex in
regard to him. When Stanley entered tha forest
of the pigmies a youthful female dwarf showed
herself. She would have nothing to say to
Stanley, but conceived a great affection for ths
dector. She replied to his signs, insisted upon
sleoping at his tent's do r while the explorers
were in tbe forest, and when they left sha
wanted him to go with her to her people.
Eecently several gentlemen met in a
hotel at Kingston, Ont. Ona of them received
in change a 10-cenz piece on which was in
scribed tbe mystic symbols, "H-TaL" "By jovef
said he, "here's a 10-center that some fellow
has marked to sea if it will ever come back."
"Let me see it." replied a gentleman of tha
party. "Gentlemen." ho said, my name is
Henry Uermoud. Twelve years ago. at Hali
fax. N. a, 1 marked 20 10-cent pieces as this is
marked. This is tho third one that has turned
up." He offered tho owner of tha coin $1 for it
and got it
WORK OF TOE WITS.
Evening up. Angry guest (at summer
hotel) Your porter has Just smashed my trunk,
and rulned-you hear me, slr-ruloed a line suit
or clothes.
Clerk That's all right Forget to tip the waiter
for a day or two, and we'll call it square. Sea
Xorle Sun.
His first night in Jersey. "Parker,"
cried bis lordship to his valet, "listen, there Is a
band approaching to serenade us. Canyon catch
the tune?"
'You are wrong, me lnd," returned Parker.
That la not a band. It Is a mosquito." JVi
lor Press.
A tribute. "To whom did you how?"
A mosquito. He has some of the finest blood
In the State in his veins."
How do you know?"
He Just bit me." Sew Tort San.
The paper that says something mean
about you Is never lost la the maUs. Atchison
Globe.
"I don't know" is one-half of the system
or agnosticism. The other half Is: ".Neither do
yon-" Fhtla&tlpMa Ledger.
Give a girl a dollar and you will sea her
wearing it to-morrow; give a boy a dollar and ha
will eat it Atchison Globe.
Selfishness is te meanest and most con
temptible of all vices other people's selnshnnss,
that la. Somtmlle Journal.
'Tarn not a tramp, ma'am." "Then what
are you?" "I'm a walking delegate for tha
world's tiie.-PhiladelplHa Times.
The chess player who pledges his watch
for funds to bet on a game with knows what a
night's pawn is.-Sew Orleans Picayune.
We notice in a little tale at hand the
statement: "He kissed her under the tulips."
Bad shot. Blgbt plumb on the tulips rings ths
belle. Binghamton Leader.
If Mr. Edison wishes to have his name;
linger in the annals of time let him apply his
"search-light" invention to tha front door key
hole. bonier Statesman.
Coal Operator (despondently) I wish a
way could be found to relieve the glut In
the coal market.
Consumer (confldentlally)-Tell tho dealers to
give better weight. Sew XorK Weekly.
"I saw the new picture of Johnson in tha
artist's studio."
"Look like him?"
"I can't say; it was just finished: It wasn't
dry."
O 1 then It can't ba like Johnson." PAMa
delphla Times,
Minister I think I delivered a very
touching 'sermon to-day. Don't you think I
moved the congregation?
Deacon 1 know you did. I saw a good many
get up and go ouUKolton Herald.
BagJey Have you recovered from yonr
recent sickness. Bailey?
Balley-X o. not fully. .
Bagley Why, you look as well as ever.
Bailey-Yes, but I one the doctor $13 yet.
Zorlc Ledger..