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THE 'PHTISBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY, .MAY 18, 189t:I
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SPIRE OIL GUSHERS.
Some Old Time Wells That Were
Located by Spiritualists.
OPENING OT OF PLEASANTVILLE.
The Uncanny Way in Which That Prolific
Pool Was Found.
A F0ETEM1 TAKEN OUT OF THIS FIELD
tcoimusroNDEsci: or the dispatch.
New Yokk, May 17. 'Teople may sneer
all they want to shout 'spirit influence,' "
said William B. Gordon, now with the
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Com
pany, "but I know of my own personal
knowledge that one of the best pools in the
Pennsylvania oil regions was discovered
' and opened up by a spiritualist
"If he didn't get his information from the
spirits, there was no lack of evidence that
he did. Every one acquainted with the
facts at the time believed implicitly that
this man was aided by the spirits. I be
lieved it myself at the time, and although I
have seen considerable since to shake my
faith in this spirit business, yet I am not
prepared to say that there was any fraud
practiced on this occasion.
A Curious Incident.
It was over onr coffee that I asked 3Ir.
Gordon to relate this incident, as it piomised
to be of interest to Dispatch readers.
"The well I refer to," said Mr. Gordon,
"was on the Porter farm, and it opened np
the l'leasautville field in Venango county.
The Pleasant ville pool, as oil people remeni- J
ber. came in after Pitholc, and was quite as
prolific m ithont the excitement. I was pros
pectinp through that country then myself,
and drilled a few wclLs fliat were not entirc
lv failures.
""It was in 1SC8. There was a
genilcnian in the oil country at that
time, a Mr. James, who had some fame as a
tpiritualiht, and was in demand to locate
wells by 'spirit influence' A good many
people "who didn't believe in spiritualism
thought it might do no harm, though it did
no good, to call in the aid of the spirits in
hunting a lucky spot to drill, and so Mr.
James had some business in his line. James
was a man of some means, aud his chief
business was to find a rich spot for himself,
rather than for other people. lie kept
riding around near Pleasantvillo and Oil
Creek in a mysterious way.
"1 ued to meet him quite frequently.
He was a talkative sort of chap, and several
times told me that he was following the ad
vice of his Bpirit guide and expected soon to
be placed in possession of valuable informa
tion ronceming the whereabouts of a rich
pool. Of course I took him to be a mild
kind of crank, and yet he was the most sen
sible appearing crank that I had ever seen."
Tlio Spirit Begins to Work.
"One dav I was riding along south of
Pleasautville find was horrified to see mv
old acquaintance, James, over in a field,
lying on the ground, apparently in convul
sions. There was a bngjjy standing in the
road with a stranger ln'it The stranger
was watching James aud did not
teem to be at all alarmed. I asked him in
and he said that James had found his oil f
pooh He was a Spiritualist, too, and ha
went on very coolly to say that he and Mr.
James had been driving along the road and
all at once the spirit began to manifest it
self in Mr. James, and he was forced by
some unseen power out of the buggy, over
the fence and to the spot where he then
was.
m "The friend had no doubt that the pre
cise spot where Mr. James was apparently
enjoying himself in a fit was a place where
oil could be found in large quantities.
James came around to himself in the course
of half an hour although I confess that at
one stag" in the proceedings he seemed to
me to be dead and confirmed this view of
it. He said that he had been entirely under
the control of the spirits, and they had
taken this violent way to hint to him where
oil could be found. For his own part, he
felt satisfied that the spirits were right, as
they always were, and that a great oil pool
was under" our feet"
A Big Strike Is Made.
"On this identical spot," continued Mr.
Gordon, "a well was drilled that was known
as the 'Harmonical No. 1.' It was, I think,
drilled by Mr. James and some friends. In
Februarv or March, 18G8, it was completed.
and after being agitated a little, began to
flow and produced for a long time, pumping
and flow ing, upwards of 150 barrels a day.
"Great excitement followed this prolific
strike, and the rich Pleasautville develop
ment was the result This 'Harmonical 2To.
1 was the first ell drilled in all that sec
tion. It was to my knowledge the pioneer
venture in what afterward became so well
known as the Pleasantville field. I don't
know how many million barrels of oil this
field has produced, but certainly as manv as
D.OOo.ooO barrels, if not more. And it is
still producing some oil? I see, and is likely
to keep it up tor some time to come.
"I don't know whether the spirits had
anything to do with it or not They may
not have had. James may have been play
ing a part, but if so he did it well. When
I walked over to where he was lying in the
field, he had every appearance of being
under some strange influence. I think, he
was perfectly unconscious of everything
that was going on about him. He
was lying face down on the
ground, "and was as rigid as if he had
Lecu dead a week. His eyes were set and
had a most unearthly stare. I would have
pronounced him dead had it not bien forthe
Munnth in his body. "With his splendid
facilit'es for getting "advance information,
Mr. James ought to have made a great deal
of money out of Pleasautville, but as I re
member it, he didn't make much. He made
money elsewhere on the creek, and I think
lost considerable of it prospecting in Clarion
county.
He Drills Another Spirit "Well.
"One of the deep holes in the oil country
is a so-called spirit weir drilled by James
on the Clarion river. This well was located
under much the same circumstances as the
well at Pleasantville, but the result was
very different, goine to show that even the
spirits sometimes get left in the oil busicess.
The last I heard from the well, which was
several years ago, it was nearly 2,000 feet
deep and was still drilling. There was little
or no oil found in it, aud I believe it never
amounted to anything.
"It cost Mr. James a great deal of money,
however, as he had much bad luck in pro
longed and expensive fishing jobs. With it
all he was always hopeful and ready to go
his last dollar on the spirits. My informa
tion is that he did, too'
Other Spiritualists In OIL
Titusville is stronghold of Spiritualists
in the oil region. Several of the wealthy
and prominent citizens are among the num.
ber. The most conspicuous of these, in
connection with oil, is Jonathan "Watson,
whose active career is pretty well known.
Mr. Watson was one of the pioneer oper
ators on Oil Creek and became very wealthy
as an oil producer. He always asserted
tliat he owed his success as a producer to
the guidance he received from the spirits..
.iui. i jusun aiso uriiieu a erv ueep wen
over 3,500 feet near Titusyille by advice
of the spirits.
It is said to have cost him 525,000, but
nothing worth while was found at the bot
tom. In August, 1889, Mr. "Watson com
pleted a "spirit well," on the old Brewer,
Watson & Co. mill track, a mile south of
the old Drake well, on Oil creek. At the
depth of 450 feet an oil vein was tapped
that gave promise of being very rich. The
well created considerable stir, as its tcrri
torv had all been drilled over years before
and left as exhausted. For a day or two it
produced in the neighborhood of 150 barrels
a day of 4!) gravity oiL Along with the
oil was about 1,000 barrels of salt water.
Notwithstanding the spirits were in it,
this was not a very happy sign, although
Mr. Watson was quite sure that he had a
second Monte Cristo fortune in the hollow
of his hand. This did not prove to be the
case The salt water got more plentiful,
while the oil got weaker, and it was not
long until the well played out
The Watson Spirit WelL
Mr. Watson's account of how he came to
drill this well is interesting. He says that
while riding up the creek one day "in the
train, the spirit of an old friend and former
business partner came to him and urgedhira
to drill at this place for deep oil. This de-
Sarted friend was Daniel Crosley. Watson
id not think there was any oil left in that
territory, but the spirit of Crosley insisted
fiat there was plenty of it
The following day Watson came down
from Titusvillc to the place indicated, near
Bonghton station, nnd in walking over the
ground he was joined by the spirits of H. H.
Bouse; after whom Bonseville was named,
and who was burned to death in the first big
oil fire on the creek. The spirit of the late
Jerome Fuller, of Iiinesville, also joined
them, and these two spirits, both good
friends, urged him to drill a well in the
locality, and pointed ont the spot. Mr.
Watson had been worth $1,000,000, but at
that time he was not wealthy and it took
about the last $1,000 he had to buy the land.
He bought a small tract covering the sup
posed rich spot from a New York man
named Williamson, paying him 81,000
for it
Backed Up by Spirits.
The spirit of Crosley had requested Mr.
Watson to take his son, James Crosley, in
with him as a partner in the well, nnd
Watson offered to do so. Young Crosley,
however, said the territory "wasn't worth a
d ," and declined to go in. The spirit
ot House suggested to atson to go it alone
and assured him that he would make at
least 100,000. Mr. Watson did not feci
able to drill the well alone and two partners
were taken in and a month later the well
was started, with the result above stated.
When this well was attracting attention,
I stopped offthe train at Boughton station,
one day, and took a look at it It did seem
rather strange that a well should be pro
ducing so much oil in that old abandoned
territory, aud although it gave every evi
dence of soon petering out. Mr. Watson
would not accept such a suggestion. ' 'Why, ' '
6aid he, "right here on this spot where we
now stand I will get the biggest wells ever
struck in the world. The spirits have told
me so, and I am sure it is true. When I
was worth nearly a million dollars and had
my money apparently safe, the spirit of my
mother came to me and told me I would
lose everv cent of it. She was sorry to tell
tne this, hut it was true, and she thought I
ought to know it.
He Lost His Fortune.
"I proceeded at once to make my fortune
still safer, as I thought, but you know I lost
it. It began to go, and it seemed that all
the powers were leagued against me, and
finally my splendid fortune was swept
away. You see, my mother's spirit was
right. Now, again, mv mother's blessed
spirit has visited me and told me that my
fortune will be restored to me even to the
last penny."
Mr. Watson thought the beginning of the
fulfillment of the promise was in the strik
ing of that well, although that was not a
deep well, and all the spirits had urged him
to drill for deep oik Mr. Watson did not
drill for deep oil, and whether there is any
deep oil there is yet to be ascertained. The
fact that his well of 3,500 feet and over,
drilled in loo, was not tar Irom this loca
tion, and was a duster, would indicate that
the chances of a deep oil deposit here were
not bright
So by these chronicles it seems that wells
have "been struck apparently by the aid of
"spirit influence," even to the opening up
of a rich field, while again it appears that
there were times when the spirits did not
have accurate information. The reader will
draw his own conclusions.
K. W. Criswell.
IT WAS FULL OF NEWS.
THE SUNDAY DISPATCH WAS A MOST
ATTRACTIVE NEWSPAPEK.
Something About Everything Going on in
tho World to Be "Found in It Twenty
Pages Divided Into Three Parts for the
Reader's Convenience.
The Dispatch of yesterday was a first-class
newspaper in every respect. Each of its
various departments was full of the most in
teresting reading matter. Tho news was up
to the usual mark, as was also the selected
matter. Following is a resume of the news
features:
Foreign.
Englishmen want from Brazil concessions
similar to those granted by the United
States. ...Spain's reciprocity treaty with
America makes it impossible for her to
negotiate with European powers. ...England
said to have a rifle pronounced to be tho
best small arm in the world. ...Hurlburt
coming to America to find Wilfred Murray.
....Reconstructing the Portuguese cabinet
....TheCzarewitchto blame for the attack
made upon him. ...Neither Italy nor tho
United States have proposed arbitration....
Owing to the death of Madame Blavatsky the
Thcosophlsts are likely to split. .. .Balfour s
tactics delays the Irish land bill Glad
stone's condition not at any time considered
serious Marie Antoinette's earrings for
sale in London. ...The case against Duncan,
who tried to murder his wife, lias been taken
in charge by the Public Prosecutor.. ..En
glish physicians fear the grip will bo an
annual spring visitor.... Stanley insulted
while speaking at Sheffield. ...Tories likely
to capture Captain Vemey's scat. ...Efforts
to reconcile the Irish leaders.... Hebrew
refugees pouring into London.. .Daressalauni
has been made the German capital in East
Africa .... English players disappointed
over John Drew leaving the Daly
Company .... Labor unions in En
gland preparing for a big strike. ...Afri
can missionaries not pleased with tho gift of.
land by England to Portugal... .A French
physician offers $20 for the birth of every
poor child The Manipur disaster caused
by British stupidity.
Domestic
Twenty blocks of Muskegon, Mich., de
stroyed by fire.. ..Chicago labor importers to
be prosecuted John L. Sullivan's wife's
name likely to figure in a divorce suit....
Nashville to erect a monument to Jeff Davis
....Thirty-one cadets graduate at the Naval
Academy.. ..Sister Hose Gertrude weds.... A
new effort to secure A. T. Stewart's millions
....Huckleberry gatherers burn forests in
order to increase their crops . . . .The wife of
B. F. Tiffany, of New York, secures a divorce
....Tho Chilean insurgent steamer Itata
still on the ocean. ...Steamer Fnerst Bis
marck breaks all maiden voyages.... Civil
Service Commissioner Boosevelt attacks
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Pittsburg street bills will be signed....
Bishop Totter asked to Investigate Bev. B.
Hcber Newton ... .A Frenchman at Utica, N.
Y., weary of poverty, attempts tomurder his
family. .i.Coke shipments now almost at
their normal figures.... Day laborers at
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Philadelphia bank examiner was fooled...
Tho Tobin case still further a mystery....
Florida may not exhibit at the Fair.... Tho
Kailroad Federation decides against the Chi
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Dayton, O.... Mayor Shakespeare, of Now
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thelaw....W.F. Dillon, a Wheeling travel
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to the Philadelphia High School. ...A New
York Irishman turning into a black man ....
A registered mail pouch, valued at $30,000,
taken from a New York mail wagon, but is
recovered.
Local.
Fares not reduced on tho Pittsburg Trao-
tion line nnless passengers buy a ticket book
costing $3. ...Colonel Culyer says it will take
10 years to work out the original design In
Schenley park.. ..Fifty appeals taken by at
torneys for wholesalers whose licenses were
not renewed Tho Covonanters denounce
thojudges for issuing liquorlicense9...Aman
sues a saloonkeeper for selling him liquor,
as a person of known intemperate habits....
Two doctors use horsewhips in a quarrel
over a lot Tho Amalgamated Association
counting on trouble July 1.... National
Butchers' Association to meet in Allegheny
next week Master builders anxious to
get their men to return to work.... Second
district speak-easies raided. ...Kailroad ex-
sentenced to two years.... Tennis growing
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Music Festival.
Gents' 4-ln-Hands 35c,
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DIED.
mtrfTOTC On Kntnrdnv. Mav 16. 1S91. at 6 P.
jr., KALrn McCleabt, only child of B. J. and
Lizzie Wray Brown, aged 8 weeks.
Funeral services at his parents' residence,
US Monterey street, Allegheny, Mokday,
May 18, at 2:30 p.m. Friends of tho family
respectfully invited to attend. Interment
private at a later hour 2
BOYLE On Saturday, at 3 o'clock, MAn
oaket, infant daughter of Matthew nnd
Bella Boyle, aged 1 year 8 months and 9
days.
Funeral MoKDAYatSP.M. from theparents'
residence, 702 Second hvenne, Soho. Inter
ment at Calvary Cemetery. Friends of the
family respectfully invited to attend. 2
CALVERT On Sabbath morning. May 17,
at 5:20, Jobit, voungest son of Bev. A. II. and
Jcannctte S. Calvert, aged 11 years 6 months.
Funeral services at United Presbyterian
Church, Etna, on Tcesdat at 10 a. m. 2
DONAHUE. On Saturday, May 16, 1891,
Mrs. Julia, beloved wife of Edward Dona
hue, aged 50 years.
FARRELL On Sunday. May 17, 189L at 6
A. m., John Fakeell, aged 52 years.
Funeral from his late residence, No.
14 Twenty-eighth street, Southside, on
Tuesday at 9 a. m. Friends of the family
are respectfully invited to attend.
FRITZ On Saturday, May 16, 1891, at 11
o'clock a. m., Naomi A., oldest daughter of
Charles and Sarah Ann Fritz, aged 17 years
9 months and 16 days.
Funeral from the residence of her parents,
No. 171 Washington avenue, Thirty-first
ward, Southside, on Mosdat, May 18, 1891, at
3 o'clock r. it. Friends of the family are re
spectfully invited to attend.
Altoona papers please copy. 2
GOODWIN On Thursdoy, May 14, 189L
at 3:30 P. M., Tebesce GooDwnr, in his .74th
year.
HARDY On Sunday, May 17, Mrs.NAKCY
Hardy, in her 77th year.
Funeral services at her late residence, 1405
Middle street, Sharpsburg, on Tuesday, May
19, 189L at 2 r. m. Interment private.
IIERBSTEB On Saturday, May 16, 1891, at
12:30 a. t.j Jobs G., beloved husband of Rate
It Herbster (nee Meyers), in the S9th year of
his age.
Funeral will take place from his late resi
dence, 53 "Washington avenue, Thirty-first
ward, Monday, May IS, at 2 p. it. Friends and
relatives are respectfully invited to attend;
also members of the Butchers' Association
of Allegheny county, by order of the Presi.
dent
JENKINS In Baltimore, Md., Sunday,
May 17, William Cfatherof John B. Jenkins,
and futhcr-in-law to Edward Davis. 2
KNIGHT-On Friday May 15, 189L at' 8:40 p.
m., Maky, relict of the late John Knight, in
her 43th year.
LAWLER On Saturday, May 16, 1891, at
10:20 a. M., Alice, wife of William L. Lawyer,
aged 30 years and 8 months.
LEDSON On Saturday, May 16, 1891, at 1130
r. m., Mrs. Kate Ledsok, wlfo of W. Ledson,
at her residence, 105 Irwin avenue.
Funeral takes place at 2 p. m., on Tuesday.
Interment private.
OESTERLE At 4:30 o'clock Sa turday.EMM A
Maho aiiet, daughter of George and Margaret
Oestcrle, neo Martin, aged 6 years 1 month
and 6 days.
ORTGIES-Saturday, May 16, 1891, at 830
p. M.; at the residence of parents, 216 Frank
lin street, Allegheny, John F., son of Will
iam and Carolina Ortgies, aged 9 years 6
months 18 days.
1'ARK-On Friday. May 15, 1891, at 1:15 a.
m., Robert Douglass, son of Albert and Ag
gie Park, aged 4 years and 4 months.
POTERIE At Schenley, Pa., on Saturday,
May 16, 1891, at 10:45 p. m., Makquebettb,
daughter of George and Ella Poterie, aged
1 year.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
REINEMAN At McKeesport, Pa., Satur
day morning at 4 o'clock, Mildred, only
daughter of Adolph W.and Callie (Hartje)
Belr.cman, aged 11 months.
Funeral services Moitday, 230 p. m. Inter
ment private
Stcubenvillo papers please copy. 2
REISER On Sunday, May 17, 189L at 130
p. M., Lawrence S., son of George and Emma
S. Reiser, aged 4 months and 17 days.
Funeral services at the residence of the
parents, 137 River avenue, Allegheny, on
Mosday EVEKiKo, at 70 o'clock. Interment
private on Tuesday. May 19.
SHORB Sunday, May 17, at 530 P. M., MARY
s., wiie oi xneouore o. ouoro.
Funeral from her late residence, 2527 Penn
avenue, Tuesday aitzrnooh, at 2 o'clock.
Friends of tho family are respectfully In
vited to attend.
Harrisburg papers please copy. 8
SMITH On Sunday, May 17, 189L at 4
o'clock a. si., Mas. Martha J. Smith, In the
53d year of her age.
Funeral services at her late residence, No.
7 Miller street, Tuesday' aptebkoos, 19th
inst, at 2 o'clock. Friends of tho family are
respectfully invited to attend. 2
TAYLOR Saturday morning. May "16, at
8:30 o'clock, Nicholas Alonzo Taylor, young
est son of Sidney and William Taylor, aged
18 months and 16 days.
Funeral from the residence of his parents,
59 Enoch street, Monday, at 2 p. m. Friends.
or tne lamiiy are respectfully invited to at
tend. 2
WURMB-On Saturday, Mav 16, 1891, at 6:40
a. it., Edward Wurmb, in the 63th year of his
age.
Funeral services will bo held at his late
residence, 4544 Penn avenue, Sixteenth ward,
Monday at 2 r. mt Friends of tho family are
respectfully invited to attend.
ANTHONY MEYER,
(Successor to Meyer, Arnold & Co.,Lim.,l
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OTHER STRONG ATTRACTIONS
IN THE
WILL BE A
SPECIAL SALE
OP
Odd Curtains
THIS WEEK
That will give you such bargains, right
when you can use them, as will make a live
ly business livelier, and this popular de
partment more popular. Some soiled and
some clean some we only have one of, and
some there are two pairs of, but they'll all
go yes, go in a day or two if
Prices Will Do It,
And they usually do the kind of prices we
make when we want to move a lot of surplus
merchandise.
NOTTINGHAM, IRISH POINTE, TAM
BOUB AND MUSLIN
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Some Short Ends
That will make handsome Table Covers, If
you don't want them for any other purpose,
will also be thrown in at Prices that will
make this sale both interesting and profit
able to you if you come promptly.
SILK CURTAINS
CHENILLE PORTIERES,
Odd ones, at prices to clear them'out,
A Special Lot of NOTTINGHAM CUR
TAINS Heavy, Wide, Long, of Excellent
Pattern,
$2 A PAIR.
The Greatest of All
CHENILLE :: PORTIERE
BARGAINS,
Heavy tassel fringe both ends, deep dado
and frieze in the choicest colorings,
$6 A PAIR.
Worth in most stores f8 50 a pain
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ALLEGHENY.
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A fine Silk and Tinsel Ribbon,
made to retail at 50c a yard, will be
sold by Us for a few days only at
. 15c A YAM
See our window display.
FLEISHMAN & CO.,
504, 506 AND 508 MARKET ST.
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Alkaline LI thia Water, auo Baps
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Bithj of anr temperatore. Ltnrut
Swimming Pool of Alkaline Lilhia
Water in the world. Superb Sum.
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Irish Pole Curtails
AFoittl Bargain
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, ' RIBBONS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAULSON'S
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Are now ready in White Flannels, or with
narrow lines, and qniet checks or broad
stripes in blue and white. Ted and white,
black and white, nnd all other club colors
and combinations, with CAPS TO MATCH,
and Leather Belts, Sashes and Outing Shirts
in Silks, Madras Flannels, India GnMze and
mixtures. Very respectfully,
PAULSON BROS.,
DIRECT IMPORTER,
441 Wood St,, Pittsburg, Pa.
N. R Wo have also Just received a beautl
fttl line 6f Ladies' Blazers,Caps,Tennis Hats,
Royal Yacht Caps, Sailor Hats, BeUs and
Sashes. Imported Tennis Caps, 50c. Silk
Belts, 60c. Hammocks, $1.
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6023 PENN AVENUE, EAST END.
Best quality of Moquettes, this
spring's patterns, gi 50.
Best quality Body Brussels,
ti 35-
We can sell you Carpets
cheaper than any house in the
city. Both lines of cable cars,
pass our door.
TELEPHONE 5081.
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THELOOMIS
IMPROVED
ITER FILTER
Filters all water for
Manufacturing, Steam
ing. Domestic Purposes.
Call and see model in
operation.
Send for. Catalogue and
Price List.
Trautrnan&Kirk,
Agonts,
tUSMITHFIELD ST.,
1803 CABSON ST.,
Southside.
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AETIST AND PHOTOGRAPHED,
16 SIXTH STREET.
Cabinets, $2 to $4 per dozen: petites, $1 per
dozen. Telephone 175L qp8-73-Mwrsn
STEAMERS AND EXCURSIONS.
1UNAHD LINE-NEW YORK AND LIV
J ERPOOL VIA QUEENSTOWN From
Pier 40, North rive.K Fast express mall ser
vice. Aurania, May 23, 5:30 a.m.; Gallia, May
27, 8 A. M.; Umbria, May 30, 10:30 a. M.;Servla,
June 6, 5:30 a. m.: Bothnia, June 10, 8 a. m.;
Etruria, June 13, 10 a. m.; Aurania, June 20,
3 v. M.; Gallia, June 24, 7 a. m. Cabin passage
$60 and upward; will not carry steerage;
according to location; intermediate, $35.
Steerage tickets to and from all parts of
Europe at very low rates. For freight and
passage apply to the company's office,
Bowling Green, New York. Vernon H.
Brown & Co., J. J. McCOBMICK, G3!) nnd 401
Smithfleld street, Pittsburg. mylS-D
-rrrniTE star line
Y V For Quocnstown and Liverpool.
Royal and United States Mail Steamers.
Britannic My 1.1,9:30 amlBrl tannic, Junel0.8;30am
MnJestlC, Maya), Spml'MaJestlc, June 17, 2pm
.Germanle,May",8:30am!Germanlc, Ju.24,7:30am
Teutonic. June 3, 3pmTcntontc, .Inly 1, 2pm
From White Star dock, foot of West Tenth
street.
Second cabin on these steamers, Saloon
rates,$60 and upward. Second cabin, $40 and
$45. Excursion tickets on favorable terms.
Steerage, from or to the old country, $20.
White Star drafts payable on demand in
all the priclpal banks throughout Great
Britain. Apply to JOHN J. McCORMICK,
639 and 401 Smithfleld St., Pittsburg, or J.
BRUCE ISMAY, General Agent, 41 Broadway,
Now York. myll-D
ANCHOR LINE.
Steamers Leave New York Every Saturday
For Glasgow via Londonderry.
Bates for Saloon Passage
By S. 8. CITY OF HOME, $60 and upward,
according to accommodation and location of
room. Other Steamers of the Line $50 and
upward. Second Cabin $30. Steerage $20.
Passengers booked at through rates to or
from any city In Great Britlan or on tho
Continent.
DRATTS OS LONDOK SOLD AT LOWEST BATES.
Book" of information, tours and sailing lists
furnished on application to Agents.
HENDERSON BROTHERS, 7 Bowling Green,
N. Y., or J. McCORMICK, 639 and 401 Smith
field St.; A. D. SCORER &. SON, 415 Smithfleld
St.. Pittsburg; F. M. SEMPLE 110 Federal st,
Allegheny. ap2341-uwr
JLXi.3ST XiinTE
t BOYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
Glasgow to Philadelphia.
VIA DERBY and G ALWAY. The most direct route
from Scotland and North and Middle of Ireland.
ACCOMMODATIONS-UNSURPASSED.
Intermediate, $30. ' Steerage, $19.
CTtr 1 SERVICE OF
STATE ALLAN LINE
LINE. ) STEAMSniPs.
NEW YOKK AND GLASGOW
Tia Londonderry, everr Fortnight.
28th Mav. STATE OF NEIHJASKA, f P. JI.
11th June, STATE OF GEORGIA. 1 r. SI.
25th June. STATEUJ! HiVAiJA, 11A. M.
CABIN, pa and upwards. Return, iS5 and up
wards. Steerage. 3). r
Apply to J. J. McCORMICK, 39 Smithfleld street,
Pittsburg. myl2-93-D
N0RDDEUTSCHERLL0YD
S. S. CO.
Fast Line of Express Steamers.
New York to Southampton (London) Bremen,
SPRING SAILINGS, 1891;
Trave, Tues,,
Fnlda; Wed.,
saale. Sat.,
Snree, Tues.,
Wefra, Wed.,
.Ems, Bat.,
Mar 19 T.ahn,
May 20' Kaiser,
May 2SAUer.
Slay 26 Havel,
Mav 27 Elbe-
Tues., June 2
Wed., June 1
Sat., June s
Tnes., June
Wed., June 10
Sat.. June 13
May 301 Elder,
Timn from ttp.vr York to Southampton. 7U' ihr
From Southampton to Bremen, 24 or Jo hours.
From Southampton tp London, by Southwestern
Hallway Co., 2i hours. Trains every hour in the
summer season. Railway carriages for London
await passengers In Southampton Docks on arrival
of Express steamers Irom New York.
These- steamers are well known for their speed,
comfort and excellent cuisine.
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NEW ADVEB'tSEHENTS.
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Better Than Diamonds.
Diamonds are said to be as good as money. Our $10
Suits at the price we ask for them are actually better. All
this week we hold a special sale of ,
MEN'S FINE SUITS!
On which we have made the extremely low price of $10.
We don't think they are cheap we know they are and
we are confident that no house in this town can begin to
match them in quality for the price.
MATERIALS ARE: Black cheviots, fancy cheviots,
electric blue suits, fancy, cassimeres, black worsteds, blue
flannels, corkscrews, blue serges, and scores of light-colored
suits in many other materials.
STYLES ARE: Sacks, frocks and cutaways cut in the
latest style and finely finished in every respect as to make
and trim. ' i
A special feature of the sale will be a superior quality';
of Grand Armyx Suits at this popular price $10. A-ten-dollar
bill never bought such values in clothing before.
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$io, even at the matchless values we are now giving for this
small sum.
GUSKY'S,
HSLaird's 433 Wood street retail store more attractive
than before the fire immense new stock. SPECIAL BAR
GAIN PRICES at both stores. Open Saturdays till 10 p. m.
Laird's Shoes are Fashionable !
Laird's Shoes are Comfortable!
Laird's Shoes are Reliable !
Laird's Prices are Reasonable !
W: M. Laird, Retail Stores
406, 408, 410 MARKET ST. 433 WOOD ST.
Wholesale House, 515 Wood Street.
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SEASONABLESTYLES FOR SPRING
That's to-day's news,
Are you. ready to welcome the new
Nspring styles of Clothing ? Wanamakers
are ready to show them. They're worth
your attention this spring beyond jfche
common. You'll say the same when
you get a glimpse at them. '
The choicest goods, the nobbiest, the
finest, the most pleasing in colors, shades
and designs have been laid under tribute
for our Ready- Made Clothing and
Tailoring-to-Order.
The prices are very reasonable.
Men's Suits, $12, $15, $18, $20.
Boys' Suits, $4 up to $10.
' Suits to order, $25.
The above simply illustrates to you
how we touch at once the extremes of
fashion and economy.
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A large and handsomely illus
trated cloth-bound book, still
i goes free with every sale of
300 TO 400 .
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