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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. MONDAY. MARCH 9. 1891.
G CITY DIRT.
The Board of Assessors Commences
Work on the Triennial Assess
ment of Keal Estate.
ADOrilSG SOME KEW METHODS.
The Result of the Work Ixpected to Em
phasize Pittsbnrs's lleraark
able Prosperity.
ILVfirLOEEl) TLACES IX TOE SUBUUBS.
Asticji'iiig tkt
Uroil Trctble
Tupsycrs.
With DjutirCed
"To-morrow we commence work on the
triennial assessment," said Chief Assessor
Prnk P. Case vesterday. "Our clerks
completed the record of the property owners
in the city yesterday, and we will at once
besin the work ot jluin the real estite.
Tnis woik, m accordance witli an act of
Assetublv, is performed ever third year,
She assessment on real estate remaining
stationary during the other two 3 ears.
"The trieumal assessment is a big job,
and we will have to work hard to coninlete
it by Januarv neit, when we hae to make
our report. Heretofore we have gone ahead
and made all our valuations first, and then
hae heard the appeals from the assessments.
In many cases montbs necessarily elapse be
tween the time we have viMted the property
and the appeal. This lact oiten necessitates
another vis.it to the property and a con
sequent loss of time. To aviid thi,
we will this year ?o over three or
four wards at a time and then hear appeals
while the character of the propertv is fresh
incur memories liv this sjstem we will
pet the work cleared up taster, and will be
in 110 danse 01 falling behind.
Increased A alue of Ileal Kstate.
"There is no doubt tnat our assessment
will show a remarkable increase tn the valu
ation of ttie real estate pf Pittsburg. It is
surprising how the price of property has
gone up. It has not juinpeu alt over tne
city at once, but has been affected in snots
A urtil the entire city his felt the effects. For
instance, the Second ward took a jump and
then the beventb, after that the Eleventh
and so on, until every ward in the city had
participated in the rise in values."
Assistant Assessor Larkins is prepared to
take off his coat to-day and go over the city
loot by foot. In sueakiu:: ot tne compara
tive laluc ol property he said: " e have
been criticised at times for not assessing
property at the price at which it is held
by the owner. Tor instance, in
same portions of the citv land is Held at
SS 000 and 510,000 an acre. It is ued, per
haps, for iariuing or market gardens, and
its actual value to the owner is olten no:
more thati 3 or 10 per cent of the price he
puts Ejmn iL Ot course, if he cells it and it
is laid cut into streets and built upon it is
worth all that is pud for it and should De
assessed at that fieure, but while it is used
for tanning it would be ridiculous to think
ofasscssinc it at 5,000 an acre.
Good Inflect ofschenlej Park.
"One great lactor in increasing the value
of real estate has been Schenley Park. A
few years aro you could buy property in
thai neighborhood for next to nothing. Vou
can't now. In fact, if you want to buv a
lot near the park ou must till Tour pockets
with 51,000 bills, bquirrel II ill propem has
tint changed much in value. It haa a boom
(shortly before ihe last triennial abeiiieut,
iaaed b the piojccted Squirrel Hill It ulroad.
Hie prbiinlit oi 1 icvnal ot this road will
still bold up thii piopert.
"Theie 1 considerable pronert in this city
that is difficult to a-es. You will hardly
tieliete it. but there are spots 111 uie Twent
second and Tucnt tl ird warJs where the root
iftio humai' bnnjr but the red man ha cer
trodden. ot even the people who own it hae
gone through. It is tlic Mrgin foiest. At the
present rate .f 1'ittsbuig' growth it will nut
be loutr until the last estige of this disappears.
"In the ihicklt stttled portion of the city a
bessins propertj is not the rasipst fling in the
vorld u hive to consider the character of
the tot and the n tture of it-, surroundings
limine; to Keep Thins Even.
"Alter a street has been ateseo. peple come
and say. 'o-and so has sold his property at 50
a foot tront, and is iseed it but SJo.
wliile f ale taxed for ill our propert
is worth." ILcn we hive to adjust
values all over again. Perhaps tLe increased
ttrtoe is t tltic to a rise in alue, hut because
this piece of prouei ty is desired for a particular
tmrpose, and the purchaser is willing to pa
heavily to get just wh it he want- The people
come here and declare that their piopert is
ail cut np b rivines wiih watei enotitrh in
Iheiu to float a Mii nun steaiaboat, A hen
retell them that we were able to step over
the gisantu gulches the insist that we
coolii not liae Keen tin propem at all.
The work we do 111 ittbur:r with three
cmhi is iierto'ined in 1'hilatlclphia by 12 men.
anu there i 110 mnie to do, if as n tich, as theie I
is heie Ihc mcrtase in the number of prop. 1
ert i olderh in tin- utj is t-01 lctlmiir. auoni-h-sn
It kns two clerks busy all the time
mafcti g records of tin transfer Io nine tascs,
out 1 ten a transfer means tint another
property -holder has been added to our alread
Ion; 1st, aial cites us so much more work
to do."
"Want to lax Land O11I3.
The Doard of -s--e-sors is in receipt of a
communication fiom th Tax Iteform Clnb, of
Buffalo, urgin" the tixing of laud only, and
sujrtrstiii;; that, if linpiovements were ex
empted, there wonld be more building, which
would help the workingman and lcsult in in
creased prosperity.
. hief Assessor Case is not particularly in
fatuated with the idea. He admits that 111
KiDic cases it would result iu the improvement
' idle propert, bu iys that as most of the
large estates are leaded en long terms the lessee
would have to pa the taxes
Assistant Assessor Larklus thinks it would
Innrc to the injur of tin poor inan,who woaM
hateto pa as much taxes on his little homo
as would his wealth neighbor who lived iu a
xnan-iou.
Controei Morrow believs there might be
soicetliinc in the idea, but would like to take
time to ngu re it. nlnle Chief lirown declaied
that such subjects were not in his line.
W0TJLDVT LET GALLAGHER GO.
Superintendent Koger 0'3Iara Brings lliin
Back lrom ew ork.
Assistant superintendent O'.Mara returned
Irom3? Yoikbaturda night, where he had
gone to bring back Barney Oallighcr, tho man
who stabbed Officer Martin Slogan in this city
about a year and a half ago. "since he left this
city Gallagher has traveled all oter the coun
try to keep out of the wavof the police, who
were lolloping him up. Unusual zest was dis
played bv the pihce. as is general! the cao
when the are after a man for as-aultiug a
brother officer, and Gallagher has hadahaid
timeol it. A few months ago be was located
at the Hot s.pruigs. Ark . anil Assistant Super
intendent O'Mara went after him, bat Gal
lagher was noiiUed in some wa ind crossed
over to Texas in time to t-capc. O'JIara fol
lowed, but Small lost the trail and had to como
home without a prisoner.
Gallagher went to 2ew1ork three months
ago, but Kept 1.1 hiding so 1 !oe that be was
oult anpreliLiiilcd bv one of Inspector Hirncs'
men atHiut two weeks ago. He is an old soldier,
and having lst an arm 111 the late w ar, draw s
a peusiun of iju per month.
01 HER PEOPLE'S BED-LINEK
Gets John Miller Into a Sonthslde Police
man's Grasp.
Officer Risch arrested John Miller at Twenty
eighth and Carson streets last nighton a charge
of suspicion. He had severalshcets and pillow
slips in his possession that he bad been trying
to tell to various residents of the Soutbside.
The sheets were marked '"Carrie A. Earl," and
the slips bad the initials "C. A E."
He also had a half dozen plitcd knives, of the
Rogers make He said he was from Washing
ton, Pa.. and:had w alked from there. At tne
station lie claimed to be iroiu Kentucky.
A
DESERTED ATTHE DEPOT.
A Sad Incident That Frequently Occurs A
Recreant Lover Meets a Woman, but Ite
turng to Uie Tram and Leaves Ilci She
Was Tipsy.
"One of the saddest things I ever saw oc
curred at the Union depot several nights
ago," said a gentleman at the Anderson yes
terday. "I was going "ft'est on the mid
night train over the Pinhindle, but the Bast
em connection being several hours lite it was
close to morning before we pulled out. It was
a long time to wilt and I would have returned
to the hotel bnt the presence of a hindsomo
woman, giudily dressed, in the sta
tion attracted my attention. I soon
discovered that she had taken
a few drinks too much, and she spent the time
wandering back and forth betiujen a cab out
side and the waiting room. Her beauty, tipsy
condition anil strange proceeding drew to her
the notice of the few tired pis-engers waiting
for the trim. It was eidentdio was expecting
some one coming in from the Hast.
"When he Eastern express arrived I was
eager to e what wonld occur. A nil, very
good-looking man alighted with agnpinhis
hand, I think ho was a drummer. Tne poor
woman, with her fine clothes bedraggled
with mud, rushed up tn him. threw her arms
around his neck, and kissed hint. He putdown
his head, and probably catching the odor of
whisk nn her broth." without saying a word,
but with a scornful sweep of his arm he pnshed
her away, and turning on his heel picked up his
alise aim re entered the train. The poor, de
serted creature, now thoroughly sobered, put
both hands over her face ind bowed her head.
Uot a moan or sigh escaped her, but she stood
there as if nailed to the r pot mm not a tender
foot, but to me there was something unuttcra
bl sad in her dramatic position. I felt
that I saw before me a womin
with a broken hcirt, and no man knows the
agonvshe rnustlmc suffered oier the wreck
of ber life. 1 should not be surprised to hear
an time that she hid commlticd -mcide.
"As for the rccrcir-t lover, I watched him in
the morning when we got up to see if hehnwed
auv signs of remorse. His face was as hard as
a clam shell, and if he felt the least regret over
his brutal conduct his rather refined, but licen
tious features, neer showed it,"
KO TIMS' LOST AT HA3EISBTJB3.
Cliior Clerk Smile, or the Scmte, Thinks
the Itoad Law W on't Pass.
Kd binilov. Chief Clerk of the Senate, re
turned to Harrisburg list evening. "Even
bod is working hard at Harrishurg." he said,
"and considerable his been accomplished
already. Ihe Senato alw.is moves faster thin
the House, and keeps up with IN business,
though we will commence to-u orrow to met
at Hi o'clock instead of 11.
There are many important bills jiending.
and just now the House is wrestling with the
proposed road law. I don't believe it will be
passed. They have been tring to push through
a road bill since 1S74. I think the tix bill as
recommended will pass, unless it should be
turned down in the Senate."
KILLED BY A PLAYMATE.
Harvej Raukerd, Aged 14, liot While Tak
ing a Revolver From l"ranlc stmiUt in
Allen A enue Smith Kxonerated 1j tho
Coroner's Jury.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock jesterday after
noon a sad shooting happened in the Thirty
first ward, by which a 14-yeir-oId boy,
Harvey Bankerd, lost his life. Bankerd
and a compininn, Trank Smith, had been at
babbith school at the M. E. Church, and
weie on titer wa home along Allen aenue.
Young Eankcrd had an old 22 caliber roolver,
which he had been exhibiting and which he
consented to allow Prank Smith to hre off.
The revolver was handed to Frank Smith, who
tried to shoot it. but could not. Bankerd
reached for it, and just as he got it in his hind
the pistol went olf. Ihe bullet entered his
right eo ind penetrated the brain.
oung liankerd dropped to tho ground and
wa picked up bj Mrs. Hickenbottom and car
ried into the house, but died in a few minutes.
The bo as conscious in his last moments, and
exonerated oung rjmith from all blame, say.
ing tint he had shot himself Alter the slinoV
mg Prank Smith ran to his home Kin McClane
aetiue, and was so thoroughly worked up that
he fainted three times, and it was thought he
would die from fright. Inn lad's mother also
bee inie so agitated over tho shooting that she
had 10 be placed undera pbsician'scare.
Iisr night "squire HI ick, of the lhirtv-first
waid. who had been deputized, held an inquest.
Alter the aboe tacts bid been established a
verd'Ct of accidental death was rendered, and
Prank tsinith. who had been placed under ar
rest bv Officer Carmoilv. was exonerated lrom
anv blame, md was released from custody.
Henr Binkerd. the deid boy, resided with
Ills pireiits1 on McLl n.c avenue. Ihirtv-flrst
ward, anil his sudden death was a severe shock
to them
MORE HOSPITALS INSPECTiD.
Appropiiations Asked for ?ow SG,000,000
Larger Tlinn the Pund Available.
Representatives W. Scott Mnllins, or Hynd
inan; J. V Tlad, Easton, and II. W. Robbms,
fiovlestown, registered at the Monongahcla
House last oemng. Tnc arc members of the
Appropriation Committee, and hale been in
theXortUwestern part of the Stato inspecting
institution. They will return to Harrishurg
th s morning. The sub committee visited the
I in and Spencer hospitals at Jleadville, the
Edtnburg Normal School and looked into the
clmns ot the projected hospital at Oil Citj.
Mi. Bobbins said that the amount of nione
asked for was flSOOu.OCO. and only 3i2. COO 00j
were available, and the hrate institutions will
be provided tor first. It is apparent that some
body is going to he left.
SHUT OUT THE YOUNG MEN.
Temperance Speakers Claim the License
Court Is ot Respectable.
B. Swoger said last evening, at the meeting
of the bons of Temperance, on Ohio street,
Allegheny, that if Judge White issued 1,500
licenses he wonld be guilty of a greater crime
than an committed since the War of the
Rebellion. The other speakers, Lu Moonoy, A.
llnce, Ed Parker and W. H. Cailisle. declaied
th Lici nse ( onrt was not respectable.
The younger men, who hive taken a more
conservative Mew r the work of the Court,
were not permitted to debate the subject. One
of the speakers said if ihe wanted to talk they
wonld hai e to hire a hall to do it.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND G3.
Joseph Jeflerson will spend the week
with Dr. Dailv at his Bast End home The
doctor and the actor have been life-long friends
and ever time Mr. Jefferson comes to tho city
li stops with him. His sons will pnt up at the
Duquesne.
Mrs. George Dewrose, of Mr. "Washing
ton, left last night for Atlanta to visit her
brother, David Hunter, who is there for his
health.
Alex. Gunn and wife, of Toronto, on
their wa to Cuba, stopped at the Schlosscr
esttrday. They calleu ou friends in the E 1st
Erd.
r. L Bowman, the representative of a
South Bend wagon company, and A.F. Dexter,
a Cnicago electrician, are at the Duquesne.
"Warden John B. Berlin, of the Countv
Jail, returned esterdav from a visit to Florida.
He is pleased with tho Southern climate.
Judge Kunrels, chiet counsel for the
Pullman comp.atij, was a passenger on the
Limited last evening bound for Chicago.
Among the passengers on the limited
last evening going West were Gecrgo M. Pull
man and Fanny Davenport, the actress.
E. B. W:11, Superintendent of Motive
Power fin the Panhandle, passed through tho
city last evening ou his way West,
Z. X. Snyder, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, accompanied by Mrs.
buyder, was in the city esterdai.
Thomas C Boone, of Salem, and John
B. Conner, of Louisville, ire among the guests
at the Seventh Aacnue Hotel.
B. I". Jones and wife stirted for Cuba
aesterdn. Mr. Jones has not eDjoyed good
health for sume nine.
Rt. Rev. B.shop Haid, of the Belmont
diocese, rf. C. is visiting his brother who is ill
in l.avircncevillc.
George Shiras, Jr., returned from New
York last night. He had been attending to
legil business.
Colonel J. B. E. Streator, of Washing
ton, stopped at the Monongahcla Houso last
evening.
Sheriff Grnbb, of McKean county, "vas
visiting frionds In Pittsburg. He is genial and
popular.
Daniel Jones, of Seattle, and L. Trai
ler, of Butler, are stoppinc at tho Anderson.
A. K. McBae, ol Cleveland, is at the
Duquesne.
J. P. Witherow went East last night.
FANNED INTO FLAME.
The Tragic Death of Eva Bloch
Arouses Among the I'olcs Their
ANCIENT EKMITY FOR KDSSIASS.
Raisin?; Funds to Puisne the Man to the
inds of the Earth.
EESDIiT OF A EEBiLMOlT IX WARSAW
Thousands of persons visited the morgue
yesterday to view the remains of llva
Bloch, the handsome and aristocratic youug
Polish Mominwbo hmged herself at the
Union Depot, The crowds came so thick
and fast that it was found necessary to call
in an ollieer to keep the people moving.
They were ot all classes and conditions,
rich and poor, young and old, native and
foreign.
"With bnt one exception they expressed
sympathy for the girl whose life had come
to such a sad end. The exception consisted
of a man, two women and a strong smell of
whisky. 'When they entered the dead room,
one of the womeu made a sneering remark,
at which the two laughed profusely, and
then, turning to the man, said, "Bob, let's
hate another null at the bottle." Bob had
enough sense to tefuse, and the party left
the morgue
The Poles of the city are greatly wrought
up over the all air, and bitterly curse the
man whose desertion of the girl caused the
tragedy.
Awakened tho National Tend.
The ancient enmity between the Poles and
Russians has again been fanned into a
flame, and the unknown man's life would
not be worth much if they could find him.
They have applied to Inspector McAleese to
aid them in apprehending the man. but as he
has not broken any law on tho statute books,
the Inspector is unable to assist them.
The story told b John Jankuski, a native of
Warsaw, but now living on Twentv-eighth
street, leads the Poles ot this city to consider
this affair hut another incident in the long
chapter 01 indiciums inflicted upon the help
less Poles by the tools of the Czar. Eva Bloch's
father, according to Jenkuskl, who knows him
well, was ten eais ago the chief magistrate of
"Warsaw. His fund consisted of Eva. two
younger daughters and a son, his wife being
dead. The old gentleman was highly respected
as a wise and moderate ruler, and was univer
sally loved b his people.
Result of a Rebellion.
About six jears ago the citizens of Warsaw
were oppressed b additional taxation imposed
by Russia. The I'olcs are not a very patient
people, and the citizens rebelled. The Czar
Droinntlv sent a strong force to Warsaw Eva's
father was deposed lrom ofhee and the city
placed under militiry control. For a wonder
the old magistrate suffered no loss beyond that
of his office He had counseled his people to
su'unit to the demands of Rubia and
had tiken no part in Mo insurrection. The
niheers on dntv in a Polish town always con
sider themselves entitled to whatever strikes
their fancy, whether weilth, women or wine,
and do not hesitate to appropriate anything
thev desire. This example is generally tol
lowed by the Russian attaches to the niilitar
court ,
It is believed that the m?n who deserted Eva
in this city was not an officer, as he declared,
hut a sou of one of the Russian officials at
Warsaw. He took a fancy tu the girl, and
with or without her consent carried her olf.
'that he mif-thate had the assistance of the
Russian officials Is evident, as otherwise he
could not have secured passports to enable him
and tne girl to leave tne country.
n ill Pursue nim to Russia.
The Poles of Pittsburg have taken this view
of the case and believe furthermore that the
man had robbed the girl of money she had with
her. They assert tho prob ibility of the girl at
the instigition of the Russian having robbed
the father, and alread cliini that tho sum
amounted to about S2.O00. They also sa tha
twice before have somewhat similar cases
come to light ii- Pittsburg, but never before
did the deceived woman end her troubles in
such a tragic iniuner.
1 esterda afternoon a meeting of the con
gregation of St. Stanislaus Church was held,
at which a committee was appointed to raise
funds to run down and punisn the man who
caused the death of their country-woman.
The declare thev will carry the cise to the
highest tribunal in Russia, even to tho Czar
himself, to obtain justice for the dead girl.
'1 his committee will alsc take charge of the
funeral, which will take place it St, Mary's
Cemetcr onTuesda;, unless different instruc
tions come in the meantime lrom the girl's
latuer in Warsaw.
IMMERSED IN THE RIVERS.
Both the Allegheii and Monongahela
Wliarcs tho Scene of Baptisms Yester
day Washed in ths Water for Hours
Thousands of People Witness the Cere
monies. Twenty-three colored people were baptized
in the Allegheny river at the foot of Thir
tieth street yesterday afternoon. Tney were
members of the "Band of IJope," a small
colored Baptist church of Lvvrenceviile.
Rev. Thomas Given performed the ceremonv,
which commenced at 1 o'clock and continued
until after 2. Nearly 3 000 people wie attracted
to 'he river bank to witness the immersion.
Fearing that trouble of some kind might
arise tho members of the band had several
extra police near. Ihere was. however, little
need ot their presence for although one man
siarted to sing an ana relative to Mr. McGlnty,
he promptly desisted when cautioned by tho
police. A number of remarks about cold
water were made, but as a rule the large crowd
acted ver oiderl and tho baptism was com
pleted without interference or annoance.
Another baptism took place esterday. but
the scene was at the Monongahela wharf near
the old Baltimore and Ohio depot, and
was held between 8 and 10 o'clock in the
morning. Ihoso who were immersed were 42
members of tho Jibenczer Colored Baptist
Church, and the labor devolred alone on liev
J. H. Pryor, who w.s in tho water all the time
Josi pu .Smith, the colored janitor of the I hu
ts sixth ward police station, was the first tn be
placed under water, and the work of lifting
him un again was not easy, as Smith stands
b feet 4 inches high, and is heav in proportion.
As in the h.ptism at Liwreneevllle, a large
crowd was present but quito orderly. Among
those present were Rev. W. W. Collet, an
African missionary with Rev. V-llllam Trov,
and Rev. W. J. Phillips, of Richmond. Va,
but they did not take part In tho proceedings.
THREE MISHAPS YESTERDAY.
A Man's Politeness Costs Him a Broken
Ankle; a. Boj Burnt.
An Allegheny man stepped off the sidewalk
to allow ladies to pass and broke his ankle;
a fall into a ecll.tr and a child burnt about the
head were the accidents of tho day, as fol
lows: Sllf A. 3-year-old son of Joseph Self, of
Wylie avenue, was burned cstcrday afternoon
uy his clotbes catching tire from some matches
he was pla) nig with. Officer Dunn enveloped
him in a carpet and saved his life. He will re
cover. riTZGL.lt 4.L1) Harry Fitzgerald, of 36 An
derson street. Allegheii. fractured Ins leg at
the ankle yesterday afternoon by stepping into
the gutter to allow a couplo of ladies to pass
him. He was attended at the hospital.
Blxder George Bender last night fell into
the cell ir ot Wilson, Saydcr it Co.'s new build
ing, on Second avenue, near Try street, and
Mistamed painful injuries He was taken to
the Homeopathic Husultal in the patrol wagon.
Too Much Caiidj at u Wedding.
Tho Italians in Jones' court, off Tunnel
street, became so jojous over the "working
off," as Dickens has it, of ouo of thei." number,
that thej held a small carnival jesteruaj. in
which candi and crowds of small bos were
prominent Ihe tenuities became so Uois.er
ous that the police had to interfcic.
Gaining on a W md and i .iter Diet.
Elmer Collins tho faster, had a good rest yes
terday, and eujojed himself so much as to gain
half a pound on his diet of water and wind.
The examination at 11 a. JI. showfcdTiis weight
to be 127 pounds, pulse hi, respiration 18. tem
perature Ssli. He spent ue.irlj the whole day
in bed and writing letters.
IIEth KSTATE. I!SUKs'CE.
Macr Gallinger,
Yodcr law building, corner Fifth and Wylie
avenues. Telephone, 1707. Take elevator.
SPECIAL TO LEX LD5TS TO-DAT,
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BURNED TO THE GROUND.
Total Destruction of tho Shite Lick Presliy
terian Church Yesterday Morning Nat.
ural Gas Blamed for tho Loss of a Neat
Place of Worship.
Wheh the members of the Presbyterian
congregation at Slate Lick, near Freeport,
went to church yesterday morning they
found their place ot worship in ashes. It
had been burned early in me moruuiK,
natnral gas beiDg the cause. The church
was a large brick building, about 45 by Co feet
in dimensions, with a basement and main audi
torium. It is now a total wreck, and the loss
will be from 15,000 to J20.000. Slate Lick is tho
center of a healthy farming community about
midway between Treeport and KUtanning. A
gas line which supplies the Ford tip Glass
Works with fuel from the Butler count fields
runs through the place, and the church was
supplied with gas through the generosity of
Captain J. B. Ford. ,
About 4.30 o'clock vesterday morning Br. J.
C. McKee, who lives"opposite tho church, dis
covered flames issuing trom the windows of tho
hllllfhnn. nnil trivn tl, ,l,tni. In a SllOrttlme
nearly the entire population of the villige wis
on the scene, hut nothine could be done to save
the property. In two hours the building was
destroyed.
The loss is a severe blow to the comuiunlU, as
there was only S2.000 insurance on the propert.
The church was in excellent repair, haying
been remodeled and refurnished about three
yeirsagoat conslaerable expense, and was a
comnaratiielynew structure. It stood on an
elevation overIooung;Lower Slate Lick. On
My 6, 1875. the church was blown donubya
wind storm, the loss at that tune being heavy.
A member of the congregation csterday
told tho following concerning the lire: "It was
caused 0 natural gas. It was customary for
the jimtor to light the Are Saturday nights,
and turn the gas low over night It is snuposed
when the glass works were shut down the
pressure, which is at all times er heavy, be
came SO atfomrn to in-nlto the building. IN o
ui imc is attached to tuoianitor, noweyer. ;is n
has alras taken great care to avoid accidents.
When Captain Ford made the proposition to
giie our congregation free fuel, some of our
members were feirful that the church would
he destroyed, but tho majority of the people
favored the scheme on account of Its conven
ience." Future plans, of course, have not been deter
mined upon. The congregation includes a few
of the oldest and most prominent citizens of
Armstrong count, notabl William Rea, John
Graham and James Brown. Ills thought work
will soou be commenced to rebuild.
Tho last scruiou delivered 111 the church bv
the pastor. Rev. J. P. Calhoun, was to the
American Mech line", of Slate Lick, on Sun
day, March L Yesterday morning tho regular
church services had to be dispensed with, but
those of last night wero held in the public
schoolhouse. The United Presbyterian con
gregation has offered the use of its church un
til a new building is erected
The Slate Lick Fresh terian congregation is
the oldest in the county, having been organ
ized about 1798. It has had a number of prom
inent past irs, among others. Rev. John II.
Aligner, now of Chariton, Ii.: Rev. J. C. Mc
Cracken, now of Markle, Pa., and Rev. B. F
Bovle, brother of Re. T. N. Boyle, of Brad
dock, now located in the West
A TRIP TO GERMANY SPOILED.
Louis Tliielig Arrested at the Depot When
About to Start for the Fatherland
Charged With Riot and Felonious Shoot
ing His Wife Hits the Prosecutor.
A dramatic arrest occurred at the Union
depot last evening. Louis Thielig, a bar
tender for John Thonia, on Liberty street,
was about to start for Germany for the bene
fit of his health. He is accused of felonious
shooting and riot bv John Cabill, of Bloomfleld.
A hearingwill be heldatMagistrateMcKenna's
office next Tuesday
Cahill beard during the day that Thielig in
tended to leave for Germany in the evening.
He was on hand early at the depot, nervous
ana resuess, 10 watcu lor ins coming, xnieng,
accompanied by his wife and a party of friends,
arrived about 7.30. and, just as he bad bade his
companions goodltv and kissed his wife, he
was arresteu bv Officer Moran as he was going
through the gate.
' You won't arrest my husband," Mrs. Thielig
shouted, and catching a ghmpe of Uabill, who
had pointed out Thielig to tho officer, she
struck hun in the face. Being a powerful
woman. Cabill was getting tho worst of it,
when Depot Officer Grady interfered and
stopped the circus. The woman wept
bitterly as her husband was led out
of the depot Ho was taken to
the Central station, and short! afterward
was bailed out by his emplocr. In the evcite
meat Thielig lore up his ticket to JNew YorK,
and ne woudercdif his money would bo re
funded. A free row, with shooting, occurred on
Ssiota street near M-tiicta, one night last
week. Two or three shots .1 ere fired at Cahill,
and he charges in his iuforiaations before Mig
istrate MeKenna, that Ihie'ig did tho shoot
ing. Fred Schauta and t. w three o'hers
who are alleged to have been in . party aro
charged with riot. Cahill vows ho will enter
further charges to-day.
THE CAUCUS Will. DECIDE.
Lively Times Expected at the Flection for
Heads of Departments.
The battle iojal for beads of departments
will he commenced at 2 SO this afternoon in
Common Council chamber, Allegheny. The
caucus will be held at that time, and it will
virtually bo the election. The fact of a secret
ballot has thiown all the politicians at sea on
the tight for the chiefs of safety and charities,
where the big tights are expected. Chief
Murphy is supposed to lead among the candi
dates for the safety department. A". J Mc
Don.alu is the acknowledged candidate of the
Committee of Fiftv for that position.
Tho candidates for Chief of Public Safety
are John R. Murphy, R. T. Pearson.
Georgo W. hnaman. Thomas Brown and
Willi im J. McDonald. For Public
Works, Edward Armstrong is believed to ho an
easy winner. Charles Khlers. Samuel Watson
and N. H. Voegtley are the other candidates.
Major W. P. Hunker. Barton Gubbs. James
Bradlev. C. W. J. Gill are contestants for the
nead ot the Charities Department, James W.
Benny will try to make alight with Librarian
htevenson for the head of the library depart
ment. As for the fight for Chairman of Common
Council which takes place ou tho first Monday
of April, it now looks as thuugh Thomas A.
Parko would enter the field without a rival.
Ho now has 32 written pledges U. Ii. Stauffer
officially announced his withdrawal from tho
fight last night. Mr. Gerwig is the only other
candidate.
AFTEE MONEY AND A GIEL.
A Negro Breaks Into a House and Attempts
to Carry Off the Daughter.
A burly negro entered the house of G. W
Nunnery in Park Valley place by prying open
one of the windows early jesterday morning,
and tried to kidnap the daughter. The colored
man iound his wi into .Mr. Nunnery's roora
first and took 15 cents and a plug ol tobacco
from the pockets of his trousers Entering
the girl's sleeping apartment he grabbed her
by tho throat and tried to pull her towatd the
stairs Her screams frightened the brute, and
he skipped. .
He was about six feet high and strongly
built. The police are looking for the rascal.
SMALL SCEAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.
The scholars of the Chinese Bible school of
the rnnrth Avenue Baptist Church will give a
New Year supper and entertainment this even
ing in the lecture mom ot the church. An in
teresting programme has been arranged.
An alarm from box 252, at about 8 20 last
night, was caused by a lamp exploding in the
parlor of James Reed, on Stcrrett street, near
Lincoln acnuc. The damage done to the fur
niture will amount to about 50
In order to keep a watch on the First ward
speak-easies yesterday a policeman was placod
wherever one of these places was supposed to
be. As a result no liquor was sold there yester
dav, and the plan will bo kept up.
A small fire occurred at the works of
Philip Weinberger it Co., yesterday morning,
occasioned bj some oil taking fire in two vats.
A slight ilro at the residence of B. r. Ben
bow, 210S Sarah street, last evening, was ex
tinguished before the department arrived.
Tnrcnew Pittsburg and Castle Shannon in
clined plane is in running order once more,
after a lay off of four months for repairs.
PICKED UP BY THE POLICE.
Josfph Lutz was arrested by Officer Geddis,
at anadysido yesterday, and placed iu the
Nineteenth ward station, as a suspicious
character. Lutz is alleged to have tolensome
harners from John Scanlaus' stable.
Wilmam GAIVilf and Alexander Maj berry
were arrested yesterday for trying to break
into a freight car at Twenty-eighth street.
Martin FAnr-Eix, of Arthnr street, jeiter
dav reported to the police that David Drones
bad ronbed hun ot $300.
Ben Hakcoubt. of Cincinnati, was arrested
In Rea & Co.'s pork house yesterday as a sus
picious character.
James D. Eastly was placed in the Eleventh
ward station house last night, charged with
beating his wife.
BATES CANNOT EISE.
Employers in the Unildins Trades
Hold That to Increase Wages
WILL LOSE TflKM MOKE CONTRACTS
Outside Contiactors Got More Than Their
Share of the Work,
BECAUSE THEI CONTROL CHEAP LABOR
A good many people in Pittsburg nre
curious to know why the construction of the
larger proportion of new erections is
awarded to outside architects and contrac
tors, to the detriment of home talent and en
terprise, and, in a greit measure, to the loss
of native artisans. The newest building of
any size just commenced is C. L. Davis'
theater, on Siith street, and in this case the
architects are from Indiana and
the contractors from Philadelphia. With
out stopping to inquire into reasons,
it will be pertinent to point out that a
strong connection exists between this gen
eral employment on Pittsburg work of out
side contractors and workmen, and the de
mands of the carpenters rather a section of
that body for eight hours' work at nine
hours' pay.
Local contractors are wont to urge, when
asked why they allow so much work to slip
through their fingers, that they cannot com
pete with builders from other cities, because
the difference in wages is so much in favor
of (he latter. This is the reason why Henry
Sbenk, of Erie as one example of an out
side contractor is so successful in obtain
ing Pittsburg contracts.
Building by Outside Contractors.
Mr. Shenk is now building the Telephone
Exchange ou Seventh avenue, and among
the larger erections constructed by him are
the Duquesne Club House, the Anderson Ho
tel, the Lewis block and tho Y. M. C. A. build
ing, besides many private residences in the East
End, such as Colonel Schooamaker's, 'Ihe men
employed in the rough construction on these
works wore paid local wages, as a general rule,
though very frequently men were imported
and placed at work at lower rates than obtained
here. But the advantage of tho outside
contractor began after the root had
Dcen put on. The carpentry and joining
and line fittings were made at Erie, and bv
workmen who were paid from 25 cents to 75
cents a day less than Pittsburg rates. I urther,
the lumber and stonework were shipped from
Erie and landed here at less cost than
similar material could bo purchased in this
maikst, because they were wrought bj men at
low wages
The trade Is familiar with the fact that con
tractors from Washington, Beaver Falls and
neighboring towns find a good deal of business
in the city and suburbs, and that they use local
material and workers which are cheaper than
similar stuff here in tho execution of their
work.
As already stated, the principal reason
against the concession of higher wages to the
carpenters is found in tho foregoing. Con
tractors declare that to grant any increase in
wages wilt result iu their losing still ruorcof
the trade than is now passing them bv. and they
are, for once, united 111 a determination to re
sist all attempts in this direction. Members of
the building trades recognize that to grant the
carpenters their demand for eight hours at
present wages would he only holding out an
inducement to the plasterers to make similar
demands, with some fair show of logic, when
preparing their scale next August, If one
should get eight hours there is no reason why
another trade should not, if it could, and sucn
concessions this year would be surely followed
by a general eight hour demand by the rest of
the building trade next spring.
Tho Argument of Employers.
Prices paid workers in the various trades
here, the employes urge, aro already as high as
they can go and leave them any competing
chance with outsiders, and to increase rates
would be tantamount to going out of business.
There is another view which employers take
of the eight hour demand. They aro opuosed
to it on account of its Incidental cost. The re
duction in hours would necessitite the employ
ment pf additional help, and accommodation
for increased number of employes must he
f ound b enlarging shops anil furnishing addi
tional machiner. Incidentally would follow
additional clerk biro and increased rentals for
larger premises. So that, urge eroplojcrs, tho
concession of eight hours for nine hours' work
is not alone a question of higher wages but in
volves increased expenditures which there is
no probahilitof recovering
The manner in which the employers hope to
settle the difficulty is by fixing the scale of
wages in each trade at so much an hour, and
then allowing those who consider eight hours a
day's work to labor that nenod. The feeling
f the trade generally over theconntryis that
this is the bestwa) to solvo the difficulty, and
the Builders' Exchange have all adopted and
intend to urge tho adoption of the S stem on
their men.
It is no secret that the majority of the car
penters are opposed to the cigLt-hour plan
sought to be made an issue by the radical wing
among them. Tho officials hare receiied in
structions lrom headquarters to push the ques
tion at all hazards, and even to acecpt eight
hours at eight hours' pa, rather than fail to
carry tho point of the shorter day. The senti
ment ot the majority is opposed to this plan,
and is in favor of obtaining the most money for
ada's work. They are content to worn nine
hoars, and it is believed that they will prove too
strong for the radical element.
A Circular to Fcderationallsts.
President Gompers. of the American Federa
tion of Labor, has issued a circular asking
members and their friends to refrain from pnr-
hasinc Clark's O. N. T. cotton because of a
difficulty at the company's mills, where the
euiplojcshave struck.
FEAES OF FOUL PLAY.
An Alleghenlan MKsIng From Home, With
Plenty of Money,
The family of William Humphrey, the well
known roll turner, of Allegheny, are in great
distress oaer his mjsterious disappearance.
They reported to the police last night that he
bad left borne Saturday evening, and had not
returned, and although thev looked for blm all
over the two citie, could find no trace ot him
later than 8 o'clock Saturday night, when ho
was seen at the postoffice in this city.
Mr. Humphrey is not a drinking man. keeps
good hours, and usually carries considerable
money. He also carrlos a valuable gold natch
and wears a largo diamond ring andi badge of
the Veterau Legion. He was dressed inafin
daik suit, dark brown overcoit and black
dcrln hat. He is of medium size and height,
smooth face, and the little finger of his left
hand is deformed and bent outward. His home
is 2b5 Robinson street, Allegheny.
WANTS TO FIND HER BOY.
A Mother Looking for Her Son Whom She
Lost Nineteen Tears Ago
Mrs. McCann, who lives at No. 7 Sixth street,
called at Central station yesterdaj to secare
the assistance of the police in hunting up her
20-year-old son, John Morrison, whom she has
not seen since be was a car ami a half old.
She lived at Wheeling then, and gave the bov
baby to a German family to raise.
He ran away front his foster parents about
six years ago, and went to work on the river.
About a year ago he visited an aunt who lived
in Allegheny, looking for his mother. She
came here recently, and is now curious, she
says, to sec what sort of a looking man her son
has grown to be.
William Hague's Sudden Death.
William Hague, aged 45 years, a boarder at
tho hotel of John Hazel, No. 71 Third avenue,
died suddenly last night at 6 15 Hague had
complained of feeling ill Saturday and went to
bed short! hefere be died. A man in an ad
joining room heard him groaning and sent for
a doctor but when the physician arrived H2guc
was deid. The body was taken to the morgue
and the case will be investigated to-da.
Looking for His P.ithcr-ln-Law.
G&rge Bollird, of 517d Butler Hreet, called
at Central station jesterday and notified the
police that ills fathcr-in law. Andrew Barth.
-had wandered away from his home, at No.
3710 Charlotte sireet, ana nas not Dcen seen
since Ust Friday morning. The missing man is
demented and over 71 years of age.
Assaulted While on His Car.
Conductor Charles Gllle, on Citizens' Trac
tion car 103, wis knocked clear oft hi car at
Thirtieth street last night by a big German
who refused to give hi name when arrested.
Gllle was uotseriouslv injured.
Use O'Keefe's "O'K" Shoe Blacking.
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DON'T FEAR THE LAW.
Ifoarings at the Police-Stations Yesterday
Developed Numerous Drunks and Disor
derlies A Colored Danco House Raided
Allegheny People Before the Bar.
Yesterday's hearings in the two cities de
veloped the nsnal array of men who, rather
than look upon the wine when it is red, pnt
it from sight, and feeling somewhat ex
hilarated needed police protection. They
got it, too, and quite a bnnch of them will
take an early train for a spacious hotel on
the hanks of the beantifnl Allegheny. It will
be from 10 to HO days before the majority of
them will secreto any more liattid refresh
ments about their persons.
A Short Vacation From Dancing.
At the hearing before Magistrate Gnpp there
appeared J3 men and 4 women who were taken
in in a raid on a colored dance hall kept by
Frank Washington, on Wadsworth street,
Saturday midnight. A big fight occurred at
tho place and it was raided. Tho proprietor
got SO days, in default of $25 fine. 15 men were
sem ten days to jail and the others were fined
S3 and costs each.
The List Shown at Central.
At the Central station hearings, John Dob
bins got 30 days in the worklionse for drunk
and disorderly, :and Manx Taylor took the
same prescription for fighting with an emplove
of the Central Traction Company at tho Wylio
avenue power honse. Eleven drunks and four
disorderlies took light doses.
H w
Three Months to Stay Sober.
At the Seventeenth ward station hearings,
William Updcgraff was given a three-month
leave of absence on a habitual drunk charge.
William Stoop was held for court on a charge
of surety of the peace. John Earney was sent
to the worklionse 60 days on a charge ol kcep
ine a disorderly house. Fourteen cases were
disposed of.
Magistrate Hyndman's Findings.
Magistrate Hyndman disposed of nine cases
at the Nineteenth ward station. John J. Rico
was fined S10 and costs for keeping a poker
room, and ihrce visitors to the place paid 53
and costs each at the Fourteenth ward station.
Ihe Magistrate committed Trank Dunn and
James Dole to jail for court on a clnrgeof
entering a building to commit a felony.
X If
Zidrge Number or Plain Cases.
At the Tw elf th ward station Magistrate Me
Kenna disposed of 38 cases yesterday morning.
J. Belinsky and John Rudy were each fined Si)
and costs for fighting. Tho others wero ordi.
nary cases.
Sonthsidcrs Before the Bar.
Magistrate Succop disposed of fonr cases at
the Thirty sixth ward station. Samuel Sem
ple, charged with swindling West End people
in produce transactions, was fined ?o0 and
costs. MikePryer and Edward O'Neal were
fined $15 and costs for raising a fight. There
mere 25 cases for Magistrate Su coo at fce
Twenty.eighth ward station. John Drescoll
was sent to the workhouse for 30 days for at
tempting to steal a livcrv stable goat, P. F.
McGovern and three companions were fined
$10 and costs each for disorderly conduct,
James Sheridan was held for a hearing on a
charge of keeping a disorderly houe, and
three visitors were lined $5 and costs each.
Before A Hegheny's Tribunal
Shortly after 3 o'ctocks yesterday morning
Officers Mcliitjre ana Thompson raided the
house at 220 Lacock street, Allegheny. Ihe
people taken wtro John Grant, C. W. Kinney,
J. II. Houston. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Miller. All but Mr. and Mrs. Miller
were sentenced 30 days to the workhouse. They
will hive a hearing to-day
There were only 15 cases heard bv Mayor
Wyman yesterdav. Pat Carroll abused his
wife on McClnre avenue and was retired from
society for 30 days.
MARY KYLE WASTED TO DIE.
She Tries to Drink Laudanum In the
Presence of an Officer.
About 11 o'clock last night as Officer Sparco
was patrolling Market street, a well-dressed
young woman ran up tn him at the corner of
Fouttb avenue and. producing an ounce phial
full of laudanum, tragically exclaimed: "Here
It goes! Here's an end to liimf Then drawing
the cert from tho bottle sho attempted to
swallow the contents, fepargo was too quick,
however, and seized the bottle before she nad
more than tasted it, Ihe girl began to cry and
begged to be let go, saying she had too much
trouble for one woman to hear and thought tho
quickest way out of it the best wav. The
officer feared she might make a more succes-ful
attempt on her life if let go. so he called tho
patrol wagon and sent her tn Central station.
On the wav up. tho girl said she had been fool
ing and Jul not intend to suicide. At Central
station she gave hernameasMan Kyle, 23 years
of age and said she lived with A. Fink, at 307
Ferry street, where she had been emnloed for
two years as a domestic. She would give no
further information about herself.
A call was made upon A. Tink at the number
given, but he denied all knowledge of the girl
and said he had never heard of such a person.
"WITH AN ABMFUL OF DEESSE8.
James McCarty Raises a Collection In the
Early Morning.
Early yesterday morning James McCarty was
arrested by Officer Gallant while in the act of
robbing the rooms occupied by Mrs. Lizzie
Dochs, in the rear of Mellon's Bank, on Smith
field street. McCartv had an armful of women's
dresses and other wearing apparel, table linen,
towels, etc., and was discovered by Mrs. Dochs,
who gave the alarm.
At tho heinng yesterday morning beforo
Magistrate Gripp, Mr. Dochs identified the
stolen goods, and McCarty was held for court
on a charge of entering a building with intent
to commit a felony.
Not a Victim In the Lockap.
Dp to midnight last night not a singlo Sun
day arrest wis made in Allegheny. With the
exception of a remnant of the Saturday night
sinners tho cells were deserted. This state of
affiirs has not existed in Allegheny for a num
ber of years.
COLUMBUS SENSATION.
LEGISLATOBS BEING SHADOWED BY F0B
EIGN DETECTIVES.
A Flan Said to navo Ileen Laid to Entrap
Suspected Members With Bribery Money
in their Pockets Mysterious Episode in
a Hotel Boom,
ISPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCn.I
ColttmbuS, O,, March 8. For several
days rumors have been floating about to the
effect that foreign detectives were here, pre
sumably in connection with the Elliott
murder. Yesterday afternoon one of tho de
tectives endeatored to induce Special Con
stable Johns to arrest a man in the act of
committing a felony. The detective was
mysterious, refusing to give the constable
any reason for the arrest, only stating that
the opportunity would be offered in the
Neil House lobby.
To-day's developments leave no doubt as
to the secret of the mysterious movements of
the detectives. Last Friday W. G. Maurice,
a stranger,registered at the Americin Hotel,
locating uimselt as a rcsideut of Columbus.
He left the city yesterday, and it now de
velops that he was a Pinkerton detective.
At his request he was assigned to room 89,
on the second floor, which is immediately
over room 113, on the first floor. The 1 itter
room is occupied by Representative McClure,
ofPutnan county, and after the detective
left it was found that a hole had been cut in
the floor of 89, so thit it was easy to hear
all that transpired below.
Reports arc to tho effect that several mem
bers of the General Assembly have been
shadowed, and that a trap was laid to citch
one of them. The plan was to provide i
mirked bills, hand the money over and im
mediately thereafter have the member ar
rested, searched and the money found,
A l'EATUKE
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Thursdays in, this paper, contributed by
leading ageocies. in both cities and the East
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LOCATED THE HEIR.
Christian Uoffarth Working as a
Bar-bar in Cleveland.
FRIENDS HAVE STARTED FOR HIM.
Nnmerons Adventurers Try to Make Money
Oat of the Esjate.
HIGH PKICB ASKED FOR INFORMATION
Christian Hoffarth, the missing heir, has
been located. He was seen by a riend two
weeks ngo, in Cleveland, where he is work
ing at the trade of barber, and at 12.05 this
morning- his brother, John Hoffarth, Jr.,
and uncle, L. J. Samps, left for that city to
bring him back, that the whole business
may be settled np at once.
It was through the article which appeared
in Tni: Dispatch Friday morning that the
whereabouts of the young man became
known. By 9 o'clock on that morning every
body in Millvale and in the vicinity of I5ut
ler street knew of the good fortune of the
Kamps heirs, and congratulations were
poured in on them all the morning. Any
number of people were willing to start out
at once to bring back the runaway for a
money consideration. They knew right
where to get him, but it wonld of course re
quire money to bring him back. Had the
youin s mends listened to the advice so
freely given they might have spent a good
share of their fortune before seeing it them
selves. However, they remained quiet and
waited for The Dispatch account to send
in the right party.
Wanted the Fortune Divided.
Yesterday morning Frank Callihan. a young
man who was for a long time employed In
Cleveland, and who knew young Hoffarth,
called on the latter's father, and stated that be
had returned from Cleveland about two weeks
ago. For the very modest sum of $500 he was
willing to produce the boy who can secure for
his friends a fortune. He wis refused th it
amount, and very graciously reduced Ins
hnroi. He was very anxious for the heirs to
get their money, but thought he ought to get a
"diMde" out of It.
Ry a little strategy Callihan was at last in
duced to tell his stor. While in Cleveland he
often met j oung Hoffortb, as they were quite
good friends. The latter was working at his
trade, barbering which ue learned in his
tamer's shop. Two weeks ago he was working
in a noiei tonsoriai parlor, and'as uaiunin was
coining to Pittsburg he went around to sen if
Hoffarth had any word t send home. Hoffarth
told him no; to say anything about having seen
him, as he was not anxious for his fatLerto
know where be was. However, assoonashe
read the report of the fortune which appeared
in Tuf. Dispatch, he decided to try his band
at a little speculation.
Expect to" Bring the Roy Back.
Fearing that by some means young Hoffarth
would learn bis friends were after hi 111, and,
not knowing the cause, go further away, they
decided to leave for Cleveland at once. There
is even jet a chance that some of the specu
lators who failed to win on the case have com
municated with him and sent him further
away, but his friends hope to return with him
in a few cla- at furthest.
It is peculiar how many runaway boys there
are in the world who answer to the description
of Christian Hoffarth. One was seen in Chicago,
another in Cincinnati, a third in Philadelphia,
and still others in some half a dozln other
places in the world. Ihe friends of the vonth
believe he Is in Cleveland, as the mostauthentie
report came from that city. The wide circula
tion given the story of the inheritance turned a
large number of adventurers onto the family.
A number of letters were received from alleged
detectives, lawyers and others who are anxious
to take the case and secure the missing heir
and the money.
bETEN NEW SHADES.
SC 30 Will Boy One To-Day.
Take notice that we will sell to-day a sden
did lot of men's spring overcoats, seven
shades, for $6 30 each. They are made from
cassimeres, worsteds, and plain black chev
iots are also in the lot all sizes, silk-faced
or'plain. ..
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Diamond streets, opposite the Court House.
Houso Hunters
Will find excellent lists of houses for rent in
The Dispatch this morning. Mondays and
Thursdays are special rent days.
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Accustomed as are our patrons to
finding here- each season "the
world's best," we believe we have
never shown so uniformly hand
some and desirable collections as
now.
The popular textures, Cheviots,
Camel's Hairs, Tweeds and Home
spuns, we show in exceptionally
attractive assortments, novel new
designs, Mottled, Flecked, Diago
nal and large spots in the long
Camel's Hair or Boucle effects, all
the leading colors, including the
warm tinted Grays, Browns, Mignon
ette Greens, etc
Plaids, Stripes and Checks, also
in Cheviot and Homespun Fabrics,
in great variety of new styles and
colors.
Of Serges, both of French and
English makes, our lines range in
price from $1 to $2 a yard, are ex
cellent values and complete in color
assortment.
We direct special attention to our
new importations of
GRENADINES.
Elegant assortment in All-Black, of
Plains, Stripes, Brocades and Spots,
in Black with Colored Stripes and
Black with figures of Brochc, Dres
den and Pompadour colorings.
Cor. Fifth Av. and Market St
N. B. Black Goods Our new
assortments of Spring and Summer
Styles and Fabrics opened this
week.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Pittsburg, Pa.,
Monday, March 9, 1331
JDS. HDRNE I CD. 'a
PENN AVE. STORES.
A GRAM DISPLAI
OF
LACE CURTAINS.
OUR COMPLETE
SPRING IMPORTATIONS.
Thousands of pairs and hundreds
of styles, all prices and all quali
ties. Largest and most comprehensive
display we have ever made. The
scope of designs and range of
prices the most extensive offered in
any stock in these cities.
NOTTINGHAMS.
A special value in a Nottingham
Curtain, full 9 feet in length, choice
patterns, at 90c a pair.
Ten excellent styles of Notting
ham Curtains, 9 feet long, at $1 a
pair.
Six styles of Nottingham Cur
tains, 9 feet long, white and ecru,
extra value, at $1 25 a pair.
Seven styles, very beautiful, all
new, choicest patterns, to be had at
the price, 9 and 10 feet long, 50
inches wide, white and ecru, at
$ 1 50 a pair.
Five styles, new and very choice,
10 1-2 feet long, 54 inches wide,
white and ecru, at $2 a pair.
Six excellent styles, entirely new,
full 10 1-2 feet long, 54 inches
wide, white and ecru, at $2 50 a
pair.
Fine styles, very select and
beautiful, all entirely new, 10 1-2
and 12 feet long, 54 to 72 inches
wide, at $3 a pair.
Eight styles, entirely new and
effective designs, 10 1-2 and 12 feet
long, all widths, at $3 50 a pair.
Scores of styles in the finer grades
of Nottmghams, up to Sio a pair,
in the choicest new styles produced,
embracing conventional figures, Re
naissance effects, the dainty web
effects of the real, handsome Brus
sels Pointes, Irish Pointes and of
all the high grades of Lace Cur
tains. The skill in imitation shown
in our Nottinghams is marvelous.
Also effective patterns in the old
fashioned heavy double thread Guy
pure weave, excellent for wear, at
$3, $4, $5, $6 and $7 pair.
IRISH POINTES.
An extraordinary value in real
Irish Pointe Curtain, 2 very choice
patterns, full 10 1-2 feet long, at
j?4 50 a pair. The best Irish Pointe
ever sold in any curtain depart
ment or the price.
Thirty-eight distinct styles of
Real St Gaul Irish Pointes, be
tween the prices of $5 and S25 a
pair, in the richest and handsomest
designs. The best values we have
ever offered.
Seven elegant styles of the new
CASABAN CURTAINS,
Made from Egyptian cotton, giving
a rich, dark ecru effect, a novelty
10, Sir, $11 5 5x3 50 and S16 50
a pair. Sash Curtains to match.
BRUSSELS POINTES.
17 distinct styles of real Brussels,
more than ordinary values, ex
tremely beautiful, new patterns,
from $18 a pair and upward.
A very choice assortment of
new pattern? in
CLUNY CURTAINS,
10 1-2 and 12" feet in length, from
S5 a pair to $16.
REAL RENAISSANCE
Lace Curtains, in a very select
assortment of new and elegant pat
terns, the finest goods made, French
manufacture, ranging in prices
from S15 up to the highest grades
produced.
Sash Curtains made, or to be
made to order, in all matprials, Em
broidered Muslins, Madrasses,
Swisses, Tamboured Laces, Hem
stitched Embroidered Muslins, Irish
P.ointes, Embroidered Gauze-Leno3,
Clunys.
Another time for Upholstering.
This department will brighten
and beautify your homes in the
most tasteful or the most elegant
manner at the least cost.
JDS. HDRNE I CD.,
609-621 PENN AVENUE.
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