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Opinions About the Pelican Club
Injunction and the Influences
of Club Prize Fights.
OLD AKD HEW FIGHTIKG METHODS.
gome Claims of the Local Players' League
and National League Baseball
Clubs Discussed.
HIGH CLUB SHORT OF THE STAKDAED.
Hew Bemiris Alxrat tha Litest Emm cf i Big
Ocnjrcniis Among the Hsgnttes.
Headers of these reviews will, I hope,
pardon me this week if I give baseball a sec
ondary place on the list of subjects to be
dealt with. The national name has really
been so devoid of interest during the week,
and a comparatively small number of peo
ple have patronized it, that it seems to me
other subjects concern the public much more
at present than that of our once glorious
national game. One feature of the week's
doings has been of great significance and
thert are many important considerations at
tached to it. I refer to the application of a
nr.r-er of London citizens for an injunc
tion to restrain the Pelican Club from hav
ing any more fights and "smoking" con
cert in -. building. I intend to say a few
words on the matter because it is of inter
national importance and it reminds me that
the methods of prize fighting to-day
are much worse than the methods
of years ago. I hold they are worse in every
respect, and I have held the opinion for
some time that it the law will not permit of
two men testing their fistic skill in a remote
spot "far Jrom the madding crowd" in the
open air it is inconsistent to allow a battle
in somewhat of a public building in the
heart of a citr. Let us take the old method
and after looking at it compare it with the
Pelican Club or any other club's method of
to-day, and I think we'll agree that tne so
called pugilism ol to-day is more brutal
and inhuman and more demoralizing than
when contestants adjourned to some out-of-the-way
and quiet spot and settled their ar
gument on the greensward. Mark, I am
not coins to offer any argument either for or
against prize fighting. All that I intend to
do is to try and show that its surroundings
and influences are worse to-day than they
were 20. 30 or 40 vears ago. when the "unco
gude" were not so anxious to make morality
by law.
The OM Time Method.
"When the grandfathers of to-day were
young men, and even later, men who were
pngiltsits and who bad ambition to become
pugilists had supporters among the very
wealthiest classes. But despite this fact the
stake money to be fought for was extremely
small compared with the extraordinary
"purses" of to-day offered by parties who
most live on the business. Hen like Jem
AVard, Savers, Ben Caunt, the Belchers and
others fought many a severe and heroic
battle for ?o0 a side, and the spectators of
these contests included some of the
wealthiest and highest noblemen in the
world. The custom was to adjourn from to
a place remote from city, town or hamlet
and fight only with those weapons that
nature had provided. Those who did not
believe in such contests would never be
near it and need never see anybody or any
thing connected with it. There was no plan
or scheme such as "gate money," whereby
so-called managers and other indolent indi
viduals filched thousands of dollars from
the public. All the money, excluding the
small stakes, that the principals and their
friends could expect to get was the money
obtained bv selling the colors of the con
testants. Well, under these circumstances
and conditions many a famous battle was
Jought and victory won. After the contests
the spectators would return to their respect
ive homes, and society or the world was not
one whit the worse for it. In these days
there was more honesty and honor and in
telligence among pugilists and their sup
porters than there has ever been since.
The Now .Method.
But a new method, the club method has
been introduced. Rightly or wrongly the
law has vetoed the old time way. The in
crease of ruffianism and blackguardism at
these open air concerts, no doubt, have
, much to do with the severity of the law on
the matter, and with the withdrawal of the
patronage of the wealthy and educated
classes irom the contests. "Whatever may
have been the direct cause we have a new
method, and I am not sorry to see the law
and public opinion knocking it out. Let
us look at the' modern plan of conducting a
battle. There are two kinds of clubs that
promote these contests more brutal than
the old time way of fighting with bare
hands. One club is run for the special
financial benefit of an individual such as
the Ormonde and the Pelican clubs. These
so-called sporting clubs each has a pro
prietor. Crichton Temple is the Ormonde
Club and Ernest "Wells is the Pelican Club.
These gentlemen are the money makers, and
when matters are brought down to a fine
point I think we'll find that these alleged
clubs are hardly clnbs at all, but simply
places run by single individuals to sell
liquors without license and have
money making prize fights with
impunity. The other kind of clubs
arc those whose treasuries are replenished
by the fights and drinking that take place
within their buildings. The latter are inn
variably in the heart of the cities in whica
we find them. A big purse is offered for
battle and the club becomes famous. Two
men are matched to fight with gloves and
under rules that are infinitely more brutal
than the rules of olden times. The fight
takes place right in the center of the city.
and night is made hideous with the mob
that parades the streets and crowds the thor
ough lares of the vicinity of the place of
battle. Tricksters and schemers pocket lots
of monev as a result of the affair, and in
one night there is more prize fighting in
fluences at work in that city than there
would have been in 12 months under the
old method. These clubs encourage the
congregation of all the worst characters in
the universe, and in the "United States this
is particularly the fact. We only need
take 2ew Orleans and San Francisco as
illustrations of the fact They congregate,
and like human vultures, live on the rest
ofsociety. All these facts I think will
show that morally prize fighting to-day is
much worse than it was in the days I have
referred to.
The Brutal Features oflt.
In the preceding paragraph X stated that
the conditions of these club contests are
much more brutal than the conditions of
contests in former days. I will prove the
statement. In former days all contests
were under what is termed London prize
ring rules. Under them a man has any
' amount of opportunities to drop down when
he is exhausted and get a rest. Under the
Queensberry rules, and what is called the
revised Queensberry rules, however, a man
must stand up and fight for three minutes.
It he is knocked down by his opponent
within that time he has to get up alone, and
his opponent is invariablyin a good posi
tion to knock him down again as soon as he
regains his feet Fighting to a finish under
these rules is nothing short of the grossest
brutality. I have seen poor wretches
knocked down and down until they lay
t.ei.seless. They Jiavc Do time to regain
their wind or there was no opportunity for
(heir seoondi to handle them. The fact that
glares are used seems to lead many people
to imagine that the contest will
be comparatively harmless. .No greater
mistake could be made. Some very wise
ppgilists have told me that fighting with
two ounce gloves is considerably worse for
the fighters than bare fists. I can well un
derstand the truth of this statement. A con
test hardly begins before the small amount
hair in the gloves is pushed back from the
knuckles and the leather of the glove soon
becomes wet and bloody, and certainly a
blow Irom a fist covered with material of
that kind is much more brutal than a blow
from a bare fist. But the latter day brutality
has all been brought about by the interfer
ence of those who hardly believe in or enjoy
sport of any kind. It seems to me, how
ever, that the clnb system will almost en
tirely be vetoed, and if it is I expect to find
some other method resorted to. If there is
another method introduced I predict that it
will be worse than the old method.
Qnlte a Big: Claim.
While I am discussing matters pugilistic,
I am reminded of a very extraordinary
claim that William Madden, manager of
Joseph HcAuliffe, the pugilist, made the
other day. The aforesaid Mr. Madden has
told the world that McAuliffe and Slavin are
to fight lor the championship of the world.
Another extremely blatant gentleman, now
in England seeking notoriety, has indorsed
Manager Madden's declaration, and doubt
less the pair of them have worked them
selves into the belief that Manager Mad
den's opinion is quite true. The manager
ought not to stop at the world's champion
ship, but ought to add "and of all the other
planets." What earthly reason is there to
say that McAuliffe has any claim to
any championship? None whatever. He
is. as we all know, a beaten man
to start with. And Slavin: Where is his
claim? I can find none. So far he has
proven himself a very good second class
man and may prove himself to be even
better than that, but I don't think, nay, I'm
certain, that not a man in the worla, who
knows anything at all about affairs pugilist
ic, will for a moment agree that Slavin has
the least claim to any championship title at
all. Where does Mr. Madden put John L.
Sullivan? Certainly John amid all his
variations has not forfeited that title he has
won more than once. But once more
financial reasons are , behind the
ridiculous statement of Madden. His
statement gives us to understand that as
soon as the Slavin-McAuliffe affair is over,
there will be a "tour" on the part of Mc
Auliffe at least. Should he be the victor,
the little champion of the world may be
something attractive to gnll a portion of the
public. However, the farcical phase of this
business will be seen plainly enough. The
trouth is, I don't expect to see McAuliffe
ever champion pugilist of the world.
Some Pertinent Remarks.
The following interesting remarks,relating
to the alleged difference of fighting a certain
number of rounds and to a finish, are taken
from the London Referee:
At a so-called sporting club in the Walworth
road, which suggests the famous lines "At a
queer little club uhich was more like a pub"
(unlicensed), the long-expected glove fight be
tween Reader and Overton took place on Fri
day night. Reader is one of the sol-disant
champions at a given weight to an ounce who
are now so numerous, and Overton, though
spoken of as a novice from Birmingham, has a
fairly good record. Ihls fight was to have
been with small gloves, but owing to the set de
livered at the "club" containing three left
hand gloves and only one right-hand, the most
convenient set that could be obtained was
brought into requisition, and these happened
to be of the large or ordinary and. compara
tively speaking, pillow-case character. Never
theless Reader managed nearly to knock
Overton out with them. If the small
gloves had been in use as per arti
cles, it is more than probable that
at this juncture Reader would have finished
Overton off; and in this particular Reader was
unlucky. Iben Overton, who was not to be
disposed of off-hand, and who appears a rare
sticker, pulled himself together and succeeded
in actually knocking Reader out at the end of
a short but somuu hat merry encounter. O ver
tonnas admirably trained, and when he was
m difficulties was nursed carefully, and
brought round almost entirely by the skill and
attention of his chief second, Baldoek. The
fight, so the referee stated, was arranged to be
of 30 rounds, bat If the referee (B. J. Angle)
was not able to decide upon a winner at the
end of that number he was empowered to
order a continuance until the desired result
was arrived at Previously to this it bad been
stated, in print and by word of mouth, that
Reader and Overtnn's bout was to be "to a
finish." But as will be seen, this is a distinc
tion without a difference. Whatever the
referee may have said, and whatever be may
have thought, what we got was actually
a fight to a finish. Mr. Angle's statement is
merely the modern way of evading the law
that exist against bghts to a finish. As it hap
pened, the tight and it was a very heavy and
stubborn fight while it lasted-was settled at
the end of the thirteenth round; but it was as
much a fight to a finish in all its arrangement
as if that fact had been stipulated in the ar
ticles. Probably it was; we are told it was,
though it need not have been, seeing that the
new plan makes the thing exactly the same, no
matter how it is stated. Presently we shall
find two men especially if they are contend
ing for a purse continuing np to the thirtieth
round, or whatever is the number mentioned,
and then the referee will order them to go on
till one gives in. It is perhaps unlikely that
two men contending for a purse only will go on
for so long: still they might, and as it would be
easier than knocking one another ont they may
do so one of these da s. And So we mention
the probability or possibility as a means to the
end of illustrating our argument
If this Reader and Oveiton's was not
a fight to the finish we should like to know
what is one. and also what the police, who a
little while ago were so ready and even anxious
to put down harmless display boxing with
threats of punishing the boxers, and. other
threats of taking away the licenses of people
who allowed the boxing, have to say to this in
novation. There is another feature of the fight
which is well worthy of mention. Reader and
Overton fought for a stake as distinguished
from a purse L e., for money put down by
their backers under old-style conditions. This
accounts for the desperate way in which the
men set about one another. Had the fight been
for one of the purses so liberally subscribed
nowadays, Reader and Overton might have
tapped one another, and looked at one another,
and cuddled one another, till both were sick of
the performance; and thn one of them, as
previously arranged, by tossing or otherwise,
would have given in, and thev would have re
tired to cut up the subscription. The attend
ance at the Ormonde "Club" was not of the
odor of West End fasblon,bnt savored strongly
of the slums and the betting ring, as anyone
can see for himself who chooses to scrutinize
the list of "real good sportsmen" who were
present
Baseball Affairs.
A titled poet says:
Onr little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be.
If nothing else the poet's sentiment re
minds us that the present ball season will
soon cease to be. I don't think that
many people will be sorry for it
Pittsbargers, particularly, have had a
very fnnny time of It, and I have
an idea that those of us who patronize base
ball will treat the business with supreme
contempt next season if a repetition of this
season's humbug is given. Of course one
of the remarkable perlormances of the year
will be the record of our own K. L.
club. Witnout doubt in future years
any club that attempts to beat the
record of our wanderers will have to
be something far from the ordinary. The
truth is that one can scarcely believe it pos
sible for a team of ball players to suffer so
many defeats in one season as the players of
the local National League team. They are
a wonderful lot, no doubt But let me say
a few words regarding the management of
J. Palmer O'Neil. I really think that he
deserves unlimited credit for having any
team at all at the end of the season. Mr.
O'fieil took hold of the team when it
was in the most deplorable condition, finan
cially and otherwise, Amid innumerable
and very potent difficulties he has piloted
that financially embarrassed aggregation
Irom place to place, only to meet defeat
after deleat Despite this, he has not only
kept his team, such as it is, on the field, but
hat received money for their appearance,
and, I am told, sufficient money to enable
the clnb to quit even at least on the season.
What I contend is this, that whatever may
be said ol Mr. O'Neil'i management, very
few men would have had the nerve and the
determination to stick to the contest that
Mr. O'lfeil has shown. Why, he started in
when the exchequer was empty, and has
only continued the existence of the
club by a remarkable diplomacy'. He
deserves credit, indeed; and we should
always bestow credit where it if due. It is
nonsense to talk of "running away from the
fight" because he transferred dates. Mr.
O'Neil, like any other wise general, was
compelled to fight in accordance with the
material at command. His forces were so
much weaker than those of the enemy that
he would have beeu foolish to force the
fighting. He had legitimate opportunity to
turn round and in a sense regain wind.
This was the only plan by which
he could remain in the contest, and
he wisely adopted that plan. In do
ing so he did exactly what common
sense would prompt any of us to do if we
had the moral courage to do it Why, the
very fact that Mr. OVNeil and his team are
still in the ring shows that he has played his
part well. He can now talk about his
chances for next year with as much force
and freedom as the enemy. I certainly do
think that Mr. O'Ueil has played a very
plucky part, to say the least of it But
there "is another consideration. If, as we
have been told, Mr. O'Neil ran away from
the fight by transferring dates, the enemy
ought certainly to have been benefited
thereby considerably. I have yet to learn
that the enemy reaped any great financial
success out of this running away business.
We may again be tol'd that the
"running away"showedthatthe club wasn't
wanted here, "i argue that the attendance
at the games show that neither club is
wanted here, and if two clubs are continued
in this city my sincerest wishes that not a
paying spectator will witness a game. At
any rate I am convinced that with a reason
able supply of cash Mr. O'Neil will always
be a dangerous opponent He hasn't had
that supply this season, and if he gets it for
next seison he will be a valuable manager.
Certainly be may have his shortcomings
like all of us, but he has established the
fact that he has nerve and business facul
ties. Claims of the Local Clubs.
Unfortunately there is still a very large
amount of party feeling on this wearisome
question of baseball. I notice with regret
that some people persist in shutting their
eyes to any good point in favor of the na
tional League, and accepting everything as
first-class that pertains to the Players'
League. In figuring on next year's pros
pects there are many curious claims and
statements, and these vary in accordance
with the predilections and prejudices of the
writers. One party emphatically claims
that they are in the field to stay, and with
equal emphasis the other party
declares they won't retire. Certainly there
is a hope among the Players' League par
tisans that the local National League club
will vanish from Pittsburg; indeed, a P. L.
friend of mine said to me the other day that
it ought to go. Now this is just the ques
tion I want to discuss. I have looked the
matter over from every standpoint I know
of, and for the life of me I can find no
more reason for ousting the National
League from this city than for dispensing
with the P. L. club. At first sight this
may surprise some of my read
ers, considering the miserable show that
the local N. L. club has made. However, I
ask the plain question, What right has the
P. L. club to remain here in preference to
the N. L. club? I don't know of a solid
answer. The right of priority rests with the
N. L. club. But some P. L. supporters may
answer: Because it is a better team. A
thoughtful person wouldn't give an answer
like that, because if the P. L." club's claim
to remain here is based on its work of the ex
piring season it has no claim at all. Like
the N. L. clnb, it has been a wretched
failure, and the two clubs at pres
ent behind it in the P. L. race
are probably the worst aggregation
that have been in the city. I boldly make
the assertion that no club whose perform
ance is no better than that of the P. L. or
N. L. clubs of this city is worthy of remain
ing here. The motley crowds that have re
cently watched the game here show lhat
public opinion is in this direction. It
comes down to this, then: that as far as
playing and disappointment are concerned
both clubs are about on a level; indeed, even
when the P. L. club has had the field to
itself here only about 600 peo
ple have turned out to see it. But
only wait until next season is the
current cry. And here again the P. L. club
is not one'whit better than the N. L. clnb.
Manager Hanlon may say: We will have a
pennant winner next year, but Director
,0'Neil can say the same thing and just be
as earnest in nis statement, xnis wait-untii-next-year
claptrap has lost its force by repe
tition; and I hare precious little faith in
the cry now, having so .often been deceived
by it Well, then, I repeat that I fail to
see in any shape or form any reason why
the P. L. club should remain in Pittsburg
in preference to the N. L. club, as far as a
matter of moral or business right is con
cerned, What I say about this city equally
applies to Cleveland, and if there are any
reasons showing that I am in error in the
matter I trust they will be advanced, so
that we may fairly get to a true conclusion.
About Compromise Nollone.
The chief object of the above paragraph
is to show that whatever deal may take
place in the baseball world, the rights of
the Pittsburg N. L. have as much claim on
protection as those of the local P. L. club.
Of conrse if by a mutual agreement one of
the clubs leaves the city, or even if one of
the clubs leaves us without any agreement
at all, is quite another matter, and does not
in any way affect my argument There may
and there may not be a compromise. When
in this city Secretary Brunell said that his
side would be quite willing to meet the N.
L. and have a mutual agreement made, but
I am afraid that were such a meeting to be
arranged the P. L. officials would by their
wild partisans be goaded on to make ridic
ulous demands. There is any amount of
room for a compromise, and I feel confident
that one could be made which would be
beneficial to all parties concerned. Before
any arrangement can be made, however,
each party must enter into the affair pre-
Sared to exercise a give-and-take spirit
loubtless, there is a deal of humbug among
baseball magnates. Some of them strut
around like a turkey gobbler.and have
such inflated notions of their importance
that it is difficult to do any business with
them. But the season just ended has, be
yond a doubt, shown that baseball
players and baseball magnates have made
fools of themselves. Whatever compromise
may be made the players will not be as
well off as they have been in the past.
They have certainly blighted their pros
pects for a long time to come. The P. L.
will not keep inferior players on its pay
roll next year and I expect to see that
organization run on principles similar to
those of other organizations. The high
plane of charityjon which the P. L. started
out has been a failure just as I said it
would. Players who were of .no use have
hrd to be kept all the season and a system
of this kind cannot be maintained. Base
ball clubs are not charity organizations, be
cause after all almost everybody connected
with them is out to make money.
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THE PITTSBUKG- DISPATCH,
ROWS OF REDSKINS.
They Fonght Each Other AH Kight
and Burned the Wounded.
A' MOUNTAIHEER WHO SAW IT ALL.
Story of Kuklux Days Told In Choice Hortb.
Carolina Dialect.
ALICB HACGOTUH'S OUTING SKETCHES
rcoimzsroinjiitc of id disfatchi
Noeth TobEiveb, N. C, September 13.
HEBE is one object
at which I always
shy more or less
when forced to pass
. it alone, and which
never fails to give
me a sense of uneas
iness and a disposi
tion to look over my
shoulder for half a
mile or so afterward.
This is the vacant
and deserted house,
and it is particularly
pregnant with sinis-
The White Face, ter suggestions of
wandering lunatics, escaped convicts,
lurking murderers and other fugitives from
the law, just at dusk, with its vacant or
boarded-up. windows, and its door gone, or,
worse yet, hanging half ajar, for legions of
evil things to skulk behind.
Yesterday evening I came past such a
little cabin, with one tiny window opening
which had never had sash or shutter, and a
doorway from which the door was gone. . I
had passed it often before in broad daylight,
and it had always seemed particularly blank
and innocent; but now, as I rode reluctant
ly up in the early twilight, the strained
feeling of apprehension ana prospective
terror one experiences as a narrator ap
proaches the irightful part of a bogy tale
was strong upon me.
A -WHITE-PACED FTGUBE.
And sure enough, there was a tall, dark
figure, surmounted by a long, cadaverous,
whiteface, standing within the doorway. I
fairly choked with senseless fright when I
saw it slightly nodding at me, and heard it
muttering or grumbling to itself, but mak
ing a desperate effort, I called out, "Good
evening," in such a voice as I could com
mand. No reply, but another nod or two and a
heavy, snoring sigh. So I tried again, with
"Howdv."and as this elicited no response
I was just about to give my horse the whip
and fly the spot at
all risks, when Phebe
A Terrified ilmnlaineert
suddenly whinnied out loud. There was
an answertag neigh from the tall, dark
figure in the cabin, and a black horse with
a blaze face trotted out toward usl'
I thought of "Harry and the Guide-post,"
and other small tales with abnormally de
veloped morals, and loudly laughed out
right. GHOSTS OE APPLEJACK.
As I came the last mile ,or two of my
day's ride Iwas entertained by the best
ghost story I have ever heard. I call it the
best because, while a simon pure ghost
story, and the narrator was himself witness
of its horrors, he was so plainly truthful
and sincere. The prodnct of unlimited ap
plejack I grant you it might haye been, but
He never luveiueu Ik uc wuuiuu uaio m-
vented anything.
I was riding along, still laughing over
my late adventure, when I overtook him, a
typical Carolina mountaineer, with an open,
childlike face, hay-colored hair and inex
pressive light eyes. He bad the familiar
rifle over his shonlder, and a conple of
hounds trotted at his heels. He responded
to my salutation with native politeness, and
none of the mountaineer reserve and taci
turnity that you sometimes find among these
people. We'discovered that we were going
to the same settlement and fell into desultory
conversation. Presently he asked: ."Aint
ye 'feard f travel this kentry by yer lone
se'f this away?"
ASLEEP IN THE MOtTNTAINS.
"Why, no," said I, "I have a good pistol
and I'm not afraid anyway. What would
harm me?"
"Nothin' that pistols kin reach," said
he. " 'Taint o' no varmints ner folks I'm
afeard" then with a sudden dropping of
the voice, "Ain't ye never seed no ghoses?"
Then he pointed to a mound and told his
story.
"I'd ben ont huntin' late one evenin' an'
wuz tar'd, an' 'stid a-goin' home, I jes'
dumb up onter thishyer knob, and laid
down on that tbar big rock; Pete and Bus
ter was 'long 'o me," looking at the hounds.
"I conlden' res easy on the rock, so I got
offen it, an' laid down on the groun' a ways
off. I recken I'd slep' a right smart spell,
when I's waked up by Pete an' Buster jes
a scrougin' up to me, tremblin' all over,
an' sorter whinnin', low like.
"I heerd a shakin' in the bushes. The
moon hed riz, an' I looked for some varmint
to come out; when the leaves parted 'twas a
heejus, painted up Injun come th'oo, a step
pin' sofly like a cat, an' ayfter him another
an' another, tell the side o' the hill wuz
plumb alive weth 'em them movin' like
sbadders. .
"The nex' min'it hyer come er lot more
tarin' rigfit acrost the top o' the nob, an'
yellin' like devils! Look like to me they
jest nachelly run all over an' roun' me; an'
I caint see why they don't kill me; but I
don't so much ez feel 'em, an' I'm that
skeert I caint stir ban' nur fut
WITH BOWS AND ABBOWS.
"They let in to firin' at 'tofher fellows be
lowall bows an arrers they wa'n't a gun
in the crowd. They all got behin' trees an'
rocks, an' dodged, an' hollered, an' fired.
Fine-ly these 't wuz up me made a big rush
on them 'twuz below, a hollerin' fearful, an'
tother fellers broke an' run. But I seed
these'ns ketch three or fo' uv 'em an'
threckly they come back bringin' 'em, an'
some others, 't wuz wounded.
"And they jest tn'chered 'em like devils.
They gouged the'r eyes out, an' chopped oft
the'r fingers an' toes an' ears and noses, an'
stuck knives into 'em all over; they run
sticks an' spears thr'oo the'r arms an' legs
an' twisted 'em around. 'When they's all
backed an' gouged an' tore tell they didn't
look like human critters, they tuck 'an' tied
em all with big hickory withes, 'at they
dipped in the branch, an' piled 'em all upon
the' big flat rock where I'd ben a lyin. an'
dry wood all under an' among an' over 'em.
One big feller struck a far' weth a flint, an'
they bnrnt up ever' one o' them pore butch
ered up critters, all ayellin' an' dancin' an'
apilin'on fresh wood.
THE FBIQHTBNED HOUNDS.
'The pups wuz all the time atryin' to
jest crawl under me, nigh about; an' look
like I'm so skeert my blood fairly stopped
runnin', an I'm about lroze. I says, T
cian't stand this much longer! An' I
tu'nedmyhead an' looked to'ds the Bat',
I H
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBEB
an 'twuz jest gittin' sorter white; aa' time
I looked back they warn't a soul nary
soull The rock wuz jest er'twua'fore them
ghos'es come, an they warn't nary thing
atirrin.
"Idassen't to leave till sun up, an I
never did go on that there nob no time
agin. I wouldn't go there uy a night, not
fer a boss an' gun I Hits jest as late as I
want to see hit, right now! .
"There wuz a fellar No'thern feller he
wuz staid t' our house last spring a spell;
he wuz all time projeckin round amongst
the woods an' rocks. He found a heap o'
arrer heads an spear heads up an roun thar;
f?HP
ra.'
vstmsers
iTWaTliOaded for Kuklux.'
an' he dug under Jlhe rock an' found a heap
o' bones an' sich; an' he 'lowed bit war an'
Injun somethin' er nuther, he balled hit a
place whar they sackerficed to ther gods, he
Mowed."
A KUBXTJX STOET.
A long pause, and then: "I reckon he
thought hisse'f smart fer knowin' so muchl
But I know a heap more! An' I know 'f
I'd a staid on that thar rock 'stid o' movin'
off I'd a ben jest genteelly burnt up alive!
I mus' tell ye 'bout my time 'ithtbe&u
klux," said my heat this evening. " 't ort
t' make a purtygood story for you t' write
fer the papers.
" 'Twuz 'long ayfter the war, whilst times
wnz powerful unsettled, 't a gang uv the
wust men in the country hereabouts organ
ized theirselves up ez kuklux, an' sarved
notice on most uv the decent respectable
men an' farmers to leave the country, by
pinnin' little Dapers, weth skulls an' cross
bones an' sich on 'em, onto th'er doors. I
hadn't got no little picter yit, but wuz a
lookin' fer it any night, ez I'd heerd they
wuz a' ter me partic lar strong. So 1 kep'
a double-bar'l shot-gun with 12 rifle balls
in each bar'l, and a good six-shootin' pistol
loaded np in my bedroom all the time, so's
to give 'em a perlite welcome when they
come. I had a nice little new hatchet up in
the rack, too, an' I 'lowed, if firearms gin
out, t' chop a spell!
TQOK HIS SHOOTING IBONS.
"One day Zack Wiley rid up an' hollered
ont to me, 'Cousin Ike, loan me yer pistol;
I want to go over into Yancey fo make a
'rest, an' both mine's loaned out' he was
She'iff then, Zaek was. I told 'im I didn't
adzae'ly like to let none o' my firearms go,
jest as things was; but he lowed nobody
wasn't goin' to pester me, so I let him take
the pistol.
'"Bout an hour by sun little Pete come a
bustin' in an' says: 'Pappy, iemme take
ther gun jest a minit; they's a rabbit a set
tin' right over hyer in the nigh pastur, tat
ez er hog.'
"'Bring it back,' sez I, 'an' put it up in
the rack, jest like ye found it.'
"I heerd a terrible roarin' ekal to a can
non purty soon, an' threckly in come Pete
a cryin' an' some several teeth knocked out
" Did you git ther rabbit, son?' sez L
"No," sez Pete; 'the blamed ol' gun
kicked tell it knocked me flat o' my
back ' We all had a big laugh at Pete'fer
tryin t' kill a rabbit with a gun loaded fer
kuklux, an' that was the last we thought o'
the gnn. v
WHISKY AND BULLETS.
"We'd ben in bed some little time when I
heerd the dogs bust out at somethin.' I
walked out on the piazza an' couldn't see
ner hear nothin', bat I hadn't no more'n
got back to bed 'n the dogs charged out
agin. I went out agin, an' I says 'Lor',
here they come sure enough"' Fer I seed
some un t'arin' up Torn the creek, an' 'lore
you could think, a feller in a long1 yaller
coat, nigh about fo his heels, some quare
kind o' hat on 'is head, an' shiny saddle
bags, jumped over the bars out here side o'
the house lot, an' jumped his horse over
aylter 'im. The dogs r'ared out on 'im
agin, 'an he pulled out a pistol an' let in t'
firin' at 'em. 01' Watch broke an' run
roun' the house, an' t hid hisse'f, but Tige
stood fire like asoldier, est inside the yard
gate, with all his teeth a-showin.
"I got back inside the door an' belt it jest
so's I c'u'd see out 'Look a hereP What
d' you want, says L
" 'You come out an' I'll give you a dose
too,' says be. Jest then he fired another
shot at Tige, an' 'stid o' hittin' uv him, it
went over into a passel o' geese 'at some o'
the chiren d let in the yard in the evenin .
It hit a ol' gaynder, an' what weth his
flappin' aronn' sqnallin', Tige growlin' an'
barkin', the feller a whoopin' an' shootin',
an' all the chil'en a cryin' inside, we had
the most terrible interruption here fer
a spell ye ever heerd.
"When he made that remark about givin'
me a dose, too, he turned an' fired to's the
door, an' I clapned my han' up fer my gun,
'lowin' to lei im nave tne null ur com
bar'ls.
"Nary gnn! So I grabbed fer the pistol.
.'Twarent there; nothin' but the little
hatchet! 'Well, they've got me this time,'
says I, 'shore.'
" 'Who air you?' I hollered.
" 'John W. Pettigrew,' says he, a bawlin'
it out like a sher'ff callin' witnesses f'om
the cotehouse door.
" 'Come out here, Hollis. I 'aint got no
harm agin' you,' an' he blazed away agin.
But 'is pistol only snapped, an' I see 'twuz
all shot out
" 'Come on out, Hollis, he says, 'an' hoi'
my mule for me. He's drunk an' won't
let me git back on 'im jest keeps a turn in
roun' like a blamed ol' pair o' windin'
bladesl'
" 'Put up yer shootin' irons,' says I, 'an'
I'll come out an' he'p ye."
"Shore 'nough 'twuz Pettigrew, 't lived
up to'ds Tenn-essee on Koarin' creek. He'd
ben down in Yancey to some convention er
'nother, an' wuz bilin' full o whisky. I
got 'im on the mule, got both his feet into
the stirrups, got his bottle an' pistol both
away 'thout him knowin uy it, an him
started out all right fer Koarin' creek; an'
that's the nighett I ever come to gittin a
visit f om the Kuklux."
Alice MacGowah.
much Needed Reform
In the condition of a disorderly or torpid liver
is no sooner instituted by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, than the headaches, pains in the right
side, yellowness of the skin, fnr upon the
tongue, and constipation, which accompany
this malady, take their departure. Dyspepsia,
also, twin brother of biliousness, vacates the
ranch. Kidney troubles, malarial affections
and nervous complaints also succumb to the
Bitters. .
Sllki, Silk., Silks.
Colored surah silks, 29 cts.
Colored surah silks, 48 cts.
niWed unrah silks. 75 cts.
Colored surah silks, $L
Black surah silks, 39 cts.
Black surah silks, 60 cts.
Black surah silks, $1.
Knable & Shtjsteb, SB Pifth ave.
THUMA DAM CINQ ACADEMY,
61 Fourth Avenue.
Opening Wednesday, October L Bee
amusement column.
'Exposition Vishora -
Do not fail to call at Lies' popular gallery,
10 and 12 Sixth street, and have your picture
taken. Good work, low prices, prompt de
livery. Cabinet photos (1 per dozen.
TTSa
Fleishman's New Cloak Department
Offers black cheviot, tailor-made jackets,
double-breasted, reefer style, with large
lapels, at t9, worth 12.
Mattresses made and renovated.
Hauqh & Keen an, 83-34 Water si
New reefers for children 4 to 12 years old
at prices to please all.
KvABLX & Bhtjsieb, 85 Fifth are.
141890.
ETEET DAT SCIENCE.
The Electric light's Effect on Pilfer
ing on Sugar Estates.
HEADACHE FROM EYE TROUBLES.
Plaster Houses Are likely to Become Cheap
and Popular Soon.
AH ARTIFICIAL 1T0EI AHD MUSK
fTBtrARKD roa Tins Disri.TCH.3
The electric light is being introduced into
the "boiling hduses" of Demerara and West
Indian sugar estates. The value of this in
novation can hardly be conceived by those
unacquainted with the conditions which
exist on cane-sugar plantations. On some
properties it has at times been the practice
to make an appreciable reduction from the
estimated yield of sugar in consequence of
the quantity of cane, canejuice and sugar
stolen by the negroes during "crop time."
The night is the time when "Master
Quashie" gets in his fine work, and a right
smart thief he is.
The "overseer," who has charge of the
sugar in the boiling and curing houses,
has to be always on the alert, but still the
negro ts too much for him. Many of the
boiling houses are very badly lighted, and,
after days ol work and nights of watching,
the drowsiness of the fagged overseer is in
creased by the dim light of the oil lamp,
and while he slumbers the plunder is
goingjon. With a well-lighted boiler house,
however, the chances of theft are minimized.
The overseer is morecbeerfuland less likely
to be overcome by sleep, and everything
that the "hands" do is distinctly seen. The
negro is not likely to appreciate the sesthetic
beauty of the electric light; he will rather
gaze on it sadly, exclaiming: "Bnckra
(white man) know too much," and think of
the days7 or rather the nights, when in a few
minutes he could purloin enough to pay his
family expenses for a week. The introduc
tion of the electric light will be the death
blow of petty larceny of "produce" in
sugar plantation boiling houses.
Waste ofFood In America.
In the use of food the Americans are lav
ish, and even wasteful. In calling atten
tion to this fact, J. K. Dodge states that
Great Britain consumes an average meat
ration not over two-thirds as large as the
American, Prance scarcely half as large,
and Germany, Austria and Italy still less.
The average consumption of meat in the
United States is probably not less than
175 pounds per annum. Of other civilized
nations, only Great Britain exceeds 100,
and many scarcely average SO pounds. The
consumption of the cereals in this country,
by man and beast, is three times as much in
proportion to population as in Europe. For
the past ten years the average has been 45
bushels for each unit of population, wnile
the usual European consumption does not
greatly vary irom 16 bushels per annum.
While all this is not used as food for man,
no small part of it contributes to the meat
supply. In the consumption of fruits the
difference between this and other countries
is marked. Small fruits, orchard fruits of
all kinds and tropsical fruits, as well as
melons of many varieties are in profuse and
universal daily use in cities and towns, and
in the country the kinds locally cultivated
are still cheaper and more abundant The
consumption of vegetables is not excessive.
Cement Mortar Under Water.
The use under water of sacks of cement
mortar is in certain cases of the greatest ser
vice. It is probable that no other process
will permit work under water which will
secure so perfect a contact with old ma
sonry. A notable example of this may be
cited in the viaduct which is now being
built across the Loire for the railroad from
Bourges to Gien, France, which has the
foundations of its piers in pits dug through
a water bearing sand to the marly limestone
which forms the subsoil of the valley. In
some of these excavations the bottom 'is dis
turbed by violent currents of water coming
either from the water-bearing sand into the
pit, or from cracks which are frequently
met with in the limestone, and the waters
of which spout out in the bottom of the ex
cavation. This water could not be carried
away by masonry channels or drains since
the mortar would be at once washed out.
The use of cement in sacks allows the en
gineers to obtain a pavement or fonndation
for the bottom of the pit almost solid, and
fitting itself perfectly to all the irregulari
ties of the bottom, thus allowing the con
crete to be set with perfect security.
" Steam Lifeboat.
The tests of the steam lifeboat which has
just been brought out in England have
proved remarkably satisfactory, the maneuv
ering powers of the boat being admirable.
Going at fnll speed, she made with the rud
der, a half circle in 35 seconds, and the full
one in CO seconds. Going slowly, with rud
der and turbine, the full circle was made in
40 seconds, and with turbine alone in 52
seconds. By working the levers on deck the
boat was brought from full speed to a dead
stop in 32 seconds,yind from dead stop to full
speed in 4 seconds. These tests show how
entirely the boat is under control of the offi
cer on deck, no communication whatever.
oeing necessary witn tne engine room, as the
machinery always runs in one direction.
The consumption of coal under forced
draught is said to be little more than two
hundred weight per hour, and the supply
will last for 30 hours. The steam lifeboat is
likely to come into general use on dangerous
parts of the English coast
Eye-Ftrnln and Headache.
A New York pnysician, who has for sev
eral years been studying the relation of eye
strain to headache etc., in children, has
published the results of his labors. He
finds that cases of short sight, far sight, and
irregular sight, often go unrecognized until
the continued eye strain results in a chronio
headache and lassitude, or even more serious
nervous disorders. The most approved mod
ern treatment in certain cases of headache
is to order the use of spectacles.
To Make Artlflcnl Ivory.
A correspondent sends The Dispatch
the following directions for making artificial
ivory. Burn bones in an open grate. Trit
nrate the burnt bones to an impalpable
powder. Wet the powder with a hot solu
tion of glue and work it into a plastic
dough. Hold the dough into any desirable
form and then let it dry. Soak the dried
article for 24 hours in a saturated solution
of alum.
Fine Tree Soap.
A patent has been taken out for a process
for utilizing the resinous matter present in
the needle-like leaves of the order Pinna.
By extraction with alkali a resin soap is
formed, from which the woody fiber can be
removed, and which, on the addition of fat
and completion of the saponification, yields
an ordinary soap, containing resin and
fatty acids.
Artificial ainsk.
The comparative scarcity of 'musk and its
wide use in pharmacy, makes the discovery
of a substitute of some importance. A sub
stance has beeu prepared, which, though
not identical in composition with natural
musk, yet is possessed of its peculiar smell.
It is not poisonous, and is now being pro
duced on a manufacturing scale in Ger
many. Dancer In Anilprranr.
One cause assigned by several physicians
and druggists for the increasing number of
victims to the opium habit is the use of anti-
.$"
pyrene. A great number of young women,
especially female clerks, take antipyrene in
such quantities that it finally loses its restor
ative power. They then resort to morphine.
High Speed on the Ocean.
It has been said that when the danger of
collision arises, if a vessel is slowed down she
will have timeto get out of the way. This,
as a matter of fact, is a fallaoy. The faster
a ship steams the more fully is she under
command of her helm, and this is especially
true in the present day of steam steering
gear when the quartermaster has unlimited
power at his command to pnt the helm over
quickly. Ocean liners will never go slowly
enough to enable them to stop and go astern
in the event of meeting in a fog. Captains
will always depend on the manenvering
properties of their ships, and, as already
stated, the faster they go the more quickly
will the rndder act so that speed, which
from one point of view is an element of
danger, has ts counterbalancing advan
tages. The opinion of our best skippers in
clines toward the greater safety for their
ships being obtained at high speeds, in tha
matter of danger from collision in case of
meeting other steamers in a fog.
tens! tire Scale.
A great many ingenious devices owe their
origin to taking some old familiar appli
ance and making it serve a new purpose.
Hardly any invention is commoner than a
pendulum clock, and yet from one of its
parts an American inventor has developed
a scale 'much more sensitive than the best
knife-edge balance. If the wire rod by
which a pendulum rod hangs is examined,
the upper end, where it'is fastened to the
clock frame, will be found flattened into
the form of a spring. As a spring the
metal sways to and fro with the minimum
of friction. Suspending the horizontal rod
of his balance from just such a spring, the
inventor has been able not only to construct
an exquisitely sensitive scale, measuring
one part in 2,350,000, but also to build a
testing machine, in which steel bars are
drawn out and broken as easily as ii they
were glass, and In which the force at work
is indicated with the utmost accuracy.
The Amerlcnn Citizen.
The American citizen is not content to
exist as a mere animal. Physical well
being does not limit his desire or aspiration.
He is especially solicitous for the welfare
and advancement ofjiis children, and freely
depletes a limited income in their education
and training for a career in life, often upon
other than ancestral lines. This tendency
may become excessive, and is already, to
some extent, creating a distaste for useful
industry, and a desire for conspicuous posi
tion, for accumulation without labor, and
speculative rather than productive occupa
tion. Thus the average American lives
npon a high plane, exciting the envy and
emulation of people of other countries, and
inducing extraordinary immigration.
Plaster Houe.
An innovation in building has been sug
gested, which, although it can hardly yet be
said to have been fairly tested, seems to pos
sess excellent points. The framework of a
house is erected in the ordinary way, and for
large buildings iron or steel may be used.
On the studding of this framework a metal
lathing is nailed, which covers everything
excepting the doors and windows. The
meshes ot the lath are diamond-shaped, and
the surfaces are turned at an angle. The
lath is first coated with a mixture of mortar
and cement, afterward is added an inch oi
cement, which is finished and lined in imi
tation of any kind of stone. The cost is
said to be but little in excess of that of the
ordinary methods.
Photographing Clondi.
A good suggestion has been thrown out
for the benefit of those who have not had
much experience in making cloud negatives:
If the sun is to be included in the picture,
films of ground-glass backed plates should
be used. Any lens which will take a good
landscape can be used, and its smallest stop
should be employed. As a rule, the ex
posure will be about one second on a slow
plate, but in the case of red sunrises and
sunsets, this may otten be increased to as
much as eight or even ten seconds, unless
isochromatic plates are available. The de
velopment must be very carefully watched,
and not carried too far."
Prof. Shaler'a Opinion.
Prof. Shaler is of the opinion that what is
popularly termed natural gas is destined to
speedy exhaustion, but be thinks its effects
on the economio methods of onr civilization
are certain to be enduring; and that the
superior cleanliness and convenience of gas
as a fuel will bring the world to the use of
manuiactured gfls for fuel purposes when
the supply of natural gas has given out, and
in those localities where the geological
formation is such that the discovery of
natural gas can not be hoped for.
Floating; Sawmill.
A floating sawmill is found to be a use
ful adjunct to the business of a lumberman.
The craft usually employed for this purpose
is about 40 feet by 80 feet, and draws about
18 inches of water. All the hands con
nected with the lumbering work live
aboard, and the boat travels up the river,
stopping whenever a good lot of timber is
sighted near the banks.
Keeping Post From Decay.
Sulphate ot copper is recommended for
keeping posts and timber from decay. It is
Btated that in Norway telegraph poles are
preserved by boring inch holes and filling
with sulphate of copper crystals, and after
ward plugging the holes with wood. The
crystals gradually dissolve and permeate
the wood, turning it to a greenish color.
FOB COSTEMPT OP COTJET.
A Very Small Inheritance Canning a Large
Amount of Trouble
In the Orphans' Court yesterday a rule
was issued on Henry Schild, Jr., adminis
trator of Henry Schild, to show canse why
he shonld not be attached for contempt of
court.
The rule was issued at the petition of Mrs.
Anna E. Dickerson. She stated that by the
final decree of the conrt in settling the
estate of Henry Schild, she, as next of kin,
was awarded $16 04, which the adminis
trator was directed to pay. He has neglected
to do so, though he has had abundant time
and been requested to, and the court was
asked to attach him for contempt.
THE NEW STYLES
Henry F. Sillier Upright Piano
Are artistic and correctin design. They
should be seen by all interested in fine
pianos. The Henry P. Miller pianos have
shared the highest honors obtainable in con
certs. They have made such great successes
and received such high praise that it is im
possible for any pianos ot the present day to
do more.
A fine selection of these famous pianos
can be seen at W. C. Whitehill's Music
Parlor, 152 Third ave., Pittsburg.
G. A. K. AT KOCK POINT.
Excursion via the Pennsylvania. Lines on
Wednesday. September 17.
For the G. A. B. Excursion to Bock Point
on Wednesday, September 17, the Pennsyl
vania Company will sell round trip tickets
at low rate of 60 cts. from Pittsburg. Tursu
Tisitobs to the Exposition shonld not
fail to see the display of diamonds, watches,
jewelrv and silverware, at Henry Terhey
den's Jewelry House, 630 Smitbfield st.
su
Cabby's Old Log Cabin Bye is highly
recommended by physicians for medicinal
purposes, as it is a pure, unadulterated old
Monongahela whisky of ripe age and pleas
ant flavor. For sale by X. D. Casey & Co.,
971 Liberty st.
i
AFTER A LIQUOR MAN.
School Directors Ask Conrt to Re
voke a Wholesale License
DUQUE8NE WANTS TOBE A BOROUGH
A Convict's Wife Asks for a Severance f
Her Marriage Ties.
ONE DAI'S W0KK INTHECOTJKTT C0DET8
Judge Kagee yesterday issued a rule om
James Tuitle, a wholesale liquor dealer at
the corner of Smallman and Thirty-first
streets, to show cause why his license should
not be revoked. The rule was granted oa
the petition of the members of the School
Board of the Springfield sub-district,
Twelfth ward. In their petition they stated
that tbey wished to call the attention of
the Court to a matter which, in their
opinion, demands the immediate attention
of tne Court. Tuitle'a place, they said, is a
one-story, two-roomed bouse at the corner of
Smallman and Thirty-first streets, and the
Court granted him a wholesale license dur
ing the present year.
Prom their personal observation and from
reliable information received they have)
reason to believe that liquor is sold and
consumed on the premises, which they be
lieve is against the provisions of the law.
This has the effect of causing considerable
drunkenness and rowdyism in the immediate
neighborhood and is detrimental to tha
morals of the children attending school. As
the school yard immediately adjoins this
saloon, thereiore they, in the interest of tha
school children and the neighboring citizens,
asked for relief by such action as the Court
could bestow.
The petition was signed by E. B. Elliott,
J. C. Boas, Louis Baker, C. P. Sheers,
David Henderson and Dr. J. A. HcCready.
WARTS TO BE A B0E0UGH.
Hoitllng; Dnqneine Is Anxious to Shake OS
lis Itaitlc Garments.
A petition was presented yesterday By
the freeholders of the village of Duquesna
asking that it be incorporated into a
borough. A like petition was presented
some time ago, but was refused because a
majority of the freeholders had not signed
the petition, and furthermore some of them
who had, had subsequently erased their
names from it.
The present petition, however, is signed
by a great majority, and a request is mada
that the petition be presented to the grand
jury, and the court made au order accord
ingly. TO BE IEEE TROTS. A FEL0IT.
Sirs. Kins Asks to be Released From Hey
Convict Husband.
A decree in divorce was granted yes
terday to Elizabeth Hays from her hus
band, H. E. Hays. Kew suits were en
tered by Ann Elizabeth King against John
K. King. She alleges that shortly after
their marriage, in 1888, he was convicted of
felony in Washington county, and sent to
the penitentiary for a period exceeding two
years, and she therefore charges desertion
on his part.
Jane Travers brought suit against Patrick
Travers, and William H. Beardsley against
Annie W. Beardsley for desertion.
Blondtiy'i Trial Lists.
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs Valentin!
Henn. Ida Keegan, Joseph Unshuld, Gus Kirk
ross, Thomas Krancis, William llcCntcbeon,
Samuel Uicks (2), Mary Brawdy, Henry
Grelner, Elizabeth Deer (3), H. F. Harrison,
Henry Griffith, Hartte Crow, Mary llilligan,
Frank Connors. ,
Common Pleas fto. 2 Dallmger vs Hnnt aft
Clapp et nx: Coursm vs Sliroder: Taylor vs
xcelsior Express and Standard Cab Company;
BarndoIIar et nx vs W'illcy; Latham vs Brekettt
Lohnesetal vs Binder Fishing Clnb; Forest
City Stove Company vs Boyd & Ueattj; Polk
Co. vs Letzkns Construction Company.
Mondat'i Audit List.
Estate of Accountant
Joseph B, Donnelly.... M. B. Johnston.
George Hodil John W. Martin.
Robert Hay Jane and B.H. Hay,
George R. Duncan P. H. Miller.
G. C. Lightcap James S. Young.
Mary Rohr Christ Rohr.
J. W. C Comings. R. D. Wilson.
John Dean Thoma3 Hare et al.
Henry Bierman Herman Bierman.
William S. Wrigley....CharIes E. Wrigley.
LITTLE LEGAL TTRTrTa,
Minor Ma tiers Which Take Up the TlmeX
the County Judge.
Ik the estate of Adam Barktel, the exemp
tion right of the widow, Theresa Barktel, on
application of her attorney, Alex E. G 033, wis
confirmed by the Orphans' Court.
Ox motion of C. S. Fetterman. Esq., yester
day, James S. JlcCrcary. J. 8. Wendt, John
Wilson, James D. Jack. Edward J. McKenna,
J. H. Wise and John F. -Mllliken were admitted
to membership to the county bar.
A petition was filed In the Quarter Sessions
Court yesterday by residents of Patton town
ship, asking tnat Dr. W. L. Hunter be ap
pointed road supervlsior of tbe township to
fill the unexpired term of James Williams, de
ceased. A petition was filed yesterday by Mr?
Wilhelmina Stark asking for an inquest ia
lunacy on her husband, Charles btark. She
states that he has been irsane for some time
and is incapable ot caring for himself or family.
They have five children, tbe oldest ot whom is
9 years of age.
A petition for dissolution of the firm of B.
A. Elliott & Co. was filed yesterday, The com
pany was incorporated in February, I860, and
by resolution of the stockholders was discon
tinued in Angnst last. The assets of the com
pany are JU,b50. and they ask the conrt to al
low tbe dissolution and a division of the assets.
A hew trial was refused yesterday in tha
case of J. M. Marietta against the Pennsylva
nia Railroad. Tbe plaintiff was pnt off tha
road on September 29, 1SS7, bis return ticket
being void. He brought suit ana a verdict was
given for tbe defendant. A new trial was
sjked on tbe ground ot additional evidence
having been secured.
Micuaei. J. Pkyle yesterday entered salt
against Carnegie, Phipps dc Co.. for $2,000 dam
ages. Pryle states that on July 1, while working
in a ditch laying a gas main from tha defend
ants' works to the gas field, be was terribly in
jured byan explosion of natural gas whicn threw
Ulm SO feet. The explosion, be sits, was
caused by the negUgence of those in charge of
tbe work.
A petitios' for a writ of haheas corpus waa
filed yesterday for the release of William O ale
wood, alias Galeman. from the workhouse.
He was sent up by Judge Gripp on August 7
for DO days on a charge of vagrancy. It is al
leged that tbe charge was illegal, as he has a
home on Second avenue and is a workman em-
Eloyed at a rolling mill. The case will be
eard on Wednesday.
The bill in equity of the city of Allegheny
against Hnckenstein & Co., to restrain tha
latter from continuing to remove clay from tha
hill above the head of Sandnsky street, was
filed yesterday. The bill was entered by City "
Solicitor Elphinstone. who alleges that Hack
ensteiu it Co. have encroached on the line ot
the street in taking out their clay for tbe man
ufacture of brick. A preliminary injunction
was granted.
SE5TEHCE3 were imposed in Criminal Conrt
yesterday as follows: David Madden, for ag
gravated assault and battery, one year and six
months to the workhouse; Robert Carter, car
rying concealed weapons, 30 days to the work
boose; James and Thomas Brittam. aggravated
assanlt and battcry.oneyearandsixmontbs each,
to the workboase; Charles Harding: assault,
nine month'; John Miller, assault, one yearp
Snsan McGlade, larceny, six months; Lena
King, larceny, three months, and Louisa Myers,
larceny, one year to the workhouse. Robert
Kelson and William Cox were sent to tha
Huntingdon reformatory.
Fleishman'! New Cloak Department
Offers blue chevron jackets, satin-finished,
Hnssar (roots, with pressed plush collars
and facings; the tame style in black
cheviot, trimmed with fine Persian cloth, at
515.
lira's extra heavy merino shirts and
drawers, 60 cents each. ,'
K able & Shtjsteb, S3 Fifth y, - -' "
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